The happy little days of the Ye family

The braised rabbit in the evening was very oily, so Tang Xiaojing added some plant ash into it to wash the dishes. The plant ash can remove oil stains and can be used to wash the dishes in addition to washing pig waste.

Tang Xiaojing's mother passed away due to illness three years ago. After her mother passed away, Tang Xiaojing was sent to Tangshan to be an apprentice in a pharmacy.

When he was in the pharmacy, Tang Xiaojing not only had to take care of his daily life, but also helped in the kitchen. In the past three years, he not only learned the art of preparing herbal medicine but also learned various housework.

Although I am not doing very well, I can at least do it well, and it will not be a problem to support myself and Tangshan.

Father Ye, who was killing ducks with Ye Donglin on the side, was very satisfied when he saw that Tang Xiaojing was doing the housework in a decent manner. He originally thought that Tang Xiaojing had a skill to support the family, and he was also hard-working and willing to work.

Ye Qingqing has to do embroidery on weekdays and cannot do too much housework, otherwise it will be difficult to do fine embroidery with thick hands.

Ye Qingqing can earn a lot of money by doing embroidery, which will give her husband's family more confidence in the future and make her herself strong-willed.

Now, although Tang Xiaojing and Ye Qingqing were engaged, they were not married yet. This could easily change. Father Ye took another look at Ye Donglin, who was still a child at heart, and planned to teach the two of them a lesson.

Father Ye cleared his throat and asked the two of them, "What should you do if you see a young woman falling into the water in front of you?"

Ye Donglin blurted out, "Go into the water to save people. Human lives are at stake. Do you still have to think about it?"

Tang Xiaojing's first thought was to go into the water to save people, but when he saw Ye Donglin speaking, his father looked a little strange, and he didn't know how to speak.

Father Ye asked Tang Xiaojing with a smile, "Jing Xiaozi thinks so too, right?"

Tang Xiaojing nodded honestly.

Father Ye talked about the eldest girl of the Li family, "A few years ago, the eldest girl of the Li family fell into the water and was rescued by a second-rate boy in the village. The eldest girl of the Li family had no interaction with the second-rate boy on weekdays, and they had already decided It’s a good marriage.”

'Unexpectedly, within a few days, rumors spread in the village that the eldest daughter of the Li family had been seen and touched by a second-rate man. The rumors also spread to the fiancé, and the originally planned marriage was cancelled. "

"That second-rate boy who spends all his time sneaking around, no one is willing to marry him. Seeing that the reputation of the eldest daughter of the Li family has been ruined, the second-rate son's family took the opportunity to come to propose marriage. They said that the two of them hugged each other and wanted Miss Li to marry them. To that second-rate guy.”

"The talkative woman in the village didn't know if she had been bribed, so she also started to make noises. Her words were very unpleasant, saying that the eldest daughter of the Li family was no longer innocent. She pointed at the Li family all day long and forced the eldest daughter of the Li family to marry. Give it to that second-rate guy."

Father Ye looked at the two of them, "You had good intentions to save people, but when you go into the water to save people, there will inevitably be physical contact. People around you are pointing fingers and saying that you are hugging each other and asking you to marry that woman. What should you do?"

Ye Xilin hadn't figured it out yet, "At first glance, it's just a rumor spread by that second-rate guy. It's okay for that woman not to marry. Just ignore those rumors. It'll be fine after a while."

Father Ye: "Whether it's falling into the water or rescuing someone, those people with dark hearts just pretend to be invisible. They just grab the two of them and hug them together."

"The reputation of the Li family girl has been ruined. The Li family girl's fiancé also came to break off the engagement. If she doesn't marry that second-rate man, she will have to marry far away."

Tang Xiaojing understood what Ye's father meant, "A woman's reputation is particularly important. Going into the water to save someone will ruin that woman's reputation. Whether intentional or not, if the rescuer is a young man, the two may be forced to get married."

Ye Donglin whispered again, "I'm not that second-rate, I won't force that woman to marry me."

Father Ye looked at his stupid son with hatred, "What if that woman is determined to marry you? What if she takes a fancy to our family's wealth and deliberately sets you up?"

Now Ye Donglin was dumbfounded. If after he went into the water to save someone, the woman wanted to marry him on the grounds that she had lost her innocence, he really couldn't refuse.

Tang Xiaojing also thought of Uncle Lin from the escort agency.

"There used to be an escort in the Escort Bureau - Uncle Lin. When Uncle Lin went to the countryside to transport food, he rescued a girl who fell into the water. The girl's family knew that Uncle Lin's family was well off, so they had bad intentions, saying that he had ruined the girl's life. Because of his reputation, he forced Uncle Lin to marry that woman."

"Uncle Lin was already married at that time. He already had a wife and children. He was living a happy life and had no intention of marrying again. Uncle Lin clearly rejected that family."

"I just didn't expect that something would happen after rescuing people. The family went to the escort agency every day to make trouble with Uncle Lin's house, demanding that Uncle Lin marry the woman as an equal wife, otherwise he would give 50 taels of silver as compensation for ruining the woman's reputation. "

Ye Donglin cursed, "Isn't this blackmail?"

"That family is shameless. They say that Uncle Lin took advantage of the woman. They said that the two of them hugged each other. They forced Uncle Lin to marry the woman. If he didn't marry, he would lose money."

Father Ye: "People are using that woman's reputation to make excuses, but it won't work if you report her to the official."

Ye Donglin asked: "Then, what happened in the end?"

"Aunt Lin was pregnant at the time, and the family kept coming over to make trouble. Aunt Lin had a fetal movement, and the baby was almost lost."

Tang Xiaojing lowered his voice and continued: "Uncle Lin was very angry. He found several uncles from the escort agency and put sacks on the family that night. The man broke a leg and threw it to the mountain in the village. The woman was beaten and thrown away. Go into the latrine."

"They also killed all the family's chickens, and threw their clothes, quilts, and iron pots for cooking into the pit. From then on, the family never dared to look for Uncle Lin again."

Ye Donglin breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, this matter was resolved smoothly."

Tang Xiaojing added: "I heard that the woman fell into the water again, and the person who rescued her was a well-off family in the village."

"The family repeated their old tricks. They first spread rumors in the village, and then the woman pretended to hang herself in front of the man's house, forcing the man to marry the woman."

Tang Xiaojing looked as if he had eaten a fly and said with a strange expression: "I heard that that family asked the man for a betrothal gift of 20 taels of silver."

Father Ye nodded Ye Donglin's head with his hand and said: "Our family has bought two mountains, and there are two small stalls in the county. There is no guarantee that there is not someone with evil intentions who wants to design our home. You silly boy can't get it." You are so thoughtful, don’t be sold and still help count the money.”

"Same for you, Jing Xiaozi. Although you are already engaged, the people who want to plot against you don't care whether you are engaged or not. Your Uncle Lin is still being plotted by others even after you get married."

Ye Donglin looked at Father Ye shamelessly, "Dad, you know so much. Did you suffer a big loss when you were young?"

Father Ye said proudly: "When your father and I were young, we were tall, handsome, and talented, and I don't know how many girls fell in love with him."

From the corner of his eye, Father Ye saw Mother Ye standing quietly not far away. He immediately changed his words and said, "But I have recognized your mother for a long time. No matter how good other women are, I will not look at them twice. The lives and deaths of other women have nothing to do with me." It doesn’t matter half a copper.”