"What did you say?" Yang Chuxia instantly narrowed her eyes.
Seeing that Yang Chuxia’s expression was slightly dangerous, Ye Zi’an quickly sobered up and hurriedly said, "I said, Xiaxia looks the best in my eyes."
He was still afraid that Yang Chuxia wouldn’t believe him, so he nodded vigorously, "Really, really, Xiaxia looks the best! The best in my eyes!"
Seeing his sudden change in demeanor, Yang Chuxia couldn’t help but burst into laughter. Seeing her laugh, Ye Zi’an heaved a sigh of relief.
"Alright, let’s be serious. You got this house back, right? Can I borrow it from you for now?" she continued. "When spring comes next year, I’ll build some new houses near my home, and then they can move to the new houses. What do you think?"
"What’s not okay about that? Use it however you want. I won’t be living there anyway. You don’t need to build new houses. Just let them live there. Otherwise, the house will be empty and useless."
"Alright, as long as you agree." Yang Chuxia suddenly remembered the fifty taels of silver and took them out together with the broken silver, "This is what I found from Ms. Hua Junior’s place. You take it. She took quite a lot from your house too, so consider this as her paying you back. Oh, I also found a fifty taels silver note from her. I think it’s from Ye Ziping. What should we do with this silver note?"
Without thinking, Ye Zi’an said, "Naturally, hand it over to the officials. Ye Ziping’s silver has an unclean origin, so it’s not worth using with guilt. It’s better to hand it over to the officials, whether they use it to compensate the children’s families or pocket it for themselves, it’s none of our business. We just don’t keep this sinful thing."
"Right, I’ll listen to you. I also think it’s dirty to keep this silver."
Ye Zi’an didn’t even look at the silver note again and said, "You keep this silver note for now. When we’re free, we’ll go to the county town or the town to see if Constable Hong is at home and hand it over to him."
By the time they finished talking, Yang Dachuan and others had returned, including Uncle Old Gen and two young men from the village. They were helping with work at Yang Chuxia’s house, and they would be fed dinner there.
"My dad and them are back. Let’s go inside. My mom probably has dinner ready."
"Xiaxia, can you hold on to these for me first?" Before entering the house, Ye Zi’an handed the land deeds and house deeds back to Yang Chuxia.
Upon seeing this, Yang Chuxia teased, "Oh, we’re not even married yet, and the dowry is already delivered."
Suddenly, the originally pale face with a hint of redness turned rosy again.
Yang Chuxia caught a glimpse of the mischievousness in Ye Zi’an’s eyes and couldn’t help but ruffle his hair vigorously. Yang Chuxia instantly became bewildered.
"Stinky Brother An, are you asking for a beating?" Yang Chuxia’s roar alerted the people inside the house. Ms. Wang was about to poke her head out and scold Yang Chuxia for bullying Brother An again, but she saw her daughter’s hair looking like a mess.
"Pfft..." Ms. Wang couldn’t help but laugh.
Yang Chuxia reached out to touch her hair, imagining how messy it looked. She glared at Brother An and dragged him into the house, planning to teach him a lesson somewhere else.
"Alright, alright, stop playing around. Xiaxia, go to your room and fix yourself up. It’s almost time for dinner." Ms. Wang, who saw her daughter’s glare and was really afraid she would be angry with Brother An, stepped in to mediate.
"Humph, I’ll let you off this time." After saying that, Yang Chuxia touched her hair again, only to laugh at herself first.