But these past few days, the little one has been drinking some goat milk, and his cries have become louder and louder each day. The neighbors are all asking, "Has Yang given birth? Is it a boy or a girl?"

If the younger one starves to death later, she, as the mother-in-law, will inevitably be gossiped about behind her back.

She had long known about her youngest son's illness; he was just waiting to die, and she would need a ginseng root every month.

But the doctor also said that he could hold on for another month or two.

The other party is, after all, a relative of the Yun family. If his son suddenly dies, they might be able to ask this little girl for some compensation!

Having made up his mind, he didn't want to stay a moment longer. "Your family of five can fetch fifty-six taels of silver, which is an astronomical price! You should all thank the young lady of the Jiang family for her divine grace! Hurry up and go call the village chief to be a witness!"

She wanted to solidify the family's worth: fifty-six taels of silver! A family of five! She couldn't let the old, the young, the sick, or the dying all be sent back to her house; otherwise, she'd be ruined!

When the village chief, who was also the head of the Yun family, arrived, he breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the situation.

In his heart, this little You Ran was a lucky star and a great benefactor! She definitely wasn't buying servants; she was forcing Granny Wang to release the people so that the Yang family could have a way to survive!

Regardless of whether Xiuer's father can be cured, it is more important that the Yang family and their three daughters can live well!

He didn't ask any more questions, quickly wrote the contract and acted as witness, and had Granny Wang and Xiao Youran put their fingerprints on it, and the matter was settled!

With a cold face, Xiao Youran tucked the indentures of the five family members into her bosom, then said to Zhao's mother with an equally cold face, "They are under your care from now on. Find them a place to live."

Madam Zhao beamed with joy, "Oh! I was just worried that there weren't enough staff at Liuxiangzhai. Could we let them live in the backyard of the shop?"

She was very happy. The young lady had only had one maid, Suyue, by her side, and Suyue often didn't like to serve her. She was worried about what would happen if the young lady didn't have many trustworthy servants to accompany her as dowry when she grew up. Now, she had a maid to accompany her!

Yang was stunned. Did this mean they were to move directly to the county town?

Xiao Youran simply said "whatever" and went straight back to the old house.

At the entrance of the old house, Steward Zhang was having people unload things from the carriage.

Mrs. Zhou was very embarrassed. "Steward Zhang, how could we let Young Master Wen spend money?"

Butler Zhang said cheerfully, "You guys are quick! The roof beams for that row of houses are about to be raised, and the young master thought that raising the roof beams was a big deal, so he sent over some useful things. Please don't find them too troublesome."

The raising of the roof beam means that the roof is about to be completed. With the active work of the village's strong laborers, that row of houses was ready to be completed in about twenty days, which was indeed very fast.

It was naturally a big deal, and Zhou dared not refuse, so she kept thanking him.

The two then started chatting.

Then Zhou asked, "Steward Zhang, we're not very familiar with this county town. My cousin's family wants to rent a house here, but I wonder if Steward Zhang knows any brokers?"

Butler Zhang's face immediately lit up with a smile, and he slapped his thigh, "Of course there is! But is that little girl and her two children staying there?"

Zhou nodded, her face showing reluctance. "It's all my mother-in-law's fault. She's always worried that my cousin's family will suffer with us. She's been saying for a long time that the three of them should move to the county town. I'm so reluctant to let them go. Now that it's February, they're thinking of renting a big house so they can keep an eye on the shops."

That's what Su said, but they all knew in their hearts that Su and her two children were also thinking that if any of them worked too late at the shop, they would have a place to stay, so they wouldn't have to rush to close up shop every day at dusk, and sometimes they would miss the oxcart back to the village and have to trouble Uncle Feng to make a trip.

As time went on, the three sisters-in-law felt rather embarrassed, especially since in the future, if Yun Manwan were to take charge of the embroidery shop and run the clothing store, the maids in the family would also have to go to the embroidery shop to help out. They couldn't possibly ride the oxcart that cost one coin per trip every day, could they?

In Sanyang Village, the villagers had no land to work on. Although they had three hills, they didn't know how to manage them. They only thought about setting up their cloth shop and clothing store so that they wouldn't have to toil in the fields anymore. They also planned to move their whole family to the county town.

The house belongs to Su's cousin. Given her mother-in-law's personality, it's definitely impossible for her to live in her cousin's house. It would be best if she could buy her own house.

The most important thing right now is to get the eldest daughter married. After that, we'll be basically broke. We'll need to save up for another year or two before we can buy a big house in the county town and settle down.

Butler Zhang was overjoyed, secretly planning that his young master would finally be able to move into the empty villa in the county town.

Just then, Xiao Youran returned, and Butler Zhang immediately bowed to her. "Miss Youran, I was just about to tell you that the fruit tree seedlings and potatoes you mentioned last time... will be delivered in a few days."

Xiao Youran was overjoyed, which meant that she now had a source for the flour needed to make instant noodles... However, she immediately looked troubled, "Right now, we're really short-handed..."

Zhou nodded, "The villagers who have free time are all helping to build the houses!"

Just then, the foreman, Dashan, and Jiang Youchen came out together. Upon hearing this, Dashan quickly said, "Tiankuang's mother, it's alright. After the roof beam is raised tomorrow, more than half of the construction workers will have left, so we won't need so many people to paint the walls and lay the floors. Is there anything else you need help with?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou was overjoyed, "Let's clear the mountain and plant fruit trees!"

Xiao Youran immediately pulled her brother over, "Brother, the potatoes you mentioned last time, Steward Zhang just said they've been found too!"

Jiang Youchen was completely bewildered. What potatoes? Did her sister mention them?

My sister said he mentioned it before?

Well, my sister said he said it, so he said it!

He nodded, feigning surprise, and asked, "Butler Zhang, is it really you? The potatoes... you found them?"

Butler Zhang nodded hesitantly. Why did he feel that the young master of the Jiang family... had a strange expression?

Jiang Youchen then looked at his younger sister, nodded, and said in a pretentious tone, "That's wonderful!"

After Steward Zhang left, the remaining people discussed it and went to the clan chief's house for half a day to discuss it. They finally decided that the manpower freed up for building the house tomorrow would first be used to tidy up the hillside on the east mountain, and the wages would be doubled.

The clan chief beamed and said, "Tian Kuang's mother, this winter's famine was all thanks to your two little lucky charms coming to Sanyang Village! Before the New Year, the villagers who learned your methods to grow some greenhouse vegetables sold them for a lot of money to exchange for grain. The villagers who believed in your methods also planted a lot of corn, and it's growing very well. You two are truly the lucky stars of our Sanyang Village!"

During the first month of the lunar calendar, many people visit relatives between villages, and he knew more or less that farmers who had no harvest after this year's floods were having a very difficult time.