sbdcsierra Chapter 152: The New Year is Approaching
Chapter 152: The New Year is Approaching
When everyone in the Ye family saw the old man's condition, they were all frightened and hurriedly asked Ye Xiaowu what had happened.
Ye Xiaowu said that the old man accidentally fell in Qingshan Town, so he hurriedly helped the old man back.
Seeing Ye Xiaowu helping the old man back to the room, Ye Xiaowen hurriedly asked Dalang to call a doctor. When the doctor arrived at the house, the old man was already lying on the bed unconscious.
The old man passed away on the third day, and he never woke up again. Everyone naturally thought that the old man had fallen accidentally and died without saying a word. But from what the old lady said just now, it seemed that there was another hidden reason for the old man's death.
Ye Xiaowen also hurriedly asked Ye Xiaowu what had happened that day.
Under the constant beatings from the old lady and the resentful gazes of the entire family, perhaps because he could no longer bear the pain or the psychological pressure, Ye Xiaowu begged for mercy while telling the truth of what happened that day.
It turned out that on the ninth day of August, Ye Xiaowu went out early in the morning and went to Qingshan Town to play with people for money.
Just when Ye Xiaowu was about to lose all his money again, the old man came to his door. No one knew how the old man discovered that there were a few missing land deeds from his home, so he suspected Ye Xiaowu.
The old man asked about the land deed of Ye Xiaowu's family. Ye Xiaowu felt guilty and ran out. The old man followed him. I don't know what the old man kicked, but he fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Ye Xiaowu observed for a while and saw that the old man fell to the ground and didn't move, then he stepped forward to help the old man up.
The old man's face was scraped and his nose was bleeding. Ye Xiaowu took out a handkerchief and wiped the old man's face, but the blood started again soon.
Seeing that the old man couldn't speak clearly and he had lost all his money, Ye Xiaowu helped the old man back and prepared to go back and ask a doctor to take a look.
But unexpectedly, the old man fell into a coma as soon as he went back and lay down, and never woke up again, and passed away just like that.
At first Ye Xiaowu was still a little scared, but after the old man passed away for many days, no one had heard of what happened that day, so Ye Xiaowu felt relieved.
But ever since the old man passed away, Ye Xiaowu's luck has been bad. He lost all his money, so he pawned Liu's jewelry. As a result, he caused a scandal over the gold hairpin and ruined the marriage between Dalang and the eldest lady of the Feng family.
The old lady helped Ye Xiaowu to settle the matter of the gold hairpin, but she also became more strict with money. It was very difficult for Ye Xiaowu to get money from the old lady, so he secretly mortgaged all the remaining land deeds in his family, and then he was able to borrow money from Tang Laizi again.
Ye Xiaowu had thought he could make a profit this time, but ended up losing money again. He had intended to make some money by renting out cows so he could use the money to pay off his debts, but he failed to rent a cow. Then he finally managed to get into a processing workshop, but before he had worked there for a few days, he met Tang Laizi who came to collect the debt.
At that time, Tang Laizi threatened that he saw the old man chasing him and then fell down. Ye Xiaowu panicked when he heard it, so he started arguing with Tang Laizi. Erlang, who was impatient, took the initiative to fight, and then he started a fight with Tang Laizi and others.
After hearing Ye Xiaowu's account of the whole incident, everyone in the main hall was furious.
After Ye Xiaowu finished speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the old man's spirit tablet, muttering to himself.
"Dad, I know I was wrong..."
After listening to what Ye Xiaowu said, the old lady seemed to have lost all her energy in an instant.
Ye Changyan, who was standing not far away, just noticed that something was wrong with the old lady, but before he could react, he saw the old lady suddenly collapse.
"Go get a doctor! Grandmother has fainted."
Immediately, the old house fell into chaos.
It was almost 11:00 p.m. when Ye Changyan returned to Ye's farm. He fell on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
After seeing the doctor, the old lady woke up at noon the next day.
After waking up, the old lady was much more depressed than before, but she still forced herself to rearrange a series of things in the old house.
First, she dismissed the cook Chun and the maid Ping'er who had been employed for many years, and handed over all the daily meals and cleaning work to Liu. Although Liu was not required to serve in bed, she had to be there whenever the old lady needed anything.
Dalang, Erlang and Silang, as well as Xu and Liu, were all arranged to work in the processing workshop. After Ye Xiaowen recovered from his injuries, he also went to work in the processing workshop.
Ye Xiaowu knelt in front of the spirit of the master of the Ye family for a whole night. In addition, he was locked up in the cell for those days and fell ill. The old lady asked Silang to get him two prescriptions of medicine. Ye Xiaowu took the medicine and lay in bed at home for a day. Then the old lady drove him out to work in the processing workshop.
The money earned by the first wife's family in the processing workshop was kept by the first wife herself to prepare for the marriage of Dalang and Daniu. The money earned by the second wife had to be handed over to the old lady for safekeeping. On the one hand, it was for the expenses of the whole family, and on the other hand, it was to prevent Ye Xiaowu from cheating on others for money again.
After experiencing this incident, everyone in the old house became much more peaceful.
Dalang and Silang worked harder in the processing workshop and studied very hard. Xu and Da Niu were already dexterous and were first assigned to the packaging workshop. The efficiency of this mother-daughter group was much higher than that of other groups.
After Ye Xiaowen recovered from his injury, he returned to the materials department and continued to be his team leader. Ye Xiaowu returned to the loading and unloading group, but he was no longer the team leader. Instead, he worked with Erlang, who was reassigned to the loading and unloading group. Both father and son are now responsible for carrying bags.
Although Liu did not have to be exposed to the wind and sun at home, she was already busy enough preparing three meals a day and cleaning the house for the whole family. She was also constantly ordered around by the old lady, and now she did not have the extra time to go out and visit other people's houses to gossip about their daily lives.
Recently, news came from Huang Huamin in the prefectural city. According to Ye Changyan's suggestion, Huang Huamin held on to the supply and released a small amount. As expected, it achieved an unexpected effect. The wintersweet pure water and perfume gradually spread among the circles of noble ladies and young ladies in Yuzhou prefectural city.
Faced with the threats and inducements of these ladies, Huang Huamin always insisted on Ye Changyan's opinion. Moreover, as the influence of wintersweet hydrosol and perfume gradually expanded, the business of Rouge Tower also became booming, driving the hot sales of many other rouge and creams.
The Yuzhoufu branch of Yunfenglou has been doing booming business since it opened on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, and orders for takeout meals have been lined up until around the Spring Festival.
Weihaojia's candies are often out of stock at Zhong's store in Yuzhou Prefecture. Now the Zhong family's fleet comes to Shanglin Village to transport goods every other day.
Even so, Zhong Dingyi could only give priority to meeting the needs of customers who had made reservations as much as possible. The number of candies that could actually be put on the counter of Zhong’s Store was not large. And every time there were candies on the counter, they would immediately attract a rush for them.
Even though Wei Hao Jia candies were out of stock in the Yuzhou Prefecture market, Zhong Dingyi and his son Zhong Yunfeng still insisted on shipping several batches of goods to Yizhou Prefecture, which led to the wealthy circles in Yizhou Prefecture trying to stock up on Wei Hao Jia candies for New Year gifts.
Many of the tasks on the Ye family's farm were taken over by the siblings Fang Xiaotong and Fang Xiaomei, but the Ye family members did not have their work cut out for them.
Wulang has been busy reviewing his lessons recently. At the beginning of the new year, Ye Changyan plans to take Wulang to a private school in the county. Erniu has been learning to read "Thousand Character Classic" recently. Lian is busy sewing thick cotton-padded clothes for her family every day. Ye Xiaozheng spends most of the winter in bed.
Recently, Mr. Cai has increased the homework for Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng. Although Ye Changyan is not very willing to sleep in the same bed with Liang Jingcheng, the weather is cold and it gets dark early and gets light late, so Ye Changyan often stays in Chu Garden during this period.
While everyone is busy with their own things, the end of the year is getting closer.