Having said that, until dinner time, Old Mrs. Ye still looked uninterested.
At the dinner table, she said, "Second and third sons, you should hurry up and take your children home tomorrow.
We can’t stay in Beijing all the time, the children still have to go to school!
"Besides, there are already enough people here at your sister-in-law's place. There's almost no place to stay."
Upon hearing this, Ye Lao Er asked, "Mom, aren't you going back?"
"I have to take care of the fourth son!" Old Mrs. Ye said, "Third son, you stay home for a few days and help the second son with the farm work and your wife. You can go back to the carpentry workshop when I get back."
"Okay!" Ye Lao San nodded in response.
This is the only way for now. Otherwise, if Ye Lao Er and Ye San Sao go back to the village, who knows how much unpleasant gossip will arise.
Upon hearing this, Boss Ye said, "Mom, I'll take you with me tomorrow and let's go look at houses!"
Who knew that when Mrs. Ye heard this, her face showed no joy at all. Instead, she frowned and said, "Who said we're going to look at houses tomorrow?"
"This..." Boss Ye hit a snag and for a moment he didn't know how he had offended the old lady.
He glanced at the faces of the other people in the house, and everyone looked confused.
After dinner, Old Mrs. Ye went back to her room immediately.
"What's wrong with mother? Didn't you say that the marriage was almost settled?" Mrs. Ye asked in confusion.
"I guess you still think buying a house in Beijing is too expensive?" Boss Ye guessed.
Ye Lao Si just found out about this and asked in surprise, "The Zhou family wants us to buy a house in Beijing?"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Ye quickly said, "This isn't an unreasonable request. What kind of life has Miss Zhou been leading at home? Do her parents want to see their daughter suffer by marrying you?"
Ye Lao Si still frowned: "I have told her that I don't have much money now, but the village has just built a house, which can be used as our wedding house.
“As for the rest, I will work hard in the future.
"Why are her parents still like this? Aren't they just trying to make things difficult for her?
"Look how worried mother is."
When Sister-in-law Ye San saw that something was wrong with Ye Lao Si, she quickly interrupted him and said, "Lao Si, it's very reasonable for their parents to make this request.
"It's not like our family can't afford it, so don't dwell on it."
Mrs. Ye also hurriedly said: "Isn't it true? When we were outside the Great Wall, when we married into your family, didn't we all ask your family to build a new house for us?
"It's just that the new house is now located in the capital instead of the village outside the pass."
The three sisters-in-law talked to each other and soon calmed Ye Lao Si down.
Seeing this, Boss Ye spoke up: "I also discussed this with the second and third brothers this afternoon.
"Houses in the capital aren't as expensive as you think. The four of us brothers can pool our money together and it won't be too hard. We can definitely buy you a house."
Ye Lao San nodded repeatedly upon hearing this and said, "Yes, that's why we don't understand what mother is worried about."
"I asked her this afternoon, but the old lady didn't say anything!" Ye Laoer scratched his head helplessly.
Mrs. Ye thought about it and suggested, "Let's go and ask Qingshan's wife tomorrow and ask her for us. Maybe the old lady will tell us."
Sure enough, the next morning, Boss Ye and Mrs. Ye invited Shao to their home and asked her to have a good talk with Old Madam Ye.
Old Mrs. Ye was sitting on the couch by the window, staring out the window in a daze.
As soon as Shao entered the room, she said, "Old lady, I came to see you!"
"Oh, Qingshan's wife, why are you here?" Old Mrs. Ye came to her senses and hurried to get up.
Mrs. Shao, however, showed no airs at all. She held Old Madam Ye down with one hand and said, "Don't get up now. It's just right for us two mothers to talk here."
"The eldest couple asked you to come, right?" Old Mrs. Ye guessed it at once.
Mrs. Shao also sat on the couch, leaning against the window with Old Lady Ye.
"Old lady, you actually know everything, so why keep them guessing?
"Your sons and daughters-in-law are so filial! If you tell others about them, they will surely make people envious. What else do you have to worry about?"
After hearing this, Old Lady Ye couldn't help but sigh.
"It's because my children are so filial that I can't rely on them for everything!"
"Auntie, I don't understand what you mean." Mrs. Shao was confused by what Old Lady Ye said.
"That's what happened." Facing Shao, Old Mrs. Ye finally opened up.
“When the old man was still alive and dying, he told the four of them.
"Tell them to wait until the fourth son gets married before dividing the family property. They must help me find a wife for the fourth son."
"Yeah, so now everyone should help out and buy the house."
"The fourth brother has already married once. If I hadn't escaped the famine, I would have divided the family property among the four brothers.
"Now the fourth brother wants to get married again, and it costs so much money. Tell me, how can an old woman like me ask these three brothers for money again?"
"This..." Shao thought about it and it seemed to be true.
But if the three brothers don’t help, Ye Lao Si alone won’t be able to buy a house!
Shao thought for a moment and said, "Old lady, how about this? I'll lend the money for buying the house to the fourth son. When he has more money, he can pay me back slowly."
But after hearing this, Old Lady Ye shook her head and said, "How can that be possible? That would be like lying!
"If you can afford it, buy it. If you can't, don't buy it. How can you borrow money and expect others to pay you back?"
Shao was at her wit's end and said helplessly, "Old lady, you're really stuck in a dilemma!"
Old Madam Ye sighed again and said, "Do you think someone my age can still find a job in the capital?"
Boss Ye, who was hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, finally couldn't help it and knocked on the door and came in and said, "Mom, aren't you asking for trouble?
"The four of us brothers have agreed. The fourth brother has about fifty taels of silver in his hand. You can probably give him a little more. The rest will be shared equally by the three of us brothers. Each of us won't have to pay too much."
"The fourth brother and I together can't even come up with a hundred taels of silver. You three brothers, each of you should come up with at least thirty or forty taels of silver!
"This is not a small amount of money. Don't make the decision. Have you discussed it with your wife?"
Mrs. Ye Dasao and Mrs. Ye Ersao also followed into the house.
"Don't worry, mother, we've already discussed it." Sister Ye said, "Forty or fifty taels of silver, the three of us can still come up with it.
"Don't think about whether the money is paid back or who is taking advantage.
"We're all going to open a shop and do business in the capital in the future, so there's no doubt that we'll need Fourth Brother's help. Who knows who'll suffer and who'll gain at the end of the day!"
Mrs. Ye also said: "Yes, mother, why should we care about these things as a family!"
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