OBS Chapter 71
Chapter 71
The downside is that they only settle accounts once a month, otherwise the finance department won't allow it. But with an income of about 100 yuan a day, Zhao Da'e immediately perked up.
This is truly a risk-free and highly profitable business. All you have to do is provide a bucket, fill it with this genuine "Kangxi Spring" water, and you can earn five yuan. It's hard not to make money.
Xiangzi now goes to the county town to pick up passengers in the morning and delivers water there on the way. He is busy with his own work during the day and collects empty buckets in the evening.
So Xiangzi was always going along the same route, and Zhao Da'e didn't give him much in fare, just five yuan a day, which Xiangzi was quite satisfied with. After all, it was on the same route, and he had to go even with an empty rickshaw; earning an extra five yuan was enough for him.
After that, Zhao Dage received several more orders, all from various organizations, some large and some small. In total, he needed about thirty buckets of water a day.
While Zhao Da'e was extremely busy, the entire Dongtaizi Village was in an uproar.
Especially the Zhao family.
In this era, if a family wants to avoid being bullied, then there must be a man to stand up for them. Unfortunately, Zhao Tiesheng is weak-willed and somewhat immature and indifferent, so Zhao Da'e has to rely on himself.
Zhao Da'e didn't get any good fortune. Just when things were starting to look up, Zhao Tiesheng suddenly showed up.
"Hey geese, what are you doing?"
As soon as Zhao Da'e saw his father, he was furious: "Is that even a question? My cousin and I were just filling up on water."
Actually, the weather has been very cold these past two days, but in order to make the water cleaner and more hygienic, Zhao Da'e and Zhou Chunwen have been wearing rubber boots while working, so they are freezing.
Moreover, the area around the well was already icy and extremely slippery; it was easy to slip and fall. Zhao Da'e had already fallen several times. Was Zhao Tiesheng not helping with the work, but instead trying to find fault?
How could Zhao Da'e not be angry?
"Why hasn't your mother come back yet?" Zhao Tiesheng asked somewhat absentmindedly.
Half a month has passed since Cheng Jinxiang returned to her parents' home, and there's still no news. Zhao Tiesheng is getting increasingly anxious. In a few days, Xiao Juanzi will be a month old. In Dongtaizi Village, it's customary to hold a celebration for a baby's one-month birthday. Relatives, friends, and neighbors will all come.
Normally, the Zhao family could keep it a secret. It's quite common for Cheng Jinxiang to get angry and go back to her parents' home for a few days. Since her parents' home is still there, going back is understandable. However, the last time Cheng Jinxiang left, it caused quite a stir. Almost everyone in Dongtaizi Village knew that it was because of a conflict, and that Cheng Jinxiang had been taken back by her sister-in-law.
Going back to one's parents' home for a few days is understandable. But what do the villagers think if someone goes back for half a month or even longer?
Everyone must think that Old Zhao's family is going to get a divorce.
Zhao Da'e looked coldly at the disappointing Zhao Tiesheng: "I'm busy, so if you don't have anything to do, go do what you're supposed to do, okay?"
Zhao Tiesheng: "Then what should I do..."
"Oh, go find my grandparents! You're asking me what to do? How would I know? Don't ask me about this, I'm still a kid, okay? You two couldn't make it work, and my mom went back to her parents' house. Did I stop her? If something's wrong, you're upset. You need to find my grandma. She said the other day that she absolutely refuses to call my mom back. So, now that you feel like your wife has run away and gone back to her parents' house, and you're going to be a bachelor, you need to make my grandma find you a new wife..." Zhao Da'e was too lazy to waste words with Zhao Tiesheng. After doing some work, he left and went straight to his aunt's house.