"Now that you're here, don't be polite to me." Zhang Pengjia made the decision without any further explanation.
After Zhang Pengjia left, Ye Lao San asked, "Brother, why are you all here?"
Looking at the somewhat empty hall, Boss Ye stood up and said, "Let's go to your place to talk. It's too big here, and it seems like our words are echoing."
This is actually not a place to entertain guests. Even the few chairs that everyone was sitting on just now were brought here.
Most of the time, everyone was working in the yard.
But there are always bad days, like when it rains or snows, and then you can move things indoors and do them.
Ye Laosan stood up and led everyone out of the hall and walked north. After passing through a small alley, they arrived at the back yard.
The yard is not big, with three main rooms and two side rooms on each side, which are the residences of all the carpenters in the carpentry workshop.
Perhaps because he had been working outside for many days and suddenly saw his family, even Ye Lao San, who usually didn't talk much, said a few more words.
“When I first arrived, I shared a large bunk bed in the west wing with other people.
"After I repaired the furniture for the county magistrate, the young master had the west room of the main house cleaned out for me to live in."
As Ye Lao San spoke, he led a few people into the west room. Sure enough, he saw that the bag brought by Ye San's wife had been placed on the table in the west room.
"Do you live alone?" asked Boss Ye.
"Yes, the main room was usually locked. It would only be opened occasionally when there was a need to rush work or when the young master or old master stayed overnight."
"Alright! Not bad!" Boss Ye said with great satisfaction, "It seems that the old shopkeeper and the young master really think highly of you. Just work hard here, and you don't have to worry about anything at home."
Mrs. Ye San didn't say anything after entering the house. Only after she heard that Ye Lao San was the only one living in the house did she start looking around.
She first turned over the bedding on the kang and found that it was just as Brother Wang said. The bedding was no longer the one she brought from home, but a thicker one.
Then she opened the kangqin and checked the clothes inside.
Before coming, Mrs. Ye San was mentally prepared to help him wash his clothes, as it was easy to get clothes dirty when doing carpentry work.
Although Ye Laosan was not incapable of washing clothes, men were often careless and it was difficult for them to wash clothes clean.
But when Mrs. Ye opened the kangqin, she found that the clothes inside were not only washed clean but also neatly folded.
"Are these clothes you washed yourself?" Mrs. Ye asked in disbelief.
"No," said Third Brother Ye, "the carpenters are all grown men, and none of them know how to wash clothes. So the young master found a woman nearby who comes over every now and then to help us wash clothes, saving us the trouble of doing it ourselves."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Ye said, "Your boss is quite good. The biggest problem for men washing clothes is not that they can't wash the clothes clean, but that they can't control the strength.
"Sister-in-law, you don't know that once I was sick and your eldest brother happened to have his clothes soiled.
“I was afraid that if we delayed too long, it would be impossible to wash it out, so I asked him to go to the river to wash it himself.
"Guess what happened? When he came back, he saw that the clothes he had washed were so good that if he ripped them a few more times, they could be used as a mop."
Hearing this, Boss Ye touched his nose awkwardly and said, "This is my first time washing clothes, so I don't know how to control my strength.
"Besides, it's not all my fault. It's mainly because the quality of the fabric is too poor. I didn't even put in any effort, and he tore it apart piece by piece."
"Listen, it's been so many years, and you're still making excuses!" Mrs. Ye said as she stood up. "I'm too lazy to listen to you. I'll take Qingtian to see how they make furniture."
As she walked out, she winked at Ambassador Ye.
They had been married for more than ten years, so Boss Ye immediately understood. He stood up and took Qingtian from Sister Ye's arms and said, "You've been holding him all the way. Give him to me. I'll go with you two."
So only Ye Lao San and Ye San's wife were left in the room.
Mrs. Ye San then told him why she came to the city this time and that Mrs. Ye Da had accepted the task from Mr. Jiang.
“I went to Shuanglin Village with my sister-in-law before and earned a hundred coins a day. I also had a lot of good food and brought meat for the children when I got home.
"My sister-in-law has already said that as long as I am willing, she will take me with her wherever she goes to host a banquet, and she has also increased my salary.
"So you don't have to work too hard to make money. I can at least make some money to supplement the family income."
Seeing that Ye Laosan's face was thinner than before he left home, Ye San's wife felt very distressed.
"You've lost weight. Is it because you're too tired from working here or because you don't eat well?"
"The food is really not that good." Ye Lao San said honestly, "Although there are meat and vegetables every day, the cooking skills are far worse than my sister-in-law's."
When she heard the first half of the sentence, Mrs. Ye thought that the Zhang family was not doing things properly and was unwilling to give the masters good food and drink.
Who knew it was because of my poor cooking skills.
"Everyone else eats the same, so just make do with it." Thinking of the meals that Sister Ye cooked at the Jiang family, Sister Ye said with emotion, "After all, even if you don't work here and go home, it will be difficult for you to eat Sister Ye's cooking every day.
"You don't know, nowadays the queue for inviting my sister-in-law to host a banquet is one month later.
"I think after the flower viewing party is over, my sister-in-law will be so busy that she'll be running around like crazy."
"Is my sister-in-law really that powerful?" Ye Lao San was a little bit unbelievable.
After all, I have been eating Mrs. Ye’s cooking for so many years. It is delicious, but it shouldn’t be to this extent, right?
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