Chapter 20: Transfer of Residence
Bai Jingsi and Zhang Minmin have a house but no children. Their combined salary is several hundred yuan a month, and they live a very happy life.
Although she was shocked that Bai Zhenzhu had so much money, she was not very envious. After all, they were teachers and had the halo of their profession.
Zhang Minmin was just surprised by Bai Zhenzhu's methods:
"Zhenzhu is really amazing. Well done. He deserves to be punished for dealing with Pei Xiangyang."
Bai Jingsi asked her:
"Don't you mind her getting divorced?"
Zhang Minmin said unhappily:
"What's there to be disgusted with? This is a new society. If a man cheats, a woman can divorce him."
As he spoke, he poked Bai Jingsi's chest and warned:
"I'm telling you, if you dare to have any bad intentions, I won't forgive you."
Bai Jingsi grabbed her hand, his handsome face full of smiles:
"How dare I?"
After Pei Xiangyang ran back with a bump on his head, the Pei family members continued to curse and swear all night.
Because he was worried that his family would become obsessed with money, and because of the threats from Bai Zhenzhu, Pei Xiangyang didn't dare to mention the 100,000 yuan anymore.
He also sternly warned the Pei family not to cause trouble for Bai Zhenzhu in the future, lest that lunatic go to Shanghai and ruin his plans.
She couldn't ask Bai Zhenzhu for money. Thinking about the 40,000 yuan that was given to Bai Zhenzhu for nothing, Cao Danniu started cursing and swearing, making the neighbors restless.
The next day, Bai Zhenzhu got up early again.
I ate some dried potato rice, picked some loofah and bitter gourd from the fields, made some stir-fried bitter gourd with green peppers, and boiled some loofah and egg drop soup.
She scooped out another bowl of kimchi from the kimchi jar. The kimchi Li Xiufen made was particularly good, pink in color, and sour, spicy and refreshing.
This jar of kimchi, which is almost as high as the waist, is a treasure. It contains everything, including young ginger, radish, cowpea, scallion, chili pepper, etc. Old Man Bai has bad teeth, so Bai Zhenzhu chopped the kimchi into small pieces and mixed it with chili oil, which is especially good with rice.
After she finished cooking, Old Man Bai and Li Xiufen got up. It was just dawn.
"Why did you get up so early again?" Li Xiufen was distressed:
"No one at home is watching your performance."
Bai Zhenzhu scooped the warm water from the ear pot into the wash basin, saying:
"It's too hot these days, and Dad still has to cut tobacco. Eat earlier, go out earlier, and come back earlier."
Li Xiufen thought so too and said she was going to wake Bai Jingsi up, but Bai Zhenzhu hurriedly stopped her:
"Let my third brother and his wife sleep a little longer. I've saved some food for them. They won't be able to sleep in since school has started. I'm not in a hurry to go to town because the police station doesn't open until a certain time."
Li Xiufen also felt sorry for her son and daughter-in-law, so she didn't do anything about it.
While we were eating, the eldest and second sons' families also got up.
People in rural areas usually go to work in the morning while it is still cool. They eat steamed buns and pancakes with boiled water at home and then come back to cook when the weather gets warm.
At around seven or eight o'clock, Bai Jingsi, his wife and their children got up one after another.
Zhang Minmin was quite embarrassed:
"Mom, Pearl, why didn't you call me?"
Bai Zhenzhu was washing clothes on the laundry table and said casually:
"Mom feels sorry for you guys not being able to sleep in during work, so she wants you to sleep a little longer. Third sister-in-law, the meal is in the pot."
Zhang Minmin felt even more embarrassed. Her mother wouldn't let her sleep in. She smiled sweetly at Li Xiufen who was weeding in the vegetable garden:
"Mom, I'll cook for you at noon today and let you taste my cooking skills."
"Okay, you can prepare whatever you want with the dishes in the kitchen. There are also bacon and sausages in the cupboard." Li Xiufen replied loudly, then glared at Bai Zhenzhu.
There was a lot of food prepared for breakfast, and Bai Zhenzhu asked the children to wash their faces and come over to eat together.
Usually the eldest and second oldest children are working outside and cannot come back in time to cook, so the boys eat with their grandparents.
After having dinner at their grandparents’ house, Bai Wenbin and Bai Wenjie went back to their own home to light a fire and boil water.
Twelve-year-old Bai Wenbin already knows how to cook, but Bai Wenjie is just starting to learn. However, he has no problem cooking porridge, and he can just make some pancakes when his parents come back.
After Bai Jingsi finished her meal, she and Bai Zhenzhu rode their bicycles to town.
It takes half an hour to ride a bike from Jinfeng Village to the town. After arriving, Bai Zhenzhu first went to buy two packs of Jiaozi cigarettes at five yuan a pack.
The policeman in charge of household registration at the police station is Bai Jingsi’s high school classmate. He also knows Bai Zhenzhu, but they were in the same grade but different classes.
After entering, Bai Jingsi explained his purpose. The other party checked the formalities and processed it very quickly.
Then he said to White Pearl:
"Your divorce is a hot topic in town."
Bai Zhenzhu knew that the most talked about issue must be the compensation and child support. Not only in Xiaxi Town, but probably the entire county was hearing about it for the first time.
There was no emotion in Bai Jingsi's eyes:
"Let them talk, my sister has a clear conscience."
The man looked at Bai Zhenzhu several times. When she was in school, Bai Zhenzhu was the most beautiful girl in the school.
Although she is divorced now, she is only 24 years old, which is the prime time of her youth.
For such a beautiful woman with money in her hands, although divorce is unpleasant, life will definitely not be difficult. He admires Bai Zhenzhu's courage.
"It's just some sour words, don't take it to heart, sister, it's no big deal."
Bai Zhenzhu laughed cheerfully:
"Thank you brother, it's really no big deal. I have a new life now."
The man was dazzled by her smile and cursed her ex-husband in his heart, calling him a blind bastard.
When leaving, Bai Zhenzhu put the cigarettes she bought on the other person's desk.
Coming out of the police station, Bai Jingsi looked at the time and said, "Zhenzhu, I need to go home to get something for your sister-in-law. Do you want to go home directly or come with me?"
Bai Zhenzhu said, "I'm going to buy some gifts and then go to my uncle's house."
"Okay, then go home directly after buying the things. It's too hot." Bai Jingsi rode away on his bike.
Bai Zhenzhu went to the market and bought two pieces of pork belly. She saw that the market actually sold beef.
People here rarely eat beef and mutton these days because there are no good cooking techniques and the meat has a strong smell.
Moreover, cows at this time were used to plow the fields and were the most important labor force for every household.
Bai Zhenzhu asked about the price. The cow was slaughtered in the morning, and the beef brisket was seven yuan per pound, more than twice the price of pork. She asked the butcher to buy her five pounds of beef brisket.
Now that I’m planning to open a restaurant, I have to try these dishes.
Then I went to the store and bought two cans of oranges, weighed two pounds of crispy candies and toffee candies, and saw some spices for stewing meat, so I bought some too.
All these things together were quite heavy, luckily she rode a bicycle.
When she got home, Zhang Minmin had already prepared lunch, and Bai Jingsi had also returned, waiting for her to start eating.
Zhang Minmin is a pretty good cook. She cooked a pot of mung bean porridge, stir-fried potato slices with bacon, stir-fried water spinach, cold-mixed cowpeas, and made scallion egg pancakes with batter.
These dishes are considered very rich in the countryside, and they are usually served when guests come. ×
Bai Zhenzhu's household registration was moved out of the Pei family, and the Bai family members breathed a sigh of relief.
At the dinner table, the issue of household registration was brought up again.
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