Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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In the minds of the older generation, it was the son who carried on the family line. Not to mention the end of this year, many people would think so even decades later. Ye Ning was not angry when the third uncle said this. He was also thinking about Ye Qingshan when he said this, otherwise he wouldn’t care about this.
The old man arrived just in time. Ye Ning originally planned to go find him tomorrow.
“Uncle, there’s something I want to ask you for help with.”
“Tell me.” The third uncle nodded and listened carefully.
“I have to work in the city, and Xiao Lan will go to high school in the city in a few months. I don’t feel comfortable leaving Xiao An at home alone, so I asked my high school teacher to help me transfer him to the city to go to school, so my home will be empty. You know best what’s going on at the old house, so I would like to ask you to help take care of the house.”
The people at the old house might take advantage of there being no one to pick the lock in the middle of the night, and then the whole family would move in. Once they moved in, it would be difficult to drive them out.
The reason for looking for the third uncle was that in addition to being Ye Qingshan’s biological uncle, he was also the patriarch of the Ye family. For people with the surname Ye, his rights were no less than those of the old party secretary. In some cases, his rights were greater than those of the old party secretary. The branch secretary was still big.
“Are you bringing Xiao An to the county seat?” The third uncle didn’t expect Ye Ning to have made all the arrangements. He nodded with satisfaction, “Don’t worry, this house was left to Qingshan by my father. At that time, everyone had their fingerprints. They can’t even take it away.”
The third uncle explained in a few more words, patted Ye An’s head, told him to listen to what his two sisters said, and then went back.
After seeing her uncle off, Ye Ning went back to the house and took the sugar she bought last time to her neighbour’s house next door. When she saw Ye Ning, the neighbour aunty hurriedly asked her to come in and sit down.
“You girl can really hide it. Hey, how come your dad is gone?” She asked, wiping her eyes.
Knowing that Ye Qingshan passed away unexpectedly, the neighbour aunty cried for a long time. She was friends with Ye Qingshan’s biological mother, and she had watched Ye Qingshan grow up and he was half of her son, so she was even sadder than Old Man Ye.
“Mom.” The neighbour aunt’s eldest daughter-in-law called out, signalling her mother-in-law not to say such unhappy things. She was not feeling well, and as a daughter, Ye Ning would only feel even more uncomfortable.
“It’s my fault, don’t be sad. If Qingshan knew that you were admitted to college and entered a pharmaceutical factory, he would be very happy.” The neighbour aunty held Ye Ning’s hand and looked at the sugar she put on the table. She was unhappy. “What are you doing? Are you being polite to your aunty? Take it back, otherwise I will be angry.”
Ye Ning smiled slightly, “When I am not at home, only Ye Lan and Ye An are left at home. It’s all thanks to you usually taking care of them, I will take them to the county town tomorrow. I will come over to see you before I leave, just to be a little careful. By the way, aunty, I came here to ask you for a favour. When we were selling the land at that time, we left two pieces of private land in the back mountain, which were left uncultivated, so I would like to ask you to help me plant them.”
The neighbour aunty patted Ye Ning and said, “How can anyone beg for land? Xiao An and I will do this. As I said, I will plant the land first, but I will pay the rent.”
“That won’t work. If this happens, I won’t find you.” Ye Ning disagreed. She gave her own land to the neighbour auntie’s family for planting, because she wanted her to help her take a look. The people in the family, including the neighbour auntie’s family, were all good. Even if you give them the seeds, when they come back one day, their family would definitely return it to them without saying a word.
“That’s okay, but you have to accept the food I bring you next time.” The neighbour aunty knew that Ye Ning would be really angry if she really gave her money, so she thought of a compromise. People from the countryside often went to the county seat to wait for the food to be cooked, she could then ask someone to bring some to the city for Ye Ning. The city was no better than the countryside, and you had to buy everything.
“Thank you, aunty.” After chatting at her auntie’s house for a while, Ye Ning quickly got up and said goodbye when she saw her aunty dozing off and went home.
In addition to their own land, they also left a piece of land, which was also good land. Ye Ning originally planned to let her aunty and her family plant it, but she suddenly changed her mind when she met her third uncle. He was so kind and willing to help, she couldn’t take it for granted. It so happened that the field next door belonged to her third uncle, so it was convenient for him to plant it.
Someone knocked on the door early the next morning. Fortunately, Ye Ning and her siblings had already gotten up.
“Did your family send a message yesterday about selling pigs?” The visitor looked at the people in the room and asked, “Where are your adults?”
“It was a message from me.” Ye Lan came back from feeding the pigs and said, “My parents are not here, I raised all the pigs, you take a look at the pigs first, and if the price is right, you can take them away.”
The man went to the backyard to look at the pigs, they were very energetic, and you could tell by looking at the food, if this pig was raised to a young age, he said it weighed more than 200 kilograms, and he quoted a price that was slightly lower than that of normal woolly pigs.
“No, don’t think I don’t know. I’ve asked enough. You went to Shanglin Village to collect a hairy pig two days ago, but it wasn’t at this price. You tell me the real price, or I’ll find someone else.” Ye Lan had already asked people. If you ask about the market, of course you won’t suffer a loss.
The two haggled for a while and finally settled on a price of 45 cents. After agreeing on the price, Ye Lan went to the next door to find someone to help lift the scale. The four grown men tied up the pig after a lot of effort.
“A total of one hundred and twenty-four and a half, right?”
Ye Lan looked at it carefully and nodded after a long time, “That’s right.”
Those who came to help carry the scale were given cigarettes, of course not the kind that cost just a few yuan a pack. Good cigarettes only cost a few cents a pack, which was not bad at this time.
Ye Ning sent the few people away to help. When she came back, she saw Ye Lan counting the money. The total was 56 yuan. Ye Ning almost wanted to return the money and pull the pig back. Even more than a hundred kilograms could produce eight or ninety kilogram meat. Wouldn’t it be delicious to keep so much meat? She finally gave up after thinking that she could buy meat in the cafeteria.
“Second sister, how much did you sell for?” Ye An looked at Ye Lan curiously.
“Fifty-six in total, sister, here you go.” Ye Lan counted out the money and handed it directly to Ye Ning.
“Why do you want to give it to me? You can keep the money you got by selling the pigs you raised. You are in high school too, so you should have this much pocket money.”
When Ye Ning was in high school, even if the family was in trouble, Ye Qingshan would give her ten dollars to keep. Not wanting Ye Lan to shake her head, she took out a piece worth one yuan, “The school has free tuition and food subsidies. I can’t spend a lot of money. I’m afraid I’ll lose it if I keep it.”
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