It was already afternoon when they got home. Su Wei was sweating all over and wanted to take a shower. Chen Yan also wanted to take a shower, but he was simpler. He just took off his clothes and took a shower in the yard.
Su Wei boiled some water and went to the kitchen and closed the door.
Chen Yan noticed something and looked out, only to see Hu Wenzhen looking at him furtively from a distance. When Chen Yan discovered him, he ran away and fell.
Chen Yan quickly finished washing and heard a noise coming from next door.
Liang Dayong was dragging a woman towards Wang's house. The woman's hair was pulled and she looked very embarrassed, with her eyes swollen from crying.
"If you don't leave now, I'll beat you to death, you bitch."
Liang Dayong's face was sallow, his eyes were dark blue, but he looked fierce and kept cursing.
This kind of person can only be mean to his wife and children at home, and is like a dog in front of outsiders.
Chen Yan was very disdainful of people like him.
"I won't go... Dayong... I won't go... You can't do this... I am the mother of your child..." The woman begged bitterly, but didn't get any sympathy.
"Bah! That money-losing thing, does she think I care about her? I'll sell her off too."
Chen Yan didn't know whether Liang Dayong said this intentionally or sincerely. He stood at the door with his arms folded, looking at him with cold eyes.
After Sister Liang was dragged into the Wang family, several people came out. They were all from the village. Although they loved gambling, they couldn't stand Liang Dayong.
"Is Liang Dayong crazy? He must be so desperate because of his losses that he even sold his wife?"
"What a jerk! I can't stand it any longer. That Li Guanggun actually dared to ask for it."
"Why should I be afraid? I can't get a wife anyway, and I'm so ugly, I might as well win one back..."
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Several people were talking about it, and when they looked up and saw Chen Yan standing at the door, they all shrank their necks. They didn't know why, but they were afraid of this kid.
After a few people walked away quickly, Chen Yan returned to the yard.
In the evening, the news that Liang Dayong lost his wife in gambling spread throughout the village.
Now that the weather is hot, everyone likes to sit under a big tree in the evening and chat about random things.
The Liang Dayong incident was a huge scandal.
When Su Wei came out to the toilet, she heard everyone talking. She was surprised and found a place to listen secretly.
"I heard he lost to that bachelor named Li at the east end of the village."
There are not many bachelors in Nanqiao Village. It is said that this man surnamed Li joined the army when he was young and lost one eye on the battlefield. Because of his ugly appearance and his untalkative nature, he rarely interacts with the villagers.
I didn't expect that this was the first time this person received attention.
"Mrs. Liang is so miserable! Is she really going to go to Li Guanggun's house?"
Someone asked worriedly, "If you judge others by yourself, and this happens to you, you will be helpless." They are all women, and the woman who spoke couldn't help but feel a little sympathy.
But another voice suddenly interrupted: "Serves her right. Who told her not to give birth to a son? Without a son, what does Liang Dayong want her to do?"
Su Wei remembered the voice. It was Zhao Yingdi's mother. Mother Zhao, with her belly still unrevealed, said smugly, "The Liang family is useless. It's not Liang Dayong's fault. Besides, men are our heaven. You should do whatever men tell you to do."
Someone got angry when they heard this and retorted, "Are you so proud because you're sure you'll give birth to a son? If you give birth to a girl, will your mother-in-law throw her into the piss bucket?"
Mother Zhao yelled angrily, "Bah, bah, bah, Zhang Guizhi, you're such a badass! I prayed for this child at the Child-Seeking Hall, so it must be a son..."
Zhang Guizhi sneered: "You'll know whether it's true or not after you give birth. Don't brag."
Her family lived next door to the Zhao family. At first, she felt quite sympathetic towards Zhao's mother because she was bullied by her mother-in-law and husband because she could not give birth to a son. The daughters she gave birth to were also pitiful. They were either thrown into the mountains to be eaten by wild beasts or thrown into the descendants' bucket and drowned.
Zhang Guizhi felt sorry for Zhao's mother and comforted her several times. As time went by, the two became good friends.
But everything changed after Zhang Guizhi gave birth to a son. Zhao's mother always said strange things. The most hateful thing was that one time, Zhao's mother looked at her son fiercely and said, "I really want to strangle him to death, so that you can be sonless like me."
She was very serious in what she said, and Zhang Guizhi realized that she was not joking. She had a big quarrel with her and stopped communicating with her from then on. She also insisted that her son stay away from the Zhao family when he went out.
Her mother-in-law also said that the Zhao family could even kill their own newborn baby, which showed what kind of people they were, and asked Zhang Guizhi not to associate with them.
When Zhao's mother heard what Zhang Guizhi said, she was so angry that she started to quarrel a few more times. She said proudly, "I prayed to the Bodhisattva for this child. He will become a high-ranking official in the future. He will definitely be smarter than your Hu Tou."
Zhang Guizhi got angry when she saw her like that. She didn't want to argue with the fool and was too lazy to argue with her, so she turned around and left.
Zhao's mother showed off proudly again, and when no one paid any attention to her, she thought that others were jealous of her.
After listening for a while, Su Wei found it boring and went home.
The villagers had nothing to do at night and went to bed early.
Su Wei didn't sleep. She woke up in the afternoon. She was a modern person and was more greedy for enjoyment. Apart from anything else, she must make sure that she had good food, good drink, good clothes, and at least lived comfortably.
Otherwise, if I die suddenly like in my previous life, I won’t have spent all the money and I don’t know who will benefit from it in the end.
Chen Yan was originally a person who didn't care much about food and drink. Because his mother's cooking was bad and the villagers were frugal, he thought that eating was enough to fill his stomach.
But Su Wei was too good at enjoying herself. She always made herself live the best she could within her ability. Chen Yan had enjoyed the life of white flour, rice and meat for a while, and he was unwilling to go back to eating coarse grains and vegetables.
Su Wei told him that life is short, so enjoy it while you can.
Chen Yan felt that it made a lot of sense.
So...the couple had chicken stewed with mushrooms today.
The chickens were bought from the market. The ones they raised themselves were too young to eat. In ancient times, chickens were raised purely on green insects. The taste was completely incomparable to the artificial chickens of later generations. They added seasonings, stewed them on a firewood stove, and added previously dried morels and potatoes. The fragrance filled half the village.
Qin Yu missed the ox cart and walked back angrily, feeling tired and hot because Chen Yan had kicked him. He had wanted to settle the score with Chen Yan, but before he got close, he smelled the fragrance and his stomach couldn't help but growl.
Zhang Erya stood at the door and complained to her mother: "I want to die from this Su Wei. She eats meat every day and she's not afraid of dying from it. She's such a spendthrift woman. Whoever marries her will be unlucky..."
As a result, when she looked up and saw Qin Yu, Zhang Erya ran back to the house embarrassedly.
Qin Yu was silent for a moment, then strode towards the Shen family.
He told himself that he would have dinner at the Shen family even if he died today.
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