HBWnovel Chapter 38 Ancient Divorce 5
Chapter 38 Ancient Divorce 5
The neighbors thought that Zhang Kedie's family might be blessed with some good fortune in childbirth.
Over the years, Wu Ailian has given birth to one child after another, and her private savings have long been spent. Her face has aged and her skin has become loose, but her body has not yet collapsed. She only raises chickens in the yard to lay eggs for her to eat.
With more sons in the family, Zhang Kedie now feels like jumping into the river whenever he sees one.
Every day he wakes up to news of being short of money and his son crying. Heaven knows how his life has come to this.
They had to accept their fate of running errands for others, and all the flesh on their bodies had long since disappeared due to hunger.
Seeing that Zhang Kedie couldn't find a new wife to fill the void left by his several sons, Zhang's parents decisively took their triplets and grandson Zhang Xian back to Zhangjia Village to live.
The old houses in the village are still habitable, and people can grow their own vegetables, unlike in the city where drinking water, buying vegetables, and buying firewood all cost money.
After returning to the village, Zhang's parents couldn't bear to let the triplets suffer, so they forced Zhang to work like a workhorse at home, since he didn't dare to refuse.
They brought him back for this reason. As for marriage, forget about it unless Zhang Xian can find a wife who will support his family.
But thinking about it, it's obviously impossible; they've stopped daydreaming.
In Pingyang City, Zhang's father hired people to build a high wall in the yard, and sold the portion belonging to the elderly couple and their triplets directly to someone else.
As for what Zhang Xian is thinking, well, what could he possibly be thinking? He probably hopes the triplets won't cause so much trouble.
On the other side of the wall, it was up to Zhang Kedie whether to live in or sell the courtyard he was allocated.
This can be considered a separation of the family.
As for Zhang Xian and Zhang Chou, they were separated as family property by the group.
In fact, even before they separated their households, the two of them lived like servants in the family.
Zhang Chou was left in the city by Wu Ailian to help her take care of the children, wash diapers, and do laundry.
After that, I would also take time to wash clothes for the neighbors to earn some money, my hands turning white from being soaked in water.
If this little girl grows up to be pretty, she can fetch a good price to help my son get married.
They had considered causing trouble for Zhao Jiaping, but Zhang Xian and Zhang Chou had been taught by their mother to insult her, to the point that outsiders now knew the Zhang family was difficult to deal with.
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After giving the Zhang family members the drug that would kill them with old age, Zhao Jiaping stopped listening to gossip about the Zhang family; only the system would regularly broadcast it to her.
The "old age death medicine" means that no matter how hard or tiring it is, they can work until they die of old age.
Anyway, Zhao Jiaping really likes using it.
A few years ago, after finishing their work in the mountains, three elderly women volunteered to stay as long-term employees. After confirming that they were not slackers, they went to Pingyang City together to exchange their contracts.
Everyone else, including Chen Mianmian, received their wages and boarded the oxcart arranged by Zhao Jiaping to return to the city. After that, only Chen Mianmian was seen coming to do odd jobs.
It's mainly for that bite of fruit.
In ancient times, it wasn't easy for ordinary people to enjoy a delicious piece of fruit.
The damaged spiritual spring water could only improve the taste. There were always some misshapen and cracked fruits on the fruit trees, and Zhao Jiaping always asked the head of the village to collect them and distribute them to everyone.
As for whether the village head will become a parasite, the system will take care of that.
Some of the best-looking fruit was sent to the Zhao family, while the rest were bought by well-informed families.
To say that Chen Mianmian is unambitious and doesn't want a good life wouldn't be true.
According to the system's announcement, Chen Mianmian returned to the city with fruit after finishing her odd jobs and also stopped an out-of-control carriage, for which she received ten taels of silver as a thank you.
He dug up the ancestral grave of a local tyrant, got a hundred taels of silver, and even kindly went to beat the tyrant, who had disgraced the family, into a pulp.
He took some time to run back to the village to beat up Zhang Qiong's family and make mushroom powder for his uncle's family.
As for Zhang Qiong, seeing that he couldn't get anything from Zhang Kedie, he set his sights on a new target and was planning to force the issue.
Chen Mianmian found that Zhang Qiong was still as disgusting as ever, so she found someone to sell him to work in the mines.
Before the sale, they thoughtfully resolved Zhang Qiong's root of the problem.
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Zhao Jiaping now owns three estates.
One of the estates has a hot spring, and she loves to come and stay there when it's not too hot. In winter, she can also grow some vegetables using the geothermal heat to enrich her meals.
My mother and sisters-in-law would come here to relax after finishing their chores at home.
Who wouldn't love enjoying hot pot while soaking in a hot spring?
Zhao's father and his children and grandchildren visited Zhao Jiaping's estate quite frequently, mainly to discourage outsiders from having any ulterior motives.
Regardless of Zhao Jiaping's current age, her being alone always worries her family, but they will not urge her to get married again.
She would only bring her little ones to Zhao Jiaping's side when she had free time, to let them have some fun.
One day, one of the oxen in the village was dying, and someone reported it to the authorities.
After the government clerk finished the formalities and left, Zhao Erlang had already come over by himself.
Before Zhao Jiaping could even speak, he started ordering: hot pot with whole beef, spicy boiled beef offal, beef with cilantro, beef jerky, beef buns, grilled beef skewers, braised beef ribs, beef bone stew, braised beef, braised beef, beef offal with cilantro, dried beef bones, and beef stew with potatoes...
Some dishes can only be made with the skill of my sister's cook.
The rest of the family will be coming over to eat together later, so there's no need to worry about having too much food to finish. The younger members of the family have all inherited the Zhao family's love of eating.
The farm was bustling with activity. Because they were worried that the meat would spoil, they made a lot of dried beef bones, braised beef, and beef jerky. Zhao Erlang kept a close eye on everything.
Those odd and ends, if someone is willing to buy them, they can be sold. The rest will be arranged by the head of the village to make a pot of beef bone soup for the people who are busy working in the village.
The current head of the estate is the son of the previous head, and he is just as capable as his father, with no intention of taking over the family business.
Firstly, working for Zhao Jiaping paid well, and one could also get a small share of the profits.
Furthermore, Zhao Jiaping's experience of catching several cheaters through the system had already intimidated them.
The unfinished meat can be chilled and kept for a few more days.
Zhao Jiaping glanced at Chen Mianmian in the crowd and was a little speechless. Was she using all her protagonist aura on waiting for food?
The female protagonist earned money by doing good deeds and had already bought a house in the city, but she started doing odd jobs.
As for whether Chen Mianmian has any safety issues living alone, who would dare to mess with her when she comes home carrying a large water tank on her head?
Is something wrong?
The system says, "It's because your fruit is hard to buy that she's taking advantage of this opportunity to freeload."
They can buy them earlier than other families in the city, without taking up the quota for inferior or defective fruits.
Chen Mianmian was feeling very pleased with herself.
Today, it even had beef broth mixed in!
It's so satisfying to eat other people's food!
Zhao Jiaping no longer pays attention to this area; Xia Zao is now the only one by her side, as Chunxing has gone home to get married.
Xia Zao didn't have any intention of getting married; she felt it was better to live with her mistress.
He had also explained his thoughts to Zhao Jiaping early on.
Zhao Jiaping nodded in support.
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They met and then parted ways.
The grass on the Zhang family's graves is already very tall.
The entire Zhao family has been fed health-enhancing pills by her for a long time, and their health is excellent. Now, four generations of the family live together.
However, Zhao's father and mother felt that too many people would make it noisy, so at Zhao Jiaping's urging, they moved into her hot spring resort.
Zhao Dalang and Zhao Erlang were a little envious, so in the end they could only buy the neighboring estate and come over every morning to pay their respects, and go back to sleep when it got dark.
They look like little children, always wanting to stay close to their parents.
In this life, Zhao Jiaping saw off her parents and brothers before closing her eyes to end her mission.
The time-space ticket has been attached to Chen Mianmian. After she dies in this life, she will be automatically bounced back to the modern world.
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Chen Mianmian, who was taking a nap on the sofa, woke up with a start. When she opened her eyes and wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, she found herself back in modern society.
Looking back, I find that my memories of my past life are gradually fading...