Huang Degui and his wife earned 500 copper coins on their first day of setting up their stall. Of these, 200 coins were used to pay the stall fee, and they still have 300 coins left at home!

After deducting the cost of materials, they made a net profit of about 150 coins, and even more if the stall fee is included.

It's good for the couple to have a job; they can earn at least a few taels of silver a month, which is better than staying idle at home.

Lin Xue followed the couple to their stall for two more days. Once they were completely familiar with their business, she stopped interfering and focused on doing her own work at home.

Now, Lin Xue's plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum screen is almost finished.

Lin Xue plans to go to the county sometime, since good things can only fetch a good price in the county town.

The small town of Huangjia simply couldn't afford such a high price.

If it's too cheap, it won't even be enough for her to waste her time!

Now that Huang Dequan and Huang Degui's two children have been sent to private schools, Lin Xue plans to send her own son, Zhixin, to a private school next year so that he can study under a teacher.

Every day, Lin Xue also sets aside some time to teach her two children some basic early childhood education.

This little world also has the Three Character Classic, but I've never heard of the Standards for Being a Good Student and Child.

Lin Xue no longer wanted to be a holy master; she just wanted to complete her mission peacefully and then live out her natural life in this small world until her death.

Therefore, Lin Xue only taught Huang Zhixin and Huang Cuijuan about the Three Character Classic.

Time flies, and before we know it, it's the busy farming season.

Huang Dehai and his family also had a holiday at their private school and returned to Huangjia Village with Huang Dequan's family.

Huang Degui and his wife haven't gone to the city to sell food these past two days; instead, they've been staying home preparing to harvest grain.

Lin Xue thought that since it was the busy farming season, she couldn't just stay at home doing nothing.

She originally planned to go to the fields to harvest wheat with her family, but the Huang family refused her request.

That means Lin Xue's hands should be kept for embroidery, in case she develops calluses or something, then she won't be able to do the work anymore.

There are already people doing the work in the fields; one more or one less won't make a difference.

Anyway, Lin Xue didn't like doing farm work, so this was exactly what she wanted.

Besides Lin Xue, even the two youngest children in the family went to the fields with the adults to help pick up the fallen ears of wheat.

Lin Xue was responsible for preparing meals for the family at home. Thinking about how hard it was to work during the busy farming season, Lin Xue even went hunting in the mountains!

Although Old Man Huang and Second Brother Huang would occasionally go into the mountains to set traps, for some reason, their luck wasn't very good. They were lucky if they could catch a pheasant or rabbit every ten days or so.

Even so, the two of them still enjoyed it immensely and went to check on the trap every day.

The big yellow ox has been helping the family haul grain these past two days, and it's really been working hard!

Lin Xue even cut two baskets of green grass for it.

We also added more spiritual spring water to its water.

These are all free laborers; you have to take good care of them before they'll do the work for you.

In the Huang family, whether it's the eldest son's wife or the second son's wife, everyone has to hand over a portion of their earnings to the family.

Lin Xue was the only one who could keep the money she earned; Old Mrs. Huang and Old Mr. Huang never asked her for it.

Lin Xue was happy to play dumb when the other party didn't mention it, and never thought of handing it over voluntarily.

It took the Huang family half a month to harvest all the grain from their nine acres of land, plow the land, and plant the seeds.

After finishing their farm work, Huang Dequan took his wife and children back to town, while Huang Degui continued to prepare to set up a food stall with his wife.

Lin Xue's plan to sell embroidery in Donglin County has not yet been realized, and now the time for Huang Dehai to go to the prefectural capital to participate in the imperial examination is not far away.

Lin Xue didn't plan to make the trip to the county alone. She would go to the prefectural city with Huang Dehai, which would put her mind at ease.

Besides, the prefecture is much richer than the county. Instead of selling embroidery in the county, she might as well take it directly to the prefecture to have a look!

There must be more wealthy people there, so her embroidery would fetch a higher price.

Lin Xue has a certain level of appreciation for embroidery.

After all, in the world of the wicked old woman who fled famine, Liu Muchen was a great merchant, and she learned a lot about ancient business from following him.

Lin Xue is currently embroidering a "Hundred Longevity Blessings" design.

This contains one hundred "Fu" (福, meaning good fortune) and "Shou" (寿, meaning longevity) characters in various calligraphic styles, combined with auspicious patterns to form a "Hundred Longevity Blessings" painting!

This embroidery is most suitable as a birthday gift, and it is more intricate to embroider than plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums.

However, Lin Xue intended to sell it at a high price, so she was naturally not afraid of trouble.

As Lin Xue eagerly awaited, the day finally arrived for Huang Dehai to go to the prefectural capital to participate in the imperial examination.

Lin Xue packed some of her artwork and luggage, then followed Huang Dehai on their journey to the prefectural capital.

They first rented a horse-drawn carriage in town and headed straight for Donglin County. After resting in Donglin County, they took another horse-drawn carriage to Linzhou Prefecture.

Because they set off early, they weren't in a hurry on their journey.

Lin Xue even had time to take a stroll around Donglin County.

They were currently traveling on the road from Donglin County to Linzhou Prefecture.

Suddenly, a commotion arose ahead, and Lin Xue and her companions pulled over to see what was happening.

Then they saw countless passersby running towards them, shouting as they ran, "Bandits are coming! Bandits are coming down the mountain to rob us! Everyone run!"

"Driver, turn around quickly! Let's run after you!"

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