Zhang Hulan's yard.

Zhang Hulan came back angrily, and everyone in the yard stopped what they were doing and looked at Zhang Hulan.

Zhang Xinyue ran forward, hugged Zhang Hulan's thighs, and asked, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Who made me angry?"

Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi both walked forward and looked at Zhang Hulan with concern.

Zhang Xiaobing and Shanzi also came over. Zhang Xiaobing asked, "Aunt, what's wrong? Who offended you? I'll ask my dad and uncle to help you beat him up."

As the children gathered around her, a smile broke out on Zhang Hulan's face. These children hadn't been raised in vain; seeing that she was unhappy, they all came over to show their concern.

Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "I'm fine, don't worry."

Xiang Chunhua also asked, "Sister, what's going on? Didn't the Hu family come to discuss marriage? How is the negotiation going?"

Zhang Hulan was both angry and amused. "Don't mention it. The Hu family isn't planning to marry Dahua, they're coming for me."

Xiang Chunhua opened her mouth wide. "So Hu Sanlang wants to marry you, Big Sister? Isn't he only in his early twenties?"

Xiang Chunhua realized she had said something wrong and quickly said, "Sister, don't misunderstand me. I didn't mean you're old..."

"I'm not young anymore." Zhang Hulan waved her hand and said, "I don't know what's wrong with the Hu family. They have nothing to do."

Zhang Xinyao was already ten years old and could already understand some of the things adults were saying. She looked at Zhang Hulan nervously and asked, "Mom, are you getting married?"

张虎兰摸了下张欣瑶的头,说道:“娘不嫁,是有人想打娘的主意,那人被娘给揍了。”

Zhang Xinyao was happy in her heart, knowing that her mother would not abandon them.

But Zhang Xinyao felt a little sorry for her mother. She said, "Mom, if I meet the right one..."

"There's no suitable one." Zhang Hulan didn't let Zhang Xinyao continue. "Xinyao, I won't marry again. I just want to raise you guys up and start your own families, and then take care of your grandparents until they die."

Zhang Xinyao nodded sensibly and said nothing more.

Zhang Hulan didn't avoid the people working in the yard; she wanted them all to hear her words so that they could spread the word that she had no plans to remarry, so that no one would come to her again.

Wang heard what Zhang Hulan said at the gate of the courtyard and sighed inwardly, thinking that the Chen family must have hurt their daughter so deeply that she didn't want to get married again.

If she doesn’t want to get married, then she doesn’t. Wang no longer thinks like she did a few months ago that women must get married.

Now that her daughter is so capable, she doesn't want to let other people take advantage of her.

Wang walked into the yard and said to the women working there, "Everyone, please help spread Hu Lan's message so that those people out there can stop worrying about it. My Hu Lan won't have trouble finding a husband, she just doesn't want to."

Zhou said hurriedly, "With Hu Lan's qualifications, what kind of husband can't she find? Ordinary people are not worthy of Hu Lan. Not everyone can dream of her."

"That's right, that's right..." The others quickly agreed.

Although Zhang Hulan didn't take the Hu family seriously, she was still disgusted. She said something to Wang and then prepared to go out for some fresh air.

"Mom, where are you going? I want to go too." Zhang Xinyue asked while hugging Zhang Hulan's legs.

Zhang Hulan picked up Zhang Xinyue and said with a smile, "Mom is going to the construction site. Do you want to go?"

Zhang Xinyue nodded, "Yes, I want to go together."

"Okay, let's go together."

Seeing Zhang Xinyue going out to play with her mother, Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi followed them out.

Seeing that Zhang Xinyao and the others had all left, Zhang Xiaobing followed them. He also pulled Shanzi along, "Brother Shanzi, let's go and play together."

Shanzi said, "You guys go ahead, I'll help with the work at home."

Zhang Hulan said, "Shanzi, let's go out together."

Now every morning Luo Changqi and Yuan Gang will teach Zhang Xiaojun, Zhang Xiaobing and Shanzi basic skills.

Apart from practicing, Shanzi spends every day helping with chores at home. He's completely deprived of all the fun he'd have as a child, and that's unacceptable.

After Zhang Hulan gave the order, Shanzi followed her out of the village.

Arriving at the construction site, Zhang Xinyue pointed at the entire area and asked, "Mom, are all these plots ours?"

"Yes, everything here was bought by my mother."

Zhang Xinyue clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Wow, Mom is so amazing!"

Zhang Hulan pointed to the house where the foundation was still being laid and said, "See? That will be our new home. Mother wants to build a big house."

Zhang Xiaobing said from the side, "Auntie, please leave a room for me. I will live with you from now on."

Zhang Xinyue looked down at Zhang Xiaobing and said, "Don't you have a house? Why do you want to live in my house?"

Zhang Xinyi smiled and said, "Why else? Of course, our family has good food, and my cousin wants to eat delicious food at my house."

Zhang Xiaobing was exposed, but he was not embarrassed at all. "Auntie, I will eat and live at your house. I can ask my dad to pay for my living expenses, okay?"

Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "How about this? You can live and eat at my house, and then have your father work for me. I won't pay him wages, and I won't ask for your living expenses either. Is that okay?"

Zhang Xiaobing thought about it seriously, then nodded, "I don't mind, but I'm afraid my father won't agree."

Zhang Xinyao covered her mouth and laughed, "If my uncle knew you sold him out, he would be so angry that he would die."

Zhang Xiaobing said, "I didn't sell him out."

"You let my uncle work for my mother for free just to have food and shelter at my house. Aren't you essentially selling my uncle to my mother?"

Zhang Xinyue covered her mouth and smiled, saying, "I'll go complain to my uncle later, saying that you sold him to my mother just to eat delicious food."

Zhang Xiaobing said disdainfully, "Go ahead and sue me. I'm not afraid of him anyway."

The children started bickering, so Zhang Hulan put Zhang Xinyue down and let them play by themselves.

Then she went to the farmhand's house and saw that everything was ready. The walls were whitewashed with lime, and the house looked very bright.

Luo Changqi came over and said, "Niece, we plan to move here in the next few days."

Zhang Hulan said, "That's fine. I'll find someone to cook for you uncles."

Luo Changqi said: "Don't bother, we can cook it ourselves."

Zhang Hulan said, "Uncle Luo, this is not the rice you cooked for me earlier. Do you think your rice is delicious?"

Luo Changqi said: "It doesn't matter whether it tastes good or not, as long as it can be cooked and fill my stomach, that's fine."

Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "Uncle Luo, now that you're helping me, I'm going to make sure you have food and accommodations. Just leave it to me. I'll find someone to cook for you."

Luo Changqi didn't refuse again. It would be nice to have someone to cook for them. He just didn't want to cause too much trouble for Zhang Hulan.

It is easy to find a cook. If you pay him only four or five hundred coins a month, there will be plenty of women rushing to do the job.

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