Erlang and Taohua were able to save some money thanks to the fourth room.

Xia Xuejiao's money came from the private property she recovered from the looted house.

This private property is certainly worth more than the thirty taels displayed on the surface.

However, these days when I can’t go out or come in really make me feel uneasy and I can’t help but feel anxious.

So, Xia Xuejiao has been doing needlework these days.

Her craftsmanship was good, and her work was comparable to that of the local embroidery workshops in Jixiang County. Therefore, she decided to sell a few pieces first, at least to earn enough to cover her daily expenses.

Looking at her ambitious mother, Xiao E couldn't help but admire her.

My mother is so amazing! So many people died, but she managed to bring Qianniang and me to life! Now she wants to make money so that I can live a good life and save up a dowry for myself...

Xiao E looked at Xia Xuejiao with admiration, but her face flushed a little.

Xia Xuejiao knew at a glance what Xiao'e was thinking about, so she asked Xiao'e to help her divide the lines and asked Qianniang to help her choose the pattern.

Let the two little girls have something to do. When they are busy, they won’t have any random thoughts.

The two children were quite obedient and did whatever Xia Xuejiao asked them to do.

Seeing how obedient they were, Xia Xuejiao went to the embroidery workshop and took on a few more embroidery jobs. She could delegate some of the steps to the children, saving herself some effort and embroidering two more pieces.

After a few days, not only Xiao'e and Qianniang were ordered around by Xia Xuejiao, but Xia Yujiao, Zhou Yunniang, Qiu Saozi and others also joined in and started doing embroidery work with Xia Xuejiao.

In fact, Jiang and Lihua also did a great job, but Jiang was embarrassed to interfere with Xia Xuejiao. She felt that Xia Xuejiao was only allowed a limited amount of embroidery work. Since so many people were already involved, if she took another share, Xia Xuejiao, the leader, might not get any work.

Erlang and Xia Daohua had already visited more than a dozen restaurants, and their pickle sales were going relatively smoothly. Xia Daohua hadn't encountered any idiots so rude as to offend her in person.

But while visiting restaurants, she met the son of a restaurant owner, who verbally teased Xia Daohua.

Erlang was so angry that he almost rushed up to beat the guy up, but Xia Daohua realized that the guy was just talking casually and didn't really want to do anything to her, a little girl.

However, although she stopped Erlang, she did not forget to teach the boy a lesson.

She found a lotus-shaped round chair from the space, made it suddenly appear in front of the boy, tripped him, and then suddenly disappeared.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a lifelike lotus suddenly appeared, then suddenly disappeared, even causing the young master to stumble...

This is really new!

Such an amazing thing immediately made everyone present burst into laughter and noise.

They were whispering to each other and talking in a noise so loud that it was impossible to suppress it.

When the restaurant owner heard about it, he slapped his son twice and took him home to reflect on his mistakes.

However, this incident still brought some negative impact to the restaurant. Many people felt that the young owner of this restaurant was too outspoken and had offended the gods.

Why go to the place where someone has offended the gods to eat and drink?

Seeing that customers are unwilling to come, the boss is getting anxious and angry!

When he got home, he became angrier and angrier, so he took his ignorant son out and gave him a good beating.

But the restaurant was still deserted and on the verge of collapse. It wasn't until the owner invited a master to perform a grand ritual that was known throughout the city that the family was able to overcome this difficult situation.

Although Xia Erlang didn't know how Xia Daohua did it, he knew very well in his heart that it was Xia Daohua who did it.

He felt a little complicated, but mostly proud.

If your sister is capable, you can also benefit from it.

What's more, this girl is kind-hearted and has always been very nice to him - he still remembers the bag that Xia Daohua hurriedly packed for him when he went to work as a laborer!

Apart from this little episode, one-third of the restaurants the two men visited placed orders, but they did not sign formal contracts. Instead, they asked them to send a batch of goods for trial first, and if they sold well, they would formally cooperate.

They were new to Jixiang County, and to the locals, they were just two outsiders. The side dishes they were selling were also northern flavors, not necessarily suitable for Jixiang County, located in the heart of Da Chu.

Both of them are very satisfied that others are willing to give them a chance.

Xia Daohua was even happier.

The pickles she makes have all been tested in markets across the country and even the world, and are loved by people everywhere. Even though Jixiang County is small, it shouldn't be difficult to find hundreds or thousands of foodies who love this particular dish.

Considering that it was the first batch of goods and there were many people in the courtyard, Xia Daohua took Erlang to buy some radishes and cabbages and brought them home. After arriving home, they started washing, cutting, and pickling the vegetables, and were busy in full swing.

When the children saw this, they also became happy, knowing that they had negotiated a deal with the county restaurant. So those who could help came to help.

The Xia family was busy and prosperous. Aside from the purchase of the land, everything else seemed to be going smoothly.

The other two families looked at them with envy and couldn't help but quicken their pace.

But the land purchase process was not going smoothly.

The three families have different needs and different requirements for land.

Although they had thought beforehand that they could join forces to buy a large piece of land and then divide it among the three parties, it was difficult to implement.

After a while, Zhou and the Xia family began to prepare for winter, buying firewood, charcoal, cloth, cotton, radishes, and cabbages...

Things were moved into the yard one after another, and the open space behind the house was filled up.

There was originally a cellar here, but its capacity was too small.

After discussing with the landlord, the Xia family specially hired someone to repair the cellar. They dug the cellar much deeper, laid some mud bricks, propped up the inside of the cellar, and set up a ladder.

The Zhao family, the Hu family, and the landlord watched the Xia family busying around with endless things to do every day, and they couldn't help but have their own thoughts.

The Zhao and Hu families were thinking about buying land and doing work, so they had to speed up.

The Hu family was relatively united and cohesive, while the Zhao family was more disunited. However, the Hu family was relatively poor, while each branch of the Zhao family had its own private house.

Now with the Xia family as a comparison, both families were also motivated and couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.

But the landlord was thinking that he was too impatient at the beginning and the rent would be too low!

However, I have already collected a year's rent and a deposit. The Xia family always discusses everything with me in advance, so there is really no excuse to raise the rent.

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Good night, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow.