Chapter 142: 142 is preparing to leave
But Zhao, she had given the silver her son obtained from the division of the family property to her parents’ house. That was the Ye Family’s silver! They had never saved up so much money in their entire lives, and even this was thanks mainly to their daughter.
To have married such a daughter-in-law, truly, it was misfortune upon the household.
Zhao was beaten and now dared not speak, and even Ye Wenyu’s face showed a look of shame.
Perhaps, they had never anticipated this outcome.
After everyone had left the room, they could still hear Ye Gaoshui’s cursing as he hit Zhao, along with the sounds of Zhao crying and being beaten.
In the main room, Old Ye almost couldn’t stand when his legs gave way.
Ye Jiu went over to support him, allowing him to sit on the bench nearby and asked worriedly, “Dad, how are you, are you alright?”
“I’m… not…” Old Ye’s voice was weak, and his gaze towards his wife was filled with guilt, “Wife, this Zhao, she really was the wrong choice!”
“You realize that now? I disagreed with this match from the start, but wasn’t it you, together with your mother and that heartless second son, who were so intent on marrying Zhao into our home? Now, you finally understand the regret.” His wife’s expression completely contrasted with Old Ye’s, and even upon hearing that Zhao had taken all the silver back to her family, her expression didn’t even flinch.
This provoked an even more colorful expression from Old Ye.
Still, Ye Jiu, fearing that Old Ye couldn’t withstand his wife’s sharp tongue, could only look at her pleadingly, praying that she would hold back a bit and not cause the old man to collapse in anger.
Understand Ye Jiu’s look, his wife let out a cold snort and turned her head away, unwilling to look at them anymore.
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
Over at the firewood room, Li watched the chaos of the family from the doorway, her face showing malicious bitterness.
“His wife, you were able to bear sons, and with that, you have beaten me for decades, but what does that matter now?
Now, don’t you have to watch helplessly as your own son and daughter-in-law scheming about money every day?”
Back in the room, seeing her daughter asleep on the wooden bed in the cold weather, Li walked over and tenderly rubbed Ye Erya’s head.
“Mom…” After being beaten by his wife last time, Ye Erya didn’t know if she was too frightened, but she seemed very dazed.
At that moment, the previously asleep Ye Erya, stirred by Li’s touch, opened her misty eyes. Seeing her biological mother, she finally felt reassured.
During this period, she often dreamt that she was beaten to death by that old woman, his wife. Sometimes, waking from the nightmares, she would be drenched in cold sweat.
Seeing her daughter shiver as she awoke, Li tenderly kissed her and then muttered, not sure if she was speaking to her daughter or to herself, “Soon, we won’t have to endure anymore. Erya, you want to leave the Ye Family, don’t you? Mom will be able to take you away soon.”
“Mom…” Ye Erya called out in confusion again, “Didn’t you say that if we leave the Ye Family, having nowhere to go would be even worse?”
“Be good, Erya, go to sleep first. Mom has a plan, and I won’t let you suffer anymore,” Li said.
Watching Li stand up to leave the room, Ye Erya spoke again, “Mom, where are you going so late at night?”
Li turned back with a loving smile, “Mom needs to prepare for our departure from the Ye Family. Be good, sleep first, Mom will be back very soon!”