Chapter 352 A Business Without Capital
Ye Mu En understood his sister's meaning. After all, their entire family had only transmigrated here for less than a year. During this period, their father had never been to Mi Province. So, where did his friendship with Qi Lu Quan come from?
In fact, Ye Mu En inwardly disliked the Qi family grandfather and grandson. It wasn't about the tens of thousands of yuan; he wasn't someone who cared about money. But having arrived in this world, he clearly knew how difficult it was to earn money. If it weren't for his sister's spatial ability, they wouldn't have been able to live so freely even with all their skills.
Yet, the money his sister earned didn't have a single cent contributed by their father. Even the grain they gave away back then was the result of his sister's hard work in her space every day. Now, they were asking for twenty-seven thousand yuan, and there was no guarantee they'd get it back.
Furthermore, they had to risk their lives to retrieve the Qi family's assets. Even if they obtained the Qi family's merchant ship, they had already agreed to give the other party a share of the profits. Frankly, it wasn't Ye Mu En boasting, but even on their own, they could have acquired merchant ships in Mi Province.
Perhaps it was still a dislike for the Qi family. He just felt they didn't fit in with the Ye family. This was also a matter of affinity. Otherwise, why didn't Mo Lin and Elder Fan feel this way when they stayed with the Ye family?
"I didn't overcharge them by a single cent. This is a friendly price. This mission is quite troublesome."
Min Hang stated his position first, fearing that these people wouldn't know the prices in the medicinal materials market. He genuinely believed he was charging a fair price.
Ye Sheng Ge found Min Hang's eagerness to explain quite amusing. How strong was this young master's desire to survive?
"I understand, no need to explain."
"I knew my little sister-in-law was the most reasonable."
Min Hang only focused on appeasing Ye Sheng Ge, forgetting the seven older and younger brothers-in-law beside him who were ready to pounce on him.
The afternoon's shopping spree left Ye Sheng Ge very satisfied, fulfilling her desire to spend money to her heart's content. To put it in a humble brag, it was truly boring to only earn money and not spend it every day.
Everyone in the family bought new clothes, and the pastries, cigarettes, and alcohol needed for the New Year were also fully stocked. They returned to the countryside and brought them back by car under the cover of night.
"You're finally back. I was so bored by myself."
Qi Xuan had been waiting at the door for a long time. She also wanted to go shopping. Before, in Mi Province, as long as she came down the mountain, shopping and watching movies were her favorites.
Ye Sheng Ge smiled and handed over the gifts for Uncle Qi and Xuan Xuan, treating them equally and resolutely avoiding favoritism.
"And mine! Thank you, I've never received a gift from a friend before."
Qi Xuan hugged the gift tightly, truly, truly happy.
"I hope you like it. When your leg is better, you'll have plenty of time to play, don't rush."
After distributing the gifts, Ye Sheng Ge was also very tired. After washing up in her space, she took out thirty stacks of money from the money chest and put them into a cloth bag.
She knocked on Father Ye's room and soon entered.
Mother Ye was on the bed applying a face mask and looked somewhat surprised to see her daughter.
"Xiao Ge'er, do you want to sleep with Mom tonight?"
Before Ye Sheng Ge could answer, she received a threatening look from her father. She had truly eaten a belly full of dog food for nothing.
Since her father wasn't being "father-daughterly," she wouldn't be polite. She took out the money from the cloth bag, piece by piece, and arranged it neatly on the table.
"Dad, is thirty thousand enough? If not, I can get you more."
Father Ye immediately closed his eyes and sighed deeply.
"What money? Ye Huai Jin, why do you need so much money, and I don't even know about it!"
Father Ye opened his eyes and pointed a finger at his daughter, then quickly sat on the bed in a fawning manner, even diligently holding his wife down and reaching out to smooth her slightly wrinkled mask.
"I didn't get a chance to tell you yet? You spent the entire day with me today, ate lunch together, ate dinner together. I think you didn't want me to know. If it weren't for my daughter never hiding anything from me, would you have gone to her to borrow money privately?"
Father Ye no longer cared about losing face in front of his daughter. He quickly held up three fingers to his forehead.
"Wife, I swear, I absolutely had no intention of hiding anything from you. If I did, punish me by not being allowed into our bedroom for a month."
Ye Sheng Ge watched the spectacle with great amusement. In her previous life, she never had such an opportunity. The couple was busy every day, and even when they were home, they spent time chatting with her, so there was no chance for them to quarrel in front of her.
"Hmph, I dare say you wouldn't have the guts."
Father Ye breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but glare at his daughter. "You ungrateful child, you don't even protect your own father. I raised you for nothing."
"Ye Huai Jin, I don't have any objections to lending money, but I've always had a question in my heart. When did you develop such a deep friendship with Qi Lu Quan? Even if you did, it should have been left by the original owner, right?"
Father Ye sighed. He knew this question would come up. He lowered his voice significantly.
"Qi Lu Quan and I indeed have no prior connection. However, the original owner genuinely owes him a great favor. It also involves the lives of many team members, so I couldn't just stand by and do nothing. Mainly, my conscience wouldn't allow it."
"It involves team members? Then I won't ask anymore. Just keep a good measure, after all, we don't owe the original owner anything. I don't mind the Qi family grandfather and grandson eating and drinking at our house, but they absolutely cannot be dragged into the troubles behind them."
Ye Sheng Ge strongly agreed with her mother's words and nodded along. Who knew what kind of thing Mist Ice Mountain was.
"Don't worry, Qi Lu Quan saved the lives of at least fifty team members. Taking them in can be considered fulfilling the original owner's gratitude. I won't interfere with the rest."
Mother Ye suddenly kicked Father Ye and glared at him angrily.
"You still say that! Who told our son to go to Mi Province to get money for Qi Lu Quan? Why didn't you go? You took on this responsibility with a single sentence, asking our son to risk his life, and now you're asking our daughter to produce a large sum of money."
Father Ye knew he had done wrong by taking on the responsibility without considering the children's wishes. But he just wanted to fulfill a lingering wish of the original owner.
"Xiao Ge'er, do you resent your father?"
Ye Sheng Ge feigned hesitation for a moment, making her father nervous before speaking, especially since he had threatened her earlier.
"No, it's just tens of thousands of yuan. Your daughter is very generous."
"Hehe, that's good, that's good. My daughter is the best."
Father Ye finally relaxed completely and looked at his wife with a face full of fawning.
Ye Sheng Ge knew it was time to leave. She didn't want to disturb her parents' loving moment.
"My esteemed parents, your precious daughter will take her leave now."
Father Ye waved his hand dismissively, and Mother Ye didn't have the time to pay attention.
Qi Lu Quan received the thirty thousand yuan early the next morning and gave the extra three thousand to Father Ye.
"Old Ye, this is for Xuan Xuan and me for living expenses here. Although it's using your money for living expenses, which is redundant, I still feel uncomfortable freeloading.
When my money comes back, I'll compensate Sheng Ge with interest. Thirty thousand yuan is truly not a small sum."
Father Ye did not accept it. Since they had accepted the Qi family grandfather and grandson, it wasn't for money. Besides, he could afford to feed the two of them.
"Keep this money with you for now. Qi Xuan is a grown young lady and should have some pocket money. We'll talk about future matters later."
Qi Lu Quan was truly touched. After all, he and Ye Huai Jin had only met once. Although they had spent more than ten days together on Mist Ice Mountain, the help Ye Huai Jin was giving him now far exceeded his assistance back then.
Monkey and Luo Han Sheng couldn't stay at home for more than three days; they were eager to set sail for Mi Province.
Ye Mu En took the two of them to Zi Yi Sheng's house. It happened that his sister was also there.
"These two can't sit still. When will you have a ship coming over?"
Zi Yi Sheng's people had already made three trips to Mi Province during this time and had also contacted the administrators there. In fact, they could officially start operating.
"The schedule there allows for two sailings a month, and each time only at night. There are no more opportunities before the year, but our people have already scouted the area quite well. We can still make a trip at night."
Ye Mu En pondered for a moment. He also wanted to go to Mi Province before the year, mainly to quickly settle Qi Lu Quan's matter.
"Then I'll go this time too, and we'll try to finish everything before the year."
"Alright. Min Hang's people also need to find medicinal materials, so let's depart tomorrow night."
Ye Sheng Ge had not spoken. She didn't know what kind of place Mi Province was. The only thing she could do now was to bring more gold and medicinal powder for her elder brother and the others. She couldn't help with anything else.
Monkey and Luo Han Sheng were so excited they could barely contain themselves, wishing they could be waiting by the sea today.
Qi Lu Quan, upon hearing everything, sighed in his heart. Was his luck so good that he could receive help from Old Ye's family during the most difficult time?
Qi Lu Quan wrote down all the precautions he could think of on paper, repeatedly emphasizing the dangers they could avoid.
"Money and assets are not important. If you can't get it back, then forget it. At most, I'll just rob the rich and help the poor a few more times."
"Absolutely not necessary," Father Ye glared at Qi Lu Quan from the side.
The next day, Ye Sheng Ge also followed them to the seaside. Last night, she had prepared thirty large gold bars and dozens of bags of medicinal powder, which was all her current inventory.
Ye Sheng Ge persisted until one o'clock in the morning. When she saw the approaching ship, her eyes widened.
"Is that a ship?"
Zi Yi Sheng chuckled and hugged the little girl. She was clearly shocked.
"Yes, it's a steamship."
"It's too big! This is clearly a large cargo ship."
"If it's not big, how can we transport goods? We don't do small-scale operations."
"Then aren't we taking advantage of Uncle Qi? This ship shouldn't be cheap, right?"
Ye Mu En poked his sister's forehead. This girl was simply averse to taking advantage of others.
"We're not taking advantage of him at all. We've already inquired about this ship. It was in Qi Lu Quan's hands, and it didn't serve any purpose. In fact, he didn't even have a way to make money from it.
Think about it, how difficult is it for a thief to run a business? After we take over, we'll give him a ten percent profit for every shipment. This amount of money is not insignificant.
After two or three trips, we can buy another cargo ship. Besides, this ship was seized by Qi Lu Quan. It's a business without capital, so he's not losing anything!"