Chapter 58: True Heart

  Ye Chong returned home, and the sky had already darkened a bit. Lotus sister was in the courtyard using a small stove to decoct medicine for Ye Quan. The small stove hadn't been used for a long time, and no matter how hard she tried, the fire wouldn't start. Lotus sister fanned it with a broken fan for half a day, but the fire still didn't start, and her face was covered in soot. She was furious at this moment, and when she saw Ye Chong walking in with his head hung low, she immediately exploded: "You damned ghost, where have you been? Who were you looking for? This whole afternoon, not even a shadow of a person could be seen. Look at this broken house, how can people live here? The old ones are so careless, only knowing how to sit by the door and wait on people, the young ones are so spoiled, lying in bed and crying, only knowing how to rely on their mother." As she spoke, she fanned the fire fiercely a few times.

  Yexiang's daughter Xiaodouzi saw her grandmother get angry, got scared and trembled, wanted to run away but didn't dare, shrinking her neck standing beside.

  Ye Chong's heart was simmering with anger, and he hadn't planned on bothering with his foolish wife. But seeing the cowering figure of his granddaughter beside him, his rage surged up to his head, and he scolded: "Do you still have any sense? Serving the elderly and taking care of children isn't something you should be doing?"

  Ye Zhong rolled up her sleeves, ready to settle accounts with Lotus Sister: "You yourself said what you've done? Married into our Ye family for so many years, every day being served like a landlord's wife, still not idle enough, must stir up trouble, either saying the east house is long or the west house is short, making the whole village know you're a gossip? Now it's even more outrageous, bullying orphaned siblings, do you think what you've done is right?"

  "What's wrong with me? Those two siblings are good, aren't they? They're jinxes, if we don't drive them away, they'll bring disaster to our village!" Lotus shouted at the top of her lungs, as if she had just thought of something, "Maybe this thing about my son is also their fault, otherwise why would my son be beaten by someone? And someone wants to cheat the old Ye family's ancestral hall too?"

  Ye Song and several fellow villagers heard that Ye Chong had been to their house, so they thought maybe there was something going on, and prepared to come over tonight to take a look. As they arrived at the door, they just happened to hear Lotus's words, and everyone's face turned black. Not to mention that today Zhen'er did things that made them very happy, but also said that Zhen'er helped them keep the ancestral hall, saved her family Ye Quan, so they should be grateful to Zhen'er, how could they still speak ill of others behind their backs?

  Everyone suddenly lost the heart to enter the house.

  Ye Qiushu sighed and said, "Everyone has been tired for a day, go back and rest."

  Everyone turned around and went home, thinking to themselves that they would have to tell their wives about this later. This lotus sister is not someone who can be helped in the future, or she might even end up resenting them for it.

  Ye Chong was so angry at these unreasonable words that he couldn't speak, and then remembered what the familiar person said today, and slapped past Lian Jie's face.

  Lotus sister was slapped dizzy by that slap, came to her senses, threw away the fan and rushed towards Ye Chong. Yesterday in the ancestral hall, Ye Chong also slapped her, later was persuaded by others, today he actually dared to hit her again, it's really outrageous.

  Women fight, nothing more than scratch, grab, pull and bite. From the spacious and bright house to this low and old ancestral house, Lian's heart has a sense of loss, and she has been holding back her anger for a long time. Now she doesn't care anymore, stretched out her hand and scratched Ye Chong's face.

  Men are no match for women's tricks. Ye Chong was entangled by her and had no way out, retreating step by step. The two were so engrossed that they didn't notice until a little girl's shrill cry came over, and they suddenly woke up with a start, both of them frightened.

  The atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit low. Everyone had a sullen face, and even Ye Suqi, who usually loved to cause trouble at the dinner table, was quietly eating her own small bowl of food, occasionally glancing at her father and then staring at Hu Zi.

  Hu Zi didn't care about him, his sister said not to bother with Ye Su Qi, this little overlord, as long as he didn't take action, it was as if he didn't exist. He also thought this idea was good, every time he ignored Ye Su Qi's provocations, he could make himself furious.

  Mrs. Mao went home to the east wing of the house and comforted Mrs. Sun for a long time, but she was still feeling unwell, her spirit was low, and she had become even more timid and fearful, screaming at the slightest touch. Mrs. Mao looked on, sighing in her heart, thinking that they could do very little to help Mrs. Sun, let alone scold Ye Shixian severely, or even criticize him, for there was no reason to do so. A husband beating his wife was lawful and reasonable, who dared say he was wrong? Only when the family members couldn't bear it anymore could they stop some of these behaviors. Thinking about this, the only ones in this household who could control Ye Shixian were Old Man Ye and himself.

  The Mao family hasn't spoken a word to the Jiang family since they returned, and the Jiang family also knows that it's definitely because they didn't go to persuade Ye Shixie or find Old Man Ye. This matter made the Jiang family aware of their anger. Thinking that her impression in Big Sister's heart wasn't good, she couldn't let her be unhappy again now.

  "Sister, you don't know, this second brother has been beating his wife more than once or twice. In the past, when he lost money gambling in town and came back, he would beat her, and whenever something didn't go his way, he would beat her too. No matter how we tried to persuade him, it was no use. Remember that time when my husband went to pull second brother away, but second brother pushed him and he hit the table corner, injuring a big patch on his waist? He lay in bed at home for over ten days before recovering. When second brother gets angry, he dares to beat anyone, so how can we women dare to go up and try to persuade him?" Jiang said with a sigh, "I thought that after returning to the countryside, with my father and older brother keeping an eye on him, he would behave better. But who knew that just over a year later, his old habits have resurfaced again."

  After hearing Jiang's words, Mao didn't say anything and continued eating his own food without even responding with a grunt. Jiang's face turned somewhat red with embarrassment.

  Ye Baiji's face changed as she took over the conversation, "Third Aunt, thank you so much back then. If it weren't for you guys, we still don't know what kind of state Father would have beaten us into." Her voice was sorrowful and gentle, sounding like a child who feared her father's beatings and was thanking those who had saved their lives.

  If she squeezed out two more tears, it would be even more convincing! Qizhen thought unkindly.

  Qī Zhēnér's words had just fallen when Yè Bái Jí's tears also fell, as if she really heard her words, setting the atmosphere.

  Qī Zhēnér felt a sense of wonder, and glanced at Yè Bái zhǐ beside her. She saw that the hand holding the chopsticks was loosening and tightening, with veins bulging out. Thinking about it again, she felt it wasn't interesting - if this person really knew how to be grateful, they wouldn't remain unmoved even when their own mother was almost beaten to death.

  Ye Baiji and Ye Baishu were still performing the play of maternal love and fraternal piety with Jiang's family, but Qi Zhen'er felt a bit nauseous and couldn't eat anymore. She was thinking of an excuse to slip away first, preferably taking Ye Baiju with her, when she heard the sound of urgent knocking at the gate.

  The two tables of people put down their bowls and chopsticks, looking at each other in dismay. It was still Old Ye who remained calm, "It should be someone coming for a consultation. Su Mu, go open the door."

  Ye Su Mu responded and got up, walking in the courtyard, seeing Ye Shi Xian lying on the ground, sleeping soundly with a faint snoring sound. He looked at Old Man Ye with difficulty: "Grandfather, Second Uncle is still lying in the courtyard... What if the guests see him?"

  Ye Lao Yezi is probably not in the mood to hear Ye Shixie's name now, frowning and waving his hand: "Throw him into the room, no need to put him on the bed, just tie him up and throw him on the ground."

  Ye Shiyan hesitated for a moment, as if wanting to say something, but seeing Ye Shiwei didn't say anything and went out to move the sedan chair, he hastily followed suit.

  Yeshu Mu saw them move Yeshi Xie into the house before opening the door.

  The person outside didn't care whose house it was or who opened the door, and as soon as they entered, they scolded: "You're so slow! Are you the son of a turtle? Why didn't you wait for someone to die before opening the door?"

  The gate was a bit dark and couldn't see the person clearly. Ye Sumu thought it was someone from a family with an emergency patient at first, so she didn't say anything thinking that the person's mood was good too. After closing the door, the person just walked under the lamp light, took one look, and her face turned black.