Ye Er's family.
Ye Peng was chopping firewood in the yard, while Wei Xiaojuan was chatting away beside him.
"Grandpa, call him Grandpa, call him Grandpa..." Ye Erquan kept teasing Ye Yaozu, who was sitting on the mat, with wooden toys.
But Ye Yaozu only laughed "ah ah," without saying a single syllable.
Ye Erquan looked on, feeling a little anxious.
The little girl next door could sit up at seven months, crawl at eight months, call out "daddy" and "mommy" at ten months, and walk at one year old.
But my little ancestor is already a year and a half old and can only crawl. His mouth is so closed it looks like a gourd without a mouth. He can't even stand, let alone walk.
Ye Erquan felt a surge of anxiety.
"Oh, Erquan!" At that moment, Granny Zhao walked in. "I heard Huan'er is back! She's distributing the gifts!"
Ye Erquan exclaimed with delight, "Really?"
Granny Zhao nodded with a smile: "That's right, I just visited her house and received some pastries from her! They're called rose crystal cakes, and they're so delicious."
"Jin'er and Xiaomei have returned too?"
"No, not at all. Huan'er is back. Oh, and I also heard something else: Jin'er is engaged! Her fiancé is apparently a young nobleman or something, a prince of a noble family. I always said that a young lady of such high birth should marry someone like that."
As Granny Zhao spoke, she glanced at Ye Peng.
Yes, she came here specifically to tell Ye Peng!
Ye Peng was stunned, and the firewood he was burning froze in his tracks.
She's engaged? How could she be engaged?
Even though he knew all along that she would one day marry someone else.
But when it actually happened, he still couldn't accept it.
Moreover, he was a noble young master!
Wei Xiaojuan felt a pang of jealousy upon hearing this.
She had always been competing with Ye Jin'er, and now that Ye Jin'er was going to marry a nobleman, she felt extremely resentful.
Granny Zhao continued her barrage: "That young master seems to be one of the most powerful nobles in the capital. After she marries him, she will be the heir apparent's wife, not just a young mistress!"
"However, she was already a pampered young lady in her family, with plenty of servants to wait on her. Naturally, she would marry someone like that. Would she marry someone inferior to her and suffer? I heard that the dowry has already been agreed upon, and it will be 80,000 taels! Tsk tsk tsk."
Wei Xiaojuan and Ye Peng both broke down again.
At the time, he only gave Wei Xiaojuan 50 taels of silver as a betrothal gift, but he told others that it was 188 taels, which made him think he was very powerful.
Now people...
Ye Erquan said, "I'll go check on Huan'er."
After saying that, Ye Erquan stuffed Ye Yaozu into Wei Xiaojuan's arms and left happily, with Granny Zhao following behind.
Only Ye Peng and his wife remained, sitting there with mixed feelings.
At this moment, Madam Wei came in carrying a basin of clothes. Seeing Wei Xiaojuan comfortably sunbathing with her baby, she angrily threw the clothes on the ground.
"Wei Xiaojuan, are you a lazy bum? All you do is lie around all day. When are you going to finish washing your clothes?"
Upon hearing that Ye Jin'er was engaged to the Duke's heir, Wei Xiaojuan felt she was being outdone. Already unhappy, she was further displeased when Madam Wei started causing her trouble.
"Dad said I just need to take good care of the baby."
After Wei Xiaojuan finished her postpartum confinement, Wei's mother no longer wanted to tolerate her and asked Wei Xiaojuan to share the housework.
But Wei Xiaojuan said she had to take care of the child and didn't want to do anything else.
The Wei family had made a fuss about it back then.
Finally, Ye Erquan made the final decision, saying that taking care of the child was troublesome, and the housework would still be divided as before. Wei Xiaojuan would not do housework, but would focus on taking care of the child.
At that time, the baby had just been born and cried every night. Ms. Wei felt that taking care of the baby was even more difficult, so she endured it.
My child is now a year and a half old and cries much less at night, making him much easier to care for than before.
Now, the Wei family wants Wei Xiaojuan to take care of the child, but also expects her to do all the housework.
Madam Wei snorted coldly: "Grandpa is a year and a half old now, and he's still obedient and steady. What's the point of taking care of him?"
Wei Xiaojuan looked at Ye Peng and said, "Listen to what your mother is saying. Everyone in the village says I'm so lucky to have married you. What luck have I gotten? I wanted a wet nurse, but there wasn't one. And your mother keeps bragging outside about how good she is to me."
"Hmph, now that I'm in a good mood, they nag me all day long, as if they're afraid I'll have an easy time. What, is your 'good mother-in-law' a fake? Is your 'young mistress' a fake too?"
As he spoke, he glared at Ye Peng.
Ye Peng's face was extremely grim. He had just been provoked by Jin'er's engagement, and now Wei Xiaojuan was bringing it up again. Ye Peng was somewhat annoyed and looked at Madam Wei:
"Mom, stop making a fuss if there's nothing wrong!"
Madam Wei was furious and sneered, "What have I done? Don't try to flatter me! The last one, Zhang Shui Niang, who didn't want to do housework and caused trouble every day, has already been sold! What, Wei Xiao Juan, do you want to do the same?"
Wei Xiaojuan gritted her teeth, her eyes brimming with tears, and looked at Ye Peng: "Look at your mother, it's only right that Ye Jin'er doesn't criticize you."
Ye Peng's expression changed drastically, and he roared, "Shut up, all of you!"
Ye Peng was very angry, but he didn't know why... anyway, there was all sorts of pulling and tugging.
He looked at Madam Wei: "Father arranges the household affairs. If Mother doesn't... feels it's inappropriate, tell Father!"
He didn't even dare to express his dissatisfaction with the Wei family.
How could she be dissatisfied... how could she mistreat her daughter-in-law?
Ye Jin'er's betrothal gift was 80,000 taels, but he only gave 188 taels.
She married a nobleman's son, whose family were just ordinary wealthy farmers.
These are already incomparable. If he can't even be as loving towards his wife and mother-in-law as he is, then what does he have left?
How can he prove himself?
Wei Xiaojuan then looked at Madam Wei: "Ye Jin'er is engaged, to a young nobleman or something, that's what people call entering a life of luxury. What kind of life am I now? Mother, what kind of life am I now?"
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