Chapter 160 Tell Li Xiucai
Ye Daquan said: "I've thought about it a long time ago. Don't we have a small courtyard behind us? There's three acres of land!"
Old Man Ye said, "That was left by Brother Zhao Facai. We can ask him about it."
Zhao Facai separated from his second brother more than ten years ago. His second brother built a yard behind Ye Daquan's house.
Unfortunately, Zhao Facai’s second brother fell and died while going up the mountain a few years ago. His wife remarried, and his only daughter also got married a few years ago. This house was given to Zhao Facai.
Old Mrs. Ye was a little hesitant: "Others say that the land is not good. The brothers who made a fortune living there for a few years are gone..."
Ye Daquan said: "How can you say that? Everyone has problems. Some are sick, some are unexpected. It just so happened that there were three of them, one died, and the other two got married."
Old Mrs. Ye thought about it and agreed. Then he smiled and said, "Okay, let's ask about getting rich."
"Let's go now!" Mrs. Du said anxiously, "Everyone has just finished their meal and is free. If we are any later, we will have to go to bed."
"Okay, okay, let's go."
In addition to the old man Ye and his wife and the first wife, the second wife and Ye Caiping also went to join in the fun, just to digest the food after the meal.
The family chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at Zhao Facai's house.
"Are Uncle Fa Cai and Aunt Fa Cai home?" Mrs. Du knocked on the door.
"Yes, yes. Oh, it's Sister Du, and... Uncle Tian and Aunt Tian, they're all here." The one who came over was Zhao Shuisheng's wife.
Mrs. Zhao was the first to come out: "Oh, it's Caiping, come in and sit down."
The family did not go into the main room, but just found a stone or a small bench in the yard and sat down.
Zhao Facai walked out of the house, frightened by the scene. Did something bad happen to their family?
Ye Caiping ate melon seeds and smiled, "We just ate our fill and came out for a walk. Don't mind us. My brother and sister-in-law want to talk to you about something."
Zhao Facai breathed a sigh of relief. He thought his son Shuisheng had committed a crime in the workshop.
He sat down on a small stool and took the hookah from the corner.
"Uncle Fa Cai, it's like this. We want to renovate our house, but we want to expand it a little bit." Ye Daquan said, "Isn't there a yard left behind by your brother in the back? We want to buy it."
Zhao Facai was stunned.
Mrs. Zhao pouted and said, "No, I want to keep that yard for my children and grandchildren."
Mrs. Du said, "Don't you only have Shuisheng? Shuisheng also only has Fengzi, a boy."
"I, Fengzi, will have two children in the future! For my great-grandchildren."
Zhao Facai glared at her and said, "That piece of land is too small, only three-tenths. If you sell it now, you can buy a bigger piece of land somewhere else."
Mrs. Zhao choked and said, "No, no. Unless..."
As he said this, he glanced at Ye Caiping.
Ye Caiping understood immediately and raised her eyebrows: "What does Aunt Zhao want? Tell me."
"Really?" Mrs. Zhao said excitedly, "Well, your workshop is short of four..."
"Shut up and go back to your room!" Zhao Facai was furious and felt that she was too embarrassing. We are all from the same village, but we are so snobbish.
"I, I won't!" Mrs. Zhao was most afraid of Zhao Facai, but this time she was unwilling to give in: "The workshop is short of four workstations. Jiangfei must let my Fengzi go in to work, otherwise I won't sell it."
Zhao Shuisheng rushed out of the bathroom, still wet.
He was taking a shower, and after hearing this he could no longer stay, so he put on his clothes and ran out: "Mom, stop making a fuss. Every family in the village is allowed to take one person in. And Fengzi is only fifteen years old!"
"Why is fifteen not enough? Isn't Hu Xiaosan fourteen? And Ye Chunlai is only thirteen!"
"The four positions currently vacant are all heavy work, and he can't do it."
"Then, then..." Mrs. Zhao was speechless, "Then this yard cannot be sold! If you two dare to sell it, I will kill myself."
Zhao Facai glared: "You touch it!"
Mrs. Zhao: “…”
In the end she didn't touch it, but sat down on the ground and cried loudly.
Ye Caiping raised her eyebrows: "Sure."
Mrs. Zhao and Zhao Facai and his son were all stunned.
Mrs. Zhao stopped crying and asked, "What do you mean?"
"You sell the yard to my eldest brother, and I will let Fengzi work in the workshop." Ye Caiping said.
She had seen Zhao Feng before. He was honest and hardworking, and his personality was similar to Zhao Facai. The workshop was originally planning to expand its enrollment.
Zhao Shuisheng was full of guilt: "Caiping, you, you..." He didn't know what to say for a moment.
Ye Daquan and Mrs. Du felt guilty.
Mrs. Du said anxiously, "Little sister, you don't have to do this for us. We don't have to buy this yard. It can only be this big at most."
Ye Daquan said: "You didn't give in the last time Ye Xiniu made trouble, how can you compromise here?"
"That's different." Ye Caiping said, "If Ye Xiniu had agreed that time, it would have been a compromise. Now this is an exchange."
"Aunt Zhao's yard insisted on this condition before she was willing to sell it. It's not the Zhao family's fault. They can make this condition."
"If you don't agree, big brother, your house can only be divided into four parts and cannot be expanded. But this is the ancestral home, and it is not good to change the land."
"So agreeing to Aunt Zhao's conditions is a good deal for us."
Things had come to this point, there was no way Zhao Facai would sell the land to them regardless of Mrs. Zhao's wishes.
Besides, Mrs. Zhao just wants a workstation. Once you enter the workshop, you have to work for her. It's not like you're asking for her money for nothing. Her workshop was originally planning to expand its enrollment.
Zhao Facai said, "No, no, I can't take this job. What kind of person would I be if I took it?"
"Uncle Fa Cai, it's okay. But I have one condition. If you join my workshop, you have to work hard. If you are lazy or don't do your job well, I will let him pack up and leave immediately."
Mrs. Zhao said excitedly, "Don't worry, my Fengzi won't be lazy. Fengzi, come out! Come out!"
Zhao Feng is a shy boy, and this time he was pushed out by Shuisheng's wife.
"Hurry up, thank you Aunt Ping." Shuisheng's wife said.
"Thank you, thank you Aunt Ping..." Zhao Feng was shy and wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
He felt ashamed that his grandmother was forcing others to give him a workstation.
But now that it has come to this, if he refuses again, we will have to argue again, and it will only make things worse.
Ye Caiping nodded: "Just work hard in the future."
Zhao Feng responded and retreated behind the crowd.
Mrs. Zhao stepped forward excitedly: "Cai Ping, I knew you were a good person."
Ye Caiping raised her eyebrows: "I'm glad you know."
"Hahaha! Of course."
Mrs. Zhao was very happy, but she had to find someone to talk it out! By the way, I must tell Li Xiucai!
"Uncle Facai, how much is the yard for sale?" Ye Caiping looked at Zhao Facai.
Zhao Facai's old face turned slightly red. After what had happened, he didn't want to sell it anymore. Unexpectedly, Ye Caiping agreed to his wife's conditions, so he had to sell it this time.
"That piece of land is exactly three mu, and it's in the center of the village, so it's in a good location. One mu of land costs 300 coins, so let's count it as 900 coins! But at least there's a yard on it, and the foundation has been laid. We just need to repair the roof and it will be ready for use..."
Zhao Facai pondered.
The land had a yard and although it was made of adobe, we had to spend money to buy stones for the foundation.
Although Ye Daquan has no use for this yard, it will be demolished.
But it should be worth that! Including the residential land, it can actually be sold for three taels of silver.
But thinking that he had asked for a workstation from someone else, he said, "Two taels! Including the homestead and the yard."
Mrs. Zhao felt that the salary was too low, but when she thought of that work station, she dared not say anything.
Never mind. If Fengzi could work steadily in the workshop, he could earn back that one or two taels in a month or two!
Ye Daquan and the others were delighted and nodded immediately: "Okay!"
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