"If she had just let herself be manipulated, the seedlings wouldn't have survived,"
Under Xu Dalei's disappointed gaze, Liang Maimiao did not continue speaking.
"Listen to yourself, are you even speaking human language? You scheme against others, but you don't allow them to fight back."
As for going to the Xing family, it was my aunt and maternal grandmother who insisted on going despite my maternal grandfather and uncle's advice.
"Liang Hemiao deserved to be bullied and tortured," Xu Dalei stated, expressing his opinion.
Xu Dalei regretted listening to Liang Maimiao and pretending to reconcile with the Li brothers with his younger brother.
Furthermore, it would have been wrong not to stop Erlei in time when something went wrong, allowing him to indulge in jealousy and do shameless and despicable things.
"What you're doing will ruin your youngest son."
*Slap!* Liang Maimiao stood up and slapped her eldest son hard across the face.
He regretted it immediately after hitting her, "Da Lei, I didn't mean to. I, I, I, I..."
Liang Maimiao's lips trembled; she didn't know how to explain.
Xu Dalei didn't look at Liang Maimiao and turned to leave.
Liang Maimiao slumped back into her chair, unable to understand why things had come to this.
"It's all Ye Yunniang's fault."
Hearing Liang Maimiao's words, Xu Dalei, who was standing at the door, completely gave up.
The argument between the mother and son next door went unnoticed by Ye Yunniang and her four daughters-in-law. They were enjoying their meal.
The three children ate heartily, feeling incredibly satisfied. I wish time could stand still here.
After dinner, the family sat down to listen to Li Ping recount his experience of auditing accounts in Changxiang County.
Li Ping has a keen eye for numbers and an excellent memory. He could spot the problems with the ledger almost instantly.
“A mere clerk embezzled 3,000 taels of silver in just six months. How many ordinary people will be ruined and killed because of him?” Li Pan’s compassion was stronger than that of Li An and Li Ping.
"And then what?"
"Mo's father led his men to arrest the corrupt registrar and confiscated his property. They used the confiscated money to buy grain and distribute it to the starving people."
"Pingping, why do you call Tong Mo 'Mo Die'?" Ye Yunniang asked, puzzled.
Li Ping realized that he had shouted something he shouldn't have.
"Well?" Li Ping thought for a moment while giving his two older brothers a look, asking them to help him come up with an excuse.
Li Pan and Li An exchanged a helpless look.
"Don't make excuses, tell the truth." Ye Yunniang said sternly, noticing the interaction between the three children.
Li Ping told Tong Mo about the agreement between them.
Tong Mo spent money to buy Li Ping to call him "Dad," and Li Ping thought that it would be a fool not to make money when there was money to be made.
Li Ping changed his address to "Father Mo." He received 50 taels of silver from Tong Mo every month.
"Do we get paid for shouting?" was Li An's first reaction after hearing this.
"Is that okay?" Li Pan's eyes lit up as well.
"Yes/No"
Li Ping said it was possible, while Ye Yunniang said it wasn't.
“You can’t just call your sons ‘father’ and ‘mother’ randomly. You have a father.” Ye Yun’s mother didn’t want her sons to become money-grubbing people.
“Your mother is right. You can’t just call your parents ‘father’ or ‘mother’ randomly,” Cai Damei disagreed.
“We are not making empty claims; we are engaging in an equal exchange.”
"Yes, we did it to make the elderly happy."
“We’re here to make money. If the family is rich, Grandma, you can keep as many mistresses as you want.”
Cough cough cough... Ye Yunniang sprayed the tea out of her mouth.
Li An, who was sitting opposite him, got sprayed in the face and reached up to wipe his face.
"Mom, how old are you? Why are you choking on your tea?"
Li Ping took out a money pouch from his pocket and handed it to Cai Damei, saying, "Grandma is giving you money; take it to support your mistress."
Cai Damei was first stunned by her eldest grandson's words, and then even more confused by her youngest grandson's actions.
"Who told you I was going to keep a mistress?" Cai Damei said, looking at Ye Yunniang.
"I didn't say that, I never said it." Ye Yunniang shook her head and waved her hands, indicating that she did not teach it.
"I figured it out myself without anyone telling me." Li Pan repeated what he had told Ye Yunniang before to his grandmother, adding his latest thoughts.
Li Pan had inquired and found out that those kept outside the home were considered mistresses who could not be openly acknowledged.
"Grandma, I'm still young and can't earn much money right now. You wait, when I grow up and earn lots of money, I'll buy you a big house. Then you can bring all those mistresses you keep outside back and live with us."
After Li Pan finished speaking, Li An and Li Ping nodded in agreement.
"Grandma, we'll work hard to earn money too."
"Grandma, I think Uncle Luo Xin is pretty good. He's skilled in martial arts and can protect people. Plus, he's not married yet."
Cough cough cough... Ye Yunniang coughed violently again. What had her sons been learning at school?
"Okay, Grandma will wait." Cai Damei looked at her three grandsons with affection.
Bao Min, who was listening outside, scrutinized Luo Xin with sharp eyes.
Luo Xin subconsciously tensed up. "My lord, I am utterly loyal to you and have no other intentions."
"Luo Xin, you're not getting any younger, it's time to get married."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the wedding will be the day after tomorrow, no, tomorrow." Luo Xin thought to himself that even if he had to tie someone up, he would still tie a woman up and marry her.
"Those who come here later must all have been married."
"yes."
Knock, knock, knock—the sound of knocking on the door rang out.
Ye Yunniang opened the courtyard gate, and Chunyao stood at the door.
"Let's go inside and talk."
As Chunyao spoke, she walked toward the main hall.
Ye Yunniang closed the door and went to the kitchen to bring tea into the main room.
After drinking a glass of water, Chunyao began to speak.
Two days ago, Ye Yunniang came to my house and spoke with certainty about Liang Maimiao and Wang Jinsheng's affair.
Chunyao agreed verbally, but she didn't believe it in her heart. How could these two be together?
Because she had promised Ye Yunniang that she would take a moment to visit Xiangji Teahouse when she was busy at the shop the day before yesterday.
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