A few days after Yinhua returned to her parents' home, Ye Caiping took Ye Daquan and his family to Beijing.

Ye Caiping tried to persuade the elderly couple to leave together, but they didn't like the ways of Beijing.

They preferred the village, where everyone they knew was there. In their spare time, they would grow vegetables, go up the mountain, visit each other, chat, and gossip—they were incredibly happy.

Only Wei lived in constant pain.

After Yinhua married into the Yu family, Wei Shi frequently caused trouble at the Yu family's grain and oil shop:

"The mother is dirt poor, with nothing to eat or drink. The daughter, on the other hand, eats and drinks the finest food every day, waits on by servants, and only cares about being a pampered young lady... Waaah..."

Yinhua was so angry that her face turned green.

At these times, her husband would shield her behind him and personally confront the person.

"How can you be penniless? You have several hundred taels of silver in your hands! Yet you can't bear to spend a single penny, eating chaff and wild vegetables every day. Is it because you like to suffer?"

Mr. Wei was rendered speechless and embarrassed.

The next time they came, they changed their approach again, directly stuffing the rice and oil from the shop into sacks: "You are my daughter and son-in-law, this is what you should be giving me as a gift."

Yinhua's husband looked at her with a smile: "Please take it. Although you have been divorced, you are no longer Yinhua's mother in principle, but you did give birth to her, so this is just a token of our respect."

Mrs. Wei was pleased with herself and came to collect it again five or six days later. She then became addicted and came more and more frequently.

It went from picking it up every other day to coming every day.

They even specifically chose expensive oils and sugars, and then went to the county to resell them.

Yinhua's husband immediately reported it to the authorities, who arrested her and imprisoned her.

He was detained for a month before being released.

After leaving, they came back demanding things, and made a scene if they weren't given them.

She caused a scene and reported it to the authorities, which led to her being arrested and detained again.

After several repetitions, on the last occasion, Yinhua visited her in prison: "Go ahead and make a scene. The authorities have plenty of places to lock you up. It's fine if you want to go to jail, but aren't you afraid that while you're in jail, your brother and sister-in-law will come into your room and steal all your savings?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Wei's expression immediately changed.

He was so frightened that he couldn't sit still, and even in his dreams, he dreamed that Wei Xiaojuan had taken away those hundreds of taels of silver.

Terrified, Wei spent a month in jail and never dared to cause trouble for Yinhua again after returning home.

She's afraid of going to jail!

I'm afraid my house will be robbed while I'm in jail.

When she got home, Ms. Wei found the house to be eerily quiet.

Ye Peng is gone!

Since Yinhua got married, Ye Peng has become increasingly muddled and confused.

Once, Zhao Tieniu came to him and said, "Your father and Sanquan stopped building outhouses a long time ago. I took them into the mountains to work for a few years. But yesterday, Sanquan said he wanted to help his mother. I can't do it all by myself."

“I think you’re pretty free, why don’t you come work for me? Although the competition is fierce now, any bricklayer can build this stuff. But I started early and I’m skilled, so I’m not short of work. If you come with me, you can earn a couple of taels a month.”

Ye Peng didn't want to do anything.

But he didn't want to stay in the village even more.

Ever since Jin'er and her husband returned last time, he felt that everyone was looking at him with a strange gaze.

It seems everyone is mocking him, gossiping about him, and saying he's not as good as Ye Jin'er's husband.

Besides, he now feels disgusted and repulsed whenever he sees Wei Xiaojuan.

And then there's Kang Kang, that silly son. Now the villagers have changed what they call him; they all call him Silly Kang Dad!

This shameful title made him feel ashamed and devastated.

Whether it's the fierce way Wei Shi fought with Wei Xiaojuan, or the existence of her silly son Kang Kang... none of these are stains he can wash away.

It tells of his ridiculousness.

Feelings of inferiority, resentment, and regret tormented him to the point of near madness.

Ye Peng wished he could escape all of this.

Now Zhao Tieniu invited him to go out and build a latrine. Although he felt that building a latrine was inferior, it was still better than staying in the village.

The next morning, he left the village with Zhao Tieniu.

There are almost no customers nearby, so if I want to get work, I have to travel far away.

The two left the village and almost never returned to spend the night.

Tie Niu would come back every few days, but Ye Peng might not come back even once a month.

According to Zhao Tieniu, when there was work, they would stay at the employer's house. When there was no work and they were far from home, they would find an inn and spend five coins to stay overnight in the woodshed.

Whenever Zhao Tieniu returned alone, Ye Peng would find himself staying in the woodshed of some inn.

He would occasionally come back, and whether out of guilt or something else, he would leave a few hundred coins on the table.

Wei Xiaojuan didn't care about him.

Anyway, he would only be wasting food if he stayed at home. Now that he's out, it's good that he can bring back a few hundred coins every month.

As for the Wei family, she couldn't be bothered with them.

Anyway, I can't squeeze any money out of the Wei family.

Wei Xiaojuan now only cares about herself, cooking her own meals and washing her own clothes.

When Ms. Wei was hungry, she would either buy food outside or cook for herself.

The two of them were tired of arguing and didn't have the energy to argue anymore. Living under the same roof, they were like two strangers, not saying a word to each other.

Wei Shi had long since lost her vitality.

She didn't want to go out. Whenever she saw Ye Erquan's new house and thought about how he lived a wealthy life with servants, she felt extremely uncomfortable.

And the eldest son's family is getting richer and richer!

Not only is her son more successful than her, but her daughter also married into a better family than hers.

Now, all the members of the eldest son's family have gone to Beijing to enjoy their retirement.

Meanwhile, I was still living in this poor, remote place, eating coarse food and wild vegetables.

She had compared herself to the Du family her whole life and simply couldn't tolerate this kind of thing.

Even that lowly hussy Yinhua has become a young mistress.

Why is everyone else doing better than her?

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