Chapter 31 Ye Beixiu's Enlightenment
After leaving the brick kiln, they went to the woodworking factory.
The Zhao Family Woodworking Factory was recommended by the manager of the Liu Family Brick Kiln Factory. After they entered Jinshui Town, they went straight there.
Zhao Xiang, the owner of the Zhao Family Woodworking Factory, was making furniture in the yard with his young apprentice. When he saw someone coming in, he put down his work and went to greet them.
Ye Jishun started talking to Ye Beixiu and Zhao Xiang.
Zhang Juexia walked around the yard and watched his apprentice work for a while.
The young apprentice felt uneasy when she looked at him, and his hands became clumsy when working.
Zhang Juexia then entered the house. At this time, Ye Jishun and Zhao Xiang had already become relatives.
Anyway, Jinshui Town is so small that as long as you want to climb up, you can always find a breakthrough.
Zhao Xiang didn't want to miss out on such a big client, so he followed Ye Jishun's words and called him uncle.
"Uncle, my woodworking factory has been open in town for many years and has an excellent reputation. We're relatives, so the materials and prices are definitely better than others. Take a look at the furniture in the yard. It was ordered by the Liu family in our town. Their third child is getting married soon. We'll deliver it to their home tomorrow."
Ye Jishun waved his hand and said, "Let's not look at furniture for now. That's a bit far away. We need to build a house first, and we need wood."
"Then let's go look at the wood."
Zhao Xiang took them to the backyard to look at the wood, but Zhang Juexia was not interested and did not go with them.
She heard clearly what Zhao Xiang said just now.
She looked around the furniture in the yard and asked her apprentice curiously, "The Liu family your master just mentioned, is it Liu Hong's family?"
"Um."
When she wanted to ask something else, Ye Jishun and the others came back smiling.
"Xia'er, your uncle's wood is really good, and the price he gives us is fair. Let's order from here!"
Ye Beixiu nodded to her.
"All the materials cost a total of five taels of silver, including the materials for our new house's furniture. They will only charge for the labor."
Zhao Xiang added, "This wage is for making furniture, not for building the house."
Ye Jishun laughed out loud, "The children don't understand, but I do, so you don't need to explain."
Ye Beixiu paid a deposit of two taels of silver. Whenever they needed wood, they would deliver it to his home and he would pay the remaining silver at that time.
Zhao Xiang wanted to keep them for dinner, and he was just being polite. How could they not understand this? So they said a few more polite words and prepared to go home.
Zhang Juexia originally wanted to have dinner in the town before going home.
Ye Jishun insisted on going back. "Why waste that money? Let's go home quickly. Someone is coming to measure the mountain this afternoon, and I have to spend money again."
"How can that be? Money can be earned back if it is spent. If we go hungry, we are only hurting our own stomachs."
Passing by a bun shop, Zhang Juexia bought ten meat buns and ordered a bowl of soup for each person. After eating and drinking his fill, he set off again.
On the way back, Zhang Juexia asked Ye Beixiu, "Aren't the furniture we have now sufficient for use? Why do we need Zhao Xiang and the others to buy new furniture?"
"I saw you in the yard, staring at someone else's new furniture, and I thought you liked it, so I decided to do it."
Zhang Juexia was slightly stunned. At that time, she just heard that it was Liu family's furniture, so she couldn't help but take a closer look.
Speaking of the Liu family, she was just curious and nothing else.
Ye Jishun laughed at the side, "My grandson has finally come to his senses! Xia'er, if he really comes to his senses, he will be really good to you, the kind of good that can really kill you."
Zhang Juexia's face turned red after being teased by Ye Jishun.
The look in her eyes when she looked at Ye Beixiu, and then when she looked at Ye Beixiu again, there was a hint of shyness, and Ye Beixiu felt the same.
The glances between the two people were so sharp that they could be drawn.
Ye Jishun is an experienced person, how could he not notice it?
He deliberately walked forward a few steps faster to let the two young people talk in private for a while.
When passing by the old house, Wang Guilan was already waiting at the door, with Ye Yunsheng and Ye Yunliang following behind her.
She explained to Ye Jishun, "Let the eldest and third sons follow Xiu'er later. The officials are here, and they might need help."
Ye Jishun did not object and gestured to them, "Let's go."
"We've left some food at home. Eat it before you go upstairs."
"We've already eaten in town. Let's go up and get ready. I'll call Jidong along as well. Old woman, go get some tea bags from our room and make some for us when the time comes."
Wang Guilan responded and returned to the old house.
Zhang Juexia wanted to stop her but failed. She still needed to learn more about these interpersonal relationships.
There has never been any tea at home, and she and Ye Beixiu have no habit of drinking tea. However, she forgot that tea is needed when family members come to visit.
She made a mental note to herself that she would buy some tea the next time she went to town.
After Wang Guilan came out of the old house, Zhang Juexia walked up with her.
Ye Jishun took Ye Beixiu and a few others to Ye Jidong's house.
After returning home, Zhang Juexia cleaned up briefly, boiled some water, and wiped the tables and chairs.
Ye Jishun and the others came up.
Ye Beixiu helped her make tea, and the two of them started discussing things in the kitchen.
"Someone from the government will come soon. What do you think?"
Zhang Juexia thought for a moment and said, "Let's prepare some more silver. We can give some to everyone and also give some to the village head. We'll have a lot to trouble him with later."
"Okay. Go get ready! I'll go talk to them."
"Um."
Zhang Juexia pulled Ye Beixiu back and said, "Talk less and follow Grandpa and the village head more. Learn from them."
"I know."
They had only drunk two or three cups of tea in the house when they heard the sound of horse hooves outside. Ye Jidong hurriedly put down his tea bowl and walked out.
The others also went out to greet them.
Ye Jidong brought two people into the yard. As soon as they entered the yard, they began to complain, "The road to your Yejia Village is too difficult to walk on. We ate dirt all the way."
Ye Jidong smiled along.
Zhang Juexia filled the basin with water and motioned Ye Beixiu to take it over. "My two lords, please wash your faces first, then come in and have some tea."
They didn't hesitate and after washing their faces, they went into the house to drink tea.
While drinking tea, Ye Beixiu handed over the red envelope prepared by Zhang Juexia.
After they took it, they weighed it and stood up with a smile, "We brothers came to your place to do serious business. Let's measure the land quickly so that we can report to our superiors."
Everyone followed the two of them out the door together.
Zhang Juexia locked the door and followed him out.
The two officials took the red envelope and roughly estimated how much silver the master had given.
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