77: Chapter 75 He’s My Buddy 77: Chapter 75 He’s My Buddy “I estimate I’ll need three tractors’ worth of bricks, and later on, send some more over, including roof tiles,” Qin Ye said, snapping Tie Zhu back to reality.
He readily agreed, “Okay, don’t worry about that, I’ll take care of it for you.”
Then he looked at the person in the bed.
“Have you been to the hospital for this?”
A broken leg is a serious matter; without proper treatment, there’s a chance it could lead to a limp.
“If you’re short on money, I can lend you some.”
Naturally, Qin Ye refused.
“No need, I’ve already seen the doctor for the leg and injury, and it’s healing well.”
“Just take the money,” Tie Zhu insisted, pulling out a stack of cash from his pocket.
“This one hundred yuan is a loan to you, and the rest is the money your wife earned from selling goods—five jins of dried noodles—since these noodles are of good quality, two yuan and fifty cents a jin, so that makes one yuan and twenty-five cents in total.”
But he didn’t voice this question out loud.
Just at that moment, Rong Yan came in, and he said to Tie Zhu, “You don’t need to loan the money; we have enough.
And as for this money, give it to my wife!”
Tie Zhu glanced at him, then turned to the newcomer.
“Sister-in-law, this is the money for your noodles.
It wasn’t convenient to give it to you outside just now.”
Rong Yan, unfazed under Qin Ye’s gaze, accepted the money.
The gratitude left Tie Zhu a little embarrassed.
City girls are just different.
“Sister-in-law, you don’t have to be so formal with me; we’re all family here.
And if you have anything else you want to sell in the future, just come to me.”
He said this last part softly, to prevent others outside from overhearing.
Although trading goods had not been as strictly prohibited in the past few months as before, it was still necessary to be cautious.
“Alright,” Rong Yan nodded.
She had plenty of goods from the supermarket in her space; there would be chances to sell them in the future.
She couldn’t do it all herself, right?
Tie Zhu found Rong Yan to have a really agreeable personality, with a straightforwardness and generosity that made her easy to get along with.
“Sister-in-law, here’s one hundred yuan.
Isn’t your family building a house?
Take this to use first…
consider it a loan from me.”
Rong Yan shook her head: “That’s not necessary; we have enough.
By the way, how much will the bricks cost in total?”
“The hollow bricks are three cents each,” Tie Zhu said right away.
“But there’s no hurry for the money; we can settle up after everything is delivered.
Qin Ye mentioned earlier that we’d need three tractors .”
Rong Yan didn’t know the exact amount, but if Qin Ye said they needed that much, then surely they did.
“Then I’ll have to trouble you with that.”
Qin Ye and I are brothers.
Okay, they’ve probably finished unloading outside; I’ll head back with them.
I won’t come for the next few trips.”
Upon hearing he wouldn’t be coming by, Rong Yan handed over fifty yuan, “Take this money, and if it’s not enough, I’ll give you more later.”
Qin Ye also added, “Take the money, it’ll save my wife the trouble of going back and forth.”
With those words from Qin Ye, Tie Zhu didn’t refuse any longer and took the money.
“Okay, I’ll settle the account for you.
But this should be about enough.”
Although the hollow bricks were three cents each, they were a bit larger, and so one truckload wasn’t particularly large.
Plus, they could reuse some of the old tiles that were still in good shape, so they wouldn’t need to spend too much.
He didn’t stay any longer; the tractor outside had just finished unloading, so he followed them and left…