Grandpa sighed.
He can't help! I also only have one cart, which is filled with belongings.
My grandson, who is five or six years old, always walks by himself. At such an old age, doesn’t he still carry his luggage?
That old man Ye was smaller than himself and as strong as an ox. Why can't my legs hurt so much even if I walk a little bit? I've never heard that he has bad legs and feet before?
But it's hard for him to say this. He is just a cousin, not Old Man Ye's father, nor his son. Are your legs and feet good? It's not his business.
But he still asked with concern: "What should we do? This person has no connections and doesn't even have a doctor."
Both brothers lowered their heads sadly. After a while, Ye Daqing said: "Uncle, my father's temper has also gotten worse due to his illness. He said he doesn't want to drag us down and insists on separating us."
"What? Separate the family? Separate the family now?" Grandpa thinks Old Man Ye is crazy?
In today's world, you don't want to find food or drink, but you are separated from your son on the way to escape?
Ye Dazhuang said sadly: "My father doesn't want to drag me down, but how can we, as sons, be willing to ignore our own parents?
My third brother and I discussed it and decided to follow my father's advice and separate our family from him. We three brothers would give him food and money every month. "
When Shitou heard what he didn't understand, he asked with a half-smile: "Brother Da Zhuang, brother Da Qing, how much filial piety are you two going to pay to your parents every month?"
"We are going to give my parents half a tael of silver and ten liters of food every month."
Ye Dazhuang glanced at him and said, "But we haven't told my sister-in-law about this yet. If she doesn't agree, we will discuss it again."
Shitou gave them a thumbs up and praised: "Brother Da Zhuang, brother Da Qing, you two are so filial!"
Before the two brothers could answer, he asked doubtfully: "But what does your separation of families have to do with Sister-in-law Wenxiu?
Aren't they kicked out by your parents a long time ago? And he still left home cleansed, and everyone in our village saw it. Isn't it appropriate for you to go to Sister-in-law Wenxiu to show her filial piety? "
Tietou glared at his younger brother, "What are you talking about? If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute."
Then he smiled and said to Ye Dazhuang and Ye Daqing: "Don't listen to my third brother's nonsense. His mouth is as clueless as the waistband of cotton trousers. He says everything outwardly. Don't take it to heart."
Ye Dazhuang and Ye Daqing didn't look very good, but they thought about asking the uncle to make peace, so they forced a smile and said they didn't take it to heart.
The grandfather also saw the purpose of these two people, so he beat his waist and said, "I'm old, I'm really old. My waist hurts so much that I can't straighten up even if I walk this far."
Then he said to his eldest son: "Tietou, let's talk to your two brothers while I lie down and take a nap."
Tietou said distressedly: "Dad, I asked you to lie down and rest just now, but you refused to listen. Now your back hurts, right? Lie down quickly and stop moving."
Ye Daqing and Ye Dazhuang also realized that they didn't want to meddle in other people's business. They asked a few perfunctory questions about the grandfather's health, then stood up and left.
When they walked away, Shitou let out a "poof" and said, "It's really shameless. You are still a scholar. You can think of such despicable things."
The uncle shook his head and sighed: "I didn't agree to help them make peace. Those two brothers must have gone to find your third uncle. Go and talk to Dafeng's wife so that she can be prepared."
"Dad, I'm going now."
Li Wenxiu was cooking, and Ye Mingxuan took out the one tael of silver that Shitou had given him that morning and said:
"Mom, Uncle Shitou and his family are going to the capital. They can't go with us in the future. This is the money he gave us to buy some food on the way."
"Hey, how can you kid ask for Uncle Shitou's money? They haven't separated yet, so your Aunt Qiuyue earned all this money by helping others embroider handkerchiefs."
"Mom, I said I didn't want it, but Uncle Shitou insisted on giving it to me, and Uncle Yongchang also let me take it."
Li Wenxiu sighed, but thought in her heart, she didn't know how long it would take Qiu Yue to embroider the handkerchief before she could save a tael of silver.
Ye Yutong whispered in her ear: "Mom, this is Uncle Shitou's wish. Let's accept it and give Uncle Shitou some food when we leave."
Li Wenxiu nodded and warned, "Tongtong, don't take anything that isn't outside."
"Mom, I know." Seeing that the paste in the pot was cooked, Ye Yutong took out the bowl from the basket on his back. The family was just about to eat.
Shitou shouted not far away: "Mingxuan, come here."
Ye Mingxuan immediately stood up and said, "Mom, why should I go over to see what's going on?"
Li Wenxiu said hurriedly: "Go!"
Ye Yutong knew that it must have happened at the old house. When she and her second brother went to collect firewood just now, they saw Ye Daqing and Ye Dazhuang going to Uncle Shitou's place.
Ye Mingxuan came back after a while. Li Wenxiu saw his gloomy face and asked, "Mingxuan, what happened?"
"Mom, the old man's house is making plans for our family again." He calmly recounted what Uncle Shitou just said.
"Huh, you still want us to show filial piety, how shameless." Li Wenxiu said angrily.
Ye Mingzhe picked up a stick and said, "If anyone dares to come to our house to ask for food, I will break their legs."
Ye Yutong took out the stick in his hand and pulled him to sit down.
He whispered to a few people: "Mom, if you give me a few kilograms of food, you can clear your relationship with that place. This might not be a good thing."
Ye Mingxuan asked hurriedly: "Sister, what do you mean... to sever the relationship?"
"That's right, severing ties."
Ye Yutong said confidently: "We will definitely live a good life in the future. If they follow us like flies at that time, wouldn't that be disgusting?
By then, their appetites will be too big and they won't be easy to satisfy, so it's better to cut them off now. But we can’t give them too much. It’s okay to give them a few liters of food, but we won’t do anything more. "
Everyone thought her words made sense, but they still felt distressed about how many liters of food they had to produce!
Nowadays, a single Wowotou can save a life, let alone so much food.
Besides, the people in Laozhai have such big appetites and want money and food. If they are only given a few liters of rice noodles, can they agree to sever ties?
Li Wenxiu gritted his teeth and said, "The maximum amount is five liters of grain. If they don't agree, forget it."
According to her, five liters is too much. She has four children. If they can't walk to the northwest smoothly, what will their family eat?
The gods can only work there for forty-nine days, and now more than twenty days have passed.
So she could use up to five liters to sever the relationship. If the old house didn't want the best, then she wouldn't have to give it out at all.
Ye Yutong agreed with her mother very much. Although she had a lot of food, she would never take advantage of the white-eyed wolves in the old house.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Then let's figure out how to use the least amount of things to get this done."
Ye Mingxuan said: "First put some of our things at Uncle Yongchang's place. Then we will tell the people in the old house that these are the only things we have. Do you want them or not?"
If you want it, just write a letter of renunciation. If you don’t want it, pull it off. Let’s keep it for ourselves. If you want us to show filial piety, there’s no way. "
Ye Yutong smiled and said: "Just do as the elder brother said. Anyway, he is the one who begged us, not our family who begged them to respect food."
