Chapter 28 Grandfather's Wrath
Ye Beixiu was angry. He put the bowl on the stove and said, "Mom, don't mention the betrothal gift again."
"Everyone in the surrounding villages knows that you spent ten taels of silver to marry a wife! Why are you still letting people mention it?"
Pang Xiujuan's unreasonable behavior completely angered Zhang Juexia.
She stood up suddenly and said, "It's glorious for your son to spend ten taels of silver to marry a wife. Others can get a wife by spending four or five taels of silver, but why did he spend ten taels of silver?
You are his biological mother, have you never thought about it?
You are his biological mother. Where were you when he was carried down from the mountain?
Why did you watch his leg become lame, but didn't you take the same approach as you did now, asking us for money, to treat him?"
Zhang Juexia pressed on step by step and forced Pang Xiujuan into the yard.
Pang Xiujuan was forced by Zhang Juexia to be speechless, "You..."
"Mom, there's no point in talking about this. We've already split up. We don't owe you a penny for our retirement, but if you want to dictate things to our family, I'm sorry, go back to where you came from! You're not welcome in our house!"
"Ye Beixiu, you just watch your wife disrespect me like that!"
"She didn't disrespect you. What she said was what I wanted to say."
Pang Xiujuan left cursing.
Zhang Juexia felt quite uneasy. After all, what she said just now, and her attitude...
How will Ye Beixiu look at her? Will he be angry?
She stood there, head lowered as if she had missed something.
Ye Beixiu looked at her and couldn't help but smile. He stepped forward and patted her head. "Now you know how to be scared. Where did you learn those words just now?"
"Aren't I standing up for you?"
"Does that make sense?"
Ye Beixiu pointed at their bowls and asked, "Are you full?"
Zhang Juexia touched his belly, which had not yet bulged, and said, "I want to eat some more."
"I'm not full either, let's eat together!"
After eating and drinking, the two men went into the inner room to count the silver.
When they left, they took away two taels of silver. In addition to one tael of silver for buying earrings, they also earned one tael of silver for buying food. They also earned three hundred coins from selling cords and five hundred coins from medicinal herbs.
With this calculation, they didn't touch a single penny of the one hundred taels of silver they got from selling the fawn.
Zhang Juexia looked at the silver in front of him and picked up each one to examine it. "Husband, have you thought about how we're going to spend this money?"
"What do you think?"
Zhang Juexia fell into deep thought. She had never thought about this before.
"Do you think we should build a house? Or buy some land?"
“I want to choose both!”
Ye Beixiu smiled and said, "I thought so too. Let's do this. I'll go to the old house and ask my grandparents what they think. I'll also go to the village head and ask about the rules for buying the land."
"Then go now!"
After Ye Beixiu left, Zhang Juexia went to the backyard, added some water to the chickens and rabbits, and threw them a handful of grass.
After washing his hands, he turned over the peppercorns and fungus drying in the yard.
The mugwort that Ye Beixiu had cut that day was almost dry, so she collected it and tied it up.
She looked around but couldn't find a place to put the dried mugwort, so she had to take the mugwort to the main room and put it on the kang.
Now that we have the money, we need to build a house.
In a few days I will go up the mountain to chop firewood and cut more grass to prepare winter food for the hens and rabbits.
Where will these things be placed then?
The mountain will be closed after it snows, and they will have to prepare more rations for themselves, as there will be no place to store them.
Building a house has to be put on the agenda.
If they work quickly, they can finish building the house before Ye Beixiu goes to Shunhe County to treat his leg.
When they come back, they can live in the new house.
No matter how heavy the snow or how strong the wind, there is no need to worry.
She went into the house and started knitting, but she felt she couldn't muster the energy.
With this in mind, Zhang Juexia was looking forward to Ye Beixiu returning home soon so that they could go buy bricks and tiles tomorrow and start work as soon as possible.
Just when she was about to fall asleep, Ye Beixiu, accompanied by Ye Jishun and followed by Wang Guilan, entered the house.
Zhang Juexia rubbed his eyes, stood up and greeted Ye Jishun and Wang Guilan.
Wang Guilan felt distressed when she saw Zhang Juexia's bloodshot eyes. "Good boy, life doesn't just happen in one day. Sleep when you're sleepy, and rest when you're tired. Don't ruin your body at such a young age."
"I understand."
Ye Jishun was becoming more and more satisfied with Zhang Juexia.
Ye Beixiu had just talked to him about building a house and buying land, and the more he listened, the happier he felt.
The two of them are building a new house just a few days after their marriage. This is unique in their Yejia Village!
"Your grandma is right. You can't take advantage of your youth to torture yourself."
Then, Ye Jishun sighed again, "Your mother came to make trouble this morning. You did the right thing. I've already told her about this."
Wang Guilan quickly agreed, "Your grandfather was really furious. If we hadn't stopped him, I'm afraid your third uncle would have been beaten."
"The third brother didn't take good care of his wife, so he deserves this beating."
Ye Jishun said earnestly, "Your mother is just confused this time, she won't do it again. You are young, live your life well.
Xiu'er also told me that you have already found a doctor and will go to the county town to see your leg soon. This is a good thing. Grandpa supports you."
It is their blessing to have such a sensible old man at home.
Ye Beixiu and Zhang Juexia smiled at each other, "Thank you, Grandpa."
Ye Jishun waved his hand, turned around and started coughing continuously.
Wang Guilan quickly rubbed his back. "You said you wouldn't be angry, but you're still angry. You're so angry that your old habits have come back. Do you think you deserve it?"
"I...cough..., I..., cough..."
Even Ye Beixiu helped to calm Ye Jishun down. Zhang Juexia quickly poured a glass of water and handed it to Ye Jishun. After he drank it slowly, his cough was relieved.
"The third daughter-in-law has become increasingly unruly in recent years. It's because we've been too indulgent towards her."
"We just feel that she has a hard time in our home, and we want to make her feel more comfortable."
Ye Jishun glared at Wang Guilan, "Don't worry about her anymore. Set some rules for her and let her have a taste of what it's like to have a mother-in-law who's putting pressure on her. Then she won't have time to come to Xiu'er to cause trouble."
"I see……"
"Humph, she still wants to act like a mother-in-law here with Xiu'er. She doesn't think about when we have ever acted like a mother-in-law in front of her. She is really regressing as she grows older."
Wang Guilan said some nice things again, but Ye Jishun was still angry.
Helplessly, she added, "She is Xiu'er's biological mother after all. What would the child think if you spoke ill of his mother in front of her son?"
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