Chapter 36: Being a Stepmother 3
Ye Zhiqiu knew that she was not an honest person, and she didn't want to say more. She should just concentrate on her work. If she chatted with him again, she was afraid that she would really hurt her feet.
Even so, when she finished work, she had very few work points, including four points for her work in the morning. If she were to work for a whole day, she would probably not even earn three points.
The captain frowned at her: "Are you sick? If you are sick, take a leave and rest."
"Captain, I feel dizzy, weak all over, and my hands and feet can't move. I don't know if I have heatstroke." Ye Zhiqiu immediately realized that she could not miss the opportunity that came to her doorstep. She did not mention asking for leave, but just lowered her head to explain the reason for the low work points.
If it were someone else, the captain would have suspected that she was making excuses, fearing that something might happen to Ye Zhiqiu while she was working. The captain waved his hand and made the decision for her: "Okay, if you feel uncomfortable, go home and rest. It's not the busy farming season now, so we don't need anyone to work."
Alas! I don't know what Ye Erniu is doing. He doesn't care about his daughter being like this. She has to hold on even when she's not feeling well. If something goes wrong, he, the captain, will suffer as well.
The captain knows the situation of every household clearly. Although some things are beyond his control, allowing Ye Zhiqiu to rest for a few more days is his greatest power as the captain.
"Thank you, Captain." Ye Zhiqiu was happy in her heart, but she pretended to be upset and dragged her feet back home. When she got home, the whole family had already arrived.
Huang Lamei was in charge of cooking, not because she loved cooking, but because she was worried that others would steal the food. You know, the food at home was always locked in their room, and not only the daughter-in-law, but also the son could not get the key.
Others were also busy. The pigs at home had to be fed, the chickens had to be caged, and the vegetables in the private plot had to be watered. The children were also busy, and they had to take care of the sanitation inside and outside the house.
The only idle person was Ye Changtian, who not only sat in the middle of the yard to rest, but also held a homemade cigarette in his hand. The tobacco leaves were grown by the family, and the baking level was not good, which could not be compared with the cigarettes sold, but it also made the other men in the Ye family jealous.
There was too little tobacco leaves. Apart from Ye Changtian, Ye Erniu and his brothers could only get some tobacco leaves from Ye Changtian occasionally. Ye Zhiqiu curled his lips. He could not even eat enough, but he still wanted to smoke. He did not know whether this family was really poor or just pretending to be poor.
Although she didn't make much money, she was really tired after working for half a day. After washing her face, she followed Ye Changtian's example and found a chair to sit in the middle of the yard to rest, but she didn't expect that she would be an eyesore to Ye Erniu as soon as she sat down.
"Stupid woman, look at the lazy girl you gave birth to. She is not even willing to wash the dishes. What will she do when she goes to her husband's house in the future!" He didn't even take a rest after fetching water. Instead, the silly girl sat there comfortably. If he didn't discipline her, she would probably make a fuss in the future.
Lin Daju didn't dare to refute the man's scolding, but rushed forward without saying a word to slap Ye Zhiqiu. She had just come back from weeding the vegetable garden, and her hands were covered with mud.
Ye Zhiqiu was disgusted. Even if it didn't hurt, she didn't want to get covered in mud. She didn't know if the mud had been drenched with manure. Ugh! No, even if it was clean mud, she couldn't get it on her body.
She dodged at the fastest speed, but she didn't expect Ye Erniu to be guarding on the other side. The couple wanted to play mixed doubles against her, and the rest of the family watched the fun with their hands folded, and the main player was not helping either of them.
Huang Lamei peeked out of the house to watch the fun, muttering "good fight" to herself, which was worth it for her to talk to Ye Erniu for the whole afternoon. Unfortunately, her happiness only lasted for three seconds, and she saw Ye Zhiqiu fighting one against two and not losing.
In fact, Ye Zhiqiu was holding back. It was because of her status that she couldn't beat Ye Erniu and his wife in public, otherwise she would have beaten them so badly that their parents wouldn't have been able to recognize them.
Although her original body was in a bad condition, she had gained a lot of strength from working hard for a long time. If she were in this position, with the martial arts she had practiced in the past, it would be strange if she couldn't beat the couple.
The system was stupid, seeing Ye Zhiqiu not winning the fight and chatting with other systems, it would be embarrassing to tell others about it. It was rare for it to be generous and took the initiative to provide Ye Zhiqiu with a martial arts secret book from the low-level martial arts world.
Ye Zhiqiu let go of Ye Erniu and his wife only when they were tired. Ye Erniu and his wife felt that they had lost face in front of their brothers and sisters-in-law because they had not hit their daughter, but Huang Lamei had already called for dinner, so they could only find a way out.
"Forget it this time, but if you talk back or slack off next time, don't blame me for being rude." Ye Erniu panted and said harshly.
Lin Daju was better, and put on an appearance of doing it for your own good: "The Gu family values your diligence. If you are lazy, what if they come to cancel the engagement?"
Ye Zhiqiu was shocked: "What Gu family?" The original owner had no memory of the existence of the Gu family, and did not even know that he was engaged.
Lin Daju sighed, "You'll know it sooner or later, so I'm telling you today. Your uncle helped arrange the marriage, but I didn't tell you because I thought you were still young."
Ye Zhiqiu glanced at the other people in the family and found that the adults knew about it, but the younger ones all had surprised expressions on their faces. It seemed that they were not deliberately hiding it from the original person alone.
Even so, she still acted dissatisfied: "Since I'm still young, why did you get me engaged? You kept it a secret from me before, why don't you continue to keep it a secret?"
Lin Daju looked at her mother-in-law with a pleading look, she didn't know what to say. The marriage was arranged by her parents-in-law, she had no say. Even today when the marriage was revealed to her daughter, it was also decided by her parents-in-law, she just followed their orders.
Huang Lamei glared at her useless second daughter-in-law and said, "Why are there so many whys? Just listen to what the adults say. I'm telling you today so that you can learn to be a good daughter-in-law, so that after you get married, people won't say that the Ye family doesn't know how to teach their daughters."
Ye Zhiqiu didn't believe this reason, but she would definitely not marry without her consent. No matter what they said, eating was the most important thing right now.
After a tiring day, she didn't have the energy to fight with the Ye family. Even if she wanted to fight, she had to do it after she had eaten and drunk her fill.
Huang Lamei saw that she didn't say anything, so she thought she had figured it out. She was relieved. The little girl wanted to compete with me. She complained even when washing dishes. She even compared herself with Zhuzhu. She didn't even look in the mirror to see her face. How could it compare with Zhuzhu?
"Okay, hurry up and eat before it gets dark, take a shower and go to bed early after eating, to save some kerosene." The head of the family, Ye Changtian, spoke, and no one dared to say anything. If you anger the old man, you will suffer the consequences. The old man has a bad temper and will throw things at people at any time.
After the farce just now, no one spoke at the table, only the sound of chewing and swallowing. Ye Zhiqiu reluctantly finished his own portion, put down the bowl and prepared to go into the house, but was stopped by Huang Lamei again.
"Why are you running? The dishes haven't been washed yet."
Without saying a word, Ye Zhiqiu carried a pile of bowls into the kitchen, then deliberately dropped all the bowls on the ground.