Upon hearing Fan Jin's words, the faces of Wang Mazi's son and daughter-in-law behind him all turned grim.

Wang Laosan, who was dragged along to return the goods, became even more anxious.

Behind him were his son, daughter-in-law, and wife, who were forcibly obeying him, and their eyes looked at him as if they were filled with venom.

His daughter-in-law complained from behind, "I told you, my father-in-law is old and not a capable man. We can't listen to him and do what he says."

You wouldn't listen, and now look what happened—you've missed a chance to make a fortune.

Wang Laosan turned around and glared fiercely at his daughter-in-law. Just as he was about to reprimand her, he noticed that his son, who always stood by his side, was also glaring fiercely at him.

His son said coolly, "Dad, in the past everyone was poor, and our family wasn't the poorest, so it was fine. But now that we see other people's lives getting better and better, our family is not doing so well."

Wang Laosan opened his mouth, but the arrogant demeanor he had shown when he was suppressing his son and daughter-in-law was gone.

Wang Mazi has been forced to return all his sons and daughters-in-law, and now his resentment is even greater. His daughters-in-law are clamoring to separate from the family. Unusually, his sons have not suppressed their wives, but instead lowered their heads and remained silent.

Zhang the Bald's family has few children, and they are all young. They didn't say anything, but there was a hint of disappointment in their eyes when they looked at Zhang the Bald.

Fan Damu had already left with his family, but instead of going home, he went directly to Fan Qian's house to discuss something.

After the crowd dispersed, Shui Qing and Fan Jin exchanged a glance and smiled.

The rivers and lakes circled around the oxcart, extremely excited.

"Father, aren't you tired at all sitting on the oxcart?" Fan Hu asked in a soft, sweet voice, tilting his head back.

Fan Jin smiled and patted his little head, "Do you want to try sitting on it?"

"want!"

"I want one too!"

Fan Jin led the ox properly and waited for the children to climb onto the cart pulled behind it one by one. Then he asked his two daughters, "Yanqiu, Xinghui, aren't you going to ride?"

Xinghui's eyes gleamed with eager anticipation.

Yan Qiu restrained herself and said, "I'm too old, let my younger brothers sit."

Shuiqing grabbed one in each hand and pushed them directly onto the cart, saying, "What's so great about you? You'll always be children in front of your parents."

"Kids can sit wherever they want, of course."

Sitting on the cart, holding onto the edge with both hands, Yan Qiu looked at her mother, whose smile was bright and joyful.

My mother has changed so much. Before, she would only tell me that I was the eldest sister, that I should be sensible, obedient, and helpful, and that I should take good care of my younger siblings... She never said that she was a child too...

The oxcart wheels hit a stone and lurched, causing the children on board to shout exaggeratedly as if it were some exciting and fun event.

They burst into bursts of cheerful laughter.

Shuiqing watched for a while as Fan Jin led the oxcart and played with the children again and again, then turned around and took out some ashes from the stove.

Then he took out a kitchen knife and cut the potatoes apart from the sprouted parts.

The cut surface was covered with plant ash.

Potatoes in the south can be harvested twice a year. It's early September now, so once planted, they should be ready for harvest in November.

Her basket weighs over thirty pounds, enough to plant one or two plots of land.

Ten pounds of potatoes as seed yield about two to three hundred pounds of harvest, while hers yields about six to nine hundred pounds.

After deducting a portion to keep for seed, the rest is more than enough for the family. Any more than that won't keep and will sprout and become inedible.

Shui Qing sighed. If only there were a storage cabinet, food could stay fresh and wouldn't spoil. They could store everything that came from their vast mountainous region.

Thinking of the online store, Shuiqing remembered that she had seen it before, so she quickly opened the search bar.

To her delight, she discovered that it was indeed true!

Storage cabinets prevent food from spoiling, keep silver safe, and save space for miscellaneous items.

One cubic meter costs 100,000, ten cubic meters cost one million, one hundred cubic meters cost ten million...

Shui Qing: .....Thank you, but I'm sorry to bother you. She's too poor to deserve this!