Chapter 294

"She's gone!" Zhou Anbei whispered.

"Shh!" Zhou Andong took out a cigarette and lit it, smiling and saying: "She will be back soon, don't make a sound."

Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, Zhao Guifen came back. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she shouted angrily: "Mom, what did I say? Second Brother is fine, and he even bought an electric fan, lying on the kang blowing it. It couldn't be more enjoyable."

The old lady looked at the eldest daughter-in-law who rushed in, somewhat at a loss: "How could it be, how could Dongzi lie to me."

"You still don't believe it?" Zhao Guifen pulled the old lady and walked out, "I'll take you to see."

"What's the matter?" The old man entered the room with a tobacco pouch and his hands behind his back.

"Dad!" Zhao Guifen was still a little afraid of this father-in-law, "Nothing, I'm going back. By the way, Mom, remember to ask Dongzi to pay back the money."

The old man asked the old lady suspiciously: "What money?"

The old lady said: "Guifen said that Anbin was sentenced to seven years, eating and drinking inside, and also having to give the leaders 'bullets'. She had no money in her hands, so let me..."

"I said there wasn't that much. At this time, Dongzi came in crying, saying that Second Brother's waist hurt and he had to go to the hospital, but he had no money and wanted to borrow three or four thousand, so I took that three thousand or so from our family and gave it to Dongzi."

"Guifen didn't believe Second Brother was seriously ill, ran over to check, and came back to tell me that Second Brother was fine at all, and the family even bought an electric fan. So she asked me to find Dongzi and ask for the money back."

The old man snorted: "You, if Dongzi hadn't happened to catch up, this three thousand yuan would have been like a meat bun hitting a dog."

The old lady said dissatisfied: "How is it a meat bun hitting a dog? Binzi is in prison. If there is no money to give the leaders 'bullets', wouldn't he be bullied to death?"

The old man sat on the edge of the kang, took the paper box containing tobacco leaves, and stuffed tobacco leaves into the tobacco pouch: "The eldest family has money. If she comes to ask for money again, don't give a penny, do you hear me?"

The old lady sighed: "The money was all taken by Dongzi. Even if you ask me for money, there is none."

The old man laughed: "In a while, Dongzi will send the money back to you."

"Grandpa, you're back." Zhou Andong lifted the curtain and entered the room, with Zhou Anbei following behind holding the electric fan.

"Grandpa, Grandma!" Zhou Anbei put the electric fan on the ground, "My brother bought an electric fan for you."

"This thing is expensive, why buy it." The old lady complained, but her hands couldn't help but touch this and that.

"I'll plug it in." Zhou Anbei found the socket, plugged it in, and the fan hummed and turned.

"Oh my!" The old lady said: "The wind is quite strong."

Zhou Andong said with a smile: "Grandma, keep this money well, and don't let my eldest aunt cheat it away."

"You child!" The old lady hit Zhou Andong, "Your eldest aunt asking me for money is also to meet an emergency, how can it be cheating."

Zhou Andong looked at the old man and said helplessly: "My grandma is hopeless."

The old man was also helpless: "Old woman, this is what we saved up with hard work all our lives. If you give it to the eldest daughter-in-law, I guarantee you won't be able to get a penny back.

Now that we are old, if you give all the money to the eldest, what if you really have a headache or fever? If you ask Second Brother and the youngest for money, can they be happy?

Second Brother, the youngest, Xiufang, Xiurong, and Dongzi are all filial. This is our blessing, but your partiality is really going to break the children's hearts. There will be a time when you regret it."

The old lady said: "Alright, alright, if the eldest daughter-in-law comes again, I will tell her there is no money, Dongzi hasn't paid me back."

Zhou Andong smiled. As for the old lady's words, Zhou Andong just listened. He wouldn't believe it. But there was no way, so he could only wait two years to take the old couple to the city, away from the eldest family, maybe it would be better.

"Grandpa, where did you go just now?" Zhou Andong took a cigarette and lit it.

The old man puffed on his cigarette: "Went to the field. There is a lot of rain this year, and the corn is growing very well. If there is another rain at the end of this month or next month, it will definitely be a bumper harvest."

Zhou Andong asked: "What about peanuts?"

The old man said: "Our family's land is all on the hillside, and the peanuts are still pretty good. But the land in the river bend is finished. The terrain is low, the rain is heavy, and the peanuts are a bit waterlogged."

As he said this, the old man looked at Zhou Anbei, "Xiaobei, how is your furniture factory?"

Zhou Anbei said: "The equipment hasn't been bought back yet. Only after the equipment arrives can we officially open."

The old man said: "Doing business is not that easy. You have to ask your brother more."

Zhou Anbei nodded: "I know!"

The old man said: "Our village secretary and village head still attach great importance to the furniture factory."

Zhou Andong smiled: "It hasn't happened yet, so they attach importance to it?"

The old man also smiled and said very proudly: "Because this furniture factory was opened by Zhou Anbei, and Zhou Anbei is Zhou Andong's younger brother. How could they not attach importance to it?"

"Grandpa, you can't praise your grandson like that." Zhou Andong couldn't help but laugh out loud and chatted with the old man for a while.

"I'm going back." Before leaving, he told the old lady again, "Grandma, this electric fan was bought by me for you. Don't let my eldest aunt fool you, otherwise, I will never be filial to you again."

The old lady laughed and said: "Things my eldest grandson gives me, no one can fool away."

"Hope so!" Zhou Andong muttered, "Let's go, Xiaobei."

The two came out and saw a young man in his thirties, holding half a bottle of loose white liquor, looking like he hadn't woken up, walking over swaying.

Zhou Anbei gave an "eh": "Didn't they say this guy died outside? When did he come back?"

Zhou Andong asked: "You don't know when he came back?"

Zhou Anbei shook his head: "Don't know!"

"Hmm?" That guy saw Zhou Andong and was stunned, then said with a cheeky face: "Yo, Factory Director Zhou is back. Just in time, I just bought half a catty of liquor, let's go, have a drink with Brother."

Zhou Andong said with a smile: "What a coincidence, I have something to do at home. If there is a chance in the future, I will treat you."

This guy's name is Mao Youshan. Because he grew two big front teeth, everyone called him Mao Sanlu behind his back. He is the same kind of goods as Second Kid, not as flamboyant as Second Kid, but he is insidious and harmful.

Besides drinking, he gambles, or goes to the red-light district in Tiebei to find prostitutes. When he has no money, he steals chickens and dogs. Two years ago, he finally married a widow, but she was beaten away by him in a few days.

Then he didn't know where he ran to. Many people said he died outside. I don't know where he popped up again. When Second Kid runs back, these two people get together, and Tanghezi will be lively again.

"Fuck!" This guy cursed, reached out and hugged Zhou Andong's neck, "After becoming a factory director, you look down on me, right?"