At this moment, Old Lady Ye walked in and said, "Alright, it's no use talking to him. We'll just give him a proper return gift later."
Ye Daquan opened the large box and saw a pair of white porcelain plum vases. He nodded and said, "These vases are quite beautiful."
“It’s quite pretty, very pretty. As expected, a wild boar can’t eat fine chaff.” Du glared at him. “It just so happens that we need a pair of vases in the main room. These two are just right, and we can put some flowers in them.”
Ye Daquan opened the small brocade box again and saw that it contained a jade pendant:
"Is this jade? It looks quite expensive. We're like wild boars who can't handle fine food, so it's a perfect match for you, little sister, hehe."
As he spoke, he grabbed the jade pendant and ran outside.
Ye Xuan's expression changed slightly: "Wait, Father!"
He grabbed Ye Daquan's sleeve and said, "This jade...this should have been given to me by the Master..."
"Hey, is your name written on it? How can you be so shameless?"
After saying that, Ye Daquan shook off Ye Xuan's hand and happily skipped away.
Madam Du looked at Ye Xuan and said, "Xuan'er, why are you getting more and more stingy?"
"no……"
Ye Xuan was at a loss for words. He remembered that Shen Zhiyan had personally chosen this jade pendant, and he felt it was inappropriate to put it on his aunt.
But if you really want to say it's inappropriate, they didn't say it was for their aunt. It was just a housewarming gift for their family.
Once it's given to them, it's theirs to take; they can give it to whomever they want.
But he always felt something was off.
Could it be because... he's corrupted? His heart is filthy, so everything he sees is filthy?
...
Ye Caiping was watering the vegetables in the garden with Old Man Ye.
Ye Daquan ran over excitedly: "Little sister, little sister, look how beautiful this jade pendant is, it fits you perfectly."
He then shoved the jade into Ye Caiping's hand.
Ye Caiping asked, "Where did this come from?"
"This is a housewarming gift from Master Shen: a pair of vases and this jade pendant. The jade is beautiful and suits you perfectly."
"But I don't like wearing these things; I always feel like they'll get bumped and scratched. You can keep them for yourself, brother."
"If you can't wear it, then I'm even less likely to wear it. Little sister, don't go on it. You'll get used to it after wearing it for a while."
Ye Caiping turned around and met the old man's loving and expectant gaze, and smiled, "Give it to Father, Father likes it."
Old Man Ye was overjoyed, yet he remained modest, saying, "No, no."
Ye Daquan said urgently, "Did you hear that? Father said no. Wild boars can't eat fine chaff!"
Ye Caiping glared at him: "Can't you tell the difference between good and bad words? What Dad means is that he really wants it."
Ye Daquan said reluctantly, "Oh, is that what you mean? Here, Dad, take this."
Old Man Ye: "..."
Ye Caiping simply hung the jade on his belt: "It looks good."
Old Man Ye was so angry at his troublesome children that he trembled. He touched the jade pendant at his waist, feeling both embarrassed and happy, and turned away woodenly.
...
As Ye Xuan sat in the corridor, he saw Old Man Ye enter wearing a jade pendant and breathed a sigh of relief, wiping the sweat from his brow.
After a while, Ye Caiping and Ye Daquan came in chatting.
“Aunt.” Ye Xuan walked over and took out the letter from his pocket. “This is from Miss Shen.”
"Oh, thank you."
Ye Caiping took the letter back to her room, lay down on the rocking chair, and opened the letter.
The letter said that a kind uncle had passed away, and she was going to Hengzhou with Shen Zhiyan for the funeral. They wouldn't be back for half a month.
It was specially written below: "During the two weeks I'm gone, Auntie, please don't forget about Dad and me. Think of us ten times a day."
Ye Caiping found it amusing; she wasn't a fish, and she couldn't possibly forget two grown people even if she wanted to.
There were four pages left, and when Ye Caiping looked at them, she saw that they were written to Jin'er and a few others.
Ye Caiping then delivered the letters one by one.
It was all gossip among the girls, and things like not having to go to class for half a month.
...
Two days later, Ye Daquan and his family moved all their belongings to their new house.
Soon, it will be the day when Ye Daquan's family moves to their new home.
In just the past six months, the Ye family has moved twice, and this is the third time, so they have plenty of experience. Although they are busy, they are doing everything in an orderly manner.
Ye Erquan took a day off to come back today.
Relatives and villagers who came to the house for the banquet all came to visit.
(This is what the house looks like; I won't describe it further, just look at the picture.)
Please don't take the overall layout too seriously. The orientation of the yard and its surroundings can affect the placement of items like the toilet and kitchen according to Feng Shui principles. This diagram is only intended to show what the Feng Shui is suitable for the homeowner.
Looking at her big house, Mrs. Du was so happy that her eyes were practically smiling.
The new house is not only half again as big as the old one, but it's also made of blue bricks and tiles.
All the furniture and items were brand new; the bed and the big cabinet drew sighs of admiration from the relatives.
Tie Niu's wife laughed and said, "Besides Cai Ping's family, Da Quan's family is the biggest in the whole village."
Mrs. Du laughed and said, "What are you talking about? The second son's family is also big."
“That’s not right. Erquan’s family only built on four fen of land. Your family originally had four fen, and later bought three fen from Uncle Zhao’s family. This yard plus the livestock shed, that’s seven fen of land.”
Upon hearing this, Madam Du laughed and said, "If you think about it that way, it really is quite big."
Wei, who was standing nearby, said, "We just moved the livestock shed out of the house a while ago and fenced it off. Tie Niu's wife, come and visit us when you have time, and you'll see that our house has grown a lot."
Tie Niu's wife laughed: "Okay, okay, I'll come to your house next time."
Zhu Zi's wife said, "These furniture pieces are all so beautiful, tsk tsk, there's one in every room!"
Mrs. Du smiled so hard her eyes narrowed.
Mrs. Wei felt uneasy again. At the time, in order to save money, the furniture was only made for the main room and the room with silver flowers and leaves. Her own room was full of old things, and the remaining empty rooms didn't even have any furniture.
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