webnovelfull Chapter 348 Helping to Speak
Chapter 348 Helping to Speak
Look at the bookstores again. Before they even start selling books, they are just places to spend money.
Ye Qing was not discouraged. The bookstore had no intention of making money, and it was already good enough to break even in the early stages.
Ye Qing looked at the account book carefully and found no problem, so he went home to continue helping to clean up.
Zhou packed a lot of fruits that could be preserved at home so that she could give some to the teacher when she returned.
Zhou and Shen got together every day to discuss how to nourish their bodies.
"Sister-in-law, do you still remember the jerky wolf meat we made when we were fleeing famine?" Shen reminded Zhou.
"Where can we find wolf meat now? The surrounding mountains are full of people during the day, and it is difficult to find pheasants." Zhou had no hope.
Seeing that Zhou was getting stuck in a rut, Shen felt like laughing.
"Sister-in-law, pork is fine too. If we roast it into jerky, it can be preserved for a longer time." Shen quickly made it clear.
Zhou slapped her thigh and said, "Why didn't I think of that? Sister-in-law, tell Brother Wei that we can order a pig."
"Sister-in-law, isn't one pig a bit too much?"
Zhou explained to her, "This time we are going to the city, not only the children will go, but the other children in the family will also go to take the provincial exam. Besides, our three children have dried meat to eat, so how can we let Lin Wenxuan watch them?"
Shen suddenly realized, "That's right, Doctor Lin has helped our family many times, how much does this little piece of meat cost?"
Shen returned to her parents' home and asked Boss Wei to help her kill a fat pig.
When Boss Wei heard that the food was for his nephew, he went to a familiar household and caught the best-looking pig.
Ye Erlang has sorted out things at the dock, and is now working at home with Zhou.
They first marinated the pork and cut it into thin slices. Ye Erlang made three flavors and slowly roasted them over low heat.
"Brother, I want to eat something soft. Can you help me bake a batch of soft food?" Ye Qing thought that the family should be able to finish a batch of soft food in two or three days.
Old Man Ye, Mrs. Li, and their two children cannot eat anything hard.
It took Ye Erlang a whole day to roast a whole pig.
The remaining bones were distributed to several families to make soup, and some of the internal organs and pig heads were braised into stewed dishes and kept for later consumption.
Ye Qing went to deliver some dried meat to Wang and asked her to pack it for Lin Wenxuan to take away.
"Qingya, I don't know how to thank you. I made some dried meat thinking of Wenxuan." Wang took out a slightly spicy one and put it in her mouth to taste it.
"Aunt, you can't say that. We are unfamiliar with the academy. We are all from the same village, so we must help each other."
After Wang finished eating the dried meat, her eyes lit up.
"Qingya, do you sell this dried meat? Tell me when you open the store and I'll buy some." Wang couldn't help but took another piece and put it in her mouth.
Ye Qing was a little surprised. Isn’t this sold in other shops? It’s just ordinary dried meat.
"Auntie, you can do this yourself. Everyone in the village can do it." Ye Qing didn't find it difficult.
"I can't eat much, and it's too troublesome to make it myself, so I'd better buy some." Wang actually felt that she would definitely not be able to make something so delicious, as it required controlling the heat.
Ye Qing decided to go back and talk to his second brother about it and let him make the decision whether to do it or not.
When Ye Erlang heard the news, he was a little hesitant. Now that Zheng Qin was pregnant, he wanted to spend more time with her.
When Ye Qing said this, Zheng Qin was also there, and it was obvious that Ye Erlang was a little moved.
"Erlang, if you want to make up your mind, I support you to do it. Now the month is still young, and mother and sister-in-law are at home with you. When you are sorted out, my month will be more advanced, and then you can stay at home with me. Besides, you have to go home every day." Zheng Qin is living a very comfortable life at home now, and all she does is eat and sleep.
"I'm thinking about it."
Ye Erlang was actually open-minded. After having children, the family expenses would increase, and he also wanted his children to go to school.
Ye Qing did not try to persuade him. He had to figure the matter out on his own. She respected her second brother's choice.
The ten days passed quickly, and Zhou helped Ye Chenjing pack half of the car's things.
Boss Ye gave him fifty taels of silver. Being alone outside, he felt at ease having some money in his hand.
Boss Ye did not hire a car. There were six children from the village private school who had to go to the provincial capital to take exams, so the head of the village asked the villagers to send them there.
Ye Chenze and Ye Chenyi, Sun Hang and Sun Hao also had to take the exam. Fortunately, Ye Laoer and Sun Dazhu had time to take them to the exam.
Boss Ye found three farmhands and drove three ox carts from his family to take them to the provincial capital.
Ye Chenjing and his friends have been in the city the longest and are very familiar with the city. They can help them find a place to live.
The last time Ye Chenjing borrowed books, he met a few classmates who lived in the provincial capital. He could ask them to help introduce the two courtyards.
Ye Qing sent Ye Chenjing and the others away and focused all his attention on the weaving workshop.
The village's caravan returned and brought a loom to Ye Qing.
Now Ye Yuan is planning to continue recruiting more staff and training a group of skilled weavers.
A few days ago, Ye Yuan was so anxious that he had blisters on the corners of his mouth. Linglong Pavilion's business was good, and he had to work overtime until midnight to barely supply the goods.
I finally got a break these past two days and have some time to start recruiting people.
As soon as Ye Qing got home that day, he was called over by the village head.
"Grandpa Lizheng, what's the urgent matter?"
"Qingya, your third uncle was beaten up. Someone has been called to find a doctor. Take some money and go to the dock." The head of the village looked serious.
Ye Qing realized that the village chief had called her over, and was worried that her grandparents would know, so she became worried too.
Ye Qing was a little panicked. The chief would definitely not tell her about such a small matter alone. She must have offended someone she couldn't afford to offend.
Ye Qing took the two hundred taels he got from Wei Hong and the one hundred taels he had at home, and went to Zhou to get another hundred taels.
She didn't go to find Shen, because her uncle's family definitely didn't have that much money.
Ye Qing took the money, pretended nothing had happened, and drove the ox cart out of the house.
Second uncle went to the provincial capital, and Boss Ye is on the mountain. Someone has been sent to notify him.
The village head took several uncles and aunts from the village to the dock.
It was not until Ye Qing arrived at the dock that he realized the seriousness of the matter.
When Uncle Ye was negotiating business with a ship that had just docked, he accidentally broke someone's jade pendant.
The people on the boat were fifth-rank officials from the capital. They arrested Ye Laosan and demanded five hundred taels of silver to redeem him.
Ye Qing first went to find Ye Dalang to find out what had happened.
It turned out that the broken thing was the butler's jade pendant. Uncle Ye passed by him and didn't know how the butler fell down and the jade pendant broke into pieces.
The housekeeper insisted that it was Uncle Ye who encountered him, and Ye Dalang went to negotiate but was unable to bring Uncle Ye back.
"Brother, is that jade pendant really that valuable?" Ye Qing felt that a steward of a fifth-rank official should not be able to afford such an expensive jade pendant.
Ye Dalang's face was filled with worry. "This is not about the jade pendant. The official said that he would not give it to the owner unless he paid compensation."
Ye Dalang looked at his sister and began to comfort her again.
"I have sent someone to report to the county magistrate to see if he can help."