Chapter 27 Blue

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  Rushing to hurry, the three finally returned to the Ye family at noon. Ye Baiju didn't even have time to comb her hair and wash up, she rushed straight into the room and saw Sun Shi doing needlework, feeling relieved.

  "Daughter, have you had lunch?" Ye Baiji asked.

  Sun smiled and nodded, saying: "Eat, your sister brought it in."

  Ye Baiji heard Ye Baixi, her face didn't show any expression. She took out the hair tie and pearl pin she bought today, handed the pearl pin to Sun Shi, and said: "Mother, I bought it for you, do you like it?"

  "Son said: 'What's the point of spending that money? Your mother is old and doesn't need these things, you young girls can keep them for your own use.'"

  Ye Baiji ignored Sun's refusal, found a spot and inserted the pearl hairpin into Sun's hair, looked left and right, and joked: "Mother, with this pearl hairpin on, you look even more beautiful. Mother, you're so pretty, but you just don't like to dress up."

  Qī Zhēnér brought Hǔ Zǐ to wash his face, and as soon as he entered the house, he heard Yè Bái Jí's words. He took a closer look at Sūn Shì and saw that she indeed looked more delicate than before. He picked up where Yè Bái Jí left off: "What Eldest Sister said is true, Auntie just doesn't like to dress up."

  Sun was embarrassed by their words, "Auntie is already so old, what's the use of these things? You young girls should dress up and look pretty."

  "Come, Zhen'er, put on this silk flower hairpin and let Aunt see it."

  Qī Zhēn ér took the silk flower and pinned it to Yè Bái zhǐ's hair, who was sitting on a stool. She smiled and said: "I'm still young, I don't need these things. My sister Bái zhǐ is as old as the flowers, she should be wearing this kind of silk flower."

  Ye Bai's skin was as white as jade, her eyebrows and eyes were open and bright, she was also a delicate little girl. However, because of her usual boldness, people only noticed her striking eyebrows and neglected her bright facial features. Now that she had adorned herself with silk flowers, she looked even more lovely.

  Ye Baiji smiled and pinched her, "Little girl, even dare to tease sister." Provoking Qi Zhen'er to laugh and dodge, Hu Zi also ran over to help block Ye Baiji.

  Sun's smile faded as she thought of Ye Baiji's marriage and let out a sigh.

  "Daughter, what's wrong?" Ye Baiji noticed Sun Shi's despondent expression and asked.

  "Mrs. Sun shook her head and sighed, 'Nothing's wrong with your mother, it's just that I was thinking about your marriage. This time back in the countryside, you're the one who's going to suffer. Just as we were about to arrange a marriage, things turned out like this.' She let out another sigh."

  Ye Baiji rushed into Sun's arms, coquettishly saying: "Mother, why are you so worried? I'm not even married yet. Besides, what's wrong with the countryside? Which country person has a concubine? If I were still living in the city, who knows how I would have been sold off?"

  Sun took Ye Baiju in her arms and said, "It's not like that. If you were in the city, you would definitely marry a wealthy family and wouldn't have to worry about food and clothing later on. But this is in the countryside, and later on, you'll have to dig for food in the soil. How can you bear such hardship?"

  Ye Baiji was about to say that the countryside is also good, but thinking again, it's not right, when did her mother have such an idea?

  "Mom, who came to this house today?"

  "What?" Sun's expression changed slightly, and her eyes flickered as she said, "No one, just your sister brought in the meal."

  Ye Baiji was clearly skeptical, staring straight at Sun Shi with her eyes. Sun Shi dodged her gaze and said in a low voice: "After eating, your third aunt saw that my spirit was good, so she brought the gifts they brought back from the city yesterday and chatted with me for a while."

  "Flattering without a reason!" Ye Baiji said sarcastically, asking: "How did she know you're in good spirits?" After some thought, it became clear: "It must have been that dead girl Ye Baiqi who spoke."

  "White Qi, don't talk like that." Sun Shi scolded: "That's your aunt and sister."

  Ye Bai Zhi pouted and didn't say anything. She pointed at a pile of things on the table and said, "Is this what she sent over?"

  Sun nodded, picked up the pale blue satin ribbon: "This is the ribbon given by your third aunt, said to be a return gift from the Qian family. The Qian family really has money, and even the return gifts are so valuable. I've thought about it, this ribbon will make you a dress, and the rest can be used to sew a skirt for your sister. Bai Ju, what do you think?"

  Ye Baiji had a kind of aversion to the things of the Jiang family, and besides, what's the use of wearing such good satin in the countryside? Looking at Sun's happy face, she couldn't bear to say any words of refusal.

  "You didn't promise her anything, did you?"

  Sun said with a scowl: "Your third aunt isn't as bad as you think, she just came to deliver something and get Mother's consent for it."

  Ye Baiji nodded and said, "Mother, don't be fooled. My third aunt is a cunning person, don't let her deceive you."

  "Mother knows," said Sun. "How about I make you a spring shirt?" she asked excitedly.

  Ye Baiji saw that her mother did not casually agree to anything with Jiangshi, and she put her mind at ease. As for the matter of making clothes for her, she followed Sunshi's arrangements.

  Sun saw her agree and happily took the satin to compare with Ye Bai Zhi's body.

  Qizhen'er and Huzi both looked at this warm scene with joy, thinking of the late Yang Shi, they felt a little sad.

  Ye Baiji let Sunshi finish her medicine, put down the things, pulled Qi Zhen'er and said to Sunshi: "Mother, I'm going with Zhen'er to see Grandpa, we have something to discuss."

  "Go ahead."

  Went upstairs, Ye Lao Yezi had just woken up from a nap, and was delighted to see Ye Bai Zhi and the others. Hu Zi was very familiar with him, leaning against Ye Lao Yezi's side, sweetly calling out "Grandpa".

  Ye Lao Yezi smiled and welcomed them, calling out to Ye Bai Zhi and Qi Zhen Er, "Why are you back so late?"

  Ye Baiji said: "Today's market is very lively, we strolled and forgot about the time, making Grandpa worry, it's my fault as a granddaughter."

  "It's not that, it's just that Tiger loves the excitement, and dragged his sister and Bai Zhi to stroll around the market, so they came back late." Tiger hurriedly said. If he hadn't wanted to eat baozi, they wouldn't have delayed their time either.

  Ye Lao Ye Zi wasn't blaming them, he was just worried that the two little girls and a small child were not safe outside, afraid they would encounter something and delay their return.

  "Grandpa isn't blaming you, just come home a bit earlier when going out in the future, it's always unsafe outside." Old Master Ye said.

  "Understood, Grandfather!" cried Qi Zhen'er and the other two in unison.

  After chatting for a couple more sentences, Qizhen saw Yebaiju was about to tell Ye Lao about the matter of Liao's fifth sister, so she prepared to take Hu'er out.

  Ye Lao also saw her intention and knew they had only eaten half a bun, so he let Qi Zhen'er go cook.

  Qizhen'er smiled and responded. After leaving the upper house, Qizhen'er first went to see the pigs and chickens, seeing that they had all been fed, she then went to the kitchen with peace of mind.

  Pigs and chickens are extremely precious to rural people. Without them, it is a sign that the family is not wealthy; but having them without raising them well proves that the family is lazy and idle, which will be criticized by others. After all, things for raising pigs and feeding chickens are everywhere in the countryside.

  Ye Baiji and others left with Qi Zhen'er's siblings, then told them everything that had happened in the market without leaving out a single detail.

  Ye Lao Yezi listened and pondered for a long time, staring at Ye Bai Zhi and asked: "Zhen Er pulled you to stroll around the street, specially chatted with vendors, and got all the news?"

  Ye Baiji nodded: "Yes. At first, I said to ask the vendors, but Zhen'er disagreed. She said that would be too obvious and might be used by someone with ulterior motives. When she went shopping, she asked about everything, even knowing how many piglets a family had at home. Later, when we bought hair ribbons, Zhen'er chatted with the vendor for half a day and got all the information about Liao Jia's fifth sister. That was also her idea." He smiled, "I think Zhen'er's idea is good."

  Old Ye's face also had a smile, but he warned: "You know this matter is enough, don't tell others, lest it causes trouble. Don't go to the town recently either."

  Ye Baiji nodded and was about to head down to the kitchen when she heard a faint voice behind her, "Zhen'er is a good person, spend more time with Zhen'er in the future."

  Ye Baiji turned around but only saw her grandfather walking away with his hands behind his back to the clinic, and thought that she had just imagined what he said.

  In the kitchen yard, Qizhen was picking vegetables while asking Huzi: "Huzi, do you like it here?"

  "I like it!" Hu Zi replied crisply.

  "Why do you like it?" Qizhen'er asked.

  "Because Grandpa, Bai Ju sister and Auntie are all very good to me. Grandpa even taught me how to read!"

  "Then we'll live here from now on, okay?"

  "Are you living with your grandfather?" Hu Zi asked excitedly.

  Qī Zhēn'er shook her head and said, "No, we can't live with Grandpa and them. Grandpa has his own family, you see they're already crowded living together, where would there be a house for us to live in?"

  Hǔ zǐ dàn dàn de ò liǎng yī shēng, kàn dé chūlái tā hěn xǐ huān Yè lǎo ye zi.

  Translation:

  The tiger cub let out a faint hum of delight, it was clear that he liked Old Man Ye very much.

  "Shall we live near Grandpa?" Qizhen said: "We'll build a house next to it, yes, with three rooms, so Tiger and Sister can live there. We can also raise chickens, and in the future, Tiger can eat eggs every day. And we'll raise pigs, kill them at New Year's, invite Grandpa over for meat, how about that?"

  Tiger cub thought carefully about the beautiful blueprint of home that Qizhen'er had drawn for him, and his mouth curled up. He asked eagerly: "Sister, can we really have our own home? Just live with us two, don't let Auntie Dabao and Feng'er sister and Qiangzi brother live, and not give them our eggs to eat?"

  Hutou still didn't understand that they had already left Qijiazhuang far behind, and were also far away from the Liu family.

  Qī Zhēnér nodded firmly and said: "Right, you can stay with us siblings!"

  Hutou was delighted for a while, carefully looking at Qizhen'er and proposed: "Sister, can we let Grandpa live with us? I like Grandpa."

  Children's nature is the most pure and kind, whoever treats them well they will know and return it. Just like some children will exchange their things with each other, they are not doing so after weighing the pros and cons, but out of a genuine heart.

  Qī Zhēn ér pretended to frown, provoking Hǔ Zǐ to anxiously pull her hand and pout, almost crying, before speaking: "Grandpa has family and a house, so he can't live with us. But we can leave one room for Grandpa, so when he wants to go live there, he'll have a place, okay?"

  The tiger cub jumped up happily.

  My little niece's kindergarten had a performance, she refused to participate in the dance, the teacher asked her why, she said she didn't like it, too simple, instantly made me cry, thinking back then I wasn't so lucky to be chosen to perform~~~~~