"You also know that it was Xiaobing's aunt who told the head of the village. What does that have to do with you? If they want to give it, they will give it to Danier." Wang looked at Xiang Chunhua coldly, "Don't forget, our family has been divided now."
"Mom, why are you all favoring Zhang Hulan now?" Zhang Hubing said very unhappily.
"We are biased towards her?" Wang snorted, "Then think about why we are biased towards her?"
"It was your sister who persuaded your father to see a doctor. The herbs used to bandage your father's leg were dug by your sister from the mountain. There was no food at home, so your sister bought a lot of food for the family without saying a word. Where are you? What have you done for the family?"
"I..." Zhang Hubing was speechless after being scolded by Wang, and finally he could only mutter: "It was Dad who didn't go to see a doctor..."
Wang didn't want to bother with the second wife now, so she asked Zhang Dahua to help Li into the house and then started to cook lunch.
In the past, they only had two meals a day, but Zhang Hulan said that Li needed to eat three meals during her pregnancy, and the children were growing and couldn't go hungry, so the Zhang family now has three meals a day.
In the afternoon, Wang asked Zhang Hujun to go up the mountain and let him fix the unfinished stove by himself.
Wang now dislikes Zhang Hubing and his wife.
No matter how much I dislike him, he is still my son after all.
Wang said, "Second son's wife, let him build the stove at home this afternoon, and you can go up the mountain to work with him, so that you can get some food."
Unexpectedly, Xiang Chunhua said, "Mom, I have a headache today, so I won't go. I'll wait for Xiaobing's father to go tomorrow."
When Zhang Hubing heard Xiang Chunhua complain about having a headache, he immediately asked with concern, "Wife, why does your head hurt? Did you get a heat stroke?"
Xiang Chunhua pinched Zhang Hubing's arm and said, "I told you to come back in the afternoon when the sun is setting, but you insisted on coming back at this time. How can you not get a heat stroke under the scorching sun?"
"What should we do? Come on, I'll take you to see a doctor."
Xiang Chunhua said, "No need to see a doctor, I just need to rest. Call me when you've cooked."
"Okay, okay, then go into the house and rest."
Zhang Hubing's love for his wife made Wang feel heartbroken again.
She was too lazy to care and let the couple do whatever they wanted.
In the evening, Zhang Hulan came back. The others came back a little later. But everyone came back with a smile on their faces.
Today each of them visited two villages and found food for those villages.
The villagers of Daping Village had a good harvest today. In addition to Pueraria root, they also dug a lot of Jerusalem artichokes.
Today, each family received more than ten or twenty kilograms of food, and everyone's face was filled with smiles.
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Four days later, Zhang Hulan had completed her mission. They visited two villages a day, and it took them five days to visit all the villages in Changning County.
The situation in some villages close to the river is still good. The villagers have enough water for daily life and the crops in the fields are still safe. However, the villagers have to work very hard and carry water from the river in buckets every day.
The situation in some villages on the mountain was very bad. In several villages, most of the people had left, leaving only a few elderly people who were too old to stay in the village.
Fortunately, after a few days, the yamen runners had recorded the conditions of all the villages they passed by. Two days ago, officials from the Ministry of Works of the imperial court went to the villages where water supply was very scarce to survey the geographical location and start digging wells.
However, the relief grain from the imperial court had not yet arrived, and all the people in Changning County were looking forward to the life-saving grain arriving soon. They also hoped that God would rain soon.
Zhang Hulan and his team completed their mission, and found something edible in every village.
Wu Deyong paid them their wages readily, six hundred coins per person.
Everyone who received the money was very happy. Shanzi gave the six hundred coins to He and said excitedly, "Grandma, this is the money I earned!"
He was also very happy, "Good, good, my grandson has grown up and can earn money on his own!"
Although six hundred wen is not a lot, it can buy more than ten dou of brown rice, which can feed the grandparents and grandchildren for a long time.
He took out a hundred coins and walked to Zhang Hulan, saying, "Hulan, this hundred coins is for you as our thank you gift. If it weren't for you, I would have been lying in the coffin. Now it's you who helped Shanzi and made him money."
Zhang Hulan said quickly, "Aunt He, you are being too polite. Shanzi earned the money through hard work. I don't want the money, please keep it to buy some food."
"Hu Lan, if you don't accept it, how can I feel at ease?"
"Aunt He, we are all from the same village, so of course I will help if I can. If there is something I cannot help with, I cannot help even if I want to."
Zhang Hulan said she didn't want He's money at all, so He had to give up.
The yamen runners paid the wages of everyone else first, and only paid Zhang Hulan's last.
"Your wages are six taels of silver, and the county magistrate has awarded you an additional thirty taels. Here are thirty-six taels of silver in total. Please count them."
"Thirty-six taels of silver?"
The villagers all looked at Zhang Hulan with envy. Most of the families in the village probably never had more than 36 taels of silver in their entire lives.
"Oh my god! How can I spend so much money?"
"The Zhang family is now rich. If we use all the money to buy food, how much food would we have to buy?"
Many villagers were envious when they saw the huge sum of money.
Xiang Chunhua's eyes widened. It would be great if so much money was hers.
She regrets it now. If the family had not been divided, they would definitely have had a share of the money.
Zhang Hulan was also happy. With more than thirty taels, she could build her own house right away.
Spend a few taels of silver to build a few adobe houses first, and then build a large yard when you make money later.
Zhang Hulan took out two taels of silver and handed it to the yamen runner who delivered the money. The yamen runner was also the one who followed Zhang Hulan to various villages in the past few days.
Zhang Hulan said, "Brother officer, use this little money to buy some wine. You have worked hard these days."
The bailiff waved his hand, "No, no."
Zhang Hulan stuffed the silver into the hand of the yamen runner and said, "Hey, take it. This is a small gift from me. Don't think it's too little."
The yamen runner declined for a moment and then took the silver. He said, "Thank you very much. If you have any problems in the future, you can come to the yamen to find me."
This is what Zhang Hulan wanted. It is easier to be an official if you have someone in the court, and easier to do things if you have someone in the government.
She planned to do business in the county in the future, and having connections with people in the government would only benefit her.
Xiang Chunhua felt so distressed when she saw Zhang Hulan gave two taels of silver to the yamen runner. Why give it to others? It would be better to give it to yourself.
After the bailiffs left, the villagers went back home.
As soon as Zhang Hulan returned home, she said to Old Man Zhang and Wang: "Dad, Mom, I won't give you this money for now. I plan to build a few houses first. I also plan to do some small business in the future, so I need to save some capital."
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