"Old Zhao is taking advantage now. I heard from a distant relative of mine who works at the post office that Old Zhao goes to the post office to withdraw money every month. I heard from my distant relative that since he started working, Zhao Wenzhuo has been
I will send money to Zhao Youtian every month, not to mention the money for the New Year and the holidays. It will only be one or two hundred this year, and it will be thousands after so many years."
"Thousands, so much, when will it all be spent?" It's okay not to mention this. When I mentioned this, the eyes of several people next to me became redder. This is not unknown, but it is really a lot when you calculate it.
You know, there are very few ways to make money in rural areas now, and only families with a relatively sufficient labor force can earn a hundred yuan at the end of the year after a year of hard work. The Zhao family can catch up with many families without even trying.
The annual income makes a lot of people jealous, right?
What they still don’t know is that Zhao Wenzhuo does send money to Lao Zhao every month. At the beginning, because his salary was low, he sent five yuan every month. Later, his salary became higher, and it gradually increased after I remembered it.
It's 10 yuan.
However, Lao Zhao felt that it was not easy for him outside, and he had to support a family, so he refused to accept it at all costs. In the end, he managed to collect the five yuan in a month.
At this time, they couldn't help but think about how great it would be if they had this money. If they had this money, they wouldn't have to work exhaustingly in the fields all day long.
"However, Zhao Youtian will not enjoy happiness. If I had someone sending me money every month, I would not come to work in the fields."
"That's right, that's right." Another person said in agreement.
"But, tut, tut, tut, it's great! No wonder the Zhao family can build such a nice house?" Thinking of the Zhao family's house, and then thinking about some of my own people, they became even more jealous.
"Let me tell you, I think Lao Zhao is also very powerful. He can control people with kindness and make them work for him. Just two years ago, he paid Zhao Youtian to watch the old house be rebuilt. You guys also
I don’t want to think about it, he is not at home, what is the purpose of building a house, after a long time it will not all belong to the Zhao family."
"Yes, he is still a good person, but who let him adopt a promising person?" Several people nearby echoed, and they didn't even think about it. The Zhao family are all hard-working people, even if they don't rely on Zhao Wenzhuo's help,
It can also build the house we live in now.
It's just that this group of jealous people subconsciously ignored the Zhao family's diligence, or rather they didn't ignore it, but deliberately. They didn't want to admit that the Zhao family was more willing and capable than them.
None of them had thought that the Zhao family was not a wealthy family back then, and there was only one child of eighteen or nineteen years old to support the whole family.
When Zhao's father-in-law and mother-in-law left, Zhao Youtian had not yet married a wife. He took Zhao Wenzhuo in as soon as he came out of his filial piety period. This adoption led to many twists and turns in his marriage.
At that time, many of the women who were interested in him had already rejected him for taking in a boy. Although the matchmaker also said that he was only responsible for food and clothing and was not responsible for Zhao Wenzhuo's marriage and future housing, the women all shook their heads and refused.
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Zhao Youtian waited until he was 18 or 25 years old before he was introduced to a girl from a family whose fiancé had annulled the marriage because of his filial piety.
You must know that in rural areas in the 1950s, it was very late to get married at the age of 25. If you were any later, you might be called an old bachelor.
At that time, many people had bad intentions and advised him not to accept this burden and threw Zhao Wenzhuo away. In short, it was not a good thing. At that time, the two of them gritted their teeth and supported each other through the hardships. Now they have survived it and are prosperous.
Yes, they are jealous of others again.
"You are just envious of the good life that other people are having now, and you don't want to think about the fact that when Zhao Wenzhuo's child's parents passed away, the village elders discussed it and the whole village had to take care of the child. You disagreed with it. You must know that his parents were trying to save him.
The people in the village just died. Now that people are living better, you are all jealous again. What have you been doing? Are you guys doing nothing better and are spreading gossip here again?" At this time, an old lady passing by heard.
Hearing what they said and what they said became more and more outrageous, he rolled up his sleeves, put his hands on his hips and cursed.
"Auntie, what did we say, but we didn't say anything."
"Yes, yes, we are just envious of the Zhao family's prosperity, and we are just saying a few words of envy." Seeing that what they said was heard, several people's faces turned red and they explained with a smile.
However, the old lady did not let them off so easily, and continued with a cold face: "You dare to say that Arita's failure to marry a wife was none of your business, and it has nothing to do with you.
Those words were not spread by you at that time, but now you still have the nerve to spread rumors here. I think you have forgotten the lessons you learned back then..."
The few of them are about the same age as Zhao Youtian, and it's not a matter of looking at their wives, because old Zhao is good-looking and willing to work. Although there are no elders to take care of him, there are many families with daughters who are keeping an eye on them.
What about him?
It doesn't matter if there are no elders to take care of you. As long as the person is willing to do it, there is no bad intention. At most, the in-law family can help more after the marriage. Besides, if there are no elders, won't we have to be filial to the in-law family in the future?
So even if he later adopted Zhao Wenzhuo, it only slightly affected the market, but there were still many girls from good families who could agree.
Still, these people were not angry that Zhao Youtian was more popular with girls than they were. They gossiped and gossiped about how Zhao Youtian had been in contact with many girls in private. They also said that despite his seemingly good temper, he was actually very good-tempered.
He beats people in private.
It was these words that caused those who loved their daughters to disagree when they heard that it was him who loved her.
Lao Zhao didn't know about these things at first and thought it was because of himself. In the end, a matchmaker couldn't stand it and asked him privately.
Only then did we know the reason why he had been unable to get his wife. Zhao Youtian also got angry at that time and took a knife and slashed at the door of several houses. In the end, the elders of the village came forward to make them pay and apologize.
, to end the matter.
Now they still haven't been taught a lesson, they still talk nonsense, and really don't change at all. When the old lady catches a few people, she just slaps them so hard that some of them don't dare to raise their heads.
Several people kept their heads down with guilty conscience, not daring to speak, listening to the old lady's dissatisfaction. It was not until the old lady left that they dared to raise their heads. Only then did the person who spoke the most happily said angrily: "I don't know Zhao Youtian."
No matter what, all these people in the village are looking towards him."
