Chapter 341 Back to Town

As soon as Fang put the rice in the pot, she saw Ye Yunjian and Hu coming with the child.

Mrs. Hu asked without any hesitation whether Ye Mingzhu had come.

Fang forced a smile and said, "Mingzhu has returned to town for something."

"Back to town?"

Both Mrs. Hu and Ye Yunjian changed their expressions. How could they borrow the house then?

"Aunt San, do you know where Mingzhu's family lives in town?" Hu asked shamelessly.

Fang pretended to be busy and didn't hear Hu's question. Hu walked over to Fang and asked another question.

"Oh, look at me, I'm so busy cooking. It's really too late. If I don't cook, your third uncle will starve." Fang looked at Hu with a half-smile, which made her look embarrassed.

After all, it was they who brought Uncle Ye and his wife home to help arrange the division of the family business, and then they didn't provide them with food after the division.

"Aunt San, our family is really busy today. You and Uncle San should both come home for dinner tonight." Mrs. Hu said reluctantly.

Fang didn't want to argue with her anymore, so she just said she didn't know the address of Ye Mingzhu's house in the town and went on with her own business.

Mrs. Hu wanted to ask more questions, but Ye Yunjian pulled her out the door.

"Why are you pulling me? Third Aunt hasn't told us yet where Mingzhu's family lives in town." Hu was holding the child in her arms and didn't dare to struggle hard. She was pulled to the door by Ye Yunjian.

"Aunt San won't tell you." Ye Yunjian had already understood Fang's attitude.

"Let's live at home. I'll find someone to build a shed, and you can cook in the shed from now on." Ye Yunjian walked home with his head hung down.

"We have to pay extra for setting up the shed, and we don't have much money. Otherwise, you can ask Ye Lang. He has a good relationship with Mingzhu's husband, and maybe he knows where Mingzhu lives." Mrs. Hu was reluctant to spend money.

Ye Yunjian shook his head. He didn't have the nerve to look for Ye Lang.

He was obviously Ye Mingzhu's cousin, but he felt embarrassed to go to someone else's house to ask for his cousin's address.

"Didn't Mingzhu give you some silver last time? That silver is definitely enough to build a shed."

Mrs. Hu looked around warily and whispered, "The money Mingzhu gave me was for my injuries. You can't use it."

Ye Yunjian was somewhat helpless: "If you don't want it, then don't. It doesn't cost much to build a shed anyway. The money Dad gave us is enough."

"What's enough? It's just five taels of silver. What can it do?" Mrs. Hu complained when she talked about this. She didn't believe that her parents-in-law only had more than twenty taels, but her parents-in-law only gave her twenty taels, and she had no other choice.

Although they had some private money, it was not enough to build a house, so Mrs. Hu thought of borrowing Ye Mingzhu's house to live in, which could save a lot of money.

"It's enough to build a shed. Mingzhu has already fallen out with our family. Don't even think about looking for Mingzhu in the future." Ye Yunjian suddenly stopped and said seriously.

He felt that Ye Mingzhu left suddenly to avoid him. As the eldest brother, he did not help his cousin and even wanted to plot against her, which made him feel guilty.

Mrs. Hu saw that Ye Yunjian was in a bad mood, and although she was unwilling, she still kept her mouth shut.

When they got home, they were extremely hungry. Mrs. Hu made some vegetable porridge, and the two of them ate it. Ye Yunjian said something to Uncle Ye and went out to find someone to discuss setting up a shed.

Mrs. Hu sat on the stool, thinking about how to ask Ye Mingzhu to borrow the house the next time she saw her.

On the other side, Ye Mingzhu and the others had returned to the town. Yunniang packed up the things they brought back, took out a letter and handed it to Aunt Jiang, saying that someone knocked on the door and delivered it the day before.

Aunt Jiang glanced at the handwriting on the envelope and hurried over to Ye Mingzhu to look at it together: "This letter should have been sent back by Hongyu."

Ye Mingzhu's eyes lit up and she read the contents of the letter with Aunt Jiang.

There was only a piece of paper in the envelope. Jiang Hongyu said that he was still busy and would be home in about ten days, so they could rest assured.

"This child, now that he's married, knows to send letters home. Before, once he went out, there would be no news for ten days or half a month." Aunt Jiang said with a smile.

Ye Mingzhu blushed, feeling that Aunt Jiang was talking to her.

"It's enough for us to know that he is fine. You decide on the letter." Aunt Jiang handed the letter to Ye Mingzhu.

Ye Mingzhu held the letter and read it again before she sealed the envelope.

She had just asked Yunniang, and the letter suddenly appeared at home yesterday. Someone must have stuffed it through the crack in the door.

Although they didn't know where Jiang Hongyu was, they were relieved to know that he was fine.

In the following days, Ye Mingzhu lived a very regular life. She would get up every day to draw, and then watch Ye Yunan and Ludou draw and read.

She had to draw pictures. Mrs. Lin from next door came over with a bulging belly and said that Linglong Pavilion had not released any new products recently, and they must release a batch of new products while it was still the first month of the year.

Ye Mingzhu counted the days and realized that it had been a long time since she had given Lin Dong's family the blueprints, so she had been drawing at home these days.

She hadn't drawn for a few days and felt a little rusty with her hands. She was not satisfied with the few pictures she drew.

That day, Aunt Jiang went next door to check Mr. Lin's pulse. Ye Mingzhu was sitting at the table drawing, while Ye Yun'an and Ludou were practicing calligraphy.

After practicing calligraphy, Luodou found that Ye Mingzhu's picture was not finished and was thrown aside, so he went over.

"Sister, this picture is very well drawn. Why don't you continue drawing?" Green Bean asked, pointing at a picture that Ye Mingzhu had just finished drawing.

"That picture is not well drawn. Let me think about how to draw it again." A new inspiration flashed in Ye Mingzhu's mind. She picked up the charcoal and started drawing without even raising her head.

Green Bean watched her draw and asked a few questions from time to time. Ye Yun'an saw that her sister's drawing movements were getting slower and slower, and she wanted to cover Green Bean's mouth.

"Green Bean, have you finished your homework today?" Ye Mingzhu raised her head.

"It's done. I've practiced boxing, read books, and practiced calligraphy." Green Bean said as he counted on his fingers what he had done today.

"If you have nothing to do, let Lao Hu take you out to play." Ye Mingzhu felt helpless. Luodou really talked too much. He kept talking and she couldn't concentrate on drawing.

"Okay." Luodou's eyes lit up, making Ye Mingzhu suspect that he was deliberately making trouble.

"Sister, I'll take Luodou out for a walk." Ye Yun'an quickly pulled Luodou out.

"Wait," Ye Mingzhu called out to the two of them, and taking out a piece of silver while they were frozen in their expressions, handed it to Ye Yun'an: "Let Lao Hu and Yunniang take you two out. Follow them, don't run around, and come back when you're happy."

Ye Yun'an then breathed a sigh of relief, took Ludou's hand, and went to the outer courtyard to find Lao Hu.

Not long after they left, Ye Mingzhu heard someone knocking on the door. She walked over to open it and asked, "Did you forget something?"