Chapter 38 Various Drawings

Not long after Jiang Hongyu left, Ye Mingzhu brought Ye Yunan back home. Fang brought them five big buns, enough for their dinner.

Fang had already put the oil residue and lard into two jars, and found some dry grass to put them in the backpack. She tried it and made sure it would not spill, so she felt relieved.

"Yun'an, lard can be kept for a long time. You can eat the lard residue first, stir-fry it with some vegetables, or make dumplings with it."

Ye Yun'an nodded: "Don't worry, Aunt San, we can take care of ourselves."

Ye Mingzhu secretly stuck out her tongue. She couldn't cook, so her guarantee seemed to have no credibility.

"Don't worry, Aunt San, I will work hard to earn more money so that Yun'an can eat better." After thinking about it, she realized that this was what she was good at.

"You are a girl, don't talk about making money all the time. Making money is a man's job." Fang used to think that Ye Mingzhu was not talkative, but now she thinks it is better for her to talk less, otherwise she will really be worried.

"Whoever makes the money has the final say. I make a lot of money, so I can buy myself good food, new clothes, and support my younger brother. There's no gender difference in making money."

Fang was choked, but she couldn't refute Ye Mingzhu's words, so she had to wave her hand and let the two leave.

When they got home, Ye Yun'an stood in front of Ye Mingzhu and took a deep breath: "Sister, I have grown up. Next time you go to the sea, I want to go with you and see how I can make money."

Ye Mingzhu immediately waved her hand: "That won't do. If we all go into business, who will cook at home? I don't want to repair the kitchen. Besides, I'm counting on you to go to school in the future and bring honor to our Ye family."

Among so many children in the Ye family, only Ye Yun'an has never been to the sea. It is because his body cannot breathe in the sea.

The original owner was scolded by Lin at Uncle Ye's house, but she withstood the pressure and did not let Ye Yun'an go into the sea.

Life is better now, and she still has a lot of money, so she will not let Ye Yun'an go into the sea.

But Ye Yun'an had a strong sense of self-esteem, and she was afraid that he would think too much, so she simply brought up the matter of the imperial examination.

Ye Yun'an's eyes really lit up, and then dimmed: "Sister, what if I fail the exam?"

"No, what can I do? No one is born with the ability to read. As long as you work hard, I can support you in your studies. If you can pass the imperial examination, that would be great. If not, with the knowledge you have, you can go to the county or even the provincial capital in the future."

Although in ancient times, the imperial examination was the best way to cross classes, not everyone was good at studying. Anyway, Ye Yun'an was still young, and she had enough money, so as long as he worked hard, it would be fine.

Ye Yun'an nodded immediately and couldn't wait for Jiang Hongyu to move in to teach him.

Seeing that he was in better spirits, Ye Mingzhu asked him to go and rest. Ye Yun'an shook his head: "I'll take these things to the kitchen first and make steamed buns with oil residue to eat in the evening."

People in Yuanshan Village mostly eat noodles. When Ye's mother was alive, every time she boiled lard, she would leave some oil residue, chop it up, and mix it with noodles to make oil residue steamed buns.

In Ye Yun'an's memory, it was not only a delicacy, but also the taste of his mother.

Ye Mingzhu had the original owner's memories, so she naturally knew. She nodded and said, "It's still early, and we still have steamed buns for lunch. There's no rush to make steamed buns with oil residue. You can go and rest for a while."

Ye Yuan laughed and nodded as he ran off: "I'll put my things away and then I'll go."

Ye Mingzhu smiled and said nothing more. She had been to the town today, signing agreements and selling pictures. She was exhausted both physically and mentally, and couldn't wait to lie down on the bed and take a nap.

Over the next two days, Ye Mingzhu drew dozens of pictures of various jewelry made of different colors of corals and pearls.

For the sake of these pictures, Ye Mingzhu simply neglected her sleep and food. If Ye Yun'an hadn't reminded her, she wouldn't have even remembered to eat.

Even when eating, those jewelry were still in my mind. More than once, I put the empty chopsticks into my mouth and used a spoon to pick up food.

By the time I have used up most of the inspiration in my mind, I already have a stack of jewelry drawings at hand.

In order to achieve the best effect, Ye Mingzhu also took out corals and pearls from the space and placed them on the picture, which immediately doubled the effect.

Ye Mingzhu checked all the pictures and put away most of them when she felt there was no need to modify them, leaving only about ten.

Fearing that her home was unsafe, she found a box to store it in and placed it in the space.

She dived into the water again to look at the three corals. Sure enough, they had grown a little bigger, but there was still no sign of the sea beast. She didn't know where it had gone.

But the branches that fell from the coral tree were still the same size. Although the color looked a little better, the size had not changed at all.

But she was not disappointed. These corals were too delicate and too valuable, and she had no plans to sell them for the time being.

By drawing pictures and selling pearls, she could support herself and her brother. Since coral was such a valuable item, there was still a chance to sell it.

In the past two days, Uncle Ye came almost every day, saying that he was bringing food to the siblings, but in fact he was here to inquire about how Ye Mingzhu's paintings were.

Seeing that Ye Mingzhu was too busy to eat, he felt guilty and told Ye Mingzhu not to worry. At worst, she could just give up the remaining five hundred taels.

If it weren't for the deep regret in Uncle Ye's eyes, she would have believed it.

"Is your sister still drawing?"

There were whispers outside the door.

She opened the door and walked out.

Uncle Ye and Ye Yun'an were both squatting at the door with their backs to it.

"Uncle San, are we going to town today?" Ye Mingzhu suddenly spoke, startling the two of them.

When Uncle Ye San stood up, he stumbled and almost fell. He laughed awkwardly and said, "Don't worry, don't worry."

"I remember we promised Miss Jiang that we would go today. Let's go early, otherwise Miss Jiang will think that we don't keep our promise." Ye Mingzhu was a little amused. She could even see the sweat on Uncle Ye's head.

Uncle Ye wiped his sweat and immediately walked out the door: "I have agreed with Brother Tiezhu to hire his ox cart today. I'm going to see if he is waiting at the village entrance."

Ye Mingzhu: Didn’t you say there’s no rush?

"Yun'an, my third uncle and I are going to town. I don't know if we can be back at noon. Is it okay for you to be home alone?" Ye Mingzhu looked back and said.

Ye Mingzhu will have to go to town inevitably in the future, and she can't always leave Ye Yunan at Uncle Ye's house.

The most important thing is that Ye Yun'an has no problem taking care of himself.

"Of course, no problem. I rolled a lot of noodles this morning, so I can just cook them for lunch."

In fact, it’s not that she did too much, but Ye Mingzhu has been focusing all her energy on drawing these days, so her appetite has decreased a lot.

"That's good. If you have any questions, go to your uncle's house."

Although Ye Mingzhu believed him, she still gave him one more reminder.

Uncle Ye happened to hear this when he came back, and immediately said that he had told Fang to let Ye Yun'an come to his house for lunch at noon.

Ye Yun'an nodded and said he understood, and urged the two to go and come back early.

Ye Mingzhu saw Uncle Ye carrying a large backpack and was a little surprised: "Uncle, why is your backpack so big?"

Uncle Ye looked around and said carefully, "I have collected about a hundred pearls here. I plan to take them to Linglong Pavilion to sell them today."

Ye Mingzhu gave Uncle Ye a thumbs up: You really work hard!