Chapter 81: Can Be Controlled

When Ye Caiping returned home, it was already late.

She went into the kitchen and began to prepare spicy soup for lunch.

Seeing this, Old Lady Ye hurried over to help.

Mrs. Du took a look from outside, pretended to cut vegetables, and came in with a large cabbage.

After a long while, Mrs. Du couldn't help asking, "Little sister, have you just arrived at Tieniu's wife's house?"

"How did you know?" Ye Caiping had just finished cutting the fungus and day lily and handed her the knife. "Here, the knife."

Mrs. Du took it and put the cabbage on the chopping board: "Yesterday when we were riding in the ox cart, you asked the boy who went into the mountain about Xiuxiu. This morning you went in the direction of Tieniu's house, so I guessed you were looking for her."

Seeing that she was very concerned, Ye Caiping told her about her conversation with Tie Niu's wife.

After hearing this, Mrs. Du and Old Lady Ye fell silent.

After a long while, Mrs. Ye said:

"Everything Tieniu's wife said is right. If you want to find fault with Xiuxiu's family, I've seen many worse ones than hers. If you think about it, Xiuxiu's mother isn't that bad."

Ye Caiping was stunned: "Does my sister-in-law see it this way too?"

"What else?" Mrs. Du frowned and looked at Ye Caiping strangely: "You don't think so?"

Ye Caiping was stunned.

In her previous life she was an orphan and had no family.

Although she had had several relationships, they all ended in failure and she never got to the stage of meeting her parents.

So she has no right to speak about marriage.

Speaking of people, it is true that no one is perfect, let alone a family where everyone cannot be perfect.

Ye Caiping said: "So sister-in-law, you are in favor of Xiuxiu and Ye Yong?"

Mrs. Du frowned, "It's not that I agree or disagree... It's just that starting a family is never perfect. For example, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the sisters-in-law, the younger sister-in-law, or the children, there are always problems of one kind or another."

"I was thinking, instead of doing this, I should at least choose one thing that is satisfactory, and the person I choose is pleasing to the eye. And Xiuxiu... at least a long time ago, Xiuxiu never disliked Yong'er."

"For this reason alone, I will remember her kindness for the rest of my life."

Ye Caiping understood that Mrs. Du was interested in Xiuxiu.

Mrs. Du said, "I was thinking, why not talk to Xiuxiu Niang again? It's impossible to give her a living, but we can add a few more taels of betrothal gifts."

Ye Caiping coughed dryly and said, "I just received news that Xiuxiu is engaged. It's the carpenter I mentioned last time."

"What?" Mrs. Du and Old Lady Ye were both shocked.

Old Lady Ye was shocked, "Impossible. Who can afford twenty taels of silver as a betrothal gift? Besides, even if someone could, who would be willing to add another gold hairpin?"

Ye Caiping sighed, "Mother and sister-in-law don't understand. Some people just look down on you and think you are unworthy! If you want the same thing, you have to spend more money!"

"To put it bluntly, if Ye Yong wants to marry Xiuxiu, he has to pay 20 taels of silver plus a gold hairpin and a living. If someone else wants to marry her, she wouldn't dare to say anything more. So if he only pays 20 taels of silver, she'll be happy with it."

Mrs. Du's face darkened: "Doesn't that mean that Xiuxiu's mother just bullied my Yong'er?"

"That's what I mean."

Ye Caiping recalled that when she was working in her previous life, her boss was unwilling to give her a raise and would rather spend more money to hire new people. In fact, they are just bullying her because she is honest and won't leave.

"Oh, Xiuxiu's mother, congratulations, Xiuxiu is engaged." Mrs. Zhao's voice suddenly came from the next room: "Which village is this boy from?"

"Neither. My future son-in-law is from this town, and he's a carpenter. His family owns a shop, and he makes one or two taels of income every month. I'm going to Liu Decai's house first, so I'll leave first."

When Mrs. Du heard these voices, her face darkened, knowing that Xiuxiuniang was showing off on purpose.

"Brother! Brother, where are you going?" Ye Jinhua's voice was heard outside.

When Ye Caiping and others walked out of the kitchen, they saw only Ye Yong's back, and he ran out like a flash after a while.

"Mom... my eldest brother is very sad." Ye Jinhua stepped forward. "What should we do? My eldest brother is very stubborn. His previous cat died, and he never raised another one again."

Mrs. Du said, "Now that we're engaged, it's too late to say anything."

Ye Caiping sighed and looked at Mrs. Du: "Sister-in-law, if I could get that carpenter to cancel the engagement and get Xiuxiu's mother to come to me, would you really agree to Yong'er marrying Xiuxiu?"

Mrs. Du was startled: "I agree. But you..."

"Don't worry, I have my own way." Then he looked at Ye Jinhua and asked, "Where does your brother usually like to stay?"

"He often chopped wood under the jujube tree on the mountain."

Ye Caiping nodded: "Mom, I'll leave the spicy soup to you. I'll go look for him."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Ye Caiping has a hundred ways to deal with people like Xiuxiuniang.

The main thing is that Xiuxiuniang is not that kind of scoundrel. She cares about her dignity and reputation.

She loves money, so she could sell Xiuxiu to a brothel or a few little boys and get dozens of taels of silver.

So in comparison, Xiuxiu's mother cares more about face, and having many sons is her greatest pride.

This kind of person is easy to control.

It is much easier to deal with than those who treat their daughters as animals or those who slap their thighs and throw a tantrum at the slightest provocation.

As for her two good-for-nothing sons, they are even easier to control, because they are so good-for-nothing! Someone who wouldn't even come out to pick up money if it dropped from God.

Besides, no one can guarantee what kind of family members Ye Yong will marry in the future. It would be even more troublesome if he met someone who is good at hiding things and playing dirty.

At least this one can be seen through at a glance.

Ye Caiping ran up the mountain in one breath and came to the jujube tree panting.

Ye Yong was standing on the mountain, staring blankly into the distance.

"What are you thinking about?" Ye Caiping walked up to him.

Ye Yong didn't look back: "I... regret it very much. If I had known... I wouldn't have sent her back then."

Ye Caiping knew that he was talking about the time he eloped with Hu Xiuxiu two years ago.