In previous years, Cai Damei never went to the Zhou family's house on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Why is it that this year, Cai Damei is going to the Zhou family's house alone with Shushu?
Has something happened?
Ye Yunniang put down her bowl and chopsticks and walked to the door.
"mother."
Cai Damei, who had just reached courtyard number 3, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
Are you going to your aunt's house?
"Yeah, you're going too?"
"No. I wanted to say that you should wish my aunt a Happy New Year for me."
“Sister-in-law, I’ll kowtow to Auntie on your behalf to get your New Year’s money,” Cai Shuyi said, nodding her head.
Cai Damei tied two small buns for Cai Shuyi with a hair tie with bells. The buns jingled as she moved.
"Thank you for your hard work, Shushu." Ye Yunniang patted Cai Shuyi's little tuft of hair.
"It's not hard work. Shushu likes receiving New Year's money."
Cai Damei took Cai Shuyi's hand and walked towards the alley entrance.
Looking at the mother and son, Ye Yunniang had a vague feeling that something was wrong.
"Mother, what are you looking at?" The three brothers, who had returned from the end of the alley, saw Ye Yunniang standing there in a daze.
"Oh, it's nothing."
Ye Yunniang reached out and touched the backs of the three children; the towels on their backs were soaked with sweat.
I let the three children into the house and took away their damp towels. I put a dry one in their pockets before letting them go out to pay their respects.
Ye Yunniang sat in the main room waiting for people to come to the Li family to pay New Year's greetings.
Hongyan arrived with her two children.
"Happy New Year, Auntie." Tuantuan led her younger sister to wish Ye Yunniang a Happy New Year.
"Happy New Year! Have some melon seeds and candy." Ye Yunniang gestured for the two children to grab the candy and melon seeds themselves.
"Thank you, Auntie." The two children thanked her first, then each grabbed a handful of melon seeds and two pieces of candy. They ran off to the next house to offer New Year's greetings.
After the children left, Ye Yun turned her gaze to Hongyan.
"What happened?"
"It's okay, I just can't come to your house."
"Normally it's nothing, but today is the first day of the Lunar New Year."
No matter what, Hongyan should be at home.
Hongyan took a big gulp of tea. "I had a fight with Niu Dajiao and don't want to stay at home anymore."
Why argue with her?
"Niu Dajiao wants to send something to Ma Hui."
Ye Yunniang thought for a while before remembering who Ma Hui was. He was Niu Dajiao's youngest son, and the man of the deceased Wang Qiang.
“It’s only natural for a mother to send things to her son.”
Niu Dajiao didn't object to sending things to her youngest son.
What annoyed her was that Niu Dajiao kept bringing up the fact that Wang Qiang had made Hongyan have a child for Ma Hui, and repeatedly told the children that Hongyan had seduced Ma Kouzi and his son.
"Her arm hasn't fully healed yet. And she's already causing trouble in the household." Ye Yunniang was speechless at Niu Dajiao.
"It's just that her arm isn't fully healed. She can't go out and cause trouble, so she's been making a ruckus at home. Chunxing has lost weight because of all the trouble she's caused her." Hongyan was full of disgust for Niu Dajiao.
"Let your man keep an eye on things."
“If he could have kept me in check, I wouldn’t have had any problems in the first place.”
"How so?"
Hongyan and Ye Yunniang explained that Ma Kouzi genuinely liked Niu Dajiao when he was young.
At the time, Ma Kouzi's parents disagreed, feeling that Niu Dajiao was too unreliable and undisciplined, and not a good candidate for a wife.
Ma Kouzi is stubborn and has taken a liking to Niu Dajiao, determined to marry no one but her.
Unable to dissuade their son, the parents asked a matchmaker to go to the Niu family to propose marriage to Niu Dajiao.
With her mother-in-law keeping her in check, Niu Dajiao has a better personality and does all the housework.
They are busy all day long and have little opportunity to gossip outside.
With her in-laws gone, there was no more restraint. Niu Dajiao was like a horse that had broken free of its reins.
Aside from eating and sleeping, he spends all his time outside chatting with people, gossiping about this family and that family.
Nobody wants to talk to her about it.
Niu Dajiao sat at the alley entrance watching people come and go, making up stories about them.
When the people who spread the rumors came to his door, Ma Kouzi realized he was in trouble and apologized.
It was from that time on that he became stingy.
Ma Kouzi started by calling Niu Dajiao, then he started cursing, and finally he hit him.
Niu Dajiao ignored him and continued talking outside.
Ma Kouzi was utterly disappointed with Niu Dajiao and moved to the side room.
The two lived separately, but Niu Dajiao didn't mind and spent her days gossiping with others.
As time went on, Ma Kouzi felt lonely and wanted someone to talk to.
Hongyan appears, and the two get together.
“I admit I’m not a good person. But after we got together, I never did anything to wrong him.”
"Does Ma Kouzi suspect you?"
“He knows everything I do every day. But Niu Dajiao always talks about the past, which is hard for any man to accept.” Hongyan was annoyed by Niu Dajiao.
"I haven't considered moving elsewhere." Everyone in Wanxia Lane knows about Hongyan's past.
As the children grow up, some of them will inevitably start gossiping.
"I've thought about it. I've even found a house I like. But I'm out of money."
"The money is gone?"
“Niu Dajiao took it and sent it to Ma Hui.”
"Niu Dajiao is so good to her son?" Ye Yunniang couldn't believe it. In her mind, Niu Dajiao was selfish and greedy.
"Even if we didn't tell you, we wouldn't believe it."
Hongyan and Ma Kouzi checked, and Niu Dajiao did indeed send it to Ma Hui.
To ensure Ma Hui could obtain it, they even used the official post station.
It's written in black and white; you have no choice but to believe it.
"Maybe she sent it on purpose so you wouldn't move out," Ye Yunniang thought of a possibility.
Hongyan was taken aback, recalling that Niu Dajiao had been talking nonsense about the time in front of the children, which was exactly the time when she and Ma Kouzi were looking at houses.
"You cunning bastard! You dare to scheme against me."
After hearing this, Hongyan rolled up her sleeves and went home to settle accounts with Niu Dajiao.
Ye Yunniang wanted to go and see, but someone had to stay at home, so she could only ask Hongyan next time.
Just then, two people walked in through the gate.
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