Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 54 Deportation
Su Yaoguang and Jiang Jing were chatting and laughing as they walked home. On the way, they met three people. One of them was wearing the clothes of a teacher from the academy, and the other two were Jiang Yihui and Xiao Yanci.

When Jiang Yihui saw Su Yaoguang, his eyes were full of disgust.

Xiao Yanci's expression remained unchanged as he moved to the side to make way for the two of them.

After Su Yaoguang carried the water home, she said to Jiang Jing, "Go and find out what those people are doing in the village. The one with the eyes on top of his head is Jiang Yihui, Jiang Yihuan's brother and Zhong Lanhua's son. The one with his head down and not saying anything is Xiao Ci, a servant hired by the Jiang family."

Jiang Jing had only been there a few days, but she had already witnessed Zhong Lanhua and Zhang Zhaodi bickering several times. She also learned from Su Yaoguang that the two families were sworn enemies.

Now Su Yaoguang asked her to inquire about the news, and she immediately agreed. She carried a basket and pretended to pick vegetables, but actually went to the vicinity of the Zhong family to inquire about the news.

Zhang Zhaodi went back to her parents' home today, but I wonder if she'll be back. In previous years, she would have definitely returned overnight. After all, mother and daughter didn't have much money, so their gift to her parents' home was just a dozen eggs. But today was different. Zhang Zhaodi brought back a pound of meat. The meat might have awakened some conscience in her greedy uncle.

Not long after, Jiang Jing returned and said to Su Yaoguang, who was cooking dinner in the kitchen, "Yaoguang, I've heard. The teacher came to the village to talk to Zhong Lanhua about changing Xiao Ci's household registration to a good householder and allowing him to study at the academy. He also said that as long as the Zhong family allowed Xiao Ci to study, he and Jiang Yihui would be exempted from their tuition fees."

Su Yaoguang stirred the soup in the pot and said with lowered eyes: "This is not surprising."

Even without her, Xiao Yanci would not be willing to be a slave. He would try his best to create a future for himself.

But what does it have to do with her? She has nothing to do with him in this life. Whether he soars into the sky or sinks to the bottom of the lake, it has nothing to do with her.

"Godmother, you're back." Jiang Jing saw Zhang Zhaodi coming in.

Su Yaoguang went out to greet her after hearing Jiang Jing's words. Seeing Zhang Zhaodi with messy hair and scars on her face, she hurried over and asked, "What's wrong, mother?"

Jiang Jing was sitting in front of the stove. She had only seen Zhang Zhaodi and hadn't noticed anything was wrong with her. Hearing Su Yaoguang's angry and nervous voice, she followed him out to investigate.

"Godmother, who bullied you?"

Zhang Zhaodi straightened her hair and tried to cover it up: "No, who could bully me? You all know how fierce I am."

"Mom, did grandpa beat you?" Su Yaoguang frowned. "You took a pound of meat, and they beat you?"

"No. I'm a mother now, why did they hit me? I went back to my parents' house to help with some work, and I fell down and ended up like this," Zhang Zhaodi said. "You didn't see it, I brought a pound of meat back to my parents' house, and everyone in the village praised me for being filial! I went back very proudly this time, and I didn't feel wronged at all."

"Mom, clean it first, and then I'll apply medicine on you." Su Yaoguang said.

"Yaoguang, let me do it!"

"it is good."

Jiang Jing brought Zhang Zhaodi hot water and mixed it with cold water. While Zhang Zhaodi was bathing, she brought clean clothes to her room.

Zhang Zhaodi had difficulty washing her hair, so Jiang Jing stayed to wash it for her.

Zhang Zhaodi wiped her cheek and said with a smile, "This water is too hot. It's irritating my eyes."

Jiang Jing said, "Yaoguang made a hair care cream this time. We added some hair-blackening herbs to it. Yaoguang and I made it together, and we don't know if it's effective. Mom might as well give it a try. If it works, we'll have to sell it for a good price."

"How's that scar removal cream you've been working on lately?" "It'll be ready tomorrow. Let me try it on you then. You must have fallen pretty hard. If you apply the scar removal cream, there won't be any scars left."

After Zhang Zhaodi came out of the shower, Jiang Jing wiped her hair again. After it was half dry, she applied medicine to her wound.

"Mom, Jing'er, it's time to eat." Su Yaoguang said.

"I'll be right there." Jiang Jing agreed.

Zhang Zhaodi saw the wild celery and pork, leek and egg, and mushroom soup on the table and said distressedly, "Did you fall into the pot, girl? Why are there so many?"

"Mom, you fell like this, you need to take good care of yourself," Su Yaoguang said, "We don't lack food at home right now. Just eat it and buy more after you've finished."

"What a wasteful thing," Zhang Zhaodi muttered, picking up some meat and giving it to Su Yaoguang, then giving another piece to Jiang Jing. "They're all so skinny. If we cook it, we'll eat it all. If we leave it for tomorrow, it won't taste good."

Su Yaoguang and Jiang Jing also picked up some food for Zhang Zhaodi.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhaodi's eyes turned red.

Zhang Zhaodi buried her head in her food, sniffed, put down her bowl, and turned away: "My nose is a little stuffy, I'll go clean it."

When Zhang Zhaodi went to the kitchen to fetch water, Jiang Jing said worriedly, "Yaoguang, has godmother been bullied?"

"My grandparents had three daughters and one son, and my mother and two aunts were always furious whenever they returned to her parents' home. This time she brought back a pound of meat, and I thought things would get better, but now it seems some people aren't worth associating with. If she doesn't want to talk, we'll just pretend we don't know. That's a knot in her heart, and she has to untie it herself. No one can persuade her."

"I've seen many families that favor sons over daughters. In my opinion, if they're not welcome, then just ignore them. Don't they say a daughter who's married off is like spilled water? Well, the water's already spilled, so why bother with them?" Jiang Jing said. "I hope my godmother can figure it out sooner rather than dwell on it."

Zhang Zhaodi came back and invited them to eat: "What are you waiting for me for? Eat!"

At the Jiang family's gate, Zhong Lanhua escorted Master Yang out and said, "Master, it's getting late today, why don't you stay home?"

"No, I have a relative who lives not far from here. I'll stay with him for one night today and return to the city tomorrow. I'll give Jiang Yihui and Xiao Ci three days off. You should take care of this matter during these three days. When you're done, come find me at the academy."

"Thank you, Master. We will definitely hurry up and get it done." Zhong Lanhua said with a smile, "Goodbye."

After Master Yang left, Jiang Yihui walked into the yard with a cold face.

Zhong Lanhua looked at Xiao Yanci and said with a smile, "You are quite capable, kid. These few taels of silver are not wasted."

Xiao Yanci bowed and said, "Xiao Ci is very lucky to be taken in by Madam. If he had fallen into those mean families, I'm afraid he would still be living a life worse than death."

"It's best that you think this way." Zhong Lanhua looked at Jiang Yihan beside her.

Jiang Yihuan said, "Mom, let's eat first. We can discuss other things later."

"Okay, let's eat first." Zhong Lanhua said, "You guys came back so quickly that we didn't have time to cook. Come and light the fire."

(End of this chapter)