Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life Chapter 1559 - 1548: Honest Fool

Name: Ye Qiu

Merit Points: 2780000

Redeemed Inheritance: Hacker God, Cooking God’s Light Level 10, Level 8 Body Forging Technique, Ten Times of Luck Bonus (Four Remaining), Emperor System (Existing Achievements: Skin Like Jello, Flirtatious Eyes, Aroma, Voice Like a Pearl, Slender Legs), Poisonous Scripture, Soul Power Technique, Mystical Technique

"Task completed, do you want to enter the next world?"

"Yes."

"The third son’s family, are you not up yet? Aren’t you going to work in the fields? Third son’s wife, have you learned to be lazy as well? Not cutting pig grass anymore? Not making breakfast? Do you and your husband want to rebel?" Ye Qiu was not fully awake yet, and outside came the loud voice of an old woman. This was the original body’s mother, Old Lady Wang.

The original body was not very old, but this mother, Old Lady Wang, was no longer young. Mainly because back then, she was the only one left in the Wang Family, and although the clan elders of Wang Family Village did not bully her, it was always a bit more difficult for a lone girl to live in these times than for others.

Because she had some silver, at the high age of twenty-five, she married Old Man Ye. This was also related to Old Man Ye coming here as a refugee.

It is unknown whether Old Man Ye injured his body or was malnourished when he fled as a refugee. Only five years later did Old Lady Wang conceive her eldest son, Ye Chun, and two years later, the second daughter, Ye Xia, was born, followed by the third son, Ye Qiu. Four years later, at the age of thirty-seven, Old Lady Wang gave birth to the fourth, Ye Dong, which left her body irreparably damaged, causing her to age rapidly, making her look more like Old Man Ye’s mother than his wife.

However, Old Lady Wang was always dominant. Although the Ye Family bore Old Man Ye’s surname, Old Lady Wang was the true head of the household, managing all big and small matters, and controlling all silver and land deeds.

Next was Old Man Ye, five years younger than Old Lady Wang. Although he came here as a refugee, his good looks caught Old Lady Wang’s eye. Despite achieving little over the years, Old Lady Wang was very content with this husband. Even during the most difficult times, the family always had the wine Old Man Ye liked and a dish to go with it.

Next was their eldest son, Ye Chun. After five years of marriage without conceiving, Old Lady Wang and Old Man Ye almost faced severe criticism from Wang Family Village, but Ye Chun’s birth silenced them, providing Old Lady Wang with support and Old Man Ye with a real blood-relative in the village.

The next one was their youngest child, Ye Dong. The so-called eldest grandson and youngest son were the old folks’ dearest treasures. The fourth child, born with great effort by Old Lady Wang, was sweet-talking by nature, earning love inevitably.

Then came the middle children, the second, Ye Xia, and the third, Ye Qiu. In a large family, the middle children are often the most neglected. In the early years, Ye Xia’s life was harder than Ye Qiu’s because she was a girl, a future outsider bound to marry out, but once she truly married, the situation changed.

Ye Xia married a rural peddler. Her family was not rich, barely making ends meet, but her husband had skills. Within three to four years, he owned a shop in the county, living a prosperous life, earning even Old Lady Wang’s respect.

Because of this, the original body, having only two daughters, was the lowest rung in the family. The original body had no abilities, and his wife was meek, so if they weren’t bullied by the family, it would have been surprising.

In this family, they handled the dirtiest and hardest tasks, but they never got any benefits. They lived in the worst house, wore the poorest fabric, and even at meal times, they got two pieces less meat than others.

Despite enduring so much unfair treatment, in the previous life, the original body never complained. Family members always said he had no son, and even in death, his nephew would need to raise his coffin. Therefore, he and his wife needed to work hard to support their nephew’s education.

In these feudal times, the preference for sons over daughters was rampant. Nobody felt there was anything wrong with the couple’s dedication to the nephew, but the original body’s mistake lay in sacrificing too much for the family and neglecting his own daughters.

Daughters might not be able to provide for him in old age or inherit the family business, but they were his blood, far better than the ungrateful nephew.

In the previous life, the original body worked hard to earn money for his nephew. And when the country needed soldiers in times of crisis, he went without hesitation. At this time, a slight worry crept into the original body’s heart. He discussed with his family that he could enlist, but they must treat his two daughters well, and when they grew up, they must marry them properly.

To ease his mind for military service, the Ye Family members readily agreed. However, the devastating event that made the original body furious happened. The Lan Country’s situation was unfavorable. News from the front line reported bad conditions, and nobody thought Ye Qiu would survive.

Dead people always pale in comparison to the living, especially since Ye Qiu was an unvalued son. In the first two years, the Ye Family treated his daughters well, but soon the eldest grandson, Ye Chun’s eldest son, Ye Conghui, caused trouble at school. He accidentally injured a nephew of the County Magistrate’s concubine’s family during a fight.

The concubine’s family could not let it go, demanding Ye Conghui be jailed. After extensive negotiations, either the Ye Family paid a thousand taels, or gave a granddaughter to the concubine’s family’s nephew as a concubine, reducing the compensation to 200 taels.

Neither the farm-working Old Man Ye nor Old Lady Wang could gather a thousand silver taels. To prevent their eldest grandson from going to prison, they turned their attention to Ye Qiu’s two daughters.

Ultimately, the family ignored the resistance from Ye Qiu’s wife and gave the eldest daughter, Ye Congying, to the concubine’s family nephew as a concubine, then sold the second daughter, Ye Congzi, to traffickers, scraping together what they could to finally get Ye Conghui out of trouble.

The Ye Family thought that since they were just two granddaughters, and they would eventually be married off anyway, it didn’t make much difference. Besides, the concubine’s nephew had the County Magistrate’s backing. Even as a concubine, Ye Congying wouldn’t have to worry about food and clothing for life, and as for Ye Congzi, she just had unfortunate luck.

With her two daughters treated this way by the Ye Family, the original body’s wife was heartbroken but continued to live until she heard news of her eldest daughter’s death.

Thus, Mrs. Niu could no longer bear the pain and drowned herself. When the original body returned from war, he found two graves waiting for him. As for the youngest daughter, she was sold by the traffickers to an unknown place with no word, but in these turbulent times, where could she have been sold to that was any good?