Chapter 267: The money at home at 267 is earned by you. Chapter 267: The money at home at 267 is earned by you. “I do know,” Ye Jiu said in a heavy voice, “this was arranged by Wenqing, and mother didn’t know about it beforehand.”
“Foolish!” Old Man Ye burst out angrily, “Had I known you and your mother would make such a foolish mistake, I’d rather not have built that house at all, or bought the land. It would have spared us the embarrassment.”
Ye Jiu, ignoring Old Man Ye’s anger, retorted, “What’s so embarrassing about it? We spent our own money to buy the land and build the house, and everything was done by the book. If people still mock us for that, it only shows their jealousy, their jealousy that our family can lead a good life, while they still eat bran and drink thin soup.”
“I am the head of this family. Yet, our house is under the name of a woman, your mother,” Old Man Ye fumed. “Even if we become wealthier, it will only make us a target of ridicule, worse than those who eat bran and drink thin soup.”
“There’s a saying that fits well, that one should ‘laugh at poverty not at prostitution.’ Besides, our family acts honorably and properly, so how exactly do we become a target of ridicule?” Ye Jiu challenged.
“It’s no use explaining to you kids. I’ll go talk to your mother,” Old Man Ye had once thought highly of Ye Jiu for her abilities and obedience, and being a little princess, a bit of spoiling seemed harmless. But at that moment, he realized she was actually stubborn and troublesome.
There’s a saying that’s truly apt, when one is pleasing to your eye, even their fart smells pleasant, but when one is not, even their presence can be seen as wrong.
This saying doesn’t just apply to love, but also to familial relationships.
And wasn’t what was being reflected in their family exactly that?
In the past, Mrs. Li always reminded Old Man Ye of his shortcomings towards Mrs. He, which is why he was tolerant towards Mrs. He. But now, with Mrs. Li gone, Old Man Ye felt that by turning his cousin in to the authorities, he had done enough for Mrs. He, and thus, any guilt he had felt dissipated.
Furthermore, now that Mrs. He and Ye Jiu were pleased with their situation, it only emphasized the difficult times Ye Da Ya suffered while despised at the Wang Family, inevitably causing Old Man Ye’s heart to lean toward that side.
Ye Jiu could guess at the change in Old Man Ye’s mindset; to her, men were summed up in one word: despicable!
Watching Old Man Ye about to enter the house, Ye Jiu scoffed coldly, “Father, I provided the money to buy the land. I wanted to give it to mother as a show of filial piety. What right does father have to object?”
“You…” Old Man Ye turned back, looking at Ye Jiu with complex emotions. He truly hadn’t expected Ye Jiu to be so sharp in her retort.
However, Ye Jiu did have a point.
The money in the house was earned by her, and all he had was the title of being her father, with not a single talent to his name, finding it hard even to support the family, let alone buying land or building a house.
But the truth is always uncomfortable to hear.
“Yes, the house’s money is what you earned, you have the ability to take your mother and live in a big house. I, your father, lack the ability, and I’ll live in my own rundown house, at least it’s my own place, I live there in peace!” Old Man Ye declared, exasperated.
This time, Ye Jiu truly fell silent.
After all, he had been her foster father who’d lived with her for many years. Although in Ye Jiu’s heart, Old Man Ye wasn’t as important as Mrs. He, looking back over the years, he had never treated her badly.
Moreover, once the house was built, and Old Man Ye refused to move in, she didn’t know what Mrs. He would think.
Originally, she had just wanted to make Mrs. He happy by getting the land deed. It turned out that she had done harm with good intentions, causing discord between husband and wife.
It was her oversight; she had thought Old Man Ye was always pliant by nature, but hadn’t expected him to care so much about this matter.