Chapter 70 Aunt Ye’s Depression
"What happened next? Aunt Huang is gone, so what about Uncle Huang?" Ye's mother asked with a frown.
Ye Zhen also pricked up her ears at the side. She was also interested in these family matters. How could a cultivator cultivate Taoism without cultivating his mind first?
"Uncle Huang also followed his son and went to live in the city. How could he dare to say anything? Aunt Huang is gone, and he is afraid that he will end up like this."
"I heard that the whole family's household registration was moved away."
Aunt Ye stopped cutting vegetables and sighed:
"After the household registration was moved, the fields in this village have nothing to do with their family. All that's left are the house in the countryside and a few ponds over there."
Aunt Ye was cutting vegetables as if she was cutting a person, and the "thump thump thump" sound was venting her anger.
"Then why did the house change hands?"
Aunt Ye put a few pieces of wood into the stove and turned up the fire. There were large pieces of meat stewing in the pot. She helped to lift the lid and put in a bunch of rolled-up garlic. The fragrant aroma of meat spread with the steam. She covered the pot and continued to stew. Aunt Ye asked curiously.
At this point, Aunt Ye sneered instantly.
"A bad man is a bad man. Can he be rich for a lifetime? God has mercy on this prodigal son and let him squander all his family fortune."
Aunt Ye opened her eyes wide, and Ye Zhen listened attentively as Aunt Ye continued:
"I heard that he got addicted to gambling. He went to Aoshi City to gamble when he had money, and not only did he lose everything, but when he came back, he sold all the stores, and that wasn't enough, so he went back to gamble again."
"Guess what?" Aunt Ye raised her eyebrows and said:
"The more he gambles, the more he loses! He borrowed money from loan sharks and didn't know how to stop after losing. Not only did he sell his house in the county and city, he also sold his house in the countryside. I heard that he is renting a house now."
"What's the value of a rural house? Maybe he needs money urgently. Do you know how much this house costs?"
Aunt Ye clapped her hands and said, "Six hundred thousand!"
After saying that, he sighed and looked regretful: "If only your brother and I had so much money at that time, a house of six hundred thousand would be worth a lot!" Unfortunately, the difference was too big.
I wanted to borrow from some relatives, but Grandma Ye persuaded me not to. My brothers and sisters were not rich, and they had just built a house not long ago, so they didn't really need it. I missed it with a little regret.
The price was originally much higher than that, but who in the village has so much savings to pay for it all at once? Even if Aunt Huang's son wants to sell it at a high price, he needs someone with money to buy it!
Rich people didn't like the house, and when the house was put up for sale, few people came to inquire about it. The price dropped little by little from the initial high price. In the end, the two brothers Xu Qiang gritted their teeth and jointly bought it, half each, and the structure was the same.
Aunt Ye continued gossiping:
"His family not only sold their house, but also the land they had lost after their household registration was moved away, and they also sold the few ponds they had left."
"Oh, what are you doing? Isn't this forgetting your roots?" Aunt Ye exclaimed.
It's no wonder she reacted so strongly. In rural areas, it is considered a wasteful act for descendants to sell their property.
What's more, selling all his ancestral property is like a son selling his father's land without any regret. The villagers will spit at him when they mention it.
"What else can I do? I'm addicted to gambling and I've borrowed high-interest loans and have no money to pay them back!" Aunt Ye replied.
"What about Uncle Huang and other relatives? They didn't stop him at all? They just let that prodigal son sell it?" Ye's mother continued to ask.
"Uncle Huang wanted to stop him, but could he? The uncles and aunts in the other families were even more helpless. He was so cruel to his own mother, so which relative would want to bother with this ungrateful person?"
"I never said anything to stop them. I just wanted them to leave as soon as possible, and I thought they were not my family and had no contact with them."
Aunt Ye shook her head, with a look of emotion:
"Tell me, we grew up together, how come I didn't realize he was such a person?"
Aunt Ye is also from this village. She went to school with Aunt Ye and others when they were young, so naturally they have a good relationship.
Mother Ye and Aunt Ye were also expressing their feelings.
What else could it be? People’s hearts are fickle! People’s desires are endless, not to mention that when a poor person suddenly becomes rich, if they don’t strike a good balance, they become slaves to money.
Ye Zhen has seen too much in the world of immortal cultivation. Although resources are abundant, how can human desires be satisfied so easily?
For a magical herb, a magical pill, a good technique, a master...
Fathers and sons kill each other, sisters turn against each other... everyone will do anything to achieve the great goal.
In fact, once you are unable to control your own desires, you are going further away from the right path. Just go with the flow, grasp the present moment, balance your own desires, and don't fall into the maze of inner demons. Only then can you go far on the path of cultivation.
The topic ended with the stew coming out of the pot. Today was a festival, and Aunt Ye showed off her cooking skills. There were braised pig's trotters, braised beef in soy sauce, chicken stewed with mushrooms, and stir-fried river shrimps... With the help of Ye's mother and the others, the dishes were ready quickly.
The sun hadn’t set yet, and the afterglow of the setting sun was spreading across the sky with an orange-red glow, casting a layer of afterglow over the two houses in front.
Uncle Ye had a slightly dark skin and a big smile that showed his big teeth. He tried hard to urge Father Ye and Uncle Ye to drink.
The hands and clothes of little brother Ye next to him were stained with purple marks from eating mulberries, and it seemed that they could not be washed off.
Mother Ye saw that veins were throbbing on her brows and gave him a sharp look, but thinking about the holiday, she didn't say anything.
Ye Zhen sat on the right side of Ye Xiaodi and glanced at him with disdain.
"Eh!" You're an adult, but you eat so dirty!
A few grown men were drinking, and Ye Ma and a few other women started chatting, and the topics they talked about all the time were gossip and family.
Ye's mother asked, "Sister, why don't you bring your child?"
Aunt Ye has a son and a daughter, one is older than Ye Zhen and the other is older than Ye Xiaodi.
"The older one is working outside. He only has one day off and doesn't have enough time, so he simply doesn't come back. The younger one is at his grandparents' house."
At this point, Aunt Ye couldn't help but complain to her sister:
"What's so fun about mobile phones these days? I stay at home all night playing games, not eating, not brushing my teeth, I'm going crazy!"
"I said a few words, but his grandparents started to protect him. Today, I asked him to walk around, but he refused to get out of bed and just played games."
Ye's mother had a common topic, "It's the same in my family, but I gave him the phone and he didn't have any money, so he couldn't play even if he wanted to."
As Mother Ye was talking, she couldn't help but glare at Little Brother Ye who was eating.
Brother Ye: “…” Why are you talking about me again?
"It's useless. I took it from him, but his grandparents secretly bought him one. You said I disciplined my son, but they hindered me. He is in the second year of high school and will be a senior next year and will take the college entrance examination. I am so worried."
"His grandfather promised not to let him play with it, but he compromised after being coaxed by my brat."
Aunt Ye was helpless and felt depressed. It seemed that the whole family didn’t worry about the child’s future at all?
She also asked what her parents-in-law said:
"If I can't pass the exam, then I can't pass it. Anyway, my family has two houses and two small supermarkets. At worst, I can just go home. I won't starve to death."
Aunt Ye was convinced and said that she would never educate her children in this way.
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