Xiaoxiao didn’t know any of this.
After he had simply refurbished the Courtyard House, Zhao Tianlei had even less money in his hands.
He was planning to make money.
He couldn’t let his wife support him.
"Wife, I will be home late tomorrow,"
Xiaoxiao waved her hand, "Nowadays, it’s open for business, you don’t need to hide or dodge. How much money do you have left? Do you have enough for capital?"
This man had spent all his earnings from last year on this house.
He probably had at most a few tens of dollars left, right?
"I can contribute two hundred," Xiaoxiao said, pulling out a stack of Union banknotes.
She would need to translate for quite a few days to earn that amount.
But this translation job was indeed really desirable.
"Wife, consider it a loan from me."
Zhao Tianlei then started pondering business ideas to make money.
Electronic products, but there were issues with getting supplies, and although these items weren’t easy to sell, the potential profits were high.
He didn’t have his wife’s keen eye.
But it might be worth a try, right?
Zhao Family Village Team.
After the busy autumn harvest was complete, the team members started wrapping up the remaining tasks.
Some straw had to be saved for the team’s cattle, the rest was used to make straw mats and hats, which also generated some income for the team members. Some of the elders were real experts, very smooth and practiced.
Right after the harvest, the first order of business was to pay the government grain tax.
They used tractors to transport a lot of grain to the town’s granary to fulfill the grain tax.
At that time, the granary manager greeted them warmly.
Many teams in their town had reduced yields.
But the Zhao Family Village Team, and their neighbors at the Zhang Family Village Team, had not suffered a severe reduction in production.
Seeing the plump grains brought smiles to faces that blossomed like flowers.
After paying the grain tax, Captain Zhao organized the team’s officials to distribute the harvest.
This year was a bumper crop, but Captain Zhao didn’t pay extra for the grain tax.
Smiles appeared on all the team members’ faces.
"This bumper crop was thanks to Educated Youth Yun’s seedling cultivation."
"I believe it, otherwise why was there no bumper crop last year, but this year, as soon as Educated Youth Yun took over seedling cultivation, our team had a bumper crop."
"I remember you were the first to hear this and doubted, saying Educated Youth Yun had never worked the fields, how could she know how to cultivate seedlings?"
The auntie gave a sheepish smile, "Back then, I didn’t know, did I?"
Wasn’t the portion of grain distributed this time one-third more than last year? How could they not be happy?
Even Er Dan received a substantial amount of grain; his face was full of smiles looking at his share.
He was just a young lad, earning at most six work points a day, which were a bit higher during the harvest days.
Xiaoxiao’s family received their share of grain too.
Plus a bonus of two hundred pounds of rice for Xiaoxiao.
"Team leader, it’s just a pity that Educated Youth Yun won’t be able to cultivate seedlings for us next year?"
"We can buy that chemical solution, the rice harvested by the Zhang Family Village Team next door this year, I heard they only harvested a thousand pounds less than last year."
Having used over half of last year’s harvest as seeds, this could be considered a good outcome.
"When they return for the New Year, I’ll ask and see."
"Team leader, we must contribute money when necessary."
"Right, we can’t take advantage of Educated Youth Yun."
After Zhao Tianxiang had dragged his own family’s grain back, he came to help his parents haul their grain.
"This is Laosan’s family’s grain, let’s temporarily store it in the old house until Laosan comes back for winter break, and then let him carry it back himself."
Could Zhao Tianxiang say anything?
Of course, he had no objections.
Nowadays, both individuals from Laosan’s couple were at university, likely to be working in Capital City in the future.
With several kids of his own, there would inevitably be times when they needed help from Laosan’s couple.