Tao Daqiang turned down the job Li Long offered him. After Li Long drove off in the Jeep, Yang Pingping came over carrying their child and asked:
"Why didn't you go?" When Li Long offered him the job and Tao Daqiang refused, Yang Pingping had actually wanted to persuade him.
But Yang Pingping knew her husband's temperament. Tao Daqiang was closer to Li Long than to his own older brother, Tao Dayong. Normally, he would never object to anything Li Long suggested.
And this time, too, Li Long wanted to help Tao Daqiang earn money. Yang Pingping really did want him to go.
But since her husband had made his decision, she respected it. She had said nothing at the time and only asked afterward.
"That job means staying away from home again. I don't want to do it." Tao Daqiang shook his head. "We're not short of money now, and there's plenty to do in the fields lately. Dad's been catching fish with Brother Long's father these days, and they've made quite a bit too. They leave early and come back late, happy as can be.
"So we have to do the fieldwork. I don't want you going out to work in the fields with the baby on your back after I leave. Besides, when I spent over twenty days away weaving Taibazi this summer, I missed the baby terribly!"
Yang Pingping smiled and passed the child into Tao Daqiang's arms.
True enough. Their family was already among the best-off in the Fourth Team. They had enough food and clothes, a tractor and a bicycle. Her husband treated her well, and she had no mother-in-law keeping her in line.
She ought to be content.
Let someone else earn that money.
After receiving word from Li Long, Xie Yundong immediately