Brother Zhao also knows that Laoer is helping him, the family needs money.
"Brother, you partner with me on pig acquisition, I can’t handle it alone?"
Many people from the team want to join him.
He has rejected lots of them, especially now with the farm work keeping him busy, it’s hard to find people.
"Don’t you want to earn more money? I, as your younger brother, wouldn’t deceive you. Don’t you want Daya and them to attend a good school? You don’t know about Da Shu and Xiao Shu; I’ve been watching over them and found someone to tutor them. This time, they finally passed the mid-term exams."
Speaking of this, Zhao Tianhai wants to vent more.
Laosan’s children have always scored straight hundreds.
Pigs aren’t something you can buy just because you want to.
Zhao Tianhai approached the village uncles to help plow the fields, while he rode his bicycle around looking at pigs, along with some chickens, ducks, and geese.
The villagers all want to sell their pigs, rabbits, chickens, and some farm products to Zhao Tianhai, treating him very well.
You could say Zhao Tianhai is handling it with ease.
As the saying goes, often walk by the riverside, how can your shoes remain dry? Someone saw him and roughed him up.
"Did you get into a fight?" Mrs. Zhao saw Zhao Tianhai coming back looking disheveled.
The bicycle tires were deflated, his face full of bruises, and he returned limping.
"They wanted black-market dealings, and I didn’t agree, so I got beaten up. I put the money under the soles of my shoes, or else they would’ve taken it all."
Captain Zhao and Mrs. Zhao simultaneously looked at Zhao Tianhai’s shoes, which had two large holes, feeling utterly speechless.
Mrs. Zhao worried that if Zhao Tianhai got money, he might find another woman.
But looking at this past year, this son seems to be tunnel-visioned for money, earning was the top priority.
This man is quite a character.
"Where did you get beaten up?"
Captain Zhao glanced at Zhao Tianhai, who was applying ointment, and asked.
Captain Zhao took a deep breath, "You’ve got guts to go to their team."
To this day, that team is still scrambling for work points and hasn’t distributed land to households.
"I heard their team had big fat pigs. Nowadays, many factories in the county town are short on meat, and the price has risen by a dime."
He used to make only one cent per pound when selling rice.
"Are you going back to the county town?"
"I told my wife that I’d be plowing fields back home for these two days."
You’re deceiving your wife.
"Dad, I’m also giving them an opportunity to earn money. If they want to sell pigs, they’d still have to take them to the town. I directly buy at the door, slaughter them at home, and then deliver to the county. The prices are about the same."
Captain Zhao wanted to say something but swallowed it back. He also earns some money, though it’s just a bit for his hardship.
Previously, when the team’s rabbits were ready for sale, he’d find someone to sell them. Now, it’s every other day, plus an extra delivery.
The team’s rabbits are slaughtered alternately - today yours, tomorrow his.
After resting at home for two days, Zhao Tianhai delivered a batch of meat to the city and then returned home.
But the beating was quite harsh, and the bruises on his face haven’t dissipated yet.
Da Shu’s mother, upon seeing the marks on her man’s face, was immediately worried.
"Husband, what happened to you, who hit you?"
"No one, I was blinded and fell into a ditch when I returned home at night. The field still needs a day to be fully plowed; I came to the city just to deliver meat before heading back to continue plowing."
"How about I go back with you to help?"