Chapter 64: Little Zhizhi, It’s Really You

“I want to eat a meat bun, I want to eat a meat bun, give me the meat bun, I want to eat, I want to eat, I want to eat!”

Liu Xiaobao pounded her thigh while shouting loudly.

Zhao Dani’s leg hurt from the pounding. She blamed Lao Si for not being considerate and squatted down to coax him, “Xiaobao, wait a minute. Mom will make it for you later. Mom needs to talk to Fourth Uncle first.”

“No, Zhao An’an has one. I want to eat. I want to eat now. Give it to me, Zhao An’an!”

Seeing Zhao Sihai’s face turn dark, Zhao Dani was afraid that the conversation would be ruined. She was anxious and quickly pulled his collar.

“What are you eating? That’s your cousin’s. You can’t eat it. If you want to eat, Mom will make it for you later.”

But Liu Xiaobao wouldn’t listen. He angrily threw her hand away and even kicked her, “I can’t have anything. You’re so mean. I’m not going with you. I’m going back to Grandma.” He turned and ran away.

“Hey, you little rascal, wait, Xiaobao!” Zhao Dani saw him really running away. She was anxious and didn’t care to say anything. She quickly chased after him.

Only Liu Zhaodì was left standing at the door, looking uneasy. She was stunned for a few seconds and also lowered her head to chase after him.

But Zhao Sihai stopped her.

Zhao Sihai went back to the kitchen and took a big meat bun for her.

Liu Zhaodì didn’t dare to take it. Zhao Sihai directly stuffed it into her hand, “Eat it before you go home.”

He didn’t care about her anymore. He turned and went back to the house.

Bai Ruojiao had already packed up most of the things. Seeing him come in, she asked, “What did she want?”

“She didn’t say anything. I ignored her.” Zhao Sihai said, “You guys wait here. I’ll go to the village entrance to wait for Kangzi.”

Zhao Sihai left, and soon Zhao Dani returned.

Bai Ruojiao opened the door and glanced at Liu Xiaobao, who was holding a bun and munching on it. She asked calmly, “What do you want?”

Seeing Bai Ruojiao’s attitude, Zhao Dani was a little unhappy, “Fourth sister-in-law, even though you’ve separated, we’re still family. Is it necessary to be so distant?”

Bai Ruojiao didn’t intend to give her any face, “I’m closing the door if you have nothing to say.” She was about to close the door.

“Hey, wait.” Zhao Dani quickly reached out and pressed her hand, “Don’t be so heartless. Let us in first. Where’s Lao Si?”

“He went out.” Bai Ruojiao didn’t want to waste time with her. She directly closed the door, locked it, turned around and went back to the house, ignoring her no matter how much she knocked.

Zhao Sihai came back with a few people and heard Zhao Dani banging on the door and cursing outside. His face immediately turned dark.

“Who are you cursing at?”

Hearing Zhao Sihai’s voice, Zhao Dani was startled.

“Ah, ah, Lao Si, you’re back. I, I wasn’t cursing anyone. Xiaobao just choked on the bun, and I wanted to ask your wife for a bowl of water. But she wouldn’t even let us in. You know, your wife is really…”

“If you want water, go back and drink it. You could have drunk a whole vat of water with all that cursing.” Zhao Sihai finished speaking, walked past her, and knocked on the door.

Zhao Dani saw that he was really angry. She also saw that there were other people there, so even though she was angry, she didn’t dare to act up.

Bai Ruojiao quickly came to open the door.

“Fourth sister-in-law, I’m here.” Shao Kangtai had frowned because of Zhao Dani, but when he saw Bai Ruojiao, he immediately relaxed and showed a healthy and sunny smile.

Bai Ruojiao saw that there were not only Shao Kangtai but also Fang Hongjun, Cheng Guoqing, Fang Daqiang, and Fang Lizhu.

After greeting each other, they rolled up their sleeves and went inside to move things, completely ignoring Zhao Dani.

Zhao Dani was furious, but she hadn’t achieved her goal yet, so she wasn’t willing to leave just like that.

She waited until Zhao Sihai came out and quickly grabbed him.

“Lao Si, I have something to tell you.”

Zhao Sihai didn’t want to pay attention to her, but he was afraid she would go and bother Bai Ruojiao, so he asked impatiently, “What is it?”

“That, you’re going to live in the county, right? Then this house will be empty. The old house won’t be big enough when Mom and Third brother come back, so can we stay in your house first?”

Seeing Zhao Sihai’s face turn dark, she quickly said, “We’ll just stay temporarily. We’ll move out as soon as you come back.”

They grew up together. Zhao Sihai knew her personality well.

“There’s no way they’ll be able to kick us out.”

So he just gave her two words, “No.” He said, shaking off her hand and turning to leave.

Zhao Dani hurriedly grabbed the package in his hand, “Lao Si, listen to me, I…”

Zhao Sihai turned his head, his face dark, his eyes flashing with a fierce light.

Zhao Dani was so scared that she quickly let go of his hand, her face turning pale.

Liu Xiaobao was being held by her. Children are very sensitive to emotions, and he was immediately scared and started crying.

Zhao Sihai leaned in, his face grim, and said through gritted teeth, “Don’t have any ideas about the house, or I swear I’ll make sure you can’t stay in the village.”

He said, ignoring her, and turned to leave.

Bai Ruojiao and the others had left first. They were already standing next to the tractor, chatting with Aunt Fang and the others who had come to see them off.

Seeing Zhao Sihai come over, they waved goodbye to everyone and got on the tractor.

The car quickly entered the county, but it could only stop at the entrance of the alley.

Fortunately, except for a sewing machine and a stand, there were no large items.

After they finished moving, Shao Kangtai said, “Fourth brother, I’ll go return the car first and then come back to help.”

“No need, we can do the rest. By the way, Kangzi, I have something else I need your help with.”

“What is it, Fourth brother? Just tell me.”

“I have a piece of land in the team. I want to build a red brick house. Can you help me find some materials?”

Shao Kangtai laughed when he heard this.

“Hey, Fourth brother, you’ve come to the right person. I actually know where to find them. Okay, I’ll take care of it.”

“Okay, I’ll treat you to a drink later.” Zhao Sihai also patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

“Alright, then Fourth brother, you go help your wife. I’ll go now.” Shao Kangtai waved his hand and turned around. He was gone in a few steps.

The house didn’t need much cleaning. They had already done most of it yesterday.

When everything was in place, the whole house felt more lively.

Bai Ruojiao looked around and smiled in satisfaction.

“Should we go to the department store and buy some more things? It feels a bit empty.”

Bai Ruojiao didn’t know why he was so obsessed with buying things. She rolled her eyes at him helplessly, “Empty? What are you talking about? You want to fill the whole house?”

Zhao Sihai nodded and said to himself, “That’s true. Some things are hard to buy. We’ll get some from Big brother when he comes.”

Bai Ruojiao glanced at him speechlessly, then pushed him, “Go take a shower first. We can go back to work after dinner.”

“Hey, I took a day off…”

“What are you taking a day off for? You’re the head of the family now. Earn money to support the family. Don’t be lazy.” Bai Ruojiao smiled and pushed him towards the bathroom.

The thing she liked most about this small building was that it had electricity and a bathroom.

The bathroom wasn’t like the big pit in the countryside. It was a squat toilet with a small hole, and there was a space next to it that could be used as a shower room.

The only inconvenience was that there was no faucet. They still had to carry water and put it in.

But luckily, there was a well in the courtyard.

The family went out to eat again at noon. The waitress who took their order looked at them with suspicion.

After sending Zhao Sihai to the machinery factory, she rode her bicycle with An’an around the county.

Then someone called out to her.

She turned her head and saw an old lady carrying a basket, who looked familiar, running towards her.

“Hey, Little Zhizhi, it’s really you.”