Chapter 106: Evil Stepmother
Yang Guangzong knew that his wife's uncle's family was extremely poor, so he deliberately gave the gift first to embarrass Ye Caiping's family.
Old Lady Ye didn't take him seriously and stepped forward and said, "We are just a small token of our appreciation. Please accept it, second brother and sister-in-law."
As he said this, he actually took out six strings of money and gave one hundred and twenty coins.
Now that the whole village knew that their family was doing well, there was no need for Old Lady Ye to hide anything. The other party was her own brother, so there was no reason for her to be stingy, so she was generous for once.
Yang Guangzong's smug smile froze on his face in an instant. He became a little angry and was about to mock Old Lady Ye for pretending to be rich.
Mrs. Du also stepped forward and said, "Second Aunt, this is ours."
As he said this, he actually took out five strings of money and gave a hundred coins.
Wei also took out the same amount of money.
"What are you doing? Why are you giving it back?" Aunt Ye said with a look of reproach on her face.
Old Lady Ye smiled and said, "We have divided up the family, so of course we should give it to each family one by one."
Ye Caiping also stepped forward: "Yes, this is mine."
Ye Caiping didn't want to put herself above Old Lady Ye, so she also gave a hundred coins.
"I heard that Caiping set up stalls in the town and the county a while ago and made a lot of money." said a relative.
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "It's all thanks to everyone's kindness that I earned a little."
Everyone started asking what was being sold and how it was being sold, and Ye Caiping answered them all with a smile.
Yang Guangzong was almost angry to death, feeling that his limelight had been stolen.
What was even more unacceptable to him was that his uncle's family, which had been so poor before, had actually become rich! He could take out a gift of one hundred coins at once.
Yang Guangzong felt jealous and resentful that someone who was obviously not as well off as him suddenly became rich.
Soon, Ye Wuquan came back to pick up the bride.
Ye Caiping took Jin'er and Huan'er to stand at the door to watch the fun.
I saw an ox cart slowly approaching with a big red flower tied on the ox's head, and the bride and groom were sitting on the cart behind them.
Ye Wuquan is handsome, wearing a red groom's suit, and is smiling and bowing to someone.
The bride was wearing a veil and her appearance could not be seen clearly.
Farmers usually don't have sedan chairs when they get married. Most of them rent an ox cart to pick up the bride, and then have someone hold a gong and beat it as they walk along, which is already very festive and lively.
After the wedding ceremony, Ye Wuquan and the bride entered the bridal chamber.
Amidst the celebration, the banquet finally began, with men and women sitting at separate tables.
Ye Caiping, Old Lady Ye, Mrs. Du, Mrs. Wei, Jinhua, Yinhua, Jin'er and Huan'er sat at the same table, but there were still two people missing.
At this time, Ye Hufen came over with a boy about ten years old: "Auntie, can we sit here?"
"Hurry, sit down." Old Mrs. Ye greeted her quickly.
As soon as Ye Hufen sat down, he said to Yang Duobao beside him, "Call them quickly. This is your great grandmother, your eldest aunt, your second aunt, and your youngest aunt."
Yang Duobao rolled his eyes and said, "I want to eat chicken legs."
Ye Hufen smiled awkwardly at Old Lady Ye, who smiled and said, "Alright, alright, eat now!"
Everyone took away the bowls covering the dishes one by one.
There are eight dishes in total, five meat and three vegetarian. Scallion chicken, braised fish, and pork with preserved vegetables are the three main dishes, followed by fried pork with tofu, scrambled eggs with leeks, and three vegetarian dishes to make a complete meal.
Such a banquet is considered extremely sumptuous in the surrounding area.
For this wedding, Uncle Ye even borrowed five taels of silver from Old Man Ye, which was very respectful.
Ye Hufen quickly picked up a chicken leg for Yang Duobao.
Ye Caiping also started to pick up her chopsticks. The ones cooking the big pot today were none other than her father and her elder brother.
Old Lady Ye smiled and said, "How is your father's cooking?"
"fine."
"It's not as delicious as what mom cooks." Ye Huan'er giggled.
Ye Caiping glared at her with a smile.
While they were chatting, Yang Duobao was showing off his meat like crazy. He had eaten up two big chicken legs: "Meat, big fat meat!"
Ye Hufen had no choice but to pick up a piece of braised pork for him.
Yang Duobao finished it in two bites: "I want more!"
Ye Hufen looked embarrassed when he saw that Ye Caiping's family were all very polite.
Ye Caiping gave her a soothing look, and Old Lady Ye also smiled and said, "Eat more. Children need to grow."
Yang Duobao's way of eating, like a starving ghost reincarnated, is not uncommon, and other villagers do the same.
Ye Caiping's family has been eating meat every day for the past two or three months, so they are not greedy.
If it were in the past, I would have starved to death.
Ye Hufen had no choice but to pick up two more pieces of fatty braised pork for Yang Duobao. With just a few chopsticks, most of the braised pork was gone.
Ye Huan'er was picking up a piece of fish when Yang Duobao's chopsticks immediately reached out and took away the fish belly that Ye Huan'er was about to pick up.
Ye Huan'er frowned, and Ye Caiping quickly picked up a chicken wing for her: "Eat quickly."
Just as Ye Huan'er was about to eat, Yang Duobao yelled, "That chicken wing is mine!"
Ye Caiping and the others' faces turned dark.
Ye Hufen's face flushed red, and he frowned: "Duobao, anyone can eat this meat, you've already eaten a lot..."
"Who do you think you are to dare to teach me a lesson!" Yang Duobao said with dead eyes.
Ye Caiping and her daughter were stunned. This child was too naughty!
Ye Hufen's face turned pale: "Mom is either teaching you a lesson... or..."
“Aren’t you teaching me a lesson?” As he said that, Yang Duobao actually burst into tears: “My vicious stepmother abused me… wuwuwu… ahhhh!!!”
As he cried, he suddenly flipped over, fell to the ground along with the chair, and rolled around on the ground. The sharp explosion made everyone at the banquet look over.
Uncle Ye and Aunt Ye were sitting nearby. When they heard the noise, their expressions changed and they walked over.
"What are you doing?" Yang Guangzong came over. He was a little drunk and scolded Ye Hufen: "Didn't I tell you to take good care of the child?"
Ye Hufen lowered his head in fear and stammered, "I, I took good care of her..."
"Wow...Dad, she bullied me..." When Yang Duobao saw Yang Guangzong, he howled even louder and more aggrievedly.
"Alright, alright, it's okay, Daddy is here." Yang Guangzong comforted Yang Duobao lovingly, then glared at Ye Hufen: "Why, the child is not your own, so you can abuse him like this?"
"No wonder everyone says stepmothers are vicious. They are right!"
After these words were spoken, the villagers couldn't help but look at Ye Hufen strangely. There was sympathy and also ridicule.
Ye Caiping was stunned by what she heard.
It turns out that Yang Duobao is not Ye Hufen’s biological son? Stepmother?
This is even more wrong.
Ye Hufen’s daughter Yang Xiaoyan is already fourteen years old. If she is her stepmother, Yang Duobao should be at least fifteen or sixteen years old. How come he is only about ten years old?
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