A farmer has a shrewish wife; he's busy making money every day.

After another busy day, Ye Qingxue wiped the sweat from her forehead and sat down to rest.

After washing the dishes, Madam Chen came over and said, "Young Master Ye, our noodle shop is getting busier and busier. I see you look too tired. How about we hire a waiter to come back and help out?"

Ye Qingxue thought it made sense. She rubbed her sore shoulders and nodded, "Yes, Auntie, you've worked hard too. Please ask someone to help you."

Mrs. Chen shook her head: "My job is not difficult. You will come to help me prepare before the opening, so don't spend that money. We can just hire one person. I will go find someone to write the job posting now."

Ye Qingxue stopped her: "I'll write it."

Madam Chen looked at her in surprise: "Young Master Ye can read!"

"Ah."

Upon hearing Ye Qingxue's admission, Chen's eyes trembled for a moment, then she lowered her head and smiled: "The more I get to know you, the more I realize that you are different from the rumors."

Ye Qingxue shrugged and smiled: "Rumors are not to be believed; seeing is believing."

Mrs. Chen nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes."

After seeing off the last group of customers, Ye Qingxue didn't go straight home. Instead, she went to the shoe shop next door and asked for a basket of things.

He then rushed home.

Ye Qingxue arrived home just as the moon was rising high in the sky.

Lu Meng and Li You sat at the dining table in the hall, looking at her with somber expressions.

Ye Qingxue's heart skipped a beat. What had happened now?

"Qingxue, did you buy those coats for your parents?"

Lu Meng sat at the dining table in the hall and looked up at Ye Qingxue.

His eyes were filled with anger.

Ye Qingxue was stunned for a moment, then realized something: "You went and searched my room?"

Li You sat to the side and said sarcastically, "Oh, how did it become your room? You need to get this straight, this is the Lu family's house, so why can't we look at it?"

Ye Qingxue hurriedly went to the inner room, opened the door, and saw her parents sitting at the dining table, looking dejected.

Ye Jing gently stroked Lin Zhi's back, while Lin Zhi's eyes were filled with tears.

Ye Hao'er sobbed softly beside her, not daring to cry out loud.

Ye Qingxue's anger surged. Seeing her parents looking at her, she gave them a reassuring look, then closed the door and went back to Lu Meng and his wife.

"Did you bully my parents?" she asked in a low voice.

Li You's tone was completely matter-of-fact: "How could I be bullying you? This noon, I meant well by inviting your parents out for lunch, but I didn't expect them to be in such a panic, hiding something. I checked, and lo and behold, three sets of top-quality cotton-padded coats! Go out and see, what kind of daughter-in-law spends money so extravagantly?"

Lu Meng sighed loudly: "It's not that we don't want you to buy new clothes, but our family isn't rich. Buying something this expensive is equivalent to buying a hundred pounds of grain!"

Li You seized the opportunity to say, "Yes, originally the third daughter of the Ye family came to remind us that you spend money extravagantly, but we didn't believe it. Who would have thought that what she said was true!"

You don't think you're rich just because you took a few extra worms and sold them for a little money, do you?

These words reminded Lu Meng, and a greedy glint flashed across his face. He slammed his hand on the table and said, "No, Qingxue, you have to take out that money. It's safe with us, so you won't squander it."

Li You added, "Yes, according to our family rules, all the money a daughter-in-law earns should go to her husband's family. We didn't ask you for it back then because we thought you should know that."

He then straightened his chest and said righteously, "Qingxue, I have to say something to you. When you made money back then, why didn't you use some of it to help support your family?"

A playful smile appeared on Ye Qingxue's lips.

Those Lu family in-laws have such a big face!

They've made robbing people seem perfectly normal.

So this was their real purpose in making such a fuss.

And there were leaves and flowers! She was right; she really did make a fuss about this jacket!

A strange light flashed in Ye Qingxue's eyes.

Let's take this opportunity to realize her middleman plan!

"I will never give you the money," Ye Qingxue said, lowering her head and her face grim.

Li You immediately found a reason to make a scene, plopped down, and slapped his thighs loudly.

"Oh dear, this is truly divine retribution! My daughter-in-law and her whole family live off the Lu family's food, yet they refuse to share any of their earnings with us!"

Her voice was loud, and it quickly reached the ears of several neighbors.

Neighbors peeked out to listen, and passing villagers also peered curiously into their house.

Li You, fearing no one would know, ran to open the door wide: "Everyone, come and judge! Our Lu family provides them with food and drink, but what does she do? She earns money but doesn't bring it home. All she knows is to be filial to her parents and treat her in-laws like outsiders!"

Some villagers asked, "What exactly did she do?"

Seeing that someone was listening, Li You burst into tears: "Our good daughter-in-law went to the county to buy padded jackets for her whole family, filled with the finest cotton, but she hides them away, completely disregarding the well-being of her parents-in-law! We just want her to contribute some household expenses, but she refuses!"

"This was definitely not the right thing to do."

"Yes, Qingxue, your in-laws are also your parents, how can you be like this?"

Seeing Li You's shameless behavior, Ye Qingxue curled her lips, but when she looked up, she had a face full of tears.

Her eyes were red and filled with tears, her eyebrows drooped, and her voice was aggrieved: "In-laws, those coats were all earned by my parents themselves!"

Li You turned to her and questioned, "How is this possible! They gave us all the grain they went up the mountain to find! Where would they have any extra? How could they have bought a cotton coat that cost several hundred coins?"

Ye Qingxue did not answer directly: "May I ask how many cotton-padded clothes you found in the room, Mother?"

Li You snorted coldly, still unaware that something was wrong: "Three sets!"

Ye Qingxue sighed and emphasized, "Yes, there are only three sets, so why don't I have a cotton-padded coat?"

Li You raised his eyebrows and paused.

Yes, there are four people in their family.

Ye Qingxue turned her head and sobbed softly, pointing to the basket of things she had brought back: "My mother had a padded jacket. She asked me to find some shoe soles in the county to make one for her. She worked for ten days and her eyes were blurry. With the money I earned from my work, we managed to scrape together three sets of cotton-padded clothes for the family."

The villagers peered out and, sure enough, saw a basket full of shoe soles.

They immediately believed Ye Qingxue's words.

Li You was speechless and wanted to retort without thinking, but the question came out without thinking: "Didn't you give us all the money you earned from your work?"

Wow!

The surrounding villagers immediately erupted in an uproar.

“Aunt Li, this is where you're wrong. Didn't your daughter-in-law give you money? Why haven't you given her any household allowance?”

Seizing the opportunity, Ye Qingxue immediately turned her gun on the family: "Yes, all my money went to the Lu family, so I don't have money to buy a padded jacket. After deducting the toll, I only earn thirty coins a day, and I use twenty coins to supplement the family income. Mother-in-law, you still speak of your daughter-in-law like this. It really breaks my heart!"

The villagers began to whisper among themselves, and for a moment everyone felt that Li You was in the wrong.

Li You panicked a little and quickly turned to look at Lu Meng, hoping he would say something.

As Lu Meng watched the situation change, Ye Qingxue cried her heart out, seemingly having done nothing wrong.

"Daughter-in-law, don't cry, be careful with your belly!" Lu Meng said in a deep voice.

At this moment, she finally remembered that she was carrying his grandson?

When they forced her to give them money, they didn't think about the child in her belly.

Ultimately, it's just that he loves his grandson, but he loves himself even more!

Ye Qingxue sneered inwardly, continuing to wipe away her tears as she secretly peeked outside. Sure enough, she saw Ye Hua'er leading her whole family to come and watch the commotion.

His expression wasn't very pleasant.

Ye Hua'er never expected that Ye Qingxue could actually turn the tables!

Then, Ye Qingxue's voice, trembling with tears, rang out even louder: "Mother-in-law, we usually get along very well, so why are you suddenly going through my wardrobe today? Is someone trying to sow discord between us?"

As he spoke, Shi Cheng looked directly at Ye Hua'er!

Ye Hua'er's eyes widened: ! !