When they got to the door, Zhang Hulan called out, "Brother, come out and move the things."

Wang, Zhang Hujun, and Li all came out. Seeing Zhang Hulan buying so many things, Wang couldn't help but poke her and said, "You spend money recklessly as soon as you come to the city. I wonder how long you can squander your little money?"

"Oh, mother, I didn't spend money recklessly. I spent it wisely."

"You see, I bought food, cloth, and meat, all of which I will need."

Zhao Guoliang smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Wang, just keep it secret. You are so lucky to have such a filial daughter!"

Wang looked angry, but she was actually happy in her heart. Her daughter was really nice to them now.

Wang smiled and said, "Zhao Cheng is quite filial to the head of the village, so don't envy me."

Zhang Xiaojun's eyes lit up as he carried the meat and bones. "Grandma, we're having meat again today!"

Wang was annoyed. "You only know how to eat meat. You've eaten meat for several meals, but you haven't grown any taller. I think you've eaten all this meat in vain."

Zhang Xiaojun scratched his head and laughed foolishly, "Grandma, how can it be that fast? If I eat more meat, I will definitely grow taller."

Everyone laughed. Li pulled Zhang Xiaojun's ear and said, "Your calculations can be heard even at the village entrance."

Zhang Hulan took one of the pieces of meat from Zhang Xiaojun and handed it to Zhao Guoliang, "Uncle Lizheng, this is for you."

"I don't want it." Zhao Guoliang turned around and got on the ox cart and drove away.

Zhang Hulan threw the meat directly onto the ox cart and said, "Uncle Lizheng, I'll come to your house after dinner to discuss building a house."

"You kid..." Zhao Guoliang looked at the meat on the ox cart, not knowing what to say.

The second family also came out of the house. Seeing Zhang Hulan buying so many things, Xiang Chunhua was very jealous.

Zhang Xiaobing drooled when he saw the meat and bones in Zhang Xiaojun's hands, "Aunt, you're eating meat again today..."

Seeing Zhang Xiaobing staring at the meat eagerly, Zhang Hulan said with a smile, "Bring the food over to us later to eat."

Zhang Xiaobing nodded immediately, "Okay!"

Zhang Hubing said, "We'll come too."

Zhang Hulan glanced at Zhang Hubing and said, "You wish..."

After moving everything into the house, Zhang Hulan handed the cloth she had bought to Wang, "Mom, these cloths are for us to make new clothes. They're for my eldest brother and his wife, and everyone else."

"I bought the soldier's too, and made him one too."

Wang pinched Zhang Hulan and said, "I told you you're wasting money, and you're still stubborn. What kind of cloth are you buying to make clothes with at this hour?"

"Oh, mother, what do you do with money? Of course you earn it to spend it. If you don't spend it, it won't help you produce children."

"This money is not saved, it is earned. I will earn more money after I spend it."

"The money I earn can make my family happy, and that motivates me to earn more money."

Wang went to Old Man Zhang to complain, "Old man, who does she look like? I say one thing, and she has three things waiting for me. I don't even know who she learned it from."

Old man Zhang said, "That's enough. I know you're happy."

Wang glared at Old Man Zhang and said, "You old fool, make your own clothes."

Zhang Hujun and Li both wanted to laugh. Dad knows how to make jokes now.

Zhang Dahua and Zhang Xiaojun's eyes lit up, as they both had new clothes to wear.

When Zhang Xiaobing heard that he also had it, he looked at Zhang Hulan in surprise, "Aunt, I have it too?"

"It's your share. You call me aunt, so how can I not buy it for you?" Zhang Hulan touched Zhang Xiaobing's head and said, "I'll ask your grandma to make it for you later."

Zhang Xiaobing nodded: "Thank you, Auntie!"

Zhang Hulan then said to Wang and Li, "Mom, sister-in-law, please help me make clothes for Daya and me."

At this point, Zhang Hulan took out the household registration card from her arms and said, "Dad, Mom, my household registration is done. I changed Daya and the others' surnames to Zhang. From now on, they will have the same surname as me."

Zhang Hulan then said to Daya and the other two, "Da Ya, from now on, you will be called Zhang Xinyao; Er Ya, you will be called Zhang Xinyi; San Ya, you will be called Zhang Xinyue."

Daya... no, now she's called Zhang Xinyao. Her eyes sparkled, "Mom, this name sounds so nice."

Zhang Xinyi's eyes also sparkled, "Yeah, I really like this name."

Zhang Xinyue looked up and said, "I like my name too!"

Mrs. Li also thought these three names sounded nice, so she asked, "Big sister, did you ask the teacher to pick these names for you? Why are they so nice?"

Zhang Hulan said, "I picked it myself."

"Really? How come you're so good at naming? Then when I give birth, you can help me choose a name."

Zhang Hulan immediately agreed, "Okay, when the baby is born, I'll name it, whether it's a boy or a girl."

"By the way, Dad and Mom, the relief grain from the imperial court arrived today. I guess the government will distribute grain to everyone in the next few days."

Although the family was not short of food now, Old Man Zhang and Mrs. Wang were very happy after hearing this.

……

At noon, Zhang Hubing and his wife smelled the aroma of meat and watched Zhang Hulan and the others eat meat and drink soup with big mouthfuls, and they were very angry.

And that cheap son only cared about eating the meat himself and didn't even bother to pick up a piece of meat for his father to try.

Xiang Chunhua hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and she was not given any meat from her mother's house.

Zhang Hubing said, "Wife, I'm going to the city to buy some meat this afternoon, and we'll have meat tonight."

Xiang Chunhua nodded and said, "Okay, then you can buy less and we can just taste the meat."

Zhang Hubing hesitated for a moment and said, "Wife, why don't we not give all our money to Huairen in the future? Let's save some money so that Xiaobing can go to school too."

Xiang Chunhua said, "Didn't Huairen say that when he passes the imperial examination, he would personally teach Xiaobing to read?"

"You know how much money it costs to study. How can our family afford it?"

"As long as we all turn Huairen over, our lives will be better from now on."

Zhang Hubing muttered, "I've said this so many times, but Huairen has taken the exam three times and failed all three times. We might as well let Xiaobing go to school on his own."

"Zhang Hubing, what do you mean? I've already told you that I'll personally teach Xiaobing once Huairen passes the exam. What else do you want? Huairen didn't pass now, but maybe he will next year. Are we going to throw all our efforts away? All the money we spent so far will go down the drain?"

Xiang Chunhua's eyes were red again as she spoke, "Do you think my brother is spending too much of your money? If you do, I'll go back to my parents' home and stop spending your money."

"Oh, what are you saying? I don't dislike you. Don't be angry, wife, I will listen to you. We will support Huairen's education until he passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar."

Zhang Hubing finally coaxed Xiang Chunhua into a good mood. In the afternoon, Zhang Hubing went to the city to buy two taels of meat so that they could have a feast in the evening.

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