Chapter 104: Poor Brain
Yu Jiaming was frightened by her sparkling eyes and took a step back. He looked at her warily and forgot what he was about to say.
"Yu Jiaming, were you going to give me the jade pendant just now?" Ye Mingzhu smiled and continued without answering Jiaming.
"Your jade pendant is too precious for me to handle, but your banknotes are soaked in water. How about you do me a favor?"
Yu Jiaming was happy at first, thinking that it would be better if the jade pendant could not be returned, but, could this person be so kind?
"I won't do anything criminal!" Yu Jiaming straightened his face. Even if the other party saved him, he couldn't help the other party do bad things.
"Am I that kind of person?" Ye Mingzhu said righteously, "I just want you to help me buy something, it's very simple."
"Really?" Yu Jiaming confirmed again. Seeing Ye Mingzhu nod, he thought for a long time and only agreed when Ye Mingzhu began to frown.
Seeing that he agreed, Ye Mingzhu turned around and asked Wu Yue to notify Wu Jiang to find someone, and then told Ye Yun'an to notify the servant he had just hired yesterday to go together tomorrow.
Ye Yun'an got up early in the morning and ran to the cross-yard to watch them making brown sugar. Everyone thought he was there to supervise them, so no one dared to say anything and could only work harder.
So when Wu Yue suggested putting away the chopped sugar residue, no one said anything.
Ye Mingzhu watched Wu Yue leave. Yu Jiaming was still standing at the door. She asked him, "Why don't you leave?"
Yu Jiaming's face flushed a little: "Xiao Wu hasn't woken up yet, can you give me two more pieces of brown sugar to drink when he wakes up?"
At home, there are all kinds of supplements, and he has never even tried brown sugar.
But in this remote place, when the little girl Wu Yue ate all the cut sugar residue, he knew that brown sugar was a good thing.
Xiaowu dived into the sea for him and hasn't woken up yet. He drank brown sugar water, but he will never forget Xiaowu.
Ye Mingzhu was speechless for a while. It was not that she was reluctant, but she did not expect that Yu Jiaming, who looked like a nobleman, would actually ask her for brown sugar.
Yu Jiaming thought she was reluctant to leave, so he turned around and was about to leave. Ye Mingzhu quickly said, "I was a little distracted for a moment. Wait a moment, I'll find some oil paper to wrap the brown sugar."
Ye Mingzhu took a few more pieces of brown sugar, wrapped them in oil paper, and said, "Tomorrow I'll find two people to help you look after Xiaowu, so you can go shopping without worry."
Yu Jiaming was full of gratitude towards her and felt that he was wrong to have doubted her before.
The next morning, when he saw the Mo Xing sisters sent by Ye Mingzhu, he was shocked and countless thoughts flashed through his mind. Mo Xing lowered his head and explained that it was the boss who saved them. He felt that Ye Mingzhu was a good person.
Over there, Wu Jiang had already ordered four people, and together with the servants hired by Ye Mingzhu, they went to the county town to buy sweet sticks. These four people rarely left the village and were not conspicuous in the market.
The servants bought by Ye Mingzhu were divided into two groups, one group followed Wu Jiang and the other group followed Ye Mingzhu.
Wu Jiang drove the ox cart from the farm away first, while Jiang Hongyu and Ye Mingzhu drove another cart and waited for Jiaming at the gate of the compound.
Yu Jiaming was a little confused when he saw so many people: "Where are we going? What are we buying? Why do we need so many people?"
Ye Mingzhu asked him to get in the car first, but Yu Jiaming refused.
Ye Mingzhu was in a hurry to leave, her face darkening. "I just asked you to buy me some sweet bars. It's okay if you don't want to. Just repay me for saving your life first, and then pay for the food and accommodation for the past two days, and then you can leave."
Yu Jiaming's throat was a little dry. All the valuables he brought with him sank with the ship. The silver notes in his bag were soaked in water and could not be used. The only jade pendant he had could not be given away.
He wondered if this county town was unlucky for him. Why was everything going so wrong for him right after he arrived?
Ye Mingzhu didn't give him much time to think, and simply asked, "Are you going to pay me back? Or are you going shopping with us?"
Yu Jiaming gritted his teeth and got on the ox cart. This was his first time riding on an ox cart. Because he didn't sit firmly, he almost got thrown off.
Ye Mingzhu took out a piece of cloth to wrap her head and face, and handed him another piece.
Yu Jiaming was angry and glanced at Ye Mingzhu, whose face was covered and could not be seen: "I don't want it."
Ye Mingzhu put it away directly. Jiang Hongyu, who was driving the car, glanced at him and took the cloth from Ye Mingzhu's hand.
After a while, Yu Jiaming regretted it. He gritted his teeth and held on for a while, but he couldn't hold on any longer and asked Ye Mingzhu, "Give me some cloth."
As he spoke, a lot of dust flew into his mouth and he quickly covered his mouth.
Ye Mingzhu pointed at Jiang Hongyu who was driving the car without saying anything.
Yu Jiaming stretched out his hand to Jiang Hongyu, but Jiang Hongyu didn't even turn his head. He shouted twice, and Jiang Hongyu turned around in surprise and handed him the cloth.
Jiang Hongyu turned around with a smile on his face. No matter how rich he was, the roads to the county town were all dirt roads. The weather was very good these days, and the dust raised by the ox cart running up there could turn a rich man into a beggar.
Yu Jiaming covered his head and face with resentment, leaving no trace. He wore coarse cloth clothes, black cloth shoes, and a gray headscarf. If his former friends saw him like this, they would probably provide him with laughter for a whole year.
No one spoke along the way until we reached the gate of the county town.
Jiang Hongyu asked everyone to get off the bus. Ye Mingzhu gave everyone some copper coins and told them to buy some candy bars and gather at the city gate before noon.
Yu Jiaming was still dawdling on the ox cart, so Ye Mingzhu gave him a string of copper coins.
He shook his head and asked Jiang Hongyu: "Is there any water? My mouth is full of dirt."
Jiang Hongyu took out a water bag and handed it to him. He rinsed his mouth with a gulp, not caring about his image, and spit the water directly to the side.
Jiang Hongyu leaned aside with disgust, took the copper coin from Ye Mingzhu and stuffed it into his hand.
Yu Jiaming held the copper coins, his eyes filled with clear stupidity: "Don't give me copper coins, give me some small change."
Ye Mingzhu replied, "Everything is done in copper coins at the market. If you take small change, they won't be able to make change."
Yu Jiaming choked. He had never used copper coins before.
Jiang Hongyu drove the ox cart towards the city gate, and Yu Jiaming followed beside him, step by step.
Ye Mingzhu shook her head, not knowing whether it was right or wrong to bring him to buy sweet bars.
At this time, there was a long queue at the city gate, and there were soldiers in front collecting money. Each person could enter by paying 2 copper coins.
When it was their turn, the soldier looked at them and said, "Nine copper coins."
Jiang Hongyu was about to pay when Yu Jiaming stopped him: "Everyone in front of you got two copper coins, why do we have three each?"
The soldier frowned and looked at him carefully. Which valley did he come from? How come he didn't know the rules for entering the city gate?
Jiang Hongyu didn't want to cause trouble, so he quickly stopped the soldier and explained, "Brother, my brother is not very smart. He has been at home for the past few years and has never left the house. Please don't be offended. We pay two cents each, and the ox cart costs three cents. This is copper coins."
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