Good heavens, following in the footsteps of Shui Qingbai and Man Shan, they also acquired several shops in Beidu!

They also acquired a two-courtyard house, which, although not large in the capital, was more than enough for their family to live in!

Mother Hu said with delight, "Yilin, we won't have to spend money to stay in inns when we go to Beidu anymore. We'll have our own room to stay in!"

Qin Yilin joked, "Big sister, are you worried about the money spent on staying at the inn? We have several shops, and the rent alone adds up to a lot of money each year. We could even buy the inn."

Fan Jiang listened from the side, his mouth involuntarily agape. He felt that he looked really silly.

Qin Yilin turned her head and saw the silly Fan Jiang, and casually explained: "You also know that we split the profits 30/70 at the herbal medicine shop. We have no worries about food and drink in the village, and there's nothing we need to spend money on."

Since your mother and your Uncle Bai have both acquired property in Beidu, your maternal grandmother and I discussed it and decided to buy some as well!

Luckily, I didn't listen to the two men in my family, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to buy anything.

Butcher Hu, who hadn't agreed at the time, touched his nose and didn't dare to say a word.

He and his father-in-law thought it would be better to have more money on hand, but they never expected things to turn out this way.

Fan Jiang was already very familiar with his family's business strategy, but he still pressed on, asking, "Have you bought anything else?"

Qin Yilin exclaimed "Ah!" and replied with a puzzled look, "They only bought a dozen or so in Yuhang and Nandu."

Overall, not much; they didn't have as much silver as Shui Qing, so of course they bought less.

Fan Jiang: .....He knew it!

He then asked, "Didn't anyone in the village buy any?"

Qin Yilin said, "Where in the village would they go to buy it from so far away?"

Fan Jiang thought about it and realized that it made sense. The villagers didn't have that kind of money. His mother earned money by working as a landlord, while the villagers just did odd jobs and got paid. Even if the whole family worked together, they still couldn't afford to buy a shop after two or three years.

Ling Ran noticed the difference in their words.

It's not that I didn't buy it, or that I couldn't afford it; it's that I wouldn't go to a distant place to buy it.

In other words, they bought it too.

As expected, Qin Yilin continued, "Most of the wealthy families in the village have bought shops in Guangning Prefecture."

Now, it's likely that a small portion of Guangning Prefecture belongs to Shanshui Village!

They don't run the business; they just wait for the market to improve so they can open it up and collect rent, or perhaps open a shop suitable for the villagers if needed in the future.

Shui Qing discussed with the old village chief and several elders that when the world gets better, Guangning Prefecture will surely become prosperous and bustling again. Their village has plenty of livestock and vegetables, so they could open a restaurant, a braised food shop, and so on.

It's so great to have your own shop; you won't have to bother renting from outsiders anymore!

Fan Jiang, with an expression that seemed to say, "There's still so much he doesn't know about," asked naively, "Where did they get so much silver?"

Even if it's cheap, it'll still cost several tens of taels, right? Are the villagers going to starve themselves if they suddenly have to spend several tens of taels of silver?

“Hey, it’s all thanks to your mother planting medicinal herbs. When we harvest them, we sell them directly to the herb shop, and we can make hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver in a single winter! Our village is so prosperous now,” Mother Hu said with pride and joy.

Fan Jiang shut his mouth.

Growing medicinal herbs is definitely not as good as growing potatoes.

He should also focus on growing medicinal herbs in the future, as it has a much brighter future than growing potatoes!