When everyone went to bed, Qin Yao sat up from the bed, tucked in the quilts for the two little ones, put on her homemade slippers and came to the table.

All the thank-you gifts that Qi Xianguan sent today are here.

The Mid-Autumn moon is indeed bright. Under the moonlight, the two pieces of silk look even more lustrous and the jacquard on the fabric is also sparkling.

Qin Yao touched it and it felt smooth and soft like a cloud. It was a pity that she couldn't bear to wear clothes made of such good material, so she decided to put it away first. When she became a landlord and didn't have to work, she would use it to make some comfortable home clothes.

The two pieces of cotton cloth are quite useful. When the temperature drops, each person in the family can have an extra set of clothes.

The two copper hand warmers arrived just in time. They can be used in more than a month when winter comes.

She owns one and takes it with her to work in the factory. It is small and fits perfectly in her hand.

There is one left, and Qin Yao hasn't decided who to give it to. There are four children in the family, so it wouldn't be enough to give it to all of them, but it wouldn't be fair to give it to only one, so she'll keep it for now.

This kind of copper product is very valuable just because of the raw materials, and it can also be used as a gift in the future.

There are five sets of the Four Treasures of the Study. Although Qin Yao does not know how to judge the quality of these inkstones, ink sticks and brushes, the texture of the good ones is indeed different. She touched the ink stick with her fingertips and it was extremely smooth, completely different from the ink sticks bought from the market which felt rough to the touch.

Not to mention the carved patterns on the inkstone, which can be seen at first glance to have been meticulously crafted by craftsmen.

These five sets of four treasures of the study have different patterns and carvings, including pictures of grape vines, and educational pictures such as lying on ice to catch carp.

Qin Yao left the grape vines, and the remaining four children had just enough for each of them.

Thinking back to the past, she was also a girl who followed fashion trends and had a lot of beautiful clothes and jewelry.

But when the end of the world comes, these beautiful pursuits become a burden that hinders survival.

I don’t know when it started, but my long, smooth black hair turned into short, uncluttered hair, and my clothes and shoes were all designed for practicality, and I always wore a protective suit that exuded a strong smell of plastic.

When Qin Yao accidentally looked in the mirror, she could hardly recognize who was in the mirror.

Looking down at the pair of silver-inlaid jade bracelets, they were so beautiful that she subconsciously wanted to remove the silver from them and melt them into silver to survive.

But there is no apocalypse now, right?

Qin Yao put two bracelets on her wrists. The size was slightly large. She shook her hands, and the silver bracelets on her arms swayed.

It was really beautiful. The moonlight shone through the jade, revealing the cotton wool patterns inside. Each pattern was different. Qin Yao stared at it for a long time, enjoying it very much.

But after admiring them, she took off the two bracelets and carefully put them in the box. She thought, next time she goes to the capital to do business, she will take them with her!

There is something new and exciting to see in Liujia Village.

A nobleman from the city wanted to build a house in their village, and the boss who sold bricks and tiles in Xiahe Village received another big order, and sent truckloads of bricks and tiles to Liujia Village.

Now the road leading into the village has been repaired and it has become a solid and smooth road. The villagers who pass by it are filled with pride and joy.

Just this one road instantly shortened the distance between Liujia Village and the surrounding villages. Married girls returned to their parents' homes and were surprised to find that it was indeed much closer than before.

Of course, they also came to deliver shoulder straps to the stationery factory.

Yunniang was in charge of the outsourcing of shoulder straps. The leading ladies from each village would deliver the goods handed over by the embroiderers to Yunniang. After settling the bill on the spot, they would pay a deposit of 500 coins and take back 200 to 300 pieces of work. They would deliver them back next time after they were finished.

When they stop doing the work, the factory will return the deposit.

At the beginning, the deposit was only 300 wen. Later, as the market competition became fierce, the ladies from each village raised the deposit price to 500 wen in order to get more jobs.

After all, the wages earned are much more than the deposit.

The women who got the job could earn money at home with their skills. With money, they were confident and spoke loudly.

Nowadays, people from outside, passing through the village of Jinshi Town, find that the women in this village are much more "violent" than before.

Just then, when he was ordered to pick some wild flowers for his master to decorate the stones of his new house, he met Zhou Saozi and others who had just returned from work in the factory.

Mrs. Zhou recognized the onions she grew at home at a glance.

He immediately shouted: "Hey little brother, stop!"

Shitou, who was pushing a cart full of mud, flowers and plants, was completely unaware and continued walking forward. He found himself surrounded by a group of women. Only then did he realize that the "young man" was calling him.

Things seemed to be getting serious. Carpenter Liu's family screamed "Ah!" and pointed at the pile of sunflowers on the car and asked in shock and anger: "Where did you pick the sunflowers? And you pulled them up by the roots? Oh my God——"

Shitou's heart skipped a beat, and he pointed to the hillside outside the village with a guilty look on his face, "I picked them from the mountain over there. I saw a big area there, and no one was watching over it, so I picked some and brought them back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Carpenter Liu's family wailed, "We're going to die!"

"What kind of mountain can grow such a large field of sunflowers? I worked so hard to plant them. If you ask anyone in the village, everyone will know it!"

As soon as they heard the wailing from Carpenter Liu's family, the other ladies crowded to the front of the car to check the flowers on it, and as a result, three or four angry roars were heard one after another.

Shi Tou thought to himself, who knew these vegetables look like flowers.

Just as he was about to be drowned by the spit of accusations from the ladies, Shitou caught a glimpse of Qin Yao passing by with an abacus in her hand and shouted, "Lady Qin, help me!"

Qin Yao looked up and smiled, "You are so brave, you dare to touch the vegetables that the ladies have worked so hard to grow."

Shitou was so upset that he just asked Qin Yao to come over quickly and help mediate.

He just said he would pay compensation, but the ladies were not happy about it.

Mrs. Zhou thought, the loss for these vegetables would be less than two cents, but she had planted each of the green onions with her own hands, so how could the loss be the same?

Qin Yao hurried forward, apologized to them on behalf of her guests, and allowed them to use her water mill for free. Only then did the women let Shi Tou go.

Before leaving, I was kind enough to teach him what these beautiful flowers and plants were.

The ones with clusters of white flowers are onions, the ones with large yellow flowers are sunflowers, the ones with strings of purple flowers are leeks, and so on.

Shi Tou nodded in shock, indicating that he had learned it.

He dragged a cart of flowers and plants to the old house that was being renovated, met Qi Xiangguan, and immediately showed off to his young master.

"Sir, please look at this bunch of purple-flowered chives. They are the chives that people often say grow again after one crop is cut. They are used in chive boxes."

Qi Xianguan looked at Qin Yao who followed him in surprise, "Madam, is this really the case?"

Qin Yao plucked off a sunflower, tucked the abacus under her armpit, and nodded seriously while cracking the tender melon seeds. "Yes, what I am eating now is melon seeds."

Qi Xianguan exclaimed: "How wonderful..."

He will pick one for the teacher later! (End of this chapter)