The village chief said, “I also bought a house in town for fifty taels of silver. It has a small courtyard and four rooms. If Dongsheng is successful and can go to the capital for the imperial examination, I will sell the house to raise his travel expenses.”
It must be said that the village chief has great ambitions. When he was poor, he thought of having his son be the accountant. Now that he has money, he is thinking about his son going to the capital to take the imperial examination.
Zhao Xiu didn't like what the village chief said, but she didn't embarrass him on the spot. Instead, she complained to Zhao Guihua, "Zhou Quan just can't say anything nice. We just bought this house and haven't even moved in yet, and he's already thinking about selling it to raise money for our trip. Is he out of his mind? Can't he think positively? What if our family makes a lot of money in the future?"
Zhao Guihua smiled but didn't reply. Zhao Xiu said that her husband could say whatever he wanted, but if she, as an outsider, didn't have any sense and joined in the nonsense, she would definitely offend people.
"Did you find anything when you went to dig for silver later?" Zhao Guihua changed the subject.
Zhao Xiu was indeed interested in this topic. "You're so smart. You stopped messing around after that day. Some people in the village are really outrageous. They've almost dug into the neighboring village. People are digging everywhere on the mountain, but they haven't found anything. Some people have even started to think about the mass grave."
"You dare to dig up a mass grave?" Zhao Guihua replied without changing her expression.
"That's right, they're really obsessed with money. Those guys dug in the mass grave for less than half an hour and found a huge python. I heard that python is as thick as a person's waist."
It almost swallowed those people whole. It's strange, really; those people were incredibly lucky and ran incredibly fast. Once they were out of the mass grave, the python stopped chasing them. Isn't that eerie?
Zhao Guihua smiled calmly, "It is indeed a bit strange."
"After nearly half a month of this, the villagers gradually calmed down. They knew they couldn't find silver elsewhere, so they went to dig in the land you reclaimed. They dug up that piece of land, leaving it in patches, and they didn't even fill the holes back in. These people are so dishonest." Zhao Xiu laughed as she spoke.
After all, she was one of these lunatics, but her family was lucky enough to receive over a hundred taels of silver.
Today, Xingxing was wearing a bright red cotton-padded jacket and a red ribbon in her hair, making her look even cuter and more delicate. The little girl was leading Ruru, who was also dressed in red, and chasing and playing with Chun Chun and Dong Sheng all over the yard.
After the village chief's family left, Xingxing ran into the kitchen. Zhao Guihua was washing dishes when she saw her daughter come in and asked her what was wrong.
"Mom, Auntie got married. Does she have a husband's family? Will her husband's family come to pick her up?" Xingxing had a good memory and remembered the topic of husband's family. She knew that when the little girl grew up, she would get married and go to live with her husband's family.
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