Chapter 93 Be More Careful

Ye Mingzhu did not answer Wu Yue's question, but only said that she wanted to take another look at the manor.

Jiang Hongyu didn't say a word throughout the whole process, letting Ye Mingzhu perform naturally. He was only responsible for protecting Ye Mingzhu's safety. As long as her safety was not endangered, nothing else was a big deal.

Seeing Ye Mingzhu remained silent, Wu Yue stood beside her with an expression that did not change. "Boss, I'll listen to you and do whatever you say."

Ye Mingzhu didn't want to tease her anymore and said seriously: "I have a use for these sweet bars. Don't let the children eat them for the time being. If any children are hungry, they can come to the compound to get food first."

Wu Yue's eyes were full of surprise. If there was food to eat, who would want to eat candy bars? Although candy bars tasted good, eating too much would make your mouth hurt and your stomach uncomfortable.

"Thank you, boss. You are such a good person." Wu Yue immediately gave Ye Mingzhu a good guy card.

Ye Mingzhu didn't refuse. She said to Wu Jiang, "Let's go look somewhere else on the farm. You ask someone to buy some rice and flour. All the children who participated in growing the sweet sticks can go to the compound for lunch. They're guaranteed to have enough."

"I'll have someone come and chop the candies. First, chop five or six, peel off the outer crust, and cut them into small pieces. They'll be useful when I get back."

After saying this, Ye Mingzhu took out a piece of silver from her bosom, about three or four coins: "All of this will be used to buy food."

Wu Jiang took the silver with trembling hands. He didn't expect that the boss would give him money the next day after he arrived. Wu Yue was right. The new boss was a good man. He would definitely buy more food to ensure that the people on the farm had enough to eat.

"Wait, Wu Zhuangtou." Ye Mingzhu stopped Wu Jiang, "I mean that all the children who eat these sweet sticks are full."

Ye Mingzhu pointed at the children who had gathered around her and said, "You should know who grows the sweet sticks, right?"

"I know," Wu Yue jumped out, "I asked Xiao Tie to help Big Brother. Xiao Tie knows everything."

Wu Jiang raised his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, Boss, I will definitely get this done."

Wu Yue curled her lips, but didn't spoil the show. She just kicked Wu Tie and said, "Go help your father."

Wu Tie went over and pulled Wu Jiang's clothes: "Dad, let's go sell food quickly, I'm hungry."

Wu Jiang patted Wu Tie, pointed at a child and asked her to call someone, said something to Ye Mingzhu, and left with Wu Tie.

"My brother is soft-hearted. If the villagers go over and ask him, he might give away the food at home. With Xiaotie watching over him, there will be absolutely no problem." Wu Yue waited until Wu Jiang left before explaining.

Ye Mingzhu nodded without saying anything. She asked Wu Jiang to buy food and distribute it just to test Wu Jiang's management ability.

What kind of grain to buy and to whom to distribute it can all show whether Wu Jiang can manage the village well.

She doesn't care about the past. In the future, if she wants to grow sweet potatoes and make sugar on this farm, she will need someone with strong management skills.

Wu Jiang has been working in this farm for many years. As long as he has good character, he would be the best person to be the manager.

Wu Yue asked a few children to cut six sweet sticks, clean them up and send them to the courtyard. She took Ye Mingzhu and others to visit other places in the village.

Immediately, several children jumped in, picked up a tall and thin sweet stick and started chopping it.

Ye Mingzhu only looked back once and didn't look again. Since she had handed over the matter, it meant that she trusted them. Besides, there were still many days to come, and it would be sooner or later that she would be able to tell whether it was a human or a ghost.

Wu Yue wanted to squeeze in front of Ye Mingzhu, but Jiang Hongyu refused to let her. She didn't get angry and took a few people to stroll around other places on the farm.

Although this farm is large, the cultivated area is small and there is not much to see.

Wu Yue only took Ye Mingzhu for a brief tour, and it was almost noon.

Ye Mingzhu felt some soreness in her calves. She had been walking all morning and there was not even a place to sit.

"Boss, why don't we go back and eat something first? You can take a rest and come back in the afternoon." Wu Yue said with great insight when he saw Ye Mingzhu's tired look.

Ye Mingzhu felt dry in the mouth and nodded directly: "Then let's go back first."

After watching it this morning, she somewhat agreed with what Wu Yue said yesterday. Whoever bought this farm would be a sucker.

Less than a quarter of the land is arable, and it is all malnourished sorghum. The fish in the pond can be sold, but they are poorly managed and are not big. There are some miscellaneous trees, which can only be sold as firewood at most.

After reading it, she had no other thoughts except shaking her head.

Fortunately, sugarcane was found on the farm, otherwise there would be no use in buying the farm.

Along the way, she hinted many times that here everyone called sugarcane "sweet sticks" and only families who loved their children very much would plant some.

They also tried to take it to the county to sell, but the skin was hard and there was a lot of crumbs in the mouth after chewing it. Except for those who couldn't afford sugar, not many people bought it. Later, they stopped selling it and just grew it for their own consumption.

Ye Mingzhu had a plan in mind. It would be better if no one liked her, as this would give her the opportunity to make a fortune.

But the weather is about to get cold, so we can’t plant any more this year. We can only make candy from the sweet sticks in the farm and plant more next year.

When Wu Yue saw Ye Mingzhu walking back, her heart was pounding. She didn't know what the boss wanted the sweet sticks for, but the boss cut the sweet sticks and let the children eat. She was grateful to Ye Mingzhu and decided to listen to Ye Mingzhu in the future.

Everyone had something on their mind and didn't talk much along the way, but they went back quite quickly.

There were quite a few people in the yard. There were two stoves built in the yard. Several girls in their teens were putting kneaded steamed bread into the pot, and younger children were making a fire.

Wu Jiang saw them coming back and came to greet them: "Now coarse flour is eight cents a pound, and old rice is six cents a pound. I bought thirty pounds of coarse flour and twenty pounds of old rice. I steamed some steamed bread first, two for each person, and then made some porridge later. It will be enough for these children to eat."

Ye Mingzhu had already seen the size of the steamed bread they made and added, "Steam more steamed bread so that everyone can have enough to eat."

As soon as she said this, the children in the yard looked at her with gratitude.

At this time, a young man in his twenties came out from the side and greeted him with a smile on his face: "You must be Brother Hu's niece, you are really kind."

Ye Mingzhu frowned. Who was this person? He didn't look like someone from the village. Could the Tiger Brother he was talking about be his uncle?

Wu Jiang slapped his head and said, "Boss, I forgot to tell you, this is someone sent by Lord Wang. He went to the county to get the deed for you."

The visitor smiled and said, "Mingzhu, just call me Liu Er. We are not strangers. I have followed Brother Hu for two years."

Ye Mingzhu didn't like the man's smooth talk, and since they had been walking for the whole morning, she went inside first: "Let's talk inside."

Liu Er nodded, walked into the room and sat down at the bottom, then took out a piece of paper: "This is what Brother Tiger asked me to give you."

Jiang Hongyu walked up and took the paper. It was the contract of this manor, and Ye Mingzhu's name was written on it.

Ye Mingzhu took only one look and put it away: "Did my uncle say anything else?"

Liu Er shook his head. "No, Brother Hu gave me some money and told me to come here. If I thought it was okay, I could buy the manor. I thought the people who worked there were good, so I decided to buy it. It's a good thing you're here. I'll be leaving soon."

Ye Mingzhu laughed in her heart after hearing this. This person had never seen the manor. If there were no sweet sticks on the manor, it would be a sure loss to buy it.

Seeing Ye Mingzhu was silent, Liu Er cleared his throat and said, "Mingzhu, Brother Hu is very kind to me. I want to tell you something. You have to be more careful."