As soon as Yun Xiaoxiao left, Zhao Tianhe had even less need to hold back. "Third Brother, I heard the land is going to be contracted out?"
"I’ve heard about that too."
They didn’t need to rely on that small piece of land anymore.
"Third Brother, what do you think about this?"
Zhao Tianlei glanced at him. How he saw it, of course, was with his eyes.
"Many people in the village have already contracted their land out. Our brigade contracting out the land is also a trend. Little Aunt isn’t in good health, but she can raise chickens. As for Uncle and Big Brother, they can farm or go out to do odd jobs. That can also make money."
Now that there’s development, there will be more houses being built.
It all depends on whether everyone is united, doesn’t it?
Zhao Tianhe also saw the trend in Capital City. Nowadays, the vegetable markets have developed, you can buy meat without ration tickets, though it depends on luck. These things don’t require tickets, and moreover, you don’t have to worry about them spoiling in winter, so people buy quite a lot of stuff.
"We could also plant fruit trees. Of course, for the first few years, we probably won’t recoup the cost, but once the trees grow, they’ll start to yield profits. Ask Uncle and see, when the time comes, whether he prefers to farm or to plant fruit trees?"
On this side, Yun Xiaoxiao returned to the old family home and saw Zhao Xinxin and Little Aunt Zhao.
Little Aunt Zhao, since her little girl came back yesterday, noticed that she had changed quite a bit.
Since coming back from her divorce, her little daughter spoke less and just worked hard.
But since coming back yesterday, she became especially talkative.
Little Aunt Zhao smiled warmly, "Xiaoxiao, thank you for taking care of the two siblings and giving them jobs."
"Little Aunt, Xinxin is really capable. She’s eloquent, good at calculations, and can help me a lot with household chores."
In any case, Yun Xiaoxiao just kept on praising Zhao Xinxin, making Little Aunt Zhao bloom with joy as a mother.
Mrs. Zhao didn’t ask how much money her youngest son and his wife were making in Capital City, or what kind of business they were doing.
After all, they had split the family property now.
Moreover, Laosan’s wife was still thinking about the two elders.
Today, wearing her new clothes out, lots of people asked her about it.
They also said that although she had no daughter, she had a daughter-in-law who treated her well.
Before going to Capital City, she would often bring them some things, and after moving there, she sent items by mail. This time when they came back for the New Year, they bought clothes for them and lots of food too.
All these things together must have cost a good amount of money.
"Sister-in-law, it’s getting late, so I’ll take Xinxin and head back," said the person who usually cooked as she glanced at the sky and could roughly tell the time, then got up to take her leave.
"Alright, come over whenever you have some free time."
After seeing them off, Mrs. Zhao quickly took off her new clothes, put on her old ones, and went to the kitchen to cook. Yun Xiaoxiao was about to help, but Mrs. Zhao pushed her out.
"You’re wearing new clothes, I can cook faster."
Having no other option, she went out to find the two younger ones.
"Da Bao, is Capital City fun?"
"Capital City has lots of fun places. My mom took me to see a movie, visit department stores, we even went ice skating, and to the zoo. The zoo is really big and has lots of animals," replied Da Bao.
Xiao Bao chimed in, "I know what animals are there. There are monkeys, tigers, lions, elephants, giraffes, and..."
What else is at the zoo?
Many kids only know common animals like birds, chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, and cows.
As for what Da Bao and Xiao Bao were talking about, they had never seen any of them.