Chapter 795: Night Walk Again
As news of Zhao Jia and Li Huaide's affair began to spread at the steel mill, the two naturally became more cautious in their interactions, which also resulted in Zhao Jia receiving less help from Li Huaide.
The family's life naturally deteriorated rapidly. As the saying goes, the little brats eat the dad to death. With two sons in the family, it was definitely not enough to rely solely on the ration of the family members, not to mention the lazy and greedy mother-in-law Jia Zhang.
In order to improve the life of his family, Zhao Jia, apart from occasionally visiting Li Huaide, would go to the black market to exchange some food.
This morning, after Zhao Jia got some benefits from Li Huaide, she couldn't wait to go to the black market, intending to exchange some money to improve her family's life. But who would have thought that she would run into the scene of the black market boss trading with others.
Although she did not hear the specific content, she was still hunted down by the leader of the black market. Fortunately, in order to hide her tracks at night, Zhao Jia would smear some dust or soot on her face when she went to the black market. Otherwise, she would have been eaten up long ago.
That’s why today’s dangerous situation happened.
After listening to Shen Yulin's narration, Zhou Tian suddenly understood, but his opinion of Zhao Jia improved a lot. If he had just awakened his past life memories, he would definitely despise Zhao Jia's behavior.
But after so many years, he was no longer surprised by Zhao Jia's thoughts. People who have not lived in that era could not imagine how afraid people of that era were of hunger.
Especially since she has two half-grown boys to support, not to mention now, even in her previous life many women couldn't do it.
After Jia Dongxu's death, Zhao Jia not only did not abandon the Jia family, but was actually very loyal to the family. The only difference was that compared to Qin Huairu, Zhao Jia clearly had a bottom line.
She would not provoke others at will, but only traded with Li Huaide, and at the same time she was also improving her own abilities. It can be said that the woman behind this is very unusual.
However, although he admired her, he was more interested in the black market. Although he didn't know what Zhao Jia had heard from the black market boss, he knew that this black market must be complicated just from the fact that the other party dared to take the risk to hunt her down.
"Maybe I should go take a look. It's just right. I'll go and find out tonight!"
As he was thinking about it, he heard Shen Yulin sigh and said, "Master, don't you think Zhao Jia is very pitiful? Not only does a woman have to support two half-grown boys, but she also has to support a lazy mother-in-law. I really don't know what the old lady of the Jia family is thinking. She is willing to let her daughter-in-law work so hard!"
Obviously, Shen Yulin also felt sympathy for Zhao Jia's experience. As for the relationship between Zhao Jia and Li Huaide, it was actually not uncommon in this era. After all, it had only been a few years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. She had heard a lot of such things during the Republic of China.
Not to mention the Republic of China, there are still many such things happening now.
"Okay, don't think about Zhao Jia anymore. Besides, this was her own choice. She married Jia Dongxu voluntarily. Besides, you are not her, how do you know that she didn't do it voluntarily?"
Zhou Tian didn't quite agree with his wife's words. After all, people sympathize with the weak, which is nothing wrong. But the problem is, wasn't the reason why Zhao Jia was willing to marry Jia Dongxu because Jia Dongxu was a worker?
But later it turned out to be Jia Dongxu's own problem and her vision problem. However, Zhou Tian had also stayed in the Siheyuan for a long time. In his opinion, Jia Dongxu was actually a very good person with a gentle temper and a very filial child.
The only shortcoming was his gambling habit, but he always knew when to stop. Unfortunately, he had a lazy mother, and Yi Zhonghai's selfishness led to Jia Dongxu's death.
If Yi Zhonghai really liked Jia Dongxu, he would not have known that Jia Dongxu was gambling but did not dissuade him, nor would he have taught him skills sincerely. You know, when he was in the steel rolling mill, Jia Dongxu was already a junior master.
Even if he had practiced a little more, it would not have been difficult to become an intermediate master. However, until he left the steel mill, Jia Dongxu was still a first-level fitter. This was obviously because of Yi Zhonghai.
He could actually guess the reason why Jia Dongxu became addicted to gambling. After all, the pressure of life at home was already great. In addition, in this era, there was obviously a lack of channels to vent psychological pressure. When he encountered gambling, he naturally fell into it.
After all, people often take the initiative to find a hobby to relieve their stress only when they have no goals in life, such as gambling, fishing, carving, etc.
In fact, with Jia Dongxu's willpower, it would not be very difficult for him to quit gambling, because based on his understanding of Jia Dongxu, it was a pity that pressure from all sides led him to a path of no return.
The driving force behind this is not just Yi Zhonghai. Thinking of Jia Dongxu in the past, he couldn't help but sigh.
After all, he died in his prime, which is really a pity.
The two chatted for a while and then went to bed. Zhou Tian had originally planned to exercise tonight, but Shen Yulin pretended not to hear him and fell into a deep sleep in a short while.
Zhou Tian was left alone, staring at the ceiling silently in the night, feeling like crying but without the tears.
However, in the second half of the night, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes. He got out of bed gently, changed into a black nightgown, pushed open the door in an instant, and disappeared into the night in a flash.
Logically speaking, with his current status, he doesn't need to take risks. He has enough money and a house. But since he has all these abilities, he would feel a little guilty if he doesn't show off.
Besides, he didn't know why, but every time he went out at night, he could feel his blood boiling with excitement. He even had a vague sense of excitement as in the martial arts novels he read in his previous life, robbing the rich to help the poor and upholding justice.
This feeling made him unable to stop, which was why he would take action himself whenever he encountered a problem. Firstly, he felt that sending anyone to solve the problem would not be as reassuring as solving it himself.
The second reason is that he really wants to show off his abilities. Although he doesn't think so, his heart actually tells him that he has this kind of immature idea.
In late September in Beijing, the temperature has begun to drop.
As the cold wind howled, people couldn't help but shiver. The cold moon hanging in the sky looked like a white jade plate, making people feel a chill.
Zhou Tian kept jumping on the roofs of rows of houses. As for the black market that Zhao Jia mentioned, Zhou Tian naturally knew where it was. After all, after so many years, he had already figured out the black market in Sijiu City very well.
Half an hour later, he stood on the roof of a room about three meters high, looking into the distance at a crowded black market, a smile appearing on his face.
"Let me see what secrets this black market hides that would make them take such a big risk to hunt down a woman!"