Chapter 95 First Aid on the Scene

Ye Mingzhu glanced at the door, but Wu Yue didn't move at all, just staring at her: "Boss, what's next?"

Ye Mingzhu was very satisfied with Wu Yue's ambition and she repeated what she knew about the steps of making sugar from sugarcane.

Wu Yue listened attentively and asked questions from time to time.

Ye Mingzhu didn't expect that Wu Yue knew so much and was willing to teach her.

But no matter how much you say, it’s better to try it.

Seeing that Wu Yue had a preliminary understanding of the steps, she stood up and said, "Boss, I'll take a few people to try it."

Ye Mingzhu nodded and was about to speak when Jiang Hongyu turned around and said, "I'll get some paper and pen to write a contract."

Not only was Wu Yue not unhappy, but her face was full of excitement.

What surprised Ye Mingzhu was that she could actually write her own name, although not very well.

Wu Yue's eyes were filled with shyness. "The young lady from the east family once stayed at the farm for a few days. The sisters in the young lady's yard taught me. I can only write my own name."

This makes sense. If all the tenant farmers in a village near a county town are literate, it will no longer be a remote area with a lack of talent.

"Boss, can I make a request?" Wu Yue stared at the rice paper. "Can you please leave these sheets of paper to me?"

Wu Yue lowered her head before she finished speaking. Her father used to be the head of the village, and later the business was passed on to her brother. Her life was not as good as others, but better than others.

Before the former employer's daughter came, she was the most dazzling girl in the whole farm. Everyone doted on her and coaxed her. But after the former employer's daughter came, her brother had to help her even get a job as a maid in the yard.

She didn't dare compare herself with the young lady of her employer, but she also wanted to be like the first-class maid in the young lady's courtyard, with no worries about food and clothing, and to be flattered when she went out.

But as soon as the daughter of her former employer left, she was reduced to her original form, a little village girl in this village.

When she was about to accept her fate, a new boss came, a female boss at that. The new boss planned to grow sweet potatoes and make candy on the farm. She had to protect this opportunity.

"Boss, those girls in the yard are all from the farm. They are very skilled. How about having them sign a contract as well?"

Wu Yue had never been to school. She felt that since she had signed the contract and her boss trusted her, then her friends would definitely get the boss's approval if they signed the contract as well.

Ye Mingzhu looked at her quietly. She couldn't stay at the farm for too long. She had to delegate more power to her and also let her understand what business was.

"Xiao Yue, your brother and sister-in-law love you. You can make the decision yourself and write the contract. But the children in the courtyard are not old enough to be the head of the family."

The children in the yard, ranging from five or six years old to twelve or thirteen years old, were all dressed in rags and looked thin. If they could be their own masters, they would not be like this.

Wu Yue opened her mouth. She knew that what the boss said was right, but those were all her friends and she wanted to help them.

"Xiao Yue, I bought the farm to make money, not to do charity. Even if you wanted to help your friends, you only wanted to grow more candies so they wouldn't starve to death. So why didn't you give them the food from home?"

Ye Mingzhu narrowed her eyes dangerously. If Wu Yue didn't understand this, she would rather not use her.

Wu Yue bit her lower lip and said nothing. She used to save her own rations for her friends, but when her eldest brother found out, he forbade her from taking food away from the table.

Before Wu Yue could figure it out, there was a noise outside the house.

Jiang Hongyu looked into the house and said, "Someone is here to collect food."

Ye Mingzhu understood and looked at the stunned Wu Yue: "Let's go out and take a look."

Outside the house, a white-haired old man was leading a chubby boy and arguing with Wu Jiang. A little girl about ten years old was holding a steamed bun in her hand with tears in her eyes.

"This belongs to my Erya. We can take it home and eat it and she will wake up. Wu Jiang, don't worry about it."

Wu Jiang's face was full of displeasure: "Aunt Hua, the boss made it very clear that these grains are for the children to eat. I can't give them to others."

Aunt Hua said indifferently, "Just don't let the boss see it, Erya, take your steamed bread and let's go home."

Erya shrank back, her hands holding the steamed bread turned pale, and she hid behind Wu Jiang without saying a word.

"You're not allowed to leave. The boss said that all the children should be fed here and not be taken away. Aunt Hua, if you want to take Erya away, you have to let her put down the food."

"Why?" Aunt Hua's voice was sharp, and the children in the yard were startled. One of the children started coughing, and the people next to her quickly patted her on the back. Almost in an instant, her face changed color.

Ye Mingzhu didn't bother to look at Wu Jiang's way of dealing with things. She rushed to the coughing child, made her turn her back to her, hugged her waist with her arms, clenched a fist with one hand, grabbed the fist with the other hand, and quickly pushed upward to press on her abdomen.

Everyone in the yard stopped, and the child next to them hummed, "Boss, we, we were wrong."

Ye Mingzhu didn't say anything, but just hit the child's abdomen again and again. Soon, the child spit out a piece of steamed bread, began to breathe heavily, and his face was not so ugly.

"Boss, what happened to Zhaodi just now?" Wu Yue held the injured child and gently stroked her back, and the child stopped crying.

"She was choked because of fright just now. If she hadn't spit out the steamed bread immediately, she would have died soon." Ye Mingzhu had exerted a lot of strength just now, and she was panting heavily when she spoke.

"Thank you, boss. You are a good person." Zhaodi reacted and knelt on the ground to kowtow to Ye Mingzhu.

The children nearby were all terrified. They thought the boss rushed over because he was dissatisfied with Zhaodi eating too much, so they stopped chewing involuntarily. They didn't expect that the boss was rushing over to save her.

Ye Mingzhu waved her hand: "Don't eat so fast. Each of you should have a bowl of rice porridge and drink it together. Chew it thoroughly before swallowing. Don't choke."

The children present nodded, some went to serve the porridge, and the rest of the children slowed down.

Seeing Ye Mingzhu's friendly attitude, Aunt Hua grabbed the fat boy in her arms and rushed over to get the steamed bread. Wu Jiang grabbed her and pulled her back. She shouted, "The boss said we can eat it. Wu Jiang, why are you stopping me?"

Ye Mingzhu raised her eyebrows and looked over: "Boss Wu, what's going on?"

Although her tone was calm and there was even a smile on her face, Wu Jiang couldn't help but shudder. He had an intuition that he had to get rid of Aunt Hua quickly.

"No, nothing happened. She came to pick up the child. I asked her to wait outside."

Aunt Hua refused to leave and pointed at the fat boy in her hand and said, "Boss, my grandson has also planted sweet sticks, but he hasn't eaten them yet?"

"Oh? What did you help with?" Ye Mingzhu looked at the little fat man whose eyes were rolling around.