Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 63

After Zhou Yuren left, Zhao Da'e instructed Zhou Chunwen, "Big sister, make me a pot of tea."

Zhou Chunwen shook her head: "I'm not going. Don't tell me what to do."

“You can’t not go, otherwise my uncle will come back in a little while and he’ll make me tea, and this teapot will break. You don’t want to embarrass my uncle, do you?”

"Huh? The teapot broke? That's so weird!" Zhou Chunwen didn't believe it at all.

How did the teapot break? Then she looked at the porcelain teapot on the cabinet, which was sitting there quietly.

This doesn't look like a teapot about to break! Zhao Da'e is just playing tricks. Absolutely do not believe him.

Although Zhou Chunwen didn't have much formal education, she believed in science.

Science tells her: a teapot can't break for no reason. That's impossible.

Zhao Da'e, however, knew perfectly well what was going on. Zhou Yuren was furious because he was going to have to retrieve the rope from his older brother's house. He had spent a fortune of fifty yuan on his rope, and his older brother, Zhou Puren, had stolen it. Zhou Yuren had no way to express his bitterness or resentment, so naturally, he smashed the teapot to vent his anger.

So, to avoid running out of tea later, Zhao Da'e decided to ask her cousin to brew a pot of tea first. But her cousin was clueless, which was really worrying.

The two were chatting idly when Zhou Yuren angrily carried a bag of rope home. He put the rope in the cowshed and then stormed into the house. He didn't say a word inside, picked up the teapot, and started pouring water, hoping to have a cup of tea to calm himself down.

After all, Zhao Da'e was absolutely right; the rope was indeed in his older brother Zhou Puren's house, and he had found it there.

But they were his own elder brother and sister-in-law, so he couldn't make a scene. He wanted to smoke a cigarette, but then he remembered what Zhao Da'e had said: smoking would prevent his son from getting married.

He's not superstitious now, but he still believes what Zhao Da'e says.

That's incredibly accurate.

Zhou Yuren then decided to quit smoking immediately. So he went to get some water and tea.

Because I was a little distracted, I accidentally spilled hot water on my hand, and then my hand slipped...

There was a click.

The porcelain teapot fell to the ground with a thud, shattering into pieces.

Zhou Yuren was stunned.

Zhou Chunwen was completely dumbfounded: Holy crap! It really broke! I should have listened to Zhao Da'e and made a pot of tea first. From now on, I'll do whatever Da'e tells me to do; I don't have that many broken teapots at home.

"It's alright, Dad, you get on the kang (heated brick bed), I'll tidy up," Zhou Chunwen said.

So Zhou Yuren got onto the kang (heated brick bed), and Zhou Chunwen cleaned up the broken teapot pieces. After a while, she found a very small, unused teapot, brewed a pot of tea, and brought it to the kang.

Do you believe me now?

"I believe it."

Zhao Da'e chuckled: "It's good that you believe me."

"I have a brilliant plan for you, Uncle. This time, you'll be leading a major campaign to repair the road in Erbuchi..."

Zhou Yuren: "..."

Zhou Yuren is completely numb now. Accountant Yao told him about this at the door, even though Zhao Dage wasn't there at the time. How could she know all about it so clearly?

Zhao Da'e must be the Queen Mother of the West descended to earth!

"Chunwen, go and get those two bags of beef jerky from our house for your cousin. Also, bring up the peanuts, melon seeds, apples, and hawthorns we've prepared for the New Year," Zhou Yuren said.

Although Zhou Chunwen was unwilling, this was the food prepared for the New Year, and it was still more than a month away from the New Year, so he had to eat it all in advance.

However, Zhou Chunwen now completely believed what Zhao Da'e said, so although she was reluctant, she quickly brought all the things over.