I am doing well in the Siheyuan

He Yuzhu looked at his watch and replied, "Wait another half an hour before we start."

Ma Hua listened, nodded, and walked towards the stove a few steps away.

In order to ensure that the guests at He Yushui's wedding had a satisfying meal, He Yuzhu specially invited several skilled chefs from the steel rolling mill's kitchen.

Time flies, and half an hour passes in a flash.

At the stove, several master chefs from the steel rolling mill saw that the time was up and immediately lit a fire to cook.

In less than half an hour, every table was filled with delicious food.

The guests picked up their chopsticks and raised their glasses to drink.

Ye Ming, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Fugui and others sat around a dining table.

Yi Zhonghai looked at He Yushui and Li Yongli and couldn't help but sigh:

"Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, more than a decade has passed. The rain that used to follow Zhuzi around is now getting married."

Yi Zhonghai's words prompted Liu Haizhong to take over the conversation:

"Yes, time waits for no one."

Yan Fugui listened and nodded in agreement.

Ye Ming looked at the old men and sighed about the passing time, and said:

"Gentlemen, today is sister Yu Shui's big day, let's not be so sad."

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai replied:

"Ye Ming is right. Today is a good day for rain. Why are we old guys being sentimental?"

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Come on, have a drink."

After that, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui clinked their glasses together. Then, the three of them drank it all in one gulp.

……

He Yushui's wedding was a complete success and the guests all had a great time.

In the evening, after attending the wedding, Ye Ming returned to his room, chatted with Old Lady Long for a while, and then went to bed to rest.

In the next few days, Ye Ming's life was very regular. He worked in the steel mill during the day and went home to rest at night. His work and rest schedule was extremely regular.

Saturday, Ye Ming’s courtyard living room.

Ye Ming sat on the chair in the middle, and Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang, Yuan Jun, Zheng Tong and others sat on the chairs below.

"This time I was able to purchase antiques thanks to the help of my brothers."

"Here, this is your hard work fee."

Ye Ming stood up and said to Zhong Yuemin and others with a smile.

After Ye Ming finished speaking, he took out several envelopes from his pocket and handed them to Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang, Yuan Jun and others. After nearly half a month of acquisitions, the several courtyard houses in Ye Ming's hands are now filled with various antiques. These antiques that fill Ye Ming's courtyard houses cost him less than 30,000 yuan in total. Ye Ming attached great importance to this batch of antiques and specially hired a dozen retired veterans to guard them day and night.

Ye Ming values ​​these antiques so much because they will be worth at least one billion in ten or twenty years. If they are put into the new century thirty years later, their value will double. Ye Ming will not take such valuable antiques lightly.

Ye Ming was able to recover so many antiques in just half a month, thanks to Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang and others. Therefore, how could Ye Ming be stingy with Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang and others who put in a lot of effort?

After hearing what Ye Ming said, Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang and others took the envelopes with a smile. In each envelope, Ye Ming put forty big unity notes, which was four hundred yuan.

Zhong Yuemin eagerly opened the envelope and immediately saw the 40 big unity notes inside. Seeing the 400 yuan in the envelope, he said in surprise: "Ye Ming, is the money you gave us too much?"

"It's such a large sum of money, Ye Ming, you'd better take it back. I can't accept it." After Zhong Yuemin finished speaking, Zhang Haiyang immediately echoed.

"Yuemin is right, Ye Ming. We agreed that you would give us 300 yuan as a reward for our hard work when we helped you collect antiques. You already gave us 300 yuan before, and now you give us 400 yuan. It's really too much, we can't accept it."

After Zhang Haiyang finished speaking, Yuan Jun and Zheng Tong also spoke up: "Yes, Ye Ming, this money is too much, we can't accept it." "Yuan Jun and Haiyang are right, we can't accept it."

Ye Ming couldn't help but laugh and cry when he heard their answers. If it was someone else, they would definitely be happy to accept more money for working for him. But Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang and others "disdained" the salary he gave was too high, which made Ye Ming feel helpless and funny.

However, at the same time, he secretly admired his own perspective on people. Becoming friends with Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang and others was indeed the right choice.

Zhong Yuemin and others refused to accept excessive wages, which showed that they had their own principles, only taking what they deserved and never being greedy. Their integrity, loyalty and strong principles made Ye Ming not worry about them cheating him.

During this period, Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang and others have wholeheartedly helped Ye Ming to recover antiques. How could he let Zhong Yuemin and others suffer any grievances? Putting away his thoughts, Ye Ming smiled and said.

"Brothers, I have seen all the efforts you have made in recovering antiques for me during this period."

"You deserve this money. If you don't want it, I will feel bad."

"Besides, you all know my situation. This amount of money is insignificant to me."

After Ye Ming said this, Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang and others immediately stopped refusing. They were all close friends, and pushing it back and forth would only make things awkward.

Besides, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang also knew that Ye Ming had a wealthy family, so this amount of money was really nothing to him.

After all, Ye Ming spent 30,000 yuan to recycle this batch of antiques, and a few thousand yuan was just a small amount for him.

Zhong Yuemin was the first to express his opinion: "Ye Ming, since you said so, we brothers will no longer be polite. If we do not accept the money and make you feel uncomfortable, then it would be wrong of us."

As soon as Zhong Yuemin finished speaking, Zhang Haiyang continued, "Yuemin is right. We can't let Ye Ming feel guilty. Brothers, take it."

Zheng Tong and Yuan Jun also spoke up: "In order not to burden Comrade Ye Ming, I, Yuan Jun, will accept this gift."

"In order to avoid embarrassing Ye Ming, I, Zheng Tong, will accept it as well."

After saying that, they all put the envelope containing four hundred dollars into their pockets.

Hearing this, Ye Ming smiled and responded: "That's right, brothers, don't be polite to me, this is what you deserve."

Then, Ye Ming gave each of Zhong Yuemin and the others 2,000 yuan. In the process of recycling antiques, Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang and others asked many friends for help, so Ye Ming would not treat them unfairly.

Giving each person 2,000 yuan is a reward for the hard work of Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang and their friends.

Zhong Yuemin and his friends each asked ten friends to help. Ye Ming gave them 2,000 yuan each, so each of Zhong Yuemin and his friends could get 200 yuan as hard work fee.

One hundred yuan more than originally agreed. This is enough to show that Ye Ming is never stingy with those who sincerely help him.

Zhong Yuemin, Zhang Haiyang and others happily accepted the two thousand yuan.