Fang Jie wanted to say whether it was "too extravagant," but having not studied for many years, he couldn't think of the word, so he changed it to something else.
"Brother, it's okay, eat as much as you want." Fang Yan put a big chopstick of pig's head meat on his plate and explained to him about her business selling braised food in the county.
Fang Jie panicked, "Then we should keep it to sell for money, how can we bear to eat it?"
That's how it is for poor families. If they have anything good that can be exchanged for money, they won't eat it or use it. They'll save it all to sell and supplement their household income.
"I've already set aside the ones to sell for money; these are for eating."
Fang Yan felt a pang of sadness. The original owner's mother and brother were still living a very difficult life. She had to work even harder so that after divorcing Zhang Jizhou, she could bring them out of the Fang family and help them live a better life.
Only after confirming that Fang Yan had indeed set aside the meat to be sold the next day did Fang Jie dare to eat to his heart's content.
He was a grown man in his mid-twenties, but under Old Mrs. Fang's strict rule, he could only drink a bowl of plain porridge for each meal.
That bowl of porridge was two-thirds water and only one-third rice.
He was so hungry that he often had to go outside to find some wild fruit or something to fill his stomach. Occasionally, he would catch sparrows or pheasants, and he and Zhu Xiuhua would sneak out to eat them before going home.
Because life wasn't easy in the Fang family either, Fang Baishuang coaxed Old Madam Fang to let her younger sister go on a blind date with Zhang Jizhou. Fang Jie thought that Zhang Jizhou at least had a stipend that would allow his younger sister to live a better life, so he didn't stop her.
But he never expected that his sister and child would be in a worse situation in the Zhang family than in the Fang family.
As he thought about it, his eyes welled up with tears. "Next time, when my brother-in-law... no, when Zhang Jizhou comes back, we'll divorce him. With me here, you and the kids won't go hungry."
Fang Yan knew that her brother-in-law was already in his mid-twenties.
Because of the pressure from Old Mrs. Fang, who was so poor that she couldn't even find a wife, Fang Yan couldn't help but be moved by her sister's actions.
Fang Yan ladled a bowl of cabbage sprout soup boiled in spring water for Fang Jie and smiled, "Okay, after the divorce from Zhang Jizhou, my child and I will rely on my brother."
The male lead's official love interest has been revealed, so divorce is bound to be on the agenda.
Divorce is something that can't be hidden.
Fang Yan didn't intend to hide it from her family, so she simply took this opportunity to lay it all out in the open: "Brother, Zhang Jizhou and I might really get a divorce."
These days, who dares to get a divorce so easily?
Fang Jie was indeed very angry when he spoke, but he never intended to encourage Fang Yan to divorce her husband. He was stunned for a moment, and then quickly explained, "No, Yan Yan, I didn't mean to..."
"Brother, you don't really want me to get a divorce?"
Fang Yan laughed and continued, "Brother, can you bear to let me continue living this miserable life, making myself and the child neither human nor ghost?"
I remembered what my aunt from the village said: Fang Yan had been eating pigs and refusing to eat swill at the Zhang family's house all these years, and she almost went crazy.
Fang Jie immediately became resolute, "No, divorce! Since Zhang Jizhou can't take care of you and your child, then let's get a divorce. Your brother will take care of you!"
This morning, an aunt from Gouzi Village went back to her parents' home and saw Zhu Xiuhua and Fang Jie. She then vividly recounted to them the story of Fang Yan's family division yesterday.
Upon learning of the serious incident that had occurred to her daughter, and fearing that she might be too slow and cause delays, Zhu Xiuhua immediately asked Fang Jie to come and see Fang Yan.
“Okay.” Even if she got divorced, Fang Yan could support herself and her child on her own. However, having been an orphan in her previous life, she really liked the feeling of having an older brother to take care of her, so she smiled and readily agreed.
Fang Jie ate comfortably at his sister's place; it was the first time in his life he had eaten such a good and satisfying meal.
The pork head meat is chewy and refreshing, the sea lettuce is tender and fresh, and the soup, in particular, looks very homey but is extremely delicious.
I don't know if it's just my imagination?
Before dinner, Fang Jie walked for two hours from Dashi Village to Gouzi Village and helped Fang Yan turn over the ground in the yard.
He was a little tired at first, but after drinking three bowls of soup, he felt very refreshed and didn't feel tired anymore.
"Brother, take this rice and soup to Mom. Remember, it's only for Mom, not for anyone else, especially Grandma and the others, understand?"
As soon as the rice was cooked, Fang Yan set aside a portion for Fang Jie to take back to the original owner's mother.
"Mom, can I go play at Grandpa Zhang's house next door?"
After seeing Fang Jie off, Xiao Yuzai, who had just woken up, was full of energy and suggested going out to play.
Fang Yan gave him a few candies, saying, "Share them with your older brother and sister, and don't fight with anyone."
Zhang Zongde's grandchildren are a little older than Xiaoyuzai; they are all children who can play together.
After Xiaoyuzai went next door and the house quieted down, Fang Yan finally had time to start tallying up how much money she had made that morning.
Of all the meat Fang Yan bought yesterday, aside from what she ate last night, she sold the rest today, leaving her with a pocketful of loose change.
Fang Yan straightened each bill, folding each one into a stack.
After working on it for a while, she finally finished calculating the morning's accounts. She had sold a total of over thirty-six yuan worth of goods, and after deducting costs, she should have made a profit of about fifteen or sixteen yuan.
If you calculate it that way, it still seems like a good business opportunity.
Fang Yan was instantly energized, abandoning her plan to take a nap. She filled a glass with spring water from the kitchen and drank it down, feeling refreshed as she went to prepare the pig's head and intestines she had bought that day.
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