"Alright, thank you for coming, Granny Hua. I won't see you off." Ye Panjiu then let go of her arm.
The old woman used all her strength to run away as fast as she could.
I've never been so humiliated in my life!
Ye Panjiu also thanked everyone, saying, "Thank you for your cooperation, fellow villagers."
"Sister Pan Jiu, you're too kind. If it weren't for you collecting eggs from our house every day, how would we be able to buy meat to eat!"
"That's right, that's right. And those vegetables, if Pan Jiu hadn't taken them, they would have rotted in the ground! We couldn't even sell them in town."
Ye Santian scratched his head and said, "I should be thanking Sister Panjiu."
He could afford to support his whole family with forty coins a day.
Ye Panjiu blushed slightly from the gratitude. "We're all from Ye Family Village, it's only right."
Ye Santian disagreed, "There's no such thing as 'should'. We remember what Sister Panjiu did. If the Du family dares to be so disgusting again, we'll march on Dujia Village!"
“That’s right, they don’t even bother to ask around, we from Ye Family Village have never been afraid of anyone!” Ye Santian’s mother, Granny Tian, agreed with her son.
Ever since my son started hauling goods for Panjiu, we've been able to eat meat at least once a day, which is wonderful!
Ye Panjiu quickly waved her hand to stop him, "No, no, no, we won't stoop to that beast's level. We love peace, but we won't cause trouble."
Ye Sanchao nodded, "Pan Jiu is right after all."
Old Man Ye tapped the dry gun on the door panel, "I can smell the burning smell. Everyone, hurry up and disperse, and go home to check on things."
Upon hearing this, Granny Tian hurriedly ran back to her house, where she was still cooking vegetables on the stove!
Everyone else left as well.
Ye Panjiu closed the courtyard gate and went home.
Madam Sun clicked her tongue and circled around her twice. "My little sister has really made something of herself. She's finally free from the humiliation of the Du family! I've endured it for over ten years, and today I've finally gotten my revenge!"
Ye Panjiu quickly took out today's wages and put them in Sun's hand, "Second sister-in-law, quickly touch the copper coins to calm down."
Just as Sun was about to list all the wicked people in the Du family, she touched the money in her hand and laughed again.
"Oh, life is so wonderful!"
Grandma Ye pulled Ye Panjiu close, "Tell your mother the truth, are you really not upset?"
Ye Panjiu smiled brightly, "Mom, we eat meat every meal now. Tomorrow, when I set up my stall, I'll buy some white rice to eat. Why would I feel uncomfortable?"
Grandma Ye got anxious again when she heard this, "Why buy white rice? Brown rice tastes much better!"
White rice is more than twice as expensive as brown rice, how can her daughter spend so much money!
"Mom, I'll buy it for my little sister if she wants to eat it, why are you saying all this!" Ye Erniu, the doting brother, was displeased.
Ye Panjiu quickly stopped laughing, "No, I'll buy it myself."
This second brother is something else. She just said she had to save money for Lei'er to get married, and he completely forgot about it the moment he turned around.
This time, Mrs. Sun wasn't upset. "Erniu is right. If our little sister wants to eat it, we'll buy it!"
In just two days, the second wife had saved nearly 500 coins. All four members of the second wife's family were making money.
Besides, when the family buys rice, it's not just my younger sister who's eating it; how can we expect her to pay for it all?
Ye Daniu quickly followed suit, saying, "The whole family should chip in to buy it."
Ye Panjiu felt a warmth in her heart and smiled gently, "Then I still want to eat flour."
My mind kept replaying images of fluffy white steamed buns, scallion pancakes, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), scallion pancakes, and savory pancakes...
Ye Panjiu was incredibly hungry for it.
"Buy them all!" Old Man Ye decided in one sentence.
Although my daughter has become much more sensible since falling into the water, her occasional requests like these feel more genuine.
"Alright, we still need to prepare goods this afternoon, go and rest for a while." Old Mrs. Ye urged her into the house.
...
The Du family's house was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and red "double happiness" characters were pasted everywhere.
Many people came to the banquet, mostly from Dujia Village.
The bride, Liu, sat in the bedroom wearing a bright red wedding dress. She casually pulled off her red veil and looked around with her eyes.
Although the Du family was poor, their blue-tiled house was quite new.
The courtyard was bustling with noise, and Du Pengzhi was basking in everyone's compliments with great pride.
He's now a scholar, and he's even married the daughter of Master Liu, the county clerk!
There are many scholars in a county, but he is the only one with such good fortune.
His heart pounded as he thought of Master Liu praising him for his promising future.
Many villagers had finished eating and wanted to leave, but Du Pengzhi kept them all there and continued chatting with them.
Granny Du clutched her handkerchief tightly, feeling a pang of heartache. "The tea is free!"
She had to borrow some money from the head of the makeup artist to organize this banquet. Although the villagers had given her family a lot of food on a daily basis, the bride price that the clerk's daughter wanted was not low. The Du family not only spent all of their five taels of silver, but also had to borrow another five taels from outside!
The matchmaker walked in with a livid face.
Granny Du immediately burst into laughter, "How about it? How about it? That poor bastard Ye family must be green with envy! That shameless slut Ye Panjiu must be crying her eyes out, begging to become Zhi'er's concubine?"
She had indeed thought about it. Ye Panjiu had served her for more than ten years and had done a decent job. The Ye family's money and food were also quite good, which satisfied her love for Zhi'er. Being a concubine wasn't out of the question.
Zhi'er was unwilling, thinking it would make the new bride uncomfortable. Alas, she had no choice but to find a pretext to divorce Ye Panjiu.
The matchmaker gritted her teeth in anger, "She has no regrets whatsoever, but I'm the one who's filled with remorse!"
Granny Du frowned. "What are you regretting? Shouldn't the Ye family treat you with the utmost respect?"
The matchmaker glared at her, "Old woman Du, you're really pretending to be ignorant! The Ye family all despise your son, but when they found out he was getting married, they immediately started spreading the word for him. Everyone in the entire Ye family village is saying they want to go back to their parents' home to tell them!"
Granny Du's old face froze completely.
"Divorcing his wife and abandoning his daughter in high school! And now he's marrying a new bride in three days! If you had told me this earlier, I wouldn't have made this trip! You're not ashamed, but I am!" the matchmaker said viciously, slamming her hand on the table and standing up to leave.
Du Pengzhi's marriage to Liu was not arranged through her introduction; both families had already made their decision, and then she acted as the matchmaker to complete the subsequent procedures.
So she had no idea about the Du family's situation.
Granny Du quickly grabbed her sleeve, "I'm innocent! I didn't expect Ye Panjiu to actually say it, you can't blame me entirely!"
The matchmaker snorted coldly and turned her head away, ignoring her.
Granny Du thought that if her daughter wanted to marry well, she would have to rely on the matchmaker's introduction. She gritted her teeth and reluctantly took out another ten coins from her purse.
"Take these, but you'd better find me a good husband!"
The matchmaker slammed the ten coins on the ground, exclaiming, "You call yourself a scholar's mother? You're treating a beggar like this!"
After saying that, he forcefully shook off Granny Du and walked straight out of the Du family home.
The commotion of throwing money around was quite loud, attracting the attention of many people.
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