Chapter 9 Taking Inventory of Property
In the original owner's memory, the Ye family was just ordinary fishermen. Because they knew how to catch pearls, they earned more than ordinary fishermen.
But the more times you go to sea, the greater the danger.
I remember that my grandfather once said that this job was too dangerous, and in two years he would let the children go to the town to find work, and the whole family would gradually move to the town.
The original owner once asked what to do if she stopped pearl collecting and had no money at home?
At that time, Grandpa's face was full of smiles: "In two years, Grandpa will definitely find a way to make Mingzhu a real pearl."
These two boxes belong to my grandfather.
Ye Mingzhu reacted almost instantly.
My grandfather goes to sea all year round, and these two boxes should have been fished out of the sea by him. Due to some reasons, they cannot be used temporarily. My grandfather should have told my uncle, but I wonder if my third uncle knows about this?
Ye Mingzhu carefully recalled what happened before and after her parents passed away. No one mentioned the two boxes at all. She and her sister went to her uncle's house for dinner, and her uncle went to the chicken coop almost every day.
In other words, Uncle Ye was planning to keep all this money for himself.
Ye Mingzhu felt a chill in her heart. The original owner seldom went to the sea before, but after her parents passed away, her uncle always said that life was difficult at home. She went to the sea more times in a month than in the previous ten years combined.
Obviously, the Ye family has so much wealth, and if they divide it equally among the three families, the original owner will not lose his life.
Thinking of this, Ye Mingzhu closed the two boxes. She would find a chance to give some of the things in them to her third uncle in the future. As for her eldest uncle, forget it. He should take some responsibility for his selfishness.
After leaving the space again, Ye Mingzhu heard the sound of rain coming from outside. She opened the door and took a look, and it was raining.
In just a short while, the ground was already wet. I estimated that by the next day, the entire ground would be covered with water. The roads in the village were dirt roads, so every step would be covered in mud.
Ye Mingzhu, who had just finished complaining in her heart, thought that the entire ground was covered with water, so no one would know that she went to the Ye family's main house, right?
The rain came at the right time.
With her mood improved, Ye Mingzhu was even less sleepy. She was thinking about how she would make a living in the future.
Although the gold leaves and jade artifacts in the box are valuable, they are difficult to cash in. If Uncle Ye finds out, it will be even more troublesome.
She searched the house during the day and found the original owner's private money, a silver hairpin, a pearl bracelet, and more than one or two taels of silver in a secret place under the bed.
The silver hairpin was a coming-of-age gift prepared in advance by Ye's father and mother. The pearl bracelet was made of pearls from the pearl oysters that she collected, which were not very good. She asked her father to have someone make a bracelet. The more than one or two taels of silver were the New Year's money she had saved over the years and the money from selling the pearl oysters she collected.
This money won't last long, and she also wants to support Ye Yun'an's studies and martial arts training, which will cost a lot of money.
Even if she could go to the sea to catch pearls, it would be like exchanging her life for money, so she still had to think of other ways to make money.
After thinking for an unknown amount of time, Ye Mingzhu finally fell into a drowsy sleep.
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When Uncle Ye woke up, the rain had stopped, but it was still dark. He nudged Lin, who was standing next to him, and asked, "What time is it now? Has the rooster crowed yet?"
Lin mumbled, "The rooster hasn't crowed yet, it's still early."
Uncle Ye turned over, unable to lie still, so he put on his clothes. He heard whispers outside the yard, and he pushed Lin again.
Mrs. Lin sat up irritably, not daring to get angry at Uncle Ye. She just shouted outside, "What time is it? Why are you talking nonsense when you're not going to cook?"
Ye Yunjian's wife, Mrs. Hu, pushed him, and he finally mustered up the courage to say, "Mom, it's morning."
"What?" Lin woke up immediately and quickly picked up her clothes and put them on, complaining, "This damn chicken, it usually crows loudly, but today it's silent. I'll kill it."
Uncle Ye frowned: "Why are you saying all this? Hurry up and cook. We can't go out to sea today, so this is a good day to rest."
Lin quickly took the food from the house and handed it to Hu who was waiting outside. She glared at her and said, "Lazy woman, it's so late and you still don't know how to cook. Are you trying to starve the men at home to death?"
Hu: ...
Lin first went to the backyard to check on her beloved chickens. When she arrived at the chicken coop, she remembered that she had hidden the chickens at Aunt Jiang's house yesterday.
Uncle Ye followed her and saw that there were no chickens in the chicken coop. He couldn't help but ask, "Where are the chickens at home?"
Lin turned around and said sheepishly, "No one was home yesterday, so I drove the chickens to Aunt Jiang's house."
Uncle Ye knew immediately that she was afraid that Ye Mingzhu and her brother would come to her house to ask for the chicken. He glared at her and said, "How can you leave your chicken at someone else's house? Go and get it back."
Mrs. Lin promised Aunt Jiang that she would help her feed the chickens for two days, and she would give the eggs laid by the chickens to Aunt Jiang.
When Uncle Ye found out about this, he was almost mad at his stupid daughter-in-law. She gave away six or seven eggs a day for free.
"Go and get the chicken back quickly." Uncle Ye waved his hand at Lin, really not wanting to say anything more to her.
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Lin turned around and walked out.
Uncle Ye looked around and found that he was the only one in the backyard. He immediately reached into the chicken coop, but soon the smile froze on his face. He withdrew his hand in disbelief, and then put his entire head into the chicken coop.
It was gone, it was completely empty inside. Uncle Ye stuck his head into the chicken coop in the south, and it was just as empty.
Uncle Ye gasped for breath, his head spinning. Who was it? Who took his suitcase?
He went out to sea early yesterday morning and didn't have time to check. He remembered that the box was still there when he checked the day before yesterday, but now it's gone, nothing is left.
Uncle Ye wanted to call for help, but he stopped after running a few steps. He couldn't let Mingzhu's siblings and Uncle Ye's family know about this, otherwise he would not be able to explain it.
Grandpa Ye once said that the three brothers of the Ye family would divide the things in the box equally, live in the town together, and never go out to sea again.
But after Grandpa Ye passed away, Uncle Ye looked at the two boxes and hesitated. In the end, he only took in the siblings from the second wife to eat at his home.
He wanted to find an opportunity to exchange the gold leaves in the box for money, buy a house in town, and give some to the third wife when the time comes.
But now, there was nothing left. Uncle Ye looked at the entire backyard blankly. There were only footprints of him and Lin walking in early in the morning. The rest of the place was washed away by rain.
As soon as Lin had driven the chickens back, Uncle Ye, with a dark face, slapped her in the face: "Why did you drive your chickens to someone else's house?"
Uncle Ye's expression was ferocious, as if his father had died. This frightened Lin, who quickly defended herself, "Isn't it just that I can't bear to let him go?"
Uncle Ye asked everyone in the family sternly who had been to the chicken coop. Everyone looked confused. Only Lin had picked up eggs yesterday morning and came back in the afternoon to drive the chickens to Aunt Jiang's house. No one else had been there.
Uncle Ye was so angry that he didn't even eat, but he didn't say what was lost. He beat Lin again. The noise attracted the neighbors nearby to knock on the door, and he stopped.
No one dared to mention the meal. Everyone retreated to their rooms, fearing that they would anger Uncle Ye, who was on the verge of collapse.
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