Chapter 11 Baoya is completely a Yun family girl
Zhao Zhilan looked at her arrogant and conceited look and sneered.
"Well, I'll tell you everything today!"
She counted the grains one by one on her fingers. "It's a famine year now, so let's not exaggerate. If we assume one mu of land yields 500 kilograms of grain, two mu of land will yield 1,000 kilograms."
"Taxes are calculated per adult. Since Baoya is underage, you don't have to pay. How much food can Baoya, a child under five, eat in a day? How much food can you, a black-hearted person, give her?"
"I'm exaggerating about one pound of grain a day! Even at one pound a day, that's only about three hundred pounds a year. The remaining seven hundred pounds, converted into silver, is more than enough for her to eat and wear! You, a heartless bastard, are still making a lot of money for free!"
After calculating all the accounts, Zhou Cuihua was completely dumbfounded. She had never calculated such detailed accounts before.
She was sweating on her back and wiped the sweat from her forehead, feeling a little guilty.
Could she really make that much? But why didn't she feel it?
"Hmph!" Liu Lizheng stamped his foot and coughed. "Zhou Cuihua, the account is settled. Since you don't want to raise Baoya anymore, the two acres of land should be returned to Baoya and let the Yun family cultivate it for her. Is that okay with you?"
"No problem, no problem. The two acres of land will belong to the Yun family, and I will give the land deed to Old Lady Zhao later."
Zhou Cuihua wanted to express her opinion, but she didn't dare to raise it.
She looked at Zhao Zhilan's shining eyes and was afraid that if she was too slow to agree, Zhao Zhilan would hold her tightly and refuse to give in, demanding that she return the extra money she had earned in the past two years.
Since it was settled, Zhao Zhilan was too lazy to talk nonsense with Zhou Cuihua. She asked Wang Cailian to send Liu Lizheng back safely and dispersed the group of villagers who were watching at her doorstep.
Baoya nestled in He Chunxiu's arms, blinked, and said softly, "Mom, does that mean I have nothing to do with the Chen family this time?"
"Yes," He Chunxiu said, touching her forehead to hers and mooing, giggling, "Our Baoya is a member of the Yun family now! She's my good daughter!"
"Hahaha," Baoya also laughed, "Baoya likes mom the most, and also likes grandma, uncle, aunt, brothers and sisters the most!"
Zhao Zhilan, Li Rongyue and others were amused by Bao Ya, and their anger disappeared instantly.
"Okay, it's so early in the morning," Zhao Zhilan touched the two small buns on Baoya's head, "let's all go in and have breakfast. After that, we have to go to town today."
The morels Baoya brought back yesterday must be taken to town to sell as soon as possible, otherwise they will not be fresh if left for too long and you won’t be able to sell them at a good price later.
Wang Cailian happened to hear what Zhao Zhilan said when she was sending Liu Lizheng back.
I quickly asked, "Mom, are you going to town again? Didn't you go there with my second brother and his wife a few days ago? What else do you want to buy?"
Zhao Zhilan looked at her shrewd look and rolled her eyes at her: "Come on, let's go inside and talk."
Several people entered the house and closed the back door tightly.
Zhao Zhilan then told Wang Cailian about Baoya and the others picking up morels, and said that they would go to the town to sell them. Wang Cailian became even more enthusiastic.
"Mom, I'll go with you then." She grinned, her eyes, which were not very big to begin with, shone with laughter. "My brothers and sisters are all out working in the fields. Chunxiu's legs are not good, and Rongyue is a bit listless. If I go with you, I can even help you shout a few words."
This is the truth, but Zhao Zhilan doesn't plan to take her with her.
The eldest daughter-in-law is capable and strong, with a straightforward personality. She is a nice person, but she is a bit profit-oriented and petty-snatching, and she wants to get more benefits in everything she does.
These morels were dug up by Baoya and Chenglu, and she thought about taking the two children with her.
So he said, "I'm busy at home, so don't go. After all, the morels were discovered by Baoya and Chenglu, so we must take them with us when we go back to town. Chunxiu's legs are not good, so let Rongyue go with us."
Wang Cailian was extremely unhappy, but since Zhao Zhilan had spoken, she didn't dare say anything. She pouted, got up, and went to the yard to feed the chickens.
Zhao Zhilan was helpless.
After they had breakfast, Zhao Zhilan set off with Baoya, Chenglu and Li Rongyue.
Ping'an Town, the nearest town to Feishui Village, is more than ten miles away, which takes an hour or two to walk. Zhao Zhilan took a few people to Sun Manxiang's house to borrow an ox cart.
Sun Manxiang's husband Qian Dacai sells vegetables in Ping'an Town. The vegetables his family grows themselves don't grow much in years of famine, so he sells them once a week or two to earn some money to support himself.
When Zhao Zhilan and the others went there, they happened to meet Qian Dacai at home. They agreed on a round trip fare of two copper coins per person, and then they took the four of them and set off.
Baoya was happily going to the town to play with her grandmother, aunt and second brother, but Chen Xiaojuan was not doing so well.
Yesterday, she saw Baoya go up the mountain and wait for wild goats to hit her to death, and she could also pick wild grapes to eat. When she saw Zhou Cuihua go out early in the morning, she also followed her out of the house with a small basket and went up the mountain.
But her luck was really not good. After wandering around for a whole morning, she found that Tiger Tooth Mountain was bare. Not to mention wild grapes, there was not even a single wild grass. She bravely walked quite a distance into the mountain, but still did not see even a trace of a wild rabbit. She returned home dejected.
As soon as I stepped into the house, I saw Zhou Cuihua chopping vegetables in the yard.
She sharpened the kitchen knife until it was shiny, and chopped the meat on the chopping board with each blow, which made Chen Xiaojuan terrified.
Zhou Cuihua chopped the pieces while cursing, "Fuck you! You cunning old hag! It seems like you're just waiting for me to come to you and give you the land!"
"Don't you have any shame! I just don't believe that my Chen family can live worse off than you after kicking out a good-for-nothing good-for-nothing!"
"I'm just waiting to see that little glutton eat your Yun family out of money! Let's just wait and see!"
She was cursing excitedly, and when she looked up, she saw Chen Xiaojuan's little head popping out of the door, and her anger rose again.
"You damn girl! Get in here! You're sneaking around like a thief!"
Chen Xiaojuan was discovered and had no choice but to walk in with her head hung low.
"What have you been up to? Can't you see there's a lot of work to do around the house? Have you fed the chickens? Have you fed the pigs? All you do is run outside all day!"
Chen Xiaojuan was frightened when she saw the kitchen knife in her hand, and she hid away from her: "I went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables, I wasn't lazy..."
"What the hell are you picking?" Zhou Cuihua cursed. "You went there yesterday, and what did you pick? You didn't even pick up dog shit!"
She cursed and threw the kitchen knife in her hand towards Chen Xiaojuan.
Chen Xiaojuan was so frightened that she fell to the ground. The kitchen knife flew over, brushed against her hair, and got stuck in the door panel behind her, about two inches deep.
Cold sweat streamed down her forehead, her hands and feet were cold, her back was covered in sweat, and she couldn't get up for a long time.
Just now, if she hadn't dodged quickly, she would have almost died!
When Zhou Cuihua gave birth to her, she had a difficult labor and hemorrhage and almost died. She kept scolding her for being a disaster.
Her grandmother was also a son-in-law. Every time she went back to her grandmother's house with her mother and brother, she was not welcomed.
However, she actually quite liked going there. Although she couldn't eat the delicious food left by her grandmother like her brother, she felt quite relieved when she saw her grandmother scolding her mother and pulling her mother's ears.
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