Chapter 59 Zhuangzi Exposed

In the end, the matter in Zhuangzi was kept secret.

The thing is, the man who worked with Chen Dazhuang met Chen Dazhuang's father, Gu Xiaogu's husband, when he was returning home.

"Hey, Changgen, are you back from the fields?" The man saw Chen Changgen from afar and went to meet him.

Chen Dazhuang also quickly stepped forward and took the hoe from his father's shoulders.

"Well, are you back from work? You're much earlier today than usual?" Chen Changgen also stopped to greet the man.

"It's all thanks to you that I can get off work early today.

"Chang Gen, don't forget your brothers when you become rich." said the man.

"What do you mean by thanks to us? What do you mean? How can I be rich? My Dazhuang still needs you to take him to do odd jobs." Chen Changgen said puzzledly.

"No, Changgen, you really don't know?" said the man.

"What do I know?" Chen Changgen was even more confused.

"You really don't know. The farm where we do temporary work belongs to your wife's nephew." said the man.

"What? What did you say?" Before Chen Changgen could speak, Gu Xiaogu came over from behind and heard these words.

"Changgen family, you heard it right, the farm we work for is your nephew's farm." The man said again.

"Da Zhuang, is it true? Is it really your cousin's farm?" Gu Xiaogu asked her son again in disbelief.

Chen Dazhuang thought, "Cousin, why are you keeping this a secret? Now, everyone knows it before we even get home."

"Yes, it's true." Chen Dazhuang nodded.

"No, when did your uncle buy the farm? Why didn't I hear about it at all? Did you see Gu Li on the farm?" Aunt Gu still couldn't believe it.

"Mom, it wasn't bought by my uncle." Chen Dazhuang said.

"If it's not your uncle? Then who was it? Could it be bought by Gu Li?" said Aunt Gu.

"It's not cousin Gu Li, Zhuangzi belongs to my third cousin from my uncle's family. Mom, let's go home and talk about it." Chen Dazhuang said.

"What? Was it bought by the third cousin? This...this...your uncle came a few days ago and said that your third cousin was alone at home and he didn't know where he went. Could it be that he was at the farm?" Aunt Gu said in surprise.

"I don't know either. I didn't see my cousin in the past two days." said Chen Dazhuang.

"Really? The owner of Zhuangzi is really the nephew of the Dagen family?"

"That should be it. Didn't Huzi and the others go to the farm to do odd jobs? Dazhuang just admitted it."

"Oh, then won't Da Gen and the others be prosperous in the future?"

"That's right. My nephew from my mother's family has a farm. If there are good jobs in the future, it will be Dazhuang and the others who will be given the chance."

"You're wrong. My nephew is so promising. Just a little bit of what he shows between his fingers is enough to feed Chen Changgen's family. Why does he need to work?"

"Yes, you have to tell your nephew from the Changgen family that if he has work to do, he has to take care of our Changsheng. We are a family."

"Yes, Sister Changgen, we are all from the same village. You can't forget us when you have such a good opportunity."

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Everyone was talking about how they hoped that Aunt Gu would let her nephew Gu Yan take care of them in the future.

"Okay, we haven't seen my nephew yet. I'll go see him tomorrow." Aunt Gu was very happy to be complimented by everyone.

"Everyone, please go home. We don't know what's going on now. We should go back and eat." Chen Changgen said.

When the family returned home, Chen Dazhuang's wife had already prepared dinner and was waiting for them.

"Dad, Mom, husband, and brother-in-law, you're back. Hurry up and wash your hands and have dinner." Chen Dazhuang's wife Chuntao came forward to greet them.

"Let's eat first. We can talk about it after we finish eating." said the head of the family, Chen Changgen.

The farmers’ dinner is also simple, just corn and wild vegetable porridge and black flour steamed bread.

This is because Chen Changgen's family is well-off, otherwise there would only be wild vegetable and corn porridge, with more wild vegetables and less cornmeal.

Because she was worried about something, Gu Xiaogu ate extra quickly today.

After eating, he sat next to Chen Dazhuang, which made Chen Dazhuang feel nervous and he could only finish the steamed bread in his hand in two or three bites.

"Mother, I only know that the farm was bought by my cousin's wife and it was considered her dowry. I don't know anything else.

By the way, my cousin told me not to tell anyone that he owns Zhuangzi.

Chen Hu, a big mouth, spread the news to everyone.

Now I don’t know how to tell my cousin tomorrow?” Chen Dazhuang said in frustration.

He really didn't expect that half of the village knew about Chen Hu's big mouth.

"So it was bought by your cousin's wife? That makes sense. Your cousin's wife used to be a maid in a wealthy family, so she must have had a lot of rewards in her hands." said Gu Xiaogu.

"Mom, is my cousin's wife really a maid in a wealthy family? I haven't met my cousin's wife yet. Mom, can you take me to meet my cousin's wife tomorrow?" The speaker was Chen Lanzi, the only daughter of Chen Xiaogu.

"Why are you going? We're very busy at the farm, so we don't have time to entertain you." Gu Xiaogu refused directly.

"I don't need their hospitality, and I can even help with the work if I go.

"Mom, just take me with you. Don't you want to go to the farm to see your cousin?" Chen Lanzi muttered softly.

"No, there's still a lot of work to do in the fields. I don't have the time." Gu Xiaogu thought about it and refused.

On the other hand, Gu's uncle-in-law Chen Changgen lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "Why don't you take Lan Zi with you to see what's going on?

Didn't Dazhuang say that the head of the village was the one who was in charge of everything? How could the family feel at ease leaving such a large village to outsiders?

After Chen Changgen finished speaking, not only Chen Lanzi, but also Chen Dazhuang, Chen Erzhuang and Chen Dazhuang's wife Chuntao all looked at Gu Xiaogu with sharp eyes.

Gu Xiaogu didn't say anything. She felt that this was not a good idea. Zhuangzi was her niece's wife's dowry, and they were suspected of taking advantage of it by rushing over.

Seeing that her aunt was silent, Chen Dazhuang quickly said, "Dad is right, Mom, why don't you go and take a look?"

"Yes, mother, you go and see, the work on our fields is almost done. Since my cousin has a farm, I won't go to work for Mr. Song's family." Chen Erzhuang said.

Chen Erzhuang used to do odd jobs at the house of the nearby landlord Song when he had free time. Now that he knew Gu Yan had a farm, he wanted to go to Gu Yan's farm.

He is Gu Yan's cousin. He doesn't believe that the head of the village would dare to assign such hard work to him.

"Yes, mother, why don't you go and take a look? It doesn't make sense for us to go out to work when we have our own farm.

Mom, you don’t know that it’s not easy to work outside. You often have to endure the bullying of your employer.

"Mom, why don't you just go and ask? If my cousin doesn't agree, forget it." Chen Erzhuang continued to persuade Gu Xiaogu.

Although Gu Xiaogu didn't want to go, facing the eager gazes of the children, she didn't say no.