After letting her son apologize, Ye Juan'er was about to go home, but Old Madam Ye grabbed her and said, "Since you're here, why don't you stay for dinner?"
"How can this be? We came here to apologize. There's no reason for us to stay for dinner."
Ye Juan'er refused, but was grabbed by the arm by Old Lady Ye.
"There's nothing delicious here, so just have a quick bite. After that, it's just in time for the third child to go with his uncle to repair the windmill."
Upon hearing this, Ye Juaner no longer refused and pushed Liu Quan and said, "Go and help move the furniture, I'll help them cook!"
Everyone worked together and the furniture was soon put in its proper place. A large table large enough for the whole family to sit around and eat was also placed in the main room.
Breakfast was still cornmeal porridge and pancakes. Because there were guests, Mrs. Ye also made two bowls of side dishes with the leftover vegetables from yesterday.
Old Madam Ye finally remembered and said, "Boss, go to the city today and buy some food. We don't have much food left.
"In addition to coarse grains, buy some fine grains too. We can't just eat corn all the time during the New Year holidays."
"Okay, Mom, I understand." Boss Ye nodded.
After breakfast, Ye Juaner took her son home, and Liu Quan and Ye Laosan went to the riverside to continue repairing the waterwheel.
Boss Ye took the silver that Old Lady Ye had just given him, hitched a ride on the flatbed and prepared to go out.
Mrs. Ye told Qingtian to stay at home and not to run around anymore.
Qingtian nodded repeatedly. Now that she had a puppy at home to play with her, the outside world naturally had no such great appeal to her.
"Come on up and sit tight." Boss Ye slung the cart strap over his shoulder and called his wife to get in.
Mrs. Ye got into the car and moved her butt further in before saying, "Okay, let's go!"
Boss Ye pulled the cart out of the path in front of his house and met a few women holding hoes. They seemed to be preparing to go to the fields to work.
Although they didn't know each other, the couple still smiled, nodded and greeted each other.
Unfortunately, the attitudes of the other people were quite cold.
After the two sides passed each other, Boss Ye and Sister Ye heard a few people muttering behind them.
"Why is that woman sitting in the cart by herself and letting the man pull it? She really doesn't care about her man at all!"
"Who says it's not true? It's just not possible for people from outside the Great Wall. I heard that women over there are very arrogant."
After hearing their discussion, Boss Ye's hands, which were gripping the shaft of the cart, clenched so tightly that veins bulged.
Mrs. Ye said, "Boss, when we were leaving, I said I didn't want to sit, but you insisted on letting me sit.
"Did you hear what the aunts said? This is wrong. Don't do this again in the future."
After hearing her words, Boss Ye's face, which had been gloomy just now, showed a hint of smile and said, "Just sit still. Don't you know? Men outside the Great Wall all love their wives!
"Besides, if I let you walk there, won't my mother scold me if she finds out?"
After hearing this, the women immediately looked embarrassed.
But they were the ones who started talking behind the scenes about Boss Ye and his wife, so it was not easy to say anything at this time. They just walked away quickly, mumbling.
Only after Boss Ye drove the cart out of the village did the couple couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"It's a pity I didn't see their expressions just now. They must have been very interesting." Boss Ye said, "I didn't expect you to be so sharp-tongued. I thought you would definitely try to persuade me to keep quiet!"
"I learned all this from the third son's wife." Mrs. Ye said with a smile, "As a person, you can't always be tolerant, otherwise people will think you are easy to bully.
"They were talking so loudly just now because they wanted us to hear them and test our limits!
"If we back down this time, they'll be more aggressive than ever!"
"That's right!" Boss Ye nodded approvingly. "We never start trouble, but we can't be afraid of it if we're bullied!"
The couple chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at the county town.
Mrs. Ye had already made arrangements in her mind.
"Let's go to the market first and buy some vegetables and meat, then go to the grain store and buy some food and go home directly."
As soon as the two arrived at the market, they saw a group of people gathered there in a noisy manner.
Boss Ye was curious and stopped to ask the people watching the fun nearby.
Then I realized that someone's donkey had broken its back and was no longer able to function, so it was sold to a butcher's shop and had just been slaughtered.
When Mrs. Ye heard about donkey meat, she immediately became excited and pushed him, saying, "Go buy some quickly, buy a big piece. I'm just wondering what to give to the families I helped yesterday!"
"Buy a piece of donkey meat and make it into five-spice donkey meat. Give a piece to each family. It's delicious and presentable!"
Upon hearing this, Boss Ye immediately parked the car and, relying on his tall and strong stature, protected Mrs. Ye and squeezed in.
"Brother, how much do you sell this donkey meat for?"
"30 wen a jin without bones, 20 wen a jin with bones, and 15 wen a jin with offal."
Before the butcher had even finished speaking, voices shouting "the price is too high" were heard all around.
Boss Ye also smacked his teeth when he heard this. A pound of pork was only a dozen cents, but the price of donkey meat was doubled.
The butcher said, "Look at the teeth of this donkey. This is not one of those old donkeys that can't pull the mill anymore. It has only been raised for three years.
“If it hadn’t broken its back, I wouldn’t have been able to kill it and sell its meat!
"Just buy this meat and eat it. It's guaranteed to be delicious and tender!"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Ye stepped forward to take a look at the donkey meat on the cart. Confirming that it was indeed of good quality, she asked, "If I buy a few more pounds, can you give me a discount?"
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