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

Chapter 65 Hiring people
Zhang Zhaodi just walked in and called out, "Jing'er, come out quickly."

Jiang Jing ran out with a book in hand. Seeing Zhang Zhaodi's disheveled clothes and scars on her face, she asked worriedly, "Godmother, what happened?"

Zhang Zhaodi placed two strings of copper coins in Jiang Jing's hand and said proudly, "I earned two hundred coins in one trip. I can buy twenty baskets of flower petals."

Jiang Jing looked at Su Yaoguang in confusion.

Su Yaoguang laughed and said, "Mom went to see Doctor Lin, but she was unlucky and ran into a shrew who was in love with Doctor Lin. When she saw Mom and Doctor Lin talking in the yard, she rushed over without asking any questions and started to cause trouble for Mom. However, Mom didn't suffer any loss, and the other person was hurt more."

"I ripped out a lot of her hair; she's completely bald here," Zhang Zhaodi pointed to the spot on her head. "But it was also thanks to Yaoguang. Our Yaoguang is more capable than a man. When the woman saw how strong she was, she gave her the money without causing any trouble."

"Let's just leave. We don't know how Uncle Lin dealt with that woman. But Uncle Lin is the only doctor here. Many people in the village owe him a favor. He will definitely help him drive that shrew out. We don't need to worry about it." Su Yaoguang said, looking at the books in Jiang Jing's hands. "This is the medical book I bought last time, right? There are only these few medical books in the entire bookstore. Although they are a bit old, I still bought them all. I originally wanted to learn some medical skills myself so that I would be more convenient when making rouge and powder. Now it seems that there is a divine will in the dark. These medical books seem to be bought for you."

"These medical books are very good. Although I don't know why they were lost, their former owner must have been a person with superb medical skills, otherwise he would not have been able to compile such amazing medical books. It's a pity that they were not valued, so they were not kept very well and many of them were damaged. I copied them all down when I was free, so that I won't be unable to use them in the future if they are damaged." Jiang Jing said.

Before it got dark, Zhang Zhaodi took her two daughters to tidy up the yard and clean the house. When they were done, they moved the recliners into the yard and applied facial masks, skin care, and hair care, without even leaving their fingernails untouched.

"When I was fighting that bitch just now, they told me that I've become whiter recently, with fewer wrinkles, and even my hair has turned black. These things Yaoguang makes are really good. I have to use them every day to show the villagers what my daughter can do." Zhang Zhaodi patted her cheek and said, "You two can't be lazy. You didn't have the conditions before, but now you have them. You have to take good care of this face."

"Don't worry, mom. We will definitely take good care of her. When we go out, people will think we are three sisters!"

"You have no respect for your parents. You actually dare to tease your mother." Zhang Zhaodi snorted.

The next day, Zhang Zhaodi said a few words to Aunt Li next door, and then went to find her second sister Zhang Pandidi and her daughter Chunni.

Su Yaoguang first drove an ox cart to take Zhang Zhaodi to the vicinity of Zhang Pandidi's village, but did not enter the village.

They had discussed it and realized that Zhang Pandi's husband was greedy and if he saw that they had bought an ox cart, he would not let them go so easily.

Even if they let them go, they might come after them and attack them.

When Zhang Zhaodi saw Zhang Pandi and her daughter later, she simply said that she had taken on some work and was too busy to handle it, so she asked them to help out. The daily wage was set at 20 wen per person, or 40 wen for two people.

This amount might seem small, but it was enough for the family that liked to take advantage. Zhang Pandi and her daughter were doing odd jobs at home anyway, earning nothing. Now that there was an opportunity to earn money, of course they should be sent out to earn some. Their family had no shortage of workers.

"Second sister, Chunni, are you at home?" Zhang Zhaodi shouted standing at the door.

An old voice sounded: "Who is it?"

The man opened the door and saw Zhang Zhaodi. He raised his eyelids, which looked like old tree bark, and said in a sarcastic tone, "I thought who it was, but it turned out to be the eldest sister of the eldest brother's wife. What brings you here? I told you, we are poor. We have no money or food to lend you."

"I came to see my second sister," Zhang Zhaodi said calmly, "I'm not going to lend you money or food."

"You came empty-handed?" Mrs. Xu looked at her empty hands and said with disdain, "Who visits relatives empty-handed?"

"I'm not coming to your house for dinner. I'll just say a few words and leave. Where's your second sister? Call her out. I'm here to give her a chance to make money. Ask her if she wants it." "Make money?" Xu's eyes flashed, and she called inside, "Second sister-in-law, where's your eldest sister-in-law?"

A slender young woman came out and said with a smile, "Mom, my sister-in-law has gone to work in the fields."

"Call her back, and call Chunni back as well," said Mrs. Xu. "Tell her to hurry up and tell her that her elder sister is here."

After a while, Zhang Panddi and Chunni came back one after another.

Zhang Pandi was covered in mud, and Chunni was wearing ill-fitting clothes with her wrists exposed.

The two stopped in front of Zhang Zhaodi.

Zhang Pandi took Zhang Zhaodi's hand and said, "Sister, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Yes, there are some things, but they're good things. Yaoguang and I have some work to do and are a bit overwhelmed, so we wanted to ask if you would like to earn some money. The pay isn't much, though. Twenty cents per person per day, with three meals included, and you can probably work for about twenty days."

"What kind of work do you do?" Xu asked. "Are there enough people? Can we do it?"

"It's capable, but it's a bit tiring and dirty. You have to work from getting up in the morning to going to bed at night. Can you do it?" said Zhang Zhaodi.

"I don't want to do tiring and dirty work from morning to night." Hua, the second daughter-in-law of the Jia family, curled her lips and said with disgust.

Xu was also a little hesitant.

She also wanted to make money, but working from morning till night to only earn twenty dollars seemed a bit not worth it.

"I still have to work, I'm afraid I can't earn this much money." Zhang Pandi said embarrassedly.

"It's not the busy farming season now, what kind of work can you do? If your elder sister from your mother's family asks you to go and earn money, then go and earn it. You can earn it in 20 days..."

Xu counted on her fingers, but couldn't find the answer after a long time.

Jia Chunni said weakly, "One person can earn 400 coins, and two people can earn 800 coins."

Xu was a little hesitant at first, but after hearing this, she immediately said, "Go ahead, pack up your things and go over there right now."

She couldn't earn this money, so it would be a good idea to send these two money-losing guys over to earn it. Anyway, they didn't split up, so the money would be given to her in the end.

"This job is very tiring. Are you really willing to let Chunni work with us?" Zhang Zhaodi said deliberately, "How about forget it? Chunni can stay, and Second Sister can come with me."

"Chunni is very hardworking and can do chores both at home and outside. Let Chunni go with you. It's settled. Go pack your things."

(End of this chapter)