Chapter Seventy Original Form

  As for Lotus Sister, I don't know if she's good at hiding or if there really hasn't been an opportunity for her to reveal her true nature. She's always been like this, and yet no one has discovered it in all these years. Others just think she's from a well-off family and was spoiled since childhood.

  Lotus Sister's home was not far away, just in a village ten miles outside. The family had some wealth and was considered a rich household in the village. At first, Ye Chong followed his father to Lotus Sister's village to discuss business, but somehow the two of them hit it off, and after Ye Chong and his father returned home, they found a matchmaker to propose marriage. This marriage didn't have many twists and turns, and was quickly settled.

  Ye Chong's mother had passed away early, and he was the eldest son. Lotus sister entered the house and became the mistress of the house, and in the second year, she gave birth to a son named Ye Quan, which further solidified her position. The Ye family's condition was originally good, and after giving birth to children, the two younger sisters were still young and didn't know how to take care of them, so Ye Chong invited a nanny to take care of the whole family. This nanny took care of them for many years. Even later, when Ye Chong's sister got married and his younger brother also got married and started his own family, there were only four people left in the house, Lotus sister still didn't dismiss that nanny.

  What's the big deal, isn't it that our family can't afford to hire a maid? Lian Jie thinks that since we can afford to hire someone for Minmin, why can't we also provide the same life for Taotao? Plus, she has enjoyed so many years of comfort and doesn't want to do household chores or farm work herself. Therefore, Ye Chongjia's family is also one of the earliest and longest users of hired labor in the village.

  Lotus sister has always been proud of being the next head of the clan, and her family is well-off, so she looks down on those poor villagers. The only ones she gets along with in the village are the wife of the village head, a woman from a good family, and a talkative woman who can chat with her. And then there's Jiang Shi, who married into the village from the city.

  Jiang always thought of herself as a city girl, just like Lotus Sister, thinking she had "status" and couldn't mix with the village women. But every year during festivals, she would return to the village, always needing an opportunity to show off. Later, she got in touch with Lotus Sister and her group, and they became close friends, forming the village's "noblewomen circle".

  Lotus sister usually has someone to serve her. The people who come and go are all dignitaries, and the rough set from before is also felt to be unsightly, so she deliberately restrained herself, learning their elegant manners every day, and even put a handkerchief on her body, taking it out from time to time to swing it around. The good ones in her place only thought that her manners were good, and didn't think there was anything wrong with her. But people like Mao Shi who are bystanders think she is unrefined and uncouth - which country bumpkin would wave a silk handkerchief around in the fields?

  Jiang was startled by Lian Jie's crude movement and was about to return to the kitchen, but was seen by Lian Jie with sharp eyes.

  "Xiu Mei, bring me a bowl, I want to drink spare ribs soup." Lian Jie was eating with her mouth full of oil and had a big piece of meat stuffed in her mouth. With this loud shout, the things in her mouth splattered everywhere, making everyone at the table feel nauseous.

  Jiang thought of pretending not to hear, but Lotus called out again: "Hurry up, if you're any slower there won't be anything left. And have Bai Shu send some dishes to my place, her grandparents haven't eaten yet."

  Jiang was depressed, was she being treated as a little maid? And humiliated her family's white peony like this, were they the kind of people who did such things? If it had to be sent, it should have been someone like Qi Zhener who sent it.

  Jiang made up his mind and went to the kitchen. He directly said to Qizhen, "Your Aunt Lotus told you to pick some good dishes and send them to her house, the old men haven't eaten yet."

  Jiang only felt sorry for her family's Bai Shao being a big girl who couldn't show her face. But she didn't realize how unreasonable Lian Jie's words were. You don't even bring gifts to eat, but instead let people set up a whole table and send it to your home, what kind of relationship do you have with the host family?

  Besides, if you want to send something, you need a reason. Qizhen is related to Ye Laoye, but not every Ye Laoye has a relationship with her. Zhen'er saved her family's Ye Quan, and now they haven't even come to thank her, this is taking advantage of someone's kindness without giving anything in return, does such a good thing exist?

  Zhen'er was too busy stir-frying in the kitchen to hear her, so Jiang shouted again. She still didn't react, and just as Jiang was about to scold her, Mao slammed down his spatula.

  "Stop being so stubborn! At your age, why are you still doing such foolish things? Is this a gift that's given just for the sake of giving? What's the reason behind it? Did Lotus send a gift or is this a banquet hosted by the Ye family themselves?" Madam Mao asked in rapid succession, leaving Madam Jiang unable to respond with even a single word.

  After a moment of silence, Jiang said: "That lotus sister in the courtyard shouted loudly, and everyone in the courtyard could hear it. If we don't send her away, it would be very bad."

  Mrs. Mao thought she had never seen such a foolish person. No matter how unreasonable Lian's request was, she didn't believe that the people in the whole courtyard wouldn't know about it. It's unreasonable and doesn't make sense, so be it. Besides, if they really wanted to send it, this matter would have to go through the people at home, and whatever they said, they would do. Lian was a daughter-in-law who didn't even come back home to cook, but ate two portions of food, one for herself and one for her husband. Now that she had started this, she wondered if it would become a tradition in the village from now on.

  The Mao family didn't bother to entertain the Jiang family, and instead continued to stir-fry with a spatula. This was a table of food for those who helped out. When eating, it's usually the women and children who finish first, then they clean up their table, and that's when the helpers eat. The dishes are still the same.

  Lotus sister waited for a long time in the courtyard, but Jiang didn't come out, and Ye Baihe also didn't send anything to her house. She was getting anxious. The fish in front of her were almost gone, and that mischievous kid wasn't afraid of her now. While she was eating, he would secretly pick up a chopstickful, and with both fists, she couldn't contend with four hands. She was waiting for Jiang to take away the big plate.

  Everyone saw that the dishes on the table were all eaten up, only two plates of dishes were left in front of Lian Jie. The woman at the table didn't dislike her and directly picked up her chopsticks. Seeing that there was almost no food left, Lian Jie threw down her chopsticks, slammed the bowl, grabbed the half-grown child closest to her, and started making a scene.

  "You black-hearted scoundrel, you even dare to steal the food from my bowl? You ungrateful little brat, have you never eaten before? I scoop it into your bowl and you still dare to snatch it, eat it and then spit it out for me!" She hadn't even finished scolding when she slapped the kid's face, causing the people around her to be stunned for a moment before reacting and pulling the kid away, looking at the red handprint on his face, everyone thought that Lotus Sister had gone too far.

  The child came with his father, the old mother didn't come, and the old father wasn't good at socializing with lotus sister as a woman, fortunately the villagers couldn't bear it and spoke out to condemn.

  "Lotus sister, how can you say that you are also an elder, how can you be so cruel to a child?"

  "Elderly people with a stutter don't all pass it on to their children, so why would one mouthful cause such a big deal?"

  "It's really too much, this is also too black-hearted. Still scolding others like this, ah, annoying."

  Men are reluctant to speak out, women have fewer scruples, one mouth and one sentence, every sentence goes straight to Lian's heart.

  "Who says I have a stutter and I have to give it to others? My son hasn't even eaten yet, he's lying in bed recovering from his injury, of course he needs to eat something good." Lian sister didn't reflect on her actions, instead she thought she had been too lenient, hitting him too lightly and too late. Look at how no one dares to take food from her plate after she took action.

  If you had to say who the villagers least want to see right now, it would definitely be Fei Quan. Having caused such trouble, he should have been driven out of Yushu Village. They kindly let him stay to recover from his injuries, and he should have been grateful and kept a low profile. How dare he still be so arrogant?

  Lotus sister saw that everyone was still looking at her with accusatory eyes, no one echoed her, and they even looked at her with disgust. She felt suffocated in her heart, thinking that they were cruel and ungrateful, so she let out a loud cry and started wailing.

  "This is going to kill me! Not even a decent seat, no food, and these heartless people are taking advantage of us when we're down on our luck! Ye Chong, Ye Quan, look at the shamelessness of your family!" Lian Jie wailed, turning everything upside down and blaming everyone else.

  The people in the house and those under the eaves all came out to see. When they heard her scolding the Ye family, Old Man Ye and several of his uncles and brothers turned dark with anger.