When they arrived at Anjia Village, An Dafu and his wife met Yuan Qiu and naturally asked who the child was. Yang Cui didn't hide anything and told them the truth.
An Dafu smiled and said he would only take the child in for two or three days at most, and then say nothing.
With the help of the An family, the house was tidied up quickly, and it was all done in an afternoon. Now we're just waiting to move in.
Yang Cui plans to move tomorrow, but she feels she should tell Village Chief Zhou before moving, and she also needs him to look after the house until it is sold.
In the evening, Yang Cui returned to Ji'an Village and took two palm-sized crucian carp and ten eggs to the village chief's house.
The Zhou family is now much warmer towards Yang Cui than before, which shows that people really need money.
"I heard you bought a house and land. I haven't congratulated you yet," the village chief said with a smile.
"I'm here today because I'd like to trouble the village chief with this matter."
"Don't talk about trouble or not. I'll definitely help if I can."
"I plan to move to Anjia Village tomorrow. I'd like to ask the village chief to help me find out if anyone wants to buy this house, along with the vegetable garden behind it. I'll keep all the furniture except for the pots, pans, clothes, and bedding. The total price is fifteen taels of silver."
This house is much better than the one he bought in Anjia Village. The furniture is also newer. In addition, Wang Dachun was in a hurry to sell it, so the price difference between the two is quite large.
Village Chief Zhou was not surprised by Yang Cui's choice. She had no relatives here, and staying would only make her a thorn in the side of the Lin family.
Zhou Ye smiled and said, "Xiao Cui, you must have made a lot of money recently. You've bought houses and land. You're amazing."
Yang Cui smiled politely: "It's alright, mainly because my uncle is quite nice."
"But a woman still needs to get married. Let me introduce you to someone! My family..."
"Sister-in-law, I don't plan to get married, I'm going to marry someone else."
"What?" The Zhou family was taken aback upon hearing this.
In modern times, if a woman reaches a certain age and is not married for any reason, she will still attract a lot of concern. How much more so in feudal ancient times.
So Yang Cui came up with a plan to silence the gossip: she would find a husband!
Zhou Yeshi never expected Yang Cui to have such thoughts. She originally wanted to introduce Yang Cui to her elder brother from her maternal family. Yang Cui was so well-off, with two houses, land, and a homestead. She definitely had savings. She was a real rich woman!
Moreover, Er Ya and San Ya are grown up and are girls. They can get married in a couple of years and earn some dowry. There's no need to worry about Yang Cui having to give money to her family. Zhou Yeshi thinks it's the best thing for her to marry her eldest brother.
Who would have thought that Yang Cui would actually want to find a husband?!
In those days, if a man married into another family, he was considered an unfilial son who abandoned his ancestors and would be condemned by the world. Moreover, in the eyes of the world, only incompetent men would marry into another family, and sons-in-law were usually looked down upon.
Zhou Ye tried to persuade Yang Cui: "Xiaocui, why are you thinking of finding a husband? How many men are willing to be a live-in son-in-law? Those who are live-in sons-in-law are not good men. If you ask me, with your conditions, it won't be difficult to find a good man. My family..."
Yang Cui interrupted her again: "Even if this man is good, what if the mother-in-law is just like Fan Shi? I'm really scared, so I'm thinking of finding a husband so I don't have to worry about the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship. Finding a husband is not easy, but there's no rush. Anyway, I just got divorced, so I can wait a couple more years."
Yang Cui blocked Zhou Yeshi from saying what she was about to say.
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The next day, the news that Yangcui Ji'an Village's house was for sale spread like wildfire.
However, fifteen taels of silver was not a small amount, and most families could not afford it. So when the news came out, many people asked about it, but none of them were sincerely interested in buying it; they were just there to gossip.
Madam Fan was furious: "Why should she sell our Lin family's house? No way, I have to go find her!"
So Fan stormed to Yang Cui's house and yelled at her, "You bitch, why did you sell the house? This is my Lin family's house! You think you can live a life of luxury with the money from the sale? You're dreaming!"
"Fan Yuhua, are you still dreaming?" The village chief arrived. He and his wife had come to help Yang Cui move, but they didn't expect to hear Fan Yuhua shouting from afar.
The village chief continued, "This house has already been stamped with the official seal. Do you think that seal was just for show? And don't forget, we still have your family division agreement, which has your and Lin Rongguang's fingerprints and signatures on it."
Therefore, the Fan family is determined not to take the house away.
Fan knew she couldn't get the house back, so she made a scene just to annoy Yang Cui.
"In short, no one is allowed to buy this house! Otherwise, they're going against me. When my son comes back, I'll have him throw you all in jail!" Madam Fan said arrogantly, then turned and left triumphantly.
To begin with, few people could afford this house, and now, even fewer dare to buy it. The villagers didn't dare to offend Madam Fan, after all, she was the mother of an official.
The village chief said to Yang Cui, "Don't worry, Xiao Cui, I'll definitely take good care of this house for you."
"Thank you very much, village chief. You've gone to a lot of trouble."
Zhou Zhuoshi was filled with righteous indignation: "They're already divorced, and there's still no peace. I think that old bastard will get his comeuppance sooner or later!"
An Dafu was furious and wanted nothing more than to rush over and beat up Fan Shi: "This is too much!"
“Uncle, don’t be angry. Even if Madam Fan hadn’t done that, this house wouldn’t have been so easy to sell. How many people in the village could afford fifteen taels of silver?”
"But I feel so frustrated."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Lin Shikang is the third-ranked scholar in the imperial examination, and we can't afford to offend him now."
Yang Cui didn't tell An Dafu that she was actually secretly preparing to take revenge on the Lin family.
Seeing how fierce Fan Shi was to Yang Cui, Yuan Qiu felt a surge of resentment.
He then learned of Fan's evil deeds from Er Ya and San Ya, and made up his mind to teach her a lesson.
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