Chapter 106: 106, if you want to split up, then just split up.
Ye Gaoshi also realized that the crux of the division of the family still lay with Ye Gaoshui.
The two brothers had always had a good relationship, so to placate Mrs. He, Ye Gaoshi hurriedly gave Ye Gaoshui a meaningful look, “Second brother, where have you upset Mother and made her sad, why haven’t you apologized to her yet?”
Ye Gaoshui was silent at first, then suddenly knelt down, “Mother, I know you didn’t want me to marry into the Zhao Family, but I didn’t listen to you, I listened to Grandmother and went ahead and married the Zhao girl. You’ve always had this grudge in your heart over the years, even extending your displeasure to everyone in our second branch of the family. If you really despise having the people from our second branch under your eye, then just divide us out!”
As the eldest brother, Ye Gaoshi hadn’t expected this, even though Ye Gaoshui hadn’t said this when he first went to fetch the Zhao girl, but now why did he suddenly harbor such thoughts?
“Second brother, you’re overthinking it, we are all Mother’s sons, and naturally, she treats us all equally, how can you say such things that make Mother sad? Apologize to Mother now,” Ye Gaoshi ordered sternly.
“Heh, treat us all equally?” Ye Gaoshui suddenly laughed, “Big brother, you really have no idea because you’re not the one suffering!
Let’s not talk about anything else, just look at these past few years, Mother always treats Mrs. Zhao with commands and scolding without a shred of kindness, but what about your wife? Has she ever spoken to her harshly?
And then there’s the children’s clothing. Although the clothes your children wear aren’t exactly new, at least they fit well and look decent, but what about my children?
Especially the younger Qingzhi, wearing tattered and thin clothes, that little body trembling so much that she dares not even step out the door. I really can’t imagine, while I’m out earning money, my child is living at home.”
Just as Ye Jiu had finished making soap and was coming back, she arrived at the doorway and heard all these words.
It sounded like the second branch had indeed been treated unfairly, but was that really the case?
Stepping into the room, Ye Jiu asked back, “Second brother, you asked a good question. Conveniently, I also have a few questions for you.
Which daughter-in-law would be more pleasing to Mother, one who takes care of household chores diligently without a single moment of laziness, who even takes time to embroider in her spare moments to help support the family, or one who gossips all day, stirring up strife, and seizes any opportunity to steal things from the house to take to her own family?”
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With these words from Ye Jiu, Ye Gaoshui’s face turned dark all at once.
He naturally knew of Mrs. Zhao’s faults, but while at the Zhao Family, Mrs. Zhao’s words, together with Mrs. Li’s hesitations, had convinced Ye Gaoshui without much thought, and he believed that Mrs. He truly disliked the second branch and that Mrs. Zhao was indeed suffering at home.
“Little sister, the person Mother cherishes most in this house is you,” Ye Gaoshui said.
“That is only natural. People always say a daughter is a mother’s little padded jacket, and besides, after having four sons, Mother finally had me, a daughter, so of course, she ought to cherish me a bit more,” Ye Jiu stated without a hint of guilt.
“So, it is you whom Mother is partial to, of course, you have no complaints,” Ye Gaoshui said.
“Do you mean to say that Mother shouldn’t dote on me, her youngest daughter, and should only care for you, the second brother?” Ye Jiu retorted.
“You… sharp-tongued!” Ye Gaoshui was at a loss for words.
“Even if I’m sharp-tongued, I still have to make sense,” Ye Jiu stood her ground, “Since second brother believes that the second branch has been treated unfairly at home, let’s discuss this openly today. After we’re done talking, if you still want to divide the family, then let’s do so.”