Chapter 26 Don't Take It Personally
After the compensation issue was settled, the two families looked at Zhao Chunhua and the village chief eagerly.
Zhao Chunhua didn't want to take the things for nothing, so she turned to Zhang Ruoan to plead for mercy.
"Village chief, they have learned their lesson this time, so let's give them this chance. Tian Bao is injured and needs someone to take care of him."
Zhang Ruoan didn't say anything else.
Zhao Chunhua distributed the herbs she picked from the mountains and took out from the space she carried with her to the villagers who came to her for help.
After that, they continued their journey of fleeing famine without stopping, but this time it was much easier.
Zhang Defu pushed the injured Zhang Tianbao, and Zhang Laosan and Zhu Fangfang helped push the luggage.
As for Zhao Chunhua's family, except Xie Lanqin who was sitting in the car and Zhang Tianfu who was pushing the car, everyone else followed behind to supervise and looked very relaxed.
But the sun was getting hotter and hotter, and before long, Zhang Tianfu was covered in sweat.
Zhao Chunhua pulled him away when she saw this.
"You piece of crap, let me do it! Go to the back!"
Zhang Tianfu had no choice but to take a step back, looking a little embarrassed.
Seeing that Zhao Chunhua could still push Xie Lanqin easily, his face turned even redder.
Zhang Dajun felt sorry for his mother's hard work and hurried forward to take over.
"Mom, let me do it. I'm stronger and can definitely push better than my second brother!"
Zhao Chunhua patted Zhang Dajun on the shoulder with satisfaction: "You are such a good son! You come and push it!"
I was thinking that I had to give these children some nourishment, especially Zhang Tianfu and Zhang Daniu, who were as thin as chickens and obviously malnourished.
Seeing the happy family here, Bai Xiaowei, who was pushing her own cart alone, felt very unhappy.
She glanced at Zhang Erxi who was sleeping in the car, and felt even more annoyed. She simply stopped the car.
Zhang Erxi was suddenly awakened by the shake.
"Mom, what are you doing?" he asked impatiently.
Bai Xiaowei said in a negotiating tone: "Son, Mom has been pushing the cart for quite a while. Why don't you push it for a while so that Mom can sit in the cart?"
When he heard that he had to work, Zhang Erxi's face changed immediately.
Then he started to throw a tantrum: "I don't want to push a cart! I don't want to do such a hard job!"
He was already tired of the sun, so why would he want to push the cart anymore?
Seeing that he was so old but still making a fuss over such a small matter, Bai Xiaowei couldn't help but scold him.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Erxi became even angrier and just lay on the ground and started to act like a spoiled child.
The surrounding villagers were attracted by the commotion and came over to watch the fun.
Zhang Defu, who cared most about his reputation, turned around and scolded: "What are you doing? Isn't it embarrassing enough?"
Seeing his father's dissatisfaction, Zhang Erxi reluctantly got up from the ground and said, "Isn't it because of you? If you were useful, our bacon would not have been given to the second house, and we would not have done such heavy work for them."
"What did you just say?" Zhang Defu became furious when he heard this and picked up a stick to teach Zhang Erxi a lesson.
When Zhang Erxi saw that his father was serious, he ran away, and Zhang Defu followed closely with a stick.
Everyone around was laughing so hard that they fell backwards. Bai Xiaowei hurried forward to stop them, but Zhang Defu waved his hand and pushed her to the ground.
"Look at what you have taught your son. He dares to talk to me like this.
I will teach this unfilial son a lesson today!"
Just at this time Zhang Ruoan asked everyone to rest on the spot, so Zhao Chunhua and her family sat together on a big rock by the roadside, watching this farce while resting.
Zhang Defu usually dotes on his son, and this time he was furious because he was actually taking the opportunity to vent his previous anger on Zhang Erxi.
Zhao Chunhua glanced at Zhang Erxi who was fleeing, then looked at her own obedient children. She felt very fortunate that her own children did not become like this.
Bai Xiaowei discovered that Zhao Chunhua was watching the joke of her own family, and immediately the thought of revenge was planted in her heart.
After all this trouble, Zhang Erxi became much more well-behaved and never dared to mention the bacon again.
But soon after, Zhao Chunhua noticed that the progress of the first and third rooms had slowed down, and they were unknowingly getting farther and farther away from the team.
She walked up to them and urged them to speed up. Zhang Defu said with a worried look on his face: "Sister-in-law, it's not that I don't want to do it, it's that your family is too full."
He also complained, "Besides, we are not like your family, where you have delicious dried meat for every meal. We don't even have coarse rice to eat. We are hungry every day and have no energy to work."
After saying that, Zhang Defu's eyes flashed with cunning: "Second sister-in-law, how about letting us try your dried meat? Only when you are full will you have the energy to push the cart."
When he heard that there was meat to eat, Zhang Erxi's eyes lit up instantly. He had been drooling over the delicious dried meat of the second family for a long time, and now he wanted to have a taste even more.
Seeing this situation, the third room was not to be outdone and pleaded, "Sister-in-law, I really can't push the car without anything in my stomach."
Zhao Chunhua looked at these people with ulterior motives coldly, "Are you dreaming?"
She started to curse, "You still want to eat my meat jerky? Wake up first and don't overestimate yourself!"
Zhang Tianfu next to him also echoed: "That's right, why should I give it to you?"
Zhang Defu was obviously unhappy when he heard this, and pretended to be serious: "Hey, hey, hey, second sister, it's not appropriate for you to say this. After all, we are all relatives. What's wrong with giving us some dried meat?"
He then emphasized: "And we are here to help you with your work now."
Faced with this attitude, Zhao Chunhua sneered: "You are just saying it nicely, as if I owe you something. Let me tell you, if I don't teach you a lesson, it would be considered as showing mercy!"
Then she angrily questioned these people: "First of all, Tian Bao's leg injury was caused by you. Secondly, if it weren't for me, you would have been driven away long ago. Why did I give you a chance to live? How dare you put on airs in front of me?!"
"Third, if you dare to covet my food again, the village chief won't have to intervene. I will just drive you out with a big stick!"
Zhao Chunhua picked up a wooden stick nearby that was almost as thick as her thigh and waved it in front of the people.
The ferocious look frightened the second and third wives.
Bai Xiaowei quickly put on a smile: "Sister-in-law, don't be angry, Tieniu just likes to play a joke, how could we possibly tamper with your food?"
Zhu Fangfang also quickly interrupted: "Our Dunzi is just joking, don't take it seriously, big sister."
Zhao Chunhua snorted, and asked while holding the stick, "Do you have the strength now?"
Several people nodded and said, "Got it, got it!"
This is considered to be letting them off the hook.
Soon, the group caught up with the main group. The first and second wives did not dare to slack off.
People who met Zhao Chunhua on the road and to whom she distributed herbal medicine all praised her herbal medicine for its rapid effectiveness, saying that their fevers healed especially quickly.
Zhao Chunhua responded with a smile, but she was a little puzzled: How come the effect of the medicine is so much better than before?
Is it because of the herbs grown in the space? If only that were true!
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