The next day.
Ye Erquan then went to find Ye Tieniu and Ye Sanquan to discuss the matter of making a latrine for Ye Caiping.
Ye Tieniu's eyes widened: "You mean Caiping is going to teach us how to make a new kind of latrine? That's great! Having another skill means having another way to make a living."
Ye Erquan said, "Little Sister said that if we form a small team, we might be able to get some jobs in the future. Let's go find Little Sister first."
Ye Tieniu and Ye Sanquan were even more excited, rubbing their hands together with joy.
The three of them went to Old Ye's house together.
Inside the main room, Ye Caiping took out three contracts.
The three men looked at each other in bewilderment. Zhao Tieniu said, "Why...why do we have to sign something like this?"
Ye Caiping laughed and said, "When doing business, you need a contract, otherwise you'll have to argue about it after you make money. What do you think?"
Zhao Tieniu was illiterate and couldn't understand it, but Ye Sanquan recognized it and explained as he read:
"Once we make money, we'll distribute it according to our shares. Erquan will take 60 shares, and Tieniu and I will each take 20 shares. If anyone teaches the construction method to someone else, they'll have to pay 100 taels of silver... 100 taels?"
Ye Sanquan was so shocked that he almost dropped the contract in his hand.
Zhao Tieniu waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, I don't have a hundred taels to pay back."
Ye Caiping chuckled: "Brother Tie Niu and Third Brother, don't be nervous. It's clearly stated in the contract that you only need to pay compensation if you teach others. If you don't teach, you don't need to pay. Do you even know how to teach?"
"Of course not!" Zhao Tieniu realized. "Once you've learned a skill, you can't easily teach it to others."
"That solves it. So, are you going to learn it or not?"
Zhao Tieniu and Ye Sanquan also understood and said urgently, "Learn, of course we'll learn!"
Having more skills is never a bad thing; it can also provide an extra source of income. In any case, you won't lose anything by learning them!
The three immediately signed the contract and pressed their fingerprints, and the three-person team was officially formed.
The next morning, Ye Caiping found a porcelain craftsman and commissioned a squat toilet and sewage pipe.
Then they found a stonemason.
For the sake of cleanliness and hygiene, Ye Caiping plans to pave the outhouse with bluestone slabs, and the bottom and cover of the septic tank must also be made of stone slabs.
She plans to pave the entire yard with stone slabs, except for the interior which will be tiled.
She spent a full twenty-five taels just on the stone slabs.
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Lijia Village —
Li Jiaojiao lay listlessly on the table in the courtyard, staring blankly at the clouds in the sky.
Granny Li returned carrying clothes and went into the hall to get a drink of water, but when she picked up the teapot, it was empty!
Granny Li was so angry she wanted to smash the teapot!
She came out, hanging up clothes as she said with a forced smile:
"Jiaojiao, you're so free, can't you boil some water or wash the dishes? You didn't even pick up the soy sauce bottle when it fell over."
Li Jiaojiao's face darkened, and she sneered, "What? Did my mother and I come into your Li family just to be your servants?"
"You said it yourself, it's just a soy sauce bottle that fell over. You could have just helped it up! It's such a small thing, why are you making such a fuss! Dad, come out and see, Grandma's up to her old tricks again!"
Before Granny Li could speak, Li Zhiyuan's cursing voice came from the main room:
"Mom, can't you just shut up? If you want water, go boil it yourself. Why are you always ordering Jiaojiao and Shui Niang around? They're always making a ruckus. Can't a person read in peace?"
Granny Li's face changed drastically, and she was so aggrieved that tears were about to fall.
Li Jiaojiao curled her lips defiantly. Hmph, you think you can bully Li Jiaojiao? No way!
Granny Li felt a pang of sadness and couldn't bear it any longer. She stopped hanging the clothes out to dry, turned around, and ran into her room.
Good heavens, what sins has she committed to deserve such mistreatment in her old age?
At that moment, a man limped in through the door.
The man was in his early twenties, and although he was dressed in ordinary coarse cloth, his extraordinary good looks could not be concealed.
As soon as Li Jiaojiao saw him, her eyes lit up, and she quickly went forward to help him.
"Gu Han, where did you go? Didn't I tell you not to wander around?"
The first two sentences were meant to express concern, but the latter part carried a hint of discouragement and disdain.
She had originally planned to marry him because he was so handsome.
Unfortunately, he became a cripple! That meant she could never marry him!
Well, at least she's good-looking. I don't necessarily have to marry her. It's nice to just look at her every day.
Why not just treat it like having a beautiful pet?
When Gu Han saw her, his cold expression softened slightly, and he sat down as she helped him up: "I'll just go out and take a look."
That magnetic voice was so captivating that Li Jiaojiao felt like her ears were about to get pregnant.
Li Jiaojiao became even more infatuated: "You spun around a few times, did you remember something?"
As soon as Gu Han woke up, he said that he had amnesia and only remembered his own name.
A ruthless glint flashed in Gu Han's eyes, his hands clenched tightly under his sleeves, but his face remained calm: "No."
How could he not remember!
He, the heir apparent of the Marquis of Ningguo, was framed and persecuted by his stepmother. Not only was he stripped of his title as heir apparent, but he was also expelled from his clan and banished from his home.
Like a stray dog, he was relentlessly pursued and eventually ended up among a group of beggars, barely escaping with his life.
Thinking about it, Gu Han looked at Li Jiaojiao with a touch of tenderness: "Jiaojiao, thank goodness for you, otherwise I would have been beaten to death in the street long ago."
Li Jiaojiao said smugly, "Then you should remember this well. I, Li Jiaojiao, saved your life. If you become successful in the future, you must not forget me."
Gu Han liked her pure and straightforward nature. Although she was a little greedy and calculating, she was not annoying at all. On the contrary, she was as willful and cute as a cunning little fox.
Gu Han's icy handsome face softened slightly: "Don't worry. When I... become successful in the future, I will definitely repay you."
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