Chapter 161 Care

Zhang Juexia and Qian Yulin chatted for a while, and Qian Yulin urged her to get down to business. "I've already made arrangements with the government office. You and your husband should hurry and get the land deed."

Zhang Juexia stood up and bowed to Qian Yulin, "Thank you for your concern."

Qian Yulin waved his hand and told them to hurry up. "I asked Madam Liu to find some more cloth from the storeroom, and I've already sent someone to put it on your carriage."

Before Zhang Juexia could express her gratitude, Qian Yulin feigned impatience, "I love you like my niece, but you can't treat me like an outsider. These things are useless just sitting in the warehouse, so we might as well put them to good use."

Zhang Juexia and Ye Beixiu were urged to leave the house by Qian Yulin.

She lifted the curtain of the carriage and took a look. Sure enough, it was full of cloth.

She thought about Qian Yulin's words and said, "Then let's make the best use of them!"

The two men came to the yamen and got the land deed.

Qian Yulin had already told her that Liu Hong's family had been renting out this land, and after the New Year, she only needed to identify the tenants.

Zhang Juexia was stunned holding the land deed. Adding the original thirty acres of land, she and Ye Beixiu now owned forty acres of land in the town.

I don't know what level it is in town.

Ye Beixiu found Zhang Wei and Liu Qiang, exchanged greetings with them, and gave them the silver he had prepared in advance.

Each person received a silver ingot of five taels.

This was also something Zhang Juexia had discussed with him in advance. After all, when Liu Hong came to make trouble, the two of them helped a lot.

Zhang Wei and Liu Qiang took the money without hesitation.

Ye Beixiu took out another ingot of five taels of silver and said, "I'd like to trouble you two brothers to treat the officials to a meal. If you hadn't arrived in time that day, we would have suffered a great loss."

Zhang Wei took the silver and said, "Don't worry, brother. We brothers will definitely take care of this matter for you."

"Thank you!"

Zhang Juexia and Ye Beixiu came out of the yamen and followed Ye Suyun, preparing to return to the village.

Manager Yao also prepared a lot of gifts for them. Zhang Juexia said a few words to her, and Ye Beixiu drove the carriage on the road.

On the way, Ye Suyun briefly talked about what she had learned at Manager Yao's house in the past few days.

Zhang Juexia only had some memories of embroidery from the original owner. She didn't understand much of what she heard, so she just told Ye Suyun to learn it well.

Ye Suyun asked her curiously again, "Is the county town good? Is it crowded?"

Zhang Juexia thought about it and answered truthfully, "When we have time, your brother Bei Xiu and I will take you to the county town to have a look."

"really?"

"How can I deceive you about such a small matter? We have a carriage at home."

Ye Suyun smiled even sweeter.

Zhang Juexia took the opportunity to ask her, "Have you seen Zhao Xin?"

Ye Suyun lowered her head shyly and hummed awkwardly.

No, this change is too big.

Zhang Juexia teased her deliberately, "He didn't ask you out."

"He's busy and I'm busy too, so we don't have time."

Zhang Juexia let out an "oh". Ye Beixiu, who was driving the car outside, couldn't stand it anymore. He hummed and reminded Zhang Juexia to be careful.

Zhang Juexia laughed and turned his head to the outside.

They first sent Ye Suyun to the old house before returning home.

Liu Mingda, Gancao, and even Song Yu in the backyard rushed over after hearing the noise.

Liu Mingda pulled them aside to inquire about it, and only felt relieved after confirming that they had not caused any trouble.

Song Yu pulled Zhang Juexia over and looked him up and down, "You're finally back."

Zhang Juexia felt the warmth of home, smiled with curved eyebrows, and kept saying that nothing was wrong.

Zhang Juexia directed everyone to take down the things from the carriage and put them away, and also gave Liu Mingda the things that Mrs. Liu had sent to him.

"We invited Mrs. Liu to our home for the New Year, but she refused."

Liu Mingda held the things thoughtfully, "The closer it gets to the New Year, the busier it gets at home. With so much going on, she definitely can't leave."

Zhang Juexia was worried that the scene would bring back memories for him. "I also bought a lot of delicious food. Anyway, I have nothing to do now. I will cook for you when the time comes."

When Licorice heard there was something delicious, he laughed happily and said, "Great!"

Sister Jin also shouted, "Okay."

Song Yu pulled everyone into the house to talk, "Everything has been taken down from the carriage. It's so cold outside, let's go inside and talk."

Liu Mingda asked about what they had encountered in the past few days, and Zhang Juexia gave a brief account.

"For such a small matter to make the county magistrate personally inquire about it, it's obvious that the Li family has made a prior arrangement. Juexia, you made the right move. With the Li family's support behind you, you don't have to worry about anything from now on, whether you're in town or in the county."

"The magistrate's wife also gave us gifts, but she didn't let us go to the county government office to express her gratitude."

"The heat is not yet on point. We can't rush this."

"Um."

Song Yu made tea, and after everyone sat down and drank a few bowls, Zhang Juexia went to cook.

Song Yu stood up and said, "I'll help you."

Zhang Juexia knew that the hands that embroidered needed to be pampered, so he hurriedly persuaded Song Yu.

Song Yu insisted, "I don't do rough labor, but I can help you out, right? Besides, we embroiderers have our own tricks for maintaining our hands. If there's no one at home to cook, how can we go hungry?"

While cooking, Zhang Juexia tentatively asked Song Yu, "Sister Song, will you go back during the Chinese New Year?"

Song Yu looked up in confusion. "Where to go back to? Nowhere is home for Jin Jie'er and me. If you don't mind, we will spend the New Year at your house."

Zhang Juexia hurriedly explained that she had no other intentions and was just asking simply.

If Song Yu goes home, she will prepare some gifts.

Wouldn’t it be better if I didn’t go back? It would be more lively for everyone to celebrate the New Year together.

Song Yu was very moved after hearing Zhang Juexia's words, "Is there anything particular about your family?"

"What's so special about it? It's more lively when there are more people! I've prepared everything. I've paid everyone today, and tomorrow we'll start preparing for the New Year."

Song Yu's eyes were filled with tears and he said "hmm".

After dinner, Ye Beixiu went to the village to issue a notice, telling everyone to come and collect their wages.

Zhang Juexia rested for a while, waited for everyone to arrive, and then went to the backyard to pay the workers.

Liu Jinhua saw Zhang Juexia enter the house and said, "Bei Xiu's wife, you are finally back!"

"Did you miss me?"

"Everyone not only misses you, but also your wages."

Everyone burst into laughter.

"Have you guys been having trouble sleeping these past few days? Are you worried that I've run away with my wages?"

"That's impossible. We are just worried about what happened to you in town and why you are so difficult to deal with.

We can’t do anything to help you, so we can only worry.”

"Yes, I've had dark circles under my eyes these past two days, and I'm getting anxious and angry."

Zhang Juexia felt warm in her heart when she heard this. No matter whether it was sincere or not, she still liked to hear such caring words.