Li Jiaojiao walked in and said coldly, "If Father wants to eat good wine and meat, then give him the money! You're giving me money to eat coarse food, and you expect me to cook you delicacies?"
"You..." Li Zhiyuan was extremely embarrassed and annoyed, "Did I say we ate delicacies?"
"Then what is there for Dad to complain about? Today it's stir-fried cucumber, yesterday it's stir-fried cabbage, and the day before yesterday it was stir-fried water spinach! Which day is the same? You've eaten almost all of our eggs! If you don't want them, then we can have them!"
Li Zhiyuan was furious and wanted to hit someone, but Zhang Shuiniang quickly pulled him back: "Alright, alright, stop arguing. Zhiyuan, sit down and eat!"
"Hmph." Li Zhiyuan pulled out two strings of coins from his sleeve, a total of forty coins, and slapped them on the table. "Take this, buy some meat tonight!"
He used to have Zhang Shuiniang manage his money, but now he's taking it back himself.
...
Ye Caiping and her companion arrived at Baiweilou and stopped their carriage.
Led by Manager Lin, the two arrived at a side room on the second floor.
Upon entering, Ye Caiping saw Su Hen sitting there and greeted him with a smile, "Master Su, it's been a long time."
"Please sit down," Su Hen said with a smile.
Ye Caiping cupped her hands in thanks to him: "Thank you for what happened last time."
Su Hen sighed softly, "I'm truly sorry that I haven't been able to help at all."
“No, we are already very happy that Master Su is willing to help.” As he spoke, he handed over a basket. “I know that Master Su has nothing to lack, so I won’t bring any snacks. Here are some dried bamboo shoots and dried vegetables that we dried ourselves. I hope Master Su will not find them too bad.”
"In addition, the price of each jin of seasoning packets will be reduced by two wen when Baiweilou purchases them in the future."
Ye Caiping knew that favors were dwindling, and Su Hen had already shown great kindness by going to the prefect of Mingzhou for them. If it were any other merchant, they would have already protected themselves.
Su Hen smiled and said, "I'll take these dried bamboo shoots, but there's no need to lower the price. Just keep it the same as before. Madam Ye, you don't need to be so polite. We'll be cooperating again in the future."
Ye Caiping's release from prison proves that she has found a powerful backer.
I wouldn't dare take advantage of her.
Firstly, his business acumen led him to cultivate a good relationship with her; secondly, he felt unworthy of her kindness.
“Okay.” Ye Caiping readily agreed, “Then I’ll pay for this meal.”
"OK."
After lunch, Ye Daquan rested at Baiweilou Restaurant, and Manager Lin thoughtfully booked him a room.
Ye Caiping went to find Shen Zhiyan.
It's by the river, in the same spot.
As Ye Caiping approached, amidst the swaying bamboo shadows, she saw Shen Zhiyan leaning against the green bamboo behind him, fast asleep.
The fishing rod was stuck in the mud.
Ye Caiping crouched down and walked over, only to find that there wasn't a single fish in his fish basket.
Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, Ye Caiping did not disturb him.
After thinking for a moment, she took out the snow-white fox fur cloak from her spatial storage and gently draped it over him. It was the one he had given her last time, and she had already washed it.
She lifted the fishing rod, reeled in the line, changed the bait, and started fishing directly with his rod.
This fishing rod is the one she had Wang Shuantou make last time, the one with a reel.
To be honest, it's not very user-friendly.
She prefers the one without a reel, as it feels more like fishing.
In less than fifteen minutes, a fish took the bait.
Shen Zhiyan didn't wake up until the entire fish basket was full.
He looked at her slender back, then at his own fish basket. To be honest, his fish basket had never been so full!
Hearing the noise, Ye Caiping turned around: "You're awake?"
"Hmm." He removed his cloak. "How long have you been here?"
“One hour,” Ye Caiping said, shoving the fishing rod back into his hand. “Didn’t I say last time that I was going to give you a thank-you gift?”
"Hmm." He pulled up the fishing line and cast it out again.
Ye Caiping walked behind a bamboo grove, took out an exquisite ornament and several glass bottles from her spatial storage, and presented them to him: "Here you go."
Shen Zhiyan only saw that Ye Caiping was holding a bunch of shiny things.
He quickly stuck the fishing rod into the mud and took the ornament. It was round with some colored sand inside. When he rotated it, the sand inside would flow out.
Besides these, there are three other bottles.
He looked at them for a while before saying, "These... did you dig them up from the mountain again?"
Ye Caiping choked, was this a joke she couldn't get over?
She gritted her teeth and said, "It wasn't dug up... I know how to make this."
Shen Zhiyan was slightly taken aback: "How dare you say something like this?"
He had only ever seen such clear glass in her hands before; its value was enough to make various forces kidnap her.
"Isn't this because it's you?"
Hearing this, Shen Zhiyan's mood improved: "That's true."
Upon seeing this, Ye Caiping excitedly leaned over and asked, "Um... how about we start a glass workshop together?"
"Glass?"
"Hmm! It's not glass, it's clear glass. Clear glass is more transparent and brighter!"
Looking at her excited smile, Shen Zhiyan couldn't help but smile as well: "Glass, that sounds nice. Workshop, that's fine too. Many people are into these kinds of clear glass products."
Ye Caiping said, "Besides handicrafts, it can also be used for doors and windows. When we make windows, if we want light to pass through, we can only use paper, but that's not very practical and it will fall apart after a few years. But as long as glass doesn't break, it can still be used for ten or twenty years."
“I have a secret recipe that can produce large quantities of glass at extremely low cost. Let’s start a glass workshop together, with each of us owning 50% of the shares.”
Shen Zhiyan picked up the fishing rod: "Give me ten percent, that's enough."
Shen Zhiyan knew she was looking for a backer; the secret formula belonged to her, and she was the one running the workshop. His taking 10% was just a token gesture to put her mind at ease.
Ye Caiping couldn't believe it; there were actually people who complained about having too much money?
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