"Father, Mother, why are you out? Aren't you sick? Go back to your room!" Ye Caiping suddenly remembered that Old Madam Ye was ill.
Grandma Ye laughed and said, "I feel much better after taking the medicine. The doctor also told me to come out for some fresh air; I was so tired of being cooped up in jail."
"Alright, you can sit in the corridor then." She looked around, then asked, "Hey, where are my sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, Yong'er, and Peng'er?"
Jin'er said, "My eldest aunt and second uncle have gone home. They even borrowed an oxcart to find the manager of Shunke Restaurant and Aunt Pang to discuss the supply of goods. Only my eldest uncle said he was sick and didn't want to move, so he wanted to stay here to recuperate."
Ye Daquan, who had been sitting listlessly in the back, jumped up: "Can't you just kick me out?"
Jin'er giggled: "No, no, Uncle can rest assured and recover at our home."
Ye Caiping chatted with them for a while before going into her room.
Then I turned on the system.
He spent one tael of silver to buy an exquisite glass ornament and two vases. He also spent 30 copper coins to buy a book on glassmaking.
She had intended to spend more money on the ornaments and books, but the glass was only worth so little, and the books were even less valuable.
With the remaining 48 taels, she bought 48 ginseng roots that had been growing in the forest for 20 years.
Ye Caiping recalled that a 30-year-old tree cost 10 taels, but a 20-year-old tree was directly reduced to 1 tael.
After buying the groceries, Ye Caiping carried 40 ginseng roots to the kitchen. Seeing Xiao Yan cooking over a fire, she handed the ginseng to her.
“Every day, I stew a pot of ginseng chicken soup, add some red dates and goji berries, until everyone’s complexion recovers.”
Xiao Yan took it with trembling hands: "So many ginseng roots, they're too precious. Should I leave them?"
"It's not too valuable, it's only 20 years old, and it's very clear and smooth. If it's too old, it might be too nourishing. Your great-grandmother is sick, so it's not good to bother her with getting things every day. You can just put it in the kitchen."
Xiao Yan stopped being coy; this was her aunt's trust in her: "Okay."
After leaving the kitchen, Ye Caiping went to Jin'er's room.
Jin'er and Huan'er were drawing when they saw her and looked up: "Mother."
"You two go and inform everyone that they should come to the workshop to continue working tomorrow."
"good!"
The two maids hurriedly ran out, and Ye Caiping returned to her room to begin planning the glass workshop.
Unexpectedly, less than half an hour later, a large group of villagers arrived.
Hearing the chattering, Ye Caiping quickly came out and saw a group of people standing in the outer courtyard, all of whom were employees of the hot and sour soup workshop.
Of course, there were also some curious villagers like Granny Zhao.
Upon seeing her, he became excited: "Caiping, are we going to continue working tomorrow?"
"???" Ye Caiping nodded: "Yes! I asked Jin'er to inform you, why are you here again?"
The villagers looked at her sincerely: "We came to visit you. We wanted to come as soon as we heard the news last night, but we were afraid of bothering you and making you rest. We wanted to come again this morning, but the village head wouldn't let us, saying that you should rest."
"We only dared to come after Jin'er and the others came to inform us."
Ye Caiping then noticed that almost everyone was carrying a basket containing vegetables, eggs, brown sugar, and rice.
Granny Zhao jumped over: "Caiping, what exactly happened with that notorious bandit?"
Ye Caiping said, "Actually, it was Magistrate Lu who wanted to seize my workshop and deliberately framed me. That so-called notorious bandit has been in jail all along and hasn't run away at all. Now the prefect has seen through Magistrate Lu's evil deeds, and Magistrate Lu has been imprisoned."
The villagers, upon hearing this, erupted in a flurry of excited chatter.
"Magistrate Lu is actually this kind of person?"
“I once had two pigs stolen from me, and the thief wouldn’t admit it. So I went to the yamen to complain, and it was Magistrate Lu who stood up for me.”
“I heard that Magistrate Lu is a good official, and I've never seen him oppress the people... How could this be…”
"Our local officials... how could they do such a thing?"
Hearing these words, Ye Caiping sighed softly. At the time, she also thought he was a good person.
Granny Zhao shrieked, "What? You're going to defend him? Do you really believe Cai Ping harbored a notorious bandit? Haven't you heard the saying, 'You can know a person's face but not their heart'?"
The villagers were taken aback, then quickly shook their heads: "Of course we don't believe it. Cai Ping isn't trying to die, why would she hide a major thief? Besides, Magistrate Lu is already in prison, which proves Cai Ping's innocence."
Ye Caiping said, "Alright, that's the truth. Don't worry, everyone. Go back to work. No one will dare to bully us again."
The cassava matter was only reported today and hasn't been officially approved yet, so she didn't reveal Magistrate Lu's true intentions.
The villagers finally smiled. What county magistrate? Nothing beats receiving a monthly wage!
"These are my eggs, you should eat them to your heart's content."
"This is brown sugar from my family."
Ye Caiping couldn't refuse, so she accepted them one by one. After a while, the villagers left one after another.
After the villagers left, Ye Lizheng, Wang Shuantou, and Uncle Ye Er arrived together.
Ye Caiping was very grateful to them.
At the time, his family was imprisoned, their fate unknown, but the furniture workshop continued to be built, and Wang Shuantou continued to supervise the manufacture of tools. He never mentioned withdrawing his investment or anything like that.
If it were someone else, they might not only have continued building their workshop, but they might have already sneaked into her house and taken things, thus offsetting the principal they had invested with her.
Ye Caiping was deeply grateful for this trust alone.
Ye Lizheng and his group also brought some brown sugar, eggs, and other similar items.
Ye Caiping welcomed them into the living room, and they chatted for a while.
Before leaving, give them a return gift.
After thinking about it, she realized that Shen Manman had just delivered a carload of things to her, including a lot of pastries and cured chicken and meat, probably because she had a large family. There were three or four boxes of each kind of pastry.
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