67: Chapter 65 is really as unlucky as it gets 67: Chapter 65 is really as unlucky as it gets Brown Sugar walked in generously.
Tie Zhu watched her, noticing she didn’t seem uncomfortable in the slightest, and he deeply felt that Qin Ye had married well.
Not only was she good-looking, but she also had an air of confident grace.
It had to be said, if the bad luck from Qin Ye’s past life had led him to a wife to spend the latter half of his life with, he thought that would actually be quite good.
“Please, take a seat, I’ll pour you a glass of water…”
“No need, I will be heading back soon.
Let’s talk business first!”
Tie Zhu quite liked her straightforward nature and felt she was a perfect match for Qin Ye.
How many bricks do you need?
How big is the house you’re planning to build, and when do you need them by?”
“Let’s start with two tractor loads of bricks!
The sooner we can get the bricks, the better, because we’re starting construction on the house tomorrow.”
“That soon?” Tie Zhu was somewhat surprised.
“We’re in a hurry to move into a new house before the New Year,” Rong Yan explained without changing her expression.
She of course wouldn’t say how she disliked the current house for its inability to keep out the wind and rain.
What was most important to her was having a room of her own.
But her mention of the New Year made complete sense to Tie Zhu.
Who wouldn’t want to move into a new house before the New Year?
It’s now precisely the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month.
There’s more than half a month until the New Year; there’s definitely enough time to get it done.
“Alright, I’ll take care of it for my sister-in-law.”
How much do these bricks cost right now?”
She needed to calculate how much money would be required.
“We only have hollow bricks here, one yuan each.
You don’t need to rush with the payment.
Once we have the total number of bricks, you can pay all at once when we deliver them.
I have some connections at the brick and tile factory.”
“I appreciate that very much.
If it’s possible, I’d like to order some tiles later on as well.”
“Sure, no rush on the tiles.
You can just see how many of the current tiles can be reused, and then order whatever you’re short of.” The old tiles would definitely be reused.
Rong Yan nodded her head.
At this moment, Tie Zhu remembered something he had neglected.
“Right, sister-in-law, where’s Qin Ye?
Why didn’t he come himself?”
“He broke his leg on the mountain the night before last, so he’s resting at home these past two days and couldn’t come over,” Yan said.
Her words shocked Tie Zhu.
Has he really been so unlucky as to break his leg?”
Is Qin Ye’s bad luck really so well-known?
Maybe realizing his overreaction, he felt his previous comment was inappropriate.
Tie Zhu quickly apologized, trying to restore some dignity for Qin Ye:
“Sister-in-law, sorry, I mean, I was just so surprised.
He’s usually so healthy… How could such an accident happen?
It’s just so unexpected…” Is it not just more bad luck?
He had just married such a pretty young wife, had he not?
How could he have broken his leg?
When it came to bad luck, he could support Qin Ye without even needing a wall.
Qin Ye was quite capable, yet it always seemed like God wanted him to stay poor.
You not explaining is actually better.
“Then let’s leave it at that.
I will be going now.”
“…Ah, okay.” Tie Zhu sneaked a glance at her, thinking that his words probably didn’t affect her too much.
Otherwise, if Qin Ye’s wife were to leave him…
his guilt would be tremendous.
He felt he needed to offer some compensation, considering his slip of the tongue.
“Sister-in-law, don’t go just yet, wait for me a moment.”
He quickly went inside… and soon, he came back with two items in his hands.
“Sister-in-law, I’ve been busy recently and didn’t know Qin Ye got married.
And now that he’s broken his leg, this is a little token from me, please accept it.”
A bag of brown sugar, along with ten yuan.