Chapter 217 The Big House Visitor
Ye Mingzhu shook her head. He only wanted to take advantage and didn't want to give anything in return. Who would want to associate with such a person?
If they had not just taken advantage of the Jiang family in the past and helped Aunt Jiang and her son more, she would be willing to help them now.
But ever since she married Jiang Hongyu, they came to her house several times to take advantage of her, and her impression of them became bad.
When Jiang Hongyu came back in the evening, Ye Mingzhu told him about the people who came to ask for favors. Jiang Hongyu just said that he didn't need to care about them and it would be better to just treat them as ordinary villagers.
Ye Mingzhu has experience in this way of getting along.
The next day, most of the villagers went to watch the fun, but Ye Mingzhu did not go. She spread out a piece of white paper in front of the window, preparing to draw some coral jewelry pictures to avoid too many corals in the room.
She had just drawn a few strokes when there was a knock on the door. She was startled. Along with the knock was a young woman's voice: "Mingzhu, are you home?"
Ye Mingzhu frowned and thought for a while, but couldn't remember who the voice belonged to.
She put away her paintbrush, went out and opened the door. Outside the door was a woman who looked somewhat familiar, holding a basket in her hand.
"Mingzhu, I heard from your eldest cousin that you are back, so I came to see you." The woman walked in with a smile on her face. Ye Mingzhu remembered that this was Ye Yunjian's wife, that is, her eldest cousin's wife, Mrs. Hu.
Mrs. Hu had already walked into the yard. Ye Mingzhu closed the gate and looked at her with a complicated expression.
She had a bad relationship with her uncle's family and hadn't seen her eldest cousin and his wife for a long time. This was the first time that Mrs. Hu had visited her home.
Mrs. Hu stood in the yard, without looking around, and just put down the basket in her hand: "Mingzhu, these are some longevity fruits my mother sent. I brought some for you."
The longevity fruit is peanuts, and Hu’s family grows some every year.
Ye Mingzhu didn't know what Hu's intention was, so she smiled faintly and said, "We don't usually eat these, so you should take them back for my eldest cousin."
Mrs. Hu sighed, "Your eldest cousin doesn't have time to eat these. He goes out to sea every day and falls asleep as soon as he comes back exhausted."
Ye Mingzhu raised her eyebrows. Is he here to complain to her?
Mrs. Hu looked at her and said, "Mingzhu, your eldest cousin always said that he treated you badly in the past and asked me to take better care of you. Fortunately, you are married now, and your life will get better and better in the future."
Ye Mingzhu: ...Why don't you tell me your purpose? I have other things to do.
Mrs. Hu did not mention the mess in Uncle Ye's family, but only talked about the difficulties Ye Yunjian had faced.
Ye Mingzhu watched her mouth open and close, but couldn't figure out her purpose for a long time. Finally, she took advantage of her pause to interrupt and said, "Sister-in-law, do your family know you're here today?"
She told the whole village that she didn't want to have anything to do with her uncle's family.
Mrs. Hu was just worried that Ye Mingzhu wouldn't respond, so she burst into tears when she heard this: "Your eldest cousin wouldn't let me come to see you, saying that your own life is not easy."
Does this mean it was stolen?
Ye Mingzhu nodded: "Sister-in-law, since my eldest cousin doesn't want you to come, I won't keep you here."
She picked up the basket on the ground and stuffed it into her hands.
Mrs. Hu thought she would ask why, but she didn't expect her to just chase her away.
She made up her mind and said directly: "Mingzhu, your eldest cousin's wife is living a good life, but your eldest cousin is under so much pressure that he can hardly breathe."
"Now your eldest cousin is doing all the housework. He goes out to sea every day and has to do the heavy work at home when he comes back. He is so tired that he is dark and thin."
As she spoke, she glanced at Ye Mingzhu, and seeing that she had no reaction, she simply said, "Mingzhu, your eldest cousin said that he loved you the most when you were a child. We don't ask you for anything else, but we ask you to help him and make his future life easier."
Ye Mingzhu now believed what Mrs. Hu said, and it was not Ye Yunjian who asked her to come.
Ye Yunjian was taught by Grandpa Ye since he was a child to take care of his younger siblings, and he would never ask his cousin for help.
However, it is not entirely true to say that Ye Yunjian liked her the most when she was a child. After all, there was a big age gap between them and they did not play together much when they were young. She played more with Ye Wu and others when she was young.
"Sister-in-law, what happened to my cousin?" Ye Mingzhu finally said what Mrs. Hu wanted to hear.
Mrs. Hu moved closer to her, and Ye Mingzhu took a small step back: "Sister-in-law, just stand there and talk. We are the only ones at home."
They are not familiar with each other, so there is no need to act close.
Mrs. Hu didn't mind. She choked up a bit before saying, "The village is recruiting miners. Your eldest cousin and Ye Yunkang have both signed up. Ye Yunkang wants to group them together so your eldest cousin can do more work. I was wondering if we could separate them."
Ye Mingzhu didn't expect that she would make such a request. She could just tell the mine manager that there was no need to come here.
"Mingzhu, I saw Ye Wu with someone from Beijing. Is he the mine manager? I heard him say he needs to be reviewed or something. People with bad character are not allowed to go. Can you let your eldest cousin stay with Ye Wu? They are relatives and can take care of each other."
There was anticipation in Hu's eyes.
Ye Mingzhu asked tentatively, "Do you want to transfer my eldest cousin to be the manager as well, and not let Ye Yunkang go mining with him?"
Hu's eyes were shining, and she said, "This is not good, will others say you are using your relatives?"
Ye Mingzhu smiled: "Eldest cousin's wife also knows that it's not good, so this thing must not be done. To tell you the truth, I just came back to check on the house. I can't interfere with the affairs of the mine. It's all decided by the adults next door. If you have any ideas, you can go directly to the adults next door and tell them."
Although Mrs. Hu is not good-looking, she has beautiful ideas. If she goes to find someone according to Mrs. Hu's idea, it will take less than an incense stick of time for them to become a vegetable market. They are all from the same village, so how distant can they be from each other?
Besides, I’m afraid Uncle Ye and Mrs. Lin will also come to cause trouble.
She had been living quite comfortably recently, so she didn't cause herself any trouble.
Mrs. Hu's expression had turned from sunny to gloomy. She was filled with disbelief. "Mingzhu, I don't ask for anything else from you. I just ask that you take care of your eldest cousin. His life is so difficult."
"Heh..." Ye Mingzhu laughed instead of getting angry: "These days, who has an easy life? Back then, Yun An did the work of the whole family by himself. Was it easy for him? I followed him into the sea every day back then. Was it easy for me?"
Ye Mingzhu asked this on behalf of the original owner. You all know it's not easy, but who sympathizes with the original owner and her brother?
Don’t say that Mrs. Hu is a new daughter-in-law. She has never bullied the original owner’s siblings, but she has indeed not helped much. In the entire Uncle Ye’s family, only Ye Yunjian would speak for Ye Mingzhu and her siblings and help them with work.
"Mingzhu, are you still brooding over what happened back then? I had just gotten married, and I didn't dare..." Ye Ming interrupted Hu's defense: "I don't bear a grudge against you."
Hu's face lit up with joy, and she continued, "I've forgotten everything that happened before. Let's just get along like ordinary villagers."
"Mingzhu is right, mother, let's go back." Ye Yunjian's voice came from outside the door.
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