Feng Caixia didn't say anything more, but pushed the envelope containing money on the table in front of Su Yan and said with a smile, "I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

"It's a pleasure to work with you."

Su Yan and she smiled at each other.

To demonstrate her sincerity in pursuing a long-term partnership, Feng Caixia decided to personally drive Su Yan back to Anping Town.

As evening approached, the nostalgic Santana pulled up at the entrance of Lijiapin Village.

Feng Caixia rolled down the window and asked, "Miss Su, if I need to contact you in the future, should I come directly here?"

"No, I'm moving soon." Su Yan thought for a moment and told her the address of her house in town, "No. 88 Qingping Road is where I'm moving to. You can come find me there."

"Okay, then until we meet again."

"Until we meet again."

Watching the Santana turn and leave, Su Yan turned her gaze away and walked back into the village.

A car suddenly appeared at the village entrance, and the villagers were all very curious and ran out to see what was going on. They were shocked to see Su Yan get out of the car.

"Su Yan, where did you go? Why did you get out of the car?"

"Is the person driving your friend? How can she afford such an expensive car?"

"My goodness! I've only ever seen toy cars on TV, I never thought I'd actually see a real one today! It's so luxurious, I wish I could sit in it and try it out... Hey Su Yan, why don't you invite them in so we can get a taste of it, even just touch that toy car!"

Before Su Yan could speak, a sudden screech of brakes came from the village entrance, and the headlights of the car illuminated the dark village.

It's a small truck.

A man jumped out of the driver's seat and shouted into the crowd, "Is Su Yan from Lijiaping here?"

Everyone looked at Su Yan in the center.

Su Yan was taken aback for a moment, then walked out and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

The driver handed over the delivery slip, saying, "It's for delivering sewing machines, just sign it."

"Why did it take so long to arrive?" Su Yan asked while signing the document; she had almost forgotten about it.

“Your friend insists on a brand new, unopened one. Our boss sourced it from Shanghai, so it won’t take several days to arrive.” The driver unloaded the sewing machine from the truck. “Where do you live? We have to deliver it to your doorstep.”

Su Yan quickly led the way, this thing was quite heavy.

The driver left the sewing machine in the yard and left.

People who were originally at the village entrance also came to Su Yan's house, their eyes filled with envy as they looked at the brand-new sewing machine.

"Su Yan, you must have made a lot of money selling braised food, right?"

"Yes, sewing machines are hard to come by. Your family is the only one in our village that has one."

"That's great. I can borrow your sewing machine when I need to make clothes in the future, so I won't have to sew them myself stitch by stitch."

Su Yan opened the box and asked Li Juan to check the sewing machine's functions. Hearing everyone's comments, she said, "Okay, but I remember those people who say one thing to my face and another behind my back. I won't lend it to those people. You should all know that, or you'll be embarrassed later and blame me for not giving you face."

The crowd fell silent for a moment after these words were spoken.

Someone awkwardly laughed and said, "We're all from the same village, why are you so vengeful? We'll run into each other all the time."

"Well, there's nothing I can do about it. I'm naturally petty. If someone is good to me, I'll repay them tenfold. If someone is bad to me, I'll remember it for the rest of my life." Su Yan retorted with a smile, then closed the door and said, "Everyone, go back and eat. My family is about to eat too. Bye-bye."

"Bang!"

She locked the door tightly, too lazy to listen to what people outside were saying bad things about her.

Anyway, she now understands that even if she treats the villagers with her whole heart, they will only take it for granted. Once it comes to interests, all her previous efforts will be in vain. So she might as well be more ruthless and make those who want to benefit from her back down.

"Ayan, didn't I tell you not to buy a sewing machine? Why are you wasting money?" Li Juan scolded.

She actually enjoys making clothes, and when she suddenly got a sewing machine, she was happy but also worried about the money.

Su Yan leaned on her shoulder and smiled, "Mom, this is a gift I'm giving you after I made some money. Just be happy."

"Okay, Mom won't nag you anymore," Li Juan said happily.

Her daughter was being filial to her, so she wouldn't spoil her daughter's fun.

"Knock knock!"

Is Aunt Li Juan home?

The voices and the knocking sounded at the door at the same time.

Li Juan was stunned for a moment, then went over and opened the door. She was surprised to see who it was and said, "It's Yongcheng! Come in and sit down."

Li Yongcheng quickly waved his hand to refuse, "No need, Aunt Juan. I came to ask if you can sell me one of your pheasants? My wife needs pheasant soup to help with lactation."

“Sure,” Su Yan replied immediately. “Uncle Li, come in and have dinner with us. I need to ask you for a favor.”

"No need, no need, just tell me, I...I've already eaten." Li Yongcheng couldn't help but change "I" to "me" when he got nervous.

"No rush, let's eat first and then talk about other things." Su Yan said, giving her mother a wink.

Li Juan said warmly, "It's just a meal, you should eat some more. I just made some soup, I'll pack some to take back for Xiuqin to drink later."

Li Yongcheng couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow him in.

Tonight's meal included stir-fried garlic sprouts with cured pork, pickled pepper pork intestines, steamed taro with pork ribs, and lamb soup with medicinal herbs.

The medicinal herbs were brought down from the mountain by Su Yan.

Li Juan left a bowl of soup and meat for Li Yongcheng to take back before everyone started eating.

Su Yan asked, "Uncle Li, what do you usually do to make money?"

Without much thought, Li Yongcheng replied, "I sell some vegetables or do odd jobs. When there's nothing to do, I go fishing in the river."

Farmers basically work in the fields, and so did he.

"What happened to your foot?" Su Yan asked again.

"A few months ago, I was fishing in the river and I accidentally sprained my ankle and cut myself. I applied some medicated wine but it didn't heal."

"Then why don't you go see a doctor?"

Li Juan: "..." Daughter, why are you asking so many questions?

Li Yongcheng blushed instantly and stammered, "Xiuqin needs to breastfeed, and the family expenses are high."

Su Yan understood; they were short of money.

However, given how difficult things are for Uncle Li's family, if Secretary Li truly cares about his son, he certainly wouldn't stand idly by.

After the meal, she got down to business: "Uncle Li, I need to replace my door with an iron door. If you have any connections, I can let you do it. I'll pay you 10 yuan for labor, and the door will cost separately."

Li Yongcheng's eyes lit up and he quickly replied, "Yes, I do. I don't need that much. Five yuan will do."

"I'll pay whatever you say, but we need to pick a good door." Su Yan said calmly, "Also, I'm running a stall now, and my mother and I are exhausted, so we'd like to hire someone to help. But they need to get up early, come over at 2 a.m., work until noon before they can rest, and then come over at 8 p.m. to clean the ingredients. It's a long-term job, 30 yuan a month. Are you interested?"

"I'll do it! I'll do it!" Li Yongcheng's eyes were red with excitement.