Ye's mother originally felt that she had made a fuss and felt a little guilty for beating up the other person, but after hearing Ye Yaodong's reminder, she instantly felt justified again.
She put her hands on her hips and spitted as she said, "Bullshit, you stole most of my longans and my seabird eggs."
"No, my son would never steal anything. Stop slandering and framing me, old woman. Hurry up and pay the money..."
“Who in the village doesn’t know that he has dirty hands and feet?”
"You are the one with dirty hands. Your whole family has dirty hands. We just picked up a piece of wood. How can it be stolen? It's you who didn't put it away properly and threw it everywhere."
Seeing that the family was still making excuses like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, Ye's mother simply went to look for it herself. Unexpectedly, she found three seabird eggs in an unlocked cabinet.
She slapped her thigh in anger, "Look, look, you still dare to quibble, I've found evidence, you even stole the seabird eggs from my house, I said most of the things in my house were gone, it turns out you took them all, damn you, damn you..."
Xu's mother immediately stood up and snatched the egg from her hand, "This is my family's egg. Why do you say it's yours? Is your name written on it? You are blind."
"Fuck your mother, this is clearly the seabird egg that my family picked up. I would recognize it even if it turned into ashes..."
"We picked this up from the beach."
"Have you carved your names? You are shameless, stealing a few eggs. You look like you have never seen anything before. Why don't you go beg for food? The beggars outside are more shameless than you. At least they beg for food openly, unlike you, who are like rats in the gutter and only do some sneaky and shady things."
Xu's mother was so angry that her fingers were shaking. The man in the family was beaten, and the woman was scolded as weak.
"What are you pointing at? If you have nothing to say, just shut up. This family is crooked from the roots..."
At this time, the two brothers Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua arrived late.
"Dad, Mom, Adong, is everything ok? Did you find the ambergris?"
"By the time you guys came back, the food was already cold. This family of bastards still refuses to admit that they stole our things."
"What about ambergris?"
Seeing that the men of the Xu family had bruised faces and noses, and were either sitting or lying on the ground, it meant that their family had not suffered any loss. Now that everything was fine, the two brothers were most concerned about this thing, which was a rare item.
"Bullshit ambergris, Dongzi said he just picked up a piece of wood, so he just threw it into the pile of groceries, and that's why this kid stole it."
"Ah? No ambergris?"
"They stole my eggs and longans even though they didn't have ambergris." Ye's mother glared at Xu's mother again, "Hurry up and compensate me, or I'll beat you old women up too."
"It's so unfair, you're so mean, you're extorting money after you've wronged someone. You're the real scoundrels. Go ahead and beat me. Beat me until I die. Then let my son carry my coffin to your doorstep..."
"Hey, how can a person who doesn't even know how to lie down before death lie in a coffin? If you don't have money to compensate, then you can use one for another. I lost ten bird eggs, so you can return me ten eggs."
"Pah, there are only five bird eggs in total, and you want to take ten of my chicken eggs..."
"Cao Linmu, you were still being stubborn just now, but now you're exposed. As for the longans, your son stole most of them and even used eggs to pay for them." Ye's mother was instantly pleased.
Ye Yaodong also rolled his eyes. This family is all brainless. No wonder their son is also a fool. It's genetic!
"If there is no longan, where does the longan come from? Don't talk nonsense and deliberately blackmail me..."
"If he didn't take it home, then your son must have stolen it. Why should I care about you? Anyway, it was my family that lost something. We are all honest people. We say what we mean. Unlike your family, you are a bunch of rogue thieves..."
Xiaoxiao, who was standing aside, almost burst out laughing. The mother and son were indeed mother and son. Even their words were the same.
As Ye's mother spoke, she went to look for the eggs in their home. The country people all had the same habit, they would put the eggs in a basket and lock it in a cupboard to prevent them from being stolen by the children in the family.
"Dongzi, the cabinet below is locked. Can you help me pry it open?"
"You can't pry it open, Lin Muji, this is my home, is there any justice in the world? You are all dead, come and help..."
But all the Xu family members were lying down, some were controlled, some were surrounded. His relatives and friends were not as powerful as Ye's mother's brothers and sisters. They had offended them long ago and were unpopular. How could anyone help them
Even when Xu's mother wanted to stop them, she was held back by Ye Yaodong's aunt and second aunt. The three of them were swearing at each other.
Ye Yaodong took the kitchen knife and easily chopped the cabinet door.
Mother Ye didn't touch anything else, but took out a small basket of eggs. After taking a look, she knew there were probably only about 20 eggs in it.
"Just this little bit? Never mind. Just a little bit is enough. It can't make up for the loss. It's just my bad luck. I'm a reasonable person. I didn't touch anything else."
"Bullshit..."
Ye Yaodong glared, "Watch your mouth..."
Xu's mother shuddered for a moment, but it was only for a moment, and she said sternly: "You stole my eggs..."
"Steal your mother, I am taking it openly. It is only natural to pay back debts. If you have no money, you can only use other things as collateral. Do you think it is so easy to take other people's things? Humph~"
Mother Ye looked at the villagers who were watching the excitement at the door and said, "Do you think I am doing the right thing? His family didn't teach their son well. They stole ten of my bird eggs and more than half a pound of my longan. Is it not too much for me to take 20 eggs from his family as compensation?"
"Not too much..."
“It should be…it should be…”
"Yes, if you steal someone else's things, you must pay for it..."
Everyone thought he was right, and Ye's mother looked as proud as a rooster that had won a fight.
"Did you hear that? I never let people talk about what I do, hum~"
Ye's mother also put the two bird eggs she had just found into the basket.
"Bah, there are not so many shameless old women. Their whole family is full of robbers. They are born of dogs and their sons have no assholes..."
"If you keep scolding me, I will beat you to death..."
Ye's mother rolled up her sleeves and was about to go up and beat her. At this time, the secretary and the women's director had also finished watching the fun. Oh, they were too late and spoke out to stop this farce.
"Alright, alright, let's just leave it at that for today. It was just a misunderstanding anyway, and no one has suffered any loss. Just figure it out."
"Ah? How come there is no loss? They beat up my family and took our eggs..."
The women's director said, "You guys stole from others first."
"Wang Lixiang is talking nonsense. She only took five bird eggs, but she said she took ten. She also said some longan. There is nothing. You can't be so unreasonable to protect her..."
Secretary Chen said in a deep voice: "Maybe your kid hid himself. Well, this is not a glorious thing, so let's not talk about it anymore. After doing this late at night, can't your family be more quiet? You are responsible for everything!"
"The basket of eggs should be used as compensation for their loss. Without you, their family wouldn't have lost everything. Be more obedient in the future. You're the only one who has too many family problems."
Everyone has a bad impression of the Xu family, and Secretary Chen was once kicked out by them.
"Ah~ It's so unfair, so unfair, God is blind, he doesn't help us, and lets us be bullied, Bodhisattva~ why don't you bless our family, I have recited so many sutras, Buddha~ we have a miserable life..."
Seeing that no one was helping them, the old lady simply sat down on the ground, screaming and slapping her thighs.
Everyone couldn't help but twitch their lips, and tacitly ignored the old lady.
Mother Ye was carrying a basket of eggs, rolled her eyes, and said to her brothers, sisters, and nephews, "Alright, alright, we've got justice and compensation, it's all right, we're all going back, it's already dark, and you all have work to do tomorrow, so hurry back!"
"Okay, okay, it's good that we understand it. Let's all go back."
"Go back, go back..."
The villagers who were blocking the door made way for them, and the people inside came out and saw Li Laoer and his family, who were beaten black and blue.
"Hey, I almost forgot about the instigator of this incident."
"I heard that they were the ones who ordered Xu Laifu to steal things~"
"Kick them all out. They are not welcome in our village."
"Yes, yes, beat them all out..."
The villagers used local materials. Those who had sticks used sticks, those who didn't use brooms, and those who had nothing used their bare hands. Upon hearing this, Li Laoer's family quickly ran away, and the villagers behind them beat and scolded them and drove them out of the village.
Ye Yaodong and his companions heard cursing and wailing coming from the room behind them, but they pretended not to hear anything.
Father Ye also thanked some of Mother Ye’s brothers and sisters. It is better to have more relatives in the village, especially brothers. As the saying goes, brothers fight tigers together, and fathers and sons fight together in battle.
Mother Ye said happily: "I didn't expect that the losses could be recovered."
"It's such a pity. It would be great if the ambergris was real." Ye Yaopeng said regretfully.
When talking about this, Ye's mother couldn't help but feel annoyed. She patted Ye Yaodong's arm and said, "Why are you so quick to speak? They all admitted that they stole our ambergris, so why did you just tell the truth?"
"Mom, you're changing so fast. Didn't you say earlier that we should speak our mind and be realistic..."
"Hey, aren't all the villagers here? You have to speak nicely to them. If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you're a fool."
Father Ye glared at her and said, "Don't overthink it. Wood is wood. Can the Ambergris family afford to pay for it? Did you really tear down their house? And if you really stole it, you should be able to find it. If you can't find it, everyone will think we are the thief crying thief, and then it will be our turn to be in trouble."
"That's true. Forget it. Ambergris is not something that ordinary people can pick up. You have to be very lucky to get it."
"It won't hit your head even if it falls. Go back quickly. You're starving."
"Dad, you guys go back and eat first. I'm going to the dock. Today's goods haven't been weighed yet."
"Then let's go to the dock first."
"It's okay. My second uncle is at the dock. We can just carry it. It's so late now. You guys should go back and eat first."
"Have the goods been weighed, eldest and second son?" Father Ye looked at his other two sons.
"No, I just carried a few baskets off the boat when I heard about what happened here. I hurried over here, leaving only my wife to watch over it."
"Then you guys can help each other carry the things later. I won't be leaving when I get back."
"Well, you and mom should go back first."