sinovels Chapter 106, First Intelligence Item with Quality
Chapter 106, First Intelligence Item with Quality
Chapter 106: The First Intelligence with Quality
Bad news, the intelligence is of white quality.
The worse news is that the intelligence was not only useless, but also caused trouble.
Zhou Rui opened his closed eyes, and he was truly speechless.
After waiting for ages, this is what I got?
What left Zhou Rui speechless was the first piece of intelligence with quality that had just been refreshed.
[Intelligence 1: People from Yang Laidi's maternal family have come to borrow money for Yang Laidi's younger brother.]
[Intelligence 1 Quality: White]
Zhou Rui was speechless. After waiting for so long, this thing finally arrived. Not only was it of low quality and completely useless, but it was also a bad thing!
Sigh, we still can't rely entirely on the intelligence system, but overall it is still somewhat useful.
At least we'll know about this so we can prepare in advance and seize the initiative.
Second Aunt Yang Laidi's parents had both died, and her younger brother was raised by another elder in the family, Yang Laidi's grandfather.
All her other sisters had married and moved away. Yang Laidi even knew that one of them had been abandoned in the wilderness, a decision made by her father and grandfather.
The old people in the village all call him Yang Ergou, but his real name is Yang Mu.
Despite being seventy years old, he was stingy and held extremely strong patriarchal views.
Zhou Rui felt a headache coming on when he recalled his second aunt's family situation.
What to do? This kind of person is the most difficult to deal with. If you lend them money, there will definitely be a next time. Even a wealthy person with ten thousand yuan can't stand it.
Besides, this is a loan for a wedding, which is definitely not a small amount. How can we refuse when the other party asks for it?
Zhou Rui knew that if someone like this came to borrow money, it was definitely to borrow from his family, because the Zhou family was currently very powerful.
It's easy to guess that the other party might not immediately ask the Zhou family for help, but would definitely try to subtly inquire with Yang Laidi first. And most importantly, this old man's seniority is frighteningly high!
He's a generation older than Zhou Yong'an, which makes things even more difficult, as seniority is extremely important in rural areas.
Leaving aside the Zhou family's progressive thinking, in other families, the eldest member of the family holds the dominant power.
There's a saying that goes like this.
Parents who have lived mediocre lives experience the taste of power for the first time through their children, so they put themselves on a pedestal, always feeling that they are omnipotent kings.
This is a distorted and pathological mentality, yet it is widespread.
Zhou Rui had no respect for this person at all; he was not bound by such strict distinctions between elders and juniors.
In his mind, most people are worthy of respect and love, but this does not include old men like Yang Mu who abuse their granddaughters.
At the same time, Zhou Rui was also relieved that the old man had passed away; otherwise, his second aunt would have suffered even more undeserved misfortune.
After thinking for a long time, Zhou Rui still couldn't figure out what to do, and he felt powerless.
He respected his second aunt, Yang Laidi, in his heart. She had worked hard for his family for so many years, never getting into conflicts with anyone, and always appearing to be a kind and gentle person to everyone.
He wanted to make some fundamental changes.
After much deliberation, Zhou Rui looked at Zhou Guo'er and his second aunt Yang Laidi, and finally seemed to have made up his mind.
Around ten o'clock, while Zhou Rui was waiting for Yang Mu and his group, an unexpected situation occurred.
Zhou Shiwei and the other two returned home together. When Zhou Rui saw them return, he immediately went up to them and asked with concern, "Dad, why are you back?"
Zhou Shiwei shook his head and sighed softly.
"Sigh—there's no work today. The foreman told us to go home and that there's no work for the next two days."
Zhou Shiwei was helpless; not having a job meant no income, but Zhou Ming took it all in stride.
"Dad, if there's no work, that's fine. Brother, you happen to have some time, how about you continue to teach me your knitting skills?"
Zhou Rui certainly wouldn't refuse. His younger brother was active and didn't have much to do at home, so learning another skill was never a bad thing.
Zhou Shijie was much more composed than before and didn't talk much.
He was in a good mood recently when Zhou Guo'er came back. His daughter has always been his pride, even though he didn't contribute much to her success.
But she is still his daughter after all.
On Tuesday, I walked over to my daughter, Guoguo, and watched her write with a loving expression on my face.
"Guo'er, school will start soon, right? Dad knows your homework will be great, but I wonder how that brat is doing."
Zhou Guo'er put down her pen and gave her father, Zhou Shijie, a reassuring look.
"Dad, don't worry. I watched him finish writing it at my uncle's house a while ago. Judging by the time, we can go and pick up my brother in a couple of days."
"Also, we could bring Brother Yun along."
Zhou Guo'er is intelligent and has begun to consider family matters. She suggested to her father that they go and pick up her younger brother, and she also thought of Zhou Yun, who was alone at home.
Zhou Shijie nodded and said, "I'll go in a couple of days and bring your two younger brothers with me. The house will be much more lively then."
Zhou Shiwei then came out of the inner room and into the bright backyard.
"Yes, now we're not worried about Xiaoyun going hungry. Your dad and I will go pick her up together."
If Zhou Xing is brought back, then there will be no one to take care of Zhou Yun from the third son's family, since it's uncertain whether Zhang Yingzi will even return.
We can't just leave Zhou Yun alone at home.
Zhou Shijie hasn't told his third brother about this yet; he plans to talk about it in a couple of days when he goes to take care of the child.
Yang Laidi was busy starting a fire and steaming rice at this time. Because Zhou Shiwei and the other two had returned, they needed to cook more rice for lunch to make enough for them, since they were three young and strong men.
Zhou Yong'an and Meng Dan arrived home before they returned.
Zhou Yong'an's health gradually improved, and his initial trembling and sallow complexion disappeared to some extent.
This is thanks to the nutritional supplements and traditional Chinese medicine treatments I've been receiving recently.
In addition, they had been eating all sorts of good food lately, so the Zhou family all looked quite well, and Zhou Rui no longer experienced that feeling of being starving.
While the Zhou family members were busy with their respective duties, a very old voice rang out from outside the door.
"Is Yang Laidi home? Where is Zhou Yong'an? He didn't even come out to greet her. He has no manners at all."
The sound is very penetrating and somewhat high-pitched.
Zhou Rui was sitting in the living room with his younger brother Zhou Ming when they saw a short, hunched old man standing at the door.
This is Yang Mu, Yang Laidi's living direct descendant.
According to the rules, Zhou Rui should address him as "Ancestor".
He is a generation older than Zhou Yong'an.
At this moment, the hunchbacked old man put on a very high-handed attitude, tilting his head to the side, as if he wouldn't go into the house unless someone greeted him.
Zhou Ming was about to get up and call his father, but Zhou Rui grabbed him and shook his head to indicate that Zhou Ming didn't need to worry about it.
The latter was happy with this and continued reading martial arts novels.
Zhou Rui looked outside the door again and saw a man who was a little older than himself. He must be Yang Bao.
There were only two of them, but they exuded an air of authority.
Seeing no response from inside, Yang Mu frowned, then continued shouting, "Zhou Yong'an, are you deaf?!"