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After dinner, Old Lady Ye happily took out the candied osmanthus flowers.
She used a small knife to cut the two thumb-sized candies into eight pieces, each the size of a pinky finger.
“Oh my, these are Jin’er and Huan’er’s candies, and you’ve cut them up! You’re so generous,” Ye Daquan said proudly.
Old Lady Ye also smiled, “Our children have all suffered, we old folks won’t eat them. Yong’er, Xuan’er, Peng’er, Jinhua, Yinhua, you eat them.”
Ye Yong was already nineteen years old, a silent and honest young man. He waved his hand, “I don’t like to eat sweets, you eat them. The moonlight is good, I’ll go chop some firewood.”
He then went out.
Ye Jinhua pouted, “I won’t eat it either! We’re going back to our room.”
This was the candy her father bought with borrowed money, but he only gave it to Ye Jin’er and her sister. Now he was pretending to be generous by sharing it.
Using their family’s money to appear generous, she really had the nerve!
“You little brat, what’s your attitude!” Ye Daquan was annoyed and was about to get angry.
Ye Caiping hurriedly said, “Brother, don’t argue. If you don’t want to eat, then don’t. Why force the children?”
“But…”
“Alright, listen to your little sister,” Old Man Ye said.
Although Ye Daquan was reluctant, his little sister and father had both spoken, so he could only back down.
“It’s so sweet.” Ye Peng from the second branch came forward, took a piece and put it in his mouth, “Yinhua, you eat.”
He put the candy in Ye Yinhua’s hand.
Ye Yinhua, the youngest at only eleven years old, finally got to eat the candy she had been longing for. She smiled with her mouth wide open.
Ye Peng then put the candy in Ye Jin’er and Ye Huan’er’s hands and said softly, “Cousins, you try it too.”
“Okay.” Ye Jin’er looked at Ye Peng, her eyes slightly red, and nodded gratefully.
The second branch of the Ye family had always been the best to them, not just now but also in the past. Except for their uncle, the first branch didn’t like them.
The remaining candy was eaten by Ye Daquan, Ye Erquan, and Wei Shi. Ye Peng took the last one.
After everyone went back to their rooms, Ye Peng took the candy and pulled Ye Yinhua to his sisters’ room.
Ye Jinhua was sitting on the bed, sewing a shoe sole.
“Here!” Ye Peng put the piece of candy on the dresser and said cheerfully, “Alright, big sister, what’s done is done. Little aunt has changed. Don’t be angry anymore.”
“Big sister, don’t be angry.” Ye Yinhua also persuaded.
Ye Jinhua’s face turned black, and with a slap, she slammed the shoe sole on the dresser:
“She squeezed our family dry, caused my brother to be nineteen years old and still unable to find a wife, caused my second brother to drop out of school! And she even made my mother go back to her own family! You are forgiving! You are magnanimous! It’s just that she didn’t harm your second branch!”
Ye Peng was stunned for a moment before he said with a black face, “Yes, yes, we are all bad people, right!”
He then turned and went out, leaving Ye Jinhua’s scolding behind him:
“Hmph, you’re just talking without knowing the pain! Why should I forgive this one, forgive that one! Stop meddling in other people’s business!”
Ye Peng left, leaving Ye Yinhua standing there, embarrassed.
To ease the awkwardness, Ye Yinhua could only tidy up her bed.
…
Ye Caiping returned to her room with her two daughters.
Closing the door, Ye Caiping sat on the bed and said,
“You don’t have to please anyone. The first branch has prejudice against us, so let them have it. You just need to do your own thing, don’t cause trouble, don’t pick fights, that’s all. I will repay what I owe the Ye family.”
Ye Jin’er and Ye Huan’er were startled, their eyes turning red.
“But…we have to live here,” Ye Jin’er said, “Grandfather said that after you marry, we will stay here.”
“Three months later, I won’t marry again,” Ye Caiping sighed, “But I will take you to move out.”
“Move out?” The sisters were shocked.
“Yes. I already spoke to your aunt yesterday. Within three months, either I marry or I give her thirty liang, then she can’t interfere with me anymore. Then I will take you to move out, we won’t be dependent on anyone anymore.”
The sisters’ eyes lit up.
Although they had changed their names, they were still at their maternal grandparents’ house. Their aunt and cousins didn’t like them.
Even though their uncles doted on them, they were still living under someone else’s roof.
Once their mother married, their situation would be even more difficult.
Now, hearing Ye Caiping say this, both sisters felt a pang in their hearts. Their restless hearts finally settled down.
“Mother!” The two sisters rushed into Ye Caiping’s arms.
Ye Caiping was knocked back by their impact.
She was a transmigrator, and she didn’t really have any feelings for them. Teaching them was just out of responsibility.
But now, being hugged like this, Ye Caiping felt a warmth in her heart, and her lips couldn’t help but curve up slightly.
Well, this feeling wasn’t bad.
“But…how will you earn thirty taels, Mother?” Ye Jin’er asked, looking up.
“Don’t worry, I have plenty of ways,” Ye Caiping smiled, “You just need to remember, don’t please anyone, but don’t cause trouble either. Do your own thing, be sincere to people.”
“Once we move out, if we get along with these people, we can continue to be relatives, if not, we can be strangers. It’s that simple.”
“Okay.”
The sisters nodded deeply. For some reason, they felt full of confidence in their mother.
Their mother had never given them this feeling before. In the past, she would only scold them as useless girls, a burden, and people would dislike them because they were not boys.
Although their mother had become a bit strange after being divorced and suffering a setback, this change gave them a sense of security.
Note:
Characters
Other Characters:
Heigou – Ate poisonous roots
Heigou’s mother
Doctor Zhao
Zhao Facai – Neighbor
Village Head Ye- Sometime Ye Lizheng (Lizheng is a title that refers to Village Head/Chief)
Ye Bajin – Village Head’s Son
Fubao – Village Head’s Grandson
Places:
Qinghe Village: FL’s Village
Li Family Village
Great Zhou Dynasty