The speakers weren’t Big Pancake Face No.1 or No.2, but their sisters.
"That’s right, we share the same surname as your family, so how could we be enemies? After all, we are relatives from the same village, and we are here to apologize to you!" Another sister spoke.
Big Pancake Face No.1 and No.2 merely nodded in agreement, as if they were speaking their true feelings.
Ye Fengqi waved them off, "Go back where you came from and don’t talk to us about kinship.
We really aren’t familiar with you, so as long as you stop causing trouble and don’t block our way on the road..."
"Siya, how can we not be familiar? After all, fights make friends!" Big Pancake Face No.1 eventually burst out.
"Right, the more we fight, the closer we get!" Big Pancake Face No.2 chimed in as well.
Ye Shiqi... Why must you be so determined to get close to us? Could it be another conspiracy?
The two sisters had originally planned to hurry home to good news with their family so everyone could prepare for tomorrow’s banquet.
Yet these unpleasant girls were wasting their time here with their endless chatter. After exchanging a few words, the sisters sprayed them with their impatience.
"Ye Jinxiang, Ye Lanzi, who knows what schemes you’re cooking up, but we don’t have time to listen to your babbling. Think quickly about getting someone to move these rocks.
If it’s our people who clear the rocks, don’t come to us with friendly words afterwards—for then we’d still be foes who come to blows upon meeting," Ye Fengqi said, rolling her eyes.
Ye Jinxiang... wanted to say more, these two impudent girls didn’t appreciate others, but wait until they got to know each other better, then she could extract useful information and make friends with them.
Ye Lanzi... these two impudent girls weren’t easy to fool, they had to be humored, slowly scheming.
Thus, they simply raised their hands, and those who were moving the stones, merely lackeys, obeyed and shifted the rocks, having thought there was a fight in the offing. Fortunately, it was just moving stones, something these hefty men dared not complain about!
The old man driving the cart and his two brothers noticed they really didn’t dare to start a fight, and once they moved the stones, the cart could go on, with the two men also following on bicycles.
The children, seeing there was no more excitement to watch, ran off.
Ye Jinxiang and Ye Lanzi watched the back of the cart, anger flickering in their eyes, a far cry from their previous smiling faces.
Fresh from moving the stones and seeing the young ladies, such facial expressions sent shivers down their spines—please don’t take your anger out on them!
Upon the cart’s return home, the two sisters alighted, seeing their younger cousin Ye Daidi and their little brother Ye Wenjie playing with different toys in the courtyard, one with a scooter.
Another was playing with toys which the younger brother had played with before but now lost interest in.
As the two sisters descended from the cart, the two youngsters ceased their playing and rushed to them as if they had treats in hand.
"Siya, Wuya, I want candy," Ye Daidi, the little one, never minded her seniority.
Ye Shiqi... you little cousin, you’ve drawn enmity toward us again, didn’t you see the look from your concubine mother in the parlor?
Ye Fengqi... I’m not really your sister, and besides, we don’t run a candy store, do we? Where would we get candy?
"Siya, Wuya, you didn’t play with me today!" Ye Wenjie raised his small face, pouting.
"Alright, alright, next time we’ll bring you along if there’s something fun. We need to find Mother; is she at home?" As Ye Shiqi spoke, she conjured up two wax paper-wrapped honeycombs, which the two kids were eyeing.
"Heeheehee, got candy now." Ye Daidi laughed and bounced happily.
This drew furious gazes from Aunt Lai in the parlor window. Ever since she and the old witch had both come to grief, resulting in her losing her child and being consumed with grief upon learning of it.
She didn’t regret taking that action, she only regretted not poisoning the old witch more heavily, because the old witch had a strong life force, knew she was injured, and could hardly move.
She had been staying in her room ever since; her husband might be angry with her by now and hardly paid her any attention.
Ever since the two fell ill, their meals were delivered to their room by maids, and they hadn’t appeared in the dining hall. The house became much quieter without the pair stirring up trouble.
Finally, the sisters found their mother, who was in her room, poring over account books, her other hand working on an abacus, then jotting down numbers with a pen.
"Mother, we have something to tell you," Ye Shiqi ran to Mrs. Li and hugged her. After being reborn, having a mother was wonderful.
Not to be outdone, Ye Fengqi embraced her little sister and their mother.
"You two came back early today?" Mrs. Li smiled tenderly, enveloped by her daughters’ embrace.