“What’s wrong? Don’t worry, Grandpa. If someone asks me why I moved, I definitely won’t say it was because something was stolen.”

Yang Xiaoye curled the corners of her mouth and added another sentence.

Grandpa Yang’s face grew even darker after hearing this.

“Little Ye girl, if you have something to say, just talk to me. It’s ridiculous to move out.”

Grandpa Yang puffed his cigarette again and nudged Grandma Yang beside him.

“Yes, Xiaoye girl, we are family. How can we let you live in the educated youth camp? Besides, the camp is crowded and chaotic and it’s not as comfortable as being at home.”

Grandma Yang smiled awkwardly, feeling a little embarrassed.

No one expected Yang Xiaoye to be so firm. She moved out immediately after saying so, not caring about their feelings and catching them off guard.

‘If I had known, I wouldn’t have gone through her things. I didn’t find anything and now look at this.’

‘It’s all this damn girl’s fault.’

Grandma Yang glared at Yang Xiaoxiang, thinking that girls were really not good people.

“I think at least no one will steal my things at the educated youth center.” 

Yang Xiaoye added another sentence.

Grandma Yang felt so angry she almost couldn’t breathe.

“Little Ye, just tell us what your conditions are. We’ll try our best to satisfy you, but forget about moving out.”

Grandpa Yang took a few puffs from his pipe and finally calmed down. He felt that Yang Xiaoye shouldn’t be so silly as to move out right after arriving.

It sounded good to go to the educated youth center, but when the educated youth first arrived in the village, without the protection of the older villagers, their lives weren’t very easy. They were forced to stick together.

To put it nicely, it was being forced into a group. To put it bluntly, it meant the stronger ones bullying the weaker ones.

He didn’t believe his delicate granddaughter would go to the Youth League to suffer and listen to others’ leadership.

Yang Xiaoye really didn’t plan to move out. Although she didn’t like the old Yang family, she had just arrived in the village and couldn’t afford to fall out with them.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t know any of the educated youth and wouldn’t be friendly with the villagers. As an outsider, how could she confront the Yang family?

However, the art of war emphasizes feints and roundabout tactics.

If she directly made her demands, they would definitely try to bargain. It was better to mention a situation where both sides lose, then state her demands. This way, the chances of being agreed to were much higher.

“I’m obviously a granddaughter, but this happened right after I arrived and I’m a little girl. So it’s natural for me to be scared.”

Yang Xiaoye gave in a little.

“I don’t know why someone went through my things. Were they not happy with the food I took out, thinking I was hiding it?”

Yang Xiaoye didn’t know what happened to Yang Xiaoxiang in town. She subconsciously thought the old Yang family was dissatisfied and rummaging through her things.

“Why don’t we eat separately from now on? Wouldn’t it be unfair if we mixed them together?”

Yang Xiaoye smiled and revealed her true purpose.

That’s right, she wanted to eat separately.

Today, she discovered that if she ate with everyone, she couldn’t enjoy the delicious food by herself and had to share everything from white steamed buns to sausages.

Although she brought a lot of food, if everyone ate together, it would be finished in just a few days.

So eating separately is a must.

There were people in the village who lived with others and ate separately.

Wouldn’t it be better to use more firewood?

Yang Xiaoye said that wasn’t a problem.

“How can we eat separately? Don’t think I don’t know that your parents brought you a lot of good things. Where did you put them? Take them out.”

When Li Shujing heard about eating separately, she became upset.

She slammed the table and started yelling at Yang Xiaoye.

Yang Xiaoye was stunned. How did Li Shujing know her parents brought so many things?

Suppressing the doubts in her heart, Yang Xiaoye ignored Li Shujing and looked directly at Grandpa Yang.

She had discovered that Grandpa Yang still had the most authority in the family and Grandma Yang had to step aside.

“Otherwise, I’ll just have to move out.”

Yang Xiaoye added another sentence.

“Done!”

Grandpa Yang made the decision immediately.

For the sake of the Yang family’s reputation in the village for so many years, Yang Xiaoye’s things were nothing.

Once Grandpa Yang made his decision, no one dared to say anything.

But everyone had different expressions and it seemed like something else was brewing.

Yang Xiaoye wasn’t afraid, but she had already figured out the personalities of most people in the Yang family in just one day.

If they united against the outside world, she might be at a disadvantage, but everyone had their own little thoughts and that was the easiest to deal with.

Finally done, Yang Xiaoye was so tired that she went straight back to her room.

But she still remembered one thing.

How did Li Shujing know that her parents brought a lot of things?

Yang Xiaoye thought for a moment, then secretly went to Yang Jiaxiang’s house.

Yang Jiaxiang, the eldest grandson of the old Yang family, is twenty years old this year. He’s lazy and likes to eat a lot, but Grandma Yang and Li Shujing spoiled him and usually gave him any kind of delicious food.

This led to Yang Jiaxiang developing many bad habits. He usually became the first to come home from work and always ate the best food at home.

Yang Xiaoye naturally chose him because she was drawn to his greed and selfishness.

Even though the main room had been in such commotion just now, Yang Jiaxiang was the only one who appeared unconcerned, simply focused on eating.

“Brother, I have something to ask you.”

Yang Jiaxiang was napping in his room. He hadn’t eaten much today, but something big had just happened at home and Grandma Yang didn’t have time to cook for him, so he was sulking in the room.

“What? I’m busy.”

Yang Jiaxiang spoke unhappily.

He looked down on everyone in his family, including his parents.

If he could exchange his parents for meat buns these days, he would have done it in a heartbeat.

“Then look at this.”

Yang Xiaoye took out a steamed bun with sausage inside from her space.

She still had some meat buns in her space, but not many. However, she had a lot of sausages and steamed buns.

Moreover, she didn’t want to set such a high standard for Yang Jiaxiang from the start, as she would likely need his help a lot in the future.

“Bun? Meat!”

Yang Jiaxiang’s interest was piqued. He jumped up from the kang and stared at Yang Xiaoye.

“I have a few questions. If you answer, my cousin, this will be yours.”

“No problem, just ask.”

Yang Jiaxiang eagerly swallowed his saliva.

“Was it my aunt who rummaged through my bag?”

“Yes, it was my mother. She came back early, Grandma called her in, then she came out and went to your room.”

Yang Jiaxiang stared at the meat bun, not caring at all whether he was betraying his own mother.

There was also the matter of Grandma Yang.

Yang Xiaoye continued to ask calmly.

“Why are they looking through my things?”

“It was Xiaoxiang who ran to town and said she saw the telegram your parents sent you. That’s what the telegram said.”

Yang Xiaoye suddenly understood and threw the steamed bun she was holding to Yang Jiaxiang.

Yang Jiaxiang, already delighted, started eating.

“I just heard my mom say that you must have hidden something, so I’m going to follow you to town secretly.”

Yang Jiaxiang, feeling pleased after eating the tasty food, shared everything he knew.

“Not bad. Thank you, cousin. I’ll come to you next time if something like this happens.”

“No problem, it’s just a family matter. I’ll keep an eye on it.”

Yang Jiaxiang was a selfish person, the type who will follow whoever has food.

Yang Xiaoye wasn’t worried about him framing her.

People who are lazy, greedy and like to get something for nothing are often very timid. They don’t have the energy to make plans because they’re too lazy.

But don’t expect these people to repay your kindness.

Yang Xiaoye was very satisfied with the mutually beneficial relationship and left happily.

Before entering the house, she ran to the yard and called out a few words at the door of the second room.

“Brother Jiaqiang, I need to go to town to get something tomorrow. I’m afraid I can’t carry it. Can you go with me?”

Yang Jiaqiang took after his father and is even more upright than Yang Guorui. He’s a typical aspiring young man, too honest and upright.

So it was normal for her to ask Yang Jiaqiang to accompany her.

And since it was in the yard, everyone could hear it.

Many people probably wouldn’t be able to sit still now.

Yang Xiaoye smiled slightly.

Now the bait was set, just waiting for the fish to bite tomorrow.

[A/N:I’ll move out in a few rounds~]