Chapter 55: Pauper?
It makes sense for the Ye family to do this. On the one hand, it can help Ye Xiuhong escape from the entanglement of the Cui family. On the other hand, they are not clear about the second brother's situation. Everyone in the village assumes that he is a rich man, but what if he is not?
There is definitely nothing wrong with their own family, and there is no problem supporting Lao Er's family, but the villagers will definitely laugh at them for a while. Instead of letting Lao Er hear it and feel uncomfortable, it is better to let the villagers talk about it now. When Lao Er comes back, no one will talk about this topic anymore.
"My biased mother-in-law! She's really crazy. She has to save the grain for her second son, and the cloth coupons have to be saved. No one can eat the eggs, they have to be left to Ye Laoer! I don't know what kind of poor life Ye Laoer is living outside. It seems that he can't even eat. Oh, my head hurts when I think about him coming back."
This was the first time that Zhao Zhaodi was ordered to go to the village to slander the Ye family. Not to mention, the feeling was really different. After scolding them, she felt refreshed.
This was a task assigned by her mother-in-law, Old Lady Ye. She could do it as she pleased, as long as she could let everyone know that Ye Lao Er was a pauper. After the task was completed, Old Lady Ye promised to give her five eggs.
Thinking of the five eggs that were about to be in her hands, three for her son and two for her brother, Zhao Zhaodi was filled with motivation. She put her feet on a stone, clapped her hands, and cursed in rhythm.
"Everyone, please give me some advice. How can a brother and his wife, both in their fifties, have to support their fifty-year-old brother? Why am I so unlucky marrying into the Ye family?"
The last sentence was spoken sincerely by Zhao Zhaodi. She had to say it three or four times every day over the years, which made her look particularly real when she came to the village to perform today.
The aunties in the village comforted her one by one.
"Dajun's wife, every family has gone through this. Just bear with it. Can you and your wife still support the second child for the rest of his life?"
"That's right, think positively. When he comes back, he can go to the fields and earn some work points. That way, he can get his share of food next year."
"Yes, yes. We have a lot of land in our village. If we work hard, we can always have something to eat."
When Zhao Zhaodi saw that her goal had been achieved, everyone believed it. She covered her face, said nothing, and walked home with shaking shoulders. "I won't say anymore. This is my hard life. I have to accept it."
Everyone looked at her shaking shoulders and swaying thin body, and felt that the Ye family had a miserable life, with divorces and being dependent on parents.
Zhao Zhaodi was so excited that she couldn't even walk straight and staggered towards home. She was about to get five eggs!
Turning into the alley close to her home and seeing that there was no one around, Zhao Zhaodi started running back home to ask her mother-in-law for credit. After scolding the street, she would get a reward. Where could she find such a good day? Today was her lucky day to marry into the Ye family.
Zhao Zhaodi's good mood disappeared as soon as she entered the yard. Her annoying daughter-in-law didn't go to work today. Not going to work would have been fine, but when she went into the kitchen, she found that she hadn't cooked any meals!
Zhao Zhaodi rolled up her sleeves and went to settle the score with Bai Wei. As soon as she pushed open the door, she knew that this young lady was writing crap again.
He just opens his mouth and starts spewing nonsense.
"Bai, you're just going to get by with your life. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Before the exam, you wanted the Ye family to support you, so you could just stretch out your hand and eat whatever you want. Once you pass the exam and no longer need the Ye family, you can just run back to Lu City. You're so lucky! The educated youth still have to work during the day and study at night, but you stay at home and enjoy the good life every day. The whole family works to support you! If someone like you can pass the exam, God is blind!"
Bai Wei put down her pen and put away her textbooks. In order to leave here, she could endure anything, but she couldn't endure the curse that she couldn't get into university!
Her chest heaved violently, her voice trembling as she spoke hastily to Zhao Zhaodi, "It was your son who begged me to marry you. Otherwise, who would want to enter your house? Look at this place! Is this a place people live in? What kind of food do you eat every day? I've endured it for so many years. How many more years do you want me to endure it?"
Zhao Zhaodi was so angry at Bai Wei that she couldn't say a word for a long time. She was shameless enough. Fortunately, Bai Wei could read and write, but she was even more shameless than her!
"I really looked down on you these past few years, but that was just a lip service. You've been eating and drinking as you should, and no one has treated you unfairly. My family is so unlucky to have married a rotten thing like you!"
Bai Wei clenched her hands tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms. Her eyes dimmed as she sobbed, "You didn't treat me badly? Yes, you didn't treat me badly. In your eyes, not working and eating an egg was not a bad treatment. But I used to hate eggs! I love Black Forest! I want to eat Napoleon! You know nothing!"
Bai Wei pressed her solar plexus in pain and fell on the desk. She couldn't imagine that her life had become like this. Eating the things she hated the most before became a luxury. She wanted to go home so much.
"Okay, okay, you're unlucky to marry into our family. You wouldn't like it anyway, so don't eat lunch today. Our food is not good enough for a Shanghainese like you! Why am I so unlucky to marry into the Ye family? I have to serve you young ladies every day."
Zhao Zhaodi covered her chest and held onto the door frame as she left. She couldn't understand what this delicate young lady was muttering about, such as black wood and rags. If she continued arguing with her, she would surely be pissed to death.
After one morning of hard work by Jin Fenglian and Zhao Zhaodi, even the dogs in Xiahe Village knew that the second son that Ye Jiaxiangjiang had found was a pauper.
The villagers' eyes when looking at the Ye family changed from envy and jealousy to sympathy and pity. Who would have to support a son in his fifties?
Jin Fenglian waved goodbye to her sisters at the construction site, and went home crying, carrying her hoe.
At school, Ye Xiulan tried hard to chew the whole grain buns and pickles she brought with her.
Zhang Dani, who was at odds with her, saw Ye Xiulan eating whole-grain steamed buns, and proudly took out her own whole-grain steamed buns mixed with cornmeal.
"Xiu Lan, didn't your family find a wealthy relative? Why are you still eating this kind of coarse grain?"
The classmates quietly turned their attention to them. They had all heard that Ye Xiulan's second uncle was from Hong Kong and was very rich.
Ye Xiulan swallowed a mouthful of steamed bun slowly.
Thank you, second female lead, now it's time for the first female lead to appear.
Ye Xiulan pretended to choke.
"Cough cough cough."
After taking a sip of cold water, he said with a painful look on his face, "I am doing this to save some food for my family."
Zhang Dani pretended to be concerned and asked with a gloating look on her face, "Is your family running out of food?"
Ye Xiulan seemed to be choking on the coarse grains and couldn't breathe. Her face turned pale and she relaxed for a long time before continuing, "I have to save food for my second uncle. Grandpa and grandma have missed him for so long. I can't let his family come back without food."
A classmate whispered, "Isn't he very rich?"
Ye Xiuhong gave a bitter smile and said, "How can there be so many rich people? There are so many poor people in Hong Kong who have no houses to live in and no food to eat."
She lowered her head and stopped talking, silently chewing on the steamed bun. Seeing how uncomfortable she was and how hard she was trying to swallow, her classmates were too embarrassed to ask any more questions.
Ye Xiulan lowered her head, a gleam in her eyes. Success! But the whole-grain steamed bun her mother found for her was too thick. She really choked just now and needed to drink some water to breathe.
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