Chapter 213 Ye Mama Turns Dark
The bustle in the fields didn't catch Ye Shenge's attention. From a distance, she saw a woman in a floral shirt rushing towards her.
"Shenge, daughter, Mom's here."
Ye Shenge squinted and took a closer look. She was startled. How had her mother become so unrecognizable?
Ye Papa also saw his wife's drastically changed appearance and felt a pang of sadness. How could his wife, who had been a pampered young lady in both lives, turn into a village girl?
Ye Shenge quickly got off the ox cart and ran towards her mother.
Ye Mama reached her daughter and immediately hugged her.
"Daughter, save me. Look how tanned Mom has gotten. Who picked this place? The UV rays are so strong that even two layers of clothes can't block them."
Ye Shenge had initially wanted to feel sorry for her mother, but as soon as her mother spoke, she could only laugh. She looked at her partner, who was pretending to ignore Ye Mama's words, and laughed even harder.
Ye Shenge whispered comfortingly in her mother's ear.
"As soon as we get back, I'll bring you sunscreen and whitening masks, plus two bottles of whitening serum. I'll guarantee you'll become fair again within a month."
Ye Mama looked at her daughter with teary eyes.
"Mmm-hmm, this place is truly terrible."
How could it not be terrible? In her previous life, they had lived in Haishi, rarely staying in southern cities for so long. If you said it was hot, you couldn't dress as casually as before. Wearing a t-shirt, shorts, or a short skirt would immediately draw public condemnation.
Ye Papa reached out and touched his wife's tanned face. Life in the countryside was truly difficult.
"Wife, you and Daughter don't need to work in the fields anymore. Leave earning work points to me and Mu'en."
No, he had to let his daughter find bird's nest and other things in the space tonight. He absolutely had to restore his beautiful wife's complexion.
"Isn't this Shenge?"
Ye Mama quickly pulled her daughter to the Bai family.
"Come, come, let me introduce you. This is your eldest aunt, this is your eldest cousin..."
The group walked home in a long procession, and by the time the introductions were finished, Ye Shenge's face was stiff from smiling. She hadn't remembered a single name from the Bai family; there were simply too many people.
The head of the production team and the village chief watched the large group from a distance. They had initially worried that outsiders would be bullied by the villagers, but now they were relieved. No one in the village had as many men as this family.
"Uncle, which one of them is Young Master Zi?"
The village chief, Gong Hua, glared at his nephew, Gong Aidang.
"Is Young Master Zi someone you can call out loud now? And you're the head of the production team, speaking so carelessly. They came to the countryside to seek refuge. Don't speak or shout so carelessly in the future, lest someone with ulterior motives overhear and cause trouble."
"Heh heh, I know. Aren't I only saying this in front of you? By the way, isn't my brother Wentao also coming back soon?"
The old village chief's heart ached at the mention of his youngest son. He was the most outstanding child of the Gong family, yet he had such a difficult fate.
"His savior is here, so why is he still out there?"
"Uncle, should we go and meet Comrade Zi? After all, he's helped our village so much."
Two years ago, during the great drought, although Bai Rong Brigade's grain output was decent, it couldn't withstand the excessive requisitions from above. Most villagers were starving. Although it wasn't to the point of death, their stomachs were nearly empty from hunger.
At that time, it was the village chief's youngest son, Gong Wentao, who pleaded with Zi Yisheng for a large amount of relief grain, allowing the villagers to safely survive those two years.
This year, they were even less afraid. The villagers didn't know, but the brigade cadres had a general understanding that Zi Yisheng was a high-ranking leader who could help them reduce grain delivery quotas. This was another way Zi Yisheng helped the village.
"Let's wait a moment. First, keep a close eye on those lazybones slacking off in the fields."
Ye Shenge went to the Bai family first. She wanted to visit her maternal grandparents.
The moment Bai Grandma saw Ye Shenge, she burst into tears. This girl was truly her granddaughter. The previous Ye Yage, that impostor, bore no resemblance to her daughter at all. How could they have been so blind not to see it?
"Shenge, Grandma's little darling, you've suffered all these years. Those damned scoundrels, a million deaths wouldn't be enough to quell the hatred in my heart."
Bai Grandpa also grumbled angrily, especially at his son-in-law.
"You two, look carefully at Shenge. She clearly has the features of the Bai family. I don't know how that Ye Yage managed to deceive you."
Bai Grandpa absolutely refused to admit that he too had been blind and deceived for fifteen years. How could the most astute and handsome man in Mingcheng admit defeat?
Ye Papa felt a bit wronged. The original owner was the one who lost the child, so why did he have to bear the blame now?
"Grandpa, Grandma, hello. I'll stay with you from now on, and we can make up for our past regrets, okay?"
"Good, good, good. Our darling is so sensible and obedient."
"That's right, the girls of our Bai family are the best."
The grandsons of the Bai family stared intently at their sisters (cousins), thinking how beautiful she was. Only someone from the Bai family could look this good.
Zi Yisheng watched his future brothers-in-law and felt a headache coming on. He felt like his future days would be even more difficult.
As the saying goes, "to catch the thief, first catch the king." Zi Yisheng quickly went to Grandpa Bai and Grandma Bai.
"Grandpa, Grandma, I am Zi Yisheng, Shenge's partner."
Grandpa Bai's expression immediately changed. Their long-lost granddaughter had already been claimed, and he wanted to declare his status as her partner for what reason.
"Hmph, you brat..."
"Are you the son of Peiyun?"
Bai Grandma spoke first, preventing her husband from saying anything harsh. She found the Zi young man to be quite good, and her daughter also seemed to approve of him.
"Yes, Grandma. My mother is Wen Peiyun, and she was good friends with Aunt Bai before."
"I remember, I remember. Peiyun used to come to the Bai family often before she got married."
Ye Shenge was also pulled into the house by Grandpa Bai. They were all foolish. Didn't they see how strong the sun was outside? What if it sunburned his precious granddaughter?
The aunts also liked this niece very much. They hadn't had the fortune to have daughters. They had also doted on the impostor before, but in the end, they had doted on a fake. Now, it was good. Seeing Shenge's appearance, she was clearly the real daughter.
"Come, Shenge, try the mung bean soup that eldest aunt made. It's been kept in the well, so it's icy cold and delicious."
"Shenge, try the wax gourd cake made by second aunt. It's not too sweet and very tasty."
The third aunt didn't have a specialty dish, so she ran off to get a plate of iced lychees that the children had picked from the mountains that morning.
Ye Shenge was already dizzy. People kept coming up to her, and she was trying hard to remember each one.
Ye Papa and Ye Mu'en were ignored. They had to go home first to settle the two elders and siblings Mo Lin. They hadn't followed them just now because it was a family reunion.
Zi Yisheng's subordinates also didn't follow. They still needed to sort out Young Master Zi's house and their own living quarters. Otherwise, they wouldn't have food tonight.