Chapter 1487
"No, no." Zhao Desan hurriedly said, thinking to himself: How can I be so bad at speaking, making Zhao Da think I came to the house to sponge off a meal.
"Are you hungry?" In order not to put himself in an awkward position, Zhao Desan asked Nini.
"Hungry." Nini answered honestly.
"Oh, then uncle will brew a pack of instant noodles for you to eat first." Zhao Desan felt the child was very pitiful.
"No, Dad said, don't let me eat instant noodles, saying good things should be given to Mom, Mom works very hard." Nini flashed her two big eyes and said.
Zhao Desan felt a calculation in his heart, and tears almost flowed out. He touched Nini's head and said: "Come, follow uncle."
Zhao Desan stood up, nodded at Zhao Da with a smile, and then took Nini to the kitchen. In the kitchen, Zhao Desan asked Nini: "Do you know where the food in the house is kept?"
Nini nodded, looking at Zhao Desan with an ignorant face, as if she didn't understand what he was doing, stood with her hands behind her back, looking at him, flashing a pair of big eyes.
Zhao Desan smiled and said: "You help uncle, uncle will cook for you, okay?"
Nini smiled, smiled very sweetly. She walked to the side of the stove, opened a small cabinet door, pointed inside, and said: "It's right here."
Zhao Desan looked at the cabinet Nini opened, first opened the refrigerator to see what was inside, but what disappointed him was that besides the ham sausage he bought at the hospital last time, there was only some pickled vegetables and such left.
Regardless of all this, Zhao Desan took what was available, adapted to local conditions, organized a meal with some food he brought today, plus pickled vegetables and fermented bean curd. Before long, a simple meal that didn't even use much stove fire was brought to the dining table in the living room.
And all of this had already been seen by Zheng Jie, who was changing clothes in another room preparing to tidy up and cook. A burst of sadness in her heart, she closed the door and lay on the bed crying, crying with tears like rain. She felt her life was too bitter. Why, at the age of thirty, did she have to face such a broken home? She complained to heaven and earth, only complaining that she had looked at the wrong person and found a useless man like Zhao Da. It didn't matter if he was useless, the key was that she was still young, at the most mature and beautiful age for a woman, yet she had to support such a broken home alone...
During this period, Zhao Da didn't speak, watching Liu Hairu busy around with grateful eyes, a pool of tears swirling in his eyes. Zhao Desan specifically brewed a bowl of instant noodles with ham for Nini, letting her eat first. Then he walked directly to the door of another room, knocked on the door, and said: "Sister-in-law, come out and eat something."
"I... I won't eat, you guys eat." Zheng Jie, who was crying on the bed, hurriedly stopped crying and responded tremblingly.
Zhao Desan outside the door had already heard that Zheng Jie was crying in the room, knowing that she must be a bit sour in her heart, so he didn't call her anymore, leaving her a private space to release the pain and bitterness in her heart.
Turning from the door, Zhao Desan asked Zhao Da: "Brother Zhao, don't you want to drink a little? If you want to drink, I'll accompany you to drink a little."
Zhao Da had had this hobby since he was young, always liking to sip a little when eating at home. Now everything wasn't working, but only this hobby could still be done. Hearing Zhao Desan's proposal, Zhao Da immediately nodded and said: "Good, let's drink a 'heart-to-heart' wine, brother."
After three rounds of drinks and five flavors of dishes, Nini had long since finished the instant noodles in her bowl and went to the side to do her homework. Zhao Da, in order to maintain the hardship he had paid for this pride, covered his face with tears when he spoke of the moving part.
Zhao Desan knew that his role today was a listener, listening to Zhao Da pour out the pain in his heart, listening while constantly picking food for Zhao Da. After Zhao Da finished recounting the sad things, he raised the wine glass in his hand, downed it, and said a sentence to Zhao Desan that left him stunned...
After Zhao Da poured a cup of wine into his throat, he hiccuped, looking half-drunk, and said to Zhao Desan: "Brother, I see you are also a man of temperament, and even more a man with a good heart, so... so old brother wants to entrust you with a matter."
Zhao Desan was holding the wine glass, originally wanting to finish it with him, but as soon as he heard him say this, he felt there was something in his words, so he stopped and asked: "Brother Zhao, what is it? My old bottom doesn't have anything else, but being loyal is no problem. As long as it's something I can handle, it's absolutely no problem."
"Good, worthy of being a good brother. Old brother is definitely not the kind of person who makes things difficult. This matter, you can definitely do it!" Zhao Da's body was already swaying, but his mind seemed to be very clear.
Was Zhao Da going to ask him to help transfer Zheng Jie to the Provincial Construction Committee to replace his work again? But he had already said this before Zheng Jie and Nini came back, right? It was impossible to mention it again, right? Zhao Desan seemed to realize that the matter Zhao Da wanted to say didn't seem to be an ordinary matter, but he couldn't figure out what unusual matter he could have. So, he didn't say anything more, but silently looked at Zhao Da.
Zhao Da straightened his body, hooked Zhao Desan's shoulder, patted it twice, and said again: "Brother, your sister-in-law is a good woman. Not only is she beautiful, but most importantly, she is virtuous, and her heart is even better. Do you admit this?"
Zhao Desan was a bit dumbfounded. He was a bit at a loss, not knowing how to answer Zhao Da.
If he said Zheng Jie was good, would it look like he had bad motives? If he said she wasn't good, wouldn't that spoil the mood? After thinking about it, Zhao Desan still said ambiguously: "Of course, you know your wife best."
"You kid aren't telling the truth, old brother isn't happy." Zhao Da pressed on relentlessly.
"This..." Zhao Desan really didn't expect this Zhao Da to be so stubborn.
After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said: "You're right, at least I think sister-in-law is a kind-hearted woman." He was speaking the truth.
"Is it just that simple to be kind-hearted?" Zhao Da seemed to be really a bit drunk.
"Yes!" Zhao Desan repeated.
"Don't you think your sister-in-law is extremely beautiful?" Zhao Da was a bit unbridled.
"This..." Zhao Desan intended to avoid it, but was afraid he would say he wasn't honest, so he said firmly: "Beautiful, of course it's beautiful. Not only beautiful, but also very feminine."
"I love hearing this. Your sister-in-law is absolutely an ideal wife, but... but these years, I have really let her down..." Speaking of this, Zhao Da wiped the corner of his eye with his hand. It seemed he was really touched. He twitched, and then continued: "I not only added a burden to her in life, working hard for this family, for me, this useless person, but more importantly, she, she is a woman at a mature age, and she can't even get what a woman should have. This... this really makes me regret it!" Zhao Da said every word sincerely, containing his deep apology to Zheng Jie.
Zhao Desan downed the wine in the glass, blinked, seemed to have some 'Li Jie', and seemed to have some confusion, or perhaps under the influence of alcohol, he had courage. He put the glass on the table and said: "What? Could it be that Brother Zhao, you are no good?"
Zhao Da glanced at Nini, who was eating fried tofu on the side, lowered his voice, and said: "Brother guessed right. The matter I want to tell you today is this."
End of Chapter
