Chapter 34: Moving into a Bigger House

"Zhao Shazi, I am irreconcilable with you!"

Jia Dongxu screamed at the top of his lungs.

In the end, he still compromised.

For the sake of his son and his old mother, Jia Dongxu, as a man, had no choice but to agree to Zhao Gangzi's demands.

And Zhao Gangzi was extremely cunning; he even specifically invited people from the Rolling Mill to act as notaries and had the Rolling Mill's big red seal stamped on the housing transfer contract.

Now, there was no way to regret it even if he wanted to.

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"Hurry up and move everything out! And make sure you don't damage these pieces of furniture; they are very precious!"

"Once you're done moving, it's one yuan per person. I won't treat you unfairly."

Zhao Gangzi stood in the courtyard, directing the work.

A group of porters was working with great enthusiasm, each of them wearing a happy smile on their face. For a job like moving Zhao Gangzi's house, three people would have been enough, but he had hired ten porters directly.

With the workload shared like this, the work each person had to do was much lighter.

Plus, the pay was generous.

Each person got a full one yuan!

For laborers like them who carried loads on their shoulders, they might not even earn one yuan for three days of work under normal circumstances.

Today, they had run into a wealthy big shot who was so generous with his money—ten of them meant ten yuan. Many people's monthly salary was only ten or twenty yuan, and this move by Zhao Gangzi truly made him a wealthy man by the standards of this era.

"Thank you, boss! We will definitely do a beautiful job today!"

"That's right, I've been a porter for so many years, and this is the first time I've earned one yuan at once. It covers seven or eight days of my food expenses."

"If you have any more work in the future, Brother, you must look for us again. We'll give you a discount, hahaha!"

The men helping with the move were very forthright, and they quickly became familiar with Zhao Gangzi.

Seeing that they were honest and had good intentions, and coupled with the fact that it was his housewarming day, Zhao Gangzi invited them to stay and eat together.

Once they heard there was food to eat.

And it was a treat from a big shot like Zhao Gangzi.

The treatment would certainly be excellent. One by one, they became even more excited, stripped off their outer clothes, shouldered the items, and ran toward the Middle Courtyard.

Zhao Gangzi also arrived at the entrance of the Jia Family in the Middle Courtyard and shouted inside with a smile: "Sister Qin, Brother Jia, hurry up and move! My furniture is all piled up at your door!"

Zhao Gangzi was gloating over their misfortune.

He had hired ten porters to move, while the Jia Family had no money and was unwilling to hire anyone.

Moreover, the Jia Family did not have fewer things than Zhao Gangzi's family.

All sorts of big and small bags.

Relying on Qin Huairu alone, she had been carrying things for a long time, yet the amount of stuff in the house hadn't decreased much.

Even Jia Dongxu had to get involved.

Although his lower body was crippled, fortunately, his hands could still move. He carried a load on his back like a turtle shell, crawling toward the Back Courtyard step by step.

To make it more convenient, they had placed a wooden board on Jia Dongxu's back, and other items were placed on the board. Qin Huairu had already made several trips, while Jia Dongxu had only just crawled to the entrance of Zhao Gangzi's house.

"Ooh ooh, big turtle, walk faster, giddy-up!"

Because he had agreed to swap houses with Zhao Gangzi, Bang Geng had also been released.

Wrapped in bandages, he sat on Jia Dongxu's back, holding a small leather whip and urging Jia Dongxu to crawl faster.

"Damn it, if it weren't for the fact that I'm keeping you to carry on the Jia Family line, I'd really want to whip you to death," Jia Dongxu cursed inwardly.

He now had to wonder if his son was truly a bit mentally disabled.

On Zhao Gangzi's side, the things were almost all moved, while the Jia Family was no different from when they started, and there wasn't even anyone to help. Originally, Shazhu could have come to help, but he happened to be kept at the factory by the factory leadership today.

Not to mention someone like Xu Damao.

He wouldn't get up early without profit; it was impossible for him to help without being paid.

"I say, Brother Jia, can you crawl a bit faster? Look at my expensive furniture; if it gets ruined by the sun, will you pay for it?"

Zhao Gangzi looked at the big turtle in front of him with a look of schadenfreude.

"Zhao Gangzi, don't be smug. Fortune turns; next year it might be my turn, who knows what the future holds!" Jia Dongxu was as tired as a dog.

"Forget it, looking at you like this, I don't think there's much of a future to speak of..."

Zhao Gangzi snorted coldly and stopped mocking Jia Dongxu, instead going straight to find Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu was also covered in sweat at this moment; when had she ever done such heavy labor?

There was such a large cabinet in the house, plus a sewing machine; even if there were two of her, she couldn't handle these.

"Gangzi, I am really too tired. Look, you have ten people working over there; could you let them help our family too?"

"I beg you, Gangzi..."

"Anyway, you paid them so much money..."

Qin Huairu once again used her signature skill, forcibly squeezing two tears from the corners of her eyes, which made the porters working for Zhao Gangzi unable to bear it.

If Zhao Gangzi hadn't stopped them, these people might have really gone to help Qin Huairu work.

"What kind of talk is this? Why should the people I paid work for you? If you want to pay them, that's fine, otherwise, just move it yourself slowly!"

Zhao Gangzi sneered.

"Brothers, let's go eat. It just so happens that my house still has some meat and some wine; it would be a waste not to eat it!"

Taking advantage of the Jia Family's slow progress, Zhao Gangzi led a group of people home to cook first, and soon, waves of fragrance wafted out from the Back Courtyard.

Zhao Gangzi's cooking skills were already quite good, and there were so many ingredients at home, such as chicken, duck, fish, and meat.

Before long, dishes like sweet and sour fish, stewed pork with potatoes, and cucumber stir-fried with eggs were all served on the table.

Because there were many people, everyone moved the table to the courtyard and started eating right there.

Whenever Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu passed by carrying things, they could see this group of people clinking glasses and drinking, having a wonderful time.

Especially that smell of meat, which directly hooked the gluttonous worm inside little Bang Geng.

He clamored and shouted that he wanted to eat meat too.

"Whose damn kid is this? Why is he lying here like a dog? It's truly offensive to public decency, sigh!"

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Zhao Gangzi took a look at Bang Geng.

He was lying honestly on the ground, his tongue lolling out incessantly, a look of wisdom shining in his wretched little eyes.

Zhao Gangzi's kindness suddenly flared up; he then dug a large chicken leg out of his bowl and, in three strokes and two moves, gnawed the chicken leg clean, leaving only some small bits of cartilage and shreds of meat.

Then he waved it in front of Bang Geng and, right in front of him, threw it in the direction of the toilet.

"Woof!"

Suddenly, a dog's bark rang out.

Bang Geng, like a hunting dog that had discovered its prey, darted out with a whoosh, moving like a bolt of lightning, and caught the chicken leg bone Zhao Gangzi had thrown with lightning speed.

Afterward, with the bone clamped in his mouth, he found a secluded spot and began to suck on it carefully.

"Hey, Brother Zhao, what's up with that kid?" someone at the dining table asked, puzzled, as they watched Bang Geng's wretched back.

"Don't mind him, he's just the product of inbreeding."

Zhao Gangzi drank a cup of wine and spoke nonsense casually.

Upon hearing this, the man's expression immediately turned serious, and he said to the others at the table with a straight face, "No wonder this child is like a retard. It seems we must still believe in science; we absolutely must not engage in inbreeding. It's such a pity for the child..."

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