Pea also stretched her neck hard behind the young lady, drooling greedily.

Ye Mengmeng was secretly amused, grabbed a chicken leg from the plate and threw it to the little girl.

"Well, eat, don't look like that."

Pea snatched the chicken leg and his eyes glowed like a wolf.

"Miss, this ...... Is this a reward for slaves and maidservants? ”

"Yes!"

"Woo, miss, you're so good, you're simply a slave's reconstituted parent!" After speaking, he took a vicious bite and bit off half of the chicken leg.

Ye Mengmeng: ......

This kid, a chicken leg doesn't even recognize his father and mother?? I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it.

"Pea, do you have something to offer? As for gluttony, is it so exaggerated? Let others see that my master will be very shameless. ”

"Blind, miss, who will pay attention? Everyone is too busy eating to take care of it. Pea muttered as she nibbled on the chicken legs.

"......" Ye Mengmeng smiled bitterly, this is true, Pea is not exaggerating at all. In addition to paying attention to the dishes in front of them, who will pay attention to their masters and servants?

"Pea, why do I think you haven't eaten big meat in months?"

"Uh-huh!" Pea nodded vigorously. Isn't it?

"Really?"

"Miss, don't you know?" Maybe it's because the young lady has a good temper, and Pea is speaking more and more boldly. "On weekdays, even the masters can only eat some meat and melon vegetables, and it would be good for us slaves and maids to smell a little broth."

"Why is that?" Ye Mengmeng is very strange. "Haven't I eaten meat in a long time?" She didn't think much of that, at least she didn't feel particularly hungry.

"Miss, you're different." Pea sucked her finger.

"How is it different?"

"Miss, you have fish in your meal. In the past, when Sister Hongdou was there, she could still eat the meat scraps left by the young lady, and the slave maid was just a third-class girl, and she couldn't even smell the leftover soup. "Pea is wronged.

"So that's the case......" Ye Mengmeng nodded and understood. You mean, the whole province is vegetarian, and I'm the only one who has meat to eat? ”

"It seems like this......

"Uh...... All right! Ye Mengmeng was a little embarrassed. It seems that the husband and wife of the Hou Ye really take the original owner seriously. "What about the third lady? Is she also a vegetarian? ”

"Third Miss, she ...... Most of the time she doesn't eat in the house, she eats in the shop. ”

"Oh...... Peas, do you know why you can't eat meat? ”

Pea scratched her head, she was just a little girl, where did she know what the reason was?

Ye Mengmeng asked again: "How long has this been the case?" ”

"This ...... It should be two or three months, right? ”

"Two or three months?"

Ye Mengmeng frowned. The book says that the Hou Mansion is a big family of the Hou family, extremely wealthy, and very influential in the capital, otherwise it would not be possible to marry the prince's family.

Before Ye Jingjing entered the palace, the Hou Mansion did have a period of relatively tense time, but as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, no matter how difficult it is, it won't be so poor that you can't smell meat for a few months?

It's so weird!

Also feeling strange is Shizi Ye Chengxuan.

Looking at the looted dishes in the flower hall, and watching the younger siblings gobble up one by one, his face was as black as black ink.

"Dad, mother, what's going on?"

Ye Chengxuan asked. He remembered that when he left last year, the Hou Mansion was still rich in rice and meat, but after a year, it would become a ...... when he came back That's it?

"It's okay, son, there's nothing, your brother and sister are in a good mood to see you coming back......

Hou Ye's old face was red. If he knew that these rabbit cubs were so unproductive, he shouldn't have promised the three girls to hold a reception banquet yesterday......

Wen glanced at her husband, sighed and said, "Master, just tell Xuan'er, this matter can't be hidden after all." ”

Ye Chengxuanhu said suspiciously: "What are you hiding from me?" ”

Hou Ye scratched his ears and cheeks for a long time, knowing that he couldn't hide today, he glanced around, and said in a low voice: "Son, you go into the house with your father and mother to talk in detail." ”

Ye Chengxuan nodded and followed his father into the hut next to him.

Ye Mengmeng, who was not far away, watched this scene, and with a thought, he handed the other two chicken legs in the bowl to the peas.

"Sister paper, take it and eat it slowly, I'm a little bored, go out for a walk."

Pea hurriedly grabbed the chicken thigh, and nodded like garlic: "Okay, okay, Miss, you can go." ”

Ye Mengmeng got up and walked out of the flower hall, stayed in the corridor for a while, looked around and saw no one, so she tiptoed to the window of the cottage next to her.

With a little saliva on his fingers, he poked a hole in the window paper, and there was a faint sound of talking coming from inside.

“…… Son, Daddy is sorry for you, I originally planned to leave you a rich mansion, so that you and the Mengmeng brothers and sisters have no worries about food and clothing, who would have thought ...... Alas, Daddy will tell you the truth, now the Hou Mansion is an empty shell, and even the three meals a day are almost difficult to maintain......"

"How is this possible?" Ye Chengxuan's face turned pale and became emotional. "Aren't there fields, villages, and shops in the house? How can it be said that tens of thousands of taels of silver have come into the account in a year, why is it like this? ”

"That ......" Hou Ye didn't dare to look at his son's eyes, lowered his head, and snorted, "Son, in addition to this mansion, there is only one Zhuangzi and one shop left, and the rest of the Zhuangzi and shops are ...... It's all ...... Already ......"

"What's going on?" Ye Chengxuan asked.

Wen sighed and said, "Son, your father can't say it, let's talk about it from my mother." What kind of Zhuangzi and shop do you expect, you were lost by your father half a year ago...... Lost! ”

"What? Lost? Ye Chengxuan's voice almost toppled the roof.

"Oh, son, you keep your voice quiet, don't let Mengmeng hear it......"

In fact, Ye Mengmeng, who was eavesdropping outside the window, was surprised to the same extent as Ye Chengxuan. The dignified Hou Mansion is so poor, it turns out that the Hou Ye gambled and lost the money and exported the industry?

This really made Ye Mengmeng never expect.

Although Hou Ye has no ambitions, he has an easy-going personality, since marrying his wife, he has not entered any entertainment venues for decades, and Ye Mengmeng doesn't know when he became addicted to gambling. This point is not explained in the book.

"Daddy, I don't believe it, you never gamble, how can you lose so much silver? Also, you said that your family is so poor that you can't open the pot, so where will you get the money to buy a banquet today? Ye Chengxuan was very excited. was originally a rich and powerful son, but he was suddenly told that he became a poor man, and no one could accept this.

"This ......," Hou Ye's face turned even redder. The money for the feast to-day...... It's your third sister who ......"

Ye Chengxuan stood upright, staring at his parents with gloomy eyes, his chest rising and falling violently.