After leaving Ye Dongming's house, Ye Dongkui wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Ye Laodao: "You really are... You came to the clan leader's house just to talk about this?"

"Well, I just feel sorry for those two kids." Boss Ye responded casually.

In fact, it was because seeing those two children reminded him of the sunny day.

But these words cannot be told to Ye Dongkui. After all, no one in the village knows that Qingtian is not their biological child.

The Ye family had already agreed to keep this secret until the grave.

Even Ye Changnian, the youngest in the family, knew that he must not tell anyone about this.

"Well, now that Qingshan has made some progress, the clan leader has to curry favor with your family. This isn't a big deal."

After leaving the patriarch's house, several people tied the newly bought ox to the back of the cart, loaded all the tools on the cart, and drove the cart slowly towards home.

Little did they know that at this time several people were asking around in Fengle County about the Ye family.

These people, old and young, asked a lot of questions but none of them could get the answer. Finally, they asked a few people who were sitting in the sun at the entrance of the alley opposite the government office.

"Old man, I tell you the truth, it will be difficult to find your in-laws if you keep asking around like this."

"That's right, there are plenty of people with the surname Ye here, so at least tell me some other characteristics!"

The old man in tattered clothes rubbed his black hands and said, "He has four sons in total. Do you know Ye and Ye Qing'an?"

Upon hearing this, several people looked at each other in surprise.

"Ye Qingan, why does this name sound familiar?"

"I feel like I've heard that somewhere before!"

The old man then added, "They just returned from outside the Great Wall last year, fleeing famine."

"Oh, that's right!" One of them slapped his thigh and said, "I was wondering why it sounded so familiar. Aren't these the Ye brothers who helped Lord Qin capture the bandits last year?

"Old man, how good is your son-in-law?"

"My son-in-law is the youngest in the family, the fourth."

Several people suddenly looked strange. After looking at each other, someone asked tentatively: "Old man, your last name is Guo, right?"

"Oh, that's right!" Old Man Guo became excited when he heard this. "Do you know my son-in-law?"

But those who had been talking to him so enthusiastically just now all stood up with a laugh.

"Oh, I have some food stewing in the pot at home. I have to go back and stir it."

"Why is it so cold outside today? I have to go back and put on more clothes."

"My legs are numb from sitting so much, let me get up and move around."

But after these people found excuses to leave, they soon gathered together again, secretly looking at the few people who were running around like headless flies.

"He said the Ye family is his in-laws, and his son-in-law is the fourth son, Ye Qing'an. Doesn't that mean..."

"Is he the father of the woman who eloped with someone and ended up with two bodies in the capital?"

When Guo eloped and eventually died in the capital, both the county magistrate and Ye Dongming tried to handle it as low-key as possible.

But after all, the truth will come out sooner or later.

In particular, more than half of the people in Fengle County are members of the Ye clan.

The Guo incident itself is very eye-catching.

A pregnant married woman eloped with her married man. Before leaving, she drugged her mother-in-law and took away everything in her husband's family. In the end, she was sold to a brothel by her mistress, resulting in two deaths.

Any one of them is enough to keep neighbors talking for a long time.

It just so happens that all these things happen to one person, which is really exciting.

Even during the Chinese New Year, many people would bring up this matter when visiting relatives and friends to wish them a happy new year.

So once it was mentioned, everyone knew about it.

"How can this old man have the nerve to come visit his in-laws after giving birth to such a shameless daughter?"

"Didn't you hear them say they were fleeing famine? I guess they don't even know what good things their daughters have done, right?"

"Won't there be a fight if this guy goes there?"

"We can't see whether the fight breaks out or not. Okay, okay, the sun is almost setting, it's freezing, let's all go home!"

A few people chatted for a few words and then went their separate ways, but there was that bad-hearted person who, after separating from the others, turned back and found Old Man Guo.

"Old man, I suddenly remembered the Ye Qingan you mentioned just now. His family seems to live in Rongxi Village.

"Hurry up and head to the city gate now. If you're lucky, you might even run into a mule cart heading to Rongxi Village!"

"It costs money to ride a mule cart, right?" Old Man Guo asked, rubbing his hands.

"It won't cost a few cents," the man said. "If you miss the bus, you'll have to spend the night in the county town.

"Isn't it more expensive to stay in an inn in this cold weather?"

Old Man Guo gave a wry smile when he heard this. They couldn't afford to stay in an inn, so these days they just found a place sheltered from the wind and the whole family squeezed together to spend the night.

But there is no need to tell these things to outsiders.

Seeing that he looked very short of money, the man rolled his eyes and said, "If you don't have any money, why not hire a car and go straight to Rongxi Village, and ask your son-in-law to pay you when you get there.

"Old man, let me tell you, your son-in-law is quite promising. He helped the government suppress bandits and received a reward of fifty taels of silver!

"Otherwise, how do you think I would remember your son-in-law among so many people with the surname Ye!"

"What? How much?" Old man Guo couldn't believe his ears.

Fifty taels of silver?

He had never seen so much silver in his life.

Old Man Guo smiled and asked, "Brother, did you say it wrong? It should be five taels of silver, right?"

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