Chapter 75: Just a Living

Xiuxiu's mother curled her lips:

"Aunt, what you said is too insulting. The reason why my Xiuxiu's dowry is so high is because she brought up my seventh brother, so she is guaranteed to give birth to a son. When she enters your house, I guarantee that she will have a big fat grandson next year!"

"I want the gold hairpin for your family's reputation. Your family is doing well now, and the whole village knows it. If you don't even give your daughter-in-law a gold hairpin, people will think your family is stingy."

In the past, she would not have wanted any gold hairpin, but the Ye family is different now.

Let’s not talk about the spicy soup for now. In the past few days alone, I sold jade for two hundred taels, and received fifty taels as a reward from the government. All of this is money!

The Ye family has become rich!

She just wanted a gold hairpin, how was that too much?

Old Lady Ye and Mrs. Du were almost numb, but they still managed to squeeze out a golden hairpin by gritting their teeth.

Who doesn’t bleed when marrying a daughter-in-law?

Thinking of this, the two of them endured it.

Old Mrs. Ye tried to force out a calm smile: "We only earn a few wages, we are not a well-off family. Xiuxiu is a good person, we will buy her a gold hairpin if we grit our teeth."

After hearing this, Xiuxiuniang felt a little better:

"Of course my Xiuxiu is a good girl. After you get married, you can just wait to hold your great-grandson! Also, our two families are married, so we are one family, right?"

Old Lady Ye nodded: "Of course."

Xiuxiu's mother said: "Since we are a family... I mean... Don't worry, I don't want any gold or silver or extra money..."

"That's right, Xiuxiu's brother is Yong'er's brother! We are all family... We don't need anything, just teach them how to make spicy soup, and then set up a stall in another town, which is also a way to make a living, don't you think?"

When these words came out, everyone in the room was shocked and stared at her at the same time.

Mrs. Du was the first to jump up and pointed at her: "You - I thought you were only greedy for the twenty taels of betrothal gifts and the gold hairpin, but I never thought that you actually wanted to steal my little sister's secret recipe for Hu La Tang!!"

"Oh my god, what kind of people are these! They are simply, truly..."

"Wolfish ambitions!" Ye Caiping said lightly.

"Yes, it's the wolf ambition! Why wouldn't I want to kill you?" Mrs. Du was about to flip the table!

"I..." Xiuxiu's mother didn't expect their reaction to be so big, and she was also very angry. She said angrily:

"What kind of evil ambitions are you? What do you mean by lying? I just want you to teach Xiuxiu's brothers how to make spicy soup. What's the problem?"

"What? We are a family, can't we teach each other? I just want my brothers Xiuxiu to have a way to make a living. I also said that we won't set up the stall in Dashu Town. We can set up the stall in another town, but we can't steal your business. Why are you so stingy?"

Old Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei were already numb from listening.

"Auntie!" At this time, Ye Yong walked out of the house.

Before he could say anything, Xiuxiuniang had already glared at him:

"Ye Yong, say something. Now you want to marry Xiuxiu, but why do you want to marry Xiuxiu if even your brother-in-law doesn't want to help? If that's the case, why would you marry Xiuxiu?"

"Carpenter Cai has already said that if Xiuxiu marries him, he will teach Xiuxiu's brothers skills and make them all craftsmen in the future."

"Do you know how rare it is to have the opportunity to become a craftsman? But they teach me!"

"Now Xiuxiu wants to marry you, how come you can't even learn how to make Hu La Tang?"

"My Xiuxiu doesn't have to be with you. If she marries Carpenter Cai, her brother will have a livelihood. But if she marries you, he won't have one! Think about it yourself. How can you compare with Carpenter Cai? How can you marry her?"

Xiuxiuniang's rapid-fire words stunned the entire Ye family.

The whole hall was so quiet that you could even hear a mosquito flying by.

Oh my goodness, what kind of people are these!

Ye Yong suddenly felt like laughing. He looked at Xiuxiuniang with a blank expression:

"Aunt, the spicy hot pot is not mine! It's my aunt's! If you had made it clear earlier that you wanted to use my aunt's secret recipe as a betrothal gift, I would never let grandma find someone to propose marriage to me!"

Xiuxiu's mother was stunned. She couldn't expect Ye Yong to say such a thing. Didn't he like Xiuxiu very much?

She was so angry that her chest was heaving, and she kept saying, "Don't you understand me? When did I ask for the secret recipe? I just... I just wanted you to teach me how to make spicy soup, so that your brothers can have a livelihood, right?"

"Aunt, don't pretend to be ignorant. If you teach them, isn't that just giving them the secret recipe?" Ye Yong gritted his teeth and said, "Aunt, please go back. I won't marry Xiuxiu! This marriage is over!"

By the end, Ye Yong was almost crying, with waves of sadness welling up in his heart.

"You..." Xiuxiu's mother was so angry that she walked up to Ye Yong and grabbed his arm: "Come with me, I have something to tell you, why are you so stubborn... I..."

Ye Caiping stared at her coldly: "It's useless for you to say anything to him. The secret recipe is mine. Not to mention that he won't agree to give it to you. Even if he agrees, he can't give it to you. No one knows the secret recipe except me."

Xiuxiuniang choked again.

The village head's wife suddenly stood up and shouted coldly, "Xiu Xiu's mother, go back quickly!"

Xiu Xiu Niang glanced at Old Lady Ye and the others coldly and said sarcastically:

"Okay. What are you so proud of? It's just a few more bucks. Even the two hundred taels were only obtained by luck after I cheated the girl from the Li family. I don't have any real skills. To put it bluntly, I'm just a lousy stall vendor. How can I compare to a craftsman?"

"Wait until Xiuxiu marries Carpenter Cai, gives him a bunch of big fat boys, and then teaches her brothers to become craftsmen. You will regret it."

After saying that, he turned and left.

As soon as she left, Mrs. Du plopped down on the ground and burst into tears:

"What the hell! I'm so angry! Wuwu... No, no, I would rather die than become a relative of such a person..."

Then she looked at Ye Yong and said, "Yong'er... wuwu... mother is sorry for you."

Ye Yong felt painful and uncomfortable at the moment: "No... I am sorry to my mother and my aunt."

Ye Caiping said: "It's none of your business. You've done a good job."

Ye Yong is already relieved.

If you meet the kind of person who wants to kill himself when he sees a girl he likes and forces her to give him the secret recipe, that's really heartbreaking.

The village head's wife stood up and said apologetically: "It's all my fault. I should have asked her about everything at that time."

Old Lady Ye said, "Even if you ask, she may not tell you. We have to face it ourselves. We asked you to arrange marriage, but it's difficult for you."

The village head's wife was relieved to see that they didn't blame her.

Ye Yong felt very upset and turned around and ran out.

......

Hu Xiuxiu stood at the door and looked around, her heart pounding with nervousness.

Hu Xiaosan, Xiaosi, Xiaowu, Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi were all standing behind her, waiting anxiously.

"Mom is back!" Hu Xiaosi cheered.

Hu Xiuxiu's face turned red. It was not until her mother came closer that she realized that something was wrong with her mother and there was anger on her face.

Hu Xiuxiu suddenly had a bad feeling: "Mom...what happened?"

Xiuxiu's mother slammed the door and walked into the yard. Hu Xiaosi and others surrounded her and asked, "Mom, what's going on with the marriage proposal?"

"How do you know I'm going to propose marriage?" Xiuxiu's mother was stunned and stared at him angrily.

"I...saw the village head's grandmother coming to see you...what did she talk about?" Hu Xiaosi said anxiously.

"Sister is going to get married, right?" Hu Xiaosan and others also came over.

"Go away, you are so annoying, go play somewhere else!" Xiuxiu's mother waved the group of children away.

"Mom..." Hu Xiuxiu saw that her face was not right. Could it be...that it really couldn't work?

impossible!

"Brother Yong, have you collected the twenty taels?"

Xiuxiu's mother glared at her: "How do you know so much? How come you have always been in contact? How can you be so shameless! You are secretly giving things away before you even get married!"