HBWnovel Chapter 36 Ancient Divorce 3
Chapter 36 Ancient Divorce 3
The day Chen Mianmian planned to leave the village arrived quickly.
Watching her uncle's family disappear into the distance towards the next village, Chen Mianmian cooked all the food she could find at home, and packed up the leftovers. Finally, she packed a small bundle, put it in a basket on her back, and walked along a small path out of Zhangjia Village.
With the added boost of the strength pills, she covered the distance that normally took her more than an hour in just half an hour. Perhaps she exerted herself too much, because her straw sandals wore out, but luckily she had a pair of old ones in her basket.
With memories of her past life, Chen Mianmian rushed to the riverbank in the east of the city and rescued the daughter of a minor official. After accepting the gifts prepared by the family as a token of gratitude and changing her clothes, she took her leave.
She felt justified in taking the money, since if it weren't for her, the other person would have been saved by that sleazy man.
The system was stunned by Chen Mianmian's actions; it had initially thought she was going to sell some recipes or something.
As a result, she went to rescue the damsel in distress and make money to spend...
This kid has some ideas...
Reborn fifteen years later, she returns still a young girl...
With some extra money in hand, Chen Mianmian first rented a small room to settle down.
The landlords are a grandfather and grandson, so the risk level is not high.
She went out and bought a wooden tub to take a bath, scrubbing off all the grime. She felt much better afterwards. Luckily, it's been hot lately, otherwise she might have caught a cold after going into the water.
After taking a shower and eating a dry biscuit, Chen Mianmian propped the door to her room with wooden boxes and basins, laid straw on the bed, and quickly fell asleep.
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Chen Mianmian lives on a street that is quite close to the Zhang family's house.
There are many young people who come to the city to work, so it's not unusual to see small tenants like her.
Zhang Kedie was forced to divorce Zhao Jiaping, and his Lianlian had no dowry to give to the public for expenses, so the family was becoming increasingly strapped for cash.
Zhang's mother is already considering finding Zhang Kedie a new wife.
Her requirements weren't high; a dowry like Zhao Jiaping's would be fine. Whether she could have children or not didn't matter, since her son could have children with someone else anyway.
She never even considered whether the other party would be interested in her family.
Zhang Kedie shared the same confidence and thought the idea was good. He did love his Lianlian, but in reality, he preferred to be a kept man.
He wondered when his good cousin Zhang Qiong would come to drink with him and listen to his complaints.
When Wu Ailian heard this news from the servants, she was so upset that she almost miscarried. She had to take medicine to prevent miscarriage for half a month before she recovered.
She used her own savings to buy the pregnancy-preserving medication.
To be honest, Wu Ailian felt a great deal of regret.
When Zhang Kedie slept with her, he never mentioned that his family was so poor. He always used Zhao Jiaping to show off his wealth, and she was completely fooled.
Before Zhao Jiaping discovered this relationship, life was incredibly carefree.
After her husband passed away, Zhao Jiaping felt sorry for her and often sent her things from the estate, as well as fashionable fabrics. Zhang Kedie was also thoughtful at that time, and would save some of his own money to buy jewelry and secretly give it to her.
It's even better than her life after she got married.
Little did anyone know that Zhao Jiaping had such a temper. She had already agreed to become a concubine in the Zhang family, but she still exposed the matter, showing no regard for anyone's feelings.
I should have known...
I wish I hadn't gotten pregnant...
If she didn't have children, it wouldn't be so easy to find out.
Now we can only take one step at a time.
As for Zhang Xian and Zhang Chou, who were just hanging around with their mother, Zhang Kedie had long forgotten about them. Zhao Jiaping often sent people to bring them food, and the two children seemed to be in relatively good spirits.
Exactly, the resentment in their eyes was impossible to hide; I reckon Zhang's mother brainwashes them every day.
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Zhao Jiaping has no say in these matters.
A few days ago, she used the original owner's private money to buy the back mountain, planning to plant more fruit trees and mushrooms.
We also need to raise chickens, ducks, fish, geese, pigs, cattle, and sheep...
saliva……
Let's have some roasted lamb today.
In the morning, she had someone slaughter a sheep for herself and also sent another live sheep to the Zhao family.
They were all sheep that had drunk the spring water for several days.
The meat quality and taste have indeed improved slightly.
The purchase of the back mountain went smoothly, and the clearing work was handled by the estate manager. She only secretly went up the mountain in the middle of the night to hunt down the man-eating beasts.
If there aren't enough people by then, she'll have to hire some more, and she can take the opportunity to go for a stroll in the city.
During this period, the original owner's older brother, Zhao Dalang, and Zhao Erlang came several times, both to intimidate others and to deliver things to their younger sister.
A few days ago, when Zhao Jiaping was handling the paperwork for buying the back hill, the two of them went along.
Zhao Dalang kept talking and gave Zhao Jiaping a lot of ideas on how to manage the mountain forest.
It wasn't until Zhao Dalang arrived at the estate and kept staring at the peach tree that Zhao Jiaping realized her brother was simply craving something sweet.
Zhao Erlang was also tempted, but with his elder brother by his side, he didn't need to say anything.
When the last two returned home, Zhao Jiaping even called two oxcarts to follow behind and deliver their belongings.
Wang was speechless. Didn't the family own a farm?
Is there no food at home?
You insist on getting it from your sister because it tastes better, right?
However, Zhao Erlang was very conscientious. After eating, he would spend half a day each day at his younger sister's place supervising Ren Qingshan.
The thought of having two more meals there made him feel it was all worth it.
Sometimes he even thought about becoming the head of the village here.
Later I thought better of it and just asked a few cooks to come and learn a few dishes.
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Zhao Jiaping got up in the middle of the night and used her spiritual power to sprinkle spiritual spring water on the manor and the back mountain for quite some time before stopping.
Feeling that she had worked hard by staying up late at night, she started eating even more every day.
Lately, I've also become obsessed with soups, like pigeon soup, pork tripe and soybean soup, beef and radish soup, chestnut and chicken soup, mushroom and chicken soup, winter melon and clam soup...
However, everyone was already used to the fact that the Zhao family could eat a lot.
Back in the day, I heard that when Zhao's father was young, he ate so much that he practically used a basin. Zhao Jiaping and Zhao Erlang's appetites were far inferior.
After Zhao Erlang finished his work on the back mountain, he had gained weight and his skin had darkened.
Wang came to the village to see her daughter, but Zhao Erlang's words offended her. Worried that she wouldn't be able to find a wife, she had no choice but to forcibly keep her locked up at home.
When he returned home, Zhao Erlang made sure to bring a cartload of fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as a few lively free-range chickens.
Zhao Jiaping also went into the city, but she went to Pingyang City to hire people to manage the mountain forest.
Unexpectedly, Chen Mianmian was also among the crowd waiting to make her selection.
She asked the system, and the system chuckled, saying it was a surprise for her...
To be honest, Zhao Jiaping didn't have any ill feelings towards Chen Mianmian. Aside from being mentally challenged by the plot, she was quite decisive in her subsequent counterattack.
She's just an unlucky, useless female lead.
After taking her miracle drug, I ended up working for her.
When Chen Mianmian walked to the front row, she told Chunxing that she could eat a lot, but she was also very strong.
Chunxing found a wooden table and tested her strength; she passed the test.
Zhao Jiaping was a little surprised that Chen Mianmian hadn't seized the opportunity to start a business and get rich.
The system indicated that it had heard her talking to herself, which was probably due to stress, as she was afraid of being "discovered by a discerning eye" again.
Being a beast of burden in my past life must have been too tiring.
All I want in this life is to be a hired hand and lie down.
However, she sometimes stays up late at night and goes to Zhangjia Village to beat people up.
Zhang Qiong's family had been beaten by her several times.
As for her uncle's family, they couldn't do anything about Chen Mianmian's disappearance.
They probably knew that if the other party went to the city on their own initiative, their rural methods would be ineffective.
They could only regret that they would have to earn less in dowry money. Look at them, they're still not satisfied after taking over the land and houses.
The insatiable uncle's family had poisonous mushroom powder thrown into their food by Chen Mianmian several times. It wouldn't kill them, but they would inevitably suffer from vomiting and diarrhea.
The system couldn't help but exclaim to Zhao Jiaping, "Chen Mianmian has so much energy!"