Chapter 104
Ye Qing's family lives at the end of the village, and all the way past the village entrance, everyone in the village cast envious glances, the carriage, this is a carriage, and the carriage is pulled by tall horses.

Everyone knew that Ye Qing came back yesterday, but they didn't know that she came back in a carriage.

Bullock carts are rare in the village, not to mention horse-drawn carts. The villagers think that horse-drawn carts are standard equipment for rich people.

Just like modern Mercedes-Benz and BMW, only rich people can afford it.

"Ye Haihe, where are you going? Are you not going to work in the fields today?"

Ye Haihe smiled innocently: "Going to the market."

Someone went too far, walked over and opened the curtain of the carriage, saw so many people sitting in it, exaggeratedly said: "Wow, you are so rich, and the whole family is going to the market, my dear, let's go!" How much does it cost to go shopping in town?"

Someone joked: "Mr. Liu, do you have enough money? Don't you even have money to enter the city?"

Touching the two taels of silver in her bosom, Liu felt very at ease: "Look at what you said, there is still a penny per person."

Someone kept walking around the carriage: "Look at this carriage, how beautiful it is, and this horse, which is taller than me, is it worth a lot of money?"

Ye Haihe: "We don't know, it's all bought by Da Ya."

"You really gave birth to a good girl."

The smiles on Ye Haihe's and his wife's faces never broke, they nodded and admitted: "Yes, my aunt is really capable."

If there is envy, there is jealousy, and the words are sour: "Big girl, you have only been out for more than two years, and you have made so much money. Those who know know that you are going to join the army, and those who don't know, think what you did. Shameful deed! This money comes too easily, unlike us, who stay in the village all our lives and don’t even know what ten taels of silver look like!"

Somebody arranged for her daughter, but Mrs. Liu quit, got out of the carriage, and cursed loudly: "What are you talking about? See how bullying our family is, and see if I won't slap you in the face."

People are cheap, bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, seeing Liu's shrew scolding the street, shrinking her neck, turning her head and walking away.

Mrs. Liu said harshly: "If I see anyone who dares to make arrangements for my eldest daughter again, my mother will fight her. If I can't beat you, I will burn your house down. Be careful."

Seeing Liu's defending herself so much, Ye Qing felt warm in her heart, this is the real family, and it is worthwhile for her to come back after traveling all the way.

On the way, Ye Qing taught Ye Haihe how to drive a carriage, and Ye Zhi insisted on stepping in, saying that he was a man, and he would do this kind of work in the future.

Liu Shi: "Okay, okay, if you keep disturbing me like this, your father will never learn."

This is correct, it is also teaching, Ye Zhi is smarter than Ye Haihe, and he looks good when driving a carriage.

After the carriage swayed like this for half an hour, it finally arrived at the gate of the town - Qingfeng Town!

After paying the entrance fee, one penny per person and two pennies for a carriage can enter.

There will be a special place in the town to help people take care of the carts and carts. As long as you give money, even the fodder will be prepared.

Ye Haihe felt sorry for the money, and wanted to stay and look at the carriage, but it was three pennies. Liu's laundry cost ten pennies a day, and he had already spent eleven pennies when he came in just now.

Ye Qing definitely disagrees, the whole family went shopping with great difficulty, how could he be left here alone!

Ye Haihe was persuaded by good talk!

After entrusting the carriage to the dealership, the group of people walked forward. Ye Qing didn't know the direction, but instinctively walked along the street.

Ye Qing had no memory of whether Ye Daya had been to the town before.

Ye Haihe stopped Ye Qing and pointed to the street to the south: "Big girl, let's go this way!"

Ye Qing was very puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Ye Haihe: "That's not where we're going."

Ye Qing was taken aback for a moment, and instantly understood.

In this era, no matter which towns are adhering to the division of residential areas, "the east is rich and the west is rich, and the south is poor and the north is cheap".

It means that the people living in the east are high-ranking officials and nobles, the west of the city are rich merchants and gentry, the south of the city are poor and upright families, and the north of the city are people of all kinds of education.

In this small town, the most dignitaries are the county magistrates of the yamen.

Wealthy businessmen and gentry, then I don't know!
Xiaoya, Zhuang Zhuang, and Ye Zhichang are so old, and they have never been out of Shihe Village. Seeing the bustle of the market, their eyes are not enough. Looking here and there, they are all surprised.

Doudou was also very excited and insisted on running forward, but Ji Yun hugged her!

Doudou expressed that she wanted Ye Qing to hold her, but Ji Yun patted her butt lightly: "You have a lot of things to do, and you see how tired my sister is, so I have the nerve to ask her to hold you!"

With Mrs. Liu here, the little girl is liberated, so she doesn't have to hold Zhuangzhuang.

Looking at the shoes with exposed toes under the little girl's feet, Ye Qing picked her up with one hand and hugged her in her arms.

"Sister, I can go!" Xiao Ya whispered.

Ye Qing: "It's okay, my sister has the strength to hold her."

In this family, the little girl is the most pitiful.

Not only was he enslaved by Lai Cuihua and his wife, but he also had to help them raise their children.

Ye Haihe and his wife are busy doing farm work, how can they have so much time to take care of her.

Zhuang Zhuang is also a grandson and cannot get the love of his parents. The couple and Xiaoya also love this child sincerely!Never bothered to hit him.

The little girl hugged her sister's neck, her eyes sparkled: "Sister, you are the best to me."

Ye Qing: "What do you want to buy? Tell my sister later, I will satisfy all your wishes."

There are a lot of things to buy at home, in addition to their three meals a day, rice noodles, grain and oil, as well as everyone's shoes, daily necessities, etc.!

Although the family has five acres of rice fields, the output in this era is very low, and there is not much left except for paying taxes.

With so many people in the family, they need to eat and drink, not to mention being full, as long as they are not starved to death.

There is dry land, and Chinese cabbage and radishes are planted. The money in exchange is not enough to repay the debt Ye Daniu owed when he got married.

I have to buy a few sets of quilts for the family, so that they can't be damaged by the freezing anyway.

Ye Qing originally wanted to take those cloths to the town and ask others to make them into ready-made clothes, but Liu Shi disagreed, she said that she knew how to make clothes herself, and it would be a waste of money to bring them to the town for others to make.

Ye Haihe and his wife are still sleeping on the straw!The bottom is wooden boards, the top is thick straw, and there is only a thin quilt. How can I survive the winter?

Ye Zhi slept in the main room, which was not only a place to eat, but also a place for Ye Zhi to sleep.

The house must be built, but I don't know how much it will cost!

And Ye Daniu and his wife, if they are not separated, they will be moths, and sooner or later they will be gnawed to nothing.

Find an opportunity to discuss it with Ye Haihe. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for the couple to agree to the separation of the eldest son!

The reason for separating the family must be sufficient, and it must also break the hearts of Ye Haihe and his wife, so that they can be separated logically!
A group of nine people, especially the three beauties Ye Qing, Ji Yun, and Zhou Yu'er, walked on the street, and instantly became a beautiful landscape.

The three beauties have their own characteristics,

Many people have already set their sights on them, especially young men.

There are everything in the market, there are those who sell flower ropes carrying poles, those who sit in the corner making sugar, and some who sharpen scissors and kitchen knives, and those who sell snacks.

"Mantou, Mantou, big mantou."

"Steamed buns, delicious buns."

"Wontons, wontons, steaming wontons!"

The sound of hawking in the market reached her ears, Doudou rubbed her belly, and smiled at Ye Qing: "Sister, I'm hungry."

Zhuang Zhuang learned his tongue: "Hungry."

Xiao Ya and Ye Zhi couldn't help swallowing, the voice was so loud that Ye Qing could hear it clearly.

Ye Qing consulted everyone's opinions, and they all agreed to eat wontons!
In fact, it was to consult the opinions of several children, because Ye Haihe and his wife said they were not hungry, but they were actually reluctant to eat.

A total of nine bowls were ordered, and the boss was so happy that he added one more bowl to everyone.

The little girl put the wonton to her mouth and blew it, took a small bite, and said cheerfully, indistinctly, "Sister, this wonton is really delicious."

"Eat more if it tastes good."

Ye Qing wanted to buy everything when she saw it, because there was a lack of everything at home.

Both Ye Haihe and his wife couldn't stop her, so they followed her in the end.

Ye Qing came to go shopping, not only for shopping, but also for inspecting the market.

Her mouth will say that every time she buys something, she will chat with the stall owner for a few words!
For example, if you set up a stall here, how much do you have to pay a month, and where to go for trivial procedures.

If you rent a store, what is the monthly rent, how is the traffic flow, will there be those little gangsters coming to make trouble, and so on!
Ye Haihe didn't understand these things, so an old man followed his wife and children and was only responsible for carrying things.

After shopping around and inquiring about the news, I found that there is no dumpling sold in Qingfeng Town.

Because this is the south, rice is the main food, so it's normal that there are no dumplings.

There are buns and steamed buns, but there is no stall for sesame seed cakes and dumplings.

Ye Qing thinks there should be a market for selling dumplings or biscuits!

Ye Qing: "Father and mother, you said that if we open a dumpling stall in this market, will there be business?"

Liu Shi: "What are dumplings?"

Ye Qing: "Dumplings are similar to making buns. We will eat dumplings tonight. Please give us your opinion after eating."

Since you can't explain it, make it for them to taste.

Ye Haihe: "How much does it cost to set up a stall? Dad, come and think of a way."

Mrs. Liu: "Big girl, if you really want to set up a stall, you can take the two liang of silver back."

Ye Qing: "No, I still have money."

After shopping until the afternoon, the family returned home happily. Doudou and Zhuangzhuang were so tired that they fell asleep early.

I bought a lot of things, and the carriage was full of people, so I had to hire another carriage to send it back.

It costs money to hire a car, but it hurts Ye Haihe and his wife very much.

The family happily returned home, but was startled by the broken gate in front of them!
"By, by a thief?" Liu was dumbfounded.

"It's not a thief." What is certain is that it is a familiar person!In the countryside, outsiders would not be so bold.

"Take a look and see what's missing."

Mrs. Liu rushed to the room immediately, and there were several pieces of cloth and various snacks in it!
Suddenly Liu yelled: "There's nothing left, who the hell did such a wicked thing?"

Don't worry about the chicken coop. People in the countryside raise chickens, ducks and geese. They are all free-range. They have been fed before going out, and there are some vegetables on the ground. If they are not hungry, they will come back at night.

However, there are no eggs in the coop, and there are no more eggs in the kitchen.

Ye Zhi came over angrily: "Sister, the egg was stolen."

Ye Qing: "Could I remember it wrong? Didn't I already collect two eggs in the morning?"

Ye Zhi: "I remember correctly. There were four hens laying eggs. I only picked up two before going out, and the other two hens were still in the coop without laying eggs. There were originally five hens in the kitchen. Mother said she wouldn't sell it, and left it for you to eat, so she didn't take it to the town."

Ji Yun said with a dark face: "Sister, the clothes and jewelry we brought back are gone, and some toys of Doudou!"

The two little girls are very economical, the jewelry they bought is not worth much!

Zhou Yuer: "Sister, all your things are gone."

Ye Qing's hand that was carrying the things paused, it was stealing things here and there, it was clearly a search of the house!

Ye Qing didn't enter the room, but glanced at Ye Daniu's door, the lock was still hanging on it.

How did the thief know that there was nothing valuable in Ye Daniu's room?

What's more, this couple is really weird, they don't care about their son, they don't even go home.

When Mrs. Liu went to the town, she went to inquire about Ye Daniu, but found nothing.

In fact, it was because she seldom came to the town and didn't know many people. She came and went to the grocery store!
Although Ye Daniu is unreliable, but he was born in October of his pregnancy, and now he can't find anyone, so he will inevitably worry that something happened to him.

Ye Zhi reminded her: "Did you go back to your mother's house with your sister-in-law?"

Liu Shi did not continue to search blindly!

Everyone was frowning, and the joy of returning from shopping disappeared in an instant.

Ye Qing: "Don't worry, ask the neighbors first."

Leave the investigation to Ye Zhi and Ye Haihe!
Ye Qing went to Ye Haishan's house, because her first reaction was that Mrs. Chen and the others did it.

Look at Ye Haishan's posture yesterday, he wanted to snatch all the things Ye Qing bought back.

Ye Haishan's house was quiet, and the door was locked.

This makes people a little suspicious, but there is no evidence, just the object of suspicion.

I wanted to go in secretly to have a look, but after thinking about it, forget it, if it was really them, they should have moved all their things away, or wait for Ye Zhi and the others to come back.

Soon, the father and son came back.

Ye Zhi: "Sister, just now the third aunt said that at noon, when everyone was cooking, the sister-in-law came back, and her brothers. At that time, the third aunt asked her why she didn't go in. She said she didn't bring the key. The third aunt saw how pitiful they were standing at the door, and asked them to sit at home, but the sister-in-law refused, and then the third aunt left them alone, and she didn't know when they left."

Ye Haihe added: "Goudan said that it took them only a quarter of an hour from the time they entered the village to the time they left. They came in a bullock cart. When they left, there was something on the cart, but it was covered with straw, so you couldn't see it. What's inside."

Liu Shi: "Has your elder brother come back?"

Ye Zhi: "No."

Liu was anxious: "Where did this child go?"

Ye Zhi muttered: "It's better not to come back."

As soon as I came back, I was flying like a dog!
Ye Qing guessed that Lai Cuihua saw them as soon as they left, so he called his brothers to come and evacuate the house.

Ye Qing expressed his guess: "It's possible that Lai Cuihua and the others did it."

Liu denied it outright: "No, your sister-in-law is not that kind of person."

Ye Zhi: "Why not? She is so lazy, she had an unpleasant encounter with her sister yesterday, and she has a grudge in her heart."

Ye Qing glanced at him approvingly, this kid is quite sensible, he didn't tell about Lai Cuihua's beating.

Ye Haihe glared at him: "What do children know, let's go."

Ye Zhi was very unconvinced: "What happened to the child? What I said is the truth. When you are not at home, the two of them often beat my sister and me."

Ye Haihe wanted to say something, but was stopped by Liu Shi: "It's okay, it's okay, don't say a few words, Zhi'er is right."

Ye Qing: "Zhier, do you know where Lai Cuihua's family is?"

Ye Zhi: "I know!"

"We're going to find them now. We'll know if they did it."

 I am a southerner, and I really never saw dumplings when I was a child.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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