Chapter 36: Human Resources
Ye Yang backed down a little in his words.

"Logically speaking, as a member of the Ye family, I should contribute to the renovation of the old house, but two thousand spirit stones is not a small amount. I still need to discuss it with the head of the family."

Ye Li sighed and agreed.

After saying this, Ye Li had no intention of chatting with Ye Yang anymore. She glanced at the door, made up an excuse, and stood up to leave.

The gift was not taken away.

"Aunt, this thing..."

Ye Yang saw Ye Li was about to turn around and walk out of the room, so he quickly reminded her.

Ye Li didn't look back and gave a few instructions to Menzi. Menzi smiled apologetically at Ye Yang and took the gift away.

After a while, Ye Yang finally understood that Ye Li did not take the gift directly, and never mentioned letting Ye Yang and Yu Hu meet.

This is probably because they don't take him seriously and are even more afraid that he will make unreasonable demands, so they give him a dose of medicine first to make him give up.

He sighed and didn't think much about it. After all, they hadn't seen each other for many years, and Ye Li didn't refuse her immediately, which was already giving him face.

Besides, he estimated that whether Ye Li and Yu Hu said it or not, they would lend him some money. After all, he had spent so much time talking about Bai Zizhen's tiger skin, and it was not in vain.

Of course, he could also borrow some spirit stones from Bai Zizhen, and Bai Zizhen would probably not refuse.

However, although he and Bai Zizhen have a good relationship, they are not blood relatives, so the other person has no obligation to help him all the time.

Favors will run out.

Once it is used up, it will be worthless.

It's not worth it to sacrifice this favor for just two thousand spirit stones!

……

Yufu
In a beautifully decorated house.

A black-faced man with a steel-like beard was painting. The tiny paintbrush looked like a small toy in his big hands.

At this moment, his face was covered with ink from the brush. I don’t know if it was the ink or his face that was black. Only a pair of small eyes were left.
There stood a woman behind him, with a gorgeous appearance, fair skin and cloud-like hair. It was Ye Li.

"Your nephew is here to borrow money."

Yu Hu spread out the rice paper and said as he carefully outlined the edge of the tiger's hair with ink without looking back.

"Yes, he said he was going to renovate the old house at home, so he was short of money and wanted to borrow some spirit stones."

Yu Hu didn't say anything and continued to draw the portrait quietly.

A few moments.

"What's his name, Ye...Ye what...what?"

Yu Hu was a little confused at first. He had eight concubines and more than 20 nephews. He rarely came into contact with them on weekdays, so it was impossible for him to remember everyone's name.

When Ye Li saw Yu Hu's expression, she quickly took out a white hot towel, walked up to him and wiped the ink off his face, staining the white towel black.

"Yes...Ye Yang..."

Ye Li thought for a moment and said, "He is still practicing in the sect. He just awakened his high-grade yellow-level life force a few days ago. This time, he came and brought some gifts for us."

After that, Ye Li placed the Panshan Plum Blossom Stone in front of Yu Hu and said, "He said that Bai Zizhen gave it to him. He couldn't appreciate it, so he wanted to show it to you."

Yu Hu didn't care at first, but after hearing Bai Zizhen's words, he picked it up and looked at it and said, "Yes, it's a top-quality plum blossom stone. That old guy only knows how to drink and can't appreciate this thing."

"But." He smiled again: "This stone is unique and formed naturally. How do you know whether it was given to him by Bai Jingang?" As a guardian of a place and in charge of all matters big and small in the mine, he is naturally not so easily fooled. If he were stupid, he would not be able to grab this lucrative job, and even if he grabbed it, he would not be able to keep it.

Of course, he can't prove it's true, nor can he disprove it, so just treat it as true.

I can't take this broken stone and run thousands of miles to find Bai Zizhen for authentication.

"How many spiritual stones does he want to borrow?"

"two thousand."

"No, it's too much. For Bai Zizhen's sake, give him a maximum of 1,000 spirit stones. You can also give him another 200 spirit stones separately. Tell him that you have been helping him for so many years. Only in this way will he be grateful to us."

Ye Li nodded.

"If you ask me, just give him 500 spirit stones. After all, we haven't had any contact with each other for many years, and there is no need for more contact in the future. Even if I am her aunt, I can't let others take advantage of me!"

Yu Hu smiled and said, "Qingshan is almost old enough to practice cultivation. I plan to have him join the Feitian Sect. We are thousands of miles away from him, so if Qingshan encounters any problems in the sect in the future, at least there will be someone to take care of him."

Ye Li was shocked: "Didn't you say that Feitian Sect is not a big sect, has insufficient resources, and has backward skills, and you want to send Qingshan to Dayun Dynasty to practice?"

Yu Hu sighed: "Nowadays, the sect is increasingly strict in handling the transfer of children. We can't take risks recklessly."

Ye Li nodded: "In that case, then lend him one thousand spirit stones."

"Oh, right." Yu Hu didn't turn around and continued to paint. He said to Ye Li who was about to leave: "Just say I'm out for something and not at home."

He had eight concubines and at least eighty relatives, so he didn't care about anyone in particular.

Ye Li nodded, knowing that Yu Hu didn't want to waste too much time on Ye Yang.

Ye Li turned around and was about to leave, but Yu Hu stopped her and said, "Take a look at my painting."

Ye Li looked up and saw that on the rice paper that Yu Hu had stretched out was a painting of an animal leaping through a ravine. It was outlined with ink and had a small head and a big belly, and it looked quite cute and adorable.

"This cat is really well drawn, but why is the cat on the mountain stream?"

“It’s a tiger!”

Yu Hu spoke in a bad mood. Ye Li smiled awkwardly and looked carefully. She saw a few big words written crookedly beside the fat cat: "Tiger Roars in the Mountains to Seize the Deputy Hall."

Ye Li was delighted: "My husband, you are sure to be promoted to deputy hall master. Have those deputy officials who opposed you finally shut up and stopped complaining?"

"not yet."

……

Ye Yang had been sitting in the side hall, waiting for Ye Li to come back. After about an hour, Ye Li finally came slowly. The doorman behind him was holding a tray covered with red silk. The tray was bulging, as if there was something on it.

"After I talked to the master, he felt that it was not easy for us mother and daughter, so he took some spirit stones and brought them to you."

Ye Li did not sit down. She opened the red silk covering the tray, revealing two black gold-painted silk bags.

She handed the cloth bag to Ye Yang and said, "The big bag contains one thousand spirit stones that Yufu is lending to you. The small bag contains two hundred spirit stones, which are the belongings I have accumulated over the years. I will lend them to you as well."

Storage bags are precious and can only be used by high-ranking officials. Moreover, the internal space is not large, usually only a square foot in size, so most low-level monks still use regular cloth bags.

Ye Yang frowned slightly. Twelve hundred spirit stones were a little lower than his expectations.

However, he also knew that the two of them must have already discussed it, so even if he spoke again, it would be useless.

What's more, Ye Li was right. She was already a married girl. Helping was a favor, but not helping was also her duty.

(End of this chapter)