Chapter 68: 68 energetic old lady
Ye Qinghua’s eyes were still red as she spoke with a choked voice, “Little aunt, I’m sorry, it was all misunderstandings against grandma before.
I always thought grandma was biased and never sided with our first or second branches, but I never considered, that grandma had suffered so much when she was young!”
Mrs. He indeed had suffered a lot, but so many years had passed, and perhaps she would have felt heartache due to her two sons not being close, but now all of that was nonsense.
Now, Mrs. He’s heart was filled with contentment just for her daughter, and what did it matter if those ingrates didn’t want to be close to her, wasn’t the money earned each day still handed over to her? Didn’t her wife and children still have to depend on her for a living? Mrs. He really didn’t care about their current thoughts.
However, Ye Qinghua didn’t know Mrs. He’s true thoughts, so at that moment, she actually started feeling pity for Mrs. He and even blamed herself for the previous grievances she held against her.
Ye Jiu tugged at the corner of his mouth, Mrs. He had always been seen as the domineering matriarch among the younger generation in the family, and now having the chance to clear her name, Ye Jiu was naturally happy.
“It’s good that you understand your grandma had it tough, but don’t spread this around. Your grandma is prideful, and even if she feels aggrieved, she wouldn’t want others to know,” said Ye Jiu, and his words were not without reason. If Mrs. He found out Ye Qinghua shared what happened today, a beating would be the least of consequences.
“I understand,” Ye Qinghua said as she wiped away her tears.
“Alright, let’s go back,” Ye Jiu said.
Just as Ye Jiu finished speaking, he heard Mrs. He’s sharp scolding voice again in the courtyard.
Ye Jiu and Ye Qinghua exchanged glances, then stepped into the courtyard.
Mrs. He was blocking the firewood room and scolding Mrs. Li mercilessly, and after finishing, she added: “All day long you have so many tricks up your sleeve, I think you’re just too idle. Just right, with the weather getting colder this December, we’re running low on firewood for the holidays. Go up the mountain and gather some firewood, by the time you’re tired out, you won’t have so many wild thoughts.”
Mrs. Li wore a face of misery, “Sister, it just snowed last night, the snow hasn’t even melted yet, that damp firewood won’t burn even if I bring it back!”
“Snow hasn’t melted so you can’t gather firewood? Can’t you just bring it back and let it dry at the doorstep? I think you’re just lazy, really thinking you’re that seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl who everyone fusses over with a few tears. A grown woman, still crying and whining all the time, don’t you feel ashamed…” Mrs. He scolded.
Just after entering, Ye Qinghua halted her steps. If it wasn’t for overhearing Mrs. He’s grievances just before, she truly couldn’t believe that the mean old lady before her eyes had once been so cruelly bullied.
Ye Jiu twitched his mouth, now she truly believed what Mrs. He said, didn’t she? Her mother was indeed a person who held grudges, indeed, only when avenging herself by scolding Mrs. Li did her energy seem most vigorous.
Under Mrs. He’s intimidating gaze, Mrs. Li, trembling in a thin, tattered jacket in the cold wind, left home with a basket on her back to gather firewood on the little hill in front of the village.
Mrs. He pulled Ye Jiu back into the room, then took off her shoes and lay down on the kang, “My dear, go ask your elder and second sister-in-law to come over, just tell them mother is ill and needs tending.”
“Mother~” Ye Jiu couldn’t help but laugh.
The old lady who had been so energetic just now in scolding someone claimed she was sick the next moment and needed tending. Especially with that proud expression on her face, how could it not make her want to laugh?