Chapter 145: 145 Afraid of making him angry
“Little sister, little sister, Shopkeeper Mo said that those one thousand pieces of soap are to be sent to the capital city, and another thousand pieces will follow. They’ll be sold right here in Shuangxi Town and even in Fengyang City.” Ye Gaosheng was excited, but the only person he wanted to share it with was Ye Jiu.
Looking at the excited Ye Gaosheng, Ye Jiu felt equally satisfied.
“Fourth brother, I agreed yesterday to split the soap business with elder brother and the second brother without consulting you. I kept worrying afterwards that you might be angry,” Ye Jiu said.
Initially, she hadn’t thought of this until later, lying on the kang bed when it came to her.
Even though she made the soap, it had always been the fourth brother who had been busy with her from the start. She had divided the business out without seeking his opinion, which was really improper.
Ye Gaosheng rubbed Ye Jiu’s head, “Little sister, you needn’t think that way. Fourth brother knows his own worth, the soap was your idea after all, and the most I did was offer some cheap labor. Now, by you willing to share the business is just us brothers benefiting from your generosity. There’s no question of what should or should not be!”
Seeing that Ye Gaosheng took it well, Ye Jiu also felt relieved.
“Right, I need to get to making the soap solution quickly. In just over half a month it will be New Year’s, and we need to get the goods to the people before then so we can have a prosperous celebration,” Ye Gaosheng said excitedly, wanting to rush to the kitchen.
Ye Jiu held him back, “Fourth brother, you just got back from the town. At least take some rest so you don’t end up earning money at the expense of your health.”
“I’m fine, fourth brother is young and strong, not tired at all,” Ye Gaosheng totally disregarded Ye Jiu’s concern, then suddenly said, “Oh, little sister, if you’re free, could you find Brother Gaolin and ask him to keep making the wooden boxes so as not to delay the deliveries?”
As for the formula and the quantities for the soap solution, Ye Jiu had already handed them over to Ye Gaosheng, so now he could manage it alone.
The family had used up all their oil, but he had bought a good deal of lard when he returned, and he needed to process it quickly.
With that in mind, full of things to do, Ye Gaosheng hurried back to work after getting a response from Ye Jiu.
Watching the motivated Ye Gaosheng driven by the prospect of money, Ye Jiu smiled helplessly, then turned and went out.
She still needed to talk about the wooden boxes.
When Ye Jiu left the house, she didn’t look back, so she missed the excited glint in Mrs. Li’s eyes upon seeing her leave.
As Ye Jiu stepped out, Mrs. Li also hurried out the door.
After leaving Ye Gaolin’s house, Ye Jiu’s eyelids had twitched all day before they finally calmed down,
Rubbing her eyes, Ye Jiu meant to go home but then saw a familiar figure sprinting towards her, “Aunt Ye Jiu, Uncle Gaosheng told you to go to the back mountain to find Brother Wenqing.”
Ye Jiu knew the child; he was from the Ye family in the village, closely related to her own family, and only five or six years old, so she hadn’t thought much of it.
However, Ye Jiu remembered that when she had left, fourth brother said he was going to make the soap solution first. Why had he suddenly sent Wenqing up the mountain?
With this question in mind, Ye Jiu asked, “Goudan, did my fourth brother say why he wants me and Wenqing to go to the back mountain?”
“Uncle Gaosheng said Brother Wenqing went up the mountain to look for stones, and he was worried he wouldn’t know what kind to look for, so he asked you to go and see for yourself,” Goudan answered, sniffing back his runny nose.