Chapter 12: Alas, the child of a bandit is destined to endure too much
Ye Yanping took a stick and vividly demonstrated the scene of his father killing the tiger, and both of them were excited.
"Second brother, who do you think our father is?"
Ye Yan'an looked around, then leaned over to his eldest brother's ear and said mysteriously, "Brother, I'm telling you, don't be too scared. Our father is actually... a bandit."
"What?!" Ye Yanping slipped and almost sprained his waist.
A bandit? How is that possible?
But today, he has seen too many impossibilities.
Thinking of his father killing the tiger without blinking an eye, Ye Yanping was unable to refute.
"Brother, this is such a huge secret, we must keep it to ourselves!"
"Of course!"
From this moment on, the two brothers had a common secret in their hearts.
"Second brother, our father went astray when he was young. God sees everything we do, and the Huo family is paying the price. As the saying goes, a son pays his father's debts. We must do more good deeds to atone for our father's sins!"
Ye Yan'an raised his head to look up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and said quietly, "Okay, brother!"
Alas, the child of a bandit is destined to bear too much!
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The Ye family is very busy now.
Luo Qiuyue cleaned the mushrooms and black fungus she brought back from Yexiongling and planned to dry them out tomorrow so that she could sell them in a few days.
Yunniang had a smile on her face and was handling the wild vegetables skillfully. After such a long drought, everyone had been digging wild vegetables to survive. It was like a dream to have so many fresh and tender wild vegetables all of a sudden.
She looked up and smiled at Xiaojiu who was sticking out his little butt to catch ants with his brothers. Xiaojiu is such a lucky little boy!
As soon as he arrived home, my father-in-law stood up like a towering tree! Then Yan Ping also escaped danger and hunted down a big tiger!
Their family will surely get better and better!
She glanced at her mother-in-law again. Everyone said Luo Qiuyue was stingy and difficult to get along with. To be honest, she was also very afraid of her when she first married into the family. But after getting along with her, she realized that this mother-in-law had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She never treated her as an outsider and was kind to her from the bottom of her heart.
When she gave birth to Xiao Wu, she almost died. It was her mother-in-law who took out her savings from years of frugality and borrowed a lot of money from the villagers to buy a hundred-year-old ginseng, which brought her back from the brink of death.
How many mothers-in-law can do this?
Take this time for example, if my mother-in-law hadn’t bought Xiaojiu back home, how could this series of good things have happened?
In her heart, her mother-in-law is not an ordinary person either.
The afterglow in the sky faded away, and smoke rose from the village.
People in Heihe Village usually eat two meals a day, but now due to lack of water and food, many people only eat one meal a day.
Luo Qiuyue dried the mushrooms and black fungus, picked up the bamboo basket beside her, grabbed some wild vegetables and put them in it, and said to Ye Yanshun, "A Shun, take these to the village head's house."
When I was at the Huo family yesterday, the village head helped a lot, so I should thank him.
Ye Yanshun is twelve years old this year. Unlike his elder brother who is strong and his second brother who is lively, he is weak and taciturn. He always likes to stare at the sky in a daze alone.
Ye Yanshun picked up the basket and went straight to the headman's house, where his family was having dinner.
Ye Yanshun knocked on the door.
"Uncle Lizheng, my mother asked me to bring some wild vegetables."
The headman's family was very surprised to see the green wild vegetables and tried to keep him for dinner, but Ye Yanshun declined a few words and left.
When I passed by the Huo family, they were building a house. The kitchen, which was only half left after being chopped down yesterday, has now been repaired.
Just then, Huo Zhongnian came out and winked at him after seeing him.
Ye Yanshun understood and walked to a secluded place to wait.
After a while, Huo Zhongnian came over with a bundle.
"The books weren't burned?" Ye Yanshun was a little surprised.
"Luckily, the bag containing the books is in the kitchen." Huo Zhongnian said.
Ye Yanshun looked at the bundle with eyes full of unconcealable anticipation.
"Want to read a book?" Huo Zhongnian smiled so understandingly.
"Whichever one you want to read, choose it yourself! Although your mother and my family are enemies, as a scholar, I naturally don't argue with women."
Ye Yanshun said, "You're not right. My mother isn't trying to be hostile to your family for no reason. And I saw clearly yesterday that you knew your mother was wrong to sell her granddaughter, yet you didn't try to stop her. You said you couldn't make the decision, but in reality you were letting her go. I haven't been to school, so I don't know how the teachers in the academy taught you, but I think you went a little too far yesterday. It was disappointing!"
Huo Zhongnian's smile froze on his face.
Ye Yanshun said, "When making friends, one should choose those who share the same ideals. You and I don't seem to be on the same path. I'm waiting for you here today just to say thank you for lending me the book. I won't borrow books from you anymore. Goodbye."
Having said this, he bowed to Huo Zhongnian and turned away.
"Stop!" Huo Zhongnian grabbed him and said, "You misunderstood me! I really didn't mean to condone her yesterday. I also know that my mother was wrong! But I was afraid of her. I didn't dare to say a word of opposition to her!"
"real?"
"That's absolutely true."
Ye Yanshun sighed. He understood and he was also afraid of his mother.
So we can’t blame Huo Zhongnian. Huo Zhongnian is definitely not a bad person. How could a bad person be so enthusiastic about lending him books?
Huo Zhongnian laughed softly and said, "To be honest, you love reading. In the whole Heihe Village, I love talking to you the most. Why don't you pick a book and read it? Just return it to me next time I come back from the academy."
Ye Yanshun picked up a book from among several.
"Yanshun, take a look at this." Huo Zhongnian took out a book. "What do you think of this part?"
Ye Yanshun lowered his head and began to read. Every time he borrowed or returned a book, Huo Zhongnian would always ask him a lot of questions. He had long been accustomed to it, and he also liked to think about these questions and express his opinions.
Ye Yanshun, who lowered his head in deep thought, didn't know that Huo Zhongnian was looking at him with eyes full of resentment and jealousy...
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The Ye family’s table tonight was very rich, with delicious mushroom soup, cold-mixed black fungus, and stir-fried wild vegetables. Except for the lack of meat, everything else was perfect.
Xiaojiu sat in Ye Buwei's arms, looking around with his big black eyes.
I really don't understand. There are so many eggs, why don't you let everyone eat them together?
This family is really weird. They don’t seem to like using the things she conjures up!
Little Dumpling took a look at the extra goodies in the space and was speechless.
Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu were eating happily beside them, which made Xiao Jiu jealous. She pointed with her little hand and said, "Seven, Dudu!"
Ye Xiaowen quickly said, "Sister, do you want to eat mushrooms? Wait, brother will feed you!"
As he spoke, he brought a spoonful of mushrooms with fresh saliva to Xiaojiu's mouth.
Xiaojiu: “…”
"Sister, eat quickly, it's delicious! Come on, open your mouth, ah——"
Looking at the enthusiastic Ye Xiaowen and the mushrooms that tasted of love and saliva, she was petrified.
To eat or not to eat, that is the question.
Eat it? There will be countless times after the first time, and every day in the future, you may eat his loving mouth-watering meal.
Don't eat it? It will hurt the child's feelings.
Xiaojiu is messy.
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