Chapter 639: Brain Damage
Zhang Dequan of Dahe Village had been keeping an eye on Ye Beixiu and Zhang Juexia. When he learned that Ye Beixiu had returned to Yejia Village and that a large banquet would be held the day after tomorrow to celebrate Ye Beixiu's success, he discussed with his wife, Wang Yuying, "The day after tomorrow, Yejia Village will celebrate Beixiu's success. I think we must go."
Wang Yuying nodded in response, "This is a big happy event. We are Juexia's family, so we must go."
"Well, it's settled then. Let Dazhuang accompany us then."
"I'll tell Da Zhuang in a minute. If Da Zhuang's wife hadn't just found out she was pregnant, we would have asked her to come along as well.
Speaking of which, Dazhuang's wife is pregnant, it was all thanks to Juexia's help."
"This girl is grateful and repays kindness, just like her mother. I'll go ask Defu. His son-in-law passed the imperial examination, so he has to show up. Otherwise, it would seem too out of character."
"Go to Defu's house and talk to him properly. Caihong and Juexia don't get along."
"It's useless if she doesn't deal with it. Bei Xiu passed the imperial examination and became an official.
Who would have thought that our Zhang family was also involved with the government? If Defu still can't figure out this matter and is led by his confused wife, then he is either stupid or foolish. "
"Look at you, it's like you didn't say anything. Stupid and foolish don't mean the same thing.
Go quickly, I'm going to kill a chicken. Dazhuang's wife has had a bad mouth these days, I need to give her some nourishment."
Zhang Dequan walked all the way to Zhang Defu's house and asked, "Is Defu home?"
He shouted twice before someone in the house replied viciously, "He's not home. I don't know where he went!"
Zhang Dequan was so angry that his face turned blue. "You can come out, I have something to tell you!"
Tian Caihong then recognized the voice of the village head and quickly got out of bed and walked out in her slippers. "It's the village head, brother. If you have anything to say, please come in."
"I'm going to say this right here! Where does Defu usually go? Defu's house. I'm not kidding you. I really have something to say to Defu, so you better think about it carefully."
Tian Caihong saw Zhang Dequan's serious look and felt a little scared. She thought carefully for a moment and said, "Brother, the village head, he must have gone out to play cards."
"Whose house did you go to?"
Tian Caihong shook her head. "Brother Lizheng, I really don't know. He didn't tell me when he left."
Zhang Dequan turned around and walked out, looking back at Tian Caihong again, meaning that you'd better not lie to me.
After Zhang Dequan walked away, Tian Caihong came into the house cursing.
Ever since Tian Caihong had a fight with Zhang Defu and ran away from home with the family's money and then came back, her status in the family has plummeted.
At first she was still hoping that Wang Xingwang would come to see her, but the more she waited, the more disappointed she became, and she became less and less hopeful.
There was no other way but to muddle through day by day with Zhang Defu.
As soon as she entered the house, she felt something was wrong. Zhang Dequan rarely came to their house. Could it be that he really had something to ask Zhang Defu?
Or maybe Zhang Defu was playing cards outside and lost money again, so these people reported it to the village head, who came just to find out the truth.
Tian Caihong's heart skipped a beat. This family couldn't stand the turmoil any longer. If things continued like this, she might have to sell the land again.
She decided to go out and find Zhang Defu, and then try to persuade him to stop!
But she had just taken a few steps when she remembered that they had just had a quarrel yesterday, and Zhang Defu had warned her that if she interfered in his affairs again, he would sell all the family land and the whole family would be left with nothing.
Tian Caihong was scared again. If Zhang Defu really sold the land, Dongsheng would have no way to continue his studies.
"What does his business have to do with me?"
Then, Tian Caihong continued to catch up on her sleep.
Zhang Dequan was the head of Dahe Village. He knew every family in the village very well and quickly found Zhang Defu.
The room where Zhang Defu was playing cards was filled with smoke and fire, which made Zhang Dequan cry.
When everyone saw the head of the village coming, they immediately became obedient.
"Li Zheng, we didn't gamble, we were just having fun!"
"I'm telling you, if I find out you're gambling, I'll punish you according to the family rules."
"Village head, we know how powerful you are, but we dare not commit crimes against you."
"That's good to know."
Zhang Dequan glanced at Zhang Defu and said, "Defu, come out for a moment. I want to talk to you."
Zhang Defu was afraid of Zhang Dequan and did not dare to refuse, so he followed Zhang Dequan out of the house reluctantly.
He thought Zhang Dequan would definitely give him a good scolding and then let him live a good life.
To be honest, he has no mood to live now, especially after seeing Tian Caihong's face, he feels that he was blind in the beginning and why he was so determined to marry her home.
Zhang Dequan didn't care what Zhang Defu was thinking and said directly, "Your son-in-law has passed the imperial examination. We are going to have a banquet the day after tomorrow. Do you want to go?"
Zhang Defu was confused, "Which son-in-law?"
Zhang Dequan kicked him angrily, "How many sons-in-law do you have?"
Zhang Defu's lips opened and closed, but he couldn't utter a word.
Zhang Dequan glared at him and said, "Are you stupid? I knew you would be dumbfounded if you listened to me.
Which son-in-law are you? Have you always thought that your daughter Juexia has a hard life, or what?
Zhang Defu, let me tell you, your own daughter is now the wife of a successful candidate in the imperial examination."
Zhang Defu reacted and became excited. He said, "If they don't invite me, I won't go."
Zhang Dequan kicked again. Last time he didn't use much force, but this time he used all his strength and kicked Zhang Defu so hard that he staggered.
"I think you've lost your mind. In our entire Jinshui Town, there's only one successful candidate, your son-in-law.
You are still so pretentious. If it were someone else's tactful father-in-law, he would have run away long ago."
Zhang Defu seemed to be feeling aggrieved as well, and complained to Zhang Dequan about the grievances he suffered every time he went to Zhang Juexia's house.
Zhang Dequan showed no sympathy for him. Instead, he asked him, "Defu, have you ever thought about why your child treats you like this?"
"I have nothing to do, why should I think about these things?"
Zhang Dequan thought this was really hopeless, but he still said earnestly, "Defu, when you have nothing to do, you have to think about it carefully!
Juexia is the kind of child who will be nice to you if you are nice to her.
You have to think about what you did to her when she was still a married woman."
"I'm not at home on weekdays, so if anyone is to blame for treating her badly, it's Tian Caihong."
“If you don’t spoil Tian Caihong, she will dare!
You're not stupid, I thought you couldn't see the injustice the child suffered!"
"Brother, it's not easy for me to maintain this family. Back then, she was clamoring for a dowry. If it weren't for the fact that she was my own daughter, I would have agreed."
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