Chapter 55: Severing Relations
Zhang Zezhen led the two into a private room upstairs. The three of them sat opposite each other, and there was silence in the air.
"Hmph, that, what are you two going to do? You just opened today, and you two made me famous, what is this trouble?" Zhang Zezhen took the lead in breaking the silence.
"It's all his fault! If he hadn't provoked the trouble, I wouldn't have done it!" Chu Ming accused Xu Yue.
Not to be outdone, Xu Yue replied to Chu Ming: "I'm serious about Zhenzhen, you're here to make trouble!"
"You're here to make trouble! We're drinking well there, and you're suddenly going to propose to Zhenzhen, isn't that a provocation?"
"If you drink wine, drink well, what does my relationship with chastity have to do with you?"
Zhang Zezhen saw that the two were arguing more and more, and she couldn't bear it anymore, so she scolded loudly, "Shut up! You're not here to make trouble! I'm here to be funny, is that all right?"
Hearing this, the two immediately stopped!
"Shut up! Tell me, what the hell is going on?" Zhang Zezhen looked at Xu Yue with disgust and said.
"I promised Xu Mingyuan that as long as I got the marriage contract between the two of us, I would cut off relations with the Xu family and move out of there."
"Gone?"
"It's gone!"
"Aren't you fooling around? No matter what Xu Mingyuan says, he is also your father, not to mention that your mother is still in the Xu family, how can she agree to let you run away from home?" Zhang Zezhen asked suspiciously.
"It's not that you don't know that Xu Mingyuan is not my biological father, and my mother chooses to stay in the Xu family and enjoy her glory and wealth."
When Chu Ming heard this, he said mercilessly, "Hmph! You're afraid that instead of running away from home, you'll be swept away, right? Did Xu Mingyuan know that others called you a mourning star, so he didn't want to keep you?"
Xu Yue was poked by Chu Ming's words, and slapped the table directly, "What? But that doesn't stop my love for Zhenzhen, even without the support of the Xu family, I can still feed Zhenzhen!"
"Master Xu, what are you talking about! Do you raise chastity? It's chastity that raises you! To put it bluntly, you just want to take the opportunity to get chastity and seek benefits."
"You're farting! Say it again, believe it or not, I'm going to abolish you!"
"Just you? If you have the ability, I'm afraid you won't succeed!"
Before he could say a few words, the two quarreled again, and Zhang Zezhen on the side could only shout again: "Stop!".
Although the two men were very unconvinced, they still sat down angrily when they heard Zhenzhen's instructions, and neither of them paid attention to the other.
"How old are you, why can't you talk well?"
Zhang Zezhen also understood the origin of the matter in the quarrel between the two, to put it bluntly, Xu Mingyuan was afraid that Xu Yue would insult the reputation of the Xu family, and he was afraid that he would fight with Xu Chang for property in the future.
"Chu Zhutou, you go back to have a drink with your brothers, just leave directly after drinking, I'll solve it here."
"Zhenzhen, do you really want to marry this waste?"
"Who do you say is the waste? If you have the ability, you can say it again!" Xu Yue was even more furious when she heard the word "waste".
"What about you, what's wrong?"
"Oh, I said you two, why are you arguing again! Don't worry, Brother Chu, I haven't thought about this for the time being, and I won't marry Xu Yue right away."
"That's good! I'll go first, I'll be looking for something!" After speaking, Chu Ming gave Xu Yue a blank look, and then said goodbye to Zhang Zezhen.
"Humph! This man is so rampant, when I develop in the future, I will make him kneel and apologize to me!" Xu Yue said to herself.
"Don't talk about the future, you better think about the present, right?" Zhang Zezhen directly interrupted him.
Xu Yue listened to this, and lowered his head silently, after all, with his current situation, he was indeed a bit of a fool's dream.
"What are your plans for the future?"
"I want to marry you!"
"You're dreaming!" Zhang Zezhen refused.
"That's gone!"
"No, no!" Zhang Zezhen almost sprayed a mouthful of old blood on his face!
"You should have an idea of where you want to live in the future, right?"
"Private school, it's more convenient."
Hearing Xu Yue's statement, Zhang Zezhen suddenly had an idea, and she had a better plan.
"Hmph, that, do you really want to marry me?" She asked Xu Yue seriously.
"Of course, I even brought the marriage contract, of course it was sincere." Xu Yue seemed to see hope again.
"Well, but given your previous performance, I think it's going to take a while."
"Investigation period? What do you mean?"
"It's to examine you for a year, if you are sincere to me, I will naturally not disappoint you, but if not, then don't blame this girl for turning her face and not recognizing people."
"Okay, you say, how do you investigate? I'll just accept it."
"The attitude is not bad, in fact, it is very simple, since you don't have a fixed place to live, you can go to my house first."
Xu Yue's face was full of surprise.
"However, you have all the work done in the fields, taking the eldest man to a private school, and some housework! How?"
Knowing that Zhenzhen would not let go of herself so easily, Xu Yue said with some reluctance, "Is there a shortage of servants in your family?"
"There is no shortage of servants, but there is a shortage of people to do work, you are a big man, how can you grow up if you don't do some physical work?" Zhang Zezhen said with a wicked smile.
"How's that, agreed?"
"Deal!" Xu Yue swore an oath.
That night, Xu Yue followed her back to Zhang's house.
The whole family sat around the dinner table, waiting for Zhang Shanren to announce something important.
Zhang Shanren cleared his throat and said solemnly: "A lot of things have happened during this time, and I believe everyone knows it, of course, it is not only the Zhang family that is affected, but also the Xu family."
"Xu Gongzi had a conflict with his family because of some things, so I decided to let him sponsor our family first, see if you have any opinions?"
Zhang Zefeng was the first to express his thoughts: "Dad, I don't think this is appropriate, Zhenzhen and Xu Gongzi have not yet married, so living together will inevitably make people gossip."
As soon as he wanted to say the next sentence, Zhang Yangshi glared at him fiercely, so frightened that he hurriedly said, "As long as Zhenzhen thinks it's appropriate."
"Who else has an idea?"
"Dad, I think so, after all, many people know about the matter between Xu Gongzi and the Zhang family, and now that they come, will it make people brand?"
"We can't control other people's mouths, now that the life of the Zhang family is gradually getting better, more and more people will come to find trouble, this is normal, if you can't stand it, don't stay in my Zhang family."
"Since my father and mother support us, then we fully support it."
"Who else has an idea? What about you, Zareeth?"
"Dad, my son has no idea, when I was able to come back, Xu Gongzi also helped a lot, and he is also Dalang's teacher, I think it's a good thing to be able to live under the same roof with him."
When Zhang Shanren and Zhang Yangshi heard this answer, they both nodded with satisfaction.
"When Mr. Xu comes to live with us, can he teach us to read every day?"
"That's fine." Xu Yue promised.
"Oh, great, great!" Da Lang danced happily.
Zhang Zezhen knew what her family was worried about, it was not the so-called gossip at all, but she was afraid that Xu Yue would take away her vested interests.
"Brother and sister-in-law, don't worry about what Xu Yue will take from the Zhang family, let him live here, it's really a helpless move. Therefore, from tomorrow, he will help his eldest brother and sister-in-law to farm together, and he will usually take Dalang to private school."
"By the way, since Xu Yue lives in the Zhang family, then give full play to his maximum value and teach the three children to study together, and it doesn't cost money, what do you think?"
"Very good, very good." When the brothers and sisters-in-law heard that they could let their children study without spending money, they all nodded in agreement.
"Okay, since everyone agrees, let's rest early, Xu Gongzi, there is still a guest room in the east, let Zhenzhen take you over to clean it up later, the room is relatively small, I hope you."
Don't mind."
"Uncle Zhang, you are so polite, I have a good place to live."
After finishing speaking, everyone dispersed, and Zhang Zezhen took Xu Yue to the guest room.
When the two of them entered the house, they saw a pile of dust blowing in their faces.
"Ahem, how long has this house not been cleaned?" Xu Yue asked with some doubts.
"Since the opening of the store, everyone has been busy with the affairs of the restaurant, and there is no time to clean up, and the third sister-in-law usually has to take care of the three children and has no time to take care of them. Besides, it's a guest room, so usually not many people come."
"Don't you have any distant relatives in your family?"
"I rarely hear my father mention these things, my mother's side is Yang Dawu, and others don't know what the situation is."
"Well, looks like I'm going to have to clean up tonight."
"It's so late, you better save your effort and get it tomorrow."
"You go and rest first, and I'll do the rest."
"Okay, I'm really tired, you can get it!"
"Zhenzhen......" Xu Yue suddenly stopped her.
"What's wrong?"
"Thank you for taking me in!"
"Oh, do your job!" For Xu Yue, Zhang Zezhen likes it more, and he can't talk about it, but compared to him coming to work at home, these are nothing.
Back in the house, Zhang Zezhen lay on her bed, thinking about the past year, so many things have happened, she has become the proprietress of a restaurant in the town from an ignorant girl, if it is in modern times, she will definitely become the pride of her father.
However, there are still many things to do next, although the Zhang family is rich, Taoyuan Village is still very poor, she hopes to make the whole village rich, so that she will not travel to ancient times.
Xu Yue in the east guest room simply cleaned up, and then lay down early, he resented his youth and frivolity, he was blind before, and he didn't marry Zhenzhen earlier, otherwise there wouldn't have been so many things.
has not yet fully confessed to Zhang Zezhen about his life experience, and he and his mother have always been under the fence, and they can't overshow themselves, otherwise they will be killed. Now that he is out of the Xu family, it is the time for him to show his talents.
Early the next morning.
The rooster crowed and woke up the family, Zhang Zezhen struggled to get up from the bed, but complained very reluctantly: If this is in modern times, I may have just laid down, hey.
She walked out of the door in a daze, and saw Xu Yue wiping the doors and windows, so she walked over and asked, "You got up so early to clean?"
"So early? The sun is rising, and you're up late!"
"Humph! I want you to take care of it!" Zhang Zezhen ignored it, but went directly into his bedroom, and was shocked by everything in front of him.
"Oh my God, did you clean it up?"
"That's right."
"You're a boy who can clean your room so clean, what a talent!"
"I've been dependent on my mother since I was a child, and I'm very good at housework."
"Yes, yes." Zhang Zezhen said to Xu Yue with a wicked smile: "Master Xu, my house has not been cleaned up all the year round, look at you, when will you have time?"
"No, I'm going to go to a private school after packing up." This is Xu Yue's last stubbornness.