Ye Yinhua pulled her: "Mother... a brick house is so prestigious! It will make my brother proud when he gets married, and it will also make Grandma proud when she comes to our house."

Mrs. Wei pursed her lips; that was indeed true...

But since it wasn't up to her to decide, she nodded and said, "That's true."

Ye Erquan grinned from ear to ear upon hearing this.

Grandpa Liu was even happier: "Then let's pay a deposit first."

Ye Caiping raised an eyebrow: "Wait a minute. Sir, we're buying so many bricks, you have to give us a discount, right? Where else can you find such a big customer like us?"

Grandpa Liu's face stiffened for a moment: "Yes, yes, how about this, I'll give each of you another 500 bricks!"

Ye Erquan was very happy.

Ye Caiping raised an eyebrow: "500 bricks, that's only 250 coins, right? Do you really think I'm stupid!"

"Well... young lady, what do you want?" Aunt Liu stepped forward with a smile.

"Give me a 20% discount!"

What does 20% off mean?

"Give us a 20% discount!"

"What...this, this is unacceptable!" Mr. and Mrs. Liu's expressions changed. "No, no. We'll reduce it by half for you!"

“Reduce it by 15%,” Ye Caiping said. “This order of ours is enough for you to lie low for two or three years, so we have to give you some profit. You’re not the only brick kiln owner in Dashu Town.”

Mr. and Mrs. Liu exchanged a glance. Indeed, let alone such a large order, they found it difficult to even receive ordinary small orders.

After all, in this poor and remote area, how many people are willing to build brick houses? There are only two or three such houses in a whole village.

Grandpa Liu said, "Alright, alright, I'll reduce it by 15%. I'll calculate the price for you again."

Ye Erquan and Old Man Ye were both delighted.

Ye Caiping smiled gently, "15% off, not bad, not bad."

After fiddling with the abacus for a while, Grandpa Liu said, "Young lady, your 50 taels, minus 15%, is 42 taels and 5 qian. This young man originally had 15 taels, now it's 12 taels, 7 qian, and 5 wen."

As he spoke, Grandpa Liu's heart was practically bleeding.

Aunt Liu clutched her chest, feeling like she was suffocating. In the blink of an eye, more than ten taels of silver were gone.

Grandpa Liu took a deep breath: "If it were someone else, we wouldn't offer such a discount. At most, we'd round it down or give away a few hundred bricks."

He was telling the truth. Most people, like Ye Erquan, build on a small plot of land, only four or five acres. Who else, like Ye Caiping, builds such a large house, spending tens of taels of silver at once?

"By the way, you must have bought tiles too, right? We have those too!" Grandpa Liu said expectantly.

He's determined to earn back the ten-odd taels he just lost! Small profits, quick turnover!