Transmigrated into a child bride, she punishes scumbags, raises children, and marries a soldier.
Chapter 12 Land Lease Dispute
When Zhou Chuan woke up, she found that the Sun family had changed. She asked Da Ni to heat up some bathwater for her, and she obediently did so. She asked Da Ni's mother for a change of clothes, and she actually took out her most treasured clothes from the bottom of her trunk...
Zhou Chuan was puzzled. How come the world had changed after she woke up?
Just in case, Zhou Chuan became much more cautious. No matter what they were up to, as long as she didn't fall for their tricks, she should be fine.
While she was living comfortably at the Sun family's house, the village chief soon announced that she was going to "give up" two acres of land, causing an uproar in the village. Everyone wanted to get those two acres of land because the price was too cheap, as if it was deliberately meant to annoy the Sun family.
When the Sun family found out, they thought so too. However, they then thought it was better that she left. They wouldn't be able to rest easy if she stayed in the village all the time.
Having figured things out, the Sun family remained calm even when ridiculed by the villagers. They knew their own situation best; Gou Sheng's family was now a killing machine, and they had no intention of taking advantage of her.
But some people were upset. Who were they? The Zhou family and the Cao family. They had never even considered the two acres of land. They all thought Zhou Chuan would cultivate those two acres herself. Who would have thought she would give them up? And the key was that she gave them up at a bargain price. Such a good thing, they could only watch helplessly. How could they not be upset?
In the main room of the Zhou family, the Zhou family members sat together around the stove.
"Brother, how about we... go and talk to her? She's surnamed Zhou, how can we let her side with outsiders?" Uncle Zhou was extremely envious of those two acres of land.
Uncle Zhou was also envious, but he still had some shame: "Sigh, our mother went too far back then!" What his mother did back then... is a long story!
"Sigh, my niece was purely dragged down by her mother. If it weren't for that Wu guy hooking up with my second brother... never mind, I won't say anymore." The person is dead, there's no point in talking about it.
Aunt Zhou wanted to try again: "Husband, how about I talk to my niece? It was all her grandmother's fault back then, and we never scolded her. Now that we, as elders, are putting aside our pride, how can she refuse?"
She has now broken ties with the Sun family and will be all alone with no one to back her up. This is an opportunity.
Aunt Zhou nodded in agreement: "Uncle, such cheap land, we Zhou family don't want it, are we going to give it to the Cao family?" When it comes to ruthlessness, these relatives can't compare to the Cao family's own mother.
My second brother treated her so well back then, he gave her everything she wanted, and he even caused a huge uproar in the Zhou family for her sake. But what did she do? She remarried after the seventh day after her death, and for the next few decades, she ignored my second brother's daughter completely.
That was my second brother's only child; all his efforts back then have been wasted.
Uncle Zhou gritted his teeth when he thought of Zhang: "Brother, even if we don't want those two acres of land belonging to our niece, we can't let it go to the Cao family or that bitch Zhang!"
"Then let your sister-in-law and your wife talk to them. It's fine if they don't give it to our family, but they absolutely cannot give it to the Cao family!"
Brother Zhou couldn't bring himself to like the woman surnamed Zhang either; she was too cold-hearted. Even though his mother disliked her and caused her some grievances, his second brother treated her with utmost sincerity and never wronged her. However, once she remarried, she neglected his only son and devoted herself entirely to her stepchildren, making even outsiders feel sorry for their deceased brother.
The Zhou and Cao families were both from the same village. Before Zhang remarried into the village, the two families got along fairly well. However, ever since Cao Laosan married Zhou Dahe's widow, the two families have completely stopped interacting, though not to the point of becoming enemies.
Later, after Zhang gave birth to a son, Dahe, who had been dead for more than a year, was gossiped about, and the two families became enemies. The old lady of the Zhou family disliked the original owner because of Zhang, and the eldest uncle and third uncle of the Zhou family may have been ignoring the original owner for the same reason.
The old lady of the Cao family is over seventy years old this year and has always been in good health. When she has nothing to do, she likes to stroll around the village. As soon as she heard about the two acres of land, she rushed home to encourage Wu to go and plead with Zhou Chuan.
In her mind, there was no such thing as a grudge between a mother and daughter that would last overnight. Even if her own mother didn't care about her, children should still be filial to their parents. She felt that having Zhang make the trip would definitely be a sure thing.
"Go ahead, that girl is a bit silly, just say a few nice words to coax her and that should be enough. Hurry up, if you're too late, her own father will snatch her away."
Zhang was pushed and shoved out of the house. She knew she wouldn't get the land, but if she didn't go, her mother-in-law would complain. So she decided to go anyway and say that the Zhou family was causing trouble, and her mother-in-law would have nothing to say.
Zhou Chuan has been having a really comfortable time these past two days. She doesn't have to cook breakfast anymore. As soon as she gets up, someone cooks noodles and eggs for her and brings them to her. If she wants to eat chicken, she doesn't have to lift a finger; someone else does all the work for her, and she just has to sit and wait to eat.
Oh dear, this kind of life is making her almost not want to leave!
Just then, Zhou Chuan finished her chicken soup and was leisurely leaning against the wall, basking in the sun, when she saw two groups of people coming to the door. She squinted to see who they were, but continued to sit there leisurely.
“Go back, everyone. I won’t give those two acres of land to the Cao family or the Zhou family. I will have the Party Secretary distribute it to the poorest families in the village.”
Zhang wanted to say a few more words. After she returned home last time, she had dreamt of her deceased brother, Dahe, for several nights in a row. Each time, he was crying blood and accusing her of neglecting their daughter's life and only caring about his own pleasure...
She wanted to explain, to say that she didn't want to, and that the Cao family hadn't allowed her to bring the child. But in her dream, she just couldn't open her mouth, no matter what. Now that she saw Brother Dahe and his daughter, she wanted to explain, but when she saw her former sister-in-law standing next to her, she became timid and ultimately went back without saying anything.
Zhou Chuan watched as the original owner's mother left, but she still didn't get up. She glanced at the original owner's aunt and uncle and said, "Don't say anything. The Zhou family has been heartless and ungrateful to me. I will never acknowledge you in this lifetime. Go back!"
Aunt Zhou was about to speak, but before she could even open her mouth, her third sister-in-law dragged her away.
Zhou Chuan glanced at their retreating figures and smiled sarcastically. There are quite a few smart people out there.
After getting some distance from the Sun family, Aunt Zhou finally let go of her sister-in-law: "Don't say anymore, my niece has lost her affection for our family, no matter how much we beg, it's no use!" Alas, we misjudged her.
Aunt Zhou knew the outcome would be like this, and she sighed deeply, "All these years..."
That's right. My niece was so hungry back then that she picked up vegetable leaves to eat, but she never asked the family for a meal last week. She must be a very strong-willed person. How could she possibly forgive them? She's mistaken!
Aunt Zhou sighed deeply, "My mother-in-law treated such a young girl so badly... what a terrible thing she did!"
She had tried to persuade her mother-in-law before, but her mother-in-law was stubborn and wouldn't listen. They, as the younger generation, were at a loss. Later, with war raging everywhere, their lives became very difficult...
After that, neither of the two families came looking for Zhou Chuan again. Two days later, the village chief, following Zhou Chuan's wishes, divided the two mu of land equally among four poor families. Each person received five yuan for half a mu over five years. Five yuan was still an amount they could afford.
Having settled the land matter, Zhou Chuan prepared to leave this place; she didn't want to experience the hardships of rural life again.
She didn't know what was going on with the Sun family, that things had changed so much. However, she had already ruined most of the Sun family's old hens in the past few days, so leaving now wouldn't be too much of a loss.
She's been taking good care of herself lately and has gained a little weight, which is just right. She can't let herself get too chubby at this time, otherwise, how can people feel sorry for her?
She didn't want to touch the Sun family for the time being; she had a feeling that they would meet again.
With the help of the village chief, Zhou Chuan found an oxcart. He set off with the original owner's belongings—five silver dollars, eight mao, and two hundred yuan he had extorted from the Sun family—while still wearing the original owner's tattered clothes.
She didn't take anything from the Sun family, not even the dress that Da Ni's mother said she would give her as a keepsake.
The journey was arduous, so she kept a low profile, looking rather drab and inconspicuous, clearly from a poor family, so as not to attract unwanted attention.
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