Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 51

Back home, Zhao Da'e said to his mother, Cheng Jinxiang, "Mom, I'm thinking of buying that piece of land in the backyard. We can move there and make it our home from now on. What do you think?"

Cheng Jinxiang thought for a moment and said, "Okay. Anyway, the village will provide a plot of land for housing. You can build a house there later if you want that plot of land."

We'll have to separate sooner or later, so let's have a proper spring. I'll have your uncle find a few people to help build a house, that'll do.

Zhao Da'e was somewhat surprised that her mother agreed so quickly.

It wasn't that Cheng Jinxiang agreed quickly, but rather that things had upset her during this period.

She has two daughters, and her second child was just born, but her in-laws completely ignore her. Her husband, Zhao Tiesheng, doesn't care, and her in-laws are even trying to swindle her out of the cow she bought with her dowry money. They've already sold four calves of that cow without receiving any money, and they still want to sell it?!

The Zhao family is really bullying us.

Even a rabbit will bite when cornered. Especially after Cheng Jinxiang had been bullied like this. That afternoon, without a word, Cheng Jinxiang was dragged by Zhao Da'e to sign a contract with the village for a fifty-year lease. However, Cheng Jinxiang wasn't very literate, and Zhao Tingming was still quite drunk, so they didn't know that Zhao Da'e had secretly spent eight hundred yuan; she thought it was free.

Zhao Da'e was content. Now that the land belonged to him, everything was fine. Even if the Kangxi Spring wasn't valuable and the water couldn't be sold, at least he had a plot of land where he could build a house later, which was the safest option.

The next day, Zhao Da'e asked his father to call his third uncle to clean the well water in that area, and then tidy up the branches and leaves.

Zhao Tiesheng didn't say anything, and he went as instructed.

Zhao Tiegang did not hesitate, and even Zhang Cuilan went.

The firewood here is excellent and conveniently located. But it wasn't ours before; now that it is, we can freely chop wood and start fires.

The family, including the old man Zhao Tingxu, had no objections to this. After all, Zhao Tingming was still unconscious, and no one knew about the money involved…

So the old man, Zhao Tingxu, also went to help tidy up.

It'll probably take a few more days to clean it completely, for the sake of making a living and keeping it tidy. Zhao Da'e originally wanted to go too, but since there's free labor available, she'll find it hard to stay idle.

Now that he had some free time, Zhao Da'e prepared some hot water and took a nice, relaxing bath. After changing his clothes, he thoroughly enjoyed himself.

The next day, around 8 a.m., Zhao Da'e suddenly noticed a woman walking towards the yard. The woman was carrying many bags and packages.

The woman was very thin, of medium height, wearing a gray coat, and had short hair.

Zhao Da'e squinted for a while before recognizing her as his aunt, Zhu Yufeng.

Zhu Yufeng was forty-seven or forty-eight years old, but her hair already had some gray. She carried her package and entered the yard. Zhao Da'e quickly greeted her, "Mom, my aunt is here."

Zhu Yufeng was quite happy to see Zhao Da'e coming over: "You've grown...and become even more handsome. Da'e is getting more and more beautiful. He looks like a young man now."

Zhao Da'e: Auntie, if you don't know how to praise someone, then don't praise them at all, okay? I thought you were going to praise me for growing taller.

Zhao Da'e is indeed a bit short and chubby, thin and frail, but he's also incredibly healthy and almost never gets sick. He's very sturdy, like a tomboy, and goes out to work all day without a care in the world.

Hearing Zhao Da'e's greeting, Cheng Jinxiang opened the door with her child in her arms. Seeing her sister-in-law, she couldn't help but sigh and finally said, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, you've finally come."