My Princess Holds Superpowers

Chapter 82: 82 snuck out

After Madam Zhao had run off, Madam He also put on her shoes. “Let me tell you, stop acting like Madam Zhao, feeling like you’ve been hard done by all the time. We may be old now, but your grandfather worked just as hard as your father did, and I, too, worked tirelessly in both the home and the fields to raise you and your father when I was young.

Now that we can still move, you start to complain about your little aunt eating for free? But don’t forget, the dozens of acres of land belong to the two of us old folks.

If anyone feels they’ve been treated unfairly, then let them get out and fend for themselves. With so much land under my watch, I’m not afraid of going hungry,”

Madam He said her piece and then turned around and went back into the house.

When Ye Jiu returned to the room, Madam He was already lying on the kang.

Although Madam He hadn’t lost the argument, her complexion was still poor, and she was holding in her anger.

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Ye Jiu said a few words to comfort her, but Madam He claimed she was tired and wanted to sleep, leaving Ye Jiu with no other option but to leave.

Outside, Ye Wenyu was still standing in the same spot, and Ye Gaosheng along with Ye Wenqing had also stopped working. Seeing Ye Jiu come out, Ye Gaosheng hurriedly approached, “Little sister, is mother alright? What’s going on with the second sister-in-law?”

“Mother’s fine, just upset, but she’s already gone to sleep now. Second sister-in-law was saying I was a sickly child before, dependent on my brother and sister-in-law for everything I ate and used, and now here I am causing more trouble for the family,” Ye Jiu explained.

Immediately, Ye Wenyu’s face turned pale.

Right now, while the old Ye couple is still alive and the family has not yet split, any money made by the household is everyone’s, regardless of who earned it. So Ye Jiu, as the Ye Family’s daughter, should not have to endure being scorned by Madam Zhao.

Moreover, the elder Ye is not completely infirm yet; he’s still an old hand in the fields, working as hard as any young man come harvest time. And Ye Gaosheng has grown up; in the past two years, he has also become a strong hand on the farm. Together with the eldest brother’s family, there’s no reason for Ye Jiu to be disdained by Madam Zhao.

Feeling guilty, Ye Wenyu looked at Ye Jiu. “Little aunt, you know how my mother is… As her nephew, I apologize to you on her behalf and hope you won’t hold it against her,” he said.

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Having said that, Ye Wenyu chased after Madam Zhao out the door.

A moment later, Ye Jiu came to her senses and said to Ye Gaosheng and Ye Wenqing, “Stop gawking and get back to work.”

They couldn’t let Madam Zhao’s antics delay the work; making money sooner rather than later was the correct approach.

The family needed to build a house, and Ye Jiu also wanted to send the younger members of the family to school to learn to read and write after the New Year. Figure it out; everything requires money.

Soon, the courtyard of the Ye Family was once again filled with the sound of stone chisels at work.

The weather was cold, and the snow on the ground hadn’t melted but had turned to ice instead, so there was no mud on the paths.

Madam Zhao’s actions had left Ye Jiu feeling very troubled, but since there was nothing she could do about it, she thought of going out to clear her mind.

In past years, Ye Jiu had been unwell; every time she went out, she ended up in a sorry state, so in the end, she simply stopped going out. Since recovering recently, aside from the time spent recuperating, she had been focused on figuring out how to make money and hadn’t even had the time to go out and familiarize herself with the village she now lived in.

As for the issue with Madam Zhao, Ye Jiu consoled herself. Efforts were being made to arrange her fourth brother’s marriage, and it seemed it wouldn’t take too much time.

At most, they would need to wait until the latter half of the next year. Once her fourth brother was married, the family would likely split up.

And her parents would definitely want to live with her and one of her brothers, but considering her eldest and fourth brothers place in the family, no matter the arrangements, they wouldn’t end up living with the second branch. So, all she had to do was endure this period.