Price to be discussed.

Yesterday, this person said it was top-quality material. Now that they've brought it, there must be some leftover wood. This person will definitely use it up. So how should we calculate that? Can't we get our money back for the wood?

Yun Ruoxia was not very satisfied with her father-in-law's words, but since Yun Ling was familiar with him, she could not refute him to his face. She could only swallow her dissatisfaction and let it fester inside her.

Yunling didn't think much of it. No matter the era, having a skill is always a good thing. Moreover, these people are all a bit arrogant, and each brand will pay a high price to support them.

As far as Yunling was concerned, both Bingniang and her father-in-law were people she had to pay for with copper coins, so she naturally didn't care about the price.

Yunling simply replied "okay" and left with Yun Ruoxia. Now that her father-in-law had given a delivery date for the seal, it seemed that the carving of the order would take some time.

Yunling didn't want to wait aimlessly, so after leaving the craft street, she went to Yunxiang Bookstore, bought two reams of paper, and then went home with Yun Ruoxia.

She thought that Yun Chu was at home, so she quickly asked her to help write the words, which would solve her immediate problem.

The three-day period passed in the blink of an eye.

When the appointed day arrived, Yunling eagerly carried a bowl of seven-vegetable soup in one hand and dragged Yun Ruoxia along with the other towards the craft street in the county town. Her father-in-law was already waiting at the shop entrance, craning his neck to look around the street.

As soon as Yunling arrived, she quickly placed the seal on the table and picked up a carving knife to carve on the pear wood.

Happy birthday, Grandpa.

The father-in-law paused, turned around and looked at Yunling, "You little devil, you're spouting nonsense again. Do you even know when this old man's birthday is?"

Yunling placed the seven-vegetable soup in front of her father-in-law and said with a smile, "Father-in-law, you're being silly. Today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Renri, everyone's birthday, so it's naturally your birthday too."

As Yunling spoke, she opened the food box, and the aroma of the dishes wafted out. "Grandpa, please try this seven-vegetable soup. It will bring you a bountiful harvest and long life next year."

The moment Yunling opened the food box, the father-in-law was captivated by the aroma wafting out, and his stomach rumbled loudly.

He didn't even bother to wash his hands before picking up his chopsticks and reaching for the fried dough. The fried dough, cooked with the vegetables, absorbed most of the flavors of the pork and mustard greens. Although it wasn't crispy, it was tender enough and quite delicious.

The father-in-law ate with gusto, delighted, and invited Yunling to join him. Yunling immediately shook her head and refused without even thinking.

This morning, she saw Zhang Shi and Granny Yun busy in the kitchen. She thought they were making something delicious, but instead she saw Granny Yun putting things into the pot one by one.

Mustard greens, sweet potatoes, fried dough balls, lettuce, scallion greens, fried dumplings, and vegetarian slices—looking at that pot of mushy porridge, her appetite vanished. She didn't understand why so many delicious things had to be mixed together; she couldn't accept it, she really couldn't accept it.

But how could Old Lady Yun let Yunling off so easily? She insisted on explaining the meanings behind each vegetable to her, such as how lettuce symbolizes harmony and wealth, and mustard greens symbolize longevity.

Yunling felt she should eat two more bowls of porridge; she couldn't escape eating. So she packed her portion into a food box and brought it out for her father-in-law, thinking that he was close in age to her mother-in-law and would surely like it. Sure enough, she did the right thing!

"Grandpa, eat slowly, I'm going to check the seal."

"I chose grass green for the ink for you. You mentioned 'night-shining blue,' which is for fireflies. Fireflies' light is yellowish-green, so I chose grass green, a lighter shade. If you don't like it, you can choose another one yourself. I can't control you."

Yunling felt that her father-in-law had good taste; in her mind, she had decided on a pair of green wings, like grass, symbolizing vitality while also representing a yearning for freedom.

She quickly rolled up her left sleeve, first finding the stamp of the small left wing, pressing it into the green clay, then stamping it onto her left arm. She repeated this process four times, and a pair of wings of varying shades appeared before her eyes.

As Yun Ling swayed, the wings seemed to come alive, leaving even Yun Ruoxia stunned.

Yunling examined the position of the wings and added the last pinyin under its feathers, thus completing a trademark belonging to them, Zhaoyeqing.

Yunling took a closer look at the pinyin; the lines drawn were incredibly smooth, even better than what she had drawn on the blueprint. Yunling couldn't help but admire it.

"Grandpa, how much does it cost to make a seal?"

"Five strings of copper coins, I will never let anyone know."

Five strings of cash?

Yun Ruoxia almost bit her tongue out. Five copper coins for such a small amount?

Then...wouldn't that list cost hundreds of strings of cash to carve? It seems better to find a poor scholar to write it for a day.

Yunling took out five strings of copper coins from her pocket. "Grandpa, I wonder if you can carve even smaller sizes?"

How small?

"It's about a section of the little finger, is that okay?"

Yunling was thinking of putting their Zhaoyeqing brand on panties, menstrual pads, and even future clothing, firstly to differentiate them from other brands' products, and secondly to encourage existing customers to use the product line.

The father-in-law took a bite of the fried dumpling; it was salty, but surprisingly not bad. He nodded with delight, "Five days, come and pick it up in five days."

"Alright, Grandpa, take your time eating. We'll be going now."

After bidding farewell to her father-in-law, Yunling and Yun Ruoxia went to the matchmaking corner. Although it was still the New Year, the shops there were bustling with activity. The red ropes for the matchmaker were almost all sold out, and the portrait shop was packed with people.

"If you didn't know better, you'd think there was gold to be found inside!"

Yun Ruoxia's words piqued the gossip-loving interest of the old woman who had come over to join in the fun. "There really is gold to be found here. You two young ladies don't know any better, do you?"

Yun Ruoxia and Yun Ling both tiptoed and looked into the shop. They didn't see any gold, but they did see a lot of people.

The old woman pulled Yun Ruoxia along and said with a smile, "It's this gold. I heard from the people working in the county government that next year, if a girl turns fifteen but hasn't married yet, the head tax will be six hundred copper coins."

"Six hundred coins? In previous years it was only one hundred and twenty coins, that's four hundred and eighty coins more. Let's go rob it."

For the Yun family, Yun Ruochun and Yun Ruoxia were both over fifteen years old. The two of them had to pay almost an extra string of copper coins. Yun Ruoxia was heartbroken. It would be fine if the money went into the stomachs of her own family, but to give it away for nothing and not even get a good reputation was not worth it at all.

"That's true, but it's not all bad. If you can give birth to a baby, you'll be rewarded with fifty acres of land. If you have two children, the court will help you raise the first one."