Chapter 510: Chapter 328: The Contradiction of the Ye Family
The setting sun’s afterglow stread in from the window outside the room, lighting up Ye Shiqi’s delicate and pointed little face.
Ye Shiqi was engrossed in a dical Book, deeply absorbed in its profound dical theories.
Hongji’s father returned ho a bit earlier than his son, and instead of heading straight to the main house, he entered the adjacent smaller house—a routine he had grown accustod to.
Mrs. Lai had resisted and made a fuss before, only to be threatened by her husband with a divorce and sent back to her family if she continued her tantrums.
Mrs. Lai resigned to this tactic, but the hatred in her heart had long been brewing, simply lacking a more intense catalyst to unleash this resentnt.
Aunt Lai greeted her husband warmly, gently washing his hands, while the old man quite enjoyed the service his concubine provided for him.
Her eyes shifted cunningly, and devilish thoughts stirred within her. As Hongji’s eldest and second daughters grew older, their beauty, faces, and figures increasingly stood out.
All of her daughters were remarkable, increasingly affecting her status, her fight for favor, and her struggle for inheritance rights.
Thus, she set her malicious intentions onto these young girls, whispering persuasions in his ear over the past two years, pushing to marry off the eldest daughter to her maternal family’s relatives.
At first, Hongji’s father did not agree, but later, perhaps out of partiality, he actually broached the subject with his son.
Aunt Lai also had her family contact a matchmaker to propose the marriage, but they did not succeed, and then she turned her sights to the second daughter…, again without success.
“Husband, the girls are grown up. Keeping them around only leads to trouble!”
Hongji’s father… “Wasn’t this the very phrase your parents said to you all too often? You were only 20 when you married ! What’s happened now?”
“Old Master, the two younger misses of our house have been running about with guests all day, and they got into trouble again today!”
“Guests?” Hongji’s father rembered, these so-called guests were none other than the rich young masters from the Tang Family; even his son didn’t prevent their associations with friends.
In truth, as a grandfather, he too hoped that one of those young gents would take a liking to one of his granddaughters, and through marriage, strengthen family ties—an idea he secretly supported.
The youngest daughter, even married to a worker, lived such a leisurely and comfortable life as a young madam, having borne a niece and then a grandson, making him think his past decision was wise.
If a simple worker could be this capable, what about the other sons from the Tang Family?
The eldest son had consistently refused to agree to the marriages for his eldest and second granddaughters; in fact, he wanted to wait as well.
Several wealthy families from the county had sent matchmakers to propose, but the son, after inquiring about the character of those families’ sons, still did not consent.
At that ti, he thought his son was being too cautious—those wealthy families were also not bad options, after all.
Though they were ranked among the rich n, their wealth was incomparable to that of the county’s wealthy families. Receiving marriage proposals from them felt like climbing high.
He even advised his son a few tis, but the eldest son would not agree, and he grew irritated. His son was becoming more and more decisive, slipping from his control.
Mrs. Lai was another who couldn’t see reason, often interfering whenever he wanted Aunt Lai to help manage the housekeeper; that old woman always caused trouble.
He had threatened his wife with sending her back to her family during her outrageous monts, and it wasn’t just a joke.
The thought had long been in his mind, but out of consideration that he had not yet fathered another son, and the eldest son was nominally their own, who would side with that old woman.
Aunt Lai ntioned how, that morning and just before, the Fourth and Fifth Misses had been accosted by Ye Zhiwei’s house servants, nearly harming both ladies.
Hongji’s father, upon hearing Aunt Lai’s words, also felt that, as Misses, they shouldn’t always be so publicly visible, which was unbecoming of their status. Yet he hadn’t opposed the two younger daughters visiting the estate or associating with rich young masters.
Among them were young masters from the Tang Family and other noble sons, including one with an even higher status, the County Magistrate’s own daughter.
Befriending his daughters should be considered an honor for them; it was most likely jealousy from others that led to such outrageous actions. He didn’t particularly like his granddaughters, but he was annoyed that they were bullied.
“Enough, this was their fault to begin with. Humph, their daughter dreams of climbing high to catch a rich young master, let them daydream!”
Aunt Lai, seeing her incendiary words fail to gain her husband’s support, bit her lip, not willing to let the matter go so easily.
When Hongji ca ho for dinner, his wife and children quietly ate their al as he, having had a tiring day, ate ravenously.
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