Chapter 120: Only those who haven’t seen the world think that 120 is the norm.
After Ye Gaosheng left the house, Ye Wenyu said, “Uncle must actually be blaming us, right?”
“It’s all because of the family separation issues; it’s not Uncle’s fault.” Ye Wenqing tugged at the corner of his mouth.
Last night, after everything was done, the soaps were all placed in the main house. When Ye Gaosheng got up, the door to the main house was still closed. He could only knock on the door and call, “Dad, Mom, little sister, open the door for me.”
Mrs. He got up to open the door and scolded irritably, “What’s all this noise so early in the morning?”
“I’m coming to get the soap to take to town, oh right, is little sister up yet?” Ye Gaosheng chuckled twice and said with a forced smile.
“In this freezing weather, you could go by yourself, why must you drag your little sister along? She’s a girl, precious and not as resistant to cold as you,” Mrs. He complained.
By this time, Ye Jiu had already started getting up from the heated brick bed and began dressing, “Mom, don’t blame fourth brother, it was me who asked him to wake me up, so I could go to town with him.”
Used to caring for Ye Jiu, Mrs. He immediately went over to help her dress, “You just can’t sit still at home. It’s comfortable sitting on the heated brick bed inside when it’s icy and snowy outside. Yet you insist on running around with your fourth brother and come back frozen like a radish.”
“I’ve stayed at home for so many years, and I’ve finally recovered. Of course I want to go out and look around!” Ye Jiu said as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Mrs. He felt a pang in her heart at her words.
Ah, her daughter, excellent in every way, was just born into the wrong family.
If she had been born to a wealthy and noble family, even if she had some ailment as a child, it would’ve been cured early on. She wouldn’t have had to suffer for so many years to get better!
Mrs. He hurriedly got out warm clothes for Ye Jiu to wear and didn’t try to deter her from wanting to go out anymore.
After Ye Jiu washed and dressed, Mrs. He had already come out of the kitchen, holding two large pancakes in her hand. She handed one to each, Ye Jiu and Ye Gaosheng, “Eat them while they’re hot, lest you lack the energy to walk later on.”
After Mrs. He returned to the room, Ye Gaosheng said, “How come Mom is being so generous all of a sudden? I’ve often gone to town before, but she’s never gotten up early to prepare food for me.”
Seeing his foolish look, Ye Jiu couldn’t help wanting to take him down a peg, “That’s because the pancakes today were made for me, and you just happened to tag along.”
“True, Mom loves you the most and definitely wouldn’t want you to be hungry,” Ye Gaosheng said.
If it weren’t for the fact that he still looked so careless when he said that, Ye Jiu would have thought he was being sarcastic.
Ye Gaosheng, with a basket on his back, each of them holding a large pancake, walked while eating.
This time they were quite lucky; on the road, they encountered a bullock cart from the next village. Ye Jiu didn’t care about the two coins of fare, so despite Ye Gaosheng’s objections, she paid the money and pulled him onto the cart.
Although the bullock cart was bumpy, it was more comfortable than walking and saved a lot of time.
Arriving in town, Ye Gaosheng started heading toward the outer edge, but Ye Jiu pulled him back, “Fourth brother, you’re not still planning to set up a stall on Veggie Market Street, are you?”
“Of course not, Veggie Market Street is all for selling vegetables. We need to set up our stall in the bustling part of town,” Ye Gaosheng said.
Ye Jiu was embarrassed; it seemed she had overestimated her fourth brother.
However, this wasn’t like her previous life with the advanced internet era, so it was normal that people knew less, including that her fourth brother was not worldly.
“Fourth brother, do you know which shop is the biggest rouge and powder store in town?” Ye Jiu asked.