Chapter 114 The Same Fate

  That morning, Ye Luyuan dressed up and drove the ox cart to Zhen'er's house. As soon as Ye Baiju saw him, she started teasing, "Hey, you're actually dressed like a human being."

  Ye Luyuan rolled his eyes inwardly and ignored him. From now on, he was going to be a mature and steady person, and could no longer act like an immature young boy, hovering around the little girl. Ye Luyuan once again secretly warned himself, just as he was about to go to the main room to wait for Zhen'er to finish her chores, he saw her carrying a bundle of herbs from the woodshed, and hurried over to take it from her.

  "It's only been a few days, how did you collect so many herbs again?" Ye Luyuan asked in surprise, looking at the five or six bundles of herbs in the woodshed.

  "Oh, not all of this is mine. These two small bundles are mine, and those big bundles over there belong to Erniang and Sanni." Zhen'er explained while bundling the herbs with straw.

  Yelu Yuan struggled to pick up a bundle of herbs and said: "Second Ni, when did you become so careless and hand over all the silver money to her?"

  Zhen Er smiled and explained: "I like it."

  "This sentence was just heard by Ye Baiji, 'How could Er Niu do something uncertain? She has already bought two batches of medicinal herbs and knows the price. Moreover, when the medicinal herbs were delivered, she weighed them three times. What else is she not assured of?'"

  Ye Luyu couldn't help but burst out laughing. He knew that no one would change their nature for no reason. These two women loved money like their lives, who in the village didn't know?

  "Ah, her father is looking for her to ask for money again?" Ye Luyuan asked, usually only at times like this would she put silver into someone else's hands.

  Ye Baiji and Zhen'er were carrying a bundle of herbs, "No, it was she and San Niang who heard that Xiagou Village had a lot of herbs, wanted to make some time to cut the herbs, heard that we are going into the city today, so they asked Zhen'er to help her sell the herbs."

  "This business is really......" Ye Luyuan thought for half a day and couldn't think of suitable words to describe the Er Niu San Niu sisters.

  Zhen Er smiled, others might think that the Second and Third Sisters were a bit too eager, but she thought they were lovely in their simplicity.

  In a wealthy and influential family, what kind of person have you not seen? Some people will use any means to climb up. People like that are really disgusting.

  But the two sisters Er Niu and San Niu are different. They love money, because their family situation has determined that they have to rely on themselves since their parents don't care about them. Moreover, they neither steal nor rob, but earn money through their own labor for their future, which is a clever thing to do.

  Besides, they are not just money-minded. From the time of picking wheat ears, Zhen'er began to pay attention to her sisters and found that they never made black-hearted money and did not take advantage of others. If you give them a scallion, they will definitely return you a bundle of firewood, no matter what. Hardworking people are lovable.

  She herself and her sisters are not much different, aren't they all struggling to make a living? It's just that she has taken many shortcuts because of what she knows. Since they're all in the same struggle, why can't she lend a hand?

  Zhen'er sold the herbs at the pharmacy and packed up all the silver coins she received, then followed Ye Luyuan to Jingchun Hall.

  Jingchuntang's enthusiasm for life is still as before, and they don't look down on them just because of their coarse clothes.

  Zhen'er explained the situation, and the three of them continued to sit at the table drinking tea as usual. Ye Baiju said that she had been to such a large store before. Maybe not this big. But her mental endurance was still good, only when she first entered the door and spoke with the salesperson, she felt a bit unnatural. Now that the salesperson had left, she slowly adapted.

  Ye Luoyu didn't know whether he was going to be an apprentice here or if he had never seen the world before, his heart was tense and his face kept sweating, his shoulders were also slightly hunched.

  As the accountant disappeared behind the door curtain, Zhen'er pulled Yelu Far and sat down, saying in a low voice: "Luoyuan brother, relax, we just came to take a look. Your work has been arranged long ago, no need to be nervous. And that Yang boss is a kind-hearted person, you don't have to be afraid of him."

  Ye Luyu nodded silently, but still couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. After drinking two bowls of tea, he finally felt his racing heart slow down a bit. Looking at Zhen'er and Ye Baiji, who were both relatively calm, he secretly felt ashamed, thinking that as the older brother, he was far inferior to his two younger sisters.

  After half a cup of tea's worth of effort, the servant led Yang Zhuang over.

  Yang's shopkeeper hadn't arrived yet, but a bright and cheerful laughter had already come, "Zhen'er is here, why didn't you say something earlier? If I was late by one step, I wouldn't have been able to see you."

  Zhen'er bowed and introduced Ye Baiju and Ye Luyuan to Yang Zhanggui. After they exchanged greetings, he said: "Your people are busy with many things, how dare I disturb you lightly? Today, there is something that needs to be entrusted to your care, so I came uninvited, disturbing you."

  Dealing with people like this, Zhen'er never wanted to pretend to be a naive little girl. If you treat yourself as a child, how can others take you seriously?

  "Zhen'er, you're speaking out of turn!" Yang Zhuang said with feigned anger, "Considering our relationship, do you think it's your good fortune to come visit this old thing or mine?"

  They don't have much of a relationship, do they? Didn't she just indirectly pass on a few letters for the young master and Miss Zhou, and sold strawberries to them twice? What's the big deal? There's no relationship at all.

  "Yang's words have really embarrassed me," said Zhen'er. "It's our good fortune that you, sir, take care of us so much." She led Ye Luyuan to pay his respects to Yang again, then said, "This is my brother Ye Luyuan. See what kind of work he can do here and assign him something, he's a diligent country boy who doesn't pick and choose."

  Although it was previously agreed that Yelü Yu would go to a certain place as an apprentice, Zhen'er later thought about it and felt that it wasn't quite right. Such places all have some taboos, and if Yelü Yu, a young and inexperienced boy, were to unknowingly get into trouble, it would be a loss.

  Yang Zhuang carefully looked at Ye Luyuan, seeing that he was ordinary in other places, but his eyes were good-looking and showed a hint of cleverness. He might not be very smart, but he wasn't stupid either, and country people didn't have many tricks up their sleeves, so putting him there should be fine.

  "There's no need to assign or not assign, wasn't everything already agreed upon? Just go to the accounting room and follow the masters to get some hands-on experience. Once you're more skilled, I'll give you the opportunity to practice thoroughly. Work hard and strive to become a master accountant within three to five years, how about that?" said Yang Zhanggui.

  Ye Luoyan and Ye Baiji's eyes lit up again and again, this was indeed a good thing that couldn't be found even with a lantern.

  Zhen'er was also happy for Ye Luyuan, but she didn't lose her head. She said to Yang Zhanggui: "Master Yang, don't make a decision based on other things. We are in this kind of relationship and there is no deception or not. I must tell you clearly beforehand that my brother is honest and hardworking, except for being a bit glib. As for his character, I can guarantee it. Also, he has only been to school for one or two years and doesn't know many characters, so maybe he's not suitable for the accounting room?"

  Zhen'er's words were a bit too straightforward, so Yang Zhuang looked over at Ye Lufang and saw that he didn't have any angry expression on his face. Instead, he was looking at himself with sincere eyes, nodding along to Zhen'er's words, his face full of embarrassed shame, and in his heart, he felt even more at ease.

  Before Zhen'er arrived, they had already sent someone to inquire about Ye Luyuan's affairs and had a general understanding of him. Now that they spoke sincerely, it further proved their simplicity, and the young master of his family really didn't misjudge anyone.

  "I think you're quite good, young brother, and you're also clever. As long as you're willing to learn, accounting isn't difficult, I'm sure you'll pick it up." Yang's words gave Ye Luyuan renewed confidence.