When Ye Caiping opened her eyes, she was a divorced woman cast out of her husband's home, with her sister-in-law sharpening her knife at her. It's not that the sister-in-law wouldn't to...
Ye Caiping turned and went down the mountain in a good mood.
Since we can't find ginseng, we'll just buy some and pretend we found some too!
After descending the mountain, Ye Caiping arrived at the village entrance just in time.
There are two oxcarts going to town every day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Soon, a dark-skinned, thin man in his twenties drove out in an oxcart.
"Hey, it's Sister Caiping." The man grinned. "Going to town?"
"Yes." Ye Caiping got into the car.
The man was Ye Lizheng's son. Because he was a big, chubby baby boy at birth, weighing a full eight pounds, he was named Ye Bajin (Eight-Pound Ye).
Ye Bajin broke his leg many years ago, which left him with a limp and an inability to do heavy work.
Fortunately, the family had oxen, so in their spare time they would drive the oxcart in and out to earn some money.
Because it was afternoon, there was no market in town anymore, so very few people went out in the afternoon; she was the only one there today.
When the oxcart passed through Wangjia Village, three more women got on.
Ye Bajin was so happy he grinned from ear to ear. He thought he would drive empty in the afternoon, but it turned out his trip wasn't in vain.
Half an hour later, we finally arrived at Big Tree Town.
Ye Bajin parked the oxcart under a tree: "The oxcart will leave when it's 5 PM. You have to hurry back, or we won't wait for you."
The three women gave the money and left with smiles.
Ye Caiping also took out two coins, but Ye Bajin quickly said, "No need, Sister Caiping. We got so many cassava thanks to you."
Ye Caiping couldn't refuse for two coins any longer, so she nodded and said, "Alright. But you must accept next time, otherwise I'll never ride in your car again."
"Okay, okay."