After having dinner at Ye Juaner's house on the second day of the Chinese New Year, the news that Ye Qingshan had returned from the border spread throughout Rongxi Village.
Ye Juaner kept talking about this matter when she went to other people's homes to wish them a happy new year.
"Oh, God is so merciful that Qingshan has returned safely. His parents died with their eyes open, so they can rest assured now."
"That's right! Not only did he get married, but he also has two sons! I'll go get them from out of town in the spring!"
"Before, there were people in the village gossiping about our Ye family's ancestral tomb, saying it was bad luck. Now that Qingshan is back, these rumors should be dispelled!"
"Some people are just being unscrupulous. Ever since the Ye family came back, I've been closest to them. If anything really happened, wouldn't my family be the first to suffer?
"But look, my family is doing well. Xiang Lei even went to the capital to be an apprentice."
Ye Juan'er had lived in the village for decades and was familiar with every household. So she went from one house to another and quickly told everyone in the village that Ye Qingshan had returned safely, had a wife and children, and that Ye Donglin had not left no descendants.
It has to be said that the appearance of Ye Qingshan made the people in the village who were already somewhat wavering no longer believe what Wang Erniang said.
Because the house burned down, Wang Erniang and her family can only temporarily live in the empty old house of Liu Guafu's family.
Even the firewood and food they used had to be borrowed from the villagers temporarily.
It was not known whether Mrs. Wang Er was angry or pretending, she lay on the kang and whined that she felt uncomfortable.
Now, when I heard that Ye Qingshan had suddenly returned, I immediately felt chest tightness and shortness of breath.
She finally came up with a good way to deal with the old Ye family, and most people in the village believed it. They had already started to exclude his family, but who knew that the old Ye family didn't do anything at all and it was so easily cracked.
After learning about what Ye Juaner had done, Mrs. Wang Er was so angry that she almost passed away.
"She's always upstaged me since we were little. I finally got the upper hand in getting married, and my life was better than hers. Who knew she'd be gone in a fire now... Why is my life so miserable... It must be the Ye family's unlucky person who brought bad luck to our family..."
She still says this kind of thing. Not only the villagers, but even her own children don't believe it. But she dare not say it out loud, for fear of irritating Mrs. Wang Er again.
The family is already in a terrible situation now, and everyone is having a hard time. They really can't stand Madam Wang Er going crazy or making trouble again.
Ye Qingshan had no idea that his sudden whim to come back actually helped his uncle's family avoid an invisible storm of public opinion and exclusion.
His current worry is that the old man's family is too welcoming and he can't leave at all.
Mrs. Ye prepared different kinds of delicious food every day, Mrs. Ye's second sister-in-law even made him a new set of clothes, and Mrs. Ye's third sister-in-law worked tirelessly to make him a pair of cotton-padded shoes with thousand-layer soles for him to wear at home.
Ye Qingshan also used the excuse of going to pick up his wife and children and wanted to leave first.
Although Old Madam Ye didn't stop him, she insisted, "You can't go alone. Let your eldest brother and the fourth brother accompany you so that you can look after each other."
This was just an excuse. If we really went together, wouldn’t it be exposed?
Ye Qingshan really couldn't find a suitable reason to leave first, so he could only stay temporarily.
This stay lasted until the 14th day of the first lunar month.
The kids have been having so much fun these days that they even go to bed much later than usual.
Because it was the New Year, the adults didn't control them too much.
But that night, Qingtian, contrary to his usual behavior, asked to go to bed early.
"Mom, let's go back to bed!"
Mrs. Ye was playing cards with Old Lady Ye. When she heard this, she turned to look at her daughter and asked, "Are you sleepy?"
"No, go to bed early so you can get up early tomorrow!" said Qingtian.
These days she sleeps until she wakes up naturally, and almost every day she waits until the sun shines on her butt before getting up.
Sister Ye San smiled and said, "Qingtian, do you know that I'm going to take you to the city to play tomorrow?"
Qingtian asked in surprise, "Are we all going into the city tomorrow?"
"Yes, let's go to the city to see the lanterns tomorrow!"
This was something the adults in the family had decided on a long time ago, but they were afraid the children would be too excited if they knew about it, so they kept it a secret from them.
"Then why do you have to get up early tomorrow?" asked Old Mrs. Ye puzzledly.
"Brother Qin said that he would send someone to pick me up to go to the city to play tomorrow!" Qingtian has a very good memory. She still remembers what Qin Hexuan said years ago.
Mrs. Ye slapped her forehead and said, "It seems that this really happened. If Qingtian hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it."
Mrs. Ye said, "There's no need to go to bed so early. Young Master Qin has sent someone to pick you up. They must have come from the capital, so they definitely won't come too early.
"The most important thing about the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is watching the lanterns at night. There's nothing interesting during the day."
But Qingtian firmly believed that Brother Qin would come to pick her up early in the morning, and she insisted on going to bed.
Mrs. Ye had no choice but to shove the cards in her hand to Mr. Ye who was watching the game from the side and said, "You play with mother for a while longer. I'll take Qingtian to bed first."
Ye Qingshan was drawing cards with the three brothers of the Ye family at another table at this time. Although he heard what was said here, he didn't take it too seriously.
He went to bed early the day before, so on the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Qingtian woke up on his own without Ye Dasao calling him. He didn't lie in bed and jumped up to get dressed.
Mrs. Ye came over to help her button up her cotton-padded jacket and asked, "Come and see for yourself, which outfit do you want to wear today?"
"I want to wear red!" Qingtian especially likes red clothes, especially during the Chinese New Year.
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