Cough cough cough... Ye Yunniang coughed for a while after being choked by Li Pan's words.
"Who told you that Grandma was keeping a lover?"
"Needless to say, we figured it out." Li An's answer only made Ye Yunniang more puzzled.
"How did you figure that out?"
"Grandma won't marry Bao Ye; she keeps him in the neighboring No. 3 courtyard. She goes to stay there for a few days when she's happy, and comes home when she's not. What else is this but being kept as a mistress?"
Ye Yunniang: Well said.
"You know who Master Bao is, right?"
"Prefect of Jiangcheng".
"The local officials of Jiangcheng".
"Since you know, do you really think your grandmother could afford to support a prefect of a prefecture?"
"If they don't keep mistresses, why don't they get married? Isn't that just being a scoundrel?"
Ye Yunniang was speechless again by Li Pan's words, unsure of what to say. Finally, she uttered, "You children don't understand adult matters."
“It’s you adults who always think we kids don’t understand,” Li An retorted.
“This matter is a bit complicated. You should ask your grandma for details,” Ye Yunniang said, passing the question to Cai Damei.
"Grandma would also say, 'This is an adult matter, children shouldn't ask.'" Li Pan didn't need to ask; he already knew how Cai Damei would answer him.
"Then don't ask. Don't bring up your grandmother's affairs. Now let's talk about how harsh you are on yourselves." Ye Yunniang snorted, changing the subject. If they continued talking, Ye Yunniang felt she wouldn't be able to face Cai Damei and Bao Min anymore.
"We don't know when the drought will end. Everything is expensive now, so we want to save as much as we can. Anyway, we can get free meals from other people at the school." Li An said with a hint of pride towards the end.
Since he started freeloading meals, he has discovered a whole new world.
Li Pan nodded, enjoying the food she had eaten at someone else's house.
“This is wrong.” Ye Yunniang disagreed with her two sons’ actions.
“Okay, we won’t freeload off others from now on,” Li An and Li Pan agreed.
Seeing that her two sons did not object and obediently agreed, Ye Yunniang was very satisfied and decided to reveal some information to them.
She got up, went to the hidden compartment of the dressing table, and took out a small box.
"Open."
Li Pan and Li An glanced at each other, and Li Pan reached out and opened the box.
The two of them stared wide-eyed and mouths agape, looking at the box and then at Ye Yunniang.
"Mother, these, these, these, are all, all, all real!?" Li Pan asked, somewhat stammering.
Ye Yunniang nodded, "Really."
"We have so much money!" Li An exclaimed, touching the silver notes in the box; they felt so good.
“He gave me flowers to use,” Ye Yunniang said, holding up one finger.
“Second Uncle,” Li An said with certainty.
"Mother, are you going to marry him?" Li Pan asked, a thought suddenly occurring to her.
“I haven’t thought about it,” Ye Yunniang replied, a response that Li Pan disagreed with.
"Mom, don't follow Grandma's example. She's irresponsible and does lewd things."
“The relationship between him and me is a bit complicated,” Ye Yunniang explained.
“What’s so complicated? Could it be that he… he already has a wife?” Li Pan’s face changed at this thought. “Mother, you can’t be someone’s concubine. I don’t agree.”
"Mother will never be a concubine. Second Uncle's wife ran away with my scumbag father."
Li Pan turned to look at Li An, "Your father? Your second uncle's wife?" The relationship is a bit complicated.
Ang Lee nodded. "They ran away with their own savings."
Li Pan turned back to look at Ye Yunniang, "Mother, what's going on?"
"You are still young,"
“I’m not young anymore. My grandma said I’m the head of the family. I need to know the specifics,” Li Pan retorted.
"Let me speak," Li An was about to say when Ye Yunniang reached out and covered his mouth.
"I'll speak," Ye Yunniang said, pondering where to begin.
"Mother, tell me from the beginning. I need to know everything." Li Pan wanted to understand the intricacies of the situation.
"It all started when I went to the Jiang family to apply for a wet nurse position," Ye Yunniang said, recounting how she and Cai Damei brought Li Pan to Jiangcheng, and how she later entered the Jiang family as a wet nurse to earn money, and how she unexpectedly met Jiang Mingzhe.
Of course, the specifics of her relationship with Jiang Mingzhe are only briefly mentioned or even omitted.
After listening, Li Pan and Li An fell into deep thought.
What are you two thinking about?
"What is Old Man Jiang's third treasure?" Li Pan blurted out.
"It's nothing more than gold and silver treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and precious medicinal herbs," Li An recalled his scumbag father's hoard.
Ye Yunniang, who was initially worried that her two sons wouldn't be able to accept it: ...
"What it is has nothing to do with us."
"Yes, there is a connection."
"Yes, it's very important."
Ye Yunniang asked, puzzled, "It has nothing to do with us?"
"Jiang, did your foster father say that whoever finds the treasure gets to keep it?" Li Pan's words puzzled Ye Yunniang.
Who is your adoptive father?
“His second uncle.” Li Pan pointed at Li An.
“You should say that your adoptive father is Pingping’s father.” Li An rolled his eyes.
"You acknowledge him?" Ye Yunniang was very surprised by her two sons' attitude towards Jiang Mingzhe.
Pingping said that when you encounter a sucker, you should say nice things to them and squeeze as much wealth as possible out of them to enrich yourself.
"Where did Pingping hear these things?" Ye Yunniang wondered who had corrupted her youngest son.
It must be Tong Mo's sharp tongue; she really shouldn't have agreed to let him take care of Pingping. He's corrupted her good son.
“Mother, your youngest son doesn’t need anyone to teach him.” Li Pan thought of her clever younger brother and felt that her mother’s understanding of her younger brother was too one-sided.
Ang Lee remained silent, but his expression showed agreement with Li Pan's words. Their younger brother acted like a well-behaved child in front of their mother and grandmother, but in private, he was incredibly shrewd.
"Alright, alright, it's getting late, you should all go back and rest." Ye Yunniang didn't want to be hurt anymore.
"Mom, we haven't had dinner yet." As Li Pan finished speaking, a gurgling sound rang out.
"Now you know you're hungry?"
"Yes, I'm hungry," Li Pan honestly admitted.
"Mom, I want to eat your fried eggs," Li An requested.
"Mom, I want to eat fried eggs too." Li Pan swallowed hard.
"Okay. I'll go fry some eggs now. I'll use sesame oil to fry the eggs for you." Ye Yunniang got up and went to the kitchen.
I fried eggs in sesame oil and also heated up porridge and steamed buns.
Dried vegetables and diced cured meat are stuffed into the cornbread. The two children take a bite of cornbread, an egg, and then a sip of porridge.
It smells so good.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Ye Yunniang watched the two children wash up and then sent them back to their room to rest.
After leaving the main house, Ye Yunniang did not return to the side room, but went to the backyard and arrived at the door of number 3 and 4.
"Is Guard Luo here?"
Luo Xin jumped out from the shadows. "Madam Ye, what is it?"
"Does Guard Luo know about Liang Hemiao's situation?"
"Liang Hemiao miscarried in July after a dispute with someone. Her life became even more difficult in the Xing family."
"Recently, Liang Hemiao has been currying favor with Xing Jinxiu, and her life is much better now. She's pregnant again." Luo Xin quickly recounted Liang Hemiao's recent situation.
"Is the child Xing Yuanchang's?"
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