"Mother, it’s not that I want to criticize you, but you really shouldn’t have listened to the enticement of Second Brother and his wife," Yang Baihe said, only after Yang Ruban had left, with a twist of her mouth. "What kind of people are they? Especially that Second Sister-in-law, she’s someone who wouldn’t act without profit, and she’s so foolish it’s fatal. I’ve been thinking about it, if we really wanted silver, it would have been better to go along with Dani’s wishes."
"What wishes?" Yang Anshi furrowed her brows.
"Mother, you have to remember, Dani is Big Brother’s daughter, a member of the Yang Family. As her grandmother, naturally, you should consider her well-being and what’s best for her." Yang Baihe smiled.
"Tch!" spit out Yang Anshi disdainfully, "She’s nothing but a jinx!"
"Mother, isn’t it all for the sake of silver?" Yang Baihe hurriedly grasped Yang Anshi’s hand, leaning in closer to her, "If you just do as I say, maybe she won’t hate you in the future; she might even be grateful to you. When the relationship improves, won’t we be able to get some silver? Why bother fighting with her like this now? The key is that you can’t beat her. Not only are you at a disadvantage every time, it also leads to gossip from the villagers..."
"Baihe, could you be more specific about what to do?" Yang Anshi liked listening to her daughter speak; even if her daughter was scolding her, she found it pleasing to the ear, "I’m not afraid of people gossiping, but thinking about all that silver makes me feel uneasy. Why should those lowlifes enjoy the good life? That fortune should be my Baihe’s..."
Yang Baihe was instantly overjoyed, got up, and sat on the kang, lowering her voice slightly: "Mother, you’ve noticed too, haven’t you? That girl Dani has changed since she woke up last time, became eloquent, and even more courageous."
Yang Anshi frowned and looked at her daughter, then nodded: "That’s true, it’s so strange how that girl suddenly became like that..." She suddenly changed her expression, "Do you think she could have been possessed?"
"Mother, aren’t you overthinking it?" Yang Baihe said with a look of disdain, "If it were possession, wouldn’t she be eating people? Don’t scare yourself."
Yang Anshi pursed her lips and said nothing.
"I think it’s because you all put too much pressure on them before..." Yang Baihe glanced at Yang Anshi, "Mother, don’t take it the wrong way, even mules and donkeys need to be well-fed to work, they won’t pull the cart if they’re starved..."
Yang Anshi’s face appeared somewhat abashed.
"Mother, it’s all in the past now, we need to focus on the present," Yang Baihe quickly pulled on Yang Anshi’s arm, "Now that Dani has gained the old ancestor’s sympathy and some silver, we need to think of other ways to deal with her, not like we did before."
"What way?" Yang Anshi pondered, her daughter’s words seemed to make sense.
"Dani is also fourteen now, isn’t she? It’s about time for her to be spoken for." Yang Baihe’s eyebrows twitched slightly, "She used to like Guan Qingshu, but he didn’t pay her any attention, and it almost cost her life... But who would have thought that after she woke up, she suddenly got together with Second Gu..." In her opinion, for daily living, before Guan Qingshu became an official, Second Gu was the more practical choice, after all, he had the strength to hunt, which meant there would be meat to eat. Of course, if Guan Qingshu became an official, that would be another story.
"You’re saying Dani and Second Gu?" Yang Anshi’s eyes widened in surprise, "But just before, she and your Second Sister-in-law went to assess that Zhao Feihu..."