Chapter 466 Chapter 468: Another Gamble
The news that the Zhou family bought the yard diagonally opposite for Zhou Yumei soon spread throughout the Shuitangba Brigade.
The old lady who lived next door to the He family deliberately turned to the door of the He family and said, "Hongxia, Yumei bought the yard across from us, did you know?"
Seeing her gloating, He's mother got angry and said, "My Jianjun has divorced her, whether she buys it or not is none of my business!"
"Tsk tsk! I heard that her four brothers paid for it. It's hard to find such a good family! It's a pity that I don't have a son!"
"Then you have to be able to give birth to a son!" He's mother said to her sarcastically and slammed the gate of the courtyard in anger.
"Bah!" The old lady spat at her family, "So what if you have a son? I am more at ease even without a son!"
He's mother was so angry that she went back to the house with a dark face. She said to He Jianjun who was sitting in the main room smoking, "We shouldn't have given the baby to that bitch. How dare she leave as long as the baby is in our hands!"
"That's enough! You were the one who said you didn't want a baby, and now you're the one who regrets it. You can't live like this anymore." He Jianjun pointed at the empty room, "Everything in there has been moved out. Didn't you see?"
"How dare you yell at me?" He's mother was stunned for a moment, then she walked up to him and punched him a few times, crying, "You have no conscience. I am doing this for you..."
"For me, you lost my wife and children, and you still say it's for me!" After saying this, He Jianjun went into the house, slammed the door, and sat down on the cotton quilt.
"Wow..." He's mother burst into tears as she looked at the slammed door.
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Zhou Huaian and his party returned home and had just unloaded the furniture and put it in Zhao Huifang's room when Yang Chunyan came.
Seeing that the matter was settled, He Hongxiu and a few others who were helping said goodbye with a smile and went home.
Zhou's father warmly invited the uncles and aunts who helped to come to his house tomorrow to eat mutton hotpot and roasted mutton, and everyone agreed after a few polite words.
When Zhou's mother heard that they had even bought a house for Zhou Yumei and found out that it was closer to the main street than the He family's, she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
She pulled Zhou Huaian and Yang Chunyan and said, "I know that house. It's a little old but in a good location. You two must be smart, otherwise you would have missed the opportunity."
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "It's your daughter-in-law who is smart. If Chunyan hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have remembered it."
Mother Zhou nodded happily and looked at her sons and daughters-in-law. "Okay, you are all good."
Zhou Yumei said to them, "Mom, old man, brother, youngest, Xiaoxiao's account is with me. It will be a month old soon. You should also think of a name for her."
Father Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Xiaoqian, Xiaowen, Xiaoru, how about calling the youngest one Zhou Xiaomei?"
Zhou Huaian waved his hands repeatedly, "Xiao Mei is not good, too rustic, too rustic."
"What's wrong with Xiaomei?" Father Zhou glared and said unhappily, "If you can do it, come and see what kind of fancy name you can give to Xiaoyao?"
Zhou Huaian stroked his chin and thought for a moment, "How about calling me Xiaoyun?"
Zhou Huairong and the others shook their heads, "Not so good? It's better to call her Xiaoye or Xiaoqing!"
Zhou Huaian thought it was too rustic, "How about calling her Xiaoxi?"
Zhou Huaijun shook his head. "Not good! The mountain streams are completely dry during the dry season. We need to find a better meaning."
In fact, Yang Chunyan thought the name was good, but she didn't expect them to find such a reason to object.
Zhou Huaian was at a loss, and looked at her, "Yan'er, do you want one?"
She thought for a moment and said, "How about calling her Xiaoxi? It's not the Xi of stream, the Xiao of dawn, or the Xi of morning light!"
Zhou Huaian raised both hands in agreement after hearing this. "Xi means the rising sun. It means a bright future, glorious and positive. This is a good meaning."
Zhou Yumei and the others also thought it was a good idea. "Okay, let's call her Xiaoxi! We'll go register her household registration tomorrow to prevent that family from having any tricks on us."
Zhou Huaian looked at his watch. "Okay! The truffle delivery guy is coming soon. We should go back now."
"Let's go, let's go. If we don't go back, Haili and the third sister-in-law will be angry."
"Chunyan, wait a minute, I'll give you the money!" Zhou Yumei hurried back to the house to get the money, "I'll keep 500 for repairing the house, and you can help me take the rest to Ning'an to save it."
"That's right!" Zhou Huaian took the 900 yuan for buying the house and said, "Save 3,500 yuan!"
"That's right!" Zhou Yumei handed him the household registration booklet and Zhou Xiaoxi's birth certificate. "When you go to town to carry tiles and bricks, register Xiaoxi's household registration while you're there."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian took it and the few people went back.
Mother Zhou looked at Zhou Yumei with relief, "That's good now. The household registration has been settled, the house has been bought, and our Xiaoxi has a name too."
Zhou Yumei leaned on her shoulder and said, "Mom, thanks to you guys!"
"Silly, if we don't help you, who will?" Zhou's mother put Zhou Xiaoxi back on the bed, "You take a rest, I'm going to chop vegetables."
"Well! When I'm out of confinement, you won't have to work so hard."
"Why are we suffering? Now we can even wear woolen clothes, and we can eat meat whenever we want. When the youngest family cooked for themselves, they even had white rice for every meal!"
"The youngest has always liked to eat good food since he was young." Zhou Yumei leaned against the bedside, "Mom, don't throw away the things we brought back. When the house in town is repaired, move them to town to use."
Zhou's mother was still thinking that if they really had to chop those things up for firewood, it would be better for them to keep them for use. After hearing what she said, she nodded happily, "That's right! Money is hard to earn, so let's save as much as we can."
"I know, if Laoyao and Chunyan hadn't found a way to make money, we wouldn't have the good life we have now."
"Yeah!" Zhou's mother went out happily to chop vegetables.
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Soon after Yang Chunyan and her companions arrived home, more and more people came to deliver truffles to them, and they all went back happily after making money from the sales.
The Zhou family's prosperity also attracted more and more jealousy.
Cai Ermei couldn't describe the feeling in her heart when she saw Wang Chunhua happily counting money every time she came back.
The money from the sale helped to improve the family's food supply, and the children had grown some weight. But when I thought about how the money came from Zhou Laoyao's family, the kid who originally couldn't even afford a bag of spring ploughing rice for a few cents was now several times better off than me.
People are like this. If other people in the village are more capable than him and earn more money than him, he will at most be jealous and say a few sour words.
But when it comes to a friend who he grew up with, someone he always feels is inferior to him, he feels as uncomfortable as if he were scratched by a cat.
Wang Chunhua saw him looking at her with a dark face, turned her head and rolled her eyes at him, "Look at Erchun and Dakuan, they are all out in the mountains digging truffles to sell, but you are just like a pig, eating and sleeping at home every day, doing nothing."
Cai Ermei said, "Now you think I'm incompetent? Have you forgotten how I used to want to look at you? Why don't you marry Zhou Laoyao, who is so good? It's a pity that with your appearance, he won't look down on you, right?"
"Shameless bastard!" Wang Chunhua was so angry that she picked up a broom and threw it at him. "You cheated on me, you cheated on me, I was blind to marry you."
"You have no ability at all. You just know how to be jealous of others all day long. Do you need that ability to be jealous of others? If you don't have any ability, you can just work hard. You just know how to daydream and wait for money to fall from the sky all day long."
"Erchun went up the mountain every day and earned enough money to repair the house in just half a month. Why doesn't he get jealous like you? He still has a good relationship with Zhou Laoyao!"
When I was a girl, I thought about finding a good-looking and eloquent man, but I didn't expect to find a useless one.
Cai Ermei dodged the broom and watched her face turn red and black, and then dark blue. She pointed at her and cursed, "You have a pumpkin face like you and you dare to complain about my incompetence! Get out! Go back to your mother's house."
"Get lost if you want to! Why doesn't Ye Xiaoshuang marry you when she's so nice? She would rather marry someone from Gao Shan than you. If it weren't for the sake of the child, I would have given up on living with you."
While cursing, Wang Chunhua packed all the things into her back, went out, picked up the child and left.
When Cai Ermei saw her leave, she hurried to open the chest, but found that there was not even a penny in the place where she had hidden her money before. "You bitch, you didn't even leave me a penny."
He sat down on the bed, thinking about his bad luck recently. Not only did he lose all the money he had won with great difficulty some time ago, but he also lost ten or so dollars.
He lifted up the quilt and straw mat and took out the few remaining dollars hidden inside, thinking that he would make back his investment this time and never go there again.
Just as he reached the Fangtian fork in the road, he met Wang Chunhua and his two brothers-in-law walking towards him, "You bitch, every time you get into a fight you go home and call for help. Sooner or later, I'll..."
Boss Wang came up to him and punched him without saying anything. "Cai, you want to gamble again? If I catch you today, I'll chop off your claws. Let's see what you can use to gamble."
Then Wang Lao Er kicked him again, "I have tolerated you for a long time. You don't care about the family affairs at all. You go to gamble when you have two money. You dare to complain about my sister."
Cai Ermei dodged, covering her face that was hurt by Wang Lao Da's blow, and looked at the two brothers with disgust, "I didn't do it because of my eldest brother-in-law. If you do this again, I will be rude to you."
"You're welcome, what do you want?" Boss Wang walked towards him, "I'm telling you this today, if you dare to go there today, I'll chop off your claws right away, if you don't believe me, just try it!"
Cai Ermei felt a little uneasy when she saw the two brothers' fierce looks. In the past, they didn't dare to do anything to him because Wang Chunhua protected him. But now she was dissatisfied with her and watched them do it without blinking an eye.
Who knew there was someone even more ruthless behind him? Wang Chunhua stepped forward and pointed at his nose, "If you dare to play with me for money again today, I will chop off your hands without my brother or the others."
It seems that if I really insist on going today, I won’t be able to save my hands.
Cai Ermei thought about this, glanced at the three siblings, and walked back with a bruised face.
Boss Wang said to Wang Chunhua: "What's the point of hiring a man who looks good but is useless? He doesn't do anything and you still need to support him."
Wang Chunhua said in a deep voice: "I won't do that again. If he dares to gamble again, I will kick him out."
Boss Wang thought it would be hard for people with gambling addiction to not go, "Why doesn't anyone report those bastards?"
Wang Lao Er said angrily: "What's the use? He went in for a month or so and soon after he came out, the place started up again."
(End of this chapter)
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