Chapter 136: 136 we are going to be prosperous!
“Jiujiu, tell Dad honestly, was this ox really traded for those soaps? Your mom didn’t give you any money secretly?” Old Man Ye felt dizzy, like fireworks exploding in his head. Why did he find it so unbelievable?
“Yes, you were there when I got up this morning. You know whether Mom gave me money or not,” Ye Jiu said.
“Oh my Lord, I, Ye Cheng, have lived a lifetime and never imagined that in my old age I would start reaping the benefits of having children. Our family is going to prosper now!” Old Man Ye managed to say after a long silence, almost making Ye Jiu burst out laughing.
When Ye Jiu stepped outside, Ye Wenyu was chiseling stones with Ye Gaosheng, while Ye Qingzhi was in the kitchen helping Mrs. He with the fire. Ye Jiu couldn’t help but ask, “Wenyu, where are your second brother and sister-in-law? Aren’t they at home?”
When she had returned, she had seen the second house locked and thought they had just gone out for a while, but they still hadn’t returned, so they must have been gone for the entire day.
“Dad and mom took Wenxuan to grandpa’s house. Qingzhi and I didn’t go,” Ye Wenyu replied, then buried his head and continued working.
At that moment, Ye Wenqing came out from the main house and asked, “Uncle, how much more stone do you need to chisel? We spent all day today almost finishing up here; I will help you tomorrow.”
Ye Gaosheng stopped his work, stood up, stretched, and replied, “Still a lot left. You two just come help me chisel stones these next few days. When I make some money next time, I’ll pay you wages.”
Ye Gaosheng spoke the last words quietly because he was afraid Mrs. He cooking in the kitchen would hear.
Although officially his parents lived with him, they still ran the household, and though Ye Gaosheng had his own ideas, he still dared not make decisions on his own.
“There’s no need for wages. I don’t have anything else to do anyway; helping uncle will also help pass the time,” Ye Wenyu looked up, spoke, and then continued to keep his head down working.
Ye Wenqing added, “I don’t need wages either.”
Ye Gaosheng didn’t say anything more, but he already had his own plans in mind.
Ye Gaoshui and Mrs. Zhao didn’t return until it was dark. Just then, Mrs. He had finished making dinner. Ye Gaosheng asked Ye Wenqing and Ye Wenyu to come eat in the main house, but neither of them wanted to.
Ye Gaosheng thought that since the family had just divided, his parents were feeling upset. If he really called Wenqing and Wenyu to eat, seeing them might remind his mother of the division among the brothers, making her feel even more distressed.
So, Ye Gaosheng didn’t insist.
What Ye Gaosheng didn’t know was that Mrs. He was feeling quite self-satisfied at the moment. Her days were getting better and she was just waiting for those two to regret their decisions.
After dinner, Ye Gaosheng took Ye Jiu outside and whispered, “Little sister, in the future, when we start the soap business, we will definitely need molds. I can’t chisel them fast enough even if I worked myself to death, so I was thinking of having Wenqing and Wenyu come over these next few days to help me chisel. After we sell and make some money, we can pay them. What do you think?”
“Sure, you handle it, Fourth Brother. But you need to ask the first and second brothers for their opinion first to avoid any hard feelings,” Ye Jiu replied.
Not to mention, with these thousand pieces of soap, if there were only fifty molds, it would take a whole month to finish them all.
So, adding molds was absolutely necessary.