Chapter 272: Brothers at odds Chapter 272: Brothers at odds But now, all of that was in the past, her body has recovered, but she couldn’t possibly hold grudges against the children.
The old man Ye was getting on in years, so the land he kept was the closest, not far from the homestead, and Ye Jiu arrived quickly.
As he approached the edge of the field, Ye Jiu saw Old Man Ye leading a donkey in front, plowing the land, while Mrs. He was following behind with farming tools, breaking and flattening the large clods of earth that were turned up.
The Ye Family’s land bordered that of Ye Zhong’s, Ye Jiu’s own elder uncle, Old Man Ye’s blood brother, who was also working in the fields at this very moment.
However, it seemed that because of some issues, the division of the family estate when they separated was quite unpleasant; the two families hadn’t been in contact for many years, and their relationship was even worse than with other clansmen.
These issues seemed to be related to the Li family; in any case, they were not matters to be proud of, and neither Old Man Ye nor Mrs. He wished to speak of them, nor did anyone at home, which left Ye Jiu not too clear about them either.
Since Old Man Ye and Mrs. He were in the middle of the field, and Ye Zhong and his wife were working at the head of it, Ye Jiu, out of politeness, called out as he passed by, “Uncle, Auntie, hello.”
“Eh, Xiaojiu is here to bring your parents food!” Auntie Wang was momentarily taken aback by Ye Jiu actually greeting her, so her response was somewhat stiff.
Seeing that Auntie Wang was willing to speak with him, Ye Jiu responded, “Yes, my parents are in the middle, I’ll go there first.”
“Eh, eh…” Auntie Wang nodded her head.
After Ye Jiu had passed by, Auntie Wang turned to Ye Zhong and said, “The child just took the initiative to greet you, and you didn’t even nod your head. You make the child lose face.”
Ye Zhong kept his head down and continued working, not replying.
In truth, since the two families had not interacted for so many years, not even the children had ever called him Uncle, and he hadn’t expected Ye Jiu to suddenly stop and greet him, so he didn’t respond in time.
By the time he did react, Ye Jiu had already exchanged a few words with Auntie Wang and left; Ye Zhong, a man even older than Old Man Ye, couldn’t bring himself to chase after a junior to call them back.
“Hey!” Auntie Wang sighed, “In fact, you can’t blame the brothers for what happened back then. It was all Li’s doing to keep control over Mrs. He, and both your uncle and Mrs. He hated it more than anyone, but they never expected that because of it, the two close families wouldn’t interact for so many years.”
“What’s the use of talking about that now? Let’s just concentrate on our work,” Ye Zhong muttered.
When Ye Jiu walked into the field, Mrs. He immediately dropped her tools and walked towards her, then turned to call out to Old Man Ye, “Old man, Xiaojiu has come to bring food, let’s take a break.”
“You and your mom go ahead and eat; I’ll take the donkey over there to graze at the head of the field,” Old Man Ye shouted back from a distance of tens of steps.
Mrs. He ignored him and continued toward Ye Jiu, taking the basket from her hand, “How are you, tired or not? Isn’t Qinghua at home? Why couldn’t she even help you bring a meal?”
There was reproach in Mrs. He’s voice; she didn’t care how hard it might have been for others; she just didn’t want her own darling girl to get tired.
“Qinghua said she would help me with the meal, but I didn’t let her,” Ye Jiu explained.
Mrs. He was still dissatisfied. Ye Jiu had not let her, and so she didn’t help; what a clueless girl, considering the daughter always had their interests at heart, providing bead flowers and cloth.
“By the way, I saw you standing in the field just now, did you speak to your uncle and the others?” Mrs. He asked.