A bird in hand flew away—that’s the most disheartening thing.
"I would like to, but..." Every time he thought about it, Ye Gaosheng felt helpless.
In the past, although he was unsure of Miss Qing Yue’s intentions, she had always been quite polite to him.
But these past few days, he suddenly realized that Miss Qing Yue frowned whenever she saw him. Even if she was having a pleasant conversation with someone else, she would immediately turn around and walk away with a cold face as soon as she saw him coming.
And so, Ye Gaosheng felt increasingly uncertain.
"What exactly is it?" That night, Ye Gaosheng secretly went to see Qingyue, and overheard the conversation—Qingyue didn’t outright refuse, but the implied meaning in her words was far from a rejection.
So, if the young lady had already half-agreed, what was his big brother still hesitating for?
With a long face, Ye Gaosheng recounted the incidents involving himself and Qingyue these past few days. Then, Ye Jiu looked at him as if he were looking at an idiot.
Being someone who had lived as a singleton for two lifetimes, she definitely wasn’t foolish to this extent.
He seriously doubted that at the time of his birth, his mother had confused the amniotic fluid with his brains!
"Little sister, please give me some advice. What should I do?" Originally, his idea was that if Qingyue was uninterested in him, he would just give up, and let his mother handle the marriage arrangements.
But when push came to shove, the thought of marrying another woman suddenly made him feel unwilling.
Ye Jiu simply replied with two words, "Chill out!"
He knew it. Miss Qing Yue was definitely not interested in him. Even his little sister could see it, but he was still deceiving himself.
"Forget it, mom mentioned just yesterday that someone else had come to propose. Let’s just let her handle it," Ye Gaosheng sighed dejectedly.
Low emotional intelligence is truly frightening, which was the only thought in Ye Jiu’s mind at that moment.
Ye Jiu went to find Mrs. He, and the mother and daughter whispered together in the room all morning until Ye Jiu finally came out looking satisfied.
It so happened that Ye Changsheng came over, and Ye Jiu took him to the study she had just prepared.
"Young aunt, all the chilies have been ground into chili powder as you instructed. I’m not sure what to do next," Ye Changsheng asked.
Ye Jiu did not respond directly but instead asked, "How’s the house I asked you to buy?"
Ye Changsheng took out the land deed from his bosom, "Here’s the land deed. The house, as per your request, is not far from the village, just a bit secluded."
Ye Jiu took the land deed, then handed a piece of paper to Ye Changsheng, "Two days later, go to this house to retrieve items. Make the chili sauce according to the method described on this piece of paper, then store it in jars. I have my plans."
In this era, there was no vegetable oil, and while it could be extracted, the method was particularly cumbersome. Thus, Ye Jiu did not plan to extract vegetable oil but to directly get the supply from Luo Ranran instead.
The house Ye Changsheng purchased was naturally for storing these suddenly acquired items.
"Yes." Ye Changsheng took over the recipe for the chili sauce.
Ye Jiu looked at the stationary Ye Changsheng and asked, "Anything else?"
"About the sweet potatoes we dug up recently, someone reported it to the government office. The County Office has learned that sweet potatoes can yield seven to eight thousand jin per mu, so they have specifically sent people to investigate. How do you plan to handle this, young aunt?" Ye Changsheng said.