Spoiling my mistress and swallowing my dowry? After my rebirth, I changed my marriage to a powerful

Zhang Xiangliang felt bitter.

I thought of this when I entered the door. How righteous I was when I argued with Landlord Wang yesterday, how embarrassed I am now.

After barely having a meal at Ye's house, Zhang Xiangliang said nothing on the way back.

Ye Ting didn't know how to read people's expressions. She sat on the turtle's back all the way and kept wiping her tears, saying how much work she had done at her mother's house. She broke ice to wash clothes in the winter, and got sores on her hands that were itchy.

Zhang Xiangliang didn't say a word.

When I returned to Longmen Town, I found that there was still a long queue of people waiting to receive supplies.

Yin Jinan was carrying Jiutian on his shoulders. Jiutian was holding a candy ball in his hand and eating it happily.

Both the adult and the child were wearing masks.

The two figures became the most beautiful scenery in the town.

Although Jiutian was wearing a mask, everyone who knew her could recognize her because she was the only child of her age wearing a Taoist robe.

Ye Ting looked at her sitting on the shoulders of another man. That man was tall and even with a mask on, it was impossible to resist his intimidating aura.

But he asked a child to sit on his shoulders and eat candy balls.

"She is so happy!" Ye Ting said, "Since I was a child, I couldn't even have enough food, let alone sugar balls. There was not enough food at home, and I was always the last one to eat. When there was no rice in the pot, I could only scoop out some rice crust, add a little water, and drink the water used to wash the pot..."

Zhang Xiangliang silently pushed the cart to the place where candy balls were sold, took out two cents from his pocket, bought a string of candy balls and handed it to her.

Ye Ting held the candy ball and wiped her tears again: "No one has ever bought me candy balls. I used to watch others eat them and always wondered what they tasted like. I heard people say they were sour and sweet and delicious."

Zhang Xiangliang sighed inwardly and said, "Try it and see if it tastes like what others say it tastes like."

"It's sweet, sour and sweet, really delicious."

She ate it carefully and regretted it very much. If she had brought a string back before going back to her parents' home, Xiaowei would have been able to eat it.

When she returned to Zhang's house, Aunt Zhang saw her holding a string of candy balls and didn't say anything. She thought her daughter-in-law had a hard time at her parents' home, so it was not excessive for her son to buy her a string of candy balls.

However, when Aunt Zhang looked at her, she always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't remember what it was.

Seeing that her son seemed unhappy, Aunt Zhang thought that he was probably being treated poorly in the Ye family.

Back in his room, Zhang Xiangliang asked Ye Ting: "Ye Ting, tell me the truth, did you take the charity clothes yesterday?"

Ye Ting seemed frightened. She pinched the corner of her clothes and said nervously, "I... I had so many clothes, and some people didn't want them. I thought it would be a pity to throw them away, so I took them back."

"Where did you take it? Where did you put it?"

Zhang Xiangliang thought that if she told the truth, he would apologize to Landlord Wang and Jiutian on her behalf.

"Everyone else has them. My brother and Xiaowei have never worn such warm clothes in winter, so I picked them up and gave them to them. Anyway, no one else wants them, so I picked them up for free..."

"Did you go back to your parents' house again yesterday? Are you sure those clothes are unwanted by others?"

Zhang Xiangliang's heart was pounding. She had only been married for three days and she had already run to her parents' home three times.

He thought of the fortune-telling of Jiu Tian...

"They didn't ask for it, so I picked it up."

"You..." Zhang Xiangliang's heart was bleeding. Their Zhang family was poor, but they were not shameless.

Picking up clothes? How come you are so good at picking up clothes?

"Tingting, those who received the clothes were all poor families designated by the county magistrate. They came in the wind and snow to receive the clothes, so how could they not want them? How could you withhold their clothes?"

"You scold me? It's just a few pieces of clothing. I didn't cheat them. They didn't ask for it..."

There are more than sixty sets, and I only picked up these few. I didn’t steal them.

It was given to them for free anyway, so what does it matter if there is one more or one less?"

Zhang Xiangliang was so angry that he vomited blood.

But now that the clothes have been given to Ye Xuyang and the others, it is not easy for him to ask for them back.

He didn't dare yell loudly, for fear that Aunt Zhang would hear and have a bad impression of his wife.

Zhang Xiangliang said patiently: "Tingting, don't do this kind of thing in the future."

"I know, I won't do it anymore." Ye Ting cried, "I'm just afraid of the cold in winter, so I pick up clothes that people don't want. In the past, I wore Ye Wei's old clothes in winter, which couldn't even cover my waist. I broke the ice to wash clothes in winter..."

Zhang Xiangliang said nothing, left the bridal chamber, found Aunt Zhang, and said, "Mother, please give me a few taels of silver. I need it urgently."

"How much?"

"Three taels."

Three taels of silver was enough for the family to spend for more than a year. Aunt Zhang couldn't help but ask, "What do you want so much silver for?"

"Mom, don't ask me anymore. I need help urgently."

Aunt Zhang knew that her eldest son was honest and loyal, and if he wanted the money, he would definitely spend it.

Aunt Zhang took out three taels of silver and gave them to Zhang Xiangliang without asking any questions.

Zhang Xiangliang took the silver and went to the landlord Wang's house. With great difficulty, he knelt down to apologize to the landlord Wang and begged him not to tell anyone.

Landlord Wang was not a bad man. He took the money and said, "Don't worry, this matter ends with me. Xiang Liang, I am not saying that your wife has a bad character.

Jiutian helped the poor, but you are short of clothes! Those who know that your wife deliberately deducted the money, and those who don't know that Jiutian was shortchanging people for fame.

If a good deed is discounted, it affects the reputation of the person. Reputation is something that cannot be replaced by any amount of money.”

Zhang Xiangliang apologized again.

Landlord Wang gave up and took the silver to buy a few more sets and put them back to help the poor.

He told Dabao, "No matter what activities are held in the future, the Zhang family is not allowed to participate. Also, go and inform Zhang Tiezhu that we will no longer rent land to them for farming after the New Year."

Dabao responded and went to Zhang's house.

"Aunt Zhang, is Uncle Zhang here?" Dabao asked politely.

When Zhang Xiangliang saw Dabao coming, he felt nervous and quickly pricked up his ears to listen.

Aunt Zhang called Zhang Tiezhu: "Boss, Dabao is here and wants to talk to you about something."

Zhang Tiezhu wrapped himself in a thin cotton coat and said with a smile, "Dabao, come in and talk."

"Uncle Zhang, next year our fields will have other uses. My master said that the twenty acres of land you rented will not be rented out."

"What?" Zhang Tiezhu was struck by lightning. "Dabao, this is fine, why don't you rent it?"

"Uncle Zhang, Master Wang has other uses for these fields." Dabao said apologetically, "Originally, Master Wang wanted to tell you in person, but he happened to have a headache and couldn't see the wind."

"Can you rent us some land somewhere else? Even a different piece of land would be fine."

"I'm sorry, Uncle Zhang. Other fields are already being cultivated," Dabao said. "My master said that in order to compensate you, he will harvest 10% less of the winter wheat you planted. You can return the land after the wheat is harvested."

He would rather ask for 10% less rent than rent it to them anymore.

Zhang Tiezhu and Aunt Zhang almost fainted. They had rented the land from Landlord Wang for decades, and everything had been fine. Why did they suddenly stop renting the land to them?

The residents of Longmen Town have no other resources and make a living by growing crops in the surrounding fields.

Landlord Wang rented 20 acres of land to Zhang Tiezhu and only collected 50% of the rent each year, which was 10% or 20% less than other landlords. Some unscrupulous landlords collected 80% of the rent.

Because County Magistrate Wang was an official appointed by the imperial court, no taxes were levied on the Wang family's land, so the landlord Wang subsidized his tenants with 10% or 20%.

Therefore, he gained a good reputation.

Now, Landlord Wang would rather collect only 40% and terminate the tenant relationship with the Zhang family.

Zhang Tiezhu and Aunt Zhang felt like the sky was falling.

Originally, relying on these 20 acres of land, not only was there enough food to eat, but the vegetables he grew could also be exchanged for some money on the street.

Now that they have lost their fields, what else can they do?

How can you get such favorable conditions if you rent land from other landlords?

Aunt Zhang couldn't help crying.

Zhang Xiangliang naturally knew what was going on and felt bitter, but he didn't dare to admit it.

Aunt Zhang kept crying. During dinner, Zhang Xiangxiu suddenly asked, "Sister-in-law, where is your silver hairpin?"

Aunt Zhang finally remembered what was wrong.

"Ye Ting, where is your hairpin? And your silver bracelet?"

"Mom, I'm in the room." Ye Ting said in a low voice, "I put it away. It's inconvenient to wear it while working."

But Aunt Zhang felt something was wrong, because when she came back from her parents' home, the silver hairpin was no longer on her head.

The second son, Zhang Xiangshan, has been doing business outside and is the most shrewd. Today, the landlord Wang suddenly terminated the tenant relationship with his family. His mother was crying, and he couldn't help but go out to inquire.

Landlord Wang naturally wouldn't say anything, but he gave Dabao a gilded hairpin he had bought from another place, and Dabao then reminded him, "Your new sister-in-law is not a very clean person, and Master Wang doesn't want to have anything to do with your family."

Zhang Xiangshan asked for a long time before he found out that his sister-in-law took the opportunity to help and stole the clothes for the poor.

One theft means nine items.

Zhang Xiangshan was a businessman, and his temper was much worse than Zhang Xiangliang's. Moreover, he felt annoyed when he thought about the fortune told by Jiu Tian.

When Zhang Xiangshan came back from outside, he just heard his younger sister asking about the hairpin and bracelet.

After hearing Ye Ting's explanation that the hairpins and bracelets were put away, fearing that it would affect her work, he said bluntly, "That was the money that mother saved for half her life. She asked someone to make it into jewelry specifically for her daughter-in-law. Don't subsidize your mother's family."

Ye Ting burst into tears and sobbed, "I know you look down on me. I have been without a mother since I was a child. My family is poor and no one likes me. I have always been wearing Xiaowei's leftover clothes..."

Zhang Xiangshan was annoyed and said, "Why are you crying? When did I look down on you? I was just reminding you not to use everything to subsidize your mother's family. You are a member of the Zhang family now."

Aunt Zhang saw Ye Ting crying and wanted to hit Zhang Xiangshan with a rolling pin: "How dare you talk to your sister-in-law?"

Zhang Xiangshan said sarcastically, "Mom, don't blame me for being nosy. The hairpin and bracelet you gave her may no longer be Zhang's name!"

"If you keep talking nonsense, I will tear your mouth apart."

Watching Aunt Zhang scolding Zhang Xiangshan, Ye Ting huddled up into a ball, tears streaming down her face.

Zhang Xiangshan was chased around by Aunt Zhang. Seeing Ye Ting just crying and not helping him to plead for mercy, it was obvious that she was using crying to cover up her guilty conscience.

He blurted out in a hurry: "Sister-in-law, don't cry. Our mother has been beating me. Go and take out the hairpin and bracelet and show it to mother. I am not wronged to be beaten."

Ye Ting kept crying without saying a word.

Zhang Xiangliang was annoyed and shouted, "Ye Ting, take it out."

Ye Ting looked at Zhang Xiangliang, pinching the corner of her clothes timidly and said, "My mother gave it to me, so it's mine. Can't I just put it away? Why do I have to take it out?"

Not to mention Zhang Xiangliang, even Aunt Zhang felt a chill in her heart at this moment.

Holding the rolling pin, he said to Ye Ting, "Tingting, show it to this bastard, so that he won't talk nonsense again. Don't worry, if you take it out, I will beat him to a pulp."