Chapter 33 The Third House Becomes Rich
Lin Dongjia had a good impression of Ye Mingzhu. She thought for a moment and said, "Mingzhu, although these corals you brought out are rare, they haven't been made into jewelry yet, and we are in Pinggu Town."
Ye Mingzhu took Jiang Wanyi's hand away and pointed at the corals on the table. "These corals can be made into bracelets, bangles, hairpins, jade pendants, earrings, etc. The rest can be made into rings. Not counting the rings, there are eight or nine pieces of jewelry that can be made."
Jiang Wanyi and Lin Dongjia both looked unhappy. Jiang Wanyi felt that her bid was too low, and Lin Dongjia didn't expect Ye Mingzhu to be so professional.
Ye Mingzhu asked Uncle Ye to put the coral away.
Jiang Wanyi quickly stopped her: "Miss Ye, I'll give you one thousand taels of silver."
"Wanyi." Boss Lin called out. One thousand taels is not a small amount.
"Miss Jiang is really straightforward. I will send the pictures I just mentioned to Linglong Pavilion as soon as possible." Ye Mingzhu knew when to stop.
"Can you draw?" Jiang Wanyi had originally planned to go to the capital to find some skilled craftsmen to make coral jewelry, but now she became interested: "When can you give me the drawings?"
"Come over the day after tomorrow at noon." Ye Mingzhu calculated the time needed to draw the picture.
"Sister-in-law, I don't have that much money with me this time. I'll lend you 500 first. I will ask someone to send it back to you when I go back." Jiang Wanyi pulled Lin Dongjia to the corner and said embarrassedly.
Mr. Lin originally thought that Jiang Wanyi's price was too high, but Ye Mingzhu was willing to provide the blueprints, so Jiang Wanyi just needed to find a craftsman to do it. In this way, it was not expensive.
"Money is not a problem, it's just that the price of this coral is a bit high." Lin Dongjia still advised her to prevent her from regretting it later.
"If she can make ten pieces of jewelry out of those corals, each piece of coral jewelry would be one hundred taels, which is not expensive." Jiang Wanyi waved her hand, "Sister-in-law, you should understand her level."
Mr. Lin was particularly upset. First, Ye Mingzhu took away 40% of the profits, and then his sister-in-law came to snatch away the rare coral.
"This is the pearl jewelry she drew. Take a look." Lin Dongjia handed the drawing that had been put away to Jiang Wanyi to see.
Given her sister-in-law's status in the family, she would not make decisions for her.
"This hairpin looks exquisite. Sister-in-law, can you give me one when it's finished?" Jiang Wanyi recognized Ye Mingzhu's ability.
Lin Dongjia saw that Jiang Wanyi insisted on having Ye Mingzhu draw the pictures. She smiled and said, "These are what people from small families wear. If you like them, I'll give you a few when I make them. You can keep them as a gift."
Jiang Wanyi smiled and took out a five-hundred-liang silver note from her pocket and handed it to Ye Mingzhu: "I'll give you a five-hundred-liang deposit first, and I'll give you the rest of the money when your drawings arrive the day after tomorrow."
Ye Mingzhu took the banknote and handed it to Uncle Ye San, then turned back and said, "Okay, I'll bring the design over the day after tomorrow. Keep this red coral for now. I'll go back and design a few more pieces of jewelry based on the pink coral."
Jiang Wanyi heard the wariness in her words and didn't take it to heart.
Although five hundred taels was a bit expensive to buy red coral, she believed that Ye Mingzhu would definitely come back.
All the things brought by Ye Mingzhu's uncle and nephew had been sold out, so Ye Mingzhu immediately said goodbye.
Lin Dongjia was a man of good manners. He had someone wrap up the snacks that Ye Mingzhu had eaten with oil paper and said, "This is a snack that we made in our store. Mingzhu, take it back and try it."
Ye Mingzhu took the paper bag and stuffed it directly into the backpack. She called her dazed Uncle Ye and walked out of Linglong Pavilion together.
"Mingzhu, I really sold five..." Uncle Ye quickly stopped talking halfway through, clutching his chest tightly with his hands: "Why do I feel like I'm dreaming?"
"Uncle San, relax. No one knows you have money on you. The more you act like this, the more attention people will pay to you."
Uncle Ye looked as if he was afraid that others would infringe upon him, which made Ye Mingzhu speechless. If he went out like this, everyone would know that he had valuable things on him.
"Mingzhu, how about you hold it for me and give it to me when we get back? I can't walk." Although it was a bit embarrassing, Uncle Ye was really scared. That was a silver note worth five hundred taels, not five cents. He was really afraid of losing it.
"Okay, I'll hold it for Uncle San first." Ye Mingzhu could only reach out to take the banknote from Uncle Ye San and put it directly into the space. There was no place safer than in the space.
Uncle Ye finally felt relieved and felt that he had regained his strength. However, he would look back at Ye Mingzhu every few steps, and then look back again after taking a few more steps.
Ye Mingzhu had no choice but to stop and said, "Uncle San, I have already kept the banknotes. No one can steal them. Please relax."
Uncle Ye smiled bitterly: "Mingzhu, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just..."
Ye Mingzhu understood this feeling. In ancient times, grain only cost a few cents per pound. These five hundred taels were probably equivalent to two or three million in modern times. No one would feel at ease.
"Uncle San, why don't we buy some meat and go home? I promised Yun An to buy meat today."
Uncle Ye nodded immediately. The meat stall was not far ahead, and they could buy some and go home directly.
The two of them arrived at the butcher's shop, and Ye Mingzhu directly bought five pounds of pork belly and five pounds of lard.
Uncle Ye looked dazed and didn't buy anything.
Uncle Ye didn't feel better until the two of them got on the ox cart.
"Some people just can't live their lives. Whoever marries her will be in great misfortune." I didn't expect to meet the weird woman again today.
Ye Mingzhu sighed in her heart. She really didn't want to cause trouble, but if someone insisted on making trouble, she didn't mind letting the other person know why the flowers were so red.
"You're so young, yet you go to town every day. Every time you go, the people around you are different. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..." The viciousness in the strange woman's eyes was about to become reality.
"Uncle San, do you smell a foul odor? Is it possible that someone's animal was not locked up properly and ran away?" Ye Mingzhu looked at Uncle Ye San and said with a smile.
"Who are you calling a beast? How dare you, a silly little girl, talk to your elders like that?" The strange woman pushed Ye Mingzhu directly.
Ye Mingzhu, who was prepared, dodged to the side. The strange woman almost fell down if the person next to her had not pulled her up.
The strange woman's face turned pale: "How could you be so cruel, you little bitch, you almost pushed me down."
Ye Mingzhu looked amused. "I was sitting peacefully on the oxcart. It was you who rushed over. What's going on? Are you trying to scam me? Everyone on this cart is from Yuanshan Village."
After these words were spoken, the others who had been silent could only say a few words to help.
"It was your fault in the first place. Why are you still trying to blackmail me?"
"I don't know where these people came from. They rode our village's ox cart and bullied our villagers."
Ye Tiezhu, the driver, glanced back and said, "If you don't want to sit, get off."
"Why? I gave you money." The strange woman retorted, but didn't dare to say anything else. When she reached the village entrance, she immediately jumped down and grabbed a woman passing by.
"Little sister, you villagers bullied me."
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