The village head couldn't understand it at all. He was simply angry and deliberately didn't give Wang Batian face. But he earned face for him and his reputation as an official improved a lot.

He thought about it all night at home and felt that he should not indulge Wang Batian too much, so the next day he handed a letter of complaint to the county magistrate.

......

The days passed in an orderly manner. On this day, after closing the stall early and going home, Zhao Guocheng and Wang Ronghua came to the village chief's house, carrying a piece of meat, two kilograms of brown sugar, two kilograms of mushrooms, and ten kilograms of bamboo shoots.

"Is the village chief at home?" Zhao Guocheng walked into the yard, and Wang Ronghua followed behind him. There were too many things, and it would take more than two people to carry them all.

"It's you, old man. Guocheng and his wife are here. What are you doing?" The village chief's wife, Zhang Lanhua, came out of the house and saw Zhao Guocheng and Wang Ronghua, as well as the things in their hands. So she talked to the two of them while shouting towards the house.

"Aunt, these are all home-grown products. They didn't cost much. I'll give them to you and uncle to try as they are new." Wang Ronghua replied with a smile.

Village chief Zhao came out quickly and was a little surprised to see the two people carrying so many things.

It's not a festival, but I guess there's something going on.

"Come with me into the house and talk." Zhao Manfu was a man of good sense, otherwise he would not have become the village chief.

Zhao Guocheng stuffed the things directly into Zhang Lanhua, and then followed the village chief into the room. Wang Ronghua followed Zhang Lanhua to the kitchen, both of them holding things in their hands.

"Tell me, what's the matter that costs you so much money?" Zhao Manfu gestured to Zhao Guocheng to sit down and talk.

"Uncle, it's not a big expense. First, thank you for your care all the time. This food is not a lot. Second, wasn't the house at the end of the village rented to us before? We want to buy it now. I wonder if it's feasible?" Zhao Guocheng asked tentatively.

Zhao Manfu was puzzled: "Buy it?"

"Yes, we ordinary people believe in returning to our roots. I feel like I have no backbone without a house. Now that house is fine for us to live in, we want to buy it. Uncle, do you think it's okay?" Zhao Guocheng said sincerely.

"Sure. Since it's at the end of the village, not many people want that house. Someone said they wanted to buy it before, but they didn't want to buy it when they heard the price. If you want it, I'll give it a discount, about one or two taels and five hundred coins." Village Chief Zhao nodded.

Before, no one bought two taels of silver. Now Zhao Guocheng wants to buy it. Can the village chief not give him some face? Naturally, he will sell it at the lowest price.

It was done just like that, and both Zhao Guocheng and Wang Ronghua were surprised at the speed.

Zhao Guocheng presented the silver, and the two of them immediately went to the town to exchange the contract. All expenses were paid by Zhao Guocheng, and the matter was settled in one hour.

Zhao Guocheng also asked the village chief to keep an eye out for families selling land, as he wanted to buy a few acres of inferior and good land for planting.

Village chief Zhao naturally agreed, knowing that Zhao Guocheng was making money.

He has only been away from the old house for a few months, but he can already afford to buy a house and land. It can be seen that he has been reborn.

When Zhao Shimin, Zhao Shisheng and Zhao Shihui heard the good news, they all jumped for joy.

"Oh yeah! We finally have a house." Zhao Shihui jumped three feet high with excitement.

"Yes, we didn't rent it. We bought it with our own money." Zhao Shisheng clenched his fist to show off his encouragement, as if he was shouting "Come on!", he was so happy.

"See, I told you that hard work leads to wealth. It's absolutely right to listen to my younger sister." Zhao Shimin was even more smug. Looking at the looks of her two younger brothers, she couldn't help but smile happily.

Only Zhao Shiying looked at her older sisters and brothers jumping around with a cute look on her face. She also wanted to jump, so she tried hard to stand up by holding on to the stool.

But I just couldn’t stand up, and my face turned red with tiredness.

"Okay, your cheerfulness makes our daughter want to jump up and down. Unfortunately, our daughter is still young." Wang Ronghua said with a smile and picked up Zhao Shiying.

Zhao Shiying was helpless. If she couldn't get up, then she wouldn't. She didn't work hard. It was good to be a salted fish and have someone to hug her.

"Wife, I think we still have a lot of bamboo shoots at home. How about taking a few pounds to the old house for Dad to try?" Zhao Guocheng asked after hesitating for a moment.

Everyone has a bad impression of the old house, but we should give face to others. These bamboo shoots are not worth much money, so we might as well give some to the two old people to try so as to avoid being criticized by the people in the old house.

Wang Ronghua hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"Okay, send some over. I just happened to go back to my parents' home when I came back. I haven't been back for a long time. I don't know if Yueshan has come back?" Wang Ronghua said.

"Well, then you should prepare something to take with you. You can't go back empty-handed. We couldn't make decisions for ourselves before, but now we are the masters of our own house, so we can't be stingy. We won't eat this piece of meat at home, so we can take it to our father-in-law to eat with wine." Zhao Guocheng grinned.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Wang Ronghua nodded with a smile.

When Zhao Guocheng came back, the family harnessed the ox cart and set off.

This is the first time I have returned to my parents' home since we separated two months ago.

Wang Ronghua's mood was indeed different.

The three children were dancing with joy. They loved their grandparents very much, but unfortunately they lived far away and it took an hour to get there by ox cart.

We arrived at Wangjia Village at noon.

As soon as I arrived at the village entrance, I met a lot of Wang family members.

After greeting each other, they came to the home of Mr. Wang in the village.

"Grandpa and grandma, we are here!" Zhao Shisheng jumped off the ox cart excitedly and shouted loudly before entering the yard.

"Oh, my eldest grandson is here, he's here, come in, come in." Min Wenying was washing things in the yard. When she heard Zhao Shisheng's voice, she immediately ran out happily to open the gate.

The ox cart drove into the yard, making Min Wenying smile.

"No wonder you came at this time. It turns out you rented a ox cart. You could have stayed a little longer if you came in the morning." Min Wenying knew Wang Ronghua. She seldom stayed at her parents' home, mainly because she was afraid of her mother-in-law's nagging.

"Grandma, this ox cart is not rented, it is bought by our family." Zhao Shihui said quickly and happily.

"Ah! Bought it?" Min Wenying was shocked.

Wang Haiming heard the noise and came out, as he happened to have a day off today.

"How can you afford to buy a bullock cart? Did something happen?" Wang Haiming asked.

"Dad, let's go in and I'll tell you slowly." Wang Ronghua and Zhao Guocheng looked at each other and then said.

My mother's family will know about this sooner or later.

So the children played outside, and Zhao Shiying was placed by Zhao Shimin on a stone specially used for sitting in the yard, while Zhao Shimin watched her little sister while they played hopscotch, which they were interested in.

Zhao Shiying was like an old monk in meditation, watching her sisters and brothers play. Sometimes she wanted to come down, but Zhao Shimin stopped her, so she could only act as a gatekeeper.

In the room, Wang Ronghua and Zhao Guocheng told each other everything that had happened in the past two months. Of course, they concealed what Zhao Shiying was thinking, because they did not intend to tell anyone other than the five of them. After all, the less people knew about it, the safer Zhao Shiying would be.

"You mean, you started selling bamboo shoots and mountain products after you separated these two months? Not only did you earn enough money to buy a house at the end of the village, you also bought an ox cart?" Wang Haiming confirmed again in surprise.

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