Chapter 172 Return to Dahe Village
Accompanied by Ye Beixiu, Zhang Juexia came to Dahe Village again.
A horse-drawn carriage suddenly arrived in Dahe Village, and some curious people surrounded it.
"Whose carriage is this?"
"Is this a relative of the village head?"
"I don't know. Since this carriage stopped at the village head's house, it must be here to see him."
Ye Beixiu was fine, after all, no one here knew him.
Zhang Juexia listened to the conversation outside and hesitated whether to get off the carriage. "Madam, we're here."
Ye Beixiu lifted the curtain of the carriage and reached out to help Zhang Juexia down.
Someone in the crowd gasped, "Isn't this the eldest daughter of Zhang Defu's family?"
“That’s true!”
"Didn't I hear that she married into the mountains and her husband is a cripple?"
"You don't know how to talk, don't you see that my husband's legs are in great shape?"
"It's really strange. The eldest daughter of Zhang Defu's family is so lucky. It hasn't been long since she got a ride in a carriage.
What a twist of fate! "
When Zhang Dequan heard voices outside the door, he stuck his head out and was surprised to see that the person coming was Zhang Juexia.
Zhang Juexia bowed respectfully to Zhang Dequan as usual, "Hello, uncle."
"Hello, big girl, come in."
Zhang Dequan warmly invited Zhang Juexia into the house, and Ye Beixiu followed behind him with gifts in both hands.
Zhang Dequan's wife, Wang Yuying, also came out from the house to greet them. "It's the eldest girl, come in quickly."
After some pleasantries, Zhang Juexia got straight to the point.
Wang Yuying listens to Zhang Dequan the most, although this business that came to her door made her very happy.
But she still looked at Zhang Dequan, waiting for him to speak.
Zhang Dequan pondered for a moment and said, "Girl, seeing that you are living such a good life now, uncle is happy for you.
But you have to think carefully, raising chickens is not something you can just talk about and do, there is a lot of knowledge involved."
"That's right, your uncle is right. Although I have the skills passed down from my ancestors, I can only raise a few dozen chickens a year. You have to think carefully about this, big girl."
Wang Yuying followed Zhang Dequan's words and looked at Ye Beixiu who was sitting next to her.
Ye Beixiu took a sip of tea and said, "I'm afraid I'll really have to trouble you with this matter. I'm sorry to bother you, uncle and aunt."
What Zhang Dequan was waiting for was Ye Beixiu's words. He was an ancient man, and the truth was engraved in his bones and deeply rooted in people's hearts.
The words of the man in this family are the most convincing.
"In that case, the eldest girl is not an outsider, Yuying, please take care of her."
Wang Yuying nodded.
"Aunt, I'll order 200 chicks first. Please see how long it will take. I'll ask my husband to come and pick them up when the time comes."
"Two hundred?"
Wang Yuying confirmed it again, then she raised her head and thought about it carefully.
Zhang Dequan added, "Girl, there's no rush for this. After all, you've never raised chickens before. Let your aunt help you raise them for a while. Once you have the chicks, it won't be too late for you to come back and get them."
"Thank you so much, uncle and aunt."
Zhang Juexia bowed sincerely to Zhang Dequan and Wang Yuying again.
"You are being so formal, we are all family, no need to be polite.
Yuying, go prepare the meal. It's Chinese New Year and our son-in-law is here. We can't just leave without eating!"
Zhang Juexia stopped Wang Yuying who was about to leave, "Aunt, please don't be so polite. We haven't discussed the important matters yet!
I haven’t paid the deposit yet!”
Wang Yuying looked at Zhang Dequan again.
Zhang Dequan thought for a moment and said, "Yuying, just follow the market price and give the eldest girl a lower price."
"That won't do. You and Auntie have already helped me a lot. Besides, this is a very demanding task.
Aunt, you should just give as much as you deserve. Don’t work in vain.
If the chickens are well-raised in the future, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble my aunt."
"A chick costs fifteen coins each. I'll help you raise it for ten days, and you just need to give me two hundred coins more for food.
Because the chicks are very delicate at first, they need to be fed some grain."
Zhang Juexia took out two taels of silver from her pocket and said, "Aunt, this is a deposit of two taels of silver. When we come to pick up the chicks, we will give you the remaining one tael of silver plus two hundred coins."
"this......"
"Since the eldest girl gave it to you, you should put it away! Go to the kitchen and cook!"
Zhang Juexia and Ye Beixiu wanted to leave, but Zhang Dequan was too enthusiastic in keeping them.
If they didn't stay for the meal, they would probably offend her uncle.
"Since uncle has spoken, let's have dinner at his house before leaving!"
"That's right. It's Chinese New Year, and you're bringing your son-in-law back to your parents' home. You can go with an empty stomach, but your son-in-law has come all the way here, so he can't leave with an empty stomach."
Zhang Juexia was grateful to Zhang Dequan in her heart. When she came to their house, she specially selected some expensive gifts.
So even though she stayed at his house for dinner, she didn't feel too much guilt.
Zhang Dequan and Ye Beixiu were talking about some topics between men. Zhang Juexia couldn't get a word in, so he went outside.
She first walked around the yard and found that just as Wang Yuying said, they had a lot of chickens in the yard, all of which were penned in.
Wang Yuying happened to go to the yard to fetch water and saw Zhang Juexia staring at the chickens in the yard.
"Big girl, it's windy in the yard, but it's warmer in the house."
Zhang Juexia smiled and said, "I'll just take a look. Auntie, let me help you cook!"
"I dare not ask you for help. If your uncle finds out, he'll blame me. A married woman will be a guest when she comes back."
"It's okay, let's just not let uncle see it."
Although they used to live in the same village, Wang Yuying's impression of Zhang Juexia was still that of a little girl who was tortured by her stepmother, with no life at all and was submissive all day long.
She didn't expect Zhang Juexia to be so flexible and insightful.
They wanted to help her at first, but they were powerless.
Tian Caihong is too strong, and Zhang Defu is nothing.
Although the head of the family was the village head, when he saw Zhang Juexia being bullied, he would at most scold her a few times, which worked for a while, but after a few hours, the bully would return to his old ways.
When Zhang Juexia made a fuss about her wedding, it was Zhang Dequan who dealt with it.
When Wang Yuying heard that Zhang Dequan had asked Zhang Juexia to sever ties with his family, she blamed Zhang Dequan.
She felt that it would be difficult for a weak girl to live in her husband's family without the support of her parents.
Zhang Dequan had his reasons. He believed that no matter how difficult life was, it could not be harder than living under the control of a stepmother.
Wang Yuying looked at Zhang Juexia, who now had a rosy complexion and acted in a generous manner, and finally admitted that she was the head of the family and had some vision in doing things.
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