Chapter 210 It’s useless to scold
Ye Daquan said: "You are working outside the city, so you have to live outside, right?"
Ye Erquan nodded: "Yes. They said that they will provide us with food and lodging. After we finish the two tasks at hand, we will set off in about seven or eight days. We will be busy for about one or two months, but we can also take a break and go home in the middle of the journey."
Ye Caiping nodded: "Be careful."
"Hehe, don't worry, we still have Sanquan and Tieniu. I'll go look for Tieniu first. I won't tell her about the bill I received today. I'll leave first."
After saying this, he left in a hurry.
Ye Daquan and others chatted for a while and then went back to their rooms.
Only Old Lady Ye and Ye Caiping were left in the main room.
Old Lady Ye sighed, "Your eldest sister-in-law is very straightforward. She shows everything she thinks on her face. She likes to make noises and is not stable. Your second sister-in-law looks honest and timid, but she is thoughtful and likes to think too much."
"I used to think I had understood the personalities of my two daughters-in-law, but I never expected that after the second daughter-in-law got some money, she would become even more different."
Ye Caiping said: "People will change with the environment. Don't think too much, mother, just let her be!"
Old Mrs. Ye sighed and nodded.
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When Ye Erquan returned home, Wei was a little nervous.
As she placed the food on the table, she whispered, "Why so late?"
Ye Erquan looked at the scrambled eggs, stir-fried cabbage and a large bowl of brown rice in front of him, picked up his chopsticks, and said calmly: "There is a lot of work, so it will be late."
Wei was relieved to see that he didn't know yet.
She thought to herself that she had to explain the furniture workshop in advance. It was not that she was reluctant to spend the money, but the family income was enough. He was busy from morning till night and had no time to do that.
But I was afraid that he would scold me, so I struggled several times but couldn't open my mouth.
Because of this incident, Wei didn't dare to ask Ye Erquan about the money he had received for building the thatched hut during this period.
After finishing his meal, Ye Erquan went to take a shower.
Wei looked at his back, wanting to say something but stopping herself from speaking. In the end, she said nothing.
Ye Er was too lazy to scold her.
So what if I scolded you? Didn’t you scold me less before? She agreed to it now, but then did something else. She won't change her mind anyway.
He let her keep the money for building the toilet and delivering spicy soup, and he would keep any dividends from the seven shares.
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Ye Lizheng and Ye Ershu returned home and started to collect money.
Uncle Ye is fine. After Ye Sanquan built the thatched hut, he took home more than thirty taels of silver gradually. Together with the wages of Siquan and Wuquan, as well as the wages Sanquan earned from delivering goods in the past, and a little of his own savings, he had enough money.
But things are a bit difficult on Ye Lizheng's side.
Ye Lizheng was a minor official, and he received a subsidy of 300 coins from the government every month. Over the years, I have saved more than twenty taels of money for coffins. Adding Ye Bajin's salary for the past six months, he managed to collect 30 taels.
The rest can only be borrowed from relatives. The relatives all knew that Ye Bajin worked in a workshop and received a fixed salary every month. Besides, Ye Lizheng was a kind person, so they were willing to lend him money. Some of them lent him one tael, some lent him two taels, and finally they had the money together.
At noon three days later, everyone gathered in the hall of Ye Caiping's house.
Ye Caiping took out six deeds. Ye Daquan, Ye Erquan, Ye Lizheng and Ye Ershu signed without thinking and even put their fingerprints on them.
Wang Shuantou looked at the contract and signed it.
After receiving the money, the furniture workshop was officially established.
Wang Shuantou smiled and said, "It will take some time before the workshop is built. Yong'er will learn from me in the future, and I won't charge him any tuition."
Ye Daquan was very happy: "Thank you then."
Now that we all run a workshop together, we are a family and don't care about these things anymore.
Ye Caiping said, "Let's talk about the division of labor in the workshop. I will draw the blueprints for the workshop, and buying bricks and tiles will be left to my eldest brother. The money and hiring people to build the workshop will be left to the village head uncle and second uncle."
Ye Lizheng was anxious: "I am in charge of the money? But... that's 800 taels, I dare not take it."
Such a large sum of money would be stolen if I kept it at home.
Ye Caiping said, "Then I'll give you 50 taels first, and you can ask me for more when you're done. If you need anything, just ask the village head for the money. Then, uncle village head, give me the total bill."
Only then did Ye Lizheng nod.
Ye Caiping added: "Uncle Wang, just hone your skills. It will be your job to buy planes and other woodworking tools and recruit workers later."
"No problem." Wang Shuantou patted his chest.
"As for second brother, just build your hut. We are busy in the workshop."
Ye Erquan looked apologetic and said, "Sorry for bothering you guys, little sister."
Ye Caiping said, "Everyone should stay for dinner today. I have prepared some top-quality daughter's red wine."
"Okay, I won't go home until I'm drunk!"
Everyone walked into the house while chatting.
After dinner, Ye Caiping said to Ye Lizheng, "Uncle Lizheng, let's go to the government office to register the workshop tomorrow morning."
All business is done through transactions, so the Hu La Tang workshop was naturally registered with the government before opening.
"Okay." Ye Lizheng said, and then he paused for a moment: "Today is April 11th, right? Is the county exam on April 15th? Will Xuan'er take the exam?"
"Yes." Speaking of this, Ye Caiping thought of Shen Zhiyan, and she would go to visit Master Shen tomorrow.
After the head of the village went back, Ye Caiping walked into the main room and saw Old Man Ye smoking a water pipe.
Ye Caiping leaned on the armrest of his chair and said, "Dad, tomorrow morning, let's go dig cassava."
Those yellow-heart cassava leaves are very precious. She was afraid of digging it too hard, but Old Man Ye was an expert at digging cassava.
"Are those the ones you planted in the vegetable garden last time?"
"Um."
Now she has set up a furniture workshop, which should make more money than the Hu La Tang workshop.
Hu La Tang is not accepted in every place, so its sales are limited. But furniture is a necessity for a new house.
So she has to find a backer, otherwise the more money she makes, the more she's afraid of attracting jealousy. If you want to keep your business going for a long time, you must have good relations with the people above you.
The last time she had been fed with bitter cassava, she had brought too little.
This time, I hope that the yellow-heart cassava can improve my reputation in front of those people above me and gain the favor of the county magistrate.
Old Man Ye said, "Okay, I'll dig with you around noon tomorrow. I'll be at the field watching later."
Ye Caiping sat on the chair below him and poured tea: "What's there to see? Aren't there farmhands working in the fields?"
The eighty acres of land at home have been reclaimed long ago, and those that need to plant rice are planting rice, and those that need to plant cassava are planting cassava.
After the crops are planted, they need to be taken care of, and they need to be watered and weeded, etc., all of which have to be done by farmhands.
Old Man Ye smiled and said, "I just like to watch. Looking at those fields every day makes me feel comfortable."
The next day, Ye Caiping went to dig cassava with Old Man Ye.
There were five cassava plants, but Ye Caiping was reluctant to dig up all of them, so she only dug out one.
That cassava plant had nine tubers, each weighing two or three pounds.
Ye Caiping put all the nine cassavas into the basket, and when Ye Lizheng arrived, they went to the county town together.
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