Chapter 58: Being a Stepmother 26
Ye Zhu, who was treated as a nobody by the villagers, also became unhappy. Originally, it was a happy thing to be admitted to a teachers' college, but compared with Ye Zhiqiu's school, her school was not good enough to be presented.
She didn't want to stay at home every day and be compared with others, so she simply ran to her grandmother's house to hide and watch the villagers. She could hide, but the other people in the Ye family had no place to hide, especially Ye Erniu and his wife.
It’s not that the couple hadn’t thought about visiting to mend their relationship, but every time they went to Hanjia Village, it was Han Dalin who entertained them with kind words, nice tea and good food, and no one could find fault with him.
No matter who saw him, they would praise him as a good son-in-law, but when it came to key issues, Han Dalin would not say anything. When pressed, he would say that he had no say in the family and that everything depended on Ye Zhiqiu's opinion.
Ye Zhiqiu had only one opinion. As the couple were old, she would not reduce her responsibility for their retirement, but forget about anything else. The two families would have less contact with each other in normal times.
Since a daughter who is married off is like water that has been poured out, then pour it out thoroughly. After all, if the water is really poured on the ground, it will disappear long ago, so what is the point of talking about family affection, not to mention that there is no family affection before marriage.
Ye Erniu had thought about making trouble, but Han Dalin was not a pushover. He threatened with a brick, saying that if anyone dared to make trouble at his house, he would punish his brothers-in-law. It was wrong to hit an old man, but no one would say anything when he punished his brother-in-law.
When she heard that her son would be beaten, Lin Daju was the first to back off. Her daughter's good life was her own achievement, and she didn't have the ability to help and didn't want to take advantage of it, so it was fine as it was.
Ye Erniu glared at her, but gave up despite the threat of the brick. When he got home, he didn't care how Huang Lamei scolded him or how Ye Changtian sighed.
When pushed to the limit, he just said, whoever has the ability can go, he can't control this girl and will not recognize her in the future.
Huang Lamei regretted it so much that her intestines turned green. If she had known that the second girl was capable, she should have treated her better. In this atmosphere, the news that Ye Rong received the notice did not make the Ye family happy.
With Ye Zhiqiu's teacher's college in front of her, and Ye Rong only having a junior college degree, it was difficult for the Ye family to look up to her. Especially when Ye Daniu returned to the village to inform, his words and deeds all expressed the hope that his brothers would help raise money for Ye Rong's schooling.
This was something the Ye family, especially Ye Si Niu, could not tolerate. Zhu Zhu also had to go to school, and everyone knew that Ye Zhiqiu had said that the school not only did not charge any fees, but also subsidized students' living expenses every month, so what was the purpose of collecting money?
Ye Daniu only knew that his second niece was admitted to university, but he didn't know that college was free. Ye Rong didn't know that he asked his family to collect money. It was all his own clever idea. He just wanted to take the opportunity to save some private money. Who knew he would be found out?
Ye Sanniu looked at his second brother who didn't dare to say a word, and stood up to accuse him: "Brother, I don't care whose idea it was, you should go home less often to get money and food. Although we haven't split up the family, your family lives in the city, and you haven't handed in your salary in these years. What's the difference between this and splitting up the family?"
Ye Si Niu immediately followed up: "If it doesn't work, then we can split up. We won't take advantage of Big Brother, but Big Brother can't treat us as fools."
Huang Lamei was the first to object when she heard about the division of the family. Now the family's money and food were in the hands of the old couple, so the son and daughter-in-law had no choice but to obey.
After the family split up, who would listen to her?
Ye Changtian didn't want to split up the family either, but he didn't expect Ye Daniu to agree to split up the family. In his mind, he had never taken advantage of his family over the years. Even if he sometimes went home to get some food and food, it was given by his parents, and it had nothing to do with his brothers.
If you really count, he has brought home quite a few tickets and things over the years, how come no one remembers?
Forget it, he is a generous man and doesn't bother with poor relatives. My daughter married into a wealthy family, and my son got a job in a factory. Our family conditions will only get better in the future, so it's better to separate the family as soon as possible.
Ye Erniu was bewildered, not knowing how things had turned out like this. They were talking about their niece's college admission banquet, but a few words had led to a split.
He looked around, wanting to persuade them but not knowing who to persuade. The eldest brother wanted to split up the family, and the third and fourth brothers also wanted to split up the family. Dad didn't say anything, and Mom just cursed.
He wanted to stand up and say that he had never thought about splitting up the family, but was stopped by Lin Daju. There was no daughter-in-law who didn't want to split up the family, and even an honest Lin Daju couldn't sit still when she heard about splitting up the family.
When Ye Zhiqiu heard the news of the Ye family splitting up, she put it behind her mind. How it was split had nothing to do with her. Her most important thing at the moment was to solve Han Yue's problem.
She will definitely go to school after the New Year, and Han Dalin will also return to the army. What should Han Yue do?
Han Dalin didn't know what to do. He certainly couldn't take the child back to the army, but if he stopped Ye Zhiqiu from going to school, he could only think about it in his heart.
If he dared to speak out, not only would Ye Zhiqiu make a scene, but even the village chief would not agree. The people in the surrounding villages envied their village for having someone admitted to a university in Shanghai. If he didn't want to be famous, he had to give up the idea.
Ye Zhiqiu also knew Han Dalin's dilemma, but it was his responsibility, he couldn't escape and no one could help him. She didn't forget that they hadn't gotten their marriage certificate yet, and if she was pushed to the limit, she would just leave.
Han Dalin was in a dilemma, and finally it was Han's father who came to him to give him advice. It's not right to say that he gave him advice, it should be said that he made the decision for him.
"Han Yue should stay in the village. She won't starve as long as I'm around." Han's father had no choice but to say this.
He used to oppose Ye Zhiqiu going to school, but who would have thought that his daughter-in-law could be admitted to the best university in Haicheng, which even shocked the mayor. How could he dare to oppose it?
The daughter-in-law has to go to school, and she is not the biological mother, so it is not realistic to ask her to take care of the child. The son also has to focus on his career. He is the evil man. In the future, if the granddaughter wants to hate him, she will hate him because he forced her to stay in the village.
Han Dalin felt a little ashamed that his father had to step in to help him with such a small matter, but he had to admit that he couldn't tell Han Yue in person that he should stay in the village.
Han Yue has been showing off to her friends in the village these days that Aunt Ye has been admitted to university, but she didn't expect that just after the Chinese New Year, her grandfather told her that she would live in his house in the future.
"I don't want to. I want to go to Haicheng and I will follow Aunt Ye." If it were other children in the village, they might be obedient, but Han Yue has been with Ye Zhiqiu for a long time and has become much braver.
If you want to blame someone, blame Ye Zhiqiu for not liking to hit children. She likes to reason with people on everything, and won't punish them physically if she can't convince them. So Han Yue is not afraid of her at all.
Han Dalin was indeed strict with the child, but he had only been back for a few days and had not yet established a close relationship with the child. No matter how strict he was, he could not control the sad and crying child.
Seeing her crying, Han's father felt more and more that his decision to keep her in the village was the right one. If she really followed Ye Zhiqiu to Haicheng to go to school, who knows what kind of spoiled she would become.
But he couldn't bring this up with Ye Zhiqiu. Since they were not his biological children, he couldn't encourage them to beat him more even if he wanted to. If it got out, people would think that he, as the biological grandfather, supported the stepmother in abusing the child.
It’s hard to be a stepmother!