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Chapter 03 The Only Way

Yang Lin was stunned for a long time, letting Ye Xiaotian's ankle go, and slowly said, "When I was in power, I was in power, as if the Guanyin who would respond to his requests. Whenever someone came to ask me, he would always return with satisfaction, but he could not ask God for a son for himself."

"Maybe it's because I've done too many things. In my later years, I have built bridges and roads, donated education to help the disabled, and donated a lot of money for indulgence and oil to the temple. I have been accumulating good deeds, but I still can't get a son. I have no choice but to adopt one from my tribe."

Yang Lin sighed melancholy and said, "But he is not my own flesh and blood after all. I have only given birth to one daughter in my life. Her mother is my concubine and has never been favored by my wife. I am worried that the wife will be unscrupulous after her death and will make things difficult for them."

Ye Xiaotian said in confusion: "What does Lord Yang mean?"

Yang Lin choked and said, "My daughter is well-behaved, smart, handsome and cute. I hate that I only cared about the power and position at that time, and never endured the joy of my knees. Now I regret it. I violated the laws and regulations of the country, and of course I have no choice but to die, but now the only thing I care about is this daughter."

He slowly set his eyes on Ye Xiaotian and said, "I want to write a book. Please pass it to my husband's house and let them divide the property according to my husband's wishes, leave a dowry for the little girl, so that she can keep her food and clothing safe for her whole life. Are you willing?"

Ye Xiaotian said in surprise: "Is this the big thing that the master said?"

Yang Lin nodded solemnly and said, "Not bad! I have been in charge of power for the rest of my life, and have been greedy for money for the rest of my life. Only when I die will finally understand what is the most important thing for me, this is the most important thing in my heart!"

Ye Xiaotian said with a sigh: "Let me! I don't want to pay for fifty taels of silver. I should do such good deeds. Of course, it's better to have money, haha! But... Since it involves dividing the property, I'm a red mouth and white teeth. I'm afraid no one will believe it if I say it out. You need to leave a letter as evidence and wait for me to get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

Yang Lin said gratefully: "Okay! I live in Jingzhou Prefecture, Huguang Road. As long as you deliver this letter to me, the reward of fifty taels of silver will be a lot!"

Ye Xiaotian suddenly glared at his eyes and said in surprise: "Jingzhou Prefecture, Huguang Road? From what you said, this place should not be in Beijing, right?"

Yang Lin glanced at him strangely and said, "Jingzhou Prefecture is Jingzhou Prefecture, of course it is not in Beijing City, why?"

If you are not in Beijing, where is it? Ye Xiaotian, who has grown so big, has only reached Tongzhou, and immediately saw a scene of the wild world in "Shan Hai Jing". He shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, that's not possible. If I leave the boundary of Beijing, I can't find the north."

Yang Lin intercepted and said, "Five hundred taels! I give you a reward of five hundred taels, how about it? This is the money you will never earn in your life!"

"Five hundred taels..." Ye Xiaotian was moved, but this struggle lasted for only a moment, and then he shook his head resolutely. He wanted to go to Huguang to deliver a letter, Huguang! In this era of inconvenient transportation and inconvenient communication, it sounds as if it is as far away as the world...

For Ye Xiaotian, who has never left Beijing, this is a fear that makes him feel confused from the bottom of his heart as soon as he hears it. He hesitated for a moment, but refused to say, "It's too far away. Why not wait for your family to come to Beijing and I'll hand it over..."

Yang Lin smiled miserably and said, "I have been in prison for three years. Since I learned that I can't go out again, no one has ever been to my family. I have always had a distant relationship with my wife. If I waited for her to arrange for someone to come to transport my coffin from thousands of miles away, I don't know when I will go."

When Ye Xiaotian heard the four words "Thousand Miles Away", he refused to agree. He shook his head and said, "Xiaotian is not done, Lord Yang, please ask Gao Ming."

Yang Lin said: "Who else can I ask for? Are there any good people in this huge prison?"

Ye Xiaotian's face suddenly froze.

Yang Lin sighed: "These criminals in the prison often use some money for your prisoners to buy food and food. I watched coldly, and all the prisoners next to me were deducted, or used inferior products as good or were greedy for money. Only you are the most serious, and although you are greedy for profit, you do not traitor, so only you can believe it."

Ye Xiaotian shook his head and said, "Sir, I've walked a little far away from this door. Xiaotian, I'm just a little loach in the pond in front of my house. I've never seen any storms. I really can't do this, boy, so I'll say goodbye!"

Ye Xiaotian bowed his hand and turned around and left. Yang Lin shouted loudly behind him: "Five hundred taels, five hundred taels are enough to make you rich all your life. Are you willing to be a small prison chief for the rest of your life?"

Ye Xiaotian did not look back, but just walked away quickly. From a distance, a Kunqu opera with his words in a straight voice came out: "I was originally a small family bird in the four nine cities, why do you need to soar in the sky to be Kunpeng? Kunpeng doesn't know how good the bird is~~~"

Ye Xiaotian's voice gradually faded away. Yang Lin stood there in a daze, listening to his voice while holding the railing. It took a long time to slowly raise his head, look at the gloomy top, and murmur a long sigh: "Kunpeng, maybe it's really not as good as Yanque..."

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Ye Xiaotian's home is in Xiquzi Hutong, Xuanwu Street. The neighbor on the left is a hereditary executioner. The family also runs a grocery store. The neighbor on the right is a family of offenders. The family also runs a meat shop. The Ye family is sandwiched in the middle, with the smallest lintel.

As soon as he entered the small courtyard and pushed the door open, he saw his old mother, Ye Dou, feeding chickens in the yard with a dustpan. Several old hens clamored and chased the sprinkled bran happily. The big rooster basking in the sun under the wall came over and heard the sound, holding her head up and thrusting her chest aside with domineering force.

Ye Xiaotian greeted my mother and said, "Mom, I'm back."

Ye Dou's face was gloomy and didn't say anything. Ye Xiaotian was slightly surprised. He was about to ask, but suddenly he heard a scream and scolding from the west room. The loud voice was naturally Dad Ye: "You guy can do it! You can't kick anything but three feet, you have such an old idea."

Ye Xiaotian said in surprise: "Mom, who is my father scolding? Is the eldest brother back?"

Ye Dou wanted to speak but stopped, but in the end he just sighed heavily.

Ye Xiaotian quickly said, "I'll go and have a look!"

Ye Xiaotian hurried to the west room, lifted the curtain and saw his father, Old Man Ye, holding a broom and beating his brother Ye Xiaoan with shameless face. Ye Xiaoan curled up on the kang, protecting his head and face, sticking out his butt, neither hiding nor shouting, and letting me whip.

Ye Xiaotian quickly stepped forward to stop his father and persuaded him, "What's wrong? Dad, you are so angry. What can you say to your family? My elder brother has become a family member. Just teach you a few lessons, how can you do it?"

Ye Xiaotian said as he gave a wink to his elder brother. Ye Xiaoan and Ye Xiaotian are twins, with exactly the same appearance, but their expressions are far less agile than Xiaotian. They looked like a simple and honest person. When they saw that their second brother winked at him, Ye Xiaoan hurriedly ran away with his head in his arms.

Ye Xiaotian pulled his angry father, pressed him to the side of the kang, sat with him, held him in love, put his father's shoulder, and said affectionately: "Dad, brother, what can you do to make you angry? Why are you so angry?"

When Lao Ye heard this, he was so angry that he said angrily: "This bastard is so angry that I'm so angry. What do you think he can do? What do you think he can do?"

Ye Xiaotian was obedient and understood a little bit, and asked tentatively: "Why, my brother's rice and noodles workshop is not well managed?"

Lao Ye patted his thigh and said, "Not good? If it's just not good, I'll burn the incense! This bastard cannot do a rice and flour workshop, and he has a lot of famine. He can't open a store anymore. When someone runs, he will sell it out.

Your sister-in-law returned to her parents' home in anger. You said why your brother is so arrogant and can't even keep going on a business. What's even more annoying is that he didn't say anything to me from beginning to end, and he made the decision. Is there anyone else in his eyes like me?"

Ye Xiaotian quickly comforted him: "Dad, what's the point of things? If you are angry, then your brother will be even more sad. When doing business, you always lose money and make money. Otherwise, why don't you go all in business? Don't be angry?"

Old Ye was silent for a moment, sighed heavily, and said slowly: "It doesn't matter whether your father is angry or not. What's important is that your sister-in-law is angry with your brother. Originally, his parents' home is better than ours. This marriage is driven by our family, and your brother is not good at it..."

As Lao Ye spoke, he touched the sad things, and tears faintly appeared in his eyes: "It's your father who is not capable, just this bowl of public rice passed down by his ancestors, who do I give to the two sons? Daddy is thinking, you are smarter and you can't suffer any losses there. I'll leave this prison mission to you.

Just because of this, my father felt that he owed your brother, so he took out all his savings of saving money for the rest of his life, bought a workshop for him, and helped him get married. Dad... I used all the energy my father could do."

Lao Ye choked and tears finally rustled down: "Your brother can't lift his hands and shoulders. It's useless to be honest. This family has no life now. What should I do in the future? It's my father who is incompetent..."

Old Ye covered his face sadly, tears continued to flow from the palm. Ye Xiaoan didn't escape, but squatted outside the curtain and listened. After hearing what his father said, Ye Xiaoan felt miserable and couldn't help crying loudly: "Dad, stop talking, don't blame you, it's your son's incompetence..."

Seeing that his father was crying, Ye Xiaotian's nose felt sore, so he hurriedly held back his tears and said lightly: "Dad, what are you doing? Let the neighbors listen to it and still laugh at our old Ye family? It's easy to deal with this matter. Isn't it enough to let the elder brother take over the jailer's job?"

Old Ye was stunned and shook his head and said, "How could that happen! How could Xiao An cause himself be responsible for your mission?"

Ye Xiaoan also said silly outside the door curtain: "Second brother, this matter cannot be done. Even if you starve to death, you can't steal your brother's job. If your sister-in-law really doesn't live with me, then let her go! I'm incompetent, but I can't lose my conscience!"

Dad Ye beat the kang and roared loudly at the outside: "Shut up! Look, you can do it. Are you capable now? If you have the ability, go and coax my daughter-in-law back in advance! You are a damn thing!"

Ye Xiaoan was timid and was scared by my roar. He hurriedly ran out of the house. After scolding his eldest son, Dad Ye shook his head at Ye Xiaotian again, and his emotions calmed down: "If you can't do this, you can do your best. There is no way out. Your brother, Dad will think of a solution."

Ye Xiaotian smiled carelessly and said, "Dad, what else do you want? Just do what your son said. In fact, when my son comes back today, he is going to tell his father about this. Even if his elder brother's workshop is well run, he still wants to ask his father to serve as a team because his son is going to travel far."

Lao Ye said in surprise: "Let's go far? Where are you going?"

“That’s it…”

Ye Xiaotian told him the cause and effect of the matter and said, "Dad, you think about it. Just sending a letter will benefit from 500 taels of silver. With these 500 taels, my son still needs to point out this public meal? What kind of business can't be done?"

Lao Ye was very moved when he heard this. It was five hundred taels of silver. This was a huge sum of money that could never be imagined in his dreams, but can the small sky succeed in this mountain and water far away?

In today's era, transportation is inconvenient, there is less flow of people, and public security in different places is also different. Traveling far away is a very difficult thing. Many times, going out for a long distance means separation from life and death, and there is no chance to meet again in your life.

Except for refugees who really can't survive, they need to communicate with each other's business. Only officials and scholars who study abroad will leave their hometown. Therefore, although they have 500 taels of silver, if it weren't for such a big deal at home and need some money to fill the famine, Lao Ye would not have considered it at all, but at present...

After hesitating for a while, Old Ye said worriedly: "Son, you have never traveled far away. Can you succeed in such a long way?"

Ye Xiaotian was also worried. He was not only worried about traveling far away, but also reluctant to part with the bowl of public rice he cherished. But seeing the dense wrinkles on his father's face, can he keep his father working hard for the rest of his life continue to make trouble? Besides, the elder brother has reached the point where the couple is separated, can his mother and fellow brother sit still and watch calmly?

Ye Xiaotian said to Old Man Ye with a relaxed look on his face: "Dad, you underestimate your son too much. Isn't it just a letter? Isn't it possible for me to do such a small thing? My son wants to go! To be honest, my son has always disliked the dull places like the Heavenly Prison. This is an opportunity for my son."

Looking at the father's silver hair on his temples, Ye Xiaotian gently held his father's rough big hand and whispered: "Dad, my son always feels that no matter how much money is, there will always be a time to spend it; no matter how big the power is, there will always be an outdated day; even if a family business is huge, a natural disaster will be destroyed.

This person must have some real skills. As long as he has a lot of skills, even if he is naked and loses his hands and fists, he can stand up again after falling down. Just let me go and try it out. If you increase your experience, maybe I will have a great future."

Lao Ye was very relieved when he heard this. Looking at his son's still tender face and the faint hair on his lips, he suddenly felt that his son had really grown up. Unfortunately, Xiao An's child was too honest, otherwise the letter should have been sent by the eldest brother, and now he could only rely on the second brother.

Ye Xiaotian couldn't help feeling relieved when he saw his father being comforted, but when he thought of the address of the Yang Dashang family, he felt nervous again: "Jingzhou Prefecture sounds like it is so far away..."

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