Her husband was injured, and Da Shu’s mother was incredibly distressed.
"No, the shop still needs you, and the two kids need you too. Once I’m done, I’ll come back and rest for a couple of days. Let me see what’s still missing at the shop?"
Da Shu’s mother didn’t think much of it, never considering that her husband might have a woman outside.
"These are egg cakes I bought. Take them with you. Remember to eat if you’re hungry. If you don’t want to cook, go eat at your parents’ place."
Her husband is, after all, her in-laws’ son. Going there to eat isn’t anything unusual.
Zhao Tianhai went to that team again, this time directly looking for the team leader, wanting to buy their team’s pigs. They could be transported directly, and he could help them carry some things for free.
This time, everything went smoothly.
During the farming busy season, everyone is busy with the fieldwork.
It was entirely thanks to Captain Zhao helping his son Zhao Tianhai with ideas. If you bypass the team leader, who else would be blamed?
Brother Zhao went with Zhao Tianhai to sell pigs together. The city couldn’t handle that many at once, so Zhao Tianhai kept them in his pigpen and went to several factories in town to ask how many they needed.
Pork delivered to your door, whichever cut you need, that’s the cut you get.
The focus is on being attentive.
This batch of pigs took him over half a month to sell.
When Brother Zhao made quite a bit of money too.
Zhao Tianhai told him to buy a house in the county town.
"Brother, after all, you owe Laosan’s family, repaying sooner or later is the same. Xiao Mao is not young anymore. Buying a house is cheap now, but if you wait until it’s expensive, you won’t be able to afford it. Trust me, there’s no problem, and the city’s education is really good. Let Daya go to middle school in the city, she might get even better exam results."
Actually, Zhao Tianhai was persuading Brother Zhao to settle in the city because he wanted Daya to help look after Da Shu and Xiao Shu, and also to help tutor their homework.
He is now running between his hometown and the city, with the two kids still young, so his wife can only stay in the city. But what about home?
"You don’t know, if I were to sell that house now, it’d be at least two hundred more expensive."
Brother Zhao, after being coaxed by Zhao Tianhai, handed over money to buy a house in the city, similar in size to Zhao Tianhai’s.
Zhao Tianhai also went to the town’s middle school to find Daya, "Daya, do you want to go to university?"
What does Second Uncle want to do?
Zhao Tianhai smiled like a dubious human trafficker, "Then study hard. If you’re diligent enough, your Second Uncle will get you into a county school. This way, you’re closer to getting into a good high school and a good university."
But how did Second Uncle change suddenly?
"Don’t believe your Second Uncle?"
Daya quickly nodded, "I believe."
"Don’t worry about the tuition. Your Uncle has money, and you can borrow from him when the time comes."
Daya’s mouth twitched. Second Uncle, why don’t you just say you’d lend it to me?
"Anyway, study hard and strive to get good grades in the final exams, so that your Second Uncle can take your school admission letter to find someone to get you into the county middle school. Otherwise, if your grades are too poor, no matter what I do, I can’t get you in."
"Second Uncle, are you serious?"
"How can I be lying? As long as you come first in your class, your Second Uncle will definitely get you into the county middle school."
"Second Uncle, it’s a deal then."
Daya is not too young, and she knows that studying in the county gives her a better chance of going to university, and after graduation, she could be allocated a job, and then she could support her parents and siblings.