"First, tie up the person and lock him away until after the banquet tomorrow, then send him to County Magistrate Shen. You and Ye Er make sure to keep a good watch over him."
"Yes!"
Following that, Fugui and Tieshu, along with several others, assisted Ye Yi and the rest in binding the person.
Ye Ziping, however, did not give up and continued to scream wildly, "Ye Ziāan, you little bastard, you dare to bind me? Donāt forget, your mother is also my mother. I am your brother! Now you live in such a fine place, and you still have the audacity to drive your own mother and elder brother out of the village. You unfilial son!"
"Still spewing such insolent words? It seems you werenāt beaten enough!" Unbeknownst to them, Yang Chuxia had already come down from the upper floor. "Linhao, give him another thrashing, use the āDog-Beating Staff Techniqueā I taught you!" Whatever the āDog-Beating Staff Techniqueā was, it was just a set of boxing techniques she had created herself, whimsically stealing the name from the famous staff technique.
"Alright! But cousin-in-law, after this beating, heāll really become a dog," Luo Linhao quipped, casually picking up a rose branch with thorns from beside a flower bed.
Yang Chuxia, however, let out a cold snort, "He is already a scavenging cur, itās only fitting to greet him with the Dog-Beating Staff Technique!"
"Haha, indeed, running around all day long, isnāt that just the behavior of a scavenging cur?"
Luo Linhao, having come to Yangshu Village, had heard quite a bit about the atrocities Ms. Hua Junior and her two sons had committed against Ye Ziāan. Especially when he learned that his cousinās accomplishments and even his leg were ruined by these people, he wished he could drag them out and beat them up on the spot.
Now that he had the chance, why would he hold back?
But soon he called out, "This person used to be an eunuch?"
The thieves who had come with him to the Ye Family had an epiphany, realizing he was a cripple. No wonder he only drank in the brothels.
"Thatās enough, gag his mouth and lock him up once youāre done, so we donāt have to look at the eyesore."
"Got it."
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"I never thought it would really be him!" After going upstairs and checking on the two treasures who were still fast asleep, Yang Chuxia then spoke to Ye Ziāan.
"Hatred narrows the eyes."
Ye Ziāan snorted, thinking to himself that this time the man should indeed not be able to get out. Looking at the spot where he had just hid, it seemed he wanted to rush toward the lodge. The children were upstairs, and if he had managed to rush up there, he probably would have tried to hurt the children.
Such a malignant tumor had to be kept in prison this time; incidents like this must not happen again.
"Itās late, letās sleep for now, we can talk about this tomorrow."
"Okay."
The next day, the first cry to wake everyone up was still Yangyangās loud wailing. With Ye Ziāan by her side, Yang Chuxia usually slept deeply and was quite lazy, just like now with Yangyang crying on the bed, she felt no desire to get up at all.
It wasnāt until Ye Ziāan placed the child in her arms that she opened her eyes and glanced at her son gulping down his food.
Once Yangyang was full, they switched to the other one. However, the moment she looked into Leleās grape-like black eyes, she suddenly couldnāt fall asleep anymore, and mother and son just looked at each other.
Gradually, Yang Chuxia found laughter in little Leleās eyes.
"Brother An, Iām starting to look forward to the day they call me āMommyā."
Two soft, adorable little buns, chasing after her, calling for āMommyā with their milky voices. The thought alone was heart-melting.
"How old do children have to be to start talking?" Ye Ziāan asked, hearing this.
Both of them were stumped by the question.
"Eight months, one year? Two years?"
As first-time parents, there were too many things they did not know.
Mama Li, who was in the outer room, heard and chuckled, "Young master, mistress, some children start talking early, around seven or eight months, while others may not speak until they are one or two years old."
"Then how long until they can walk?"