Chapter 329: Let Someone Take It Away
"Yunping, what happened at home?" Ye Mingzhu could see that Ye Yunping was sincere when he said these words. He really didn't want to go to town.
"My uncle was set up and lost all the family money. Now the family has no money left and wants to use my cousin to pay off the debt."
Ye Yunping said with tears streaming down his face: "My second aunt came to borrow money and said that those loan sharks might cause trouble for our family. My parents were afraid of trouble, so they wanted to send us to the town."
Ye Yunping overheard all of this. His parents had argued several times about whether he could borrow money.
My second aunt came again on the 30th and said that all the things in his house had been taken away. If he couldn't pay it back, I'm afraid my cousin would lose her life.
Yunping's cousin was seventeen years old and had already been engaged, but because of this incident, the marriage was cancelled.
Ye Mingzhu frowned tightly: "Did your mother lend the money to your second uncle?"
Ye Yunping nodded: "I borrowed twenty taels."
"How much did your uncle borrow from outside?"
Ye Yunping lowered his head deeply: "One, one hundred taels."
Ye Mingzhu was speechless. It was estimated that Fang's family would have to save for 20 to 30 years to save this amount of money.
But she remembered that Uncle Ye had sold the coral, so he should have some money and should have come up with a hundred taels. There was only one possibility, that is, Uncle Ye did not want to lend.
"Logically speaking, this is the money your uncle borrowed, and they can't find it in you, so why did your parents send you away?"
Ye Mingzhu still felt something was wrong, but Ye Yunping didn't know about it.
Ye Mingzhu asked her to go back first and think about it.
Ye Yunping apologized and sent Ye Mingzhu back home before leaving.
Ye Yun'an came out of the yard and saw Ye Yunping running away. She asked, "Sister, what does Brother Yunping want to talk to you about?"
Ye Mingzhu didn't want to hide it from Ye Yun'an. She walked into the yard and told Uncle Yan what Ye Yunping had just told her, and asked Uncle Yan to investigate what was going on in the next two days.
Uncle Yan also found it strange and thought that it was impossible for the moneylender to cause trouble for the Fang family.
"I'll go out and ask someone." Uncle Yan walked out directly.
"Yun'an, Luodou, once a person gets involved in gambling, he can't quit. That's the beginning of ruining his family, do you know?" Ye Mingzhu stared at the two people closely.
She believed that both children were good kids, but now there was a ready-made case, and it would be a shame not to tell them about it, so she sounded the alarm for them first.
The two children nodded at the same time, indicating that they would never gamble again.
Ye Mingzhu looked at their confused expressions and waved her hand to let them leave. She then went back and told Aunt Jiang what had happened.
Aunt Jiang had no objection to the two children coming to live with her, as long as they didn't cause any trouble for the family.
Ye Mingzhu didn't dare to say that this matter would not affect the family. She just said that she would wait until Uncle Yan found out what happened before talking about Ye Yunping and his brother moving to the town.
Although they had something on their mind, it had little to do with their family and did not affect their lunch.
When Uncle Yan left, he said that he probably wouldn't be back for lunch and asked them not to wait for him.
Aunt Jiang asked Ye Yun'an to put the remaining vegetables into the pot for Uncle Yan, and then invited everyone to eat.
When they were almost done eating, Ye Yunli came over and said, "Sister Mingzhu, have you seen my brother?"
He glanced at the sumptuous meat dishes on the table and almost didn't hear what Ye Mingzhu said.
"Yun Ping said a few words to me and then left. Didn't he go home?"
"I haven't seen my brother since you left. I thought he went out to play. Someone saw him talking to you, so my mother asked me to ask you." Ye Yunli looked at the food on the table and swallowed.
Ye Mingzhu casually pulled a chicken leg from the table and handed it to him: "Did you go to the village to ask? Did Yunping go to play with someone else?"
Ye Yunli took a bite of the chicken leg before saying, "I went looking for it, but couldn't find it. My brother is always at home reading and rarely goes out to play."
Aunt Jiang asked worriedly, "Did you have a fight and he hid himself?"
When Jiang Hongyu first came to the village, he would hide after quarreling or fighting with others.
Ye Yunli shook his head. His brother had a very good temper and rarely quarreled with others.
Ye Mingzhu thought of what Ye Yunping had told her, and wondered if his disappearance was related to his second uncle's gambling debts.
"Mom, I'm going to my third aunt's house to find out what's going on." Ye Mingzhu was a little uneasy.
Aunt Jiang lost her appetite and stood up: "I'll go with you to take a look."
Ye Yun'an also wanted to go with them, but Ye Mingzhu stopped him directly: "You and Ludou wait at home, and my mother and I will go over to take a look. Maybe Yunping has gone to visit one of his relatives."
Ye Yun'an saw that Ye Mingzhu looked unhappy, so he stayed at home obediently and said that he would take good care of Ludou and that the two of them would not run around.
Ye Mingzhu didn't say anything more. She and Aunt Jiang took Ye Yunli to Uncle Ye's house in a hurry.
At the door of the third branch of the Ye family, Fang looked outside anxiously. When she saw a few figures in the distance, the expression on her face relaxed and she walked towards them.
"You damn kid, I asked you to go find your brother, why did you take so long to come back?"
Fang patted Ye Yunli and realized that the people next to him were Aunt Jiang and Ye Mingzhu.
"Sister-in-law, Mingzhu, why are you here?" Fang asked in surprise, then looked at Ye Yunli: "Where is your brother?"
"I didn't find my brother." Ye Yunli shook his head.
Fang was a little anxious: "You didn't find your brother, what are you doing back?"
She pushed Ye Yunli and asked him to find someone else. Ye Yunli was caught off guard and was almost pushed down.
Ye Mingzhu helped him up and said unhappily, "Aunt San, Yunping is missing. Let's go look for him now. What's the point of you being angry with Yunli?"
Fang was anxious just now, but she was relieved to see that Ye Yunli was fine. After hearing what Ye Mingzhu said, she nodded quickly.
"Okay, I'll go find it now."
Aunt Jiang and Mrs. Fang were together, and Ye Mingzhu took Ye Yunli with her. They divided into two groups and went to places where Ye Yunping might go.
The four people searched for an hour and then met at the door of the third room. The four of them looked very unhappy because they did not find Ye Yunping.
"Yunping, where is Yunping?" Fang's face was pale. If Aunt Jiang hadn't supported her, she would have fallen down.
Uncle Ye looked at Fang with a dark face and said after a while, "Tell me, was Yunping taken away by someone?"
"No, it won't." Fang's face became paler.
"I'll go visit your mother's family." Uncle Ye said and left.
Fang covered her face and cried.
Aunt Jiang and Ye Mingzhu looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.
Ye Yunli touched his stomach. He hadn't eaten lunch yet and was hungry, but Fang was crying and he didn't dare to speak.
"Aunt San, let's go into the house first and let Yunli eat something. Then you can think about where else Yunping might go." Ye Mingzhu noticed Ye Yunli's little action and reminded Fang.
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