Chapter 25
Mother Ye felt wronged, but she didn't dare to protest loudly. She could only murmur softly: "It was you who asked us to buy so many vegetables. You said that we had to at least let Shen Yao feel our sincerity, and then he would help Ye Yu find a job."
"I told you to buy more vegetables, but you don't need to buy so many! The situation at home is already bad, and you are still so careless. Do you really want me to starve with you?" Ye's father roared.
Mother Ye did not dare to refute. She said, "If Chen Yao is unwilling to help us, what can Ye Yu do? He has never suffered hardship before. Now he must be unable to bear it every day in the countryside."
Father Ye's face was gloomy. After thinking for a while, he said, "Chen Yao is unwilling to help us. He must think that the gift we gave him is not enough. Next time, if we bring more things to him, he might be willing to help."
Ye's mother nodded in agreement.
Ye Fuyue and Shen Yao didn't know what Ye's father and mother were thinking yet, and they had already walked a long way on their bicycles.
"My mother's cooking skills are really bad! She doesn't cook usually, so a whole table of food was wasted by her." On the way, Ye Fuyue did not forget to complain.
Shen Yao smiled faintly: "Let's eat outside before going back."
"Okay!" Ye Fuyue had no objection.
So the two of them went to the state-owned restaurant for another meal. But this time the meal was simpler, with each of them having a bowl of noodles.
After eating, when they passed by a cinema, the two went to watch a movie and then returned home happily.
As soon as they entered the compound, they saw Chen Guifeng.
Chen Guifeng, Zhou Jinmei, Aunt Xie, and Aunt Liang sat under a tree in the courtyard, enjoying the cool air and chatting.
"Mom—" Ye Fuyue shouted, "We're back."
Before Chen Guifeng could say anything, Aunt Xie spoke up first: "Oh, the Shen family's daughter-in-law is wearing new clothes again today! She's only been married for a few days, and she wears new clothes every day. She really knows how to live!"
Everyone could hear the sarcasm in Aunt Xie's words.
Chen Guifeng smiled and said, "There's nothing I can do. My Chen Yao loves his wife so much that he likes to see her wearing new clothes."
"It's definitely different when you first get married," Aunt Xie said with a smile. "When a man first gets married, he cherishes his wife the most and treats her like a treasure. He buys her whatever she wants. But once the novelty wears off, it's no longer the same."
"Hongyan, no wonder I saw you didn't have any new clothes. It turns out this is the situation you described." Chen Guifeng looked up and down at Aunt Xie's clothes today and said in sudden realization.
Xie Hongyan, also known as Aunt Xie, turned pale when she heard what Chen Guifeng said.
She gritted her teeth and forced a smile, "Old Yao and I have been married for decades. How can we compare with these young comrades?"
"You know you can't compare yourself with the young comrades, so why do you care whether my wife is wearing new clothes? We are all old and can't keep up with the ideas of the young comrades, so don't meddle in their affairs." Chen Guifeng said.
Ye Fuyue also smiled and said at the right moment: "Actually, I don't have many new clothes. It just so happened that you, Aunt Xie, saw them all. Aunt Xie has a really good eye."
After being confronted by Chen Guifeng and being given a way out by Ye Fuyue, Aunt Xie secretly pursed her lips and stopped talking about this topic.
From the moment Ye Fuyue and the others appeared, Zhou Jinmei had been staring at them. She knew that today was the day Ye Fuyue would return home, and she wanted to see what Ye Fuyue would bring back from her parents' home.
A few days ago, Ye Fuyun returned to her parents' home, but she did not bring anything back from her parents' home. She was scolded by Zhou Jinmei, who said that the 50 yuan betrothal money she had given was completely wasted. She had no dowry and brought nothing back from her parents' home.
Fortunately, Zhou Jinmei had long seen through the character of the Ye family's parents, so she didn't let Ye Fuyun take anything back on the day of the return visit. This made Zhou Jinmei feel at least a little relieved.
Aunt Liang, who had been silent the whole time, saw that Ye Fuyue and Shen Yao were both empty-handed, and pretended to be surprised and said, "Shen Yao, aren't you going back to your parents' home today? Your parents didn't let you bring anything back?"
"Yes!" Aunt Xie agreed.
She was so focused on looking at Ye Fuyue's new clothes that she had forgotten about this matter.
Now, after being reminded by Aunt Liang, Aunt Xie immediately continued, "Fuyue, your parents didn't prepare anything for you and asked you to bring it back? This is really wrong."
Ye Fuyue smiled calmly, "My parents are just like that. The last time Fuyun came back, she brought back a pound of brown sugar, but my parents didn't let Fuyun bring anything back."
Zhou Jinmei, who was watching the show, stood up from her chair in shock and anger: "What did you say? Ye Fuyun brought back a pound of brown sugar?"
"Yes." Ye Fuyue blinked innocently, "Didn't you, Aunt Zhou, prepare that pound of brown sugar?"
Zhou Jinmei's face was filled with anger.
You're such a jerk, Ye Fuyun! How dare you sneak something back to your parents' home?
Zhou Jinmei couldn't stay there any longer, so she turned around and rushed home.
Ye Fuyue looked at her innocently.
She knew that the brown sugar Ye Fuyun brought back that day was most likely prepared by Ye Fuyun himself. Zhou Jinmei and Ye's father and mother were the same.
Because of Ye Fuyue's words, everyone's attention turned to Ye Fuyun and Zhou Jinmei, and all kinds of gossip started. No one cared anymore whether Ye Fuyue came back from her parents' home empty-handed.
Ye Fuyue and Shen Yao went home quietly.
The other side.
Shen Shun and Wu Aixia met again on the way home from school.
When Chen Shun saw Wu Aixia, he said, "My brother has known for a long time that my sister-in-law and your brother were dating. He also said that people who are in a relationship will eventually break up for various reasons. Some gay men, to save face, will tell others that it's a lesbian they don't want, but the actual situation is only known to me."
Wu Aixia was unhappy: "Your brother means that it is possible that it was not my brother who dumped your sister-in-law?"
Shen Shun nodded.
Wu Aixia sneered, "I think your brother is the one who's too proud to admit that his wife was dumped by my brother. My brother is so outstanding, and my current sister-in-law dotes on him like crazy, and she always goes along with him. But your sister-in-law has nothing, and my brother doesn't even look down on her."
Shen Shun was skeptical.
If Wu Aixia said that Shen Yao was not as good as Wu Longfei, Shen Shun would definitely try his best to defend his second brother.
However, when Wu Aixia said that Ye Fuyue was not as good as Wu Longfei, Shen Shun believed it.
In his eyes, Ye Fuyue was useless. He didn't understand why his second brother would be interested in Ye Fuyue. It was very likely that someone like this would be dumped by Wu Longfei.
So, my second brother is the one who really cares about face?
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