The study room was filled with the faint smell of sandalwood.
Ye Zifan was meeting a middle-aged man at this time, but it was Ye Xue Shu: "These are the three pine lumber yards and charcoal kilns. The situation this year."
Ye Zifan squinted his eyes and took the document and looked at it slowly. In this world, there is not much discrimination against business. Many families control certain businesses in addition to traditional fields and houses.
Although the pine wood farm and charcoal kiln are not a big source of wealth, they have accumulated a lot. While reading and listening to Ye Xue Shu's report, after finishing speaking, Ye Xue Shu glanced at Ye Zi Fan with a slightly uneasy look, and saw that there was no special expression on his face.
Heartbroken.
These businesses were managed by Ye Xue Shu, and he earned 7,400 taels of silver in a year. When running these businesses, he had his own profits. It was not a cash cow, but it should not be underestimated.
After Ye Zifan finished reading, he asked slowly: "Liu Ji and Meng Ping have joined forces?"
"Yes, Liu Ji's charcoal kiln and Mengping Donkey and Horse Company have joined forces, which has a certain impact on the charcoal price in the county..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ye Zifan: "What are you going to do next?"
Ye Xue Shu glanced at Zi Fan in surprise. In his impression, Zi Fan was considered to be a well-run businessman. It was rare for such an interruption to occur. With some anxiety, Ye Xue Shu replied: "Although the Liu family is not as influential as our Ye family, it is still quite influential.
It is difficult to use other means to remove it, or we can negotiate and jointly control the price of charcoal."
Zifan waved his hand: "Then you can handle it yourself and report to me afterwards."
After saying that, with Ye Xue Shu's surprised look in his eyes, he asked him to exit. When Zi Fan saw him leaving, he got up and left, going to the small hall.
It was almost noon, and Mrs. Ye Gu was busy. When she saw her husband coming in, she hurriedly ordered the kitchen to prepare immediately.
It only took a moment for the dishes to be served. Seeing that Zifan was a little uneasy, Ye Gu took a spoon to spoon soup for Zifan, and then took a wine pot to pour wine.
"Husband, how is Sheng'er's condition?"
After hearing the lady's question, Ye Zifan's heart sank as well. He put down his chopsticks and pondered for a long time before saying: "As soon as Sheng'er came back, I asked him to write the paper silently again and showed it to me - the situation is not very good.
!”
As soon as these words were spoken, Ye Gu felt a sudden change in her heart and looked at her husband eagerly.
"Sheng'er is my son. I know her very well. In reality, Sheng'er's articles cannot be said to be bad or good. They always hover on the line of passability. If you are lucky, you will win. If you are not lucky, you will win.
OK, I will fail the exam."
"Besides, even if you can pass, for the sake of balance, it is difficult for a clan to win two at a time. To be honest, there are four people who signed up this time, but only one can win. In this matter, I kept my secret
Maybe it won’t work out, it’s really hard to say!”
After hearing this, Ye Gu raised his face and choked up: "Sheng'er is not young anymore. If we fail this time, what will we do in the future?"
"What else can I do? I can only learn from Min'er, buy some land and take care of some business."
Seeing Ye Gu's tears after hearing this, he said comfortingly: "No matter what, Jing'er has won the Tongsheng, we finally have some hope."
Ye Zifan has three sons. The eldest son fell in love with Tongsheng. The second son Min failed to study and had given up hope long ago. The third son just had to wait this time.
Although she listened to her husband's consolation, Mrs. Ye Gu still couldn't control it and shed tears involuntarily, saying: "Husband, this is a lifelong matter for Sheng'er. If he doesn't win the Tongsheng child, he will be demoted from this house in the future.
Already."
"The rules of the clan are like this, and there is nothing we can do about it. How can everything go as planned?" Ye Zifan sighed in his heart for some unknown reason. He also felt that this time was a little suspenseful, but he couldn't say this to his wife. When he was melancholy, he just
Hearing Ye Gushi choke, "I'm not jealous and stingy, nephew Qing is only fifteen years old. Didn't you say that he is talented and has plenty of opportunities? Why do you have to steal my chance from Sheng'er?"
Zifan was speechless after hearing this, put down his chopsticks, stood up and went to the front of the hall. When he looked at the sky, he didn't know when it had turned cloudy. Large clouds moved past, and drizzle fell again. Zifan stood in front of the steps, just lost in thought.
At this moment, a man came over with a gust of wind. Seeing Ye Zifan lost in thought, he whispered: "Master, Master!"
"Uh, uh!" Ye Zifan trembled before he came to his senses and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Master Hui is discussing things in the side hall?"
"Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier? Let's go now." After hearing this, Zifan hurried over and saw Ye Hui in the side hall. Zifan smiled and said, "Fifth brother, why are you here?"
"There's something I can't make the decision about. I want to ask you to take a look." Although they are of the same generation and older, but they are in different branches, the fifth brother was speaking politely. Of course, Ye Hui couldn't just be so cool, so he quickly stood up and bowed.
.
"What brings Fifth Brother to come here at this time?" Zifan said with a smile.
"It's Ye Qing's business."
At this time, a gust of wind passed by, causing the window paper to swell and dent, and the autumn rain rustled down, making a loud noise. To be honest, when Zifan heard this sentence, he suddenly felt a little tired. He calmed down and swallowed.
He smiled helplessly: "The murder was covered up by the clan. He also passed the boy's exam. Now if we don't wait for the announcement of the results, what's the point?"
How mature Ye Hui is, he immediately knew that no matter how generous Ye Zifan was, after these few things, he couldn't help feeling disgusted with Ye Qing, and sighed in his heart: Although he vaguely looked like that person between his eyes, he was not the same person after all.
, Humanity is there when a person is alive, but when a person dies, there is nothing.
Forget it, this time I will return the favor to Ye Qing's father.
He was calm at the moment, but still explained the situation quite fairly: "Qing'er is young and energetic, and his work is a bit out of line, but those families who have children are also going too far. The family doesn't even have seven days of rice, and they still have to pay for it."
You are in a dilemma, no wonder Qing'er wants to say such an angry thing as selling your land!"
Zifan listened without saying a word. At this time, the rain outside became heavier and rustled on the eaves. His expression was blank. After an unknown period of time, Zifan breathed out and said: "Qing'er, you are really too reckless.
...This field is in his name, but it is also connected to the clan. What does he want to do after he sells the land? Break away from the family?"
At this point, there was a hint of anger in his voice: "Everyone imitates him and breaks the jar when they feel a little wronged. What about our Leaf Clan? We all break up?"
Having said this, he became a little angry. After walking a few steps, Zifan looked at Ye Hui: "Fifth brother, I also want to say something to you. Qing'er is young and ignorant, why are you participating?"
Speaking of this, Zifan was even a little disheartened.
"It's not like I'm involved, things have to be resolved, right?" Ye Hui also smiled bitterly.
Ye Zifan stopped, thought for a moment, took out a piece of paper, scrawled some words, and said: "This is nonsense, I want to scold him, it is not allowed to sell land, but there are indeed difficulties, so be it, just
Ten acres of land were mortgaged for one hundred and fifty taels of silver. This one hundred and fifty taels, plus the monthly payment, was enough for him to study with peace of mind. He did not have the right to dispose of the remaining ninety acres yet. If he really wanted to sell it, he would wait for him to give it as a gift.
Let’s talk later.”
"Also, regardless of whether he wins or not this time, let him study with peace of mind so that he can take care of himself. This is my last advice as an uncle."
Speaking of this, Ye Zifan's voice was filled with awe, and he obviously lost his patience.
Ye Hui smiled bitterly after hearing this, and felt that Ye Qing was a little too much, but without saying much, he accepted the note and left.
Ye Hui went to the counting room without sitting down and said: "This is the approval note. You can put it into the account. Don't refuse. I will take the money now."
The accountant looked at it and said: "Master Hui is here in person, how dare I refuse? I will do as I am told!"
With that said, he ordered the boy to move out.
This boy must have heard about Ye Qing's story and was a little unhappy. Although he obeyed the order to move out the ingot, he just put it down heavily on the table.
A gold ingot even rolled around on the table. Ye Hui smiled bitterly and took it.
This is official silver, standard filament silver. One small ingot is five taels of silver, and one hundred and fifty taels is thirty, which is exactly three envelopes.
Ye Hui talked for a while, collected the money, sent someone to pick it up, and headed towards Ye Qing's yard.
Ye Hui came in and as soon as he turned the corner of the alley, he heard faint voices in front of him. When he went over, he saw a woman talking loudly and a maid yelling angrily.
After listening to a few words, Ye Hui immediately understood. The muscles on his face twitched twice. This woman was Wu Tiezi's wife. At this time, she came to the door and cursed. And this maid was from Ye Qing's house. Remember to call her
Qianqian, how can I stand up to this? I was forced to retreat continuously, but I still refused to open the door.
Ye Hui immediately went up and isolated the two women. His power shocked the woman, but in the blink of an eye, the woman started crying again, rolling on the ground and cursing: "Blue God, look, my men are all dead."
They still want to bully us widows and children. Qingtian, just sound the thunder and beat me and them to death!"
Ye Hui heard this, his face was livid, his eyes were filled with anger, and he said sternly: "Shut up, your man had an accident outside, and he was martyred as a martyr, what else do you want? Curse the Ye clan, you can't afford it, don't let the trouble come out.
Come out and bury them together!"
He calmed down and endured his anger: "Why don't you help her back?"
At this time, only a few of the servants who were watching the excitement went up and pulled him away. Seeing him crying and shouting all the way away, Ye Hui's anger dissipated and he showed a look of helplessness.
Although he has the title of master and servant, he is still a human being in real life. This involves a human heart issue and cannot be dealt with simply and roughly. He felt that Ye Qing had indeed gone too far. He sighed and entered the courtyard.
At this time, Ye Qing came over to welcome him. Ye Hui looked carefully and saw that the house was quite tidy, but there were not many furnishings in it. Ye Hui went to lift up the rice urn and took a look inside. He really saw the bottom, only the
There is a thin layer inside.
Ye Hui dated Ye Qing's father back then, and he admired his father's talent. He thought that at least one member of the clan should be elected, but he never expected that he would die young.
Although Ye Qing's reaction was a bit extreme, his family was in such a difficult situation. After thinking about it, he had nothing to say. He just sighed and said: "I didn't expect it to reach this point, but you are definitely not a person who has been poor for a long time.
, just do something extreme!"
After saying that, he brought back the money, handed back most of the land deed, and explained the matter one by one. Finally, he said in a serious voice: "Nephew Qing, you must never do this again in the future. This will cut off the road."
Ye Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this. If the disaster hadn't come, how could he be so eager for quick success?
But I can't say this, I can only say it again and again.