Fourth Uncle Liu left quickly and returned quickly as well.
The fall on the doorstep seemed to have made him think things through. He climbed up and patted the dust off his body as if nothing had happened. He readily agreed. He had already thought it through. He was also willing to pay the fifty percent of the "joining" fee.
Of course, how the other person secretly cursed Seventh Uncle for being a treacherous pig-like teammate was not something that Li Yi cared about.
The candied haws business wasn't big, but it wasn't small either. Fang and the others had more important things to do, so they naturally couldn't spend all their time on this.
They urgently lacked manpower. This was the first problem they had to face if they wanted to expand the candied haws business.
The demand for the Liu family's candied haws in Qing 'an Prefectural City was far from being saturated. There was still a lot of profit to be made.
Of course, Li Yi couldn't just give this portion of the profit to the Liu family's direct descendants. It wasn't impossible for them to interfere, but if he didn't peel off a few layers of skin from them, how could he be worthy of the "care" these people had given the Liu sisters all these years?
"Son-in-law, do you really plan on letting them do the candied haws business?" Fang walked in from outside and looked at Li Yi with a face full of confusion.
For Fang, this was currently the only profitable business. Naturally, he wasn't willing to let the direct descendants take advantage of it for nothing.
He had personally witnessed how these people treated the two ladies these past few years. Fang didn't even want to give them ten percent of the profit, let alone fifty percent.
"You have to look at the long term. Just think of it as them making money for us," Li Yi could only think of another way to explain things to Fang, who only knew how to look at things in front of him.
Although it wasn't easy for Fang's brain to work around things, his intelligence was still within the range of a normal person. After hearing Li Yi's explanation, he somewhat understood.
Just letting them borrow the Liu family's candied haws name and they could get fifty percent of the profit for nothing. Thinking about it this way, it didn't seem like a loss.
Thinking of this, Fang's face showed his signature silly smile.
Looking at the silly smile on Fang's face, Li Yi couldn't help but think of the scene last night when this guy tricked him. He resisted the urge to take off his shoes and slap his face. He smiled and said, "Don't smile like an idiot. Come in, I have something to tell you."
For some reason, Fang's heart trembled when he saw the smile on Li Yi's face. He suddenly had a bad premonition.
After an hour, Fang walked out of the courtyard with a worried look on his face. He looked back at the house and let out a long sigh.
The son-in-law actually handed the task of building a workshop to him and wanted it to be completed within five days. If he did it well, there would be no reward. If he didn't do it well, his bonus of half a month of candied haws would be deducted. Fang was extremely suspicious in his heart. This was definitely the son-in-law's revenge for what he did last night.
He didn't want to take this hot potato, but he thought that if he didn't let the son-in-law vent his anger, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to sleep well every night. Sooner or later, there would be a knife. This time, it was better to take it happily …
If he had known that retribution would come so quickly, last night … Alas, he regretted it so much!
He sighed all the way back and saw a figure pacing back and forth in front of the door from a distance. It was a thin man, pacing back and forth while rubbing his hands. From time to time, he glanced into the courtyard, but he didn't take a step in.
"Yang Shaojun, what are you doing here?" Fang walked over with large strides and looked at the man. His face turned cold as he asked coldly.
"Fang, I …" The man suddenly heard a voice behind him and turned to look at Fang. A trace of shame appeared on his face. After a long time, he opened his mouth and said with some difficulty, "I … I came to borrow some food from you. There hasn't been any food at home for two days. It doesn't matter if I don't have enough to eat, but the child …"
Fang's face was rarely gloomy. There was an irrepressible anger in his eyes as he looked at the man.
When Ruyi's father was still alive, this man was like himself and the others. He was also by the side of the direct line of descent. They grew up together and were considered the closest brothers.
However, ever since the old stockade master left, only Fang and a few others stayed. The man and most of the others chose to get close to the direct line of descent. From then on, Fang and him did not have any contact.
Even when they met in the stockade and the man wanted to greet him, Fang would just coldly walk past him. Being betrayed by his best brother was a knot that had been stuck in Fang's heart for all these years.
"I've let you two ladies down for what happened back then. I've let you down. You can beat me up, but I'm begging you to lend me some food. Otherwise … the child will really starve to death!" The shame on the man's face deepened. He was a famous man. Even if he had to starve to death, he wouldn't have been able to lower himself to look for Fang. However … there was still a child at home who hadn't eaten for two days!
Fang's expression was still cold. Even though he knew that the man had been driven into a corner and had no choice but to leave in order to feed his family, there was always a thorn in his heart. Even now, he could not forgive him.
Seeing that Fang did not speak for a long time, a hint of defeat finally appeared on the man's face. A look of despair appeared in his eyes as he turned around and walked away without saying a word.
He would rather starve to death than beg for help. This was indeed his limit.
After taking two steps, an angry shout came from behind him.
"Yang Shaojun, you motherf * cker, stop right there!"
Turning his head, a huge fist came flying at him and smashed fiercely into his face. At the same time, Fang's furious voice came, "You b * stard, I've wanted to beat you up for a long time!"
After being punched in the face, the man immediately felt dizzy and saw stars. He was also angered and returned a punch as he cursed, "Come on, I'm not afraid of you!"
Old Fang hadn't expected his opponent to fight back, and was caught off guard. The fist landed on his face, causing his eyes to swell like a panda's. Cursing angrily, he punched back and began to wrestle with the man.
The two of them punched and kicked each other. After all, the man's physique was much inferior to Fang's. Although he was not suppressed and beaten, he was still the one at a disadvantage. After being kicked to the ground by Fang for an unknown number of times, he lay there panting and was unwilling to get up again.
"The last time I beat you up so happily was probably more than ten years ago, right?" Old Fang wiped the sweat off his forehead. Although his face was covered in bruises, there was a comfortable expression on his face.
"Yes, it's been more than ten years …" The man looked up at the sky as a trace of reminiscence appeared on his face.
The reminiscence flashed on Fang's face, and then he kicked the man and said coldly, "If you're not dead, come in with me!"
After a while, Fang stuffed a large bag of refined rice into the man's hand and scolded, "This food is for my nephew. It has nothing to do with you, Yang Shaojun!"
"Fang, I …" The bag of rice seemed to be at least a dozen kilograms. A trace of emotion appeared on the man's face. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Fang with a wave of his hand.
"These days, the son-in-law is going to build a workshop. If you have nothing to do, come and work with me. You'll get ten copper coins a day, and you'll eat your fill. Don't say that I, Fang, treat you badly!" Fang punched him in the chest and said, "And those bastards, if they're willing to come and work with me, let them come!"
"Thank you …" The man was stunned when he heard the words, and then his face showed ecstasy. He only said half a sentence, and Fang waved his hand and said, "Okay, go home quickly. Don't let your mother-in-law wait. If you're willing to work, come and find me after dinner!"
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…
"Son-in-law, I've found everyone."
Li Yi was planning how the floral water workshop should be built in the room. Fang pushed the door and said at the top of his voice.
"So fast … hiss, you are …" Li Yi raised his head and looked at Fang's bruised and swollen face. He took a breath and couldn't help but ask, "Did you really go to a brothel last night and was discovered by your mother-in-law today?"
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