Fang Yan arrived at the agreed place with her child, where Grandpa Niu was already waiting.
"Grandpa, please take this and have something to eat first." Before anyone else arrived, Fang Yan stuffed a big steamed bun into his hand.
The mother and son shared a turnip pancake, but it felt like they hadn't eaten anything. Fang Yan then bought two large meat buns, shared one with Xiao Yuzai, and gave the remaining one to Grandpa Niu.
Grandpa Niu's family is also quite poor. His wife passed away early, and his son is unreliable. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so old and still have to drive an oxcart to take people to the city every morning to earn a living, and then go to the fields to grow vegetables in the afternoon to support himself.
"No, no, you must keep it for the child." In Grandpa Niu's eyes, the emaciated Fang Yan and her child were much more pitiful than him.
"We've already eaten, and we're full."
Hearing his mother's words, Little Fish stuck out his little belly and patted it with his little hands, saying, "Grandpa Cow, I'm full, you can eat now."
Grandpa Niu was so amused by him that his old face was almost as big as a chrysanthemum. In the end, he accepted the bun as a token of his gratitude.
When the oxcart carrying Fang Yan and her child slowly arrived at Gouzi Village, Fang Baishuang had already met Huang Hongmei and learned that Zhang Jizhou had returned home the day before yesterday and taken Fang Yan, who was having an episode and abusing her child, to the hospital with her child.
After returning from the hospital, Fang Yanyan seemed like a completely different person; she became incredibly intelligent.
Not only did they successfully separate from the Zhang family, but they also managed to steal three months' worth of allowance.
Three months later, half of the allowance will be taken away every month!
Thinking of this, Huang Hongmei felt a pang of heartache and was furious. She cursed Fang Yan mercilessly and took her anger out on Fang Baishuang as well. "You filthy... bitch, didn't you say that as long as we do as you say, abuse her every day, talk to her hurtfully, especially after she gives birth, we should scold her, beat her, make her do chores, and make her live like she can't breathe every day, then she will commit suicide in a few years?"
Fang Yan got off the bus at the village entrance with Xiao Yuzai, intending to walk home through the straight alley.
But it was noon, and the sun overhead was blazing.
Grandpa Niu then pointed out a side path to them, and told them that this path was a bit remote and not many people usually walked on it. They could only pass through here during the day, but they shouldn't walk this path at night.
A widow and her orphan still need to be careful.
After thanking Grandpa Niu, Fang Yan led Xiao Yuzai home through the alley.
As she walked, she seemed to hear Huang Hongmei's voice?
Just as she was wondering if she had misheard, she heard Huang Hongmei say a long string of words that sounded so much like she was talking about the original owner of the body.
"Watch your mouth!" Fang Baishuang snapped angrily. "What did I tell you? You had to let me know immediately if there were any changes in her. But what have you done? Something so big happened, and you didn't even bother to tell me. What use are you guys?!"
She was almost driven mad by Huang Hongmei and her family of idiots.
"If we're useless, then why do you keep coming to see us every few days?" Huang Hongmei was also annoyed.
Fang Baishuang was still unaware of what had happened to Fang Yanyan. Her mind was in turmoil, and she had no intention of arguing with her. "Alright, now is not the time for us to argue. Where is Fang Yanyan living now? I need to go see her."
She felt that she had to see Fang Yanyan in person to find out what had happened.
Huang Hongmei pointed to where Fang Yan was currently living and then sneered, "Do you think your head isn't full of shit? What good will it do you to go and see for yourself?"
Fang Baishuang: !!!
Looking at the vulgar and crude Huang Hongmei, Fang Baishuang felt countless times that she was smart enough to find a way to make that fool Fang Yanyan marry into the Zhang family and live with such vulgar people as Huang Hongmei.
Otherwise, if she had married into the Zhang family much earlier, the family would probably have been in constant turmoil and in complete disarray before Zhang Jizhou was even promoted.
Because she absolutely could not tolerate the Zhang family abusing her in the same way they abused Fang Yanyan.
She will inevitably resist, and each act of resistance will only erode the feelings between her and Zhang Jizhou.
She must be crazy to marry him so early.
I sensed that the two of them probably wouldn't say anything of value anymore.
Fang Yan, carrying the little fish and the iron bucket, quickly left.
As they approached their house, they saw a man standing there. Fang Yan put Xiao Yuzai down, took his hand, and went to greet him. "Village Chief, you've arrived."
"Once the household registration is settled, I'll bring you the household registration booklet," the village chief said, taking a piece of paper out of his pocket.
At that time, the household registration book was actually just a piece of paper with handwritten information about the head of household and other members, and then a red stamp was put on it.
It is precisely because the procedures are not yet standardized that the process of transferring household registration is so simple.
The name listed as the head of household is Fang Yan.
Fang Yan was overjoyed. "Thank you, Village Chief. You've worked so hard. Come in and have a glass of water."
"I won't go in." The third brother wasn't home, and as a grown man, he needed to avoid suspicion, so the village chief politely declined.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Little Fish imitated his mother and said to the village chief, "Thank you, Uncle Village Chief. You've worked hard, Uncle Village Chief. Please come in and have some water, Uncle Village Chief?"
The village chief laughed heartily at his antics, saying, "Dog Egg is such a good boy."
"Uncle Village Chief, my name isn't Gou Dan (Dog Egg). I changed my nickname. My mom changed it for me. Now my nickname is Yu Zai (Fish Boy)," Little Fish Boy corrected the village chief in a serious tone.
The village chief laughed heartily, "Really? Fishy is a great name, it tastes good and sounds nice."
Little Fish was overjoyed to hear this.
Although he didn't know what "Dog Egg" meant, several children in the village were called Dog Egg.
Now, he's the only one called Fish Boy.
The village chief still didn't go into the house. Knowing that he wanted to avoid suspicion, Fang Yan didn't force him. She quietly took a few plums and peaches from her spatial storage and stuffed them into his hand. "Village chief, please don't refuse. It's just a few fruits. Take them and let your aunt and the children have a taste."
These fruits were all stockpiled by her before she transmigrated into the book. They were stored in the pantry of the kitchen space, where time stood still, keeping them permanently fresh.
This time, the village chief only gave it a perfunctory push before accepting it.
After seeing the village chief off, Fang Yan went to the kitchen and filled two cups with spring water. She gave one cup to Xiao Yuzai and one to drink. After they finished, she told the little guy, "You stay in your room and play by yourself. Mommy's going to get busy, okay?"
“Okay, Mom.” Little Fish nodded obediently.
Fang Yan turned around, pulled up a stool, and sat at the entrance of the main room, waiting for the woman who had just been talking to Huang Hongmei to come to her door.
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