Leisurely mountain village

Chapter 48 The Scheming Aunt

Ye Huan's father went out to meet her when he heard the noise. Ye Huan heard the sound of a car parking and a shrill voice: "Oh~~ Whose two new cars are these? Why are they parked here?"

Ye Huan knew that the scheming had begun the moment her aunt got off the bus.

Ye Dafa knew this, but he wasn't afraid because it was bought with money earned by his son. No matter how much you schemed, could you possibly steal my son's money?

"Xiao Huan bought it. She saw how hard I work delivering groceries every day, so she bought me a pickup truck too."

"Uncle, Xiao Huan struck it rich? This pickup truck must cost at least 20 yuan, enough to buy two of my cars. That Wrangler must be even more expensive, right?"

"It's alright. He's a bit better off financially this time, and he's worried about me, haha. Come on in, dinner's ready, we've been waiting for you." Ye Dafa didn't know what else to say.

"He wouldn't sell Grandpa's treasures, would he? That won't do."

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm still alive!" Ye Wuju suddenly shouted, startling Li Zichuan, who hid behind his wife.

"Dad, Zichuan was just asking. You have so many treasures, it would be such a waste if Xiaohuan sold them." Aunt Ye Huan came in and walked to Ye Wuji's side.

"When I sold tiger bones to your family to buy a house, you didn't say it was a pity. I was heartbroken, and you didn't say a kind word. Now it's your turn to say that?" The old man got angry when he heard them talking about their grandson.

Ye Huan was speechless. He didn't say anything and left it to his grandfather. His grandfather was still there, so it wasn't his place to speak.

He walked over and said, "Sister-in-law, Mimi, come here, let Uncle hold you." He reached out and took the little girl from his sister-in-law's arms to play with Jingjing.

The two little girls were about the same age, with Jingjing being a few months older. They quickly became familiar with each other while playing.

After Ye Huan's cousin-in-law took the child away from him, she patted Li Zichuan on the shoulder and said, "Is it your turn to speak?" Li Zichuan shrank back and didn't dare to say anything.

Seeing that the old man was really angry, Ye Huan's aunt didn't dare to say anything more and quickly changed the subject. She actually understood that Ye Huan was the eldest son and grandson of the Ye family. She never thought of really competing with her nephew. It was just her personality. She wanted to take advantage of the situation.

She knew Ye Huan's place in the old man's heart, so she always adhered to the principle of "never leaving empty-handed," taking whatever she could get her hands on.

Moreover, at present, her family is gaining far more advantages than her brother's family.

"Let's sit down and eat." Ye Huan's mother didn't interrupt, nor did she have a chance to speak. Anyway, the old man had already said that his son's treasure was something no one could take away from him.

Unbeknownst to them, all of the old man's treasures, except for the wine, had been safely stored in Ye Huan's spatial storage.

"Jingjing, Mimi, come and eat." Ye Huan put the two children in high chairs, making a total of ten people.

"Whose child is this? Aren't the adults calling them for dinner?" Auntie came again. She had moved out of the village many years ago and didn't recognize Jingjing at all. In the past, Jingjing and the others would never come to Grandpa Ye Huan's house for holidays or New Year's.

Ye Huan's mother explained, "Bai Jie's daughter. Bai Jie is helping me with the vegetable garden now, so we eat together. She doesn't have time to cook."

"Oh, why did you suddenly decide to come back and grow vegetables? Didn't you say before that it wouldn't make money?"

"It's all because of Xiao Huan. He quit his perfectly good job and insisted on coming back to do some organic vegetables. So, he called his dad and me back to farm with him," said Ye Huan's mother.

"How much money can you make growing vegetables? It's dirty and tiring." Before Aunt Ye Huan could finish speaking, she was startled by the old man's wine glass slamming down.

"You've only been to the city for a few days? And you think you're all superior? You look down on vegetable growers. Without farmers growing vegetables, you'd be struggling to even eat shit in the city."

"Dad, Da Mei didn't mean that. She was just worried that Da Fa and the others would overwork themselves," the uncle hurriedly said, trying to put out the fire.

"You're useless too. Your wife doesn't listen to you, so why don't you give her a beating? Just looking at you makes me angry," the old man snapped.

Everyone fell silent. Ye Huan, suppressing a laugh, gave Jingjing and Mimi each a big chicken leg; it was hard to hold back laughter.

"I heard you lost your job. What are you thinking?" the old man asked.

"I..."

"What do you mean, 'you'? You're over fifty, haven't you thought about this yourself?" the old man continued his barrage of criticism.

"Da Mei told me to work as a security guard in the community and retire in a few years."

The old man was about to get angry, but Ye Huan, seeing that the situation had calmed down, said, "Grandpa, don't scare Mimi."

"Oh, Mimi, my dear, your grandparents are such fools. Mimi, you must never be like them." The old man indeed changed his expression.

"Grandpa, Grandpa and Grandma are good people..." the little girl said in her childish voice.

"Even children are more sensible than you," the old man said, then fell silent and drank his wine.

"Xiao Huan, is this the organic vegetable you developed? It tastes pretty good. You can get some and sell it in big cities. People there value quality of life, so selling it for seven or eight yuan a pound shouldn't be a problem." Auntie spoke again after eating for a while.

"Well, I won't go. I'm too busy. My family's groceries have been booked in the county town," Ye Huan said with a smile.

“The vegetable vendors will definitely try to drive down your price. Look, you’ve even called your parents back and hired people to do the work. Even if the vendors have a monopoly on the vegetables, they’ll only give you a dollar or two per pound. It’s not worth it.”

"Yeah, it's fine, as long as it's better than going to work." Ye Huan smiled and didn't explain.

“You can’t do the math like that. Look, you need to factor in wages for your family of three, right? And if you hire someone, you’ll have to pay them fifty or sixty a day, right? That’s almost two thousand a month. With the three of you, you’d be better off working in the city than making thirty or forty thousand in net profit.” Auntie said.

“Your parents used to earn at least 5000 yuan a month in Zhejiang Province. You can’t just think about yourself.”

"Well, not only that, but you can't hire anyone for fifty or sixty yuan these days. I pay my sister-in-law a salary of 5000 yuan a month. But I don't really pay my parents. How about I pay you a salary of 10,000 yuan a month?" Ye Huan asked his parents with a smile.

"Go away..." Ye Dafa thought to himself, "Am I stupid or are you stupid? Ten thousand a month, how dare you say that? I make almost twenty thousand a day now."

"That's quite a lot. You can't go along with Xiao Huan's nonsense. You can save your 20,000 yuan a month. It's better than leaving it in his hands." Aunt was quite surprised. Is growing vegetables really that profitable?

"Big sister, don't listen to his nonsense. Our vegetables are all contracted to the county restaurant. Dafa just needs to deliver the vegetables we picked every morning. It's not hard work at all." Ye Huan's mother finally couldn't hold back anymore. This father and son were about to start their deception again.

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