Chapter 152 Owe so much debt

In the evening, the sun has not yet set.

A group of people were chatting under the banyan tree.

Some people were playing dominoes, some were watching others playing dominoes, some were smoking water pipes or chatting, it was very lively.

Ye Xiniu and a few friends had just sat down when Liu Decai came over and said, "Hey, Xiniu, Daqiang, what's going on in your workshop? Have you been paid?"

Ye Xiniu got angry when he heard this: "You keep talking nonsense, our workshop is fine! It's all because of you that I went to Caiping and made me look like a nobody."

"How did I cause trouble? I'm just telling the truth." Liu Decai spread his hands and sat on the raised roots of the banyan tree.

"Come on." Chen Daqiang said, "Let's not talk about whether the goods can be sold or not. Even if they are really sold out, she is still in the village and her house is still there. Even if we sell her house, we can get our wages back."

Liu Decai rubbed the space between his toes and said, "How silly! Do you know what the ingredients of her bag are?"

Ye Xiniu frowned: "It's just some medicinal herbs!"

He didn't know the names of those medicinal herbs, he only knew that when the herbs were delivered to him, he had to grind them into powder.

"Several of those medicinal herbs are particularly expensive. The reason why Hu La Tang is called Hu La Tang is because there is an ingredient called pepper. They are very expensive." As he spoke, Liu Decai lowered his voice.

Ye Xiniu was startled: "Is it white, small and round?"

"Yes, this thing is very expensive! Count it, how much did you grind?"

Ye Xiniu was confused for a moment. He could not read, but he could count. He is a pepper grinder. The weight I’ve ground these days alone is at least five or six hundred kilograms!

"Besides this, there are several other very expensive ones." Liu Decai didn't know what other herbs were in the package except pepper, so he started to talk nonsense. "I see that the cost of the goods she has stored in the warehouse must be at least five or six hundred taels!"

"She had already spent the two hundred taels she had swindled from Li Jiaojiao. Where did she get the money to buy more goods?"

Ye Xiniu and others were stunned.

Chen Daqiang stuttered, "Isn't she selling spicy soup at a stall?"

"Tsk tsk, how much money can a small stall make! Earning two or three taels a month is already the best! If it was so easy to make money, she wouldn't have suddenly opened a workshop."

Ye Xiniu asked impatiently: "What do you mean?"

"I mean... she must have borrowed the money to buy the goods. But she can't sell her goods now! When the creditors come to her house, they will take her house first! Where will you get your wages?"

Ye Xiniu, Chen Daqiang and others' expressions changed slightly.

Liu Decai said, "I don't know what you are thinking. A woman should stay at home to cook and take care of the children, but she is trying to learn from others to open a workshop and do business! You are still making trouble with her."

"Besides, she is a boaster. When she was in the Li family, she coaxed her family members around and made them work like slaves for her."

After saying that, Liu Decai withdrew his hand from rubbing between his toes and blew on it.

Ye Xiniu's face changed when he heard this: "What do you mean?"

"That's exactly what I said above! I was just reminding you kindly."

After saying that, Liu Decai stood up, turned around and left.

The Liu family and Ye Caiping's family had a grudge against each other, so there was no way the workshop would want him to work there. Of course, he didn't sign up at the time.

Seeing Ye Caiping's thriving life, Liu Decai was very angry and made all kinds of malicious speculations about Ye Caiping.

Yes, he was telling the truth! For a woman, setting up a stall is already the limit, how can she open a workshop? You will definitely lose everything!

Lai Pozi, who was not far away, was gloating.

It turns out that shrew built such a big workshop by borrowing money? Now that we can’t sell the goods, we’re going to suffer huge losses!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Lai became excited.

Fortunately, her husband Lai Zi didn't marry her, otherwise he would have been killed by her!

Ye Xiniu returned home feeling very uncomfortable.

He was a man who couldn't hold back his words, and during dinner, he told his family what Liu Decai had said.

His father and mother said nothing, but his two sons kept agreeing with him.

His wife Liu said, "There isn't much farm work to do now anyway. If others can do it, you can do it too. Be patient and wait and see for a while. If you really can't get paid next month, it won't be too late to leave."

Ye Xiniu slammed the table fiercely: "Listen to what stupid things you are saying."

"Can't I work for her for another month for free? If I had that much time, I could earn twenty cents a day carrying heavy bags in town!"

The more Ye Xiniu thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He finished the wine in his hand, turned around and went to look for Chen Daqiang and a few other good friends.

…

Early that morning, Ye Caiping asked Ye Daquan to take her to the provincial capital.

"Are you going to buy something, little sister?" Ye Daquan drove a ox cart on the village road.

"I went up the mountain yesterday and dug some ginseng." Ye Caiping whispered.

"Ah? Are there so many ginsengs on the mountain?" Ye Daquan was stunned. Last year, his younger sister dug up a young ginseng, and later Li Jiaojiao dug up another one.

Now my little sister has found it again!

"Yeah. I dug three!"

"How much?" Ye Daquan almost rolled off the ox cart, his eyes almost popped out in shock.

"Three! Really three, okay? Now let's go to the city to sell them." As she spoke, she lifted the cover of the basket, revealing three old ginsengs.

Ye Daquan finally came back to his senses from his stuttering and hissed, "Oh my God! It's true... How lucky I am! Three came at once. But it's a pity that they are all sold out, how about leaving one for yourself?"

Ye Caiping touched her chin and said, "Exchange it for money first. I'll keep it for next time I dig it up."

Ye Daquan almost rolled off the car again, "Will I dig it up next time? Is this Niutou Mountain a ginseng nest? No, no, I will go up the mountain to dig tomorrow!"

Ye Caiping laughed.

When she arrived in the city, Ye Caiping sold the three ginseng roots to three different medicine shops and earned one thousand and fifty taels in the end.

Ye Caiping took out a fifty-liang silver note and stuffed it into Ye Daquan's hand: "This is for my errand fee, big brother."

"I don't want it." Ye Daquan stuffed the money back into her hand.

Ye Caiping stuffed it again.

Ye Daquan stuffed it back.

Ye Caiping was speechless, and finally had to buy a set of ready-made clothes and a pair of boots for him and Mrs. Du.

Ye Daquan was so happy that he grinned: "When Yong'er gets married, I will wear this new dress."

It was almost noon when the ox cart returned to the town.

Ye Caiping came to Shunkelou.

Shopkeeper Chi was standing in front of the counter, counting on his abacus. When he saw her, he said, "Miss Shen is here again. She's upstairs!"

"Oh." Ye Caiping nodded and took out a bowl of sago from the basket: "Send it up."

What we sent today is coconut milk, raspberry and sago, and it was made yesterday.

Her space can keep things fresh, whatever you put in will look the same when you take it out.

So the tapioca pearls won’t become mushy.

"Aren't you going to deliver it yourself?" Shopkeeper Chi knew that Ye Caiping wanted to ask Miss Chen for something.

"No. I'll go back first!"

"Wait a minute." Shopkeeper Chi said, "I've thought about it. I won't use that spicy soup seasoning packet. You should just make the supply directly!"

Although he could earn more by using the ingredient packages, his business is doing well now and he doesn't need to rely on this to make money. Direct supply tastes better and saves time, and can help restaurants retain customers.

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Okay. How much do you want?"

"Let's do it the same as before! We need the goods tomorrow."

"no problem."