When Wang Guangping heard this, he smiled even more until his teeth were exposed.
"Your son-in-law is a big shot in the capital, he must be very busy, how can he come to see me?
"When he's free to come over, I'll go to your house and have a chat. Just don't dislike me, sister-in-law!"
"Look at what you're saying. My uncle always says that they're too far away and too busy to take care of us. It's all up to the village chief to take care of us!"
"Old sister-in-law, you are too polite. If you have any problems in the future, just ask your Dalong and Dahu to tell them."
After leaving the village chief's house, Ye Lao Da asked, "Mom, are we leaving just like this?"
"What else can we do if we don't leave? They all have the surname Wang and are one family. We are outsiders.
"Didn't you hear what the village chief said? Do we really have to wait until they chase us away?"
"What should we do?" Boss Ye understood it, but he felt uncomfortable because of the anger in his heart.
Old Madam Ye gritted her teeth and said, "Take me to the county town tomorrow and we'll go find the clan leader.
"After all, we are members of the Ye family. The clan leader can't just sit there and watch us get bullied, right?"
The mother and son were talking as they walked towards the open space, when they suddenly discovered that the woman they had asked for directions before was still standing in the same place.
When the woman saw them coming back, she asked, "Sister-in-law, judging from your accent, you are from outside the Great Wall?"
"Yes!" Old Mrs. Ye nodded.
The woman looked Boss Ye up and down and found some familiar shadows in him.
"Are you guys Dong Hai's family?"
"How do you know?" Old Mrs. Ye had run into too many obstacles today. When she suddenly heard someone ask this question, her nose felt sore and she almost burst into tears.
"Really?" The woman was a little surprised. "I mean, your son looks a lot like Brother Dong Hai."
"Yes, the eldest child in the family looks the most like his father!" Old Mrs. Ye nodded, "I don't know if I should call him that?"
The woman hurriedly introduced herself, "Sister-in-law, my name is Ye Juan'er. Actually, you should call Brother Donghai your cousin."
"Oh, it's my cousin." Old Mrs. Ye immediately warmed up. "I'm ashamed to say that I haven't been able to come back for so many years since I got married. I don't even recognize my relatives here."
"Sister-in-law, just call me Juan'er." Ye Juan'er asked, "I heard a long time ago that Brother Donghai was coming back. Why did it take so long?"
Old Madam Ye's eyes were completely red this time, and she choked up and said, "To be honest, I wanted to come back a few years ago, but who knew that your brother Donghai suddenly fell ill and passed away not long after.
"I was raising four sons by myself, and life was tough, so I gave up the idea of going back to visit my family.
"Fortunately, now that our four sons are married and there's a severe drought outside the Great Wall, we decided to return to our hometown and seek refuge in Donglin."
Ye Juaner exclaimed when she heard this: "Brother Donghai is gone too?"
Old Madam Ye immediately understood the meaning of her words. What do you mean by "gone"? Who else is gone?
"Juan'er, what do you mean by this? Tell me quickly!" Old Mrs. Ye grabbed Ye Juan'er's arm anxiously.
Ye Lao Da's heart sank, but he still advised: "Mom, let's not stand here and talk. Let's go back and find a place to sit down and listen to what our cousin has to say slowly!"
"Okay, okay, I was too anxious." Old Mrs. Ye quickly let go.
Several people returned to the open space, and Old Mrs. Ye called her son and daughter-in-law forward.
"Come and meet me, call me cousin.
"You little ones, come over here and call me, call me grandma."
Suddenly, a flurry of voices calling out to people filled the open space.
Boss Ye took a few benches from the car and asked Old Lady Ye and Ye Juaner to sit down and talk.
"Juan'er, tell me quickly, what's going on?
"Why are the Wang family members living in my old house now?
"To be honest, we just went back home and were chased out. It's no use looking for the village chief..."
And put a piece of fabric in it...
The more Mrs. Ye spoke, the more aggrieved she became.
Ye Juaner sighed and said, "If I had known it was you, I would have stopped you from going.
"The village chief is busy currying favor with Widow Liu's family, so how could he help you get justice?"
"Did the Donglin family move away?"
"Actually...Brother Donglin and his family are long gone."
"What?" Mrs. Ye suddenly shook her body when she heard this. "The whole family is gone?"
Although I have never met my relatives from my hometown, I have heard a lot about them from Mr. Ye over the years.
During the journey of fleeing famine, everyone survived by relying on the hope of seeking refuge with their relatives.
Now that she suddenly heard that the person was gone, even Mrs. Ye, who had experienced many ups and downs in her life, could no longer bear it.
Boss Ye supported Old Lady Ye, and Qingtian was so anxious that he kept calling her grandma.
Mrs. Ye quickly took a bowl of hot water from the pot, added some sugar and asked Old Mrs. Ye to drink it.
Mrs. Ye finally recovered and asked with red eyes, "Juan'er, what on earth is going on?"
"This is a long story." Ye Juaner sighed and then told the Ye family what happened that year.
When Ye Donghai wrote a letter to his hometown saying that he was coming back to visit his relatives, his father Ye Wei was so happy that he told everyone in the village that his eldest son was coming back.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Ye's trip was delayed due to illness, and coincidentally, his father also fell ill not long after.
After all, he was an elderly man, and he passed away after being ill for more than half a month. He didn't even get to see his eldest son before he died.
As a result, only Mr. Ye’s younger brother, Ye Donglin and his family were left living in the old house.
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