Ye Guowei pointed to another younger man and introduced him, "Acheng, this is Sun Ping'an. You should call him cousin. He's your uncle's son."
Sun Ping'an, who looked to be between himself and Ye Guowei in age, also had a simple and honest face. Upon being introduced, he quickly extended his hand and blurted out...
"Hello, boss."
Ye Cheng's face stiffened. This...
Sun Ping'an looked at Ye Cheng awkwardly, feeling a little embarrassed.
Ye Cheng quickly reached out and shook hands, "Cousin, we're all family, no need to call me boss."
Before he could finish speaking, Sun Baocheng interjected, "Yes, yes, I told Ping An that we're here to work. You hired us, so you're the boss. You can't just act recklessly because you're related to us."
Ye Cheng was quite pleased to hear this, as he was genuinely afraid that Jiang Yunxiang would bring him two powerful men, which would cause trouble.
Judging from the appearance of the father and son, they seemed honest and simple, and they must have some skills, so I felt at ease.
"Uncle, why are you being so formal? Please sit down. You are our elder, and we would feel awkward if you didn't sit down."
Ye Cheng greeted them and sat down next to Ye Guowei in the accompanying seat.
I just grabbed two plates of the braised food I bought and poured it out, and soon a table full of dishes was ready.
Jiang Yunxiang wiped her hands and then sat down at the table.
"Uncle, brother, welcome! I haven't been back to the family much since I got married. This is your first time here, so please don't be shy."
Sun Baocheng forced a smile, then looked at the dishes on the table and said, "Yunxiang, isn't this too much? We're here to work."
Today's dishes were bought by Jiang Yunxiang at the market this morning: lobster, grouper, conch, and braised pork knuckle. Her brother-in-law also wanted braised pork intestines and pork kidneys. It's almost like Chinese New Year.
No wonder Sun Baocheng was getting restless.
Seeing her uncle like this, Jiang Yunxiang quickly said, "Uncle, you rarely come here, so you must buy something good. Let Guowei have a good drink with you later, and Brother Ping'an should have a drink too. Don't be shy."
"Come on, Uncle, Brother, start eating."
Sun Ping'an stared at the lobster in front of him, his Adam's apple bobbing. When he heard Jiang Yunxiang say to use his chopsticks, he cautiously reached out to pick up a piece of lobster meat.
*Smack*
Just as he reached out, Sun Baocheng slapped his chopsticks at him.
"How can you be so rude? We're here to work, we can't afford to eat expensive food."
As he spoke, Sun Baocheng added a piece of pig's head meat to his son's plate, while he himself took a peanut.
Ye Cheng was speechless. He turned to Dou Dou and said, "Dou Dou, go and serve food to your great-uncle and uncle. The more food you serve, the better."
DouDou, being a child at heart, immediately jumped off the table and slipped over to Sun BaoCheng when she heard she had a task for him.
"Uncle, you're eating lobster. Lobster is delicious. Mom also often buys this grouper. It's so fragrant."
"Uncle, you eat lobster too? We often eat it at home."
DouDou kept calling him "Uncle" and "Grandpa," making Sun Baocheng feel embarrassed and put his hand back down.
Soon, a pile of meat was stacked in front of the two of them.
Ye Guowei gave Ye Cheng a wink; these two, father and son, were still there as employees.
That means it can only be Ye Cheng, the boss, who takes over.
Ye Cheng picked up his wine glass. "Uncle, brother, come on, have a drink first. You guys eat more. My sister-in-law said that if I don't treat you well, I'll get a beating."
"This child." Jiang Yunxiang rolled her eyes at Ye Cheng, but she was secretly pleased.
She wanted her family to see that she was living a good life and could also help them.
With the combined efforts of the group, Sun Baocheng finally let go of his worker's mentality a bit, and after a few drinks, he became more talkative.
“Yunxiang, your mother said that now that your life is better, you still think about your family. You are still very filial.”
Hearing Sun Baocheng's personal confirmation from his mother, Jiang Yunxiang was overjoyed.
"Uncle, how is Mom's health?"
"She's doing great, she can eat even more than me, how could she not be good? It's just that lately she's been craving chocolate and stuff, and she keeps saying that the chocolate she ate at your place last time was the best, and that the chocolate at home isn't as good as the chocolate here."
Upon hearing that her mother had developed a liking for chocolate, Jiang Yunxiang glanced at Ye Cheng.
Ye Cheng was also surprised that the old lady had taken a liking to this so much after her last visit.
Seeing Jiang Yunxiang's expression, Ye Cheng immediately said, "Uncle, I know which one Auntie likes to eat. I'll go to town and buy some for her and send it to her."
"Yes, yes, buy more."
"Okay, okay, I'll buy more." Ye Cheng was also helpless.
The original plan was to let Sun Baocheng and the other man drink more, but he insisted on refusing, saying that he had to work in the afternoon and couldn't drink too much.
Seeing his insistence, Ye Guowei didn't press him any further and continued drinking on his own.
After a few rounds of drinks, Jiang Yunxiang suddenly looked at Ye Cheng, her eyes flickered, and then she spoke.
"Ah Cheng, how much are you planning to pay my uncle and the others?"
She's here to fight for benefits for her uncle.
Ye Cheng didn't care about the small amount. "Sister-in-law, what do you think is a suitable amount?"
Upon hearing that wages were being discussed, Sun Baocheng quickly lowered his head and pretended to pick up some food, but after trying for a long time, he couldn't pick up a single peanut.
Jiang Yunxiang's eyes flickered, then she looked at Ye Cheng and said, "Cheng, my uncle used to earn 80 yuan a day working for others, so he can't earn too little when he comes to our house."
Ye Cheng nodded and casually picked up a piece of meat for Sun Baocheng, which startled Sun Baocheng so much that his hand trembled and he almost dropped his chopsticks.
"It's alright, I can do it myself, don't be shy." Sun Baocheng quickly set up his chopsticks and then stuffed the meat Ye Cheng had picked up into his mouth.
Ye Cheng looked at him calmly and said, "Uncle, how about I give you 120 a day, and Brother Ping An will give you 100 a day? Is that okay?"
Since my sister-in-law has suggested a base price of 80, I'll raise it by 50%, and everyone will be satisfied.
"How much? 120?" Sun Baocheng felt that even the meat didn't taste good anymore; money was much more appealing.
“Yes, you get 120, and Brother Ping’an gets 100, which adds up to 220 a day.” Ye Cheng repeated, emphasizing his words.
After saying that, he turned to Jiang Yunxiang and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you think this price is acceptable?"
Jiang Yunxiang's face was full of smiles; her brother-in-law really knew how to handle things.
"Yes, yes, Uncle, do you think it's okay?"
Sun Baocheng had no objections whatsoever, nodding repeatedly with a wide grin.
Ye Cheng smiled, glanced at his elder brother, and gave him a wink, as if to say, "Is my job alright?"
Ye Guowei pursed his lips and quietly gave a thumbs up.
With such high wages, Sun Baocheng and his son were a little overwhelmed and wanted to go to the place where they were working as soon as possible.
Actually, they had almost finished eating, and since they wanted to go see it, Ye Cheng pulled Ye Guowei along and took the two of them out.
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