Ms. Wei immediately stood up, picked up the basket, and was about to leave.
"Hey, hey, why did Fourth Sister leave!" A dark-skinned, thin woman rushed out of the room and grabbed her. "Fourth Sister knows Mother; that's just how she is."
Old Lady Wei's face darkened, and she wanted to scold her as before, calling her a good-for-nothing brat.
He scolded her, and even the basket of eggs was gone, so he pursed his lips and remained silent.
The dark-skinned, thin woman was Mrs. Wei's sister-in-law. She smiled and pressed Mrs. Wei into a chair.
"Sit down, sit down, oh dear, wait a minute, don't sit down yet. Our chairs are a bit worn out, and I'm afraid they might snag Fourth Sister's nice clothes."
He then pulled Mrs. Wei up and moved her to a newer chair: "Sit here."
Mrs. Wei chuckled, amused by her sister-in-law's gesture of changing the chair.
After her sister-in-law sat down opposite her, she said, "Fourth Sister's life is getting richer and richer, while our family is still struggling. We're all destined to be poor, unlike Fourth Sister who is so lucky."
Ms. Wei was secretly pleased and enjoyed the feeling of being fawned over.
Madam Wei took out an ounce of silver from her sleeve: "I wasn't unprepared; this is to honor Mother."
Old Lady Wei was overjoyed and quickly snatched the money back, her tone softening slightly: "What brings you back to me?"
Madam Wei pursed her lips and then recounted the story of Ye Peng and Jin'er:
“My Peng’er and Jin’er were getting along very well, and I was very satisfied with this daughter-in-law. I don’t know why things turned out like this.”
Old Lady Wei rolled her eyes at her:
"This was originally a good marriage, but it didn't work out because you're such a pig-brain?"
Madam Wei's face darkened, but she held back and listened as Old Madam Wei continued:
"This marriage has so many advantages, but you can't say a single one of them. You've turned the good into bad, and what's with the gold hairpin? Isn't that just offensive? Professional matters should be handled by professionals!"
Upon hearing this, Ms. Wei realized it made sense and secretly regretted that she had acted too impulsively at the time.
......
Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Ye Caiping purchased a large quantity of mooncakes from the town's pastry shops and went to the two workshops early in the morning to distribute them.
After distributing the goods from the workshop, Ye Caiping went with Ye Lizheng to the storefront in the prefectural city to distribute them.
Whether they were workshop employees or shop sales staff, everyone who received the mooncakes was incredulous, never expecting to receive holiday gifts while working!
After distributing the mooncakes, Ye Caiping was about to leave when she saw a short, stout, middle-aged man with a prosperous appearance walking towards her.
He gave a forced smile: "So, it's Madam Ye, isn't it?"
Ye Caiping raised an eyebrow: "May I ask who you are...?"
"I work at Dafu Clothing Store. May I speak to you in private?"
Can. "
As he spoke, he walked with him into a nearby alley.
The man said, "Madam Ye, I just heard you delivered Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to the waiters?"
"Hmm, what's wrong?"
The man was somewhat indignant: "Madam Ye, this isn't how you treat people. You've already paid them such high wages, and you're still giving the waiters gifts. Aren't you just making them more greedy?"
"What's it to you?" Ye Caiping raised an eyebrow. "I get it. You mean I'm paying too much and offering better benefits, which is disrupting market wages?"
The man gritted his teeth and said, "You know that much. I also hope that Madam Ye will lower their wages."
Ye Caiping sneered: "This is our shop, give us whatever you want."
"But the way you're doing this makes my second son less motivated to work."
"Then pay him more! If you really don't want to, just tell your waiter, take it or leave it. There are plenty of ways to do that. You clearly want a good reputation for not being mean to your employer, but you don't want to pay the money."
The short, fat man was so angry that his face twisted in rage.
But he couldn't do anything about Ye Caiping, because he had heard that this Lady Ye had been imprisoned! And she had been framed by a county magistrate.
Those who can emerge safely from prison under such circumstances are all formidable characters, not to be trifled with!
The short, stout man snorted coldly, turned around, and left.
As Ye Caiping exited the alley, Ye Lizheng stepped forward, saying worriedly, "Our wages are indeed a bit higher than other companies."
Ye Caiping said, "What's the big deal? If you have money, give more; if you don't, give less. You can't expect every shop to be the same!"
"I'm afraid it might affect others..."
Ye Caiping said, "It won't be affected too much. There are too many people looking for work, just like that employer. The waiter envied other companies for their high wages and didn't work hard. He could just fire him and find another waiter willing to pay that much. There are people everywhere who can't find work, and plenty of people are willing to do it. He just wants to have a good reputation."
Ye Li was listening and instantly understood.
Thinking back to the poor days my family used to live.
If you go out to find work and see that the shop in the east pays one tael of silver a month while the shop in the west only pays five hundred cash, you will naturally want to choose the shop in the east.
But if the employer doesn't want anyone, the only option is to go to the employer in the west.
Because there are more people than jobs.
Everyone wants to do high-paying jobs, but not everyone has the opportunity.
So, in terms of impact, it has absolutely no impact on anything.
Ye Caiping added, "Besides, so be it. It's too hard for ordinary farmers to make money. If those merchants are affected by me, it would be a good thing if they raised their wages."
......
Ye Caiping returned home at noon.
After the family finished lunch, they busied themselves hanging lanterns.
Ye Caiping was standing at the door when she received a small fish, a box of mooncakes, and an exquisite gift box from Duanwu.
Ye Caiping opened the box and saw that it contained neatly arranged bird's nests.
Ye Caiping exclaimed in surprise, "So many bird's nests!"
Duanwu waved her hand casually: "Master said, this is nothing, goodbye, Madam Ye."
After saying that, he left.
Ye Caiping happily carried in the box along with the mooncakes and fish basket.
Grandma Ye was picking vegetables on the porch when she spotted the fish basket and exclaimed happily, "Shall we have mixed fish today?"
Ye Caiping gave an embarrassed smile: "Um..."
I had so many things on my hands that I completely forgot to put the little fish in my spatial storage. What a blunder!
Grandma Ye had just finished picking vegetables when she stood up: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival... so let's not call your eldest and second brothers yet. We can eat together during the New Year."
"good."
They had originally planned to celebrate the holiday together, but after what happened with Ye Peng and Jin'er, it would be awkward to celebrate together again.
Let's avoid this for a while.
Hopefully, Ye Peng can come to his senses, and the Wei family can behave themselves.
Ye Caiping put the mooncakes and bird's nest back into the room.
Just then, Xiao Yan came in carrying a set of neatly folded clothes: "The new clothes for Mid-Autumn Festival are ready. These are for Auntie."
"Are Jin'er and the others done too?"
"It has already been sent over."
"Thank you for your hard work." Ye Caiping unfolded the clothes. "Your skills are getting better and better. Look at how beautifully these flowers are embroidered."
Xiao Yan lowered her head and smiled, "Jin Hua comes to help me whenever she has time, saying she wants to practice! I've learned all the embroidery and tailoring techniques she learned at the Shen family."
Ye Caiping was very pleased to see Xiaoyan's ambition: "By the way... tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, do you want to go home and spend it with your older sister?"
Ye Caiping suddenly remembered Ye Hufen.
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