With such a big thing happening in the village, naturally some villagers would want to join in the fun.
But when they arrived at the door of Old Ye's house, they found that there were two huge Buddhas sitting in the house. Who would dare to go in?
Soon, the news spread throughout the village that the county magistrate and the head of the Ye clan were both at the old Ye family.
Mrs. Wang Er was so angry at home that she would throw things around with her hands while doing housework.
Wang Lao Er squatted at the door and smoked. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "Why don't we just live our own lives? Why do you have to get angry with the Ye family?"
"Am I the one who's going to get angry?" Madam Wang Er couldn't stand hearing his discouraging words. "Forget it, Aunt Wang.
“After the Ye family squeezed out Widow Liu’s family, they started to borrow our family’s fortune.
"Look, his family is getting better and better now. It should have been ours!"
Wang Lao Er said helplessly: "Why does it belong to our family? Is it because I can fight off the bandits or you are good at archery? Even if there is no Old Ye family, this benefit will not fall on our family. Why don't you understand?"
"You know shit! What they stole from our family was our fortune. If they hadn't stolen it, something else good would have happened to our family!"
The more Mrs. Wang Er spoke, the angrier she became.
"Now that the county magistrate and the clan leader have all come and are surrounding his house, all that property should have belonged to us!"
"He's crazy, really crazy." Wang Laoer couldn't explain it to her, so he simply took his pipe and went out to look for someone.
Mrs. Wang Er couldn't find anyone to vent her anger on, so she scolded her daughter for no reason, and only then did she feel a little better.
At the old Ye family's side, Ye Dongming was discussing with the county magistrate how to celebrate this event, how to visit the grave and other matters.
"Of course we'll have to play gongs and drums to liven things up, and invite a few lion dancers," the county magistrate said. "It would be best if we could have a party all the way from Rongxi Village to the county seat, so everyone along the way knows about this great event!"
"Yes, that's fine." Ye Dongming nodded repeatedly, and then argued for Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao Si, "Our clan wants to commend these two people. Do you think the county government should also show some appreciation?"
The county magistrate was naturally not vague about this matter.
If Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao Si had only made contributions and achieved merit in suppressing the bandits, he would naturally not be so active.
But these two were praised by the emperor himself.
In other words, even the emperor has personally commended it, how could the county be careless about this matter?
"The two heroes have made great contributions in suppressing the bandits, but that was not for their own benefit, but for the benefit of the village, right?
"Our Fengle County has been plagued by banditry in the past few months, causing panic among the people and preventing them from living in peace and working in the fields.
"Now that you two have helped us solve the bandit problem, how could our county government not express its gratitude?
"Patriarch Ye, please rest assured that I will do my job well. I will definitely give you, the Ye clan, enough face."
"Okay, then it's settled!" Ye Dongming said, raising the teacup in his hand and clinking it with the county magistrate.
The two men smiled at each other, and decided on the matter with tea instead of wine, without even asking for the opinions of Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao Si.
However, in this matter, their opinions don't seem to be that important.
There was nothing they could do except agree.
After the matter was settled, the two men stood up and prepared to leave.
"County Magistrate, Clan Leader, now that we're here, we should at least have lunch at home before leaving!"
The county magistrate found an excuse and said, "I won't bother you any more. I have a lot of official business to attend to at the yamen. I was able to come here only because I had time. I really can't delay any longer."
Ye Dongming said, "I'm going back with the County Magistrate as a companion. I have to tell the elders of the clan this good news quickly, otherwise they will all blame me to death in the future!"
The whole family went out to see them off, and when they came back they found that there was still a Huang Niangzi at home.
The scene was a little awkward for a moment.
However, Mrs. Huang seemed not to notice at all and sat down next to Old Lady Ye with a smile.
"Old sister, I heard that your youngest son is alone now?"
"Oh, yes, but he..."
Before Old Lady Ye could explain, Lady Huang continued, "Such a handsome young man, who has received the Emperor's commendation, if you want to find a wife, you can choose from all the girls in Fengle County!"
As she spoke, she took out a stack of portraits from the small box she brought with her and stuffed them into Ye Lao Si's hands without saying anything, "Take a look, is there anything you like?"
Ye Laosi's face immediately darkened.
Fortunately, Boss Ye had just told him that if he was unhappy, he should go back to his room and ignore her, but he must not offend the matchmaker.
That's why Ye Lao Si endured and endured, and didn't throw the stack of portraits on her wrinkled and pale old face.
He placed the portrait back on the table and said, "Thank you for your concern, but I don't plan to think about it for the time being."
After saying this, Ye Laosi stood up and left.
Old Madam Ye hurriedly tried to smooth things over, saying, "This child values friendship and had a good relationship with his original wife. Who would have thought something like this would happen.
"So I'm really sorry. Although I don't have to guard her, it doesn't make sense to bring a second wife into the house right after the original wife dies.
"When his excitement subsides and he wants to marry a wife, we'll come back to you to help us find a match."
The reason why Old Lady Ye said this was to avoid making things too awkward.
After all, they have come all the way here, so we can't just not give them any verbal benefits.
Who would have thought that Old Lady Ye was still here feeling embarrassed for others, but Lady Huang didn't notice it at all. Instead, she smiled and waved her hand, saying, "It's not a problem, it's not a problem."
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