From that day forward, Gu Lingchen became Liu Sisi's tutor, coming to the shop every day to teach her to read.

Liu Dashi told the customers that this young master Gu was also one of the owners of the shop, so it was normal for him to come to the shop every day, and no one said anything.

A few days later, Gu Lingchen received a letter from Emperor Yong'an.

They said that all the rice noodles and pickled vegetables from the palace were gone, and they wanted him to send someone to send more back.

He also said he would give Liu Sisi ten taels of silver per packet and five taels of kimchi per jar, and ask her to send more back.

They even had the silver notes specially delivered by their secret guards.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Lingchen received another letter from Consort Hui, who also wanted rice noodles and kimchi.

They also give ten taels per pack.

The other concubines also wanted to buy it, but they were not close enough to the Second Prince to write to him, so they had to try to build a good relationship with Consort Hui. Fortunately, they managed to buy it from Consort Hui.

Gu Lingchen came to the shop after receiving the letter and told Liu Sisi about it.

However, Liu Sisi's space only has 40 packs available per day, and the rest have to wait until the next day to refresh.

“Young Master Gu, the pickled vegetables are always available,” he said. “As for the rice noodles, you’ll have to wait about six days. I can make you over two hundred packs, and the pickled vegetables can make 100 jars.”

More than 200 packs of kimchi is worth 2,000 taels! Add the kimchi, and it's worth 500 taels. Liu Sisi could almost see herself becoming rich overnight.

"Alright, I'll write back to my father right away," Gu Lingchen replied.

"By the way, this can't be kept for too long; it must be eaten within a month, otherwise it will spoil," Liu Sisi added.

"Don't worry, I can finish it."

Who would have thought that Emperor Yong'an would sell rice noodles for 20 taels of silver to his ministers!

Anyway, he deliberately had Eunuch Luo serve them something tempting after the morning court session.

It smells so good, I just can't resist it.

If the Second Prince hadn't said it wouldn't last long, he wouldn't have been willing to sell it.

These all happened later.

At this moment, Liu Sisi was diligently changing the packaging at home with oil paper! This couldn't be known by others; she had to do it herself.

Because there was a lot of demand for kimchi, Wu called Aunt Li, Aunt Wang, Song Cuihua, and Niu Xiuhe when she got home, and they all came over to her house to chop vegetables.

They charged 200 coins per person per day, saying it would take 6 days to prepare, and they could come at Shenshi (3-5 PM). Everyone was very satisfied with the price.

After all, their husbands only earned a few dozen coins a day doing odd jobs in town.

Six days later, everything was ready, and Liu Sisi packed it into boxes and handed it to Gu Lingchen.

Gu Lingchen even specially ordered bodyguards to escort these items back to the capital, after all, they were worth several thousand taels of silver! It was something that needed to be taken seriously.

After delivering the gifts, Gu Lingchen gave Liu Sisi the silver notes, totaling 2500 taels. He gave the money to Consort Hui first, knowing his mother would make up the difference when he returned.

It was another day of vacation for Liu Siqiang and the others, and today Song Jiuheng specially brought Song Ling along.

They were also carrying quite a few gifts.

"Brother Liu, I haven't had a chance to thank you yet for your fifth son saving my wife's life last time!"

"Since my son and your young masters are all here today, I must invite you to Hexianlou for a meal to properly express my gratitude," Song Jiuheng said, putting down what he was holding.

"Brother Song, you're too kind. My daughter Sixi studied medicine to heal the sick and save lives. We don't deserve such a generous offer from you," Liu Dashi replied politely.

As soon as Song Ling entered the shop, he went up to Liu Sisi and said, "Sisi, look what I brought you."

After Song Ling finished speaking, she opened the exquisite food box in her hand, "These are pastries that I asked my father to buy specially from the pastry shop."

There are osmanthus cake, lotus root starch pastry, flower cake, and several other kinds of snacks inside! They're all beautifully made, little sister, you should try them!

He continued talking to himself, completely oblivious to Gu Lingchen's increasingly dark face beside him.

He was very unhappy that his teaching had been interrupted by Song Ling.

"Thank you, Brother Song Ling." Because he was Liu Siqiang's classmate, Liu Sisi also called him "brother."

Unexpectedly, the phrase "Brother Song Ling" broke down Gu Lingchen's defenses, and his brows furrowed so deeply they looked like they could trap a fly.

Liu Sisi also noticed that his expression was off.

"Young Master Gu, what's wrong?"

"It's alright. Since you have guests, I'll take my leave now."

After saying that, he got up and left without even saying goodbye.

When Ah Sheng saw his master leave in a huff, he immediately sensed something was wrong and followed after him.

"Huh? What happened to him? Did I offend him?" Liu Sisi was completely bewildered.

Song Ling had already gone to talk to Liu Siqiang and his brothers, so he had no idea what was going on here.

He genuinely wanted a beautiful and well-behaved younger sister like Liu Sisi; he had no other intentions whatsoever.