Chapter 109 Returning to the Parents' Home

After finishing her meal and taking a short rest, Zhang Xiuping followed her parents back home.

Generally, when a bride returns to her parents' home after the wedding, she stays there for three days before being sent back by her relatives.

These three days were not actually a long time, but for Deng Yuntai, who had just tasted meat, it was a very long time. He was really reluctant to leave, and he kept sending people forward even after he had sent them out of the village.

Seeing this scene, Zhang's mother was completely relieved.

After her daughter married into the Deng family, she had good food and accommodation. Her father-in-law was also a very reasonable man, and her son-in-law was so reluctant to let her daughter go. Her daughter was really enjoying herself after marrying into the Deng family.

Deng Yuntai was not the only one who felt very reluctant to leave. Zhang Xiuping felt the same way. After a man and a woman have experienced the most intimate things, women are often more clingy than men. However, she was still rational. Seeing that her husband was going to continue to send her forward, she could not help but say, "Brother Tai, just send her here, you can go back!"

Zhang's mother also smiled and said, "Yes, Yuntai, don't send me off anymore, go back quickly!"

Deng Yuntai stopped walking after hearing this, nodded and said, "Okay, then I won't see you off. It's still early now. If you're tired, stop and rest for a while. There's no need to rush."

The two sides exchanged a few more polite words before Deng Yuntai stood there and watched Zhang's mother and her group leave.

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More than three hours later.

Zhang's mother and her group returned to Poxin Village.

Seeing Zhang Xiuping coming back, the villagers greeted her warmly.

No matter what era it is, most people actually have a mentality of despising the poor and loving the rich. When you are poor, not many people are willing to associate with you. But when you become rich or successful, many people are willing to make friends with you.

As a famous actor in later generations said: After becoming famous, you will be surrounded by good people.

Originally, Zhang Xiuping was considered the village beauty of Poxin Village, but in this day and age, being beautiful could not make a living. With a poor family background, she was just an ordinary member of the village and naturally had no right to be looked at differently by others.

But things are different now. Everyone in the village knows that Zhang Xiuping married into a very well-off family, so her status in everyone's eyes is naturally different from before.

Even her parents and brothers had a much higher status in the village than before.

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Zhang Zhenfa has five brothers and sisters in total. Not mentioning his two married sisters, he also has two younger brothers. One is the fourth child (ranked together with his cousins), named Zhang Zhenfei, and the other is the seventh child, named Zhang Zhenyu.

At this time, Aunt Zhang Si and Aunt Zhang Qi were cooking in the kitchen, while the three Zhang brothers were sitting at the door smoking and chatting.

After chatting for a while, the fourth brother Zhang Zhenfei said, "Brother, I heard that in your in-laws' tile factory, even the lowest-paid mud carriers make 45 yuan a month, and mud tramplers make 60 yuan a month. Is this true?"

Zhang Zhenfa exhaled the smoke he had inhaled into his lungs, and with a smile on his wrinkled face, he said, "Of course it's true, but the highest paid are still the big vat masters. My son-in-law easily earns more than 200 yuan a month, which is better than many people with stable jobs."

Zhang Zhenfei said, "Brother, your Shouguo and Shoumin have nothing to do now. You can ask Xiuping to ask your son-in-law to see if they can be arranged to work in the tile factory. Even if they are just mud carriers, they can earn 45 yuan a month, which is several hundred yuan a year. This is better than doing anything else!"

Zhang Zhenyu agreed, "Fourth brother is right. If Shouguo and Shoumin can get a job in the tile factory, they can earn nearly a thousand yuan a year. If they can become a mud shoveler, they can earn more than a thousand yuan. This is really better than doing anything else."

After hearing his two younger brothers mention this, Zhang Zhenfa said with regret, "Ah, I understand what you said. It's all my fault for not having a long-term vision. When my in-laws came to discuss Xiuping's marriage, I shouldn't have asked for such a high price. That way, I could have asked them to help arrange for the eldest and second sons to work in the tile factory. Now, how can I have the face to let Xiuping talk about this with my in-laws or son-in-law?"

Zhang Zhenfei said: "Brother, you did not think carefully enough, but there was no other way to make such a decision at that time. I believe your in-laws can understand."

Zhang Zhenyu thought for a moment and said, "We can put this matter on hold for now. After all, Xiuping has just married. If we make demands right away, it will inevitably make people feel uncomfortable. We should at least wait until Xiuping has established a firm foothold in the Deng family, preferably after she gives birth to a son for the Deng family. That would be more appropriate."

Zhang Zhenfa put the pipe aside and nodded, "Old Seventh's words make sense. If you want to make any requests, you should wait until Xiuping gives birth to a son for the Deng family!"

Zhang Zhenfei said: "This idea is correct, but the tile factory is not always short of people. I still need to say hello to Xiuping in advance and ask her to help keep an eye on it."

Zhang Zhenfa hummed and said, "When Xiuping comes back, I will talk to her about this first."

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When Zhang Xiuping followed her relatives back to her parents' home, guests also came to Deng Yunjin's house.

This guest was none other than Zhang Kangmei's Aunt Man (younger aunt).

Zhang Kangmei and Deng Changmei had already obtained a marriage certificate, but their wedding was scheduled for November 27th of the lunar calendar, which was the day after New Year's Day in 1981. So in the eyes of today's rural people, they were not really a couple.

Tomorrow is the Winter Solstice Festival. According to current wedding customs, if the man and woman have registered but have not yet held a wedding, the man's family must send someone to pick up the woman to celebrate the festival. Although the woman will most likely not go to the man's house to celebrate the festival, the man's family must have this attitude regardless of whether the woman goes or not.

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Deng Yunjin's family was also aware of this rule, so they prepared a table of food in advance to entertain Aunt Zhang.

After dinner, Deng Changmei naturally declined Aunt Zhang's invitation.

Aunt Zhang also knew about this.

After some pleasantries between the two sides, Aunt Zhang left satisfied after completing her task.

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Since there is no electricity in the village, every household basically closes their doors after dark and there are very few people wandering outside.

At this time, Zhang Zhenfa's family also closed the door of their house, and the family sat in the hall chatting.

Zhang Zhenfa recalled the conversation he had with his two younger brothers in the afternoon, so he asked, "Xiuping, your father-in-law and his partner opened a tile factory. Is it still short of workers?"

"There is definitely no shortage of people. The wages at the tile factory are so high that even the hardest-working mud carriers have so many people eager to do the job. How could there be a shortage of people?"

At this point, the clever Zhang Xiuping also vaguely guessed what her father was thinking, so she asked bluntly: "Dad, do you want me to get my eldest brother and second brother to work in the tile factory?"

Let me make it clear first that the eldest daughter-in-law is not a brother-supporting woman, so there is no need to worry that she will help her family without any bottom line.

(End of this chapter)