Since Xujia Village broke ties with the village and said he was moving away, the old women in the village have stopped paying attention to him.
However, Aunt Liu didn't care. Now, the villagers, relying on Lin Shuyan's harvesting of their bamboo shoots and snails, had made a little money and no longer went out to find work or care about the work in the fields.
He spent his days searching for ginseng in the mountains, dreaming of becoming rich overnight.
He probably hasn't woken up yet!
Where does one get so lucky as to find ginseng so easily?
Aunt Liu shook her head inwardly, but it wasn't her family members who were starving.
"Huahua, why don't you go find the village chief? We can go together; I'm free anyway," Aunt Liu suggested.
"good."
When Jiang Hua and Aunt Liu arrived at Xu Wanli's house, Xu Wanli was on his way to the ancestral hall.
Jiang Hua then explained her purpose, and Xu Wanli suddenly frowned.
"They didn't even contact me when they moved out of the village last time. Why didn't they have that official handle it together last time?" Xu Wanli suddenly said.
Upon hearing this, Aunt Liu's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Huahua had offended the village chief last time, and he was still holding a grudge?
“Village Chief Xu, if you say it can’t be done this time, then I won’t trouble you any further,” Jiang Hua replied directly, not bothering to indulge him.
"Yes, I can do it." Village Chief Xu's face immediately fell, and he impatiently demanded that she hand over the land deed.
"Huahua, is Village Chief Xu holding a grudge against you because of the last household registration transfer?" Aunt Liu asked in a low voice.
"I don't know," Jiang Hua replied casually, because Xu Wanli had already come out with the silver.
"Make sure the house is vacated before sunset." Xu Wanli handed the silver to Jiang Hua in a low mood, then left.
When Jiang Hua returned with the silver, Wen Yu and the other man had already packed up the things they wanted to take from the house. However, there were two uninvited guests in the courtyard.
Lin Shu-yan and Zhou Ying-xuan.
"Jiang Hua, were they all servants sent by that man to have you move into his outer courtyard?" Zhou Yingxuan asked directly when he saw Jiang Hua return.
"What are you doing here?" Jiang Hua looked at the two people who had entered someone else's yard without saying a word. Was that polite?
"Xiao Zhou, don't wrong Huahua. Huahua built a house in the neighboring Shili Village and is moving there now." Aunt Liu's face showed displeasure when she heard Zhou Yingxuan's words.
"Hasn't it all been said in the village that Huahua is moving away from Xujia Village? Why are you still spreading rumors about her?"
“Auntie, no, Brother Xuan was just worried about Cousin, that’s why he spoke so frankly. Cousin, you don’t mind, do you?” Lin Shuyan quickly explained for Zhou Yingxuan.
"I mind very much." Jiang Hua's face turned cold as she looked at Lin Shuyan.
"Lin Shuyan, was it you who had Ye Shaoling threaten me to get the cooking recipes I have?"
"You!" Lin Shuyan's expression froze.
"Yan Yan, is what Jiang Hua said true?" Zhou Yingxuan asked Lin Shuyan in disbelief, "Why did you do this?"
"Brother Xuan, don't you believe Yan Yan?" Lin Shu Yan asked Zhou Ying Xuan with a hurt expression.
"Why don't you believe Yan Yan? Brother Xuan, you used to trust Yan Yan the most!"
After saying that, Jiang Hua watched as Lin Shuyan shed two lines of tears and ran away heartbroken.
"Jiang Hua, is everything you said true?" Zhou Yingxuan asked Jiang Hua with a stern expression.
He didn't want to doubt Yan Yan, but her rapidly improving cooking skills made him suspicious. Zhou Yingxuan felt a pang of guilt as he watched her heartbroken figure run away.
"What does it have to do with you?" Jiang Hua glanced at him and walked past him.
"Jiang Hua!" Zhou Yingxuan grabbed Jiang Hua's wrist and held it tightly.
"Let go," Jiang Hua said coldly.
“Huahua, I’ve raised fifty taels of silver. They say Jiang Xingzhou has died in an accident outside. You’ve found someone else in town. Is that true?” Zhou Yingxuan asked, his voice tinged with pain.
"Huahua, when did you become so promiscuous?"
"Putting everything else aside, Zhou Yingxuan, come here, tell me, who told you that Jiang Xingzhou is dead?" Jiang Hua forcefully pulled her hand away, grabbed three chairs, one for each of them, and sat down first.
"Wenyu, go to the kitchen and get some water," Jiang Hua instructed Wenyu behind her.
“That’s what the villagers said,” Zhou Yingxuan replied, actually sitting down.
Aunt Liu was speechless. How could the villagers be so inconsiderate, spreading rumors that someone had died!
"How did he die? Who told you?" Jiang Hua pressed on.
"I overheard the aunties in the village talking about it," Zhou Yingxuan said truthfully, then looked at Jiang Hua and asked:
"Is it true, Jiang Hua? Are you free now?"
"What does it matter to you whether Jiang Xingzhou is dead or not?" Jiang Hua looked at the elation on his face, puzzled.
“Jiang Hua, it was all a misunderstanding before. I know there’s nothing between you and Jiang Xingzhou. I misunderstood.” Zhou Yingxuan suddenly said.
"So what? Are you going to use the fifty taels of silver you've scraped together to marry me?"
Jiang Hua's words were so surprising that Aunt Liu, who was drinking water, almost choked.
"Jiang Hua, it was my fault before. Can we go back to how things were before?" Zhou Yingxuan asked eagerly.
"Didn't you like Lin Shuyan before?" Jiang Hua was also somewhat surprised by Zhou Yingxuan's sudden change.
"No, I've always considered her my younger sister," Zhou Yingxuan quickly denied.
Why does this sound so familiar?
Hmm, it seems like Zhou Yingxuan just said that to me not long ago.
"And then?" Jiang Hua asked.
“You don’t need to move out. I’m willing to marry you. I don’t mind that you were married to Jiang Xingzhou before, since nothing happened between you two anyway,” Zhou Yingxuan assured him.
"So, did something really happen between us?" Jiang Hua chuckled and asked in return.
As expected, Zhou Yingxuan's expression changed visibly after hearing her words.
“No, right, Jiang Hua?” Zhou Yingxuan murmured.
"And Zhou Yingxuan, do you want to have no descendants after marrying me?" Jiang Hua asked coldly.
"What do you mean?" Zhou Yingxuan was completely confused.
"The doctor at Mingdetang examined me. When I was a child, I slept in the snow one night, and the cold invaded my body. I will never be able to conceive again. Zhou Yingxuan, can you give me a ready-made child like Jiang Xingzhou did?"
"Is this true?" Zhou Yingxuan stood up in disbelief.
After a moment of silence, Zhou Yingxuan seemed to have made up his mind. He looked at Jiang Hua and said, "I will marry you, as long as you hand over your cooking secrets to me. As for the children, I will find another way."
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