Chapter 84 The farce ends
Uncle Ye gnashed his teeth and said, "This is my Ye family's business. Aren't you meddling too much?"
Mother Hu looked indifferent: "If I don't care, what if you let my son-in-law suffer?"
This helpless look made Uncle Ye helpless, made the villagers laugh, and made Ye Mingzhu think.
You see, no matter where you go, people who care about their reputation will suffer losses.
Mother Hu simply looked at the crowd watching: "Everyone, please judge for yourself. Tell me whether what the Ye family did was right or wrong."
Uncle Ye's face darkened, and he didn't dare look in the direction of the villagers. He had always been very concerned about his reputation, but Ye Mingzhu and her brother had made him lose face, and now his in-laws had made him lose face again.
Thinking of this, he looked around. If Ye Mingzhu came, he could borrow some money from her. She would feel embarrassed to refuse in front of so many people.
When Ye Mingzhu saw him looking up, she subconsciously lowered her head, not letting Ye Yun'an show up.
Uncle Ye searched twice but couldn't find Ye Mingzhu and her brother. Brother Dao couldn't wait any longer: "Alright, stop making excuses. Give me the money. Twelve taels, not even one tael less."
Brother Dao's eyes fell on Uncle Ye's hand: "Go and get the remaining six taels."
Uncle Ye was still thinking, but Brother Dao couldn't bear it anymore. He winked at his men, and they went straight to the backyard and caught several chickens.
Lin immediately rushed forward and said, "This is our chicken. Please put it back for us."
Brother Dao snorted coldly: "If you don't pay back the money, we will start taking things."
Mrs. Lin was extremely anxious. She wanted to snatch the chicken back, but she was reluctant to let Uncle Ye pay for it.
Ye Yunkang hid far away without saying a word. Lu Jingya stared at Uncle Ye's hand with tears in her eyes, fearing that Uncle Ye would hand over the money.
Ye Mingzhu was a little curious. Would Uncle Ye hand over the money?
Uncle Ye took in everyone's expressions. He always felt that the villagers were laughing at him. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Ms. Lin, go inside and get the money."
Lin hesitated, somewhat unhappy. Uncle Ye narrowed his eyes and said word by word, "I said to get the money."
Only then did Lin slowly walk into the house.
"Mother-in-law, remember to take out my son-in-law's money as well."
Lin turned around and glared at her: "No, my family doesn't have that much money."
"Then take as much as you can." Mother Hu refused to give in. "How you treat your eldest son and his wife now is how they will treat you in the future."
Perhaps this touched Uncle Ye. He turned to look at Lin and said, "Take six taels first."
"Let's solve the problem first, and then talk about family matters. I will definitely not let the eldest brother and his wife suffer any loss." Uncle Ye looked at Hu's mother and his tone became much more sincere.
Mother Hu opened her mouth, but Father Hu stopped her: "Then listen to your in-laws."
"Sister, will uncle divide the family business?" Ye Yun'an asked Ye Mingzhu in a low voice.
Ye Mingzhu shook her head. She didn't think so. Although six taels of silver was a lot, Ye Yunjian could collect pearls and make money, and Hu could do housework.
Ye Yunkang seldom goes to the sea to collect pearls because he cannot hold his breath. As for Lu Jingya, well, it's obvious that she is a sneaky person.
Ye Yunshun was still young, so he went to the sea less often.
After all, the only ones who can work at home are the eldest son and his wife. As long as Uncle Ye has a brain, he will not split up the family.
"Look, your aunt is back." Shi Tou interrupted Ye Mingzhu's thoughts.
Lin reluctantly handed the money in her hand to Uncle Ye, and Uncle Ye handed it to Brother Dao.
Brother Dao shook it and said it was okay. He waved his hand and told his men to leave.
Lin watched them take away the chickens, her heart bleeding, but the look in Dao Ge's eyes when he left made her dare not make a fuss, so she could only vent her anger somewhere else.
"Lu Jingya, what are you doing there? Go wash the dishes."
Lu Jingya looked at Ye Yunkang with tears in her eyes: "Husband, I, I..."
The meaning of the words is very clear. I am the bride today, how can you ask me to work?
When Mrs. Lin saw her like this, her face became even more embarrassed. Uncle Ye stopped her and stopped her from cursing. He just looked at Lu Jingya coldly and whispered to her to go back to the house.
Uncle Ye called Ye Yunkang to go to each table to apologize and ask everyone to eat more.
During the commotion just now, everyone had almost finished the food on the table. Now they couldn't sit still anymore and stood up one after another, ready to go home. Only Hu's family members did not move.
Uncle Ye didn't look at them, but just sighed and looked at Ye Yunjian: "Boss, you come."
Ye Yunjian walked silently to Uncle Ye, lowered his head and said nothing.
"Boss, I'm sorry to have wronged you. Your brother was wrong in doing this, but if I don't pay him back, everything in our house will be taken away."
"You are the pillar of our family. How could I bear to part with you? But we really don't have six taels of silver left. I'll give you four taels first, and consider the rest as something we owe you. When we make money, I'll give you the remaining two taels, okay?"
Mother Hu frowned and was pulled back by Father Hu who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.
"Dad, I won't split up the family, this money..."
"Dad, we want this money. We are family. We don't need any money from our family. We can earn it ourselves." Mrs. Hu suddenly spoke, interrupting what Ye Yunjian was about to say.
Hu's mother's complexion immediately improved, with a hint of pride in her eyes.
Uncle Ye looked at his eldest daughter-in-law expressionlessly. Mrs. Hu shrank back and hid behind Ye Yunjian.
The scene was silent.
"Ms. Lin, go get the last four taels of silver and give it to Mrs. Hu." After saying this, Uncle Ye turned and went into the house without paying any attention to the people in the yard.
Mrs. Hu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister-in-law, do you really have to force my parents? You know that my parents don't have much money, but you still insist on asking for four taels of silver. How can we live without money at home?" Ye Yunkang rushed to Hu in a rage.
"Akang, that was what my parents wanted to give you, not what your sister-in-law wanted. Besides, if you didn't owe twelve taels, how could there be so many problems?" Although Ye Yunjian is honest, he has always protected his wife.
Mrs. Hu raised her head and said slowly, "Second brother, why don't you tell me? What did you do with these twelve taels? Did you buy any expensive jewelry?"
"Where are the jewelry? We were... cheated." Ye Yunkang said half of his words, a little vague.
Ye Yunkang looked out of the yard in frustration, but he didn't see any trace of Ye Mingzhu and her husband. He angrily asked, "Where's Ye Mingzhu? Why didn't she come?"
Mrs. Hu didn't know why he mentioned his cousin from the next room, but she got the money today and was in a good mood, so she didn't want to argue with him.
Mrs. Hu stuffed the money into her arms and went to see her family off.
Ye Yunjian looked at Ye Yunkang, shook his head and sighed, then followed Hu and sent the person off together.
Seeing that everyone ignored him and acted as if he had done something wrong, Ye Yunkang was so angry that his eyes turned red and he turned around and went back to the house.
Hu's mother looked at the mess in the yard and pulled Hu's hand: "Why don't you come home with me? I'll leave all the work in the yard to you."
Mrs. Hu smiled and said, "It's okay, mother. I work slowly, but there are many people in the family, so we can just work together and it will be done."
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