So, in the evening, the Yang Family’s third branch celebrated heartily for finally getting their first large sum of income and a channel for obtaining wealth.
Braised pork, sweet and sour ribs, stir-fried shredded pork with green peppers, stir-fried green peppers with eggs, stir-fried vegetables, and stir-fried shredded potatoes, along with a whole chicken soup, made the dinner lively.
Of course, to show filial piety, Yang Chuxia invited people from the principal wife’s house before dinner. However, don’t think she really wanted to invite them to her house for dinner; she just wanted to annoy some people from Old Yang’s house, and she only invited Old Yang himself. Old Yang naturally wouldn’t go, and for some reason, she always felt that Old Yang’s attitude towards the third branch was a bit strange, so she didn’t invite him again with much enthusiasm when he refused.
The next day, because they had newly purchased rice, Ms.Wang got up early to cook rice porridge, and after finishing their meal, Yang Chuxia and the others went to the small beach to collect sea goods. This time, because they already had a sales channel, Yang Chuxia cleaned out everything on the beach without leaving anything.
She didn’t bring the goods back to Old Yang’s house to wash, but simply washed them clean in the nearby river. In the end, she put the goods in Ye Zi’an’s house, even the saltwater was prepared in Ye Zi’an’s house. After making the drunken crabs, Yang Chuxia dug a hole in the kitchen of Ye Zi’an’s house, put the items inside, covered it back with soil, and put a pile of rice straw on top to conceal the trace.
Of course, all this was done with Ye Zi’an’s consent. In fact, it wasn’t really consent; it was Ye Zi’an who suggested it. He thought that the matter between the third branch and Old Yang’s house was such a big deal that the people of Old Yang’s house might not show it on the surface, but they might be watching them secretly, so it was better to be careful.
When he said this, Yang Chuxia also thought it made sense.
Anyway, she had already taken the silver that Ye Zi’an had given her before, and he didn’t want the silver back when she tried to return it yesterday. Since that was the case, she considered Ye Zi’an as a partner; this way, it seemed more justified to borrow his kitchen.
When she went home, she only took back some small shrimps, fish, and scallops.
Of course, she didn’t plan to dry them this time, just save them for dinner in the evening.
When the rooster crowed for the first time, people in Old Yang’s house began to get up. However, the courtyard of Old Yang’s house was filled with a low-pressure atmosphere that morning, as if a storm was about to strike at any minute.
On the contrary, the children in the third branch were laughing and chatting happily. The laughter reached the principal’s wife, and Old Lady Hua felt suffocated. Ms.Luo didn’t eat the breakfast she had prepared and took everyone from Old Yang’s family to the village entrance to wait for the ox-cart.
After the people from Old Yang’s house went out, Yang Dachuan, Yang Chuxia, Yang Qingrui, and Ye Zi’an also left on an ox-cart borrowed from Land Officer Yang’s house.
Ms.Wang, Yang Qingtong, and Yang Xiayun stayed at home to watch the house.
Because it was still early, when they arrived in the town, the sky was just getting light. After renting a horse carriage in the town, they rushed to the county city all the way.
Two "four hours" later, the horse carriage stopped in front of the county office.
"Are you alright?" Yang Chuxia looked at Ye Zi’an’s increasingly pale face and couldn’t help but ask.
Ye Zi’an shook his head, "I’m fine."
"There’s no problem with the wound, right?"
"It’s fine, Xiaxia, it’s been so many days, the wound is almost healed. As long as I don’t make big movements, it won’t affect anything." Hearing Yang Chuxia’s concern, Ye Zi’an’s heart felt as sweet as honey.