Chapter 301 Can This Be Made Public?

September 11, there are still 4 days left before the results are announced.

Ye Caiping is drawing the latest furniture drawings in the academy.

Shanzi walked in and said, "Madam Ye, are you looking for me?"

"Yes." Ye Caiping said while painting without raising her head, "Go to the Shen family and ask Mr. Shen to see how the matter is going."

Shanzi was confused: "What is it?"

"You said it, and he understood."

Shanzi responded and turned to leave.

Before evening, Shanzi came back, holding a cloth bag in his arms, looking mysterious, and tiptoed in like a thief.

"Ms. Ye...Mr. Shen said that everything is ready and he will be able to arrest people as soon as the fifteenth day is over."

Ye Caiping nodded.

The results would not be announced until September 15th. To avoid causing panic and discussion among the students, Shen Zhiyan agreed with Prefect Qin to arrest people after the results were announced.

Shanzi said mysteriously again: "Also... Mr. Shen will give you a small fish..."

As he spoke, he opened the cloth bag, and inside was a fish basket.

Ye Caiping took it and saw a small quarry in the basket. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and curl her lips.

Speaking of which, it has been a while since Ye Xuan’s banquet last month.

It's a pity that I've been busy with the furniture workshop dealer's business recently, otherwise I would go find a fisherman to cast a few rods and relax.

Ye Caiping said: "You should go out first."

Shanzi breathed a sigh of relief and tried to escape.

I was terrified all the way.

It turns out that this little fish was given to Madam Ye by Mr. Shen.

And just now Madam Ye was conspiring with Mr. Shen to arrest someone or something… Is this little fish conveying some unknown and terrible message?

Shanzi was very scared.

Old Mrs. Ye was sitting in the corridor, she watched Shanzi frown, then walk past in panic, and finally sighed slightly.

She has now evolved to the point where she can tell whether there are small fish by looking at Shanzi's expression!

What’s worrying is that she checked all of Ye Caiping’s connections but still couldn’t find the cat.

Old Mrs. Ye sighed, looked up, and saw Ye Caiping going out with a fishing rod.

Old Lady Ye coughed dryly and asked directly, "Is there anyone sending fish again?"

Ye Caiping's expression froze. Why was her mother so sensitive? After thinking for a while, he said, "Uh... No. I just want to eat fish..."

Old Lady Ye rolled her eyes at her and said, "Last time I saw Shanzi giving you a fish basket! Just now I saw him bringing a cloth bag to you."

Ye Caiping: "Hahaha, Shanzi said last time that he picked it up... The cloth bag just now was not a fish..."

Old Lady Ye sighed, "Okay. There are quite a lot of fish to pick up in the village recently."

The corners of Ye Caiping's mouth twitched.

If I had known this the first time I brought the fish back, she would have just said it directly!

Just because it was not said directly at the time, one lie covered another, and when it was covered too much, it became suspicious.

Ye Caiping came to the door and whispered to Shanzi when she saw him:

"Next time you receive a small fish, don't bring it in for me. Hide it in your room. Ask me to get it later."

Shanzi swallowed and nodded.

It's getting more and more mysterious...

But he already knew that the person who sent the fish was Mr. Shen, and he also heard about the arrest.

Will he be murdered one day?

Panic-stricken Shanzi squatted at the door, wiping his tears, and wanted to tell Yang Ma and Shizi about his funeral arrangements.

The next morning.

Ye Caiping is still drawing the blueprint.

Guixiang walked in: "Madam Ye, Mr. Shen and Miss Shen are here."

Ye Caiping paused with the pen in her hand and said with a smile, "Manman is here."

After saying that, he walked out of the room.

When Old Lady Ye heard that Shen Zhiyan was coming, she was also very happy and came out with Ye Caiping.

At the door.

Jin'er and Huan'er had come out a long time ago and were chatting with Shen Manman.

Today was supposed to be a day off, so there were no classes.

Shen Zhiyan stood aside without saying anything, and when he saw Ye Caiping coming out, he said, "Good morning."

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Hey, why are you here suddenly?"

Shen Zhiyan said: "The red sandalwood has arrived. I thought I had nothing to do, so I delivered it personally."

Ye Caiping looked back and saw a long convoy behind her. They are all tied with rosewood.

This is for making furniture for Shen Zhiyan.

But red sandalwood is precious and there is none in this small Nanzhou, so Shen Zhiyan bought it from outside. It didn't arrive until today.

Ye Caiping walked forward and touched one of the pieces of wood, and said happily, "Good wood."

Shen Zhiyan smiled: “Do you like it?”

"Who wouldn't like such precious wood?"

Old Lady Ye stepped forward and said, “Mr. Shen, Miss Shen, please come in.”

Ye Caiping walked forward and pulled Manman, preparing to enter the house.

"Wait." Shen Zhiyan suddenly turned around, took a fish basket from the carriage, and stuffed it into Ye Caiping's hand: "Here, it's for you."

Ye Caiping: “…”

Old Lady Ye: “…”

Shanzi, who was standing aside, froze in place, took a few breaths, and screamed in his heart. How could this little fish appear in public and in full view of everyone?

Old Mrs. Ye gasped.

Mr. Shen turned out to be the cat? How could that be? This person is the one she dare not even think about!

But people give fish as a gift so naturally, appropriately and openly!

Old Lady Ye was shocked, but also a little happy, and couldn’t help but look at Shen Zhiyan again.

He is in his thirties, about the same age as my daughter. And he is so handsome!

He is also extremely talented, a top scholar.

I heard that he has a good family background...

But the conditions are too good, and it’s a bit hard to judge.

Old Mrs. Ye was delighted and excited, but also a little nervous and flattered.

But no matter how happy she was, Mrs. Ye was still quite sober.

From her perspective, there was something between the two of them...

But she couldn't act on her feelings, and the possibility of misunderstanding was great.

Shen Zhiyan looked at Ye Caiping's stiff face and smiled, "What's wrong?"

Ye Caiping: "Nothing... Thank you, haha!"

Then lower your head.

Old Lady Ye stared at her and said with a smile, "The little fish you had before was also given by the master?"

Shanzi on the side was shaking and his ears were pricked up.

Shen Zhiyan said: "Yeah. I used to send her small fish."

Old Mrs. Ye was delighted: "Why did Mr. Shen send a small fish to Caiping?"

Shen Zhiyan glanced at Ye Caiping and smiled: "A long time ago, she caught a large basket of fish. I robbed her of it. In order to pay her back, I can only keep sending her fish."

"So that's it." Old Mrs. Ye was a little disappointed, but not too disappointed.

Ye Caiping stood there awkwardly: "Um... can the wood be sent directly to the workshop?"

"Um."

"Then..." After thinking for a while, Ye Caiping stuffed the fish basket in her hand into Shanzi's hand and said, "I'll take them there. You guys follow me!"

After saying that, he turned around and went towards the furniture workshop to lead the convoy.

Shen Zhiyan smiled and followed her: “I’ll go take a look too.”

The two men left one after the other, and the convoy carrying timber behind them soon obscured their figures.

Shen Manman pouted and stomped her feet in anger.

I asked him to bring a gift, but he ended up giving people a small fish. It was a good thing he was generous enough to give such a gift.

Look at Aunt Ye’s expression, it’s like she swallowed a fly.

Who likes small fish?

You really have no sense of humor! She was so mad!

Ye Jin'er said, "Sister Man's lips are so pouty that oil can be dripping off them. Do you want to go see the furniture workshop, too?"

"No! What's so good about those woods?" Shen Manman turned her face away, "Let's go see Jinhua. Didn't you say she was going to open an embroidery shop?"

Ye Huan'er said, "Yes. We also invited two embroiderers to come back. Sister Jinhua, Sister Xiaoyan, and the two embroiderers, the four of them are busy at my uncle's house every day, and they don't even have time to eat."

“Let’s go take a look.” After Shen Manman finished speaking, she bowed to Old Lady Ye again: “Grandma Ye, let’s go to Uncle Daquan’s house.”

Old Lady Ye smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead."

As the three girls talked, they walked together towards Ye Daquan's house.

After the others left, Shanzi stepped forward and said, "Old lady, this little fish... is it really just a little fish?"

Old Mrs. Ye was confused by the question: "Yes."

"Not a clue? Or is it related to some shocking conspiracy?"

"What are you thinking about! How did you come up with such a weird thing?"

Shanzi's neck shrank: "It's just...it was always mysterious before..."

Old Mrs. Ye was so angry that she laughed: "You are just a child, you won't understand even if I tell you. Don't worry, it's just a normal little fish! If you send it to her next time, just give it to her openly."

Shanzi breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh."

But I still remain skeptical.

…

Ye Caiping and Shen Zhiyan walked into the workshop one after another.

Rosewood was brought in by the truckloads.

Wang Shuantou, his two sons, and Ye Yong hurried over and gasped, "It's all red sandalwood!"

The best wood their workshop has ever made is nanmu, which is already considered expensive.

This red sandalwood is dozens of times more expensive than nanmu!

Wang Shuantou touched the wood, lovingly saying, "It's red sandalwood... It's worth my life to be able to make a set of furniture with this kind of wood."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone laughed.

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Once our furniture workshop becomes stronger and bigger, we will have the opportunity to make all kinds of wood. Maybe we can even make agarwood and huanghuali wood in the future."

Shen Zhiyan asked, "Do you like agarwood and huanghuali?"

Ye Caiping tilted her head: "I don't have any particular preference for wood. Those two kinds of wood are just more expensive, they are the same to me."

Shen Zhiyan said, "Me too. Even though agarwood and huanghuali are more expensive, I only like red sandalwood."

"Why?"

"No reason. If you really want to know the reason, it's because the name sounds nice, the color is beautiful, and the quality is good... I like it just by looking at it."

Ye Caiping: "Ah, so superficial."

Shen Zhiyan smiled: “Yeah.”

Ye Caiping also laughed: "I am also quite superficial."

Wang Shuantou finished touching the wood and came over: "Cai Ping, what are the dimensions? What kind of furniture do you want to make?"

Ye Caiping was startled: "I forgot to ask someone to measure the size."

Wang Shuantou said, "Then go and measure it now."

His hands were itching to start working right away.

"That's fine." Shen Zhiyan nodded and looked at Ye Caiping: "Let's go together?"

"good."

Wang Shuantou excitedly took Wang Shouqiang and followed Ye Caiping out.

As they walked, Ye Caiping said, "These batches of furniture belong to Mr. Shen. He will provide the wood himself, and I will pay for the labor fee when the time comes."

Wang Shuantou nodded and said, "Ask Wang Neng to calculate the money later."

…

Shen Zhiyan and his daughter only took one carriage.

The wood was pulled by a cart, so Ye Caiping pulled out her own horse-drawn carriage.

Shen Zhiyan and Wang Shuantou and his son took one car, and Ye Caiping took another car by herself, and they slowly headed towards the town.

Two quarters of an hour later, they finally arrived at the gate of the Shen Mansion.

Wang Shuantou and his son jumped out of the car immediately and couldn't wait to go in under the leadership of Duanwu.

Ye Caiping lifted the car curtain, only to see Shen Zhiyan standing in front of her, reaching out his hand to her.

Ye Caiping was slightly startled, but said nothing. She lowered her eyes, gently placed her hand on him, and helped him get out of the car.

Then let go.

"What are you dawdling about here?" Wang Shuantou came around from the other side.

Ye Caiping coughed dryly: "Nothing, let's go!"

As he said that, he quickly walked into the Shen family's gate with Wang Shuantou and Wang Shouqiang.

Shen Zhiyan lowered his eyebrows and chuckled, quickly following them.

…

Sister Ye Jin'er and Shen Manman were in Jinhua's room, doing embroidery with Jinhua and Xiaoyan.

Shen Manman said: "Sister Xiaoyan, you are amazing. I have been learning for ten years, but I am still not as good as you in embroidery."

Xiaoyan laughed as she gave him the acupuncture: "How can they be the same? Manman is just killing time, but I am doing it to make a living."

"When your embroidery shop opens, I will definitely visit it often."

"Thank you very much."

After Shen Manman helped the two embroider a sachet, she felt a little bored: “I wonder if Dad and Aunt Ye have finished visiting the furniture workshop.”

Jinhua smiled and said, "Why don't you go look for it?"

Shen Manman quickly put down her needle and thread, and took Sister Ye Jiner away with a smile.

When I returned to Ye Caiping's house, I didn't see the two of them.

Ye Jin'er saw Old Lady Ye sewing shoe soles in the corridor, so she walked up to her and asked, "Grandma, where are Mr. Shen and my mother?"

"Your mother and Mr. Shen came out of the furniture workshop a long time ago. They said they wanted to measure the dimensions, so they went to town with Grandpa Shuantou and Uncle Shouqiang."

Shen Manman stamped her feet, it was a wasted trip!

She thought they would come back after taking a walk around the furniture workshop, but unexpectedly, they disappeared again. And bring two grown men along!

Now not only does Dad and Aunt Ye have nowhere to go, but I also have nowhere to go!

Shen Manman sighed quietly, feeling depressed.

"Woof!" At this time, two little yellow dogs ran over, wagging their tails around Shen Manman, and one of them was holding a small wooden ball.

This is Ye Caiping's family dog. The last time I brought it home from Liu Dali's house, it has been more than four months old.

"Wow!" Shen Manman was so happy that her eyes and eyebrows were smiling, and she became happy again, "Da Huang and Xiao Huang have grown a lot."

Shen Manman took the wooden ball and threw it out: "Go find it! Wow, so cool!"

Shen Manman and Ye Huaner were playing with the dog there, giggling.

Ye Jin'er sat next to Old Lady Ye and watched them play.

Old Lady Ye looked at Shen Manman and found her very rare. She was smart, polite, pretty, and not arrogant at all.

While inserting the needle, she pretended to say casually:

“This Miss Shen either comes by herself or comes with Mr. Shen. She has never met Miss Shen’s mother?”

In fact, she had heard about Shen Zhiyan's situation. She didn't know whether Mrs. Shen was dead or something. Anyway, Mr. Shen was alone at the moment.

I was afraid I had heard it wrong, so I wanted to confirm it.

Ye Jiner lowered her voice: “Sister Man said that her mother and Mr. Shen have divorced.”

"It's a divorce! I'll let it go... Well, so that's how it is." He looked regretful.