Chapter 27 The Unreasonable Mother-in-Law
After leaving Yaoji Cloth Shop, Manager Yao repeatedly reminded us to bring the finished woven threads to her shop to sell, and that the price would be absolutely fair.
Zhang Juexia responded with a smile, and after walking a few steps, she saw Ye Yunhai's ox cart.
Ye Beixiu explained to her, "I just called Uncle Yun Hai. I've already paid for the ride, and he agreed to only take us."
Zhang Juexia happily got on the ox cart.
She had indeed walked too much today and was tired.
However, I am in a very good mood.
After Li Yiqun and Ye Suyun sat down, Ye Beishan and Ye Beixiu sat in the front of the ox cart, urging Ye Yunhai to go faster.
On the ox cart, no one asked how much silver the deer was sold for, and Ye Beixiu and Zhang Juexia didn't mention it either.
Li Yiqin noticed the earrings on Zhang Juexia's ears and asked quietly, "Bei Xiu bought them recently."
"Um."
"This guy is really good. Suyun, when you look for someone in the future, you should look for someone like your brother Beixiu."
Ye Suyun's face instantly turned red, "Sister-in-law is teasing me again."
"I'm telling the truth. Ask your sister-in-law Bei Xiu if your brother Bei Xiu is okay."
"Sister-in-law!"
"Sister-in-law."
Ye Suyun and Zhang Juexia tickled her from the left and right.
There was laughter on the ox cart.
This time, Ye Yunhai helped Ye Beixiu carry the things back home. Before leaving, he specifically reminded him, "Don't spend the money carelessly. Your house is too old. If you don't clean it up properly, you will have a hard time in the winter."
Ye Beixiu nodded to show that he understood.
After returning home, Zhang Juexia washed his face, drank a glass of water, ran to the backyard to feed the chickens and rabbits, and came in with two eggs in his hand. "What are we going to eat?"
"What do you want to eat?"
"White rice."
“Go ahead and do it!”
"There were so many people messing around that I forgot to buy some meat."
"I'll go next time."
Zhang Juexia steamed some rice and looked around the kitchen, only to find that they had forgotten not only to buy meat but also vegetables.
Fortunately, there was still the eggplant that Wang Guilan gave me that day. It was a little wilted, but still edible.
She thought that if she added some oil residue when frying the eggplant, the taste would probably be pretty good.
Mix it with rice and it will be so delicious!
She swallowed her saliva and prepared to start.
The aroma of rice made Ye Beixiu run to the kitchen. He helped to light the pot while Zhang Juexia cooked.
"My lady, if you keep going like this, I'll get fat."
"It's better to be a little fatter, so you can look more respectable when you go out."
"What dignity do you have? All the money I earned was spent on food and drink."
Zhang Juexia almost dropped the spoon in his hand. Ye Beixiu also stood up suddenly, "Mom, why are you here?"
Pang Xiujuan looked at the couple angrily, "Why don't you want me to come?"
"No, no. It's just that you came to our house so quietly, which was quite scary."
"I'm scary. I look like a ghost. I'm scary."
Pang Xiujuan's voice gradually became louder.
Zhang Juexia couldn't bear it any longer. "Mom, Bei Xiu didn't mean that. He meant, why didn't you knock on the door when you entered our house?"
"Knock on the door? I'm coming to my son's house, do I need to knock on the door?"
Ye Beixiu's voice couldn't help but get louder, "You didn't knock and just walked in like that, it was just a shock."
Pang Xiujuan ignored her and stretched out her hand, "Hand it over!"
"What?"
"I heard from the villagers that you hunted a deer yesterday and sold it in town today for a good price. Hand over the money!"
Pang Xiujuan's words surprised Zhang Juexia. What was she doing?
They have clearly divided up the family business, so shouldn't they keep the money they earned themselves?
Ye Beixiu's face turned pale and he stood there without moving.
Seeing that neither of them moved and Ye Beixiu was powerless to stop her, Pang Xiujuan turned around and shouted at Zhang Juexia, "Beixiu's wife, didn't you hear what I said? This is how you show respect to your mother-in-law."
Ye Beixiu shook his head gently at her.
She understood what he meant.
"Mom, we have already separated, I'm afraid I can't give this silver to you!"
Pang Xiujuan was relentless, "You spendthrift woman, is it easy for my son to earn money?
You have white rice, fragrant soap, and the silver earrings on your ears, all of them are bought with silver.
If this money were in your hands, it would be squandered sooner or later."
"Whether we lose money or not is our own business, so don't bother me, mother."
"You... Xiu'er, don't you listen to what I say? I'm doing this for your own good. You've just gotten married and don't know how to spend your money. This money is in my hands. I'm saving it for you. Whenever you want to spend it, I'll give it to you."
"Don't bother me, mother. I've already married a wife, and I've given the money to her for safekeeping."
Pang Xiujuan jumped up, pointed at Zhang Juexia's nose and cursed, "Did you tell Bei Xiu something? I'm telling you, if you don't hand over the silver today, I won't leave."
"Whatever you want."
Zhang Juexia's stomach growled with hunger. She really didn't have the energy to care about Pang Xiujuan. She looked at Ye Beixiu and said, "The meal is ready. Let's eat."
"good."
The two were so hungry that they started eating by the stove without caring that it was hot in the kitchen.
Pang Xiujuan didn't move either, just watched them eat.
Originally, Zhang Juexia wanted her to give way for Ye Beixiu's sake.
Then she thought of her attitude just now, how she had asked them for money with such confidence, and she gave up the idea.
People like Pang Xiujuan cannot be spoiled. The more you spoil them, the more annoying they become.
Who doesn't like white rice? Besides, neither of them had tasted rice for a long time. So they picked up the bowl and started working hard.
Ye Beixiu had finished a bowl of rice, but Pang Xiujuan had no intention of leaving.
He couldn't help but frowned, "I've said what I need to say. I won't give you any money."
Pang Xiujuan rubbed her eyes, and her eye circles turned red. "Xiu'er, I'm your biological mother. I raised you. How can you treat me like this?"
"I never said you're not my mother, I still respect you as I should.
We have separated. You have your own life to live, and I have mine to live.
It would be nice if we didn’t interfere with each other.”
Seeing Ye Beixiu's determination, Pang Xiujuan asked, "It's okay for Mom to endure some hardships, but what about your second and third brothers?"
"Mom, my second and third brothers have my third uncle, and we also have grandparents, they are not that bad.
If you don't leave, I'll call my grandparents over and ask them if the division of the family is still a possibility, or if I can still be the head of my family."
When Pang Xiujuan heard Ye Beixiu bring up Ye Jishun and Wang Guilan, she gritted her teeth and said, "I am your biological mother after all. I am better than the wife you married for ten taels of silver. I told you, give me this silver. I am just saving it for you."
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