He didn’t plan to go home this summer. Instead, he planned to rent a room outside when the school dormitory was not available and do something there.
"Zhao Tianlei, if you have anything else to sell, I can help you sell it." Zhao Gang seemed suddenly energized, eager to make more money so he could take his father to the doctor.
Zhao Gang’s father hadn’t been paralyzed from the start.
It was due to an accident.
Originally, Zhao Gang’s father was a truck driver, his mother worked as a salesperson at the Cooperative, and they had three children; life was pretty good.
But then the unexpected happened, Zhao Gang’s father had an accident. He was saved, but he became paralyzed, shattering their family to pieces.
After his father’s accident, Zhao Gang took over the job, but he couldn’t drive. He learned, taking on some short-distance trips.
Zhao Gang still had some shadows about his father’s accident, but for the sake of the family, he had to bite the bullet and carry on.
After the restoration of the college entrance examination, he planned to take it. When he told his family, they supported his decision to go to university.
It took him several attempts to get into university; he had worked before, but his grades were good.
He wanted to go to university as well.
"Alright, there are still some stocks left in the warehouse."
Zhao Gang started helping Zhao Tianlei with some surplus stock, selling them in the towns and villages around the Capital City.
It was hard work, but it paid well.
"Zhao Tianlei, have you guys made up?"
Zhao Tianlei glanced at Zhang Jiandong. Recently, busy handling the surplus from the previous factory inventory, the second beating Zhang was destined for had not been scheduled.
He felt that in the next couple of days, it could be scheduled.
The man was idling too much, after all.
"We made up, sorry to disappoint you."
Are you forgetting our enmity, speaking to me now?
Or is your brain just not keeping up?
If there’s no problem, then don’t come over asking for trouble.
These days, Zhao Tianhe was truly suffering.
When the appliance store wasn’t busy, he would read books and recite.
"Xiao He, if you read it twice more, I’ll be able to recite it too." Zhang Lanhua’s belly was very big now, seven or eight months along, and she still didn’t take leave to rest at home but continued working at the store.
She was earning her guaranteed minimum salary.
She also planned to hire an elderly lady from the neighborhood to care for her during her confinement. After the confinement period, she would return to work at the store.
"Sister-in-law Lanhua, stop teasing me. The exam is coming up, and if I don’t pass, I’ll have to retake it until I pass."
He had also asked Xiao Yang, but Xiao Yang had not attended junior high or high school. They were in different fields, and Xiao Yang didn’t know the answers either.
It was embarrassing to ask his sister-in-law.
Reading books was also a headache for Cao Dali. Luckily, he persisted in avoiding it; otherwise, if Third Brother had also signed him up, he feared the thought of exams would be even more distressing.
"If you don’t understand, you can ask Third Brother, sister-in-law, and Xiao Yang. They’re all smart."
"How much is this electric rice cooker?"
Cao Dali hurriedly went to attend to the customers.
Ignoring Zhao Tianhe’s miserable face.
"How’s your revision going lately?"
As soon as this was asked, Zhao Tianhe looked helplessly at the speaker, "Third Brother, I might fail."
"Do you need my help?"
Yun Xiaoxiao looked at them. Zhao Xinxin didn’t need to worry; she had been studying fashion design, had some talent, and now could do some simple drawing. All she needed was to study drawing well. There should be no problem with design drawing.