Volume 3: The Richest Man in the World Chapter 67: Delivery
Although Ye Youyu had been trying to comfort herself and told herself not to think too much, Wu Chengjian's latest letter still stirred her thoughts.
She thought to herself: "If I'm not pregnant, it would be best for me to go on this trip to the Ye family."
But she also understood that Cai Qiaozhu would never let her go. Her belly was so big that she could hardly walk. It was a long way to go to Xiguan Street and she would have to take a boat. If there was any mistake on the way, it would mean the loss of two lives. So, knowing that Cai Qiaozhu would definitely not let her go, Ye Youyu did not mention it.
But he was still concerned about the news from the Ye family, so he asked people to keep inquiring. Finally, he heard that Ou Jiafu had returned and had gone to Lirongyuan.
Ye Youyu thought about it, but finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked Dongxue to help him over.
Although Dongxue didn't know what news Wu Qi had brought back today, she still dutifully advised: "Third Grandma, you should just focus on taking care of your baby. Let the eldest grandma handle these things. We can talk about everything after you give birth to the baby and finish your confinement."
"I can't be at ease." Ye Youyu said, "Besides, nothing has happened in the past two days. We are at home, what can go wrong? Go ahead."
Xiguan Street, Ye family.
Ye Dalin held Wu Chengjian's handwritten letter, pondering with his eyes flickering.
The door curtain was opened, and Ma rushed in and asked, "I heard that Ou Jiafu is here? Is there something wrong with the Wu family?"
Ye Dalin snorted , "Are you really thinking about something happening to the Wu family?"
Ma said with a spit, "Hao Guan has been in Beijing for so long, and there has been only bad news and no good news. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that something must have happened. Now we can only wait and see how serious it is. So, what happened to Ou Jiafulai?"
Ye Dalin showed the letter to Ma. Ma was illiterate and had a hard time reading it. Fortunately, Wu Chengjian knew that Ye Dalin was also of average knowledge, so the letter was written in a very simple way. Ma guessed and asked, "This above, this below... could it be... that they are going to mortgage it to us?"
Ye Dalin said, "You guessed right. The items listed above are what the Wu family is willing to mortgage to us, and the number below is, um, 800,000 taels of gold and silver."
Ma was delighted when she heard this. She looked at the properties carefully again and finally recognized them one by one. She said ecstatically, "These properties cannot be bought with 800,000 yuan, or even 2 million yuan."
Ye Dalin had a faint smile on his face: "It's usually like this."
Ma also laughed with him: "But now, the Wu family sent the things to our door, which means they must have reached the end of their rope. At this time, it's good to sell 50 or 60 yuan for the two million yuan. As for the mortgage, you can just give him 30 or 50 yuan. How did you respond to Ou Jiafu?"
Ye Dalin smiled.
With a bang, Cai Qiaozhu slammed the coffee table and said angrily, "He...what did he say? Three hundred thousand!"
Ou Jiafu's face also showed some anger: "Yes."
"Tell me exactly what he said."
"The man surnamed Ye said that his family doesn't have enough silver in their bank account," Ou Jiafu was so angry that he didn't need to call Ye Dalin nicely. "He can't even come up with 800,000 yuan . He only has 200,000 or 300,000 yuan in loose change. If he collects more, he should be able to get 300,000 yuan. He asked us if we can use it first."
"Three hundred thousand taels!" Cai Qiaozhu said angrily, "How dare Ye Dalin say that. Let alone our mortgage this time, even two million taels wouldn't be enough. Even if it's just a relative borrowing money, is this marriage worth three hundred thousand? This, this... is really too much!"
Ou Jiafu was also annoyed, and the shopkeeper Liu was so angry that he raised his beard: "Are they really still in-laws?"
Then I heard someone outside calling, "Third Grandma!"
Everyone in the room was startled again and hurried out, only to see Ye Youyu with a pale face outside in the corridor. Lian Qiao and Dong Xue were helping her sit on a chair in the corridor. It was she who came all the way here. Lian Qiao led her inside and heard the number "three hundred thousand" floating into her ears by the window. She was very smart and guessed something. She was so excited that she even had a slight miscarriage, which caused Dong Xue to exclaim.
Cai Qiaozhu glared at Dongxue Lianqiao and asked Ye Youyu, "Why are you here?"
Ye Youyu adjusted her breathing and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Now that you're here, go in." Her fetus was still relatively stable, and it would not be good for her to go back to Ritianju at this time, so Dongxue Lianqiao helped her into the room.
Ye Youyu rested for a while, asked Dongxue and Lianqiao to leave, and then said, "Sister-in-law, there is a problem at my mother's house, right?"
Everyone was angry with the Ye family, but after all, Ye Youyu was the daughter of the Ye family, so it was not easy to scold them in front of her.
Cai Qiaozhu said: "You are pregnant, we can handle these matters."
Ye Youyu said, "I came even though I didn't want to come, and I listened even though I didn't want to listen. I didn't understand the rest of the story after listening to half of it. Wouldn't it be worse if I went back and thought about it?"
Everyone thought about it and it made sense. Cai Qiaozhu said, "Okay, Jiafu, you tell me."
Ou Jiafu then briefly recounted the scene of his visit to the Ye family, trying not to be emotional this time, but he could not hide his inner anger.
"This..." Ye Youyu sighed, "This is terrible."
Cai Qiaozhu said: "Don't worry if there are fish. The Lu family has already promised to give 1.5 million. Old Lu is a loyal man. He treats his teeth as gold., add them together and we have 1.5 million. Even if we are short of the 1 million from the Ye family, we can still get 500,000 or 600,000 by collecting the rest later."
Ye Youyu kept shaking her head: "No, no..." This matter required a lot of thought. As she was pregnant, it was not appropriate for her to think too much. Suddenly, her stomach felt a little painful and she could not continue talking.
The only person in the room who was calm and wise was Shopkeeper Yao Si. He said, "Whether the noble official lends us money is not the key point. The key point is that since he has no interest in us, we are afraid that he will find out the true strength of our Wu family because of this incident. If he wants to stab us in the back again, we have to be on guard... Is this what Third Madam meant?"
Everyone in the room was shocked when they heard this. Manager Liu exclaimed: "Oh, this is the right thing to do!"
Ye Youyu nodded and said, "Yes, that's what I'm afraid of!" Now no one in the Wu family knows her father's character better than her.
Manager Liu said, "If that's the case, then we haven't considered it enough. If we had known this, we would rather not have borrowed money from the Ye family than have to worry about this now."
Ou Jiafu said, "It's no use saying anything now. Ye... Daguan already knows about it. We should think about how to deal with it quickly, preferably before he leaks the news to everyone in Xiguan."
Ye Youyu said, "If Hao Guan was in Guangzhou, he would probably be able to control... control my father so that he dared not disobey. But he is in Beijing now, and he only relies on us, so he can't force my father to submit. Ah, I got it!"
Cai Qiaozhu said: "There are fish, do you have a solution?"
"There is another person who can force my father to submit." Ye Youyu said, "And if he is willing to come forward, my father will probably have to think twice. Then things will be easier."
Everyone asked, "Who?"
The shopkeeper Yao Si then asked, "Officials?"
Ye Youyu said: "That's right."
Shopkeeper Yao Si said, "But it's already a good thing that Qi Guan is willing to lend us money. Is he really willing to suppress the high officials for us?"
Ye Youyu said, "Hao Guan has told me that he has an agreement with Qi Guan, so this will most likely work. Well, others may not know my father's character, but Hao Guan doesn't know? But he still arranged for us to borrow money from the Ye family, so he must have calculated that Qi Guan can help us suppress the Ye family and is willing to help us. Sister-in-law, quickly ask Wu Qi to go to Panjiayuan."
Although Cai Qiaozhu didn't fully understand the reasons why Qi Guan wanted to help, how to help, why Ye Dalin gave in, etc., after spending some time with her, she also knew that Ye Youyu was very smart, so she decided to listen to her: "Okay, I'll call you Wu Qi... Oh, Youyu, you look so pale!"
Ye Youyu is very smart and prone to thinking a lot. Pregnant women should not think too much. But just now, although it was just a few words, Ye Youyu's mind was already spinning, and it actually affected the fetus. It was not her first time to give birth. She just felt that feeling in her abdomen and said, "Maybe... I'm going to wake up.. "
Cai Qiaozhu hurriedly shouted, "Call the midwife quickly!"
Ye Youyu took Cai Qiaozhu's hand and said, "First...let Wu Qi...go to Pan's house, quickly!"
Cai Qiaozhu said, "At this time, you are still...Okay, okay, I will go call Wu Qi right now, and you should just focus on preparing for the birth."
Ou Jiafu shouted, "Third Grandma, you must take care of yourself and the baby in your belly. Everything else is fake."
Ye Youyu still said: "Let Wu Qi come in, I'll tell him a few things." She was very smart but also very responsible. She would not feel at ease until she was sure that everything could be handled well.
Wu Qi had already arrived, and everyone had no choice but to let him come closer. Ye Youyu then explained a few things and asked him "Did you understand?" Wu Qi had a good memory and repeated it. Only then did Ye Youyu nod and close his eyes.
Lian Qiao, Dong Xue and others had already come in. It was too late to go back to Ritianju, so they were directly helped into Cai Qiaozhu's room to wait for delivery. Cai Qiaozhu hurried out to make arrangements, asking Wu Qi to go to Pan's house and asking the midwife to come quickly. Fortunately, because Ye Youyu was about to give birth, the midwife had been kept at home, so she came as soon as she was called.
All the men left, leaving only the midwife, a few housewives and maids in the room.
Cai Qiaozhu was also worried that Ye Youyu might have a difficult delivery or postpartum problems, so she quickly sent someone to invite a doctor to Wujiayuan in case of emergency.
Wu Qi hurried to Panjiayuan to meet Pan Youjie. According to Ye Youyu's instructions, he told Pan Youjie that the Wu family had sent someone to the Ye family to mortgage and borrow money, "but the officials seemed to want to lower the price. My eldest and third grandmothers felt that they had to ask Qiguan to come forward and act as a bridge.. "
The words were vague and others could not understand them, but Pan Youjie knew what was going on as soon as he heard them. He smiled and said, "Okay, go back and tell your two grandmothers that I will handle this matter. Tell them not to worry."
