Zhang Liunian picked up his daughter and gently comforted her, "Hua Bao, don't be afraid. Daddy will beat away the bad guys and stop them from bullying you."
"Daddy, you're so amazing. Hua Bao likes you so much." Hua Bao hugged Zhang Liunian's neck tightly, as if only then was she safe.
Zhang Liunian let her hold him and walked into the house. He looked at his wife, who was helping his younger sister with her medicine, and asked with concern, "Qingqing, are you hurt?"
Jiang Qingqing shook her head, "I'm fine. It was my sister-in-law who blocked it for me."
"Third Brother, I'm also fine. You don't need to worry." Zhang Xiaomei's complexion had recovered a lot. Her earlier pallor was due to the severe pain.
"Xiaomei, thank you. If it weren't for you, I really don't know what would have happened." Zhang Liunian suddenly felt very fortunate that he had brought his sister back the day after he returned.
"It's my duty. Sister-in-law is pregnant. It would be terrible if something happened to her." Zhang Xiaomei knew how much her third brother valued his wife and would never let anything happen to her.
Besides, his sister-in-law treated her very well and even made her new clothes.
Such a good sister-in-law couldn't be harmed.
"Xiaomei, in the future, if anyone dares to bully you, just tell Third Brother. I will always be your support."
"Yes, I know." Zhang Xiaomei nodded solemnly and said nothing more.
Jiang Qingqing looked at Zhang Liunian and suddenly said, "Liunian, Tu Meili and the others know about us selling crayfish. What do you think we should do now?"
They had finally earned some money by selling crayfish, and they hadn't expected it to be discovered so quickly.
How would they earn money in the future?
"They know?"
It seemed he needed to quickly secure the cooperation for the Daming Lake crayfish and couldn't delay any longer.
The reason he wanted the crayfish from Daming Lake was because only the crayfish here were the largest.
The stinky ditch was nowhere comparable.
"Yes, but they don't believe crayfish can be eaten. They even said we were harming people. It's really strange. We've been eating them for so long without any problems, how could they be poisonous? If they were poisonous, we would have died long ago."
"Everything as usual. If they insist on causing trouble, we won't open the door. If you're afraid they'll break down the door, let the mute use something to barricade it, and wait for me to return."
"Okay, but our secret is out now." Jiang Qingqing also knew she had been careless when opening the door earlier.
She hadn't expected Zhang Liuhuo to be so ruthless.
"It doesn't matter if it's out. We have enough to pay off our debts, though we might have to incur new ones."
It was impossible to secure the cooperation for all the Daming Lake crayfish without several thousand yuan.
They definitely didn't have enough now.
"Why more debt?" Jiang Qingqing finished applying medicine to her sister-in-law and put down the medicine bottle, looking confused.
Zhang Xiaomei got up with her niece, leaving the couple some private space.
As they left, Zhang Liunian curved his lips, reached out to hold Jiang Qingqing's hand, and explained, "I want to buy all the crayfish in Daming Lake. It might cost thousands of yuan, which we don't have right now."
"Thousands? Our entire family only has a few hundred yuan. Where can we get thousands?" She didn't object to her husband wanting the crayfish from Daming Lake, but she just didn't know how they could raise so much money.
"Oh, right. The money from yesterday and this morning is all here." Speaking of money, Zhang Liunian finally remembered that he had forgotten to give the money to his wife. He then took out all the money from his pockets.
Jiang Qingqing looked at the pile of money and quickly covered it with a basket, then started counting. After counting, her mind went blank. "Seven hundred and twenty-one yuan?"
This was the money her husband had earned in the past two days?
"Out of this, 390 yuan was from another job, and the rest is what we earned from selling crayfish these past two days." Zhang Liunian looked at her bright eyes with amusement, but his gaze fell on the slap mark on her face. His demeanor suddenly changed, and he secretly vowed revenge on Zhang Liuhuo and his wife.
"Wow, so our total savings are now over a thousand? Let me calculate. It was originally five hundred..." Jiang Qingqing was immersed in the dream of her savings breaking a thousand.
"Let me tell you a secret, we now have a total deposit of one thousand two hundred and ninety-five yuan, which can last us a long time." Jiang Qingqing was overjoyed after calculating their savings, beaming from ear to ear.
She found it hard to believe that they had earned so much in just a few days.
Her husband was truly amazing. In just a week, he had turned their savings from negative to positive. It was wonderful.
"You're really amazing, Liunian." Jiang Qingqing suddenly gave Zhang Liunian a playful thumbs-up, praising her husband's capabilities.
Zhang Liunian stood with his arms crossed, unable to stop the smile from spreading across his lips.
"Oh, right. You gave all the money to me, so you must have no money on you.
The money you sell this afternoon, just keep it in your pocket as pocket money, you don't need to give it to me.
From now on, I'll only take whole numbers. For example, if it's over a hundred, I'll take a hundred; if it's over a thousand, I'll take a thousand. A man shouldn't be without money."
After her joy, Jiang Qingqing suddenly realized that if her husband gave her all the money, his pockets would be empty.
Therefore, she decided to let Zhang Liunian keep the money he earned in the afternoon himself, instead of giving it to her.
"Just as you said, you'll take the whole amounts from now on. If it's over a hundred this afternoon, I'll give you the whole amount and keep the change for spending."
Zhang Liunian didn't have much desire for money. After all, he had been worth tens of billions in his previous life.
Hearing his wife say she would keep the change for him was quite novel.
But this was his wife's kindness, and he wouldn't refuse it.
"Okay, then. How much money do you estimate the cooperation you mentioned will need?" Jiang Qingqing did not refuse.
"I estimate at least five thousand." Zhang Liunian knew that Daming Lake was later contracted for one hundred thousand a year, but that was in the 1990s.
It was only 1981 now, and he only needed the crayfish from the lake, so he didn't need that much.
"Five thousand? So much?" Then they would truly have to incur a debt of at least four thousand yuan.
Jiang Qingqing's expression was not good.
Just as their external debt was about to be cleared, another several thousand was added, which was truly difficult to accept.
But her husband must have his reasons for wanting to cooperate, so she had to support him.
"Do as you wish. As for the village debts, I'll find time to repay them. It's only 288 yuan now, and if we take away the thousand, we'll have enough."
Jiang Qingqing didn't want to delay any longer. With everyone seeing each other daily, she would be too embarrassed to face them if she didn't repay it in half a month.
"You decide that." Repaying the village debts would be good and beneficial for his future development, so Zhang Liunian naturally didn't object.
"Then..."
As they were talking, they were interrupted by a voice from outside.
"Zhang Liunian, you get out here! You beat up my Liuhuo, you come out immediately to apologize and pay medical expenses!"
The one shouting outside was Zhang Liunian's uncle, Zhang Wenjun.