Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 553: The Test

When Ye Zhao heard this, he was all smiles. “Mother, see, I told you that my brother-in-law treats my sister well.”

“Brother-in-law is good at studying and dote on others. Mother has good taste.” Madam Su followed her husband and flattered him.

Old Madam Ye’s words were even more shocking. “Yu ‘er, eat quickly. I’ll go and fry the pumpkin seeds in a while. I’ll ask my son-in-law to peel them for you too.”

Ye Muyu’s eyes widened. “Mom, pumpkin seeds are hard to peel. Don’t make things difficult for him.”

“Silly girl, I’m helping you test Ah Heng. It wasn’t easy for your brother to get an official position, and our Ye family finally has some power. I’ll use this small matter to test him. Only then will I know whether Ah Heng’s true character is good or not.” Old Woman Ye did not wait for Ye Muyu to speak and called Ye Zhao to go outside to get the pumpkin seeds that had already been dried in the bamboo sieve.

Madam Han bent down and took out a cloth bag from the corner. After the pot was heated up, she poured the coarse salt into it.

Old Madam Ye waited for the coarse salt to heat up before adding the pumpkin seeds. She kept stir-frying. “Yu ‘er, do you and my son-in-law plan to have another child?”

“Pfft, cough, cough, cough…” Ye Muyu felt thirsty after eating the peanuts and choked on the tea.

Old Madam Ye continued to persuade her. “If you still want another child, you should have it earlier. Look at Lil’ Jin. He’s already over five years old. He’s almost six years old, right?”

“Mother, we didn’t consider this. Having two children is just right,” Ye Muyu quickly interrupted her.

Old Madam Ye continued to nag, “How can that be? The more children you have, the better. Only then will you be able to stand firm in your husband’s family. Look at the Song family. These days, the third daughter of the Wang family has been inviting Song Lu’s sister, Song Qing, to the county every day. Those people in the Song family are so arrogant. They keep saying that Song Qing will marry into a rich family.”

“In my opinion, Song Qing is too skinny and has no flesh on her chest. Which rich family would like her? Are there too few good-looking girls? Or are they blind to insist on marrying such a girl?”

Old Madam Ye continuously criticized Song Qing.

No wonder the villagers did not dare to quarrel with her. These words were too ruthless. They were like knives, stabbing at their vitals.

If Song Qing heard this, she would probably explode in anger.

“Mother, did you say that the Wang family’s Third Miss and Song Qing became close friends?” Ye Muyu focused on this.

Old Madam Ye waved her hand. “What close friend? Hasn’t the Third Miss of the Wang family left home?”

The people in the kitchen were speechless because of Old Woman Ye’s words.

For a moment, the atmosphere was a little awkward. Ye Muyu wanted to laugh, but she felt that it was immoral, so she held it back.

Madam Su poked Ye Zhao and called out to him to break the awkward situation.

Ye Zhao received his wife’s signal and nodded seriously. “Yan’er and I both think that Mother is right. I wonder if the Song family is out of their minds. They let the unmarried girl in the family get along with the woman who left home and even made it known to everyone. I’m afraid that no one in the village will dare to marry Song Qing.”

Madam Su’s maiden name was Yan. When she heard her man’s words, the smile on her face cracked. She roared in her heart.. She did not say that she agreed with Old Madam Ye’s words!