Chapter 8 You took away all the money in the rat hole
Ye Caiping finished eating quickly.
Old Man Ye and others, however, wished they could break their mouthfuls of food into two and ate very slowly. In this year, it’s good enough to have something to eat.
Sister Ye Jin'er also looked very cherished.
The Li family is better off than the Ye family, but the only ones in the family who can eat white rice are Li Zhiyuan and Mrs. Li.
All the rice that the Ye family sent in the past was eaten by Li Zhiyuan and Mrs. Li.
Ye Caiping and her daughter could only eat brown rice porridge mixed with rice bran.
Thinking of this, Ye Caiping couldn't help but spit on the original owner again.
When she was at her mother's house, the original owner insisted on eating white rice, and acted as if she would die if she didn't eat it. Being high and mighty, he acts like an ancestor.
As soon as she returned to her husband's house, she ate rice bran porridge with pride and served as a servant to wash her mother-in-law's stinky feet.
Is this a decline in morality, a distortion of human nature, or the insanity of a mentally retarded person?
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After lunch, Ye Jinhua went back to her room to do needlework.
Brothers Ye Yong, Ye Xuan and Ye Peng took axes and went up the mountain to chop firewood.
Old Man Ye and Ye Daquan put on their patched coats and carried their things to go out.
Ye Caiping stuffed the rouge into Old Man Ye's hand.
Ye Jiner quickly wrapped up the candy and handed it over.
"No need, you can keep it for yourself!" Old Man Ye touched Ye Jin'er's head gently.
Today's incident has hurt my two granddaughters.
Besides, there were only two sweet-scented osmanthus candies, and even if I was poor, I would be too embarrassed to return them.
Ye Daquan held the bag of white rice and looked at Ye Caiping with resentment, as if asking, do you really not want to eat white rice?
Ye Caiping glared at him, and Ye Daquan reluctantly followed Old Man Ye out.
Wei Shi and Ye Yinhua were collecting dishes and wiping the table.
Ye Huan'er wanted to help, but Wei said hurriedly, "No, no, Lai Di... No, Huan'er, go back to your room and rest."
Ye Huan'er looked at Ye Caiping helplessly. She wanted to integrate into the Ye family as soon as possible.
Ye Caiping said, "Take a rest today. Second sister-in-law, we will take turns doing housework with you and eldest sister-in-law from now on."
The first and second wives take turns doing housework, every ten days.
Wei was flattered. Old Mrs. Ye, who was sitting on the side picking her teeth, paused and said angrily:
"Why are you taking turns? You're still injured. It'll only take three months. You should rest well."
Old Mrs. Ye was heartbroken.
Her daughter was brought up with great pampering, and now that she doesn't eat white rice, Old Mrs. Ye feels that she is doing her daughter a disservice. But my family is poor and we really can’t afford it.
There are plenty of people to do the housework, so she couldn't bear to let Ye Caiping do it.
Ye Caiping said, "This minor injury will heal in a few days. Now it's not just me, there are also Jin'er and Huan'er. We can't have three grown people sitting around doing nothing and waiting for others to serve them."
Old Mrs. Ye thought about it and agreed.
Three months later, my daughter will remarry, but Jin'er and her sister will have to stay at home. It would be inappropriate for them not to work.
At worst, when it is her daughter's turn, she will let her daughter take a rest and she will take care of her two granddaughters.
In this way, the eldest daughter-in-law, who loves to make trouble the most, has nothing to say.
"Okay." Old Lady Ye nodded. "Today happens to be the second day of the second house, so you still have eight days to rest."
Ye Caiping smiled and nodded.
Wei and Ye Yinhua left with their bowls and chopsticks.
After entering the kitchen, Wei felt better.
Although she didn't dare to make a fuss like Mrs. Du, she still felt a little resentful towards Ye Caiping in her heart.
Now that Ye Caiping was willing to share the housework instead of lying down and waiting to be served like before, Wei felt flattered, as if she had won the lottery.
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In Ye Caiping's room.
Old Mrs. Ye was sitting on the bed, talking to Ye Caiping in private.
"Does the wound on your head hurt? It's time to apply some medicine now."
Just as Old Lady Ye was about to open the chest of drawers, Ye Caiping quickly held her hand and said, "I applied it before dinner. The wound is much better now. It doesn't hurt or itch anymore."
She has already sold the golden wound medicine, but Old Lady Ye must not know about it.
"By the way, mother, how much food do we have left at home?" Ye Caiping wanted to know about the family situation.
Old Mrs. Ye's heart skipped a beat reflexively. In the past, after Ye Caiping asked this question, she would have confiscated all the remaining food in the house and taken it all back to the Li family!
But thinking that her daughter had divorced, Old Lady Ye heaved a sigh of relief:
"Although the autumn harvest is just a few days away, after paying the grain tax and the grain debt, there are only about 20 kilograms of brown rice left. If we mix it with radishes and rice bran and eat it sparingly, it should be able to last for half a month!"
When Ye Caiping thought about the meal she had just had, she felt sick all over.
A bowl of radish, rice bran and brown rice porridge like this doesn't even make me half full. I just sat down and I feel a little hungry again!
"Is there no extra money at home?"
Old Lady Ye looked at her speechlessly: "You have emptied the coffins of your father and I! You even dug out the half-penny money that was hidden in the rat hole."
Ye Caiping felt numb all over.
Can this original person be a human being? Obviously not!
Old Lady Ye: "Besides, when you were carried back the day before yesterday, you were already dead. We spent three taels of silver to buy two pieces of ginseng, ground them up and poured them into your mouth with water, and only then did you come back to life. We still owe Doctor Zhao two taels of silver."
"In addition, there are five taels from the head of the village and three taels from your second uncle..."
The money owed to the village head and second uncle later was all borrowed for Ye Caiping.
At that time, Li Zhiyuan was going to take the imperial examination, so the original owner went back to her parents' home to ask for money and food. She sold her two pigs, as well as all the chickens and eggs...
Anyway, if Old Man Ye could be sold for money, maybe she would sell the whole family of her mother's children.
After selling all the livestock and surplus grain from her mother's family, the original owner complained that it was not enough. Old Man Ye and Ye Daquan were heartbroken and hurried to borrow money from the head of the village and her second uncle.
This memory rushed into her mind, and Ye Caiping wanted to slap herself in the face.
The original owner was such a bad person!
Everything was fine, but now she has to bear a debt of ten taels!
No, she has to get some money right away! I'll go up the mountain and take a look tomorrow.
Old Mrs. Ye also saw Ye Caiping's worry:
"Don't worry about this kind of thing. You still have your father and two brothers to take care of it! You might as well think about how to find a good husband within three months! If you don't exceed the time, your sister-in-law will find you an ugly one."
"After picking up your sister-in-law in a couple of days, I'll go find Matchmaker Huang!"
Ye Caiping was choked, but Old Lady Ye would not believe her words that she would earn thirty taels without getting married, so she said:
"No matter what family the matchmaker finds, you must not agree to it. You must tell me and get my approval."
Old Lady Ye smiled and said, "Okay, but don't be too picky."
Ye Caiping smiled without saying anything. It was impossible not to be picky! No matter what family they are, there is no satisfaction, only dissatisfaction!
Her parents and two brothers all dote on her, so Ye Caiping doesn't worry that they will go back on their word.
"Grandma." At this time Ye Jiner and Huaner walked in.
Ye Jin'er handed the sweet-scented osmanthus candy wrapped in butter paper to Old Lady Ye:
"Grandpa asked us to keep the candy... I want to share it with my cousins. Grandma, please help me."
Ye Jiner knew that the eldest wife was prejudiced against them, so they didn't dare to eat the candy.
Old Mrs. Ye's face was filled with relief and she quickly put the candy away.
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