Chapter 46 Rent a Wife
"Who? Come on, stop knocking!"
A woman's voice came from the yard. As the footsteps approached, the iron bolt behind the door "clicked" and the iron door was opened.
"You...why are you here? Go quickly, he has already gotten up!"
The woman inside the door was stunned when she saw Chen Deshui standing outside the door, and hurriedly urged Chen Deshui to leave, reaching out to close the door.
"Xi Lian, I...I'm not here to find you! It's them... Someone in the city is looking for those girls!"
Chen Deshui showed an expression of anger on his face. Seeing that the woman was about to close the door, he hurriedly reached out to grab the door and said hurriedly.
"Xi Lian, is Deshui coming? Let him come in!"
A few coughs came from the yard, and an old man's voice floated out.
The woman inside the door hesitated for a long time before she reluctantly opened the door and let Chen Deshui go in. After Chen Deshui went in, she found that Zhang Xiaoluo and the other side of Chen Deshui were on the other side of Chen Deshui, so she hurriedly opened the door a little wider and signaled Zhang Xiaoluo and Gao Yaoyao to go in.
Only then did Zhang Xiaoluo see clearly the appearance of the woman named Xilian. She was about forty years old and was slightly handsome. She had a round face and had no obvious wrinkles on her face. She was holding a few onion seedlings with dew in her hand. It seemed that before the door was opened, she was pulling out a few onions and preparing to cook.
The yard is relatively spacious and the ground is cleaned. In a corner of the yard, there are also dirt ridges, and green onions are planted on them. A bamboo chair is placed at the door of the main hall, and an old farmer in his sixties sits on the bamboo chair.
The old farmer is tall, with loose and wrinkled skin, wearing a black ankle-length cotton coat, holding a pipe in his hand, looking at Chen Deshui who is standing in the yard with his head down with his head restrainedly.
The door of the east house was half open, and there were several ladies' suitcases in the house. On one of the light pink suitcases was also placed with a half-open backpack, and the black laces on both sides of the backpack were hanging down.
Zhang Xiaoluo couldn't help but remember that when she first met Zhang Yu in Zhao Ting's office, she carried the backpack on her backpack.
"Deshui, you are so old, so you won't be so ignorant, right? It was the contract you voluntarily wrote to hire a wife. I should have a few years left to send Xilian to my house, right?"
Chen Mingtang whispered to Chen Deshui who was standing in the yard. Suddenly, he looked up and saw Zhang Xiaoluo and the others standing at the gate of the yard. His old face was stunned and he quickly stood up from the bamboo chair.
"You are..."
Zhang Xiaoluo smiled and walked towards Chen Mingtang standing at the door of the main hall.
"You are the village chief of Waguan Village, right? My name is Zhang Xiaoluo. I am a support doctor sent by our city hospital. We are here to meet with our colleagues who arrived yesterday."
Only then did Chen Mingtang realize that these two young men were colleagues of the girls yesterday, so he hurriedly stepped up and held Zhang Xiaoluo's hand.
"Oh, you are all good people! Our village is backward in economy and poor in terms of conditions. You are here this time, but we have helped us a lot!"
Chen Mingtang pulled Zhang Xiaoluo up and wanted to let him go to the main hall. He turned around and saw Chen Deshui who was still standing in the yard, and scolded him again.
"Chen Deshui, you should call me uncle of the voice by seniority. Before the contract is over, you have to call Xilian and Aunt! Let me know that you scold her, I can't spare you! Why are you still standing there? Get out!"
Chen Deshui's face was gloomy and she looked at the woman who had already entered the house to cook, and reluctantly lowered her head and left Chen Mingtang's courtyard.
After Chen Deshui let Zhang Xiaoluo and the others sit in the room, he poured two bowls of boiling water and placed it in front of Zhang Xiaoluo and the others. He lifted the bamboo chair at the door and sat down opposite Zhang Xiaoluo.
"The young doctors who came yesterday went to the village's house early in the morning and might be coming back soon. Our village's ancestors have made a living by burning clay pots for many years, but they can't sell a lot of money in recent years. They only have some harvest after the autumn harvest. Therefore, most families in the village who want kids are at this time..."
When Zhang Xiaoluo heard what Chen Mingtang said, he looked at his actions again, and it was not like he was lying. Moreover, he had already observed it once he entered the courtyard, but he did not find any traces of unclean things.
"Village Chief, the villager who just brought us to find you is..."
Gao Yaoyao, who was beside her, suddenly spoke and asked Chen Mingtang.
"Oh, it makes you laugh! His name is Chen Deshui, because there are only people with the surname Chen in our village. According to the genealogy, he should call me "Uncle of the clan". Our village is much better now. A few years ago, I have become poorer, unable to eat, unable to raise children, and selling children from time to time. I know this is wrong, but we can't watch the cubs starve to death!"
Chen Mingtang picked up the pipe in his hand and took a few sips. Then he kowtowed it a few times on his feet, then placed the pipe in the dustpan behind him.
"It should be eight years ago. Chen Deshui came to me and discussed with me to hire his wife Lu Xilian to me. The term is 10 years. The hiring fee is 2,000 yuan, black and white, and handprints are still pressed. First, he is my cousin, and I can't watch my niece starve to death. Second, my wife passed away early, and my son had just passed away at that time. I also thought of having a warm bed, at least as if she was a home, so I agreed."
"Hrain your wife!!!"
Gao Yaoyao was shocked. She rented her wife to someone else for 10 years. She was still a man who was so big...
Zhang Xiaoluo was not as shocked as Gao Yaoyao. He had seen much more things than Gao Yaoyao! He had experienced the feeling of hunger that was terrible than death. He knew better what people would do in the end driven by extreme hunger. Everyone felt that "eating with children" was incredible, but who had ever thought, what if there was no child to be easy?
The same thing is said, when you don’t know what others have experienced, please don’t label this person as good or bad based on your own guesses and hearsays.
There were vaguely chattering and frolic outside the yard. Zhang Xiaoluo knew that it must be Zhang Yu and his group who were back.
Zhang Xiaoluo and the other two stood up and when they walked to the gate of the yard, the group of playful little girls just pushed the door open and entered.
"Hey, Xiao Luo is here? Do you miss me? Haha! Is this beauty... Miss Gao?"
Wang Qi saw Zhang Xiaoluo standing at the door with a smile and scanning the people, and couldn't help but tease her, and then saw Gao Yaoyao standing behind Zhang Xiaoluo, and asked in a low voice.
Gao Yaoyao once went to the obstetrics and gynecology department to find Zhang Xiaoluo. Wang Qi had met her, but she was not very sure. Wang Qi felt that the relationship between Gao Yaoyao and Zhang Xiaoluo should not be as good as "a husband and wife follow".
Zhang Xiaoluo glanced at Zhang Yu, who was lowered his head among the little sisters, then greeted Wang Qi and several other female doctors in obstetrics and gynecology departments, and walked to Zhang Yu.
"My little sister, come with me!"
After Zhang Xiaoluo said that, he walked straight towards the village. Zhang Yu hesitated for a moment, and then walked over with Zhang Xiaoluo's back.
Chen Mingtang let several girls in, stood at the gate of the yard and looked at Zhang Xiaoluo and Zhang Yu's gradually disappearing backs, with a trace of complexity flashing in his eyes.
Chapter completed!