Shen Zhiyan said, "I'm sorry, Madam Ye, I don't need your help."

Ye Caiping glanced at his fish basket; there wasn't even a single shrimp in it.

She felt he needed everything!

Ye Caiping's eyes lit up; she had already come up with a solution.

Thinking about it, she turned and left.

Shen Zhiyan was surprised that she was so sensible, but she didn't take the small matter to heart.

Pull down the brim of your hat and keep fishing.

When Ye Caiping returned to the Shen family's gate, she asked the servant to call Shen Manman.

The servant, seeing that the person in the morning was brought by his young mistress, agreed to deliver the message.

After a while inside, the servant came out and said, "Miss wants you to come in."

"Thank you, sir."

Ye Caiping followed Xiao Si to the Shen family garden.

Shen Manman and Xiao Qiu were swinging on the swing when they saw her and stopped: "Auntie, why are you back? Didn't we tell you to look for that young master?"

"I've already looked. I wanted to ask, does your brother go fishing there every day?"

Shen Manman covered her mouth with a handkerchief, laughing hysterically: "My brother? Hehehe..."

Ye Caiping was stunned by the laughter. Had Miss Shen been possessed by chicken essence? Hehehe.

"Miss Shen?"

"Cough cough..." Shen Manman finally managed to stop laughing. "Yes. He goes there to fish every day after lunch. But his skills are terrible..."

He lowered his voice and said, "Since he started fishing, I've only eaten fish twice, the biggest of which was a tiny fry only two fingers wide."

Ye Caiping: "..."

Shen Manman added, "Our lunch time is 11:45 PM."

"Thank you, Miss Shen. I'll head back now." Having the time will make things much easier.

Watching Ye Caiping's retreating figure, Shen Manman waved her handkerchief and said, "You should work hard."

...

On Niutou Mountain—

Ye Yong and Hu Xiuxiu were groping around in the grass, almost turning the mountain upside down.

Hu Xiuxiu plopped down on the grass: "Brother Yong, we've been searching for ages, and we haven't even found a single ginseng root. Where's the ginseng nest we were promised?"

Ye Yong wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking speechless.

He took a day off to move today.

Unexpectedly, his father suddenly pulled them aside and said mysteriously that Niutou Mountain was a ginseng nest, and told them to go up the mountain and search for it.

After finishing the morning's work, they still had to finish the afternoon's, leaving them speechless.

"The sun is about to set, let's go home!" Ye Yong picked up the basket on his back, which was full of pig feed.

Hu Xiuxiu also carried her own basket, but it was only half full; Ye Yong had taken half of it to his side.

The two held hands, smiled at each other, and slowly descended the mountain.

When they returned to Ye Caiping's house, Ye Caiping had already come back.

Ye Caiping said, "Why is it so late?"

Ye Yong sighed, "Father told me to keep an eye out, maybe we can find some ginseng."

Ye Caiping laughed when she heard this, thinking that Niutou Mountain was a ginseng farm.

"This is the last bus," came Du's voice from outside.

Ye Caiping and Ye Yong hurriedly walked out of the hanging flower gate, where they saw Ye Daquan and his wife, along with Jinhua, carrying things in one by one through the gate. Erquan and Wei Shi were also helping.

Ye Caiping wanted to lend a hand, but Ye Daquan stopped her.

Grandma Ye opened a small room next to the main gate and put all of Ye Daquan's family's odds and ends inside.

Despite the large house and yard full of stuff, there's actually not much to move.

Apart from Ye Daquan's wedding bed and the new furniture in Ye Yong's room, most of the beds, wardrobes, tables, and chairs were broken and dilapidated, so they were simply discarded.

As for the rooms, Jin Hua and Ye Daquan, the couple, both stayed in the west wing.

Ye Yong and his wife moved to the back of the outer courtyard, saying that it was next to the main gate and they could open the door immediately if anyone called.

Ye Xuan's belongings were also moved next to Ye Yong and his wife.

That evening, everyone from the first and second wives' families ate at Ye Caiping's house.

After dinner, the whole family gathered in the yard, chatting away, creating a warm and lively atmosphere.

Ye Caiping smiled, went back to her room, and got to work!

She took out flour, brown sugar, eggs, half a pound of shrimp paste, and oil, and put them into a large bowl.

Then mix them together with chopsticks.

In her past life, she had a major client who was a fisherman. To secure the order, she spent some time in the fishing community.

She knows a little about baiting and preparing fish food.

After preparing the bait, she put it into her spatial storage. She stretched, went to the courtyard, and sat down next to Old Lady Ye.

"Little sister, this is for you." Madam Du took out five taels of silver and placed it in Ye Caiping's hand.

"What's this for?"

"This is the food. We live here, we can't expect you to feed us."

Mrs. Du knew that Ye Caiping's family ate well, with white rice and meat at every meal. She couldn't possibly ask her younger sister to cater to their tastes and eat worse!

So she gave each person an ounce of food, plus her chickens also came over, and they could collect eggs every day to eat, so that was about enough.

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Last time when my second brother built a house, I provided meals for his family. Now that my eldest brother is building a house, I won't provide meals for the helpers anymore, but eldest brother and sister-in-law, you don't need to pay me for meals either."

Du said, "How can they be the same? Back then, the second son's family didn't have any money. Now we have twenty-four taels a month! It's not a big deal."

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Then I'll accept it."

He then took it.

Grandma Ye thought for a moment and said, "Eldest son, you can't let the second son's family know about the food you're providing for Caiping. You don't want to embarrass her."

Regardless of the current situation, Ye Caiping genuinely provided meals and assistance to Ye Erquan when he built his house. Both Ye Erquan and Mrs. Wei were very grateful to Ye Caiping.

The reason Du is providing meals now is because she has plenty of money and is shrewd.

But when word got back to the other side that Du was providing meals separately, the second wife was afraid that she would feel bad and come back to pay back the money she had spent on meals for the helper back then.

But we've already helped and expressed our gratitude. Now they're eagerly trying to repay the money, calculating so meticulously, which isn't really appropriate.

Ye Caiping said, "What Mother said makes sense."

After thinking for a moment, Madam Du understood and grinned, "Don't I know? Jinhua, Xiuxiu, you can't tell anyone, understand?"

Ye Jinhua and Hu Xiuxiu nodded quickly.

"It's getting late, everyone should go back to their rooms and rest," said Grandma Ye.

Everyone got up and went back to their rooms, chatting and laughing.

Just as Ye Yong and Xiuxiu exited the hanging flower gate, Ye Caiping caught up, pulled Hu Xiuxiu aside, and whispered:

"Building your house will take at least three months. During that time, you..."

Hu Xiuxiu's face turned bright red: "I...I understand, I won't be with Brother Yong for a while..."

The young couple had agreed beforehand that she couldn't get pregnant during this period. Otherwise, the construction of the house would have to be stopped halfway through.

Ye Caiping felt it was too difficult for the young couple, but they had to endure it as newlyweds. She smiled and said, "It doesn't necessarily mean they have to sleep separately, just pay attention to the timing. The first seven days and the last eight days of your period are safer."

Hu Xiuxiu was taken aback: "There's such a saying?"

"Yes, the doctors all know."

"Okay, thank you, Auntie..." Hu Xiuxiu was so embarrassed that she wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground.

"Go back quickly! Haha."