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While having lunch at Fushunlou, Ye Qingqing wanted to ask about it, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she saw her father's face darken.

"Why are you asking so many questions, you little kid?"

Ye Qingqing, "..."

When her father called her a child, she couldn't help but laugh.

She's physically 15 but mentally 24!

……

After a long, swaying carriage ride, Ye Qingqing still couldn't suppress her curiosity. Like a cat's paw tickling a sensitive spot in her heart, she spoke up again.

"Dad, Aunt Zhen is so good to our family, what's going on?"

Ye Youliang was holding Xiao Huanhuan, the two of them wrapped in a thick quilt and playing together, when he heard this, he paused for a moment.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Li Chunyan and Ye Cuicui also paused for a moment and looked at the old man together.

"Yes, Father..."

Li Chunyan, being straightforward, couldn't help but chime in, "That Aunt Zhen really doesn't seem like an ordinary person! Look at what she wears, what she uses, the way she speaks and acts—she doesn't seem like someone who runs a leather goods shop at all! She seems more like…"

She didn't dare to say more, but everyone understood what she meant.

"You kids are something else, what's so great about asking Miss Zhen!"

Ye Youliang glared at the children and then fell silent.

Just when everyone thought they wouldn't get a single word out of him and were all lost in their own thoughts, Ye Youliang suddenly spoke slowly.

"She... came from inside the Great Wall."

One sentence instantly drew the whole family's attention!

Even Ye Dazhuang didn't notice.

Ye Qingqing blinked. "That's not surprising. Aunt Zhen married into the family from within the Great Wall, right?"

"Yes, it wasn't about getting married... that happened about ten years ago."

Ye Youliang's voice lowered, "That winter... the snow was even heavier than this year. I was walking back from selling furs in town when I suddenly heard a noise as I passed the mass grave."

He paused, his gaze drifting into the distance.

"Following the sound, I got closer and saw it was a woman! Half-frozen, covered in blood! That scared me half to death..."

She was much younger then, only in her early twenties, and while she was dressed respectably, her clothes were covered in blood.

"She's injured? How did she get injured?"

Ye Qingqing's heart pounded with nervousness, and she quickly pressed for more information.

"have no idea."

Ye Youliang shook his head and said succinctly, "But she herself said she escaped from someone's hands."

I carried her home on my back. She was cold and injured; she was half dead. Your mother…

His voice choked as he said this, and he waved his hand and sighed, "Back then, your mother was still alive, and Dali was only a few years old..."

Your mother was so scared she almost fainted. She quickly made ginger soup and boiled water, feeding her the soup and water and wiping her body... It took her more than half a month to recover.

The group listened quietly, no one spoke, even Xiao Huanhuan was quiet, her dark eyes staring at Ye Youliang.

Ye Qingqing couldn't help but ask, "Dad, what does Aunt Zhen do?"

Ye Youliang shook his head, his brows furrowing.

"After she woke up, she didn't say anything. She only said that her surname was Zhen, that she came to the area outside the Great Wall to make a living, and that she had been robbed of her money and had nowhere to go."

I was young and kind-hearted back then, so I asked around to see if there was any work in town for her to make a living, even if it was just a small business, just to support her life.

Later, she went to town and worked for the owner of a leather goods shop. She gradually earned enough money to start her own leather goods business, which grew bigger and bigger, eventually leading to her current situation.

Ye Youliang sighed as he finished speaking.

"But her background... I can guess, she wasn't from an ordinary family."

To survive that kind of pursuit and still establish a foothold here, this woman is no ordinary person.

In truth, he didn't want Er Ya to trouble others. He saved her out of pity for her life, not for any reward!

However, it was clear that Miss Zhen liked the child quite a bit. In addition, Ye Qingqing was going to open a shop in town and would need help from others more often in the future. It would be good for the two families to visit each other more often, so Ye Youliang asked for help.

Ye Qingqing blinked, her mind racing with thoughts.

Everyone was just curious to hear about Aunt Zhen's background, but her gratitude to the Ye family was genuine!

No matter who she was or what she went through, it has nothing to do with Ye Qingqing.

But now, Aunt Zhen is Ye Qingqing's most reliable trump card in town.

She wasn't taking advantage of Aunt Zhen. As the saying goes, "Many people carry a sedan chair," and whatever Aunt Zhen did to her, she would naturally treat Aunt Zhen as her own aunt.

"father……"

Seeing the somber atmosphere, Ye Qingqing smiled and asked, "When you and my mother saved that person back then, did you ever imagine she would help us this much?"

Ye Youliang shook his head and patted Xiao Huanhuan's head with his rough hand.

"Saving someone is saving someone; it's a life at stake! If you don't save her, she'll lose her life. Who cares about anything else!"

"But they've remembered it for over ten years!"

Ye Qingqing nodded and said with emotion, "This shows that Aunt Zhen is a very loyal person! From now on, when our shop opens, she'll help us out, and we'll help her out in return. It'll be a win-win situation for both of us."

Looking at her daughter's shrewd yet innocent expression, Ye Youliang couldn't help but laugh.

"You little rascal, you're quick to plan ahead. You'll have plenty of opportunities to rely on others in town, just make sure you don't cause them too much trouble."

Of course!

Ye Qingqing said confidently, "Father, don't worry, am I that kind of person?"

Li Chunyan, listening nearby, was deeply moved.

"Second daughter, do you think we can really open a shop? In town?"

Opening a shop in town was something she wouldn't have dared to dream of before; it would have taken a lot of skill to do it!

"Why not?"

Ye Qingqing raised an eyebrow and said with a smile,

"I've already planned this out, there's definitely no problem."

You all saw how much silver we made from silver-whiskered carp and ground pears today.

As long as the products are good, there's no need to worry about finding buyers. Plus, Aunt Zhen is helping us find a shop, so we should be able to get started quickly.

"Second sister..."

Ye Cuicui secretly tugged at her sleeve and asked in a low voice with a hint of suspicion,

"Second sister, that soap you mentioned... can it really be sold for money?"

"Be confident, and get rid of that 'ma'!"

Ye Qingqing chuckled, raising an eyebrow triumphantly, and said, "Just you wait and see, the things I'm going to make in the future won't be limited to soap..."

Let me put it this way, our shop has a ton of things to sell!

"Third girl, what time is it? Even if you don't trust me and Dad, do you think you won't trust your second sister?"

Li Chunyan glared at Ye Cuicui, then pouted and said, "Without your second sister, would our family be able to afford chicken, duck, fish, and meat every day? Everything you wear and everything you adorn, wasn't it all earned by your second sister?"

Ye Cuicui blushed and quickly lowered her head, muttering, "I know, sister-in-law, I know! I am, I am..."

She's never run a business before, she's just worried about not being able to sell them, so she's asking around!

"Cuicui, I also think your second sister is right."

Even Ye Dali, who had been focused on driving, couldn't help but turn around and say, "If it weren't for our second daughter, would we be living like this?"