Ye Yunniang said that as soon as Wan Guiyong accurately mentioned 200 taels of silver and a large gold bracelet, Cai Damei knew who had said it.
The silver ingots and gold bracelets were brought back by Ye Yunniang herself, without passing through the hands of Granny Tian and Granny Zhang.
When Cai Damei bought the house, she spoke to Cai Xiaomei privately and told her not to tell anyone.
Cai Xiaomei promised at the time that she would not tell any outsiders.
It now appears that Cai Xiaomei has misspoke; she has revealed everything.
After crying, Ye Yunniang felt much better. Knowing that Cai Damei was blaming herself, she changed the subject.
"Mother, Tiexiong saved me. What should we prepare to express our gratitude?"
"Don't worry about this, I'll take care of it. You just rest at home," Cai Damei reassured Ye Yunniang.
Ye Yunniang lay down to rest, feeling very tired.
After Ye Yun fell asleep, Cai Damei took the silver to Zhang Pozi to order 10 catties of spicy dried meat.
When questioned by Granny Zhang, Cai Damei told everyone it was sent to relatives back home. It's best for outsiders not to know what happened to Ye Yunniang.
Cai Damei needed a lot, and the family didn't have enough at the moment. They agreed to pick it up in two days.
Thinking of Ye Yunniang's injuries, Cai Damei turned and walked towards the alley entrance.
Inside the room, Ye Yunniang fell into a deep sleep, dreaming of returning to that alley.
Ye Yunniang ran desperately, trying to escape. But she couldn't get away. No matter which direction she went, someone was chasing her.
He was running so hard he couldn't breathe and felt like he was about to suffocate.
I opened my eyes wide and saw a small black head in front of me.
Pan'er had somehow ended up on Ye Yunniang's bed, sprawled out on top of her, her head resting on her face.
She picked up Pan'er and put him aside. Listening to his soft snores, all of Ye Yunniang's fear disappeared.
She still has a child to raise and no time to be sad for unimportant people.
After getting dressed, Ye Yunniang went to the embroidery frame and began embroidering the screen.
With everything prepared, Cai Damei and Ye Yunniang carried baskets to courtyard number 8 and knocked on the door.
Tie Yi opened the door.
"I want to buy a kitchen knife. The one we have at home is worn out." This was the common explanation given by the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
As expected, upon hearing this explanation, the gate to courtyard number 7 closed again.
"They're all in the backyard, come with me." Tie Yi didn't close the gate and led the two to the backyard.
Tie Yi installed an iron stove in the backyard.
When he wasn't at the shop, he would stay home and make small gadgets. He would also make kitchen knives, scissors, axes, and other tools that his neighbors needed.
In the backyard, Tie Xiong was practicing his boxing.
They assumed that Cai Damei and Ye Yunniang came because they were worried that Wan Guiyong would cause trouble again.
“Aunt Cai, don’t worry about Wan Guiyong. He’s committed a crime and has been thrown into jail. He’ll never get out.” Tie Xiong was disgusted by what Wan Guiyong had done and even made sure the people in jail treated him well.
Wan Guiyong was beaten as soon as he entered the prison. He had no time to think about Ye Yunniang anymore.
Hearing this, Cai Damei breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good."
Cai Damei placed the items from the basket on the stone table. "We came today to thank you for saving our family's lives."
"Thank you, Brother Tiexiong, for saving my life." Ye Yunniang bowed respectfully from the side.
Tie Yi, not knowing what was going on, looked at Tie Xiong and asked with his eyes what had happened.
Tie Xiong looked at the dried meat, wine, and snacks on the table and said, "It's no trouble at all, Aunt Cai, you don't need to prepare these things."
"It was just a small favor for you, but it was a life-saving grace for my daughter and me." Cai Damei was sincerely grateful to Tie Xiong. If anything happened to Ruoyunniang, she and Pan'er wouldn't be able to survive.
"Aunt Cai, don't be so polite. It's only right that I help you." Tie Xiong felt that he hadn't done enough.
“I know these are not enough, I’ll go buy some more.” Cai Damei thought Tie Xiong thought it was too little.
“Really, there’s no need. Compared to what Li Jun has done for me, what I’ve done is nothing.” Tie Xiong said, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stopped what they were doing when they mentioned Li Jun.
"You... know Jun'er?" Cai Damei's face flashed with sadness when she mentioned her son.
The death of her son is her eternal pain.
"Li Jun entered the army camp and was assigned to my command. He was a good soldier, hardworking in training and also very dedicated on the battlefield."
He always said he wanted to earn merit and money so that you could live a good life. Tie Xiong recalled Li Jun's words.
“My Jun’er, I don’t want a good life. I just want you to come back to me alive…” Upon hearing this, Cai Damei couldn’t help but cover her face and weep.
Ye Yunniang helped Cai Damei up, tears welling in her eyes.
If Li Jun were alive, his family would live a simple but happy life in the countryside, even if they weren't wealthy.
Tie Xiong walked up to Cai Damei and knelt down with a thud.
“Li Jun died protecting me from a knife. It’s my fault that your family can’t be together.”
Cai Damei stopped crying. After a while, she stopped wiping away her tears and reached out to Tiexiong to help him up.
“Jun’er will never regret saving you. How can I, as your mother, blame you? If you really want to blame someone, blame the enemy. They are the ones who killed my son.”
Tie Xiong stood up as Cai Da Mei did.
“Aunt Cai, Li Jun and I are like brothers. His mother is my mother. His son is my son. His wife is my sister-in-law. I, Tie Xiong, will take care of you for the rest of my life,” Tie Xiong said as if making a vow.
When Cai Damei and Ye Yunniang came out of the Tie family's house, the baskets they brought contained not only a kitchen knife, but also a sickle and two scissors.
These were the results of Cai Damei's repeated refusals.
Back home, Cai Damei put the basket aside.
"Yunniang, I'm a little tired. I want to go back to my room and sleep for a while."
"Alright, Mother, you go and rest." Ye Yunniang knew that Cai Damei was feeling unwell.
Cai Damei went inside to rest, while Ye Yunniang returned to her room to continue embroidering the screen.
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Ye Yunniang, who didn't like going out much, went out even less because of this. But she had to deliver the embroidered handkerchiefs and screens she had finished.
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