Shitou laughed angrily at his shameless words. In such a famine year, who wouldn't tighten their belts to live?
They all fled together, and everyone's situation is here. How did he have the nerve to open his mouth?
If their family had a lot of food, they would still get up early and go to the pier every day to carry bags for others, just to earn those few black-faced steamed buns.
And Ye Daqing's attitude, coming to someone's house to borrow food, and looking aloof.
I don't even look at what time it is now, but I still put up the scholar's chart there, which makes me laugh to death.
Shitou's wife would not save face for their family. She glanced at Ye Daqing disdainfully and said to Old Man Ye with a smile:
"Second uncle, our family has been out of food for a long time. We rely on Shi Shi and my eldest and second brother to carry goods on the dock every day and earn a few corns.
Several children are howling with hunger, how can there be any extra food to lend to your family? "
Seeing the change in the expressions of the father and son, he sneered in his heart and said, "My parents were still discussing just now. They wanted to go to my second uncle's house to borrow some money to buy food."
When Old Man Ye heard that he wanted to borrow money from them, his face became even more ugly.
In my cousin's family, Shitou couple are very mean-spirited and talkative. They have had a good relationship with Ye Dafeng, the rebellious son, since they were young, and they ignore the rest of their family.
Seeing that he couldn't borrow food today, Ye Daqing didn't want to talk to them here, so he smiled bitterly and said:
"Third sister-in-law, other people don't know about our family's situation. How can you not know? How can we have any money at home? If we have some way, we won't go to my uncle to borrow food during the Chinese New Year."
Shitou's wife wanted to take the man to see his arm early, and she didn't want to deal with them here, so she said bluntly:
"Daqing, I see you are scared. Don't worry. Your uncle and your three brothers have already said that our family will not borrow the money my niece earns from embroidery even if we can't bring things to light."
She saw Old Man Ye and Ye Daqing looking confused, while Ye Dazhuang rolled his eyes with a guilty conscience. What else don’t you understand?
This is because Ye Dazhuang's family has selfish motives and is on guard against Old Man Ye and Ye Daqing.
She smiled secretly in her heart, remembering Huang Yunqin's ugly face, and was not prepared to keep her secret, so she pretended to be envious and said:
"That girl Yuqing is really capable. A piece of embroidery can be sold for dozens of taels of silver. If I hadn't gone to the city to help people wash clothes some time ago and saw her and my second sister-in-law selling embroidery, I wouldn't have known that Yuqing had such skills. , Second uncle, your family is really tight."
Old Man Ye asked blankly: "Daughter-in-law Shitou, is the Yuqing you are talking about our girl?"
"Second uncle, this is fake. Yuqing's embroidery is very good. For a small piece of embroidery, I was offered thirty-five taels. Yuqing thought the offer was too little, so she asked for fifty taels."
Ye Daqing was quick-thinking. He had long known that his second brother and sister-in-law were hiding money from their parents.
He thought he would hide some broken silver and copper coins at most, but he didn't expect there to be so much?
That damn girl Yuqing hasn't been out of the house very much in the past few months. It turned out that she was doing embroidery in the house.
Judging from Shitou's wife's words, the embroidery must have been sold more than once or twice.
It's just a few dozen taels at a time. Then the second brother and the others must have at least a few hundred taels of money in their private money, right?
He glanced at Ye Dazhuang and saw his eyes flickering, not daring to look at him, and everything became clear.
He suppressed the anger in his heart and smiled, quoting Shitou's wife: "Third sister-in-law, we all know about Yuqing embroidery, but we can never sell it at such a high price. You must have heard wrong. Do you still remember the last time we met her?" When did she sell embroidery?"
How could Shitou's wife not see what he meant? This was a cliche, but she pretended not to hear it and said unhappily:
"Daqing, it's not like I'm old-sighted. How could I hear it wrong? It was just a few months ago when several women from our village went to the city to look for work."
She then said sarcastically: "Are you afraid that your sister-in-law will come to your family to borrow money? Keep your heart in your stomach. Although our family has no food, there are still barks on the mountains. You can eat them if you don't know how to find them. Your family borrows money and food.”
After saying that, he ignored him, looking like he had been wronged.
Seeing that her daughter-in-law had said almost everything she needed to say, the eldest woman scolded Ye Daqing before she could speak:
"Qiuyue, why are you talking so much? You almost fainted when you didn't see the pain from the stone? Hurry up and take him to Sixth Aunt to have a look."
Then he smiled and said to Old Man Ye: "Second brother, your eldest brother is at home. Do you want to go and have a meeting at home?"
How can Old Man Ye still be in the mood to sit at his house now? Knowing that my granddaughter earned so much money but did not turn it over to them, I felt angry and angry.
In order to let his children have a decent New Year, he went out to borrow food at all costs. Unexpectedly, the second child's family held the money in their hands and refused to take it out. It was really selfish.
He glanced at Lao Er, and his cold eyes made Ye Dazhuang tremble with fear and almost kneel down on the road.
Old Man Ye snorted coldly, "We'll talk about it when we get back."
Ye Yuqing is embroidering in the room. This time she is embroidering a small screen.
Although she can't enter the city now, she still wants to finish her embroidery as soon as possible. When the famine years are over, she will take the money she has saved to rent a shop in the capital to sell embroidery products.
But she didn't know yet that her embroidery had been revealed.
The only reason to blame is that Huang Yunqin doesn't know how to behave, likes to show off everything, and looks down on others.
Every time she sees Shitou's daughter-in-law, she has to step on others. Just because Shitou's daughter-in-law has a good relationship with Li Wenxiu, she always dislikes people.
But she forgot, is Shitou's wife willing to suffer losses? When did she not fight back?
Old Man Ye pushed open the fence door and went directly into the thatched house where he and Ye Zhang lived.
Seeing that he was back, Mrs. Ye Zhang hurriedly came over and asked: "Old man, how are you? Have you borrowed food?"
"What kind of food are you borrowing? The second brother's family has so much money that they are not willing to use it to buy some food. Why should outsiders lend us food?"
Mrs. Ye Zhang put down the half-made shoes in her hand and said nonchalantly: "Old man, what are you talking about? How can I have any money? Even if I do, it's only a few copper coins, so what can I do?"
Ye Daqing, who followed later, sneered, "Mom, that's not necessarily the case. Your granddaughter is doing well at embroidery. A pair of embroidery pieces can be sold for dozens of taels of silver. She sold them when she went to the capital a few months ago. Shitou's wife We’ve all seen it.”
Mrs. Ye Zhang smiled and waved her hand, "How can you believe Shitou's wife's words? She and your second sister-in-law have never dealt with each other? She must have deliberately provoked our family."
She picked up the shoe and sewed it up again. Afraid that the old son would be estranged from his second brother, he smiled and said:
"That girl Yuqing can embroider handkerchiefs, but she doesn't have the ability to embroider large pieces. And sell it for dozens of taels of silver? How is this possible? She made it up as soon as I heard it."
Old Man Ye and Ye Daqing didn't think Shitou's wife was lying. Looking at the expression on the second child's face, they knew it was probably true.
"Fuck, this shouldn't be wrong, you go to the second child's room and take a look.
Our family is almost at a loss to open the pot. If they really dare to hide money secretly, then I will definitely not be able to spare them. "
Mrs. Ye Zhang hesitated, "Dad, isn't this bad? Even if it's not for the sake of the second child, how can we explain it to our eldest grandson?"
"Huh, I raised him so big and made him study and read. If he has any objections about this matter, let him come to me."
When Mrs. Ye Zhang was hesitating, Ye Lanhua's voice came from outside, "Father, mother, I'm here to see you."
