Chapter 102 Good luck in starting a business
As soon as Ye Caiping got home, Ye Sanquan came over happily.
After communicating with Ye Caiping about the delivery time and the work to be done, he left happily again.
After a while, he came back with a basket of eggs in his hand, about twenty of them.
Ye Caiping was surprised and tried to push it away several times but failed, so she had to accept it.
Starting from the next day, two groups of people, Bajin Erquan and Ye Yong Sanquan, began to work and deliver goods in an orderly manner.
Soon, it was the tenth day of November.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, Ye Erquan's homestead was already surrounded by people watching the fun.
Old Mrs. Ye burned some incense, and as Old Man Ye shouted "Good luck to the work", Ye Erquan swung his hoe hard on the ground, breaking the soil.
"Erquan, congratulations." The onlookers congratulated him.
Ye Erquan was so happy that he kept scratching his head, and Wei was also grinning from ear to ear.
There were more than twenty strong villagers who came to help this time.
Ye Bajin, Zhao Tieniu, Ye Zhuzi, Liu Heigou, Zhao Facai's son Zhao Shuisheng... each and every one of them is a good friend of the Ye family.
All the male members of Uncle Ye's family came, and there were four of them in his family alone.
The Ye Lizheng old couple also came.
Together with Old Man Ye, Ye Daquan, Ye Yong and others, there were more than 30 people digging the foundation alone.
"Come on, let's get started!" Zhao Tieniu said, "From where to where?"
"From here to here. There's a line drawn on the ground. Let's pick up stones first. We'll dig down later. We have to dig ten feet deep, because... hehe, well, I want to build a house with blue bricks." Ye Erquan said, feeling a little embarrassed.
Zhao Tieniu and others exclaimed in surprise and envy. The Ye family is becoming more and more prosperous!
In no time, a large brick and tile house was built, and four acres of land was also covered!
After a while of envy, everyone started to get busy.
Ye Caiping, Old Lady Ye and other female relatives also joined in the work.
The stones on the foundation were picked up one by one and piled aside, leaving them for use in filling the foundation.
Ye Caiping was picking up a small basket full of stones and was about to carry it out when a man suddenly jumped out and took up her basket:
"Hey, sister Caiping, let me help you."
Ye Caiping looked up and saw a man in his thirties with small eyes and thick lips grinning at her, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth.
Ye Caiping frowned and took a step back: "Who are you?"
"I'm your brother Xiong. We're childhood sweethearts. How could you forget me?" The man looked hurt.
Ye Caiping: “…”
"Bah! How shameless of you to claim to be my younger sister's childhood sweetheart!" Ye Daquan rushed over in two steps.
He just walked a little further, and my little sister was in danger!
"Huh, it's Zhao Laizi, stay away and don't get close to my little sister."
Ye Caiping also remembered now that this was Zhao Lai Zi, whose real name was Zhao Xiong. He is a shameless scoundrel, so everyone calls him Zhao Lai Zi.
When the people around heard about the dispute, they stopped what they were doing and looked over.
"Ye Daquan, I didn't do anything to her. I just wanted to help Sister Caiping. Why are you so aggressive?" Zhao Laizi looked angry.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Lai came over and said, "Daquan, what did my son Lai do wrong?"
Ye Daquan's face was dark. Ye Caiping pulled him away and said to Mrs. Lai, "It's okay."
Then he said to Zhao Laizi, "I don't need your help, thank you."
Zhao Laizi scratched his head: "Hehe, I knew you felt sorry for me."
The villagers were all stunned when they heard this.
Ye Caiping gasped, her anger rising. She sneered, "You don't understand polite words, right? Then I'll tell you straight, get out of here as far as you can."
Zhao Laizi and his mother's faces immediately fell.
Zhao Laizi looked hurt: "No matter what, we are childhood sweethearts..."
"Who is your childhood sweetheart? Did I ever pay attention to you when I was a kid? If we say that people who grew up in the same village are childhood sweethearts, then Tieniu, Zhuzi, Shuisheng, and Liu Heigou, which one of them is not my childhood sweetheart? The whole village is like that."
"Of course, we are childhood sweethearts. Do you want to practice with us?" Zhao Tieniu, Zhuzi Shuisheng and others all put down their hoes and walked forward with clenched fists.
Zhao Laizi was so scared that his face turned pale. He scratched his head and laughed: "What's there to practice? We are all childhood sweethearts and good brothers."
Ye Erquan came up and said sullenly, "Zhao Laizi, we don't need your help here, you guys can go back!"
Zhao Laizi didn't feel embarrassed and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, you guys are enough. I'll leave first."
Having said that, he left with Mrs. Lai.
Old Man and Old Lady Ye came over. When they learned what happened, Old Lady Ye's face darkened. She pulled Ye Caiping and said, "Caiping and Jin'er and Huan'er go back first."
"Well, I'll go home and prepare lunch."
"The eldest and second eldest families, you go back with Cai Ping."
Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei hurriedly squeezed forward and left the homestead with sisters Ye Caiping and Jin'er.
Along the way, Mrs. Du cursed: "This Zhao Laizi has never been a good person since he was a child. Caiping, don't pay attention to such people. If you see him, just avoid him."
Ye Jin'er asked, "Aunt, is Zhao Laizi the son of that old lady Lai?"
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"Last time when my mother and I were washing the barrels by the river, she asked us for the secret recipe. She is so shameless."
Wei said, "I haven't seen Zhao Laizi for many years. I don't know where he came from today."
Ye Caiping said: "Don't worry about him. Let's go back quickly!"
It's time to cook now.
Whether you are here to repay a favor or to ask a craftsman to build a house for you, a lunch must be provided.
After returning home, Ye Caiping started cooking with Wei's sisters-in-law.
The family was officially divided when Ye Erquan built his house.
In the past two months, Ye Caiping has been buying white rice for home, so the brown rice and cassava at home were put aside and almost untouched.
When the family was divided, the old couple divided the brown rice into two portions, and this time they were going to use the grain from the second room.
Ye Caiping asked, "Second sister-in-law, what dishes are we going to make today?"
Wei said, "Cook some brown rice and cassava porridge, make it thicker. I thought this first meal should have some meat, so I bought twenty eggs, fried leeks, and some Chinese cabbage."
After the drought at the end of July, the weather has improved, with plenty of rain, and all the families' vegetables are growing.
The climate in the south is warm, and there is no shortage of vegetables even in winter.
There are plenty of winter vegetables such as cabbage and radish.
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "In addition to the eggs, let's get some pork belly. Don't cook porridge, it will be dry."
Wei's face looked a little bad: "This... it would be fine if there were few people, but with so many people..."
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'll take care of the meals." Ye Caiping said, "In two days, my construction team will also need to eat, so we can cook together then. These two days won't be a big deal."
Wei's eyes lit up, but he felt a little embarrassed: "How can I..."
"It's okay. Brothers and sisters should help each other. There's no reason to cook two dishes in one pot."
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