Chapter 82: Debt Collection

Ye Mingzhu guessed that Jiang Hongyu had caused trouble for Uncle Ye's family, but Uncle Ye's family often came to disgust her, so it would be good to teach them a lesson.

But she didn't expect that the lesson Jiang Hongyu taught her was so unique that they would remember it for a lifetime.

These days, Ye Mingzhu's life was very peaceful. She drew pictures, prepared clothes, shoes and socks for Jiang Hongyu, and directed Ye Yunan to make buns, sesame cakes and mung bean cakes.

When the first pot of mung bean cake came out of the pot, Ye Yun'an's face was full of surprise: "Sister, this mung bean cake looks better than the ones sold in town."

How could it not be delicious? After using so much sugar and oil, Ye Yunan's mouth twitched with heartache.

Half a pound of the finished mung bean cakes were kept at home to satisfy their cravings, and the rest were packed up and asked Jiang Hongyu to take them to town to distribute to his colleagues.

On the day of Ye Yunkang's wedding, Jiang Hongyu had already gone to patrol the town. Ye Mingzhu asked Uncle Ye to take the gift over, and they were working on red bean cakes at home.

When the red bean cake came out of the pot, someone outside called Ye Yunan's name.

Ye Yun'an was obviously stunned for a moment, then rushed out quickly.

"Xiao Anzi, someone went to your uncle's house to collect debts, hurry up and go and see what's going on." The person who came was Ye Yunan's little friend Shi Tou.

The excitement on Ye Yun'an's face flashed away, and he said to his sister who came out later, "Sister, Shitou said that something happened to uncle. How about we go and take a look?"

Ye Mingzhu had already taken out all the red bean cakes and hung them in the kitchen to dry.

"Okay, then I'll wash my hands and we'll go take a look quickly." Ye Mingzhu had a hunch that this was a big gift prepared by Jiang Hongyu for Uncle Ye's family.

Ye Mingzhu quickly washed her hands, patted the red bean skin off her body, and came out.

Shi Tou was eating a piece of red bean cake in his hand. When he saw Ye Mingzhu coming out, he became a little flustered. He almost choked on the cake in his mouth.

Ye Yun'an stepped forward to pat him: "This is my sister, you can eat it without worry."

Ye Mingzhu asked Ye Yun'an to pack two more pieces for him. Shitou shook his head vigorously. Only Ye Yun'an would be willing to give him such good pastries, but he couldn't eat them and take them at the same time, otherwise it would be a big deal.

Ye Yun'an directly stuffed the two cakes that Ye Mingzhu had packed into his hand: "Take them, don't let your sister see them."

Shi Tou glanced at Ye Mingzhu and saw that she had no objection. He quickly stuffed the snacks into his arms and took the two of them towards Uncle Ye's house.

Ye Mingzhu looked at Shi Tou's lively appearance and shook her head.

Shitou is the third child in the family, with an older brother and an older sister. Logically, the youngest child should be the favored one, but Shitou had a difficult birth. After giving birth to him, Shitou's mother became frail and sickly, and as a result, he was not liked by his family.

His brothers and sisters thought it was him who caused their mother's poor health and made life difficult for their family, so they loved to steal his things since they were young.

If Stone hadn't been so clever, it might not have grown this big.

When Ye Yun'an was at Uncle Ye's house, he worked every day and sometimes went to the river to wash clothes.

He was so distracted that day that he didn't realize his clothes had floated away in the river. In the end, it was Stone who helped him find his clothes and washed them for him.

From then on, the two children became good friends. Shi Tou secretly helped Ye Yun'an with work, and Ye Yun'an saved his food for Shi Tou.

Jiang Hongyu reminded Ye Yun'an yesterday that there would be something exciting to watch at Uncle Ye's house today, so Ye Yun'an sent his friends to keep an eye on it.

When they arrived at Uncle Ye's house, the excitement was at its climax.

The tall, dark-faced man stood in the middle of the yard, staring at Uncle Ye. "Pay your debts! No one in this town would ever owe my brother Dao money and not pay it back."

Uncle Ye's face darkened. He glared at Ye Yunkang and asked, "What on earth did you two do to owe so much money?"

Ye Yunkang, wearing new clothes, blushed. He opened his mouth to say that he owed Jiang Hongyu the money, but he couldn't explain why he owed Jiang Hongyu the money.

Jiang Hongyu and Ye Mingzhu have been married for such a long time, and no one has ever asked for the debt. He thought Jiang Hongyu didn't want the money anymore, but he didn't expect that he actually gave the IOU to someone else.

Ye Yunkang was a little worried for a moment and didn't know how to explain it.

Lin stepped forward and slapped Ye Yunkang: "You dead child, why do you owe so much money? That's six taels."

Ye Yunkang's face turned red, but he didn't dare to tell the reason.

Lu Jingya, who was in the room, was leaning against the window. Her face turned pale when she heard this. She didn't dare to go out in the first place, and now she shrank into the corner. She prayed that the Ye family could not bear so many people watching and would return the money as soon as possible, and that the man would leave quickly and not implicate her.

But things went against my wishes. Brother Dao's voice came again: "It's not six taels, it's twelve taels. Lu Jingya is also your family, right? They owe a total of twelve taels."

Everyone in the village was shocked. What had these two done to owe so much money? There were not many families in the village who had twelve taels of silver in savings.

Ye Yunjian's father-in-law and his family also came during the dinner, and they all frowned when they heard this.

Ye Yun'an hid in the corner and quietly asked Ye Mingzhu: "Sister, what did they do to owe so much money?"

Ye Mingzhu shook her head, unable to understand why none of the Ye family's children dared to gamble. It was impossible that all the twelve taels were spent on food and drink, right?

"Pay your debts. You all have money to hold a wedding, so you must have money to pay your debts. If you don't pay me today, I won't leave." Brother Dao said, and he kicked someone at the table up and sat on the bench himself.

Lin screamed: "Why did you ask us for the money Lu Jingya owed you? You went to the Lu family to ask for it. It has nothing to do with us."

Brother Dao sneered: "I have inquired about it. This person has already married into your family. She must have asked your family for her."

Lin turned around and went into the house to pull Lu Jingya out: "Lu, why are you asking us to pay back the money you borrowed? We can't afford to marry a daughter-in-law like you."

Lu Jingya barely stood still and lowered her head under the gaze of everyone.

Brother Dao only glanced at her, then turned his gaze to Uncle Ye and Ye Yunkang: "Tell me, who's going to take the money? Hurry up and take it out. Don't delay your wedding, otherwise I'll have people move the things."

Brother Dao's way of asking for money is different from others. Others smash and rob, but he moves and moves. As long as the other party doesn't give him money, he can empty the other party's house, even taking away the tiles on the roof and the vegetables in the field. And the things he takes away are only counted as interest, not as repayment.

Uncle Ye had heard about Brother Dao's style of doing things, and he knew that the money must be repaid, otherwise there would not be even a vegetable leaf left in the family.

But the second brother never said what the money was used for. Lu Jingya also owed the other party money, so he guessed that the money should be owed together.

Uncle Ye glanced at Lu Jingya obscurely, wondering who would pay back the money Lu Jingya owed. If her family helped her pay it back, could the Lu family take them with them when they returned to Beijing?

"Have you thought about it? Who will get the money?" Before Uncle Ye could figure it out, Brother Dao's impatient voice came.

"I'll give it back," Uncle Ye said almost reflexively, "but our family doesn't have that much money. Can you give me half first?"

"No!" A voice came before Brother Dao's voice.