When they got to the door of the house, Zhang Hulan shouted, "Brother, come out and move the things."
Wang, Zhang Hujun and Li all came out. Seeing Zhang Hulan buying so many things, Wang couldn't help but poke Zhang Hulan, "You spend money recklessly as soon as you come to the city. I wonder how long you can waste your little money?"
"Oh, mother, I didn't spend money recklessly. I spent it wisely."
"You see, I bought food, cloth, and meat, all of which are needed."
Zhao Guoliang smiled and said, "Sister Wang, just do it secretly. You are so lucky to have such a filial daughter!"
Wang looked angry, but she was actually happy in her heart. Her daughter was really nice to them now.
Wang smiled and said, "Zhao Cheng is also very filial to the head of the village. Don't envy me."
Zhang Xiaojun's eyes sparkled as he carried the meat and bones. "Grandma, we're having meat again today!"
Wang was annoyed, "You only know how to eat meat. You've eaten meat for several meals, but you haven't grown any taller. I think you've eaten all this meat in vain."
Zhang Xiaojun scratched his head and smiled foolishly, "Grandma, it won't be that fast. I will definitely grow taller if I eat more meat."
Several people laughed. Li pulled Zhang Xiaojun's ear and said, "Your calculations can be heard by the village entrance."
Zhang Hulan took one of the pieces of meat from Zhang Xiaojun and handed it to Zhao Guoliang, "Uncle Lizheng, this is for you."
"I don't want it." Zhao Guoliang turned around and got on the ox cart and drove away.
Zhang Hulan threw the meat directly onto the ox cart and said, "Uncle Lizheng, I will come to your house after dinner to discuss building a house."
"You kid..." Zhao Guoliang looked at the meat on the ox cart and didn't know what to say.
The second family also came out of the house. Seeing Zhang Hulan buying so many things, Xiang Chunhua was so jealous.
Zhang Xiaobing swallowed his saliva when he saw the meat and bones in Zhang Xiaojun's hand, "Aunt, you are eating meat again today..."
Seeing Zhang Xiaobing looking at the meat eagerly, Zhang Hulan said with a smile, "Bring the food to our side later to eat."
Zhang Xiaobing nodded immediately, "Okay!"
Zhang Hubing said, "We'll come too."
Zhang Hulan glanced at Zhang Hubing and said, "You wish..."
After moving everything into the house, Zhang Hulan handed the purchased cloth to Wang, "Mom, these cloths are for us to make new clothes. Each of my eldest brother and sister-in-law will get some."
"I bought the soldier's too, and made one for him too."
Wang pinched Zhang Hulan and said, "I told you that you're wasting money, but you're still stubborn. What kind of cloth are you going to buy to make clothes at this time?"
"Oh, mother, what do you do with the money you earn? Of course you earn it to spend it. If you don't spend it, it won't produce any children if you keep it."
"This money is not saved, but earned. I will earn more money after I spend it."
"The money I earn can make my family happy, and that gives me the motivation to earn more money."
Wang went to Old Man Zhang to complain, "Old man, who do you think she looks like? I say one sentence and she has three sentences waiting for me. I don't even know who she learned it from."
Old man Zhang said, "That's enough. I know you are happy."
Wang glared at Old Man Zhang and said, "You old man, make your own clothes."
Zhang Hujun and Li both wanted to laugh. Dad can even make jokes now.
Zhang Dahua and Zhang Xiaojun's eyes lit up, and they both had new clothes to wear.
When Zhang Xiaobing heard that he also had it, he looked at Zhang Hulan in surprise, "Aunt, I have it too?"
"It's your share. You call me aunt, so how can I not buy it for you?" Zhang Hulan touched Zhang Xiaobing's head and said, "I'll ask your grandma to make it for you later."
Zhang Xiaobing nodded: "Thank you, aunt!"
Zhang Hulan then said to Wang and Li, "Mom, sister-in-law, please help me make clothes for Daya and me."
At this point, Zhang Hulan took out the household registration card in her arms and said, "Dad, Mom, my household registration is done. I changed Daya and the others' surnames to Zhang. From now on, they will have the same surname as me."
Zhang Hulan then said to Daya and the other two, "Da Ya, from now on you will be called Zhang Xinyao; Er Ya, you will be called Zhang Xinyi; San Ya, you will be called Zhang Xinyue."
Daya... no, now she's called Zhang Xinyao. Her eyes sparkled, "Mom, this name sounds so nice."
Zhang Xinyi's eyes sparkled as well. "Yeah, I really like this name."
Zhang Xinyue looked up and said, "I like my name too!"
Li also thought that these three names sounded good, so she asked, "Big sister, did you ask the teacher to give you these names? Why are they so good?"
Zhang Hulan said: "I took it myself."
"Really? How come you are so good at naming? Then when I give birth, you can help me choose a name."
Zhang Hulan agreed immediately, "Okay, when the baby is born, I'll give it a name to see whether it's a boy or a girl."
"Oh, by the way, Dad and Mom, the relief grain from the imperial court arrived today. I guess the government will distribute grain to everyone in the next few days."
Although the family was not short of food now, Old Man Zhang and Mrs. Wang were very happy after hearing this.
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At noon, Zhang Hubing and his wife smelled the aroma of meat and watched Zhang Hulan and the others eat the meat and drink the soup with big mouthfuls, and they were very angry.
And that cheap son was only concerned with eating the meat himself, and didn’t even bother to pick up a piece of meat for his father to taste.
Xiang Chunhua hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and she was not given any meat from her mother's house.
Zhang Hubing said, "Wife, I will go to the city to buy meat this afternoon, and we will have meat tonight."
Xiang Chunhua nodded and said, "Okay, then you can buy less and we can just taste the meat."
Zhang Hubing hesitated for a moment and said, "Wife, why don't we not give all our money to Huairen in the future? Let's save some money so that Xiaobing can go to school too."
Xiang Chunhua said, "Didn't Huairen say that when he passes the imperial examination, he would personally teach Xiaobing to read."
"You know how much money it costs to study. How can our family afford it?"
"As long as we work together to turn Huairen over, our lives will be better in the future."
Zhang Hubing muttered, "I've said this so many times, but Huairen has taken the exam three times and failed all three times. We might as well let Xiaobing go to school on his own."
"Zhang Hubing, what do you mean? I've already told you that I'll teach Xiaobing in person after Huairen passes the exam. What else do you want? Huairen didn't pass the exam now, but maybe he will pass it next year. Are we going to give up all our efforts? All the money we spent before will go down the drain?"
Xiang Chunhua's eyes were red again as she spoke, "Do you think my brother spends too much money on you? If you do, I will go back to my parents' home and stop spending your money in the future."
"Oh, what are you saying? I don't dislike you. Don't be angry, wife. I will listen to you. We will support Huairen's studies until he passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar."
Zhang Hubing coaxed Xiang Chunhua for a while before she calmed down. In the afternoon, Zhang Hubing went to the city to buy two taels of meat so that they could have a good meal in the evening.
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