On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Jiang family drove two carriages to Zhangjiacun.
Sure enough, Zhang Jia was not there, and Yu Kun, who was visiting Uncle Zhang's house for New Year greetings, couldn't tell where his father had gone.
Jiang Dalang immediately took everyone to the county seat and arrived at Jiang Yun's mother's house.
A group of people rushed out of the house and saw Zhang Jia holding a child over one year old in his arms, walking to the table with his young wife to eat. The scene seemed like that of Cai Buhe and Meimei's family.
Seeing the Jiang family rushing in, the woman screamed and threw herself into Zhang Jia's arms.
Zhang Jia was also very panicked. He hugged the frightened man and the child tightly and shouted angrily: "What are we doing?"
Jiang Sanlang sneered, pointed at Zhang Jiaqi and Jiang Yunniang and said, "Sister, do you see clearly? Then you are not the good husband I call you."
Jiang Yunniang looked at the group of people hugging each other tightly, tears streaming down her face.
It's one thing to hear it, but it's another thing to actually see them leaning on each other.
Jiang Yunniang had a lot to ask Zhang Jia and asked him why he lied to her, but she was choked and couldn't say a word.
My husband keeps telling himself that he has been seduced by someone else and has no way to get rid of him, so he begs to spend money to buy peace.
But in this situation, there is no temptation, and it is clear that the two of them are happy.
Jiang Sanlang asked: "Sister, I want to live with him like this, or we can reconcile?"
Without waiting for Jiang Yunniang's answer, she added: "You can continue to live with Zhang Jia. I don't want to ask my brothers to help me in the future. If we are reconciled, I will go back with them. I can also bring a few children with me."
We will take care of your future life."
Jiang Dalang also said: "Yunniang, I don't want that kind of man. He deceived me without telling me, and even his own child was buried. I wonder if he has some conscience and won't secretly give his family's shop to outsiders."
Jiang Yunniang was silent for a long time and said, "He is not getting along."
She was unwilling to do so.
I have been married to him for more than ten years, served him for half my life, and devoted myself to raising children for him. Why should I give up my throne to someone else when I grow old?
So what if he has a new man? There are people with three wives and four concubines outside.
If you are not a legitimate wife, if you don't leave for a day, you will become the mistress of that family. No one can get past you, including that bitch and the two little bastards.
Since he is unkind, he himself is also unjust.
Jiang Sanlang had known that his eldest sister would choose that way, so he was not surprised. However, Jiang Erlang and Jiang Dalang were furious.
"Yunniang! Am I crazy?" Jiang Dalang wanted to slap his sister in the face to wake her up.
Jiang Yunniang lowered her head and remained silent.
Jiang Sanlang looked at Zhang Jia with cold eyes: "Zhang Jia, who is that woman? Who are those two children?"
Seeing that Jiang Yunniang was unwilling to leave, Zhang Jia immediately became stunned, let go of Jiang Yunniang, stood up, straightened his clothes and said arrogantly: "It's none of my business whether she is someone or not."
Jiang Yunniang suddenly said: "She is my husband's new concubine. As for the two children, they are oil bottles brought by my concubine."
When the woman heard this, she threw herself into Zhang Jia's arms again and cried: "Husband..."
Zhang Jia hugged Jiao Niang with one leg and pointed at Jiang Yun Niang with the other, shouting: "Jiang Yun Niang! What nonsense am I talking about?"
Jiang Yunniang wiped away her tears and said calmly: "Husband, why is he talking nonsense? Isn't she just the concubine he bought for more than two hundred taels?"
"Fart!" Zhang Jia's face turned red, he pointed at Jiang Yunniang and cursed: "When did I spend two hundred taels on her?"
Jiang Yunniang said coldly: "Husband, am I really forgetful? Last year, he gave me more than two hundred taels, and I used it to buy people."
Zhang Jia:······
"He didn't buy her." Zhang Jia roared, "He didn't spend that money on her."
Jiang Yunniang straightened her messy bun and glanced at the woman coldly: "Oh, it turns out she is not a prostitute. Why did you bring such a prostitute home? She is celebrating the New Year and she brings back such an unlucky thing. Be careful.
It ruined the fortune of the Zhang family."
Zhang Jia and the woman were stunned for a moment.
Jiao Niang cried loudly, holding the child with one leg and beating Zhang Jia with the other.
Zhang Jia was unable to dodge, and his face was scratched with several marks by Jiao Niang.
"She is not a prostitute! She is not his concubine." Zhang Jia went to defend himself.
Jiang Yunniang: "Since we are not concubines, what about the documents for taking concubines? Husband, I don't even write the documents for taking concubines. Who is a good family who goes home and sleeps with a man without knowing it?"
Zhang Jia:……
I don’t know why Hong’s wife suddenly seems to have changed into a different person. Not only is she aggressive, but she also speaks dirty words every time she opens her mouth.
Zhang Jia was so angry that he wanted to rush in and beat her up, but it was obviously not possible now, so he just said perfunctorily: "He will write me the concubinage document when he gets back."
Jiang Yunniang: "Husband, why don't you write it now? It will be more convenient to send it to the Yamen for filing later in the year."
I have to take care of that matter while my brothers are all around. From now on, there may be no one to help me.
Zhang Jia looked at the sweet girl in his arms, then at his brothers-in-law who were looking at him eagerly, and nodded.
After writing the concubinage document, Jiang Yunniang asked Jiao Niang to press her leg. Jiang Yunniang handed the document to her eldest brother Jiang Dalang and asked him to keep it for him.
When they came out of Zhang Jia's house, the three Jiang brothers looked unhappy.
Although Zhang Jia was warned sternly before leaving, Jiang Yunniang was still worried.
"Forget it, let her be."
It's useless for her brothers to worry about her. She is willing to go into that dead end, and no one can stop her.
It's already February in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Sanlang and Sun Lizheng talked about the floods in the Chuanhe River in May and June next year.
Sun Lizheng actually didn't believe it, but Jiang Sanlang repeatedly insisted whether it was true, so he had to think about it.
If a flood does occur, if you are upright and do nothing, you will destroy your future.
I took a few villagers to walk along the river and had a look, and they really saw a lot of good things.
Many fields are not only low-lying, but also very close to rivers. Once floods occur, it is estimated that there will be no harvest.
Sun Lizheng was very confused.
One of his duties is to encourage people to farm and mulberry fields, but it is not his first time to persuade people not to farm.
How to speak?
What should we do if there is no flood?
Forget it, tell them the truth first, it’s up to them whether to plant or not.
As a result, Sun Lizheng called the chiefs of more than a dozen villages under his jurisdiction and told them that there would be floods next year.
Unexpectedly, after several village chiefs learned that Jiang Sanlang had told the news about the flood, none of them expressed that they would take it seriously.
Chen Changsheng, the village leader of Xichen Village, was the most nervous and held a village meeting when he returned to the village.
Not only is their farmland close to the Chuan River, but the village is also built not far from the Chuan River.
If there is a flood, the damage to farmland will be minor, but human life will be at the greatest risk.
"Jiang Sanlang of Dongchen Village said that there will be floods in Cocoa in May and June. Those of us whose farmland is close to the river should take it easy, but if we don't plant it in the east, don't plant it in the east. We can save even the seeds...
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Before Chen Changsheng could finish his words, Chen Laoshuan sneered and said, "Is Jiang Sanlang a prophet? He said Changsheng, I don't want to just ignore the rain. If we don't plant crops for a whole season, how will we pay taxes then?"
"No, we don't have to plant seeds, but how can we pay the summer tax?"
