Chapter 246 Let's Send a Circle, Cooperation
Capital, Dingguo Marquis Mansion——
Marquis Dingguo was writing a memorial with a frown on his face.
A servant came in and said, "My Lord, the Second Master has returned with the letter."
"Oh?" Marquis Dingguo put down his pen and immediately became alert. "Hurry and bring it here."
The servant presented the letter.
Marquis Dingguo couldn't wait to open it and read ten lines at a glance.
I thought it was just an ordinary family letter, but it turned out to be a major case of impersonation! And it is the yellow-heart cassava that has been highly praised in the court recently!
Lu Wansheng became very famous because of this, and the father and son of the Lu family almost became the adopted parents of the refugees!
After reading it, Marquis Dingguo snorted, "I was wondering, if it wasn't something serious, would he write to me?"
Servants: “…”
Is the point about whether to write the letter or not? Shouldn't this be a case of impersonation?
Marquis Dingguo looked at him and smiled: "Anything else? Anything else?"
The servant said, "The letter from the fourth young lady has been delivered to the old lady."
Marquis Dingguo stood up and walked quickly to the old lady's yard. The servant couldn't catch up with him even after chasing him.
The old lady's yard was bustling with activity at this moment.
“This is mine!”
"This was given to me by my fourth sister!"
"This is mine... No, this belongs to Backdoor Wangcai!"
Shen Manman's thick stack of letters was not only addressed to several cousins, but even the gatekeeper dog was fortunate enough to be greeted by her.
When Marquis Dingguo walked in, the guys who had snatched the letter immediately lined up in a neat row with their backs straight.
One of them tactfully handed him a letter: "This is from my father."
Dingguo Hou took it, opened it, and saw the following words written on it:
Please be well, uncle. Manman and daddy are doing well in Dashu Town. Aunt Ye is doing well too. Don't worry. Best wishes from Manman.
Just 30 words made Marquis Dingguo smile.
He turned around and said to his sons, "Get out!"
He waited until his sons left before he sat down on the rosewood couch.
Across the table on the kang, an old lady in her early sixties, with an elegant appearance, was leaning against a pillow and reading a letter.
Only the letter to the old lady was the longest, at four or five pages.
Dingguo Hou's eyes were almost filled with long letters. He waited for a long time before saying, "Mother, have you finished reading it? Show it to your son too."
The old lady rolled her eyes at him and said, "I haven't read it a second time yet."
"Well, Brother Yan also wrote to me."
The old lady was startled: "What? Hurry and bring it here."
As he spoke, he handed him Manman's letter, took Shen Zhiyan's letter, and smiled as he folded the letter, "I've finally received a letter from my brother Yan."
The nanny at the side said with a smile: "Second Master is already over 30 years old. If the old lady calls him Brother Yan again, Second Master will be angry if he hears it."
The old lady snorted and laughed: "Even if he grows up to be seventy, he is still my brother Yan."
After saying this, the mother and son fell silent and read the letter together.
After reading, the two looked at each other in tacit understanding. Old Madam Shen said: "Manman still writes well!"
Marquis Dingguo: "For the same thing, Manbao wrote it so vividly and interestingly, but Brother Yan...tsk tsk, so rigid, and he's still the top scholar, ugh!"
The old lady laughed, but read Shen Zhiyan’s letter over and over again.
After thinking about it, he asked, "Is this Ye Caiping who discovered cassava the one that Manman mentioned?"
"Yes."
The old lady nodded with satisfaction: "As long as they like her and have a good temper, that's all. Aunt Xia, take out the jade headpiece and the golden pearl headpiece I wore when I was young and give them to them."
Nanny Xia said, "Madam, the matter has not even started yet. If you suddenly send something over, won't you scare people away?"
Dingguo Hou said: "There will be a reward for finding cassava. When the reward comes, just send it over together."
The old lady smiled and said, "You have thought it through very carefully. It is settled as such."
As he said that, he handed Shen Zhiyan's letter to Nanny Xia: "Send it to the palace and let her see it too."
"After sending it to the palace, should we send it to the palace? The last time, my uncle came to complain, why didn't the second master even send a letter?"
"Then send it around, and take it back after they have looked at it."
…
Ye Caiping is back, and the entire Qinghe Village is alive again.
After a few days of rest, Ye Daquan, Old Lady Ye and the other two also recovered.
The Hu La Tang workshop continues to work, and the furniture workshop is almost finished, except for the roof.
Ye Xuan, Jin Er and Huan Er continued to go to class.
Jinhua is busy. In addition to the morning classes, she also learns how to make clothes from the embroiderer of the Shen family in the afternoon.
Everything returned to normal and prosperity.
Ye Daquan drove the carriage on the village road, Ye Caiping sat beside him, with the breeze blowing on his face and mountains surrounding him. Life was so good.
"Look, little sister." Ye Daquan suddenly pursed his lips.
Ye Caiping turned around and saw an ox cart slowly approaching with several villagers sitting on it, including Li Zhiyuan.
Ye Caiping took a glance and was too lazy to look at it again.
Li Zhiyuan also glanced at Ye Caiping, then turned his head away, pretending not to see it, but his heart was already in turmoil, and he felt sour and full of hatred.
I heard that she was out a long time ago. How could God be so blind!
Why is this happening?
Ever since I divorced her, my life seems to be getting harder and harder, while she is getting richer and richer.
She was already sitting in the carriage, and it was hers.
And I am still riding in a ox cart, and I pay for it!
Li Zhiyuan felt both hateful and depressed.
After returning home, Zhang Shuiniang immediately brought out the meal, which consisted of only stir-fried cucumber and steamed egg.
Li Zhiyuan had no place to vent his anger, and he was annoyed when he saw this: "It's the same two dishes every day, can't you make something else?"
Zhang Shuiniang's face darkened. She was angry and sad. Li Zhiyuan paid less and less attention to her!
Li Jiaojiao walked in and said in a cold voice: "Dad, if you want to eat good wine and good meat, you should give money! You give money for eating coarse food, and you want to make delicacies for you?"
"You..." Li Zhiyuan was extremely embarrassed and annoyed, "Did I say we ate delicacies from land and sea?"
"Then what is Dad to be picky about? Today we had stir-fried cucumbers, yesterday we had stir-fried cabbage, and the day before yesterday we had stir-fried water spinach! Which day is the same? You ate almost all of our eggs! If you don't want to eat them, give them to us!"
Li Zhiyuan was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but Zhang Shuiniang quickly stopped him and said, "Alright, stop arguing. Zhiyuan, please sit down and eat!"
"Hmph." Li Zhiyuan took out two strings of money from his sleeve, a total of forty coins, and slapped them on the table, "Take it, buy some meat tonight!"
In the past, his money was managed by Zhang Shuiniang, but now he manages it himself.
…
Ye Caiping and the other person arrived at Baiweilou and stopped the carriage.
Led by Shopkeeper Lin, the two came to the second-floor wing.
When they entered the door, they saw Su Hen sitting there. Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Boss Su, long time no see."
"Please sit down." Su Hen said with a smile.
Ye Caiping bowed to him and said, "Thank you for what happened last time."
Su Hen sighed softly: "I'm really sorry that I couldn't help at all."
"No, we are already very happy that Mr. Su is willing to help." He handed over a basket and said, "I know that Mr. Su doesn't need anything, so I won't send you snacks. Here are our dried bamboo shoots and vegetables that we dried ourselves. I hope Mr. Su won't dislike them."
"In addition, from now on, the price of each pound of ingredients purchased from Baiweilou will be reduced by another two cents."
Ye Caiping knew that favors are used as time goes by, and Su Hen was willing to find the prefect of Mingzhou for them, which was very kind of him. If it were any other business, they would have protected themselves long ago.
Su Hen smiled and said, "I'll take the dried bamboo shoots, but you don't have to lower the price. Just keep it the same as before. Madam Ye, you don't have to be so polite. We will cooperate in the future."
The fact that Ye Caiping was able to get out of prison proves that she has found the person behind the scenes.
I dare not take advantage of her.
First, his business acumen allowed him to build a good relationship with her, and second, he felt unworthy of it.
"Okay." Ye Caiping also said straightforwardly, "Then I'll pay for the meal."
"OK."
After lunch, Ye Daquan went directly to Baiweilou for a nap, and the shopkeeper Lin considerately opened a room for him.
Ye Caiping went to find Shen Zhiyan.
By the river, still the same location.
Ye Caiping approached, and saw Shen Zhiyan leaning against the green bamboo behind him, asleep, amid the swaying shadows of the bamboo.
The fishing rod was stuck in the mud.
Ye Caiping crouched over and saw that there was not a single fish in his fish basket.
Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, Ye Caiping did not disturb him.
After thinking for a while, he took out the snow-white fox fur cloak from the space and gently covered him with it. This was what he gave her last time, and she had already washed it.
She lifted the rod, reeled in the line, changed the bait, and fished directly with his rod.
This fishing rod was the one with wheels that she asked Wang Shuantou to make last time.
To be honest, it’s not very easy to use.
She prefers it without a wheel, which gives her a more fishing feel.
In less than a quarter of an hour, a fish was caught.
Shen Zhiyan didn't wake up until the entire fish basket was full.
He looked at her slender back, then at his own fish basket. To be honest, his fish basket had never been so full!
Hearing the noise, Ye Caiping turned around: "Are you awake?"
"Well." He took off his cloak. "How long have you been here?"
"One hour." Ye Caiping said, stuffing the fishing rod back into his hand. "Didn't I say last time that I would give you a thank-you gift?"
"Yeah." He pulled up the fishing line and threw it out again.
Ye Caiping walked to the bamboo nearby, took out an exquisite ornament and several glass bottles from the space, and held them in front of him: "Here you go."
Shen Zhiyan only saw Ye Caiping holding a bunch of shiny things in her hands.
He quickly stuck the fishing rod into the mud and took the ornament. It was round with some colorful sand inside. As long as it was rotated, the sand inside would flow back.
In addition, there are three bottles.
He looked at it for a while before saying, "Did you dig these from the mountain again?"
Ye Caiping choked. Is this a joke that can’t be resolved?
She gritted her teeth and said, "It's not digging...that, I can do this."
Shen Zhiyan was slightly startled: "How dare you say such a thing?"
He had only seen such transparent glass in her hands, and its value was enough for various forces to kidnap her.
"Isn't this seeing you?"
Shen Zhiyan felt better after hearing this: “That’s right.”
Seeing this, Ye Caiping came over excitedly and said, "Well... shall we set up a glass workshop together?"
"Glass?"
"Yes! It's not colored glaze, it's glass. Glass is more transparent and brighter!"
Shen Zhiyan looked at her excited smile and couldn't help but curl his lips: "Glass, it sounds good. Workshop, it's also OK. Many people pursue this kind of transparent glass products."
Ye Caiping said: "In addition to handicrafts, it can also be applied to doors and windows. When we make windows, we can only use paper to let light in, but that is not practical after all, and it will rot after a few years. But as long as the glass is not broken, it can continue to be used for ten or twenty years."
"I have a secret recipe that can produce a large amount of glass at a very low cost. Let's open a glass workshop together, and each of us will take half of the shares."
Shen Zhiyan picked up the fishing rod: “One point is enough for you to give me.”
Shen Zhiyan knew that she was looking for a backer, the secret recipe was hers, and she was also running the workshop. He took 10% just as a token of his appreciation to put her at ease.
Ye Caiping couldn't believe it. There are people who think that money is too much?
But she didn't want to take advantage of this. He saved the lives of more than a dozen people in their family, so half of the shares were worth it.
And no matter whether he wanted to cooperate with the Duke's wife or ask Su Hen for help, she only promised half.
Shen Zhiyan deserves it more than anyone else.
Ye Caiping said, "One percent is nothing. In the future, we will sell our glass to the capital, and we will have to rely on your connections to promote it."
Shen Zhiyan knew that if he didn't take it, she would feel uneasy, so she said, "Let me find the craftsman who made the glass."
Ye Caiping's eyes lit up: "That's even better."
Then he continued, "This ornament looks good, but the workmanship is still too crude. The same goes for these bottles, especially this one, it's so ugly!"
As he spoke, he pointed to one of the short and fat bottles.
Ye Caiping's mouth twitched slightly. This ugliest bottle was made by her!
If the experiment had not been successful, she would not have brought it up with him about the cooperation.
"Haha... is it ugly?" Ye Caiping laughed awkwardly, "Then I'll take it back."
Without waiting for her to make a move, he suddenly picked it up and laughed: "Although it's ugly, it's ugly in an interesting way."
Ye Caiping: “…”
Shen Zhiyan said: "I will find a group of good craftsmen to come and make exquisite glass products. By the way, what are the raw materials?"
Ye Caiping quickly took out a piece of paper from her sleeve: "Here, these are it. Do you have any way to get them?"
Shen Zhiyan glanced at it and said, "Simple, just tell me when you want it."
Ye Caiping's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she was no longer annoyed that he thought the glass she made was ugly.
Although the raw materials for making glass are not difficult to obtain, it is somewhat difficult to obtain them in large quantities. I have to say, Shen Zhiyan is really useful.
Now that we are in a partnership, it is only natural for us to use it in any way we want!
Now Shen Zhiyan has taken over almost all the work in the glass workshop, which makes Ye Caiping feel a little embarrassed:
"Then I'll go find someone to build a workshop now?"
Shen Zhiyan raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you building a furniture workshop? Get that done first, and it won't be too late to build a glass workshop later."
"That's fine. And I'll give you half of the spicy soup workshop."
"No, I'm not short of money."
"Okay!" Ye Caiping stood up and stretched. "It's getting late. I'll go home first."
As he picked up the fish basket, Shen Zhiyan's hand reached out and grabbed it.
Ye Caiping: "My family hasn't had fish soup for a long time, and I caught it!"
"Manman wanted to eat miscellaneous fish today."
Ye Caiping thought of the cart of things that Shen Manman gave her and nodded:
"Okay, I'll give it all to you."
Shen Zhiyan took it happily and glanced at her: “Are you angry?”
"No." The question was a bit strange. It was just a basket of fish, why would she be angry?
Shen Zhiyan looked at the river surface and said, "I'll give you everything I catch in the future."
The corners of Ye Caiping's mouth twitched. She was not angry, really not!
And, he gave her everything he caught?
No need to! Does she have to wait until the end of time to get enough fish soup?
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