"You..." Although he knew that the two had fallen out, Ye Zhuo would have such an attitude, but she really said such words, Ye Yu Zhang still wanted to vomit blood. He took a deep breath and calmed his face down, saying sincerely: "Zhuo'er, no matter what, I am your paternal grandfather, you can't deny that Jia Ming is your biological father. Although you were adopted into the main house, the blood flowing through your body is from our second house. After all, we are one family."
"And besides..." he continued, "For fifteen years, you lived in the Second House, dressed in silk and jade, waited on by servants, and grew up spoiled. Not only does your body carry the blood of the Second House, but everything you eat, wear, and use was brought over by the servants who are now with you, all from our Second House. Now that you've lived in the Main House for just a few months, can you really deny the kindness and upbringing of your ancestors and parents?"
"What do you want?" Ye Zhuo said coldly.
"We don't ask for anything else, we just hope you can help the second house design jade carving." Ye Yuzhang also made a straightforward move, directly putting out the price.
Ye Zhuo didn't say a word, only gazing at Ye Yuzhang with a calm and collected gaze, as if considering his proposal. At this moment, the room was quiet enough to hear a pin drop.
"After a moment of silence, she finally spoke up: 'Three times. I'll only help you design three times. After the third time, we'll be even, no one will owe anyone anything.'"
Yè Zhāng still wanted to say something, but Yè Zhuó coldly said: "Uncle, I advise you not to be too greedy. You should know that I have been adopted into the main house and our relationship is now just between different rooms. Even if this lawsuit goes to court, you can't expect anything from me. Also, don't bring up family ties or the kindness of raising me. My grandfather was your older brother, after all, and his blood is the same as yours. I heard that our great-grandfather and great-grandmother passed away when you were 12 years old. You were raised by my grandfather, who worked hard to help you get married. But what about you? After you got rich, did you ever think of repaying your older brother for raising you? Did you want to repay the kindness he showed you?"
For decades, the old bottom was exposed by Ye Zhuo in public, without leaving any face, and Ye Yu Zhang, no matter how thick his skin was, couldn't help but be furious, pointing at Ye Zhuo: "Is there anyone who speaks to their elders like you? There are no parents in the world who are not good, I am your grandfather after all, and you actually say such things. It's unknown what kind of education your mother gave you!"
"Sorry, with a crooked beam above and a warped one below, having a father like mine who had an affair and abandoned his wife and daughter, what can you expect me to become?" A hint of sarcasm appeared at the corner of Ye Zhuo's mouth.
"You, you... are getting bolder, more skilled, and dare to talk back to your elders like this. I'd like to see who would dare to marry a woman as willful and disobedient as you!" Ye Yuzhang said with hatred.
"Where would the Gu family allow someone to scold their precious daughter? Blocking Ye Zhuo in front of him, he glared at Ye Yu Zhang with anger: "Don't worry, your daughter-in-law who had an affair before marriage and disobeyed her elders after marriage can still get married out. It's unreasonable that my intelligent and capable, knowledgeable and reasonable granddaughter can't get married out. You'd better go back and worry about whether the flesh and blood in your good daughter-in-law's belly is from your second room or not."
The whole family was exposed, and these were all facts that couldn't be denied. Ye Yuzhang knew it would be useless to say more, but he was afraid that if Ye Zhuo turned against him, she wouldn't even agree to the three times they had previously discussed. He couldn't back down from his harsh words, so he could only glare fiercely at Guan Shi and Ye Zhuo before turning around and waving his hand at Jiang Shi and Ye Jiaming: "Let's go, let's go home. Don't bother with this shrew."
Jiang had already been infuriated. However, as her husband was speaking, she was not allowed to interrupt him, so she could only suppress her anger and wait for an opportunity to speak up. Just then, seeing Ye Yuzhang wanting to leave with his tail between his legs, she felt a loss of face and opened her mouth to say something, when suddenly a servant woman rushed in from outside the door and said to them: "Master, you'd better go take a look, Madam says she has stomach pain."
"What?" Ye Jiaming was startled, and without saying another word, he rushed out. He had just been scolded by Ye Zhuo, his face completely lost, and he hated to go forward and slap his daughter. But he had always been afraid of his father's face, fearing that he would ruin his father's big deal, and also feared that Ye Yuqi and Guan Shi would fight him to the death, so he didn't dare move, and in his heart, he had long wanted to leave this place. The old woman's cry was just what he needed.
"Hurry, hurry back and take a look." Ye Yuzhang also urged. For the sake of picking up Zheng Shi, Gong Shi had made a big fuss with the Ye family for an entire morning, and it was only after much difficulty that Ye Yuzhang managed to persuade her. Now that Zheng Shi hadn't been picked up, Gong Shi would be furious if she found out.
Watching his younger brother and his family hastily leave the house, Ye Yuqi's face also looked embarrassed. He was a man who cared about appearances, and this quarrel had made him the most anxious. The reason was simple: this family scandal had been witnessed by an outsider, Yang Jianxiu. With a red face, he bowed to Yang Jianxiu and said with embarrassment, "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, our family is unfortunate, and we've become a laughingstock for Mr. Yang."
As an outsider, he should have taken his leave when Ye Yuzhang and others arrived and Zheng said she wanted to return to her room. However, Yang Jianxiu had the idea of marrying Zheng in his heart, so he didn't want to miss this opportunity to deeply understand this family and Zheng, and he stayed behind with a thick face. At this time, seeing Ye Yuzhang say this, he quickly said: "Uncle, don't blame yourself, every family has its own difficulties. If you come to my house, you will see such a scene, and even more so. My stepmother and those two half-brothers rely on her support, bullying my older brother, sister-in-law, and nephews every day. Otherwise, my older brother is in his prime, and he wouldn't be worried sick and bedridden. But my foolish old father listens to my stepmother's instigation, fearing that the family property will be divided, and the medical clinic at home will lose my older brother as a pillar, and he refuses to agree to divide the family. Every day is noisy and uncomfortable.
He sighed deeply at this point, shook his head and didn't say anything more.
The most comforting thing in the world is that your situation is worse than others. So when Ye Yuzhang heard this, he immediately selectively forgot about his own embarrassing affairs and turned to sympathize with Yang Jianxiu: "So now you're buying a house outside, can your father agree? Even if he agrees, this house you bought would still be considered common property of the Yang family, right? After all, they haven't divided the family property yet."
Yang Jianxiu smiled wryly: "This is exactly where I hesitated. Otherwise, after seeing the house that day, I would have bought the mansion in Qingyun Alley and didn't need to go back and think about it for a whole day." He looked up at Zheng Shi and said, "I'm saying this, Mrs. Zheng, don't worry, I'm not regretting not buying that mansion. But rather, fortunately, I let the house go to you, otherwise my hard-earned savings of several years might have been used to dress someone else's bride."
Just now, when she saw her daughter get excited and stand up, Zheng Shi was anxiously asking if her foot hurt. Suddenly hearing Yang Jianxu mention herself in his words, she was slightly stunned, then smiled frankly: "In any case, I can buy that house, still have to thank Mr. Yang."
At this time, a clear cry came from outside: "Dad."
"It should be the young master who has arrived." Gu immediately stood up and went out. Ye Yiqi and Yang Jianxiu also followed him out. Before long, the three of them came in, with a boy following behind them. He was eleven or twelve years old, still looking like a child due to his late development, but he had a refined appearance, seven or eight parts similar to Yang Jianxiu's, and very bright eyes. According to Yang Jianxiu's introduction, the boy's name was Yang Zhihui.
Without Yang Jianxu's instructions, as soon as Yang Zhihui entered the door, he paid his respects to Ye Yiqi and Guan Shi, Zheng Shi, etc. Guan Shi looked at this polite young boy and smiled so much that she couldn't close her mouth, and quickly took out a set of Wen Fang Si Bao that she had just asked Qiuyue to buy and handed it over. Yang Zhihui pushed for a while, seeing his father's gesture, he accepted it, and then paid his respects again to thank him.
Guan called out Autumn Moon and, apart from preparing a gift for her own family, also helped Zheng prepare one. Originally, Yang Jianxiu didn't know that Zheng wasn't part of the Ye family's main household, but now that he did, Zheng had to show some gratitude for Yang's kindness. So after Guan finished presenting the gifts, Zheng handed over a small silk pouch and smiled: "This contains two silver ingots with 'academic success' engraved on them; you can play with it."
"Thank you, madam." Yang Zhihui bowed and accepted it.
Yang Jianxiu saw a warm smile on Zheng's face, and his eyes sparkled with unknown thoughts.
Yang Zhihui paid his respects and sat down properly to one side. Yang Jianxiu then took out the medicinal wine and taught Guan Shi and Zheng Shi what kind of hand movements and strength to use to massage Ye Zhuo, and personally massaged Ye Zhuo once before washing her hands, taking the tea drink handed over by Autumn Moon, and smiling at Ye Yuqi: "This time Uncle should accompany me to see the house."
Delayed Mr. Ye for a whole morning, Ye Yuqi was already extremely apologetic and couldn't say another word. He quickly stood up and said, "Please, Mr. Yang."
"Yang Gongzi will stay here and play, wait for you to look at the house and come back, and have lunch here again." said Guan Shi.
Yang Jianxiu looked at his son and said with a smile: "Alright, then I'll have to trouble you, Auntie."
"It's nothing, it should be so." Gu said politely, turning her head to instruct Zheng, "Manwen, please take care of Yang Gongzi." Then she saw Yang Jianxiu out the door and took the opportunity to discuss with Qiu Yue and Zhao what dishes to make for lunch.
At this time, only Zheng Shi and Ye Zhuo and Yang Zhihui were left in the hall. Ye Zhuo understood Yang Jianxiu's thoughts and didn't rob Zheng Shi of her play, letting Zheng Shi call out to Yang Zhihui. Zheng Shi was grateful for Yang Jianxiu's help and pitied Yang Zhihui for losing his mother at a young age, so she treated him with a motherly heart, showing great care and concern. She took out many snacks for him to try and asked him about some things that happened in school. Yang Zhihui was also open-minded, answering whatever he was asked, and the two of them chatted happily together.
Yang Jianxiu and Ye Yukei didn't go for long, less than half a time before they came back. As soon as Ye Yukei entered the door, he said: "Mr. Yang thinks that the house on the other side is okay, I've agreed with him to sell it to him for 300 taels of silver, and we'll go through the formalities tomorrow."
Thank you to Xiaoyuan Xinliang for the peach blossom fan, thank you to Bantai's diary for the New Year's firecrackers, thank you to Qin Muyin, Yunfan, Zhuo Meng for the sachet, Yunxia Niushen, Wanqiu Zhui Meng, Tangbafan, Wen Hongchen, Youge Xing, 7895225, Xingfeng Yueshen, Qin Muyin, Magi, Liuxiang_ting, Kang Xiaohuai, Dorothies, Dongfang Fengyun, Xunzhao Shiluode Ai Qing for the New Year's red envelope and peace symbol, thank you to Jingjing Zhucang, Woai Manzhou for the pink vote!
Received so many rewards during the New Year, it really touches Leng Shui's heart. After finishing this busy period, Leng Shui will update more, thank you everyone~)
