We arrived at Ye Erquan's house.
Upon entering, one sees Yinhua hanging clothes to dry and Ye Erquan chopping firewood.
"Grandma, Auntie." Yinhua was delighted to see the two of them.
After what happened, she was too ashamed to face anyone. Seeing that the two were still paying attention to her family, Yinhua breathed a sigh of relief.
Grandma Ye and Madam Du walked in with smiles.
Du asked, "Where is your mother?"
"She's in her room... she's almost fully recovered, but she said she felt dizzy this morning." Yinhua said with a bitter expression.
How's your brother?
Yinhua gestured towards the east wing with her lips.
Old Mrs. Ye's face darkened. Even after all this time, Ye Peng was still heartbroken and couldn't get over it.
I really don't know what to say about him!
Grandma Ye looked at Ye Erquan: "You have to talk to him."
Ye Erquan stopped what he was doing and said helplessly, "I've already told him. I spend half an hour cursing at his door every day, and my mouth is dry from talking."
“He even came into the room and pulled off his blanket! I beat him up yesterday, and he's still like a dead man.”
He said it with a look of disappointment and frustration.
Du frowned, looking down on Ye Peng's half-dead appearance.
Even when Xiuxiu couldn't be with her Yong'er, her Yong'er never acted like this!
Who is he trying to fool with this ridiculous act? Does he still think Jin'er will feel sorry for him or even give him a second glance?
This lack of common sense is truly baffling.
I must say, he looks exactly like the second son's wife; they truly are mother and son.
Du changed the subject: "Second son, you're so free today, haven't you gone out to work?"
Ye Erquan smiled bitterly: "Sigh... Is it that I don't want to do it? It's that I haven't received any work. I don't know how long I can keep doing this job."
"What do you mean?" Old Mrs. Ye asked anxiously upon hearing this.
Ye Erquan sighed, "This outhouse has been under construction for half a year now. Everyone else has done what they were supposed to do. Besides, a lot of imitations have appeared on the market recently, and we've almost mastered them."
Grandma Ye said, "You didn't teach them, so how did they learn it?"
"This isn't anything profound. Like me now, I want to learn how to make this outhouse, so I can pretend I want to make one too and pay you to do it."
"Even if the process isn't shown, people can dig it up and study it later. Once you understand how septic tanks work, there's nothing you can't do."
Grandma Ye and Madam Du exchanged a glance and both understood.
Grandma Ye sighed, "There's nothing we can do about it. Now we can only rely on our skills."
"Absolutely. The price has come down recently. It used to be eight taels each, then seven taels, then five taels, and now it's down to four taels each. If we don't do it, someone else will, right?"
The two nodded as they listened.
Thinking to himself, Ye Caiping was truly prescient. She had said before that this job wouldn't last long, otherwise she wouldn't have left seven shares to Ye Erquan.
This is to ensure Ye Erquan's livelihood.
At that moment, a dark figure rushed out of the room: "What did you say? You can't get any business at the outhouse? And you've even lowered the price to four ounces a piece?"
The person who came was actually Ms. Wei, who should have been lying in bed.
Knowing that the two had arrived, Mrs. Wei had been lying in bed pretending to be weak until she heard about the outhouse business, at which point she rushed out in excitement.
She had lost a lot of weight, her face was pale, and a white cloth was wrapped around the wound on her forehead.
Grandma Ye's face darkened: "He's still quite energetic."
Du shoved the basket into Yinhua's hands and said coldly, "This is for you. Take good care of it!"
Wei Shi acted as if she hadn't heard him and rushed to Ye Erquan's side:
"Are you serious? Our latrine business is going to fail?"
Ye Erquan rolled his eyes at her: "Is it fake? Don't believe me? Ask Tie Niu and Sanquan. I haven't gotten any work these past few days! You'd be lucky if I could bring home ten or eight taels a month from now on!"
Wei's vision went black. How could this be?
Losing the hot and sour soup delivery business and those twenty-four taels of silver, Mrs. Wei's heart was already bleeding.
Who would have thought that Ye Erquan's latrine business was also about to disappear!
She should have been a wealthy woman earning over ninety taels a month, but now she's fallen so low that she can barely earn ten taels a month!
This disparity was like a knife to Wechsler's heart!
Wei felt like dying. This feeling was a million times more painful than not being able to marry Ye Jin'er!
Wei stepped forward and tightly grasped Du's hand: "Sister-in-law... please help me! Have pity on me... that job delivering spicy soup... we used to do it together..."
"Now that your furniture workshop has so much money, could you let me do this job... Waaah... It's okay if you can't give me all of it, just give me back the half from before..."
Looking at her cautious appearance, Du felt somewhat dazed, as if she were seeing again the timid and cowardly sister-in-law who dared not utter a sound when they were eating coarse food.
Madam Du snorted coldly: "Is this job mine? My little sister just gives it to me because she says so. I have no right to give it to others."
“I’m not one of those ungrateful people! Whether it’s the furniture workshop or the hot and sour soup delivery, every penny I earn comes from my little sister. I know where it comes from! Unlike you, who thinks you’re so capable just because you’ve made a little money.”
Lady Wei's face flushed red and then turned pale with anger, filled with both regret and resentment.
Old Mrs. Ye said with a dark face, "Since you're alright, we'll be leaving now!"
After saying that, he glanced at Ye Erquan.
Ye Erquan nodded, understanding. This was to keep it a secret from the Wei family, so they wouldn't know he still had seven shares in the furniture workshop.
Only when there's less money will the second son's wife behave herself.
The two turned and left.
Yinhua saw them to the gate, and Du turned back and said:
“I see she’s recovering well, so you don’t need to stay home all day taking care of her. It’s time for you to go back to the Shen family home to attend classes.”
After the banquet held for the successful candidates in the county-level imperial examinations, Ye Jin'er and the others resumed their studies.
Yinhua asked for leave, saying she needed to take care of the patient.
Yinhua listened to Du's words, her face turning helpless and pale: "I'll talk to... Huan'er about this later."
Du said, "They should be back by now."
Yin Hua nodded.
After Du and her mother-in-law left, Yinhua waited not far from Ye Caiping's house.
After waiting for a while, she saw the carriage slowly approach and finally stop in front of her.
"Yinhua." Ye Jin'er lifted the curtain and looked at her.
Huan'er squeezed in: "When are you going to class?"
Yinhua paused slightly, then said in a low voice, "Oh... well, I have a lot of things to do at home, so I won't be going anymore. Please ask Cousin Jin and Cousin Huan to tell Sister Man and Mr. Shen as well."
"Thank you for taking care of me over the past six months."
She was too ashamed to go to class anymore.
The aunt was so good to them, giving them work and teaching them how to make money.
They used to support her brother's education and send her to the Shen family to learn things.
But as it turned out, her mother actually schemed against her sister-in-law like this, how could she possibly face her again?
Ye Huan'er frowned: "Are you serious?"
Yinhua lowered her head and clutched her sleeve tightly: "Mmm."
After a moment of silence, Ye Jin'er nodded and said, "Okay, I'll pass on the message to you tomorrow."
Yinhua looked up at Ye Jin'er's bright face, feeling both disappointed and helpless: "Thank you."
After saying that, he turned and left.
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