Chapter 134: A Money-Losing Thing
"By the way, where does that door at the back lead to?" Tie Niu's wife pointed to the door at the back of the yard.
"That's the back door. The workshop is right behind it."
"Workshop?" The villagers were delighted when they heard these two words.
They had heard the news a long time ago that Ye Caiping was going to set up a workshop and would have to hire people.
Ye Caiping said, "My spicy soup workshop will open in two days and will be hiring. I will post a notice then. Everyone is welcome to sign up."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they became very enthusiastic.
Mrs. Zhao said anxiously, "We also want to recruit Shuisheng and the old man from my family! You have to leave two places for my family."
"Me too! Leave some for my son too."
Old Mrs. Ye and Old Man Ye looked at the scene and felt a little flustered.
Ye Caiping was about to speak when Ye Lizheng spoke up: "What are you doing? I told you to post the notice in two days. It's someone's new housewarming, so it's not appropriate to ask others to do the work for you."
The villagers then shut up in embarrassment.
Ye Caiping said: "Don't worry, as long as you sign up, you will have a chance to be selected. Even if you are not selected this time, you will be selected next time."
The villagers were anxious and expectant, and started chattering about other things.
"It's getting late and the food is ready, let's go and eat!" Old Mrs. Ye called out.
Ye Caiping's banquet was more sumptuous than Ye Erquan's.
Everyone in the village knows that she is well off, so it wouldn't be a big deal if she did better.
After all, when it comes to hosting a banquet, if you have money you can have a big one, and if you don’t have money you can have a small one. Everyone knows this and no one will deliberately compare themselves.
If we really compare everything, then no one would be able to hold a wedding banquet, after all, some people may not be able to afford it.
After the meal, Ye Caiping gave each person a small packet of spicy soup as a gift so that the villagers could make their own soup at home.
This time, Ye Daquan gave a gift of 500 coins, and Ye Erquan gave 1 tael.
Ye Caiping knew that Ye Erquan was short of money recently, so when she gave him a return gift, she left 888 coins at the bottom of Ye Erquan's basket.
By the time I had tidied the house inside and out, it was already dark.
Everyone went home one by one, but Ye Daquan was unwilling to go back: "I want to sleep at my little sister's place tonight."
"Sure." Ye Caiping smiled, "The rooms in the west wing are all empty. Brother and sister-in-law, Yong'er and Xuan'er, you can also stay here."
"No need, let's go home!" Mrs. Du said, looking at Ye Daquan, "You can stay here if you want. Stay a few more days, so that you can help my younger sister take care of the house."
Ye Daquan was overjoyed when he got the consent of both parties.
Just as Mrs. Du and others left, Ye Erquan came back.
"Little sister, how can you return the gift with money?" Ye Erquan said anxiously.
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "I'll give you a little money for the banquet. It's my gift, not for you to take back. You can take this gift."
Ye Erquan was very moved, and it took Ye Caiping's persuasion for him to go home.
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Mrs. Du took Ye Yong and others home under the moonlight.
Along the way, Mrs. Du was so envious: "When will our family be able to build a big blue brick and tile house?"
Ye Jinhua sighed, "It seems that our eldest wife got a house, but when we compare them, the second wife is better. Our house is old and dilapidated. It's made of adobe and has a thatched roof. It leaks when it rains and there's always a musty smell."
"If you want to live in a big brick and tile house, you have to tear it down and rebuild it. At least the second house got a five-liang silver subsidy from my grandparents."
Ye Xuan said: "You can't calculate it like that. Even if the house is old and dilapidated, it is still a house. People can still live in it if they don't demolish it."
"Besides, doesn't the second wife have to buy a residential plot? Buying a residential plot also costs two taels of silver! What can the extra taels do? It's not that we can't afford it, but we need the money now."
Ye Yong laughed: "Blame me?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Mrs. Du glared at Jinhua. "Now it's just that your eldest brother needs money for his wedding. Otherwise, we can build our own house."
"We've built the second house now, and we have to save money for Peng'er to get married in the future. Isn't it the same? It's just a matter of time. In another year or two, we can also build a big house."
Ye Jinhua looked at Ye Xuan eagerly: "Second brother will also get married by then!"
Ye Xuan's face flushed: "No hurry, I have to study first."
Mrs. Du smiled and nodded: "Your second brother will have to wait three or four years. If he can pass the imperial examination, he may be able to marry someone from the town or county."
"What if I don't win?"
"Even if you don't succeed, you still have to get married."
Ye Jinhua was very happy: "That's great, at least I won't get married for one or two years. We can build a big brick and tile house. If we build a thatched house like my sister-in-law's, it will be very useful."
Mrs. Du was stunned: "You are such a spendthrift! Why don't you go home to poop? This is fertilizer! The toilet at your aunt's house is directly flushed out with water, so there is nothing left!"
As he spoke, he twisted her ear.
Jinhua hid quickly, and the mother and daughter chased each other.
Ye Xuan and Ye Yong smiled and followed slowly behind.
This kind of life is so comfortable right now, it seems like they have everything, but it also seems like there is still a long way to go and they need to work harder to move forward.
Full of expectations.
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Ye Caiping was tired after a whole day and returned to her room.
Looking at the huge room, Ye Caiping breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, she had some private space!
And this big bed, although it is only 1.5 meters long, she sleeps on it alone!
She spread her arms and lay down on the bed, feeling comfortable!
"Mom." Ye Jin'er and Ye Huan'er came in holding pillows, "Can we sleep with you?"
"Uh... no."
Sister Ye Jin'er pouted: "We are not used to it. Such a big room... We are scared."
"Then you two sleep together, go back quickly." Ye Caiping also wanted to be comfortable, and she couldn't put herself in a difficult position to fulfill her daughter's wish.
Ye Caiping sent her two daughters out, but saw Old Mrs. Ye walking around outside.
"What's wrong with mom?" Ye Caiping asked, "Is she used to her bed?"
Old Mrs. Ye looked embarrassed and said, "The room is big and comfortable, but I want to go to the toilet..."
"Then go ahead. There's a toilet in your annex."
"That... I always feel it's such a waste. Caiping, why don't you consider saving that stuff? It can be used as fertilizer! Look, your vegetable garden is quite large, and you will have to buy land to grow crops in the future."
"No. Don't worry, mom. We already have two cows. We'll buy some piglets in a few days, as well as chickens, ducks, and geese. We can have as many as you want."
"Okay!" Only then did Old Mrs. Ye return to her room.
Ye Caiping closed the door and breathed a sigh of relief.
The workshop will be open in two days, and recruiting can be done in one day.
Her big stuff will be arriving soon.
Now we are still missing three kinds of spices, which need to be purchased from the system, namely Sichuan pepper, pepper and white cardamom.
These three are more expensive.
After upgrading the space to 5 square meters last time, there are still three trading opportunities. Use them now!
Ye Caiping turned on the system.
[Host, you are back!] You still have three trading opportunities, and the upper limit of the transaction amount is 20 taels. Please ask the host if he needs to trade. 】
Ye Caiping clicked yes.
[The host has chosen 500 jin of pepper, which costs 20 wen per jin, and a total of 10 taels will be spent. Would the host like to purchase it? 】
[The host has chosen 300 jin of green peppercorns, which cost 15 wen per jin, a total of 4 liang and 5 qian. Would the host like to purchase it? 】
[The host has chosen 183 jin of white cardamom, one jin costs 30 wen, a total of 5 liang and 5 qian, would the host like to purchase it? 】
Ye Caiping chose yes for all of them.
Bags of pepper, Sichuan pepper and white cardamom appeared in her room, and the bags were all snakeskin bags.
[Host, the number of transactions has been used up. If you want to continue trading, please upgrade the space. 】
Ye Caiping clicked the upgrade button.
[It costs 100 taels to upgrade the space. Would the host like to upgrade? 】
[The space is upgrading, 1%, 2%...100%. Congratulations to the host for the successful upgrade. The storage space has been upgraded from 5 square meters to 10 square meters. The number of transactions is 3 times, and the upper limit of the total transaction amount is 20 taels. 】
[The next upgrade will cost 500 taels, and the space will be expanded to 20 square meters. 】
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