Chapter 45: Eating Up Their Family’s Meat

Two pounds of beef were stewed in a big pot, and eight out of ten mouthfuls went into the mouths of Ye Xiaozhen, Ye Xiaoqiang, and Xie Linli.

Xie Linli scooped up a few chopsticks full, and found that it was all soup, there was no meat left.

He smacked his lips and commented, “The taste is average, it’s far worse than what my sister-in-law makes.”

Sun Qing was completely furious, she had been busy for half a day, and this stinky boy was still complaining that it wasn’t good enough?

Ye Xiaochun pressed her hard, preventing her from erupting on the spot.

She thought to herself that she had endured this far, they would finish eating and leave, she couldn’t ruin it all now.

“Yes, yes, my cooking skills are not as good as Xiaozhen’s. You’re lucky, your brother married a wife, and you’re also benefiting from it.”

Xie Linli picked his teeth, he chuckled and said, “We have to thank your mother-in-law for this, if it wasn’t for her matchmaking, my brother would have been a bachelor for life.”

Huh?

Qian Jian looked at them with a strange expression again.

Sun was a stepmother, and she didn’t like this eldest daughter very much, he could tell.

What kind of matchmaking could she have done?

This young man said that if it wasn’t for her, his brother would have been a bachelor for life.

It seems that his brother wasn’t a good person, either he had some kind of illness, or the girls in the ten miles around wouldn’t want to marry him.

If that’s the case… no wonder they were so against inviting his brother-in-law to have a drink.

Now he felt even more sorry for this sister, this family was too bad.

“Second brother, don’t talk bad about brother. Xiaozhen is slow, it’s a good thing that brother doesn’t mind, otherwise, stepmother would have sold Xiaozhen to Li Maz as his wife, Li Maz even paid a thousand yuan in bride price.”

A thousand yuan in bride price, using the word “sell,” surprised Qian Jian again.

He couldn’t help but question, “Sell? What era is this, your family still sells daughters? That’s illegal.”

As soon as he said this, Ye Zhengguo’s whole family panicked.

Ye Xiaochun hurriedly comforted him, “Brother Jian, it’s not what you think, my sister didn’t explain it clearly, it’s not selling, it’s just collecting a bride price, it’s a local custom.”

Ye Zhengguo also said, “Yes, how can it be selling? It’s a rule of law society now, who dares to openly buy and sell people, that’s ridiculous.”

“If it’s not selling, then why don’t you acknowledge this marriage?”

Everyone: “…”

“I’ve been suspicious of you guys, it’s understandable that a stepmother doesn’t like her stepdaughter, but Uncle Ye, aren’t you her real father? Why don’t you like your own daughter?”

“This… I don’t.”

“I suspect that your family has a problem with your character, you…” He looked at Ye Xiaochun deeply and said, “Xiaochun, let’s talk about our marriage later. I don’t care that your family’s conditions are a little worse, and I don’t care that you’re not very educated, but I hope you’re a kind, generous, and virtuous woman.”

Kind, generous, and virtuous, these were the standards for a good wife in this era, it was not wrong for a normal person with good conditions to have these requirements.

Unfortunately, Ye Xiaochun didn’t have any of these qualities.

Seeing that the golden turtle son-in-law was angry and leaving, the family was in a panic.

Ye Zhengguo and Ye Xiaoqiang went forward to pull him, Sun Qing blocked the door to stop him.

Ye Xiaochun’s eyes were red, she was wiping away tears.

“Brother Jian, are you going to break up with me over this?”

“I…” He was still a little reluctant to give up his girlfriend.

But he was very angry after seeing what this family had done.

The stepmother was harsh to her stepdaughter, the real father didn’t do anything, the younger brother and sister also bullied her, and they even sold her to a man who wanted to be a bachelor as his wife, it was clear that this family had a big problem with their character.

He was really afraid of constant trouble if he got involved with this family.

Qian Jian said with a sullen face, “I’ll go back first, let’s talk about this later.”

He had to think about it.

Sun Qing saw that she couldn’t keep him, she cried out in distress.

Her crying scared Qian Jian, he almost ran away.

Ye Xiaochun anxiously shouted, “Brother Jian, Brother Jian, don’t go, listen to my explanation…”

Hearing this, he ran even faster, he got on his bicycle at the door and pedaled so fast that the wheels were almost flying.

Sun Qing cried out, “Son-in-law, son-in-law, she’s not right in the head, she’s a fool, how can you expect a fool to marry a good man? The man I chose for her, although he has a bad temper, he’s tall and handsome, he’s definitely not bad for her, I definitely didn’t mean to mistreat her.”

But he had already seen enough, he had already left the village.

Ye Zhengguo’s face was ashen, “Okay, stop crying, he’s gone.”

Then he turned to look at the culprit, he didn’t want to see Ye Xiaozhen’s cold smile.

Ye Zhengguo was startled.

But in a flash, Ye Xiaozhen returned to her foolish and dazed look.

That glance seemed like his illusion.

“It’s all your fault, you little bastard, are you satisfied with ruining your sister’s marriage?”

Sun Qing went to grab Ye Xiaozhen.

But she was stopped by Xie Linli.

“Auntie Sun, what are you saying? Her legs are her own, she wants to leave, how can I stop her? What does it have to do with my sister-in-law?”

Seeing Sun Qing and Xie Linli confronting each other, Ye Xiaozhen silently turned around and went back to the house, she went to the kitchen.

Sun Qing, who was almost crazy with anger, grabbed Xie Linli’s arm and shouted, “I spit on you, and you too, you shameless bastard, what’s your relationship with our family? What kind of relative are you? You ate all the beef, you ate like you hadn’t eaten meat in eight lifetimes. Spit it out, spit it out.”

“Spit it out, he, tui!”

He spat a mouthful of water on Sun Qing, Sun Qing screamed in anger.

“Ah ah… I’ll beat you to death, you little bastard.”

“Ye Zhengguo, Xiaoqiang, what are you standing there for? Get on her!”

At this time, Ye Xiaozhen also came out, she was holding tongs, she was shouting “ah ah” and poking them.

Of course, she wasn’t really stupid, she wouldn’t poke them in any vital parts, she gave them each a poke on their butts.

The yard was filled with their cries of pain, the smell of burnt fabric, and the smell of burnt meat.

They wanted to grab the tongs from Ye Xiaozhen’s hand, but they thought about it, it was tongs, who would dare?

They would burn their hands.

Xie Linli was just a half-grown child, he was scared when he saw blood, he pulled Ye Xiaozhen and ran home.

He didn’t dare to stop, he pulled Ye Xiaozhen and ran all the way home.

He pushed her into the yard, quickly closed the yard gate, and even used a door bolt to lock the yard gate.

Ye Xiaozhen found his actions a little funny, he thought that as long as the gate was closed, it would be fine.

At this time, Lin Xinghua and Xie Linqi were eating lunch, they both came out with their bowls.

“Erwa, what are you doing?”

Xie Linli’s face was pale, he stammered, “It’s over, I’ve made a mess.”

There was blood on his forehead, he had been scratched by Sun Qing.

Xie Linqi exclaimed, “Second brother, you’re bleeding.”