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Chapter 356: Chapter 359 Preparation_1
That day, when the villagers saw Tan Zhenghong driving the ox cart back home, every single one became restless.
Could it be that Fourth Brother Tan’s Family had a chicken that laid golden eggs?
Purchase paddy fields, buy homesteads, they had just built a house, and now an ox cart, just how much silver did his family have?
It seemed like they could never run out.
Alas, that’s what you call someone else’s silver; you have to stretch and scrunch your own silver, otherwise, you wouldn’t know how it’s gone.
"Wasn’t it said that Fourth Brother Tan’s Family couldn’t sell their braised meat anymore? And I didn’t hear Tan Zhenghong caught any game recently, how did he earn so much silver?"
"Right, it couldn’t just be savings from before, could it?"
"Who knows? Didn’t they say his wife is a fool? Maybe they’re spending for two as if for one," a woman said sourly.
"You spend for two as one, and maybe you can afford to build a house and buy an ox cart yourself."
Dàlín retorted to the woman, you have to earn a lot to spend a lot, otherwise, the whole family might as well go drink the northwest wind.
"When you wag your tongue about others, they are hard at work, don’t they deserve to live better than you?" Another person chimed in his support.
Anyway, no one heard about Tan Zhenghong stealing or robbing, so what did it matter to others where his silver came from?
Many families in the village had their own ways of making money and didn’t advertise it, did they?
The woman was so annoyed she stamped her feet, but with so many people not taking her side, she could only slink away.
The smarter ones didn’t say much, but decided to visit the Tan Family more often in the future. Perhaps they could catch on to how the Tan Family made their money.
If they could follow suit, they didn’t need to earn as much, just scraping up some would do.
Qiao Duo’er ignored these people completely, went home to tidy up her things, and then went to clean the new house.
Tomorrow was the day for the beam-raising, and they were not holding a big event, just inviting a few close neighbors and artisans.
Tan Zhenghong estimated that it would be about four tables of people.
The feast was to be prepared by the chef from the neighboring village, Zhang Luo, while he and Qiao Duo just needed to get the place ready.
With the anticipation of moving into the new house soon, both were highly motivated and it didn’t take long before the new house was all tidied up. n𝚘𝚟pub.𝚌o𝚖
By evening, Uncle Huang, not feeling reassured, came over specifically to check on the offerings.
Qiao Duo’er had also steamed two baskets of buns, some to be used for the beam-raising ceremony, the rest for the artisans to eat, along with the flaky pastries made the day before. The staples were taken care of.
The menu consisted of four kinds of braised dishes: meat, dried bean curds, lotus slices, and bean sprouts.
The breakfast spread wasn’t great, but it was passable.
By the time they got into bed, it was already after ten, but Qiao Duo’er still remembered to take care of Tan Zhenghong’s needs.
Yet exhausted from the day, Qiao Duo’er fell asleep after a couple of touches.
Tan Zhenghong was at the peak of speechlessness. How could his wife be so irresponsible?
He had just started, and Qiao Duo’er had already ended it.
However, seeing how soundly Qiao Duo’er was sleeping, he could only take a few deep breaths and then shut his eyes too, but it was quite a while before Tan Zhenghong felt the slightest hint of sleepiness.
Ah, had he saved or destroyed the world in his last life?
Meeting Qiao Duo’er was the luckiest thing in his life, but at the same time, he was tormented.
Having his beautiful wife sleep next to him every day within arm’s reach, yet untouchable, was almost driving him to despair.
Tan Zhenghong silently made a wish, hoping for the Star-of-Bethlehem to appear soon.
But no matter when he found the Star-of-Bethlehem, he would wait for their wedding night to completely have her, only then would it be proper and fitting.
This persistence might be a bit comic, but it had become his obsession.
