Chapter 259 Buying a Wife
In the end, Mr. Zhang agreed to let Mrs. Zhang go to work. For the sake of family harmony and for Xiao Zhang to be filial to him in the future, Mr. Zhang had no choice but to compromise.
Moreover, Mrs. Zhang has Li Luo as her guarantee, so her salary will naturally not be delayed.
Because Lao Zhang was depressed, he called a few friends to drink together and revealed the matter. Those bad friends all congratulated Lao Zhang: "Lao Zhang, you have such a daughter-in-law, it's really a blessing for your ancestors."
"Look, you don't need to go to work, you just need to serve Mrs. Zhang, which is much better than us who make money by moving bricks and basking in the sun. Moreover, we don't make that much money. You simply don't know how lucky you are!"
When Lao Zhang thought about this, his eyebrows instantly lit up, but when he thought about what Xiao Zhang said, his face drooped again: "Humph, that little bastard just wants to tire me and his mother to death. I haven't even thought about enjoying myself yet, but he's thinking about finding a wife for others."
Everyone burst into laughter: "Old Zhang, why don't you arrange for Little Zhang to get married?"
Lao Zhang waved his hand and said, "It's not that easy to find a wife nowadays. People want gifts and three turns of the coin. How can we afford to buy one?"
"That Guo Yi, I think you can buy her back. Doesn't she also know how to embroider? And the Guo family seems to be planning to sell Guo Yi. You can ask the Guo family."
"Also, I heard that Guo Yi seems to have been taken to the city to study. You'd better hurry up. If the duck you have caught runs away, you will lose more than you gain."
Although they were joking, Lao Zhang took it to heart: "How about you lend me some money? When my wife makes money, I can give it to you."
When everyone heard this, they quickly covered their pockets and said, "Lao Zhang, this is not very kind of you. We are just giving you advice, not asking you to kill us. Some of us haven't even got married yet!"
Lao Zhang continued to drink in depression. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. He could go and negotiate terms directly with the Guo family!
Mrs. Zhang didn't know that Mr. Zhang had actually set his sights on Guo Yi and had already started pursuing his career in full swing.
The news that Mrs. Zhang made money also spread, and everyone came to ask her how she made so much money, and then they all gathered around Li Luo.
"Luoluo, we also want to make money. Look, Mrs. Zhang can make 30 yuan a month. What can we say? Can't we even make 10 yuan?"
"Yes, yes." The others quickly echoed.
"Of course you can make money, but you don't have the skills of Mrs. Zhang. Unless you improve your embroidery skills, you won't be able to sell those embroidery products."
"Embroidery requires quality, it is not something that can be done with just a few strokes of embroidery."
"I am currently applying embroidery techniques to clothes, and later on handkerchiefs, decorations, and collections... The level of embroidery can only be high, not low."
"I'll ask Mrs. Zhang to teach me embroidery right now!"
People's minds immediately became active. Mrs. Zhang took a look and found that it was just as Li Luo said, as long as one person makes money, there will be a lot of people following suit and wanting to make money.
"If you want to learn, it's not impossible. As long as each person gives me one dollar a month, I can teach you my skills." When everyone heard that money was required, they hesitated. However, some people thought that if they could earn 30 dollars a month in the future, then the current investment would be just a drop in the bucket.
"I'll pay the money!" Aunt Liu was the first to hand the money to Mrs. Zhang.
Her embroidery skills were not bad, she just needed some basic guidance. Besides, this one dollar was originally given by Li Luo, so she would not feel bad even if she gave it to Mrs. Zhang.
Seeing that someone had opened the door, naturally more and more people chose to pay money and let Mrs. Zhang teach them.
Mrs. Zhang was very proud for a while, and she told Li Luo about this matter when she went to his house. However, Li Luo said that she would not get involved in this matter, but asked Mrs. Zhang not to be blinded by the money, after all, she still had to make money from embroidery.
"Mrs. Zhang, I'll make it clear to you in advance. If your embroidery is not up to standard, I won't accept it. You spent eight hours embroidering your work carefully, and it impressed the judges. Please don't lose sight of the main point, Mrs. Zhang."
"Don't worry, Luoluo. I'm not that kind of person. You gave me this opportunity, and I can't thank you enough. These are free-range eggs from our family. Although your family doesn't lack such things, these are good things for the children to grow up."
In the past, people in the countryside didn’t have anything good to give except eggs and some farm vegetables. Li Luo thanked Mrs. Zhang and accepted the eggs.
Old Zhang returned home drunk, only to find Mrs. Zhang counting money. Looking at the bills, she figured out there was about thirty yuan.
"So much money? Where did you get it?" Old Zhang's eyes widened when he saw the money in Mrs. Zhang's hand.
"I earned this money by collecting tuition fees. I wanted them to learn my skills. Each of them gave me one dollar, and I collected this much money all at once."
"Only one dollar? You won first place and received a hundred dollars. What is this thirty dollars? I think you don't need to attend that class anymore. If you can teach a hundred people, then you can earn a hundred dollars a month, right?"
"Besides, I also want to buy a wife for our son. I want to find the little Guo Yi from the Guo family. What do you think? I have already made an agreement with the Guo family. For 500 yuan, the Guo family will let the little Guo Yi be our child bride."
Mrs. Zhang's eyes widened, her face full of surprise: "You beast! How old is our Xiaoqiang? How old is little Guoyi? You decide for the children and buy a child bride?"
"Isn't this a very common thing in our village? Besides, the Guo family is willing, and our Xiaoqiang's marriage has been arranged. Don't you want to have a grandson sooner?"
"I don't want to be a grandmother so soon!" Mrs. Zhang roared, "You can't touch this money. It's all earned by me. I want to save it to buy a car for my child."
"It's not up to you. When the child comes back, I'll ask him what he thinks. As long as he is willing, I'll raise the money for him!" Old Zhang pushed Mrs. Zhang aside without saying a word. Thirty yuan scattered on the ground, and Old Zhang put them all into his arms.
"Hmph, you bitch, you just made some filthy money and you think you can climb over my head? Bah, I think you are dreaming!" After saying that, Lao Zhang still felt unsatisfied and stepped on Mrs. Zhang's body a few times.
Mrs. Zhang was in so much pain that she was breathing more than breathing in, and her head was dizzy. She couldn't do anything about Mr. Zhang, and she didn't know what Mr. Zhang did with the money.
But within two days, Lao Zhang began to look for money everywhere in the house, and took out all the 100 yuan he had before, saying confidently: "With this money, Xiaoqiang's wife will be able to save up quickly."
"Xiao Qiang, just wait, Dad will marry Xiao Guo Yi to you in the next two days!" Old Zhang's smile was very ferocious.