The next morning, the entire Zhu family, along with a group of brothers, shouldered their hoes and headed for Qianmiao Village. Liang Yuan didn't go; she stayed home with Ah Tong and Tong Tong to clean up the two rooms in the backyard. The rooms had been piled with firewood; Zhu Youliang had already brought it out the previous night, so they were finishing up today. It wasn't until noon that the people who had gone returned, bringing back Zhu Yourong's dowry and two little girls.
It turned out that the Wang family was convinced that the woman outside was pregnant with a boy and was determined to divorce. After beating Wang Jincai, the Zhu family put forward conditions, requiring the Wang family to give Zhu Yourong 100 kilograms of food rations plus 100 yuan, and all four children to Zhu Yourong. The Wang family naturally disagreed, but they were in the wrong, so they finally agreed to give Zhu Yourong 100 kilograms of food rations plus 60 yuan, but only agreed to let Zhu Yourong take the two younger children. What kind of calculation was this? Everyone knew what was going on. The two older children were already able to work, and in a few years they would be able to get married, and then they could receive a betrothal gift. Zhu Yourong originally said that she would not divorce without the children, but the Zhu family felt that it was difficult for her to raise four children alone, and if she had fewer children, she could find another one. So they did not argue for her and directly agreed to the Wang family's conditions. When she returned to Zhujiaba, she was still crying while holding her two children.
Huang Mei tried to persuade her again and again, and she finally stopped crying.
Since her family had helped, she still had to treat them to a meal. Huang Mei didn't have time to comfort her, so she asked her to come to Zhu Youliang's house first to see how the house was being cleaned. She would bring it over when the meal was ready. She thought that if she found something for her to do, she might not have the time to think too much.
Zhu Yourong looked at her cousins sitting in the main hall, feeling embarrassed. She immediately took her children and went to Zhu Youliang's house through the back door. Rural courtyards rarely close their doors during the day, and no one responded when she called Liang Yuan. As she was hesitating, the wife of the neighboring dog suddenly came out with a bowl in her hand. Seeing Liang Yuan standing at the door with her bag on her back, she deliberately said, "Is Yourong visiting relatives? Yuanyuan is in the backyard. I heard them busying around there early this morning, and I don't know what they're busy with."
Zhu Yourong nodded, then hurriedly led the child into the yard. At this time, Tongtong happened to be drinking water in the front yard. Seeing the three of them, she hurriedly called out, "Mom, sister, my aunt is here."
Liang Yuan heard it and hurried to the front yard, "My eldest sister is here, come in and sit down." After saying that, she smiled at the two little girls again.
Zhu Yourong hurriedly asked the child to call someone, "Call Sixth Aunt."
"Sixth aunt." The two little girls said timidly.
Liang Yuan quickly agreed and said to Tongtong, "Tongtong, go get two White Rabbit candies and give one to each of my sisters."
"Oh." Tongtong said and ran to his room.
Zhu Yourong quickly refused: "No, they don't like candy. Mom asked me to come over to help you clean the house, Yuanyuan, don't be polite with me."
Liang Yuan nodded, "Okay, I'll take you there to have a look." Then she walked towards the backyard. They were going to live together for a while, so it wouldn't be right to be too polite. Thinking of this, she said, "The two rooms in the backyard were not originally intended for living, so there are no windows. I thought that you sisters should live in the bigger room, and I will ask someone to dig out a window someday. As for the other room, it can be used as a kitchen, which is more convenient. By the way, there is no time to make a bed, so I found two long high benches with some food, and added some leftover wooden boards from building the house, and barely made a bed. You can live in it first, and if you are not used to it, I can make a bed later."
"Yuanyuan, I'm sorry for your trouble. This is already great. I really don't know how to thank you and my sixth brother." Zhu Yourong was about to cry again, but when she thought of what her mother said, she held back her tears.
"We're all family, there's nothing to thank me for. Big sister, please don't do this again, or I won't be happy."
As he was talking, he had already reached the backyard.
"Aunt." Zhu Xingtong called out and then concentrated on cleaning the rabbit cage.
Sanya and Siya saw four lazy rabbits and pointed at them, saying, "Mom, rabbits."
Liang Yuan smiled and said, "This was caught by Ah Tong. This girl is very ambitious. She wants to raise a big litter to eat meat, so she takes good care of it."
Zhu Yourong also smiled and said, "I heard Dad talk about raising rabbits before. I can help raise them in the future. I heard that rabbits reproduce very quickly. If we raise them well, we won't have to worry about having no meat to eat."
After hearing this, Zhu Xingtong raised his head and said, "The female rabbit is pregnant. When she gives birth, I will hire you to help me raise her. I will pay you a salary when the money comes out of the sale."
Zhu Yuetong ran over at this time and immediately said, "And me, and me."
"You are indispensable." Zhu Xingtong said and lowered his head.
"This kid." Liang Yuan smiled and turned to go to the next room. "Sister, come in and see how everything is being cleaned up."
Zhu Yourong looked at the nest of rabbits with bright eyes, nudged the two children and said, "Go, go play." After the two children ran over, she followed them into the house. The room was about ten square meters. In addition to her two boxes of dowry, there was a bed and a square table. The bed was covered with a straw mat. She pressed it with her hand, but it didn't shake. The mud wall next to the bed was half covered with old newspapers. It was obvious that it was newly pasted, showing that it was carefully made.
She turned her head to look at Liang Yuan, seeing her smiling at her, and couldn't help but shout, "Yuanyuan..." She used to look down on her sister-in-law, thinking she was too lazy and had to rely on her brother for everything, thinking that her brother worked hard. But now, she felt extremely ashamed.
"Okay, big sister, everything will pass, and everything will get better and better. Don't feel bad. You know your brother and I are lazy, and we might have to rely on you more in the future."
As they were talking, Zhu Youliang suddenly came in from outside and asked, "Have you packed up? Mom asked me to call you over for lunch. We all eat at the old house at noon."
"There's food, I..." Zhu Yourong didn't know what to say. Now, the whole village probably knew she had returned to her parents' home, and she didn't want to go out.
Zhu Youliang said, "Sister, you haven't done anything wrong, so why are you afraid? Besides, can you hide forever? If anyone spreads gossip, tell me and I'll kill them. If I'm not around, go find Yuanyuan. She's incredibly powerful."
Liang Yuan glared at him. How could she be so powerful? She was like a shrew.
Zhu Yourong thought about it and agreed. He called a few children and went out.
Big Dog's wife was sitting on the doorstep eating. When she saw Zhu Youliang coming out, she immediately asked, "Youliang, I heard your eldest sister got divorced. It looks like she's going to live in your house from now on."
Zhu Youliang said loudly, "Yes. My eldest sister just came back and is still sad. Don't mention this matter in front of my eldest sister from now on. I will get angry if anyone mentions it."
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