Chapter Thirty-Five Accusation

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  The sky had completely darkened before Qi Zhen and the others finished clearing all the stones from the ground. Taking advantage of the extra hands, Qi Zhen also put down her mental burden and let Ye Baiju and her three sisters busy themselves cleaning up the empty land.

  Ye Baiji was busy for the whole afternoon, getting all dusty and dirty. Several times she wanted to give up and go home, but Ye Baizhen persuaded her to come back each time. Now that it's dark and they still have to clear rocks, she really can't take it anymore. She thought that even if she got scolded, she didn't want to suffer like this anymore.

  Today's workload is heavy, the sun is still big, everyone is exhausted. Ye Baihe and Ye Baizhi have never done such hard work before, their hands are blistered and bleeding, it's heartbreaking to see them like this.

  Ye Baihe saw Ye Baixi showing signs of wanting to go home and quickly pulled her aside to persuade her.

  It's actually the Ye family that's in the wrong, and has nothing to do with Ye Baiji. But she's stubbornly helping out here, and Ye Baiyu is happy to have someone to accompany her. If Ye Baiji were to leave, she wouldn't agree to it. Looking at Ye Baiyu like that, just waiting for them to get tired of it and cause trouble. She's been working on this for so long, if it all falls apart now, she'll be the one who's really worried.

  After much persuasion, Ye Baiyi finally calmed down after being promised a hairpin and a piece of satin.

  Qī Zhēn'er watched them whispering to each other, and nudged Yè Bái Jí saying: "You'd better go talk to your sister, Yè Bái Ju is deceiving her again."

  Ye Baiji didn't even bat an eyelid, saying: "She's being foolish herself, you think others can persuade her? Forget it, wait till she suffers and then she'll know who's good for her."

  Zi Zhen'er saw her say this and didn't persuade her anymore.

  After a busy moment, the four of them finally picked up all the stones. Ye Baiji and the others were already exhausted, now they had no strength at all, just wanting to go back quickly to wash away their fatigue, eat a full meal, and rest well in bed.

  The empty land, pockmarked and scarred after picking up stones, was a pitiful sight to behold, but in Qi Zhen'er's eyes, it shone with an unusual radiance. Just like the joy of a bountiful harvest that overflows from the eyes of a farmer uncle on a crisp autumn day as he gazes out at his golden fields, her heart was filled with delight!

  Ye Lao Ye Zi knew that Hu Zi had hurt his hand and Qi Zhen Er would definitely be delayed for some time, so he ordered dinner to be prepared at 8 o'clock.

  Qizhen and the others arrived just in time for dinner, as there was only one more dish left to be served.

  They were all covered in dirt and sweat mixed together, unbearable even to themselves, let alone others. Each of them scooped a basin of water to wash up.

  Jiang saw the disheveled Ye Baizhen and was shocked, thinking that Qi Zhen'er had dragged her away to help with something. He thought that his kind-hearted Baizhen must have been unable to refuse, which is why she ended up doing hard labor. Just as he was about to make a scene, Ye Baizhen pulled him into the house.

  Ye Baihe glared at Ye Suqi who was hiding in the corner, before telling Jiangshi about what had happened in detail.

  Jiang also knew that Ye Baiji had grasped the handle. But she didn't think it was their family's fault, and complained: "I said let Qi Zhen'er come to our house as a maid, but she wasn't willing, and insisted on building her own house. Now look what happened! And that Baiji girl is also at fault, how can this be blamed on our Su Qi? It's clear that Qi Zhen'er and her brother were born under an unlucky star, even their parents were killed by it, and the house they chose was a haunted one, yet she still blames others!"

  Ye Baihe didn't take Jiang's annoyance seriously at first, but after listening to her, she felt that there was some truth to it. Weren't Qi Zhen and his siblings notorious convicts? They had brought disaster upon their own family, so why wouldn't they bring disaster upon others as well? That's why they were driven out, not even allowed to return home.

  Ye Baihe pulled Jiangshi along and said a lot of good things, only then did Jiangshi smile and follow Ye Baihe to the upper house.

  Although Sun came out this afternoon, Ye Baiji still didn't let her appear in front of everyone with a recovered body. These two days they also didn't go to the town, and don't know how things have progressed, just wait for a few more days until news arrives, then they'll make plans.

  Before dinner, as usual, a large bowl was first given to Sun. Ye Baiju took two bowls and saw that Qi Zhen'er didn't seem to want to take them, so she herself filled the two bowls with food and sent them to the east wing room.

  In the east wing, Mrs. Sun sat on the bed doing needlework and chatting with Tiger from time to time. Seeing Ye Baiju bringing in the dishes, she complained: "Why so many again? You've picked all the dishes, what will your grandfather and your third uncle and aunt eat?"

  "Mother, our family isn't that poor, why be so frugal? Haven't you seen how generous my third aunt is when cooking, she's not stingy with oil and salt. She's willing to use them generously, and you can just enjoy eating."

  "Sun's family was still uneasy about eating, 'Your eldest uncle's family is not here, we eat too well every day, I'm afraid they will have opinions when they come back. Everyone has contributed to the dishes, and they haven't even eaten yet, but they still want us to contribute these.'"

  "You're just worrying for nothing. My great aunt is very aware of things," Ye Baiji said, "They spare no expense when it comes to feeding my grandfather. Besides, even if there are conflicts, that's something for the Third House to deal with. The food was all prepared by them anyway! The Third House has plenty of money!"

  "It's not worth spending money like this, even if you have it. For over a year now, your third uncle has been staying at home, neither saying he'd go to the clinic to help out nor looking for something to do, and your third aunt is someone who knows how to spend money - what savings could they possibly have left?" Sun Shi analyzed.

  "Why didn't you say that about our family?" Ye Baiji said: "Third Uncle hasn't made any money, they had some savings before. What do we have? My dad has been idle for over a year and doesn't work, previously there was still the dividend from the medicine shop, now it's all gone, he still goes to gamble every day, who doesn't know that he loses nine out of ten times, and still gives money to others every day."

  Sun sighed and pulled Ye Baiju's hand, saying: "Mother is useless, but it has suffered you."

  Ye Baiji's eyes turned red, and she rushed into Sun Shi's arms. Qi Zhen'er saw this scene as soon as she entered the door, and smiled to tease: "Sister Baiji is so old and still throwing a tantrum? Aren't you ashamed?"

  Tiger cub cooperates with the little face of white angelica.

  Ye Baiji's hard-earned sorrow had all disappeared without a trace, and she was chasing after Qi Zhener to beat her up.

  Qī Zhēnér hastily begged for mercy, saying: "Bái Jì sister, Grandfather is waiting for you to have dinner, hurry up and go."

  "Go quickly, don't keep old master waiting."

  Ye Baiji also knew that she had just delayed for a while, loosened her grip on Qi Zhener's hand, and nodded at her brow: "This time I'll let you off, little girl. Next time you laugh at sister, I'll settle the bill with you."

  Qizhen'er and Ye Baiji saw Jiangshi muttering to herself as soon as they entered the door, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was somewhat solemn. After they entered, Jiangshi stopped talking and forced a ugly smile to greet Qizhen'er and Ye Baiji to take their seats.

  "Master, I was just serving my mother lunch and saw that Tiger was awake, so I asked him a couple of questions, which delayed me for a bit. Please don't mind."

  Jiang definitely knew how Hu Zi was injured. For something like this, Ye Baihe would definitely report to her mother, so that she could know how much suffering she had endured for the sake of her brother.

  As expected, when Ye Baiji mentioned Hu Zi, Jiang's face turned slightly red with embarrassment.

  Ye Lao Yezi stroked his beautiful whiskers and said: "Tuzi is fine now, isn't he?"

  Yebai Zhi smiled and said: "Nothing's wrong, just bled a lot, face is pale. But the spirit is still good."

  Old Ye nodded and said, "Let's have dinner."

  Others had no opinion, but Ye Shixian made a fuss.

  "Qī Zhēnér, did your little brother get hurt today and see blood?"

  As soon as she entered the house, Qizhen felt that the people in the room were looking at her with strange eyes. What did Yeshi mean by asking this now? Although Qizhen couldn't guess, she still nodded. The fact that Hu'er was injured was known to most of the Ye family members, and Ye Baiju had just mentioned it too, so there was no need for her to deny it.

  Yeshi Xie saw her nod, slammed the bowl and chopsticks, and jumped up: "Good you Qizhen'er! Our old Ye family saved your sister's life, fed you, treated you like our own children, which point did we wrong you? You want to harm us like this?"

  Zijin was stunned by this accusation.