Ye Caiping looked at Zhao Fan and nodded with a smile.

That year, the Hulatang workshop expanded into the braising sauce business, and its net profit increased from one thousand taels per month to more than four thousand taels.

Zhao Fan has been promoted to general manager and has already hired two more accountants.

As for the secret recipe for the ratio of hot and sour soup to braising spices, she entrusted it to the servant she had hired.

These people's lives and their families' lives are in her hands.

The same applies to glass workshops.

Only furniture workshops need her blueprints and periodic updates.

Everything is back on track.

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Alright, let's leave it at that. Everyone, go back now!"

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, everyone left.

Ye Caiping put down her teacup. At that moment, Ye Bajin walked in and said, "Sister Caiping."

"What's wrong?"

"Hehe, I've been working at the spicy soup workshop for almost two years now, and I'm thinking... could I resign?"

Ye Bajin has always been guarding the warehouse at the Hulatang workshop. Even after his family became wealthy, he continued to work.

Ye Caiping smiled and nodded: "Of course, it's not hard for me to recruit someone."

Ye Bajin breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Thank you, Sister Caiping. I'll go back and drive the oxcart now!"

Ye Caiping said, "I thought you wanted to be a surveyor in a furniture workshop or glass workshop, just like Sanquan and Siquan."

Whether it's furniture or glass, many orders require custom sizes, which means someone needs to take measurements. Ye Sanquan, Siquan, and others did that.

Ye Bajin scratched his head and chuckled, "Hehe, I'm not ambitious. I prefer to be like before, driving an oxcart every day, taking the villagers in and out. That's what makes me happy."

Ye Caiping laughed and said, "What ambitions or not, just be happy. However, now that the bridge is open, the road to the town is two-thirds shorter, so your business may not be as good."

"Haha, no problem. I can take them to the county! I'll only charge one coin per person."

Seeing him happy, Ye Caiping also smiled.

After Ye Bajin left, Shen Zhiyan walked over and asked, "Are you free this afternoon?"

Ye Caiping put down her teacup: "Yes, what's wrong?"

"Shall we go fishing?"

"Great!" Ye Caiping exclaimed happily. "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten that you're a fisherman. Come to think of it, you haven't fished since we came back."

Shen Zhiyan sat down beside her and nodded, "Mm."

"Didn't you used to get restless if you didn't go fishing for a day?" Ye Caiping casually handed her her teacup.

Shen Zhiyan took a sip from her hand and looked at her with a smile: "Wild chrysanthemum?"

"Um."

"It tastes good."

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "That's right. I only gave it to you because I knew you liked it."

Shen Zhiyan said, "I used to fish by myself and it wasn't a big deal, but now I feel... it's not very interesting. I wanted to go with you. But when we first came back, our families wouldn't let us get together. We finally got married, and then you got pregnant."

Although she later became pregnant, he dared not let her go near the water because it was dangerous.

Next came childbirth, postpartum confinement, and the Lunar New Year; I've been busy ever since.

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Then let's go now."

Shen Zhiyan was happy: "Mm."

So the two packed two sets of fishing gear and headed to the river in town.

The familiar bamboo forest, the same old place.

The two walked slowly along the path.

When Shen Zhiyan reached the riverbank, the entire river seemed to boil! It was as if countless fish were darting about at the bottom of the river.

It's as if it's saying: He's back! He's back! The legendary fisherman, he's back!!!

Shen Zhiyan looked at the river and smiled with satisfaction: "Hmm, it hasn't changed at all."

Ye Caiping's lips twitched slightly, and she nodded: "Indeed...nothing has changed!"

The couple sat down and, as they always have, began fishing.

Ye Caiping was lucky with her fishing as always, and soon she had a full basket of fish.

After fishing for a long time, Shen Zhiyan finally caught a small yellow catfish.

As evening approached and the two were preparing to pack up, Shen Zhiyan's fishing line suddenly moved again.

After struggling for a while, they actually caught another small crucian carp fry.

Shen Zhiyan's eyes lit up with surprise: "Today, I'm having a lucky streak with the fish."

Ye Caiping chuckled: "Yes, thank Elder Yu quickly."

"Elder Yu?"

"It's nothing, hahaha!"

It must be that Elder Yu knew he was leaving, so he gave him an extra fish fry as a farewell gift.

In the evening, Ye Caiping's family enjoyed a long-awaited mixed fish stew.

Grandma Ye precisely placed the two small fish that Shen Zhiyan had caught into Ye Caiping's bowl.

Ye Caiping ate with relish, saying, "Mom's cooking is still so good."

Grandma Ye looked at Ye Caiping and Shen Zhiyan sitting side by side and smiled broadly.

......

The following day, Ye Caiping, Shen Zhiyan, Ye Jin'er, and Xiao Xinghui, along with Ye Xuan, returned to the capital.

At the Nanzhou Wharf, apart from a few members of the Wei family, the entire Ye family came to see them off.

Uncle Ye's family, Xiao Yanhufen, and the village head's family all came.

Ye Daquan was so heartbroken that he cried.

Ye Xuan said, "Father, once I pass the imperial examination, I will definitely bring you to the capital."

Ye Daquan yelled, "What do you need to know about winning? Even if you don't win, I can still go!"

Ye Caiping chuckled, "Big brother is right. If you want to come, you can come anytime. You can just take the Shen family's merchant ship. And there's also Father and Mother..."

Old Man Ye smiled and nodded: "I think I'll come by land."

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