Goodbye, Ex-husband! I’m Pregnant with Your Uncle’s Child!
Chapter 324: No Wife, Then Marry Her

Chapter 324: Chapter 324: No Wife, Then Marry Her

The village chief’s wife brought two cups of boiled water for the guests.

"Thank you." Joseph Wilson and his companion took the water and said politely.

"Where are you two from?" the village chief asked.

"We are from Grace City. We’ve earned a bit of money from working and are planning to get into contracting," Joseph Wilson said with a smile.

"What do you plan to plant?" the village chief inquired.

"We want to plant fruits and also do some breeding. We have a market for our products, so we’re not worried about selling them," Joseph Wilson explained.

The village chief nodded, "Our village’s mountainous areas are suitable for fruit cultivation, but the roads for transportation are not good."

Joseph Wilson smiled, "We’re not worried about transportation. We can use tractors to reach the main roads and then load them onto larger vehicles."

Seeing that they were not worried about transportation, the village chief didn’t press further, "How much land do you two wish to contract?"

"We plan to stay in the village for two days first, to check out the mountains before deciding. Do you know where we could stay in the village? We will pay for our meals," Joseph Wilson asked.

The village chief hesitated a bit. It was difficult for him to arrange accommodations for strangers.

Seeing the village chief’s hesitation, Joseph Wilson said with some embarrassment, "We know it’s troublesome to ask for lodging, but it’s a waste of time to come to the village and not stay."

The village chief thought for a while and finally nodded, "Then you can stay at my house, but the conditions in the village are simple; you two will have to make do."

"Thank you very much, village chief. Simple conditions are no problem; we are not picky," Joseph Wilson gratefully said.

The two men had dinner at the village chief’s house that evening, and afterward, they informed him that they planned to take a walk around the village.

They had just arrived today and did not plan to start inquiring about hiring someone immediately.

The two of them wandered around the village, stopping here and there, and after a full circle, they returned to the village chief’s house.

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Meanwhile, at Jack Munday’s house.

Tonight, a drinking buddy was coming to drink with Jack Munday.

Hazel Fields temporarily let Dale out of the storeroom to wash vegetables.

Dale was still young, not good at cooking, but could wash vegetables.

When Jackson Munday came home from school, he threw his schoolbag down right where he stood and loudly walked into the kitchen, "Mom, I’m so hungry."

Hazel Fields scolded with a laugh, "Wait, it will be ready in a moment. Go do your homework for today first."

"No, let me eat first!" Jackson Munday did not like studying. There was no primary school in the village, and he had to walk an hour with other children to a school in another village every day.

Hazel Fields did not scold Jackson Munday. Instead, she scolded Dale outside washing the vegetables, "You ugly girl, get a bowl and serve some rice for Jackson. You wash the vegetables so slowly, utterly clumsy."

Dale, who was washing the vegetables outside the kitchen, heard Hazel Fields and silently put down the vegetables in her hands.

She entered the kitchen, fetched a bowl, and served some rice for Jackson Munday, then brought it to the table in the living room.

As Dale looked at the braised fish on the table, she swallowed her saliva and took a light sniff with her little nose; it smelled so good.

Jackson Munday walked into the living room, pushed Dale aside, sat down, grabbed the rice, and started eating.

Dale staggered a few steps from his push.

She hurriedly left the living room and went back to washing the vegetables.

Dale walked into the kitchen carrying the washed basket of vegetables.

Hazel Fields was busy at the stove and gave Dale a glance, "Bring these cooked dishes out."

Dale carefully picked up a plate of food and slowly headed towards the living room. She walked very carefully, fearing that toppling the dishes would provoke Hazel Fields’ scolding or beating.

Jackson Munday was sitting at the table, eating his rice with big mouthfuls.

Jack Munday’s brothers had arrived one after another, making the living room bustling.

As Dale was placing the last dish on the table, a simple-minded boy suddenly ran over, continuously making "ada ada" sounds.

Dale did not notice him and almost collided; she narrowly avoided the boy.

Good, she thought, not having been hit, or else the dishes would have been upset.

Jack Munday’s brothers had already started drinking heavily and eating, filling the entire living room with the smell of alcohol.

One of the drinking buddies pointed at Dale and asked, "Is this the child you took in?"

Dale tightly clutched the corners of her clothes.

Her face was covered with gauze, revealing only a pair of large eyes, and she looked at these strangers with a bit of fear.

The drinking buddy looked up and down at Dale. The girl’s arms were exposed and her skin was still intact, aside from the gauze on her face.

Jack Munday nodded and poured some wine, "Yeah, it’s her. Her face is ruined, her family didn’t want her anymore, so we took pity and gave her shelter."

Hazel Fields also sat at the table to eat and told Dale to eat in the kitchen.

Dale hurriedly left the living room. Who would’ve known that the simple-minded boy who almost bumped into her would follow her out of the living room and into the kitchen, too.

The other drinking buddy, also the father of the simple-minded boy, sighed when he saw his son following Dale out of the living room, "I don’t know what I’ll do with my son in the future."

They only had this one son, and he was simple-minded, uncertain if he would ever manage to find a wife.

After a few drinks, Jack Munday spoke tipsily, "What to do? Let that ugly girl become your son’s wife."

It was just a joke, after all, since another man was going to come for Dale when she turned eighteen.

The drinking buddy laughed; although his son was simple-minded, he still didn’t want a disfigured bride.

However, he still said, "Sure, if my son doesn’t have a wife then, he can marry her."