The man is Liu Zhizhang, the head of Huaihua Village. He has met Ye Nitang and heard of Ye Nitang's "famous name".

There was no dislike in his tone, but he was not welcoming either.

Ye Qinghong stepped forward and bowed sincerely, "Village Chief Liu, to be honest, we are here to buy beeswax.

The beeswax in the drugstore in town is too expensive.

I want to buy something cheap from you. "

Liu Zhizhang looked at him with a gentle expression.

"Young Master Ye, our village has made a contract with a big family in Fucheng.

There is a limit to the number of candles that can be delivered each month. Once the beeswax is sold to you, you will not be able to deliver the goods. "

This sounds like a shirk.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come out to see them when he heard they wanted to buy candles.

Ye Nitang raised her lips and asked with a smile, "What about the scraps? When you make candles, there will always be some unusable scraps left over. We don't need much."

Liu Zhizhang shook his head, "We melted those corners and made them into ordinary candles."

Not at all.

Ye Nitang looked at him with a half-smile, "Do you know how to raise white wax insects?"

Mother Ye once told her three children that in the neighboring country of Nanjing, there was a kind of white candle, which was a rare thing. It was also used as a national gift and given to Dayu Country.

Ye Nitang guessed that the white candle should be made of the secretion of the white wax insect.

If Dayu Country doesn't have one, it won't be able to raise white waxworms.

Hearing the white wax insect, Liu Zhizhang's alienated face took on color.

"The precious white candle of Nanjing Kingdom is made by white wax insects.

In Dayu Country, only people in the palace have the opportunity to see it.

If we could raise white waxworms, we wouldn't raise bees. "

"Then can you find the white wax insect species? I can raise them."

Ye Nitang's eyes were determined. Anyway, she had a reputation for harming small animals. It was not surprising that she could raise bugs.

"Sister, don't talk nonsense!" Ye Qinghong scolded.

How could he not know what she knew?

If they really knew how to raise white wax insects, why would they leave it to others? Wouldn't it be fun to raise them themselves?

I heard that one pound of beeswax can make six small candles, each of which can be sold for three to five hundred coins.

As for the white candle from Nanjing Kingdom, it is even more priceless in Dayu Kingdom.

"Haha, girls from the Ye family, if you brothers and sisters are okay, please go back. We don't sell beeswax."

Liu Zhizhang didn't believe Ye Nitang's words at all, so he raised his hand to see the guest off.

He didn't have time to mess around with his two children.

Ye Nitang chose to talk about the white wax insect because Liu Zhizhang never looked at her with disgust from the beginning to the end.

She and Ye Qinghong were also treated with courtesy.

It can be seen that this person is a gentleman.

Father Ye once said that the people in Huaihua Village are of good quality.

Ye Nitang had a slight smile on his face, "Village Chief Liu, the white candles are not made by white wax insects.

It is made from the white wax secreted by the male white waxworm, which is collected, boiled and filtered.

Like silkworms, ash worms love to eat mulberry leaves. They like to live on holly and ash trees to lay eggs and secrete wax.

Sorry for disturbing you today, farewell! "

After saying that, she followed Ye Qinghong's example and bowed, then turned and left.

Liu Zhizhang was secretly surprised after hearing what she said.

This was more detailed than the information they sent to Nanjing to find out about the white wax insects.

He quickly chased after her, "Miss Ye, Master Ye, please wait a moment."

Ye Nitang turned around and asked, "Is there anything else, Village Chief Liu?"

Liu Zhizhang was smiling and very polite.

"You and your brother, please go to the humble house for a sip of tea first. I'll go to the peak field to have a look. If there's a lot of beeswax, I'll spread it out for you."

"Then thank you, Village Chief Liu." Ye Nitang took her younger brother and followed him to his home.

Liu Zhizhang asked the woman at home to serve tea and some snacks.

He also asked his wife to chat with Ye Nitang.

Being so attentive and considerate, Ye Nitang felt confident telling him how to breed white waxworms.

Liu Zhizhang walked out of the gate and arrived at another house, the home of the Liu clan leader.

He briefly explained Ye Nitang's purpose and told the clan leader exactly what she said about the white wax insect.

The clan leader's name was Liu Zhao. After hearing this, he thought for a moment and his eyes brightened.

"Go and sell her ten pounds of the best beeswax. Don't promise her the rest. We'll wait until Zheran comes back from Nanjing."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Liu Zhizhang left respectfully.

When I came back, there were two young men behind me, carrying a short basket with a large round mouth.

There are two round pieces of beeswax in the basket, wrapped in oil paper.

"Miss Ye, Master Ye, I asked my tribe to help you spread this. It's ten pounds in total. Please give me three taels of silver!"

Hearing that there was so much room left in his words, you knew he was serious about what she said.

Ye Nitang said with a smile: "Village Chief Liu is generous. If you want to raise ash insects, plant ash trees and holly trees first."

When she was about to take out the banknotes, Ye Qinghong stopped her, took out three banknotes of one or two denominations from his pocket, and gave them over.

"Thank you, Village Chief Liu. It's getting late, so we won't disturb you."

"Thank you for reminding me, girl, please walk slowly!"

Liu Zhizhang accompanied them to the entrance of the village.

When they walked away, the two guards at the village entrance were puzzled, "Uncle, didn't you say you don't sell beeswax?"

"Yes, we won't sell it!" What was sold to them was not beeswax.

Liu Zhizhang didn't explain much and went to the patriarch's house again.

Ye Nitang and the two returned to the mayor, took the one thousand taels of silver notes and paid off the debt of 800 taels.

I bought a large pack of oil paper, a pack of brown sugar cubes, two iron steamers, a large clay cauldron, four large clay pots and some small clay pots.

In the end, there was only one hundred taels left, and Ye Nitang planned to go to a large iron shop in the county to buy a copper still.

It was already half an hour when we returned to the village.

"Sister Tang'er, sister Tang'er!"

Ye Xianzong caught up with the oxcart rented by Ye Nitang and others.

There were also a few scratches on the purple pig-headed face.

Ye Nitang knew he was here to ask for honey.

As soon as his big fat butt moved, he jumped out of the bullock cart and said, "Qinghong, you follow the bullock cart back first. I'll tell him something."

Ye Qinghong heard Aunt Huang talk about his uncle's family.

It was said that the step-grandma and her uncle and aunt destroyed the home of the three children who were playing with Ye Xianzong.

The reason is that they bullied Ye Xianzong.

Relating to yesterday's scene, he suspected that the matter was related to his eldest sister.

I just don’t know how the eldest sister subdued the four most annoying children in the village.

And he didn't dare to file a complaint.

He looked at Ye Xianzong's flattering look and nodded to the eldest sister.

Ye Nitang waited for him and the bullock cart to go away, then pulled Ye Xianzong to a deserted big tree.

He took out a piece of brown sugar and said, "Ye Xianzong, you are very loyal and did not betray me."

Ye Xianzong took the candy and felt guilty. They also struggled for a long time. When they wanted to say something, they were afraid of losing their teeth.

"The four of us have always been loyal. If we promise you, we will definitely not betray you."

Ye Nitang patted him on the shoulder, "Do you want to eat roast chicken and duck?"

Ye Jiakang is a very stingy man. He has many fields and a lot of income every year, but he is reluctant to spend money.

Even though he only had one son, he was reluctant to send him to school to learn how to read.

As for the food at home, only Mr. Xue and Ye Xianzong could have a good meal occasionally.

Ye Xianzong salivated when he heard the roast chicken and duck, "Think about it."

"Then you do something for me and if it satisfies me, I will buy you a big roast chicken."

Ye Xianzong patted his chest and promised, "If you say it, I will definitely do it."

Ye Nitang took out a large handful of candy bars and handed them over, "Every time Ye Jiawang comes back, help me eavesdrop on everything he says to your grandma and your father, and then tell me quietly."

Hearing this, Ye Xianzong suddenly thought about that time when he heard his second uncle and grandma talking about harming his uncle.

They found him at that time, armed with whips, and forced him to agree not to spread the family news.

Otherwise, cut out his tongue and kill his mother.

Thinking of this, Ye Xianzong didn't ask for the candy and ran away as if running away.

Ye Nitang looked at his back, thoughtfully.

It seems like this guy knows something inside.

When she returned home, Yang Dashan had already built two large square stoves outside the gate.

The foundation of the one in the courtyard has just been laid.

Seeing Ye Nitang, he grinned and said, "Tang'er, I asked the villagers to make that big steamer. I think it will be ready for use tomorrow."

This girl has really changed for the better.

Yan Yan said that she asked Yao Minzhi for two thousand taels of silver notes yesterday, and now she blackmailed Ye Jiawang for one thousand taels.

It won't take long for their family's debt to be paid off.

Ye Nitang also smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Yang. If He'er is not busy tomorrow, let her come over."

"No problem, she is your apprentice, you just have to deal with her," Yang Dashan pointed to the pool behind the house, "I am taking the two children to pull weeds in the bean field behind."

"Okay, I'll go take a look later."

After Ye Nitang finished speaking, he entered the room.

She opened the wax paper and found pieces of golden and translucent beeswax inside, which were much prettier than what she had made.

She went into the house to tidy up, drank three large bowls of spiritual spring water, and gave another bowl to Ye Qinghong.

"I'll go check out the bean fields."

"Oh."

Ye Qinghong nodded. After drinking the water, the fatigue from the journey was gone.

He quickly picked up the bucket and went to water the vegetables.

"Mother!" Ye Langlang saw Ye Nitang and shook the grass happily.

Ye Juejue quietly hid beside Ye Kuanyan.

"Jingjue, be good, that's my mother, she won't scare Jingjue anymore."

Ye Kuangyan hugged her niece and kissed her on the face.

Ye Nitang walked up to Ye Langlang, pinched his waist, and picked him up, "Did you have fun today?"

The little guy opened his mouth wide in surprise. Did his mother hug him?

Mother hugged him!

"What's wrong?" Ye Nitang pinched his little cheek, "You don't like my hug?"

"No, I like it. I like my mother to hug me very much." Ye Langlang fiercely hugged Ye Nitang's neck, "Mother, my sister and I love you so much!"

"Little fool," Ye Nitang stroked his head gently, "My mother was ill before and her head was confused.

I've done a lot of things that I'm sorry for you, can you forgive me for the past? "

No matter how many wrong things the original owner did, it was all because of her mental illness that only appeared after she was poisoned.

Before the accident, she was also a very good girl.

She couldn't agree with her actions, but she wouldn't slander her either.

Especially letting her children dislike her.

"Oh, mother, we have never blamed you. You are our mother, and we love you very much."

The little guy was crying and talking at the same time, pouring out what he wanted to say.

Ye Nitang hugged him, gently stroked his back, and let him vent.

Ye Kuangyan, who was holding Ye Juejue on her side, had moist eyes.

Her eldest sister finally recovered.

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