HBWnovel Chapter 37 Ancient Divorce 4
Chapter 37 Ancient Divorce 4
The atmosphere at the Zhang family's house has been strange lately.
Those who were curious heard from Dr. Li, who had just returned from visiting the Zhang family, say that it turned out that Zhang's mother was pregnant with a baby.
As for why the doctor brought this up, it's because of the Zhang family; they're shameless enough to call him a quack and refuse to pay for his consultation.
To be honest, this was the first time he had ever met someone so stingy and shameless.
Therefore, when people were curious about the Zhang family's affairs, he did not hide anything from them.
Anyway, calling another doctor to take the pulse will yield the same result.
Both Zhang's mother and father blushed when they recalled that day, but also felt a little nauseous.
However, the elderly couple still decided to have the baby.
What if it's another boy?
Zhang Kedie was stunned when he heard about this.
His daughter, Lianlian, doesn't even have any supplements to eat right now. She can only eat an egg every day to make up for it. The family is so poor that they're almost willing to sell their servants, yet they still want to have another child.
It seems his parents have quite a bit of hidden money.
Wu Ailian also hinted at the matter of the private savings held by Zhang's parents to Zhang Kedie.
She remembered Zhao Jiaping telling her that her in-laws were easy to deal with; they would settle down if she gave them a little more money each month, and they would give her some ordinary jewelry, jade pendants, or fabric during holidays. At that time, she was extremely envious.
Besides, Mr. and Mrs. Zhang are very stingy, and Zhao Jiaping pays for all the expenses. They must have saved up a lot of money.
Only Zhang Kedie was a complete fool, trembling in fear in front of Zhao Jiaping, not daring to take a large share of her dowry, wasting his handsome face from his youth.
Understanding Lianlian's hint, Zhang Kedie felt confident that he could do it again.
I went to Zhang's parents' house and tried to persuade them for a long time, saying that my mother was too old to have a safe delivery, and that the family was short of money and that my younger brother would suffer if he were born.
In any case, everything he said was for everyone's benefit.
Not long after her pregnancy became visible, Zhang's mother's belly grew unusually large. Experienced old women all said it was a multiple pregnancy, which greatly worried the elderly couple.
When Zhang Kedie found out, he went to persuade the two to abort the child, since multiple pregnancies are more dangerous.
No fruit.
They didn't manage to scrape together a single coin.
She even turned around and asked her son for money to support her in her old age.
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When Zhang's mother was four months pregnant, Wu Ailian gave birth to a big, healthy boy for Zhang Kedie.
That's right, Wu Ailian discovered that no one in the Zhang family was there to help her during her postpartum period...
Her mother died early, and she wasn't close to her brother and sister-in-law. After the affair was exposed, they cut off all contact.
There was an old woman in the courtyard, but she did manual labor and couldn't take care of the mother and child. (Her hands were rough.)
Zhang Kedie, for the sake of a good meal, spent his days licking the boots of those rich young men and fooling around.
She had no choice but to grit her teeth and hire someone to take care of her for three months.
Ever since she entered the Zhang family, she's been financially dependent on them, which really breaks her heart, since she doesn't have that much savings of her own.
Zhang's parents remained unmoved, hiding their savings for the coffin tightly, and managed to safely give birth to their three children while heavily pregnant.
They were overjoyed and exclaimed that their ancestors had blessed them.
In the days that followed, Mr. and Mrs. Zhang were busy taking care of their three little devils, and they looked more than ten years older. Since they had no breast milk, they had to spend money to hire a wet nurse.
Wu Ailian also pestered Zhang Kedie, coaxing him to sell some of the family's belongings to raise money to continue hiring people to take care of their son.
At this moment, she suddenly also hoped that a wealthy wife would come to the family so that they could take advantage of her.
With their biological father ignoring them and their grandparents neglecting them, Zhang Xian and Zhang Chou went from being invisible to being mere tools. Every day after waking up and washing themselves, they had to go to the side room to keep an eye on their triplets' uncles.
Grandsons and granddaughters are naturally not as important as the youngest son.
People have been raised to be timid and submissive, and will no longer treat themselves as they did in their previous lives.
However, Zhang Kedie was bewitched by Zhao Jiaping, his body only reacting to Wu Ailian, and he even felt he couldn't live without her. Wu Ailian was also given a fertility pill, the effects of which would only wear off after she had given birth to eight children.
This can be considered a blessing from a qualified ex for their sincere relationship.
Who told Zhang Kedie and Wu Ailian to turn around and blame the original owner for not being virtuous enough and not giving birth to enough children for the Zhang family when they were caught in adultery?
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Chen Mianmian told the landlord that if she didn't come back by then, she wouldn't renew the lease. She had only booked a short-term rental, and the landlord didn't object.
This time, Miss Zhao's work on the estate will last at least three months. I don't know what the food will be like, or whether I'll be able to stay there.
Zhao Jiaping noticed that there were quite a few old women and young widows working in the crowd, so she had the system scan them and selected all the women.
Some others harbored resentment, but not much. After all, Zhao Jiaping was only hiring people to work in the fields, not selecting people to enter the government.
Even the fact that the female lead, Chen Mianmian, went to work in the mountains couldn't dampen Zhao Jiaping's enthusiasm for cooking.
Look at the dishes on the table: braised pork belly, bream with scallion oil, spicy crab, stir-fried lotus root, blanched bok choy, tofu and shrimp soup...
After Chunxing and the others left, she buried herself in her food.
By this time, the female laborers had cleaned up the few thatched huts at the foot of the mountain and rebuilt a stove to cook.
Dinner consisted of porridge, pickled vegetables, and wild vegetable buns brought over by the village head and his men. They also brought a pot as instructed by the host.
Chen Mianmian mingled among the group of older women, eating cornbread together, and felt that she was probably born to be a beast of burden.
Asking her to become rich like in her previous life would be tiresome, and she really couldn't be bothered to fight against such awful people.
He listened intently to the older women talking about the Zhang family triplets.
"What's it like to be pregnant with triplets and give birth to triplets?"
"What's wrong? You want to try again?"
"I didn't want to, I'm just curious. Giving birth to one child almost killed me."
"If you ask me, they could make some money by partitioning the house with walls and renting it out."
"You're mistaken. The Zhang family wants to arrange another good marriage for Zhang Kedie."
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The conversation then veered off course.
Chen Mianmian listened to what was being said, but in her heart she was regretting that she couldn't go to Zhangjia Village to beat people up recently.
Zhang Qiong hadn't been to Pingyang City for many days. He felt like he had missed something great, but he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
Originally, although he didn't work in the fields at home, he always made a living in the city and even brought back some benefits.
He was beaten so badly that his face was swollen and he couldn't go into the city. It had only been a few days, and his older brother and sister-in-law were already disgusted with him.
His words implied that he was just freeloading at home, causing his family to be beaten. His parents sat there without saying a word, seemingly agreeing with this assessment.
It takes another evil person to bring down the wicked.
After being subjected to sarcastic remarks from his sister-in-law for several days, Zhang Qiong finally lost his temper and cut up all the clothes and fabrics he had brought back to the house. He soaked his old cotton-padded jackets and quilts in water, and smashed the old furniture he had licked from Zhang Kedie's house, as well as the pots and oil in the kitchen...
Anyway, he smashed all the things he had brought back himself.
He didn't care what his family's expressions would be when they returned, and went straight to Pingyang City.
He was carrying a few old clothes from Zhang Kedie's youth, hoping to exchange them for a few coins.
Like Chen Mianmian's uncle, Zhang Qiong's family members were also hesitant to go into the city to look for someone. After cleaning up the mess, they felt like crying but had no tears left to shed.
If they had known this kid was this ruthless, they wouldn't have said anything...
Originally, Zhang Qiong's brother and sister-in-law and parents had agreed that one of them would play the good cop and the other the bad cop, so as to squeeze some money out of him.
Little did they know that their attempt to steal a chicken would backfire...
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"Tongzi, they're already fighting like dogs. How utterly useless! They're using the same energy they had to torment Chen Mianmian in their past life!"
"You'd have to ask Chen Mianmian for that, since we don't know her either."
"Can I kick her back with the 'time travel voucher' I stole?"
"Ping~ Ah~ You're so kind."
"Just tell me, isn't that right?"
"Sure, I asked the experts in the group. We'll kick her back once she's done."
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