As an ordinary rural woman, her greatest pride was marrying a worker. Although he was often lazy and relied on the household chores, at least he was honest and didn’t insist on marrying a city girl like those colleagues of hers. Therefore, when she discovered that Ye Xia and Li Hui were secretly meeting, her heart broke, feeling as though the sky had fallen. Yet, Ye Xia assured her time and again that she had no intentions towards Li Hui. Besides, Li Hui would be leaving soon, which eased her worries. Now, Ye Qiu unexpectedly informed her that these two had met more than once and even had such dealings.
“Okay! That’s why you got up so early today to take a car to town, and you were so eager to say you wanted to buy something delicious for me and our son. Turns out it was to meet with that little girl!” she shouted hysterically.
Ye Xia gritted her teeth, furious enough to want to hit someone, “What nonsense are you talking about? I didn’t even leave home this morning!”
Realizing that Ye Xia was the one who delivered the letter, she cried out in despair on the ground, “How can we live in the village after what you did? Are you trying to force us into a dead end?!”
Was this Li Hui’s true intention?
Zhou Yan’s eyes were filled with tears, realizing that Li Hui not only wanted to take over her life but also intended to send her to prison. If she were truly taken away, wouldn’t that be just what Li Hui wanted?
Everyone knew that Li Hui was the one who wrote the letter, but since she had already been captured, Ye Xia firmly insisted that she was just an innocent messenger, and in the end, the matter was left unresolved.
The situation ended unsatisfactorily, and the two young policemen felt embarrassed about what had just transpired. They expressed more than once that they would definitely strengthen the management around the police station to ensure such incidents would not happen again.
“Thank you so much for what you did; if it were anyone unreasonable, they would have sealed our factory without a second thought. It’s only because you two policemen enforced the law fairly that we wasted time showing you around our factory. With such responsible officers backing us, our factory has a chance for development. Don’t worry; once our factory grows, we will definitely help more impoverished villagers!”
“If it weren’t for you, our factory would have been doomed.”
They were certainly not as perfect as Ye Qiu described them.
Seeing the villagers’ excited and admiring gazes, they saluted.
In their hearts, they sighed about how good these people were; just as business was picking up, they led the villagers to start a factory.
The country needs talents like these!
Ye Family.
“Going to the city?”
The Ye family members said in unison.
Ye Father puffed on his pipe, “Your mother and I can stay home. The village business can’t manage without people. Just take the eldest son’s family with you.”
“Mom and Dad~ I’ve already said that if I make money, I’m taking you both to live in the city. Now that I’ve achieved something, of course, I have to keep my word.”
“Besides, the girl I’m pursuing is going to university in the city!”
Upon hearing that she was about to have a college student daughter-in-law, Ye Mother excitedly slapped her thigh, “Why didn’t you say so earlier? Your father used to pull so many tricks to win me over. Let me share a few more tricks with you!”
Ye Father, humiliated and angry, retorted, “What do you mean I pursued you? You were the one who took a liking to me first!”
The next day.
Villagers carried items towards the Ye family, only to find the house empty.
“Where did Ye Qiu go?”
“Could it be that he was discouraged yesterday? What should we do?”
Anxiety filled the air.
The village chief adjusted his clothing and walked in front of them, clearing his throat, “Why are you all so excited that Ye Qiu went out?”
Haven’t they noticed?
Walk around again!
“Chief, aren’t you worried if the factory can’t continue to operate? If it fails, I won’t care about village relationships; I’d have to teach him a lesson.”
“Ah, Chief, we’re worried here. Can you please…”
As he observed the villagers with wide eyes.
The chief raised his chin, unconsciously brushing over the print on his shirt, and shook his head, “You all must be too full from eating; you’re missing everything happening.”
Ye Family Factory Proxy!
The author has something to say: Village Chief: Are you blind? (gesturing at the print)
Villagers: You’re high and mighty!
Chapter 19: The Little Trickster of the Era
Seated on the train, Ye Mother grew more uneasy. A glance around revealed the old man, the eldest son and his family, Ye Qiu, and Ji Chen, totaling seven people. But where was her large daughter-in-law?
Looking at Ye Qiu and Ji Chen, who were laughing and chatting across from her, it felt even stranger.
Ye Mother leaned closer to Ye Father and whispered, “Old man, do you find something off?”
“Are you feeling carsick? Drink some warm water.” Ye Father placed his hand on Ye Mother’s forehead, looking worried.
Ye Mother: …
Upon arriving in the city, Ye Qiu took Ji Chen out every day to persuade (or trick) people into purchasing products from the Ye family factory, with their products filling the country via the green train.
“You mentioned going to college last time…”
“Mom and Dad, today we’re climbing the Great Wall!”
“What did you and Mom say about which one you like…?”
“When in the capital, we must see the flag-raising ceremony!”
“My daughter-in-law…”
“I heard the roast duck in the capital is the most authentic!”
Every time Ye Mother tried to ask something, Ye Qiu would take her sightseeing, telling her interesting tidbits about how foreign men could now be together too.
After being coaxed around for days by Ye Qiu, Ye Mother began to feel something was amiss. “Are you… with Ji Chen…?”
Ye Qiu glanced at the somewhat tense Ji Chen and nodded.
“Mom, it was me who introduced the pancake rolls to Ji Chen, and it was also Ji Chen’s contribution to secure the contract with the supply and marketing cooperative.”
Ye Mother actually didn’t know about this and was momentarily dazed. Their family couldn’t do something so ungrateful!
Ye Mother felt a bit fuzzy, “Without children, what will you two do when you get old?”
“Mom…”
“When did I ever tell you how to make pancake rolls?” Ji Chen looked puzzled.
“Didn’t you say pancake rolls can be hard, and it would taste better if eggs and pickles were added?”
Ji Chen was shocked: This works too!
As Ye Mother gradually accepted her obedient and well-behaved new son during their life together, she somewhat reproached Ye Qiu, “You, child, are only thinking of yourself. After such a time, don’t you know to bring Ji Chen home to take a look?”