Wei Xiaojuan's words made Wei feel like the sky had fallen again.
Because everything she said was true.
Mrs. Wei said angrily, "I have money, I'll build my own house to live in!"
"you go!"
After saying that, Wei Xiaojuan slammed the door and went into her room.
Mrs. Wei left in tears, not caring about the steamed buns, but about saving face. Without them, she couldn't live!
Lady Wei wanted to build a house, but when she heard that buying land would cost several taels of silver, and that buying bricks, tiles, stones, and furniture... a large brick and tile house would cost several dozen taels. Wouldn't that be taking her life?
Should we build an adobe house?
But brick houses are springing up one after another in the village. Now even the poorest family has a brick house. How shameful it would be to build a mud house yourself.
Moreover, she was used to living in a brick house, so why would she want to live in an adobe house again?
Why should she waste her money on a big house when she already has one?
Thinking of all this, she returned crying.
Then he continued fighting with Wei Xiaojuan.
There was no rice, salt, or meat at home, and Mrs. Wei was unwilling to go out to buy any, so everyone went hungry.
Ye Peng would glare at Wei Shi, and Wei Shi, in order to please her son, would have no choice but to spend money.
When Madam Wei refused to let Wei Xiaojuan sit at the table to eat, Wei Xiaojuan retorted sarcastically, "You wicked mother-in-law is tormenting her daughter-in-law again. Is this the kind of life I'm supposed to live as your daughter-in-law?"
Anyway, they manipulated Ye Peng in every way.
This was precisely what Ye Peng couldn't stand; it was his last shred of dignity.
Madam Wei roared, "You foul mouth, Peng'er! If you won't divorce her, then beat her to death! Let her foul mouth keep spouting nonsense!"
Ye Peng was pushed to the limit and became so angry that he wanted to hit someone.
Wei Xiaojuan then cried, "Waaah... So marrying you meant getting a wicked mother-in-law, being poor and doing hard labor wasn't the worst part? And now you even beat me? I thought it didn't matter that you were poor and incompetent, at least you had a good personality... Now even that last bit is gone?"
"Luckily, I'm thick-skinned. If Ye Jin'er had married you, how many punches could she have taken?"
At this moment, Ye Peng would freeze in place.
Looking at my raised hand, a wave of shame washed over me.
If Jin'er married him, how many punches could she take from him...?
Seeing that Ye Peng was being manipulated again, Wei became even more heartbroken and distressed.
Why should she, why should she put up with this?
She's clearly rich, so why does she live like this?
Then, Mrs. Wei started crying and ran outside, wanting to move out.
But when she started calculating the cost of building the house again, she ran back crying, continued to argue and fight with Wei Xiaojuan, tried to please Ye Peng, got so angry that she wanted to go out and build the house, but in the end she couldn't bear to leave and came back crying.
This cycle of life has resulted in a delicate balance and stability.
......
Because of the divorce of Lady Wei, the rumors that marriage between cousins would result in the birth of an idiot have had a deeper impact and have spread to the prefectural city.
Some doctors will even spread the word: "Anyway, the closer the people who get married, the more likely they are to have a child who is mentally challenged or sick; in short, the chances are much higher than with other people."
Because Ye Caiping was in the capital, the news spread throughout the capital.
Of course, the Empress Dowager did not explicitly forbid cousins from marrying.
This practice has existed for thousands of years, and many cousins, whether commoners or nobles, have married. If a ban is issued based on this one example, it would undoubtedly offend the whole world and create enemies for Ye Caiping.
Anyway, spread the word if you can, believe it or not. Just don't cry if you have a mentally challenged or sick child.
Once this issue has taken root in people's hearts, it will be much more feasible to issue an order prohibiting cousin marriage after ten or twenty years.
Ye Caiping received Huan'er's letter and learned about what had happened in the village, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
She was quite impressed with Wei Xiaojuan.
She's good at pretending, acting, and has the skills to back it up. She's also ruthless and willing to go all out.
Although Wei Xiaojuan was frivolous, selfish, vain, and jealous, she withstood all the pressure and went all out to protect her own interests and those of her mentally challenged son.
However, Wei Xiaojuan was originally quite shrewd; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to so easily control Wei Shi and Ye Peng as soon as she entered the house.
Of course, she wasn't saying that Wei Xiaojuan was right to drug her family. Legally speaking, that was certainly wrong and harmful.
It is inherently difficult to distinguish right from wrong.
As for her second brother... well, she's done what she was supposed to do.
Even one's own sister finds it difficult to interfere in or make decisions for someone else's family affairs.
Just like the matter of divorcing Mrs. Wei, if she had insisted on divorcing him back then, all these tragedies could have been prevented.
Ye Peng did not marry Wei Xiaojuan.
But in the future, whether it's Ye Erquan or Ye Peng, they will blame her and say, "She was just confused for a moment, it was really too much to divorce her."
Because they couldn't see the tragedy that would follow, they thought they could live a good life without divorcing their wives.
You reap what you sow.
......
After Ye Erquan and his two companions moved into Daquan's house, things calmed down after the first few days when Wei Shi caused trouble.
Another half month passed.
Grandma Ye, Mr. and Mrs. Ye Daquan, and Ye Erquan were all in the main hall.
At this moment, Yinhua walked over and asked, "Grandma, are you looking for me?"
Grandma Ye said, "I asked a matchmaker to find you a marriage partner half a month ago. We've selected several families. Take a look and see which one you like."
Yinhua clutched her sleeve tightly, nodding shyly, "Grandma said..."
Old Lady Ye said, "One is the eldest son of the wealthy Lei family in Nanzhou. He is twenty-one years old this year, with substantial assets. He runs a paper mill and always earns four or five thousand taels a month. The young master Lei is also very handsome and has already taken over the family business."
"One is the family of Magistrate He. His youngest son is already twenty years old and is now a scholar. The He family's assets are average, with the income from their land being about five or six hundred taels per month."
“One is the heir of the Marquis of Dongyang. The Marquis of Dongyang is a local official in Nanzhou. The heir is eighteen years old this year and is good-looking and virtuous.”
"There's another one, a merchant in our town. He owns five or six grain and oil shops. The young master's surname is Yu, he's nineteen years old, and he's already managing the family business. He earns three or four hundred taels a month."
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