Upon being reminded, Yunling immediately remembered this matter. Feeling somewhat embarrassed to meet Lu Yinghuai's gaze, she simply pointed to the side room on the map and said, "This is it."

"You just said this is a side room. Besides, if I stay in a side room, where will the visiting guests stay?"

Yunling pointed to the reception room, "You've taken one room, there's another one. Even if it's not enough, we can set up a bed in the reception room..." The more she talked, the more uncertain she felt.

Lu Yinghuai remained unmoved, tilting his head to stare at Yun Ling, a faint smile playing on his lips, his eyes filled with doting affection.

"That's not appropriate. How about this, you build one for me here?"

Yunling looked at the spot where his finger landed, which was right next to her room!

"I'm thinking that since I'm an outsider, it's not appropriate for me to get too close to your sister, but you're the only one I'm familiar with. This position is just right, isn't it?"

What he said seemed to make a lot of sense.

No, that's not right, that doesn't make sense!

Yunling was almost dragged in by him.

Lu Yinghuai glanced at the view outside the window and said gently, "There's no rush. You must be hungry. Let's go to the restaurant for a meal first."

Upon hearing the words "no rush," Yunling immediately recalled his words, "We'll talk about this later," and fearing that the matter wouldn't be resolved today, she hurriedly replied:

"I'm not hungry. Do you...do you...do you have any brothers or sisters?"

“I only have one younger sister, who is about the same age as you. The last time I got into the human traffickers’ car, it was to rescue her.”

Yunling nodded. It seemed that he was an only child and wouldn't stay at her house for long. At most, he would stay for a day to discuss business. If that was the case, she didn't need to worry about it.

"Alright, you can set up your room here, young master. I don't know anything about the land deed..."

"Add it first, I'm afraid you'll forget."

Lu Yinghuai asked Uncle Cao to prepare pen and ink, and watched as Yunling added his room to the blueprints, writing a small "Lu" character on the room before taking out the land deed.

"for you."

Yunling was overjoyed, "How many copper coins did you spend? I'll give you double."

"No need, my family is well-off, you can keep it."

"No, even brothers should keep clear accounts. This matter of money should be settled first."

Lu Yinghuai's lips curled up slightly, revealing a profound meaning. He and she were not brothers, but husband and wife. Why would he hold a grudge against his own daughter-in-law?

“I also have a share in this land. Didn’t you just draw my room on it?”

"This...you really don't accept money?"

“I won’t accept it. What’s yours is yours. Even if we have a disagreement in the future, I won’t go back on my word. I’ve written it all down on the back of the land deed.”

Yunling flipped the land deed to the ground and found four words: "Voluntary Gift".

Her temple throbbed. Had this windfall come her way?

He gave her a hundred strings of cash on their second meeting, and now he's offering her a land deed. He must be up to no good. She has to be careful and not be tempted by such petty gains. She can't take them. She'll throw the hundred strings of cash and the land deed in his face and tell him, "I won't be tempted by such petty gains. Take them back. I don't want them."

"What's wrong? Is there a problem with the land deed?"

"no problem."

Yunling immediately folded the land deed and put it in her pocket. What did being aloof matter? She was past that age. Money was the only thing that mattered.

"If you finish building the house, I'll treat you to something to eat."

Lu Yinghuai still had a faint smile on his face, but the doting look in his eyes was almost overflowing. "No need to trouble yourself, just eat at our house."

"OK."

After saying that, Yunling realized something was wrong. "Our family? Which 'our family'? Which 'our' family? He must have said something wrong. Shouldn't he have said 'her family'?"

Yunling didn't think much of it. Anyway, she would have to invite people over for a good meal after the new house was built, so she might as well invite Lu Yinghuai as well, and that would be the end of it.

Yunling was preoccupied with the cotton pads, so she didn't go to the restaurant with Lu Yinghuai for a meal. Instead, she rushed home, handed the blueprints to her father, and then continued to immerse herself in making cotton pads.

The printing continued until New Year's Eve before all the orders were finally printed and delivered to the rightful households. However, Yunling's shoulders and back ached terribly, and her hands trembled and cramped uncontrollably, making it impossible for her to even pick up chopsticks.

Not to mention Zhang Shi's heartache, even Yun Ruoxia couldn't bear it. She originally wanted to say that two catties of royal jelly could earn four hundred guan, so there was no need to work so hard. However, royal jelly is not available in every season, while these briefs, menstrual cloths, and cotton pads can be made all year round.

Moreover, although the number of orders may seem small at first and the earnings may not seem significant, once the number of orders increases and there are enough people available, they can sit back and count their coins, which is a good thing.

"Ling'er, why don't you ask that old man to make a few more cotton slingshots? That way, we can hire more people to share the burden."

"Yes, that's what I think too."

Yunling thought this way, and naturally she did it. She rested at home on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and only went into the city with Yun Ruoxia when her hands were no longer shaking so much on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Yunling went to the shop carrying gifts for the festival. She was secretly pleased that her father-in-law had opened the shop to welcome customers, but at the same time, she remembered his words, "No children, all alone," and the joy in her heart faded.

She walked into the shop with a smile on her lips and said, "Grandpa, Happy New Year! May each year be better than the last, and may everything go smoothly for you, and may you be safe and sound."

The father-in-law was naturally happy to see Yunling, but he couldn't hold back his words.

"Alright, why did you have to come at the exact moment I was wrapping red paper? You must have done it on purpose."

"Oh? Grandpa is wrapping red paper. That's thirteen copper coins. I'm thirteen years old this year."

The father-in-law slipped thirteen copper coins into the red paper, secretly added two gold melon seeds, and then gave it to Yunling with a stern face.

"Hey, you clueless fellow, if you accept the old man's red paper, you'll have smooth sailing and double good fortune next year."

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

Yunling also considered herself a semi-host, putting down the gifts and finding a seat for herself. She picked up some melon seeds from the table, cracked a couple, and said:

"Grandpa, I'd like you to make two more kapok slingshots. Do you have the time?"

How big should it be?

Yunling was reminded of her father-in-law's words. Yes, she had to consider the size of the cotton slingshot and couldn't make it according to her measurements.

“Grandpa, let me think… Here, just make a rough one based on the height of that lady on the street.”

Yunling thought that she would find a woman to do this, so she could just do it according to Zhang's height and build.