Chapter 78: Marriage Arrangement
Ye Mingzhu was amused by his matter-of-fact tone: "I'm busy!"
Ye Yunkang took a step forward anxiously: "How can you be busy? I am your cousin."
Ye Mingzhu looked at him with a half-smile: "It seems that you don't know that my uncle wrote me a letter to promise that my family will not cause trouble for me."
Ye Yunkang lowered his voice a little: "Mingzhu, I am your cousin, why would I bother you? I have something to do in town tomorrow, please ask Jiang Hongyu to take me there."
Ye Mingzhu didn't want to have anything to do with the eldest wife, so she refused directly: "I have something to do tomorrow, you can take Uncle Tiezhu's ox cart."
Ye Yunkang was unhappy: "There are so many people on Uncle Tiezhu's ox cart, and we have to go to the village entrance to sit."
Ye Mingzhu didn't care whether he was happy or not. She had the final say over her family's ox cart, so she turned around and went back to the house.
Ye Yunkang called her over, with a look of alms on his face: "I'll pay for your car tomorrow."
Ye Mingzhu turned around and said, "You didn't understand me, I said I have something to do tomorrow."
After saying this, he ignored Ye Yunkang's dark face behind him and turned into the house.
The original price for the ox cart was thirty cents a day because they were afraid that the villagers would be dissatisfied with their purchase of the ox cart and might do something bad to them, not because they were doing it for the sake of making money.
Seeing Ye Mingzhu walking away, Ye Yunkang took two steps forward and kicked the bucket on the ground.
Ye Mingzhu's voice came: "If you kick my bucket and break it, I will ask my uncle to compensate me."
Ye Yunkang immediately squatted down, checked to see that the bucket was not broken, then put it down and left in shame.
Ye Mingzhu saw this scene in the house and could only shake his head. He was already seventeen years old, which was equivalent to an adult man in ancient times, but he acted very immaturely. He was spoiled by Lin.
Jiang Hongyu came back at noon, and Ye Mingzhu mentioned that Ye Yunkang came to borrow the ox cart in the morning.
Jiang Hongyu washed his hands and face, and walked towards the kitchen while saying, "He wants to take Lu Jingya to town to buy things for the wedding."
Ye Mingzhu immediately followed up, helped pick the vegetables, and urged Jiang Hongyu to talk about the follow-up.
Jiang Hongyu was a little amused: "You really want to know?"
Ye Mingzhu nodded: "I have nothing to do, so I just take it as a fun activity."
Jiang Hongyu knew what she meant. Uncle Ye's family was not good to them. Although she would not take the initiative to cause trouble for Uncle Ye's family, it did not mean that she was unwilling to see Uncle Ye's family's embarrassing moments.
While washing rice and cooking, Jiang Hongyu told the subsequent developments.
The Lin family made a big fuss at Uncle Ye's house. Mrs. Lin wanted to marry Lin Yujiao. Mrs. Lin Wang agreed, but Mrs. Lin's father disagreed, and Lin Yujiao was not happy either.
Later, Lu Jingya went to the Ye family several times, and her words and actions implied that she was already Ye Yunkang's woman, and might even be pregnant.
Uncle Ye was originally determined not to agree, but later Lu Jingya said something to Uncle Ye, and Uncle Ye agreed to their marriage after a little consideration.
"What did Lu Jingya say?" Ye Mingzhu said to herself.
"It's probably because the Lu family can return to the capital," Jiang Hongyu guessed. "The Lu family is having a hard time here, so they won't be able to support their daughter's marriage. Lu Jingya won't have any dowry, so they can only use this to keep your uncle hanging."
This is the second time Jiang Hongyu mentioned the capital. Can they really return to the capital?
Thinking of this, Ye Mingzhu asked directly.
Jiang Hongyu had a wry smile on his face. "How is that possible? Even if he knew he was wrong, he wouldn't admit it easily. Besides, after so many years, it wouldn't be easy to find evidence to overturn the verdict."
What's more, if overturning the verdict will put more people in jail, those people will always try every means to obstruct it.
There are people helping in Beijing now, but the Jiang family cannot guarantee that they will be able to return to Beijing, and the Lu family is even less certain. Most of what Lu Jingya said was to fool Uncle Ye.
"It's pretty good here except for the lack of fine clothes and delicious food." Jiang Hongyu said this with a calm face, which seemed to be true.
Ye Mingzhu shrugged. In the eyes of many people, the lack of fine clothes and delicious food is the biggest problem.
As long as her uncle's family doesn't bother her, she won't take the initiative to cause trouble, but she won't be afraid if trouble comes.
Jiang Hongyu looked at Ye Mingzhu's face and said, "When they get married, I will prepare a big gift for them that they will never forget."
Ye Mingzhu waved her hand and said no, she didn't want to get involved too much with her uncle's family, then she talked about going to town tomorrow, Jiang Hongyu nodded and said, "Then go ahead, I can buy you a few pairs of shoes, so I won't need them."
Ye Mingzhu looked down at his shoes. The entire upper was very clean, and it was obvious that he took good care of them. It seemed that they were the pair she made for him. He seemed to only wear these shoes at home and when walking around in the village. He wore other shoes when he went to town.
"Let's go early. I'll make you a new dress and buy you some cloth for shoes. My craftsmanship is average, but it's still good enough to wear at home."
Jiang Hongyu also looked down at the shoes on his feet and stamped his feet: "The shoes you made are very comfortable to wear."
This is a bit of an exaggeration. When Ye Mingzhu first started learning how to make shoes, she could never do better than a professional shoemaker.
At this time, Sister Ying had already returned home. Feng Guilan was weeding in the vegetable garden. Seeing her return, she straightened up and asked, "What did Mingzhu say?"
Sister Ying walked over to help pull out the weeds: "Mingzhu said she's going to town tomorrow and asked me to go with her."
Feng Guilan nodded: "Mingzhu is lucky. She married a man from the capital, and now her husband has a job in the government. There is still good fortune to come. It is right for you to be friends with her."
Sister Ying nodded obediently, but couldn't help asking, "Mother, weren't those people exiled? Why are they still going to the government office?"
Feng Guilan narrowed her eyes. "Even exiles are different. It's definitely not easy for the Jiang family mother and son to gain a foothold here. Your Aunt Jiang knows medicine and is a good person. Mingzhu is from our village. You just need to get along well with them."
"When you go there, tell Datou to get along well with Jiang Hongyu."
"Mom, my husband said that we can't call him Big Head." Sister Ying couldn't help but say.
Feng Guilan waved her hand: "He's the one who's always bothering me. I get it, Ye Lang. What's wrong with family members calling him by a nickname?"
What could Sister Ying say? She just smiled bitterly and continued to work with her head down. Her mother-in-law was the only one in the family who dared to call Ye Lang by his nickname. She was calculating in her mind how much food she should get tomorrow.
Feng Guilan said from the side: "Tomorrow you should get up early, make some buns, and take them to Ye Lang for breakfast. Also, take 50 kilograms of grain. We don't have much fine grain at home, so take 20 kilograms."
Sister-in-law Ying hesitated for a moment: "My sister-in-law just gave birth and needs some nourishment. How about I take less fine grains?"
Feng Guilan shook her head: "It's okay, you can take it. Ye Lang lives with others in town and eats so poorly that people laugh at him. When you come back tomorrow, bring some brown sugar for the second son's wife and buy a piece of meat to make up for it."
Sister-in-law Ying had no choice but to agree, planning to not eat the buns tomorrow morning and leave them for her younger brother and sister-in-law who were in confinement. Since everyone lived together, they should be considerate of each other.
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