Something happened. This is not going to be bloody.

Chapter 403: Miss Wu - Writing a letter to apply for a job

Zhou Leng and her partner returned to the room, washed up briefly, and changed into the wide-sleeved robes they usually wore at home. She lay on the bed with her clothes on and closed her eyes to rest.

Zhang Shouhe looked at the empty bed on one side, and thought about the study room where he would live after getting married. He decisively chose the bed where his sweet and soft wife was lying.

The man tiptoed and lay on the bed. The two were very close to each other. Although there was no contact, Zhang Shouhe held his breath and his heart was surging. He reached out and wanted to hold the other's hand.

Zhou Leng opened his eyes and looked at him. Zhang Shouhe's face began to turn red with shame. When he felt like getting up and leaving, she leaned forward and snuggled into his arms, muffled and said, "I'm sleepy, let me sleep for a while."

"Ah."

Zhang Shouhe seemed to feel the other person's silky skin and warm touch through the clothes. He was tense and stiff, and there was only one voice in his heart: My wife must have feelings for me just like I do. She is so shy but so proactive. She must be deeply in love with me. She was attracted to me in just a few months of contact and now likes me. This must be the case.

Zhang Shouhe slowly hugged the other person, grinned silently, then closed his eyes and enjoyed the warmth of the moment.

The two were exhausted from the long journey and slowly fell asleep.

When Zhou Leng opened her eyes again, the room was very dark. She moved her stiff body slightly.

"woke up?"

A deep male voice sounded above my head

"Well, I'm a little hungry."

"Then you should get up first. Let's go to the backyard to eat. Shouyi is back today and we need to get together."

Zhou Leng slowly stood up and stretched.

Zhang Shouhe, however, lay there motionless.

Zhou Leng asked in a doubtful voice: "Aren't you going to get up?"

"You get up first, I'll lie down for a while."

After Zhang Shouhe finished speaking, he pulled the quilt over his waist.

Zhou Leng understood and said nothing more. She got out of bed, turned on the light, fetched some water, tidied herself up, and changed into the only decent cheongsam that her third aunt had made for her. She was not at all shy about changing clothes.

Zhang Shouhe felt that he might need to lie down for a while longer.

The dinner was very sumptuous, serving both to welcome the young couple and to calm Zhang Shouyi down.

Everyone was toasting each other and the party was very lively. Even though everyone was feeling unhappy about spending a thousand dollars, they were all smiling at the moment. Only Zhang Shouyi did not look happy.

Zhang Shouyi watched his eldest and second brothers discussing with their father the price of medicinal materials and the strange diseases of patients, watched his third brother teasing his own children without any worries, watched his fourth brother only looking at his fourth sister-in-law with a shy look, and watched his mother and sisters-in-law talking about the new Taipei cheongsam that his fourth sister-in-law was wearing. He felt very sad. How long can such warmth last? Why don't they have a sense of crisis!

Two major events happened that evening. The first was that the young couple consummated their marriage. They were busy for half the night and wanted to sleep in in the morning but were told the second major event: Zhang Shouyi left a letter and ran away from home with his money. The letter did not say where he was going, only that he was going to Hai City to try his luck.

The Zhang family's eldest branch was all speechless, fearing that in a year or two they would have to spend money to rescue someone else again. If this happened again they would be really upset.

The person who often served the eldest wife came to find the young couple and said that the grandfather and his wife in the backyard were clamoring to divide the family property.

Zhang Shouhe has been on leave for many days and has to go to work today, so Zhou Leng had to go to the backyard alone to see what was going on.

All the men in the family went out to work, and only Grandpa Zhang and the eldest son Zhang Shoushan were left in the backyard, with the rest being the daughters-in-law.

The first wife really didn't want to pay for Zhang Shouyi's behavior again, and Mr. Zhang had slept at the second wife's house for so many years. Zhang Shouyi's incident was like a fuse that made the first wife determined to divide the family property.

Zhou Leng looked at the first wife roaring, the second wife whimpering, Mr. Zhang pacing angrily with his hands behind his back, and the eldest brother Zhang Shoushan supported dividing the property to end the topic.

Zhou Leng naturally stood on the side of the first wife, so when the first wife said, "We can't afford it. If something happens again, will the fourth wife have to do favors? How will the Wu family look at our family? How can the fourth wife live? The fourth wife is kind-hearted. This time she accompanied us and spent money to rescue the person. If there is a next time, the fourth wife is happy, and the fourth wife of Wu will scold us."

Zhou Leng lowered his head with a look of grievance and seeming to be moved.

The second wife was busy wiping her tears with a handkerchief, and her pitiful appearance attracted people's attention.

Mr. Zhang also knew that continuing like this would hurt feelings. As the old saying goes, while the elders are still alive, the family should not be divided. But given the current situation, he decided to divide the property first without dividing the family.

In fact, several younger generations of the Zhang family all supported the division of the family only because they had to hand over all their income and then receive their own monthly allowance. Although they had already cut off their braids, they still behaved in the old-fashioned way. If the property was divided, life would be more comfortable for each courtyard.

That evening, the men from each courtyard returned and the division of property officially began.

The women are in charge of their own dowries. Now they get 30% of the family property. The 70% of the family property is still managed by Mr. Zhang. The remaining 30% is distributed according to their daily contributions to the family.

In fact, dividing the property is almost equivalent to dividing the family. People live their own lives in the courtyard, and never go to the backyard unless there is something to do.

Zhang Shouhe had just graduated and was working, so he didn't get much. In his mind, the concept of his wife managing money was nonexistent. Although he told Zhou Leng that the money was in the drawer of the bookcase, the drawer was also locked.

Zhou Leng didn't say anything. She felt that this was the other party's pre-marital property, but she had to find a job. Most of the dowry she had brought were items, and there was not much money in the bottom of the box. After marriage, she lived in the backyard and did not make any money.

A handwritten letter was sent from the county and arrived in the hands of Wu Fengyue in Taipei a week later. Wu Fengyue saw her niece asking her to help find a job in the county. She looked at the letter and nodded with satisfaction. If the girl was at ease in the backyard, there were some things she had to think about again.

A week later, Wu Fengyue called Zhang's Clinic directly, and Zhou Leng called back half an hour later.

"Third Aunt, you're looking for me?"

"The county's Civil Affairs Department is short of a clerk. Tomorrow you can go to the county and look for the chief, Wang Cheng. Don't embarrass me."

"I understand, Aunt San. Thank you."

"Well, thank you after you finish your work."

The aunt and nephew didn't say much on the phone, as the Zhang family's shopkeeper was right next to them.

Zhou Leng hung up the phone, nodded to the shopkeeper and left.

Zhang Shouhe thinks it is a good thing for women in the new era to go out of the house, and he strongly supports his wife's decision to work in the county. He does not think that his wife goes out to work because he is in charge of the financial power.

Originally, she was a girl who made her way in the world alone. She had the courage to break through the feudal shackles for happiness, so according to her personality, she would not be content to stay in the backyard. After more than half a year, Zhou Leng got to know all the people and things in the Zhang family. Now, she wants to go out to work, see this vast world, and make some preparations for possible displacement in the future.