As soon as Qiu Yan finished speaking, she saw Old Man Zhao, his body hunched over, taking a stroll not far away.

Old Zhao took a careful look at the stall in front of him, and with a hint of surprise, he slowly walked closer step by step.

When he realized that there was a meat stall in front of him, all he could think about was the minced meat soup that Qiu Yan had made, and he continued walking.

But he stopped after taking only a few steps.

Without money, how can I buy meat?

He turned to leave, but stopped again when he heard Qiu Yan say, "Great-Grandpa."

Old Zhao looked at Qiu Yan, but didn't remember her name. "You called me?"

Qiu Yan smiled and nodded, then turned to Gu Qian, "Gu Qian, give each of them a few pounds of meat."

"Okay." Gu Qian obediently did as instructed.

"No need, I won't buy meat, I won't buy meat." Old Zhao waved his hands repeatedly, turned around, and continued to leave.

Qiu Yan left the meat stall, jogged a few steps, and stood in front of Old Man Zhao. "Great-Grandpa, please wait a moment, let Ah Xu take you home."

This old man went out for a walk all by himself. If he can't find his way home, won't he get lost again?

Upon hearing his sister's words, Qiu Xu took the wrapped meat and stood beside Old Man Zhao. "Great-Grandpa, I'll take you home."

Old Zhao glanced down at the meat in Qiu Xu's hand and waved his hand again, "You can't force me to buy or sell, and bully an old man like me."

Qiu Yan: "Great-Grandpa, this meat is a gift for you." Great-Grandpa is getting old, and Qiu Yan just wants to be good to him in the limited time she has left.

Old Zhao waved his hand again: "I don't accept this meat without having done anything right."

Despite Old Zhao's repeated refusals, he couldn't persuade Qiu Yan otherwise.

Throughout the journey, Old Zhao kept a wary eye on Qiu Xu. "Let me tell you beforehand, I have no money, and my cousins ​​and grand-nephews have even less money."

Qiu Xu, growing impatient, said, "This meat is a gift from your sister; it's free."

"You sell meat and offer home delivery?"

"Great-grandfather, you are the exception."

After Old Zhao left, this first business deal was considered a successful start.

However, Qiu Yan bought it herself.

Then, she moved her feet and walked toward the women who were waiting for the oxcart.

Gu Qian knew what Qiu Yan was going to do, so he just focused on guarding the meat stall and quietly watched her figure.

As Qiu Yan approached, the women all turned their attention to her.

Qiu Yan is now a well-known figure in Lingnan Village, and even people in Lingxi Village have heard of her.

Moreover, some of the women from Lingnan Village had worked in her medicinal herb fields and had gone up the mountain with her to dig up medicinal herbs, so Qiu Yan was quite familiar with them.

She looked at the group of women and asked, "Aunties, have we not bought everything yet?"

The women nodded, and one of them replied:

"So, taking advantage of the end of the year, I'm thinking of getting some cheap stuff."

"I don't know what's wrong with this oxcart today. It's so late, and it still hasn't come."

"Presumably, Qiu Dayong overslept."

"..."

"Xiaoyan, are you going to Baiyang too?" Another woman came over; it was Zhang, the village matchmaker.

Before Qiu Yan could answer, someone spoke up for her: "Xiao Yan's family has a carriage."

Another person said, "Xiaoyan and Qiu Dayong had a fight, why would she ride in his oxcart?"

Just as Qiu Yan was about to speak, she heard Zhang the matchmaker ask:

"Xiaoyan, the man who sells meat with your brother, is he a hunter?"

The women were quick to speak, and Qiu Yan had to answer them before she could. "He's not a hunter, he's Uncle Li's eldest apprentice."

After Qiu Yan finished speaking, all the women turned to look at Gu Qian.

Matchmaker Zhang whispered, "The Li family? No wonder they look familiar."