Chapter 4 Chapter 4 (Fixed details) I'll go call the widow...
"Second aunt's second."
Jinguihua breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Looks like you're alright then. I thought you had a brain injury."
Ye Tan glanced at her and turned away as if she was not smiling. She told herself in her heart that this should be her elder and she couldn't just tell her to get out.
Jin Guihua looked at the clothes in her hands. She was reluctant to keep them for herself. After thinking about it, she quietly looked at her niece who seemed to be sleepy and said with concern: "Then you can take a rest. Auntie is going home soon. Your cousin Erfeng is still waiting for me to come back."
Ye Tan responded to her with a low snore.
Jin Guihua curled her lips. How spoiled was this third daughter? While her parents were at work, she just slept soundly at home.
Jinguihua turned and left.
Ye Tanyan has also found Zhou Gong and played a round of chess.
She pretended to be asleep at first, but then she heard the cicadas chirping in her ears, as if they were calling her to go to sleep... and she fell asleep unknowingly.
When she woke up, Xu Huiling had already returned from shopping. She stepped over the threshold and saw Ye Tan covered in a dusty coat. She asked in confusion, "Did you go out today?"
Ye Tan rubbed his eyes and sat up, his voice still soft from just waking up, and asked, "Mom, do I look like I've been out before?"
Xu Hui glanced at her daughter, who looked dazed and had just woken up, and it certainly didn't look like that.
"Where did you get this dress? I've never bought your dad a color like this before. It's so ugly."
Xu Huiling looked at the clothes with disgust.
Only then did Ye Tan realize that the clothes his second aunt had brought were lying next to him.
After reading it, she burst into laughter.
Why does this second aunt still force things to happen?
Seeing her daughter's expression was not right, Xu Huiling asked, "What's wrong?"
Ye Tan: "After you left, I was enjoying the cool air here. Not long after, my second aunt came over and said she brought me some new clothes, this one. I didn't like it and told her I didn't want it, but she kept it while I was sleeping."
"Mom, what does she want to do?"
If someone shows you kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief.
Ye Tan's guess turned out to be correct. Xu Huiling sneered, "Why are you asking? This isn't the first time this has happened. Have you forgotten how many good things Er Feng has taken away from you using this excuse?"
"Last time she gave you a hat that you couldn't wear, and then she turned around and took away the material for your new clothes."
Xu Huiling was getting angry as she talked about those things. She put down the bamboo basket and sat down. She said helplessly to her daughter, "You are also stupid. She said to change it, so you changed it. How can her tattered hat be worth a piece of clothing material?"
"You silly girl, please be more careful next time."
Ye Tan really didn't know that such a thing existed, and such a small matter would not be written about in the book.
But now that he knows, Ye Tan will have to be more careful about his second aunt's family from now on.
"What should I do with this dress? Send it back?"
Xu Huiling sighed deeply: "Put it there for now. When your dad comes back this afternoon, ask him to take it back and tell him that you can't wear it. Your second cousin is still reasonable."
If Xu Huiling hadn't been so kind, she would have wanted to stop associating with this family a long time ago.
The mother is narrow-minded and stingy, and her daughter has been taught by her to take advantage of others. Every time she comes to their house, she always has to take something away. Even though Xu Huiling is not a stingy person, she feels annoyed when it happens so many times.
During those years, no one's belongings were blown in by the wind.
Xu Huiling folded the clothes and put them in the house, then turned and went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
Ye Tan, whether in the past or now, can't cook.
Before, the meals sent to Li Congjun were all bought from state-owned restaurants. The original owner was afraid that Li Congjun would dislike her for not being able to cook, so she kept this a secret, resulting in a lot of wasted money.
Ye Tan followed him into the kitchen. Although she was not good at cooking, she could still help out.
She picked vegetables and lit the fire for Xu Huiling, while Xu Huiling cooked. The mother and daughter worked together and soon prepared three dishes and a soup. Not long after they were served on the table, Ye Jianguo came back.
Xu Huiling wiped her hands on her apron and asked, "Are you done with the factory work?"
Ye Jianguo went to the well to wash his hands and face, applying soap as he did so. "There's still some left, but I told the secretary I had something to do this afternoon, so I won't be going."
Seeing that he had made all the arrangements, Xu Huiling asked him to wash up quickly and come sit down to eat.
Ye Jianguo was on duty at the factory today, but it was Li Congjun's turn to be on duty at the grain station.
Ye Tan knew about this matter, and the cafeteria here was closed on weekends, so people had to bring their own lunch.
Li Congjun had been waiting for Ye Tan to bring him food since twelve o'clock, and he had planned to teach her a lesson when she came.
Ye Tan had made him look so bad yesterday, and he was humiliated by his boss. He wanted to rush to Ye Tan and beat her up to vent his anger.
Just because he had to re-summarize the dirty monthly report so that his boss wouldn't have an excuse to continue to bother him, he worked overtime until midnight.
He became even more irritable because he didn't get enough rest, and his colleagues had been talking about him behind his back since yesterday afternoon.
People who used to like to chat and joke with him in their free time no longer talk to him.
Even the female colleague who used to love to get close to him no longer looked at him with the same enthusiasm as before, and she no longer mentioned the shy request for him to accompany her to see the new movie tonight.
All this made Li Congjun, who had always been at ease at the grain station, feel uncomfortable. He was very annoyed and angry, so he did not set out. He waited for Ye Tan, the instigator, to come and scold her at noon to vent his anger.
How could he be willing to accept this if he didn't get an equivalent return from her after she harmed him like this?
He now understood. If he did it to an innocent little girl in a deserted place, would she dare to leave and make a fuss afterwards?
Even if people knew that they were an engaged couple, as long as they got married immediately, who could say that he was irresponsible?
Li Congjun looked at the female colleague opposite him. It seemed that he would not be able to have this dinner today, so he might as well make up for it with Ye Tan.
Thinking of Ye Tan's beautiful face and snow-white skin, he had been coveting her for a long time. Thinking of Li Congjun, he was so excited that his fingers could not hold the pen.
But Li Congjun waited anxiously, and the other person on duty had finished eating, but there was still no sign of him.
Especially when he smelled the fragrance of food around him, his whole expression became gloomy enough to drip water.
What's wrong with Ye Tan? He's so slow even when delivering food. How can he marry into their family like this? His mother has very strict requirements for daughters-in-law. Ye Tan is not qualified at all!
It seems that the marriage has to be postponed. She will wait until he gets married and then delay the wedding. Then she will kneel down and cry and beg him to marry her.
Li Congjun thought maliciously of Ye Tan kneeling at his feet and begging him to marry her. His facial muscles twitched uncontrollably, revealing a weird smile that looked a bit creepy in the sunlight.
"Hey, Mr. Li," the security guard asked cautiously, "It's almost time for work. I see your partner isn't coming today. I still have some food here. How about you just have some to fill your stomach?"
Li Congjun looked down at the time and found that it was already half past one.
Did he stand at the door for so long?
The security guard peeked in with a bowl in hand and asked, "Officer Li, do you want to eat?"
Li Congjun waved his hand: "No need, thank you."
After saying that, he looked at the road ahead, turned around and went back to the office.
At this time, Li Congjun didn't know that something unexpected was happening in his home.
Li Congjun's parents didn't react when they heard that Ye Jianguo came to cancel the engagement.
Then I didn’t understand and thought I had misheard.
Father Li scratched his ears, looked at Ye Jianguo and asked, "What did you say you were here for? Are you here to urge us to get married? Didn't we agree on this when we got engaged? We'll pay the betrothal gifts next month and get married in half a month..."
Ye Jianguo raised his hand to stop him, and said every word clearly: "If you didn't hear clearly, then I will say it again. I am here today to cancel the engagement for my daughter. We have thought about it and feel that the two of them are not suitable. I am afraid that they will become a couple of resentment after marriage. It is better to cut the loss in time for the benefit of everyone."
Ye Jianguo spoke calmly, but Li Congjun's parents opposite him were furious.
Mother Li sneered angrily, "What do you mean by breaking off the engagement? You must be joking. Are you trying to climb up the social ladder and are you not interested in my son anymore?"
Father Li also frowned and said sullenly, "I don't agree. The two families have already agreed on the wedding date, and we've prepared the betrothal gifts. Now you're calling off the engagement? What do you think of our Li family?"
"You are the kind of people who can get engaged whenever you want and cancel whenever you want?"
Father Li spoke righteously, but inwardly he was grumbling: Didn't his son say this marriage was guaranteed to happen? He said the Ye family girl was completely devoted to him and would obey his every word. He could have just offered a small token of his affection, and it wouldn't have cost him much. Why were the Ye family cancelling the engagement?
When Ye Jianguo came, he had already decided to use courtesy before force. Now that he saw that the Li family was not convinced, he looked at his eldest cousin Ye Jianming.
Ye Jianming's face changed immediately after receiving the signal. He raised his hand and slammed it hard on the table with a "bang".
Aunt Sun, who had been smiling and not daring to interrupt, was frightened.
What a sin! If she had known that the two families would cancel the engagement, she would not have come to earn the matchmaker's money. Now her popularity has plummeted.
Ye Jianming was not as handsome as Ye Jianguo, nor as honest as Ye Jianhui. He had a rough face and looked fierce when he frowned. He slammed the table and stood up with his eyes wide open. His tall and strong appearance immediately frightened the thin father and mother opposite him.
The two of them were timid and cowardly, bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Seeing Ye Jianming's fierce look, they didn't dare to say a word.
Seeing that he had calmed the other party down, Ye Jianming said in a gruff voice, "You're not going to cancel the engagement? Do you want us to expose all the dirty deeds your son has done?"
"The widow next door should be home, right? Should I go call her?"
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