The two of them put their luggage aside and slumped down on the chairs. Ye Daqing said, "Mom, stop asking questions now and get us some water."
Mrs. Ye Zhang hurriedly said to Huang Yunqin, the second daughter-in-law next to her: "What are you doing standing here? Why don't you go pour some water? I didn't hear your third brother say he's thirsty."
"Yes, mother, I'll go right away."
Huang Yunqin said and walked quickly to the kitchen. She didn't care if her brother-in-law was thirsty, but her precious son Mingxiang must be thirsty after walking such a long way.
Ye Daqing and Ye Mingxiang breathed a sigh of relief after drinking all the water in their bowls.
When they were packing their things and preparing to come back, Zheng's grandson came to the college to ask for leave from his wife, saying that his family was going to the capital to visit relatives and would take a few months' leave.
When leaving, he pulled the master aside and whispered a few words in a low voice. The master immediately went back to the house to discuss with the mountain chief.
After a while, the two came out to inform everyone that the college would be on holiday for two months. He and Mingxiang carried all the luggage back.
After listening to what his son and grandson had said, Old Man Ye was silent for a while and said, "Daqing, your master just said he would give you a holiday, nothing else."
Ye Daqing shook his head and said, "Dad, there is really nothing else."
Then I suddenly remembered that many wealthy households in the town had moved away with their families during this period.
Several classmates from their college also took time off to visit relatives in other places. There were many people fleeing famine in the town, and the price of food was getting higher and higher.
The more he thought about it, the more wrong he became, and he said in a deep voice: "Father, mother, how much food does our family have now?"
Old Man Ye glanced at him and said, "You can still last two or three months. What's wrong?"
"When Mingxiang and I came back, the price of sorghum was 26 cents per liter, and I heard it will go up even more tomorrow."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Zhang and Ye Dazhuang said loudly: "What? Sorghum sells for twenty-six cents a liter? Why is it so expensive? Didn't it cost just a few cents a liter in the past?"
"Sorghum is relatively cheap, and wheat flour and corn have increased even more."
The whole family was shocked by the price of food. They had been looking for food in the mountains during this period and did not go to the town. In just a short time, the price of food had increased several times.
Ye Yuqing sneered in her heart. Now she felt that twenty-six cents per pound of sorghum was expensive. This price would be the cheapest in the next few years.
Especially in the third year of the famine, even gold may not be exchanged for food. By then, wild vegetables will become valuable food, let alone sorghum.
In the morning, she asked her family to buy some food and store it. She talked for a long time, but no one listened. Her grandmother even said that she had a delicious mouth.
She didn't give any more advice, so what if she saved more food? There are so many people in their family, plus the aunt's family, how many mouthfuls can come into her mouth?
Recalling what happened on the way to escape from the desert in her previous life, she felt cold all over. She must not go south in this life.
At that time, I will discuss it with my grandfather and Li Zheng and go directly to the capital. In this way, she can meet Yulang earlier and become his first wife.
Thinking of the humiliation of being a concubine in her previous life and the children who were aborted before they were born, she wanted to cut that bitch Song Meiyun into pieces with a thousand knives.
Seeing that the whole family was silent, Ye Mingxiang said to Old Man Ye: "Grandpa, when my third uncle and I came back, we met Uncle Yongchang and several men from the village going to town. They all carried sacks and walked in a hurry. I wonder if you went to buy food?"
Old Man Ye looked at the sky and saw that it was already mid-afternoon and it was too late to go to town now.
Ye Yuqing rolled her eyes and complained: "In the early morning, I saw my uncle, brother Mingxuan, and sister Yutong going to town.
I greeted them, but they all ignored me. They didn't know what to buy. It's so mysterious, is it because they are afraid that our family will take their things? "
When they talked about them, Ye Daqing and Ye Mingxiang remembered that they had not told their family about Li Wenxiu taking two children to their academy to cause trouble.
"Father, mother, second brother, my sister-in-law took Mingxuan and Yutong to make a fuss in our academy today. What's going on?"
Mrs. Ye Zhang slammed the table and cursed loudly: "You didn't say anything? That bitch dared to go to your academy to go crazy. Is she looking for death?"
As he spoke, he took a long wooden stick against the door and shouted to Huang Yunqin: "From the second brother's house, take the guy and follow me to tear that bitch apart."
When Ye Dazhuang heard from his third brother that bitch Li Wenxiu dared to go to the academy to ruin their son's reputation, he was so angry that he wanted to fight him, looking for anyone who could take advantage of him.
Huang Yunqin saw old man Ye sitting there without saying anything, and she didn't move either. She even winked at her man, Ye Dazhuang, to tell him not to be impulsive.
Ye Yuqing stood next to her mother, pulling Ye Mingwei who was going to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife.
Ye Daqing hurriedly stopped his impulsive mother and second brother and told Ye Mingxuan the cruel words he said at the entrance of the academy.
"Mom, second brother, we can't go now. Mingxiang and I will take the imperial examination in the future. If that boy Ye Mingxuan jumps over the wall in a hurry, it will be detrimental to our family in the future."
As soon as it was said that it would be detrimental to the future of her son and grandson, Mrs. Ye Zhang quickly put down the stick in her hand. She could not ruin her children's future for that bitch's family.
Then he said angrily: "Is this the case? Just let that bitch go?"
Ye Daqing and Ye Dazhuang also had gloomy faces.
Ye Yuqing thought of the misery of the family on the way to escape, and smiled to herself without saying anything, just let them play around for a few days, and the good life would not last long.
At this time, Old Ye spoke up and said with a sullen face: "We'll talk about this later. Second brother, go outside and ask if Yongchang and the others have gone into the city to buy food?"
Ye Dazhuang responded hurriedly: "Dad, I'm going to inquire about it right away."
Old Man Ye and Mrs. Ye Zhang winked and went back to their house.
Mrs. Ye Zhang also followed the old man back. Before entering the house, she said to Huang Yunqin: "It's not hot anymore. Take Yuqing to the mountains to have a look, and dig some wild vegetables back for us to eat at night."
Huang Yunqin curled her lips secretly, but said with a smile on her face: "Okay, mother, I'll go right away. Let Yuqing stay at home. I can help you cook later."
Mrs. Ye Zhang glanced at her eldest granddaughter and entered the house. She didn't want her granddaughter to go out to bask in such a strong sun. In the future, he also pointed out that she could find a good husband, and that she could also help Daqing and Mingxiang.
Ye Yuqing smiled sarcastically. She used to think that her grandmother loved her, but she remembered that in her previous life, when her aunt and uncle discussed selling her for a good price, her grandparents did not stop her.
If her parents hadn't protected her, she might have been sold to that dirty place.
In the morning, she mentioned the separation of the family to her mother, but her mother immediately refused, saying that her grandparents had a lot of money and could support her brother's education.
If they proposed dividing the family now, they would gain nothing, and their grandparents would not agree.
Ye Yuqing had no choice but to give up the idea. What her mother said made sense. Her grandparents did have a lot of money.
Without the money, their family would not have been able to escape to the capital.
Finally, he settled down there and purchased two acres of land.
Although there was no money left for the third uncle and eldest brother to study, at least the family was not starved to death.
