"Uncle Yun, it's me, Lu Zhimin. May we come in?"
Inside the house, Yun Duo told Yun Dazheng and Yun Qishi what Lu Laogen and Lu Zhimin had said before, and then persuaded Yun Dazheng. Just as she had convinced Yun Dazheng, she heard Lu Zhimin's voice ringing out in the courtyard.
Originally, given Yun Dazheng's temperament, he wouldn't have wanted to let Zhang Juhua set foot in his house again. However, after listening to Yun Duo's advice, he felt that he couldn't let Zhang Juhua off so easily. But since they were all from the same village and would see each other often, he couldn't go too far. Therefore, what Lu Laogen and the others had discussed earlier was actually just right.
Besides, he couldn't afford to offend Lu Zhimin.
So, Yun Dazheng walked to the door of the main room and politely said to Lu Zhimin, "Village Chief, please come in and sit down. I'm so sorry to have kept you from having lunch at this hour."
Lu Zhimin smiled at Yun Dazheng, speaking politely: "Uncle Yun, you're too kind. As the village chief of Lujia Village, I should step in when it's my turn to handle matters big or small. You don't need to feel embarrassed."
As he spoke, he gave Zhang Juhua and Lu Zhimin a look.
"Uncle Yun." Zhang Juhua greeted Yun Dazheng reluctantly. Afterwards, she glared fiercely at Lu Laogen and even reached out to pinch him.
"Uncle Yun... Uncle Yun." Lu Laogen turned his body to avoid Zhang Juhua's outstretched hand and stammered a greeting to Yun Dazheng.
He was usually not very sociable, and the only reason he could talk to Lu Zhimin was because Lu Zhimin was his cousin, and they had played together often as children and were quite familiar with each other. He felt very embarrassed in front of Yun Dazheng. However, with Lu Zhimin staring at him, he didn't dare not greet him, so he only managed a simple form of address, which he stammered out, as if it had taken a great deal of effort.
Yun Dazheng knew about Lu Laogen's situation, so he didn't mind. However, he didn't give him a friendly look, simply saying, "He does have roots, come in." He didn't even glance at Zhang Juhua.
Yun Dazheng's indifference naturally annoyed Zhang Juhua. She gritted her teeth in resentment, glared at Lu Laogen, and looked at the old hen that Lu Laogen was carrying with concern.
In fact, if Lu Zhimin hadn't just assured Zhang Juhua that Yun Dazheng wouldn't want their chickens, Zhang Juhua would never have allowed Lu Laogen to bring them into the Yun family's gate. Even so, she was still afraid that Yun Dazheng would shamelessly take their chickens. These were old hens that had laid eggs for two years!
Her hen is the best egg-laying hen ever! Not only are the eggs big, but she's also incredibly diligent. While other people's hens lay two eggs every three days at most, her hen lays five or six eggs every other day. Plus, she finds her own food, so she doesn't need to feed her much. At most, she gets a shovelful of pig feed mixed with bran for her to eat each day…
Zhang Juhua was preoccupied with her laying hen, thinking about how many eggs it laid and how good it was. The thought that the Yun family might shamelessly take the old hen away, and even if they didn't, after all this trouble, she didn't know how many eggs it would stop laying, made her heart ache so much that she didn't pay attention to her footing. She didn't even realize she had crossed the threshold, and her foot tripped on the threshold, causing her to fall flat on her face in front of Yun Qishi with a thud.
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