HBWnovel Chapter 35 Ancient Divorce 2
Chapter 35 Ancient Divorce 2
Taifeng Teahouse, on the shore of Songyue Lake in Pingyang City.
Zhao Jiaping waited anxiously by the window, and finally her mother and sister-in-law arrived.
When Wang entered the room and saw her daughter's radiant face, she felt relieved and picked out a few pastries to eat.
The eldest sister-in-law, Li Chuyue, didn't say much, but simply echoed the conversation between the Zhao mother and daughter.
At this time, Zhao Jiaping's maid Xia Zao had already inspected the pleasure boat and was waiting in the lakeside pavilion with several strong servants. The invited cook, storyteller, female musician, and skilled water maid had also arrived.
Seeing that her daughter was well-prepared, Wang only lightly tapped Zhao Jiaping's forehead, thinking that she must have been holding back for several years since marrying into the Zhang family.
Li Chuyue thought her younger sister was a wonderful person, enjoying herself while not forgetting her family.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Jiaping got up and invited them to board the boat.
The boat left the shore, slowly leaving ripples on the water.
The female storyteller sat on the other side of the screen and vividly told them some interesting stories from the mountains and countryside, as well as some popular storybooks of the time.
Once the river seafood feast was ready, she went downstairs with the others.
There was no one to serve them in the cabin, so the three of them started picking up food with their chopsticks, and then they heard the sound of a zither.
Wang Shi looked completely at ease, praising Zhao Jiaping for her good arrangements today, and even told the maidservant beside her to give her a reward.
Seeing this, Li Chuyue also gave a reward.
While eating, Zhao Jiaping listened intently to her mother and sister-in-law talking, her mouth never stopping.
The reason is simple: today's river seafood feast is truly delicious.
Steamed yellow clams, steamed catfish, steamed water chestnuts, cold lotus root salad, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, salted river shrimp, Pingyang grilled fish, refreshing radish, river clam with chives, fish head tofu soup...
The system looks so good it's drooling.
No wonder the original owner insisted on hiring this cook even when going on a boat trip.
"Fortunately, this dynasty does not prohibit divorce, otherwise it's questionable whether Jiaping would have been able to escape so quickly this time."
"The Zhang family is rotten to the core, and that Wu family member isn't any better. My sister was right to leave."
"When they first proposed to Jiaping, they didn't have so many problems."
"In the hearts of this whole family, they probably thought the younger sister's indifference was weakness."
"That's right. If Zhang Kedie hadn't been so good-looking back then, he wouldn't have gotten his chance."
"Wu Ailian has such strange tastes; she can still eat Zhang Kedie even though he's so fat."
"The Zhang family, hmph."
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Zhao Jiaping stopped eating after she finished, and leaned back lazily in her chair, dozing off as she listened to her mother and sister-in-law talking.
Not only did he have no proper posture, but he also tried to secretly loosen his belt.
At this point, the conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law veered from neighborhood gossip to the Zhang family, and then from the Zhang family to the Wu family.
The food on the table was cleared away, and candied fruit, fruit, and pastries were placed on top.
The sound of the guqin stopped for a while and then came back. A gentle breeze blew across the lake, and Zhao Jiaping felt drowsy.
After the boat returned to shore, Zhao Jiaping bid farewell to her mother and sister-in-law and headed back to the village without any formalities.
After Wang arrived home, she told the Zhao family in detail about how good her daughter was at eating and playing, which put Zhao's father and the others at ease.
Even Zhao Dalang's two sons pretended to be adults, which made them feel relieved for their little aunt.
Zhao Dalang secretly asked his wife, Li Chuyue, if their younger sister was still eating a lot. Li Chuyue was speechless and only glanced at him indifferently.
Seeing the fruits, fish, and shrimp that his younger sister had brought, he felt that Zhao Dalang, as the older brother, really shouldn't have spoken like that.
Zhao Dalang didn't receive the signal and thought his wife wanted to eat peaches.
He winked discreetly, indicating that Li Chuyue and the others also had some in their courtyard.
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Zhangjiacun.
Chen Mianmian calmed down after waking up from a nap and managed to suppress her emotions.
Now her uncle has seized her family's land and house, and in less than six months, he will find a mentally challenged man from the next village for her.
She needs to get out of this awful place as soon as possible.
When she transmigrated from the modern world, the original Chen Mianmian's parents had passed away, and she had no other relatives besides her uncle's family.
In her previous life, Chen Mianmian was unfamiliar with the place and her mind was not clear, so she was delayed in the village until she was targeted by Zhang Qiong's family.
Zhang Qiong is only a teenager, not even a student yet, and lives off his cousin Zhang Kedie, who lives off Pingyang City.
However, his cousin should have already been divorced by his wealthy wife.
Since Zhang Qiong isn't getting any benefits, he'll probably have to start looking for a new target.
In her previous life, Chen Mianmian's original plan was to secretly earn money, use connections to establish a female household for herself, and move to Pingyang City to no longer be coerced by her uncle.
Unfortunately, she somehow revealed her talent, and Zhang Qiong discovered that she had some money-making skills, so he mobilized the whole family to put on a show.
Looking back now, Chen Mianmian feels like she was out of her mind, believing everything the other person said.
As a freshman in college in modern times, she had not experienced the harsh realities of society and quickly agreed.
They got married just like that, and spent their days running around like donkeys.
It's even more infuriating than the plots of the TV dramas I used to watch.
Was she really brain-damaged in her past life?
Shaking off those thoughts, Chen Mianmian started earnestly fishing in the field, since she wasn't busy working for herself anyway.
He was planning to find an opportunity to leave the village directly, since there was nothing to miss anyway.
Fortunately, the current dynasty does not prohibit women from going out to work, so she can go to Pingyang City to find work. At worst, it is better than facing the troubles of Zhangjia Village.
What if I stay here too long and my intelligence declines again...?
Suddenly, I felt a little envious of Zhang Kedie's first wife, who kept Zhang Kedie's family from showing their faces after the divorce.
Occasionally, I would pay attention to her system and listen to her talk about how she envied the original owner. I thought the female lead had great taste, and the power pills she took weren't wasted.
When Chen Mianmian got up early to fetch water, she noticed that she seemed to have become stronger.
Is it a belated lucky break?
She quietly lifted the water tank in the house and put it down again, quite certain that she had become very strong and could slap Zhang Qiong's face until it swelled up.
Wait a little longer. In a few days, my uncle's family is going to my aunt's house in the next village for a wedding banquet. That will be a good opportunity to leave.
However, the resentment in Chen Mianmian's heart was like a flame that could not be extinguished no matter what she did.
They could only wait for Zhang Qiong at the village entrance in the middle of the night, beat him half to death and make his face swell up like a pig's head, then hang him on a tree before stopping, and the villagers would not let him down until the next day.
The villagers all said in private that Zhang Qiong had offended someone in Pingyang City, and even Zhang Qiong himself thought so.
It's obvious that without the nourishment of money, Zhang Qiong doesn't seem to have started to develop his brain yet...
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Before long, Ms. Zhao Jiaping got used to this life of being waited on hand and foot again.
I give the spring apricots and summer dates a good review.
The breakfast on the table was quite varied, with chicken soup wontons, egg pancakes, pan-fried buns, and rice wine laid out in front of her.
She loves these down-to-earth foods.
In the past, the original owner didn't like to be served meals, so Chunxing and Xiazao took turns eating.
Zhao Jiaping had a great appetite and asked for another bowl of wontons.
After finishing her meal, she had nothing else to do, so she followed Chunxing around the village to digest her food.
Xia Zao was sent to the Zhang family to run errands, delivering food, trinkets, sachets, shoes, and socks to Zhang Xian and Zhang Chou.
It can be considered Zhao Jiaping's superficial act as a mother, so that outsiders can't find fault with it.