When Jiang Huaixu came this time, he had originally planned not to charge for the consultation. When she returned home and thought about the price of the ginseng she had received earlier, she felt a little guilty. It was not a problem to sell such a large ginseng for a hundred taels of silver.

Mrs. Fang is too generous.

"Mrs. Fang, if you say so, I will return the ginseng to you. I have done what a doctor should do."

Mrs. Fang smiled and shook her head. "Do you know what comforts me most about you? It's that you can put yourself in my shoes and understand my situation. Besides my cousin, Mrs. Yang, you're the only one who noticed this, and I haven't said a word to you. It really surprised me, but it also comforts me a lot."

I heard from my cousin that you all fled here and tried to make a living, so I knew you were good people. After meeting you a few times, I became even more convinced. Speaking of which, I also have selfish motives. I can see that Doctor Jiang will be a man of great potential in the future. Making friends with him right now will only benefit our family in the future...

Jiang Huaixu blushed at the compliment, "Mrs. Fang, please stop complimenting me. If you continue, I'll find a hole in the ground to crawl into."

Mrs. Fang couldn't help laughing when she saw her childish shyness for the first time.

"How about this, Madam Fang? You can't let your people bear the risk while we reap the profits. I'll give you 20% of the five-spice powder shipped south. It's not much, but it's a token of my appreciation. You can't refuse, or I won't be able to sleep at night."

Mrs. Fang agreed without thinking too much.

After leaving Fang Mansion, Jiang Huaixu looked at the sky and did not return to Qingnang Pavilion. Instead, he went directly to the house on Fuping Street.

By this time, the tofu should be sold out.

The house is an ordinary two-story house in the shape of a "sun". It is smaller than the house of County Magistrate Yang. It has blue bricks and black tiles, and the ground in the yard is very flat.

It was winter now and there were no bright colors to be seen. Jiang Huaixu planned to buy some easy-to-grow flowers and plants from the mall in the spring and plant them in the yard to make it look more lively.

The inner courtyard was temporarily unoccupied as no one lived there. Qian Xiuzhu and the others were packing up their things in the outer courtyard. After they were done, they could drive the carriage back to the village.

Jiang Huaixu saw Du Mei and Zheng Ziqian. After Jiang Tao's leg injury was almost healed, the people who came to the county town to fry iron plate tofu were divided into two groups. One group was Second Grandma, Qian Xiuzhu and Du Mei, and the other group was Zheng Yuan's grandmother, Jiang Tao and Zheng Guihua. Getting up early and returning late in winter is a difficult task, and taking turns will not make people too tired.

Among this group of people, the two old ladies who wore hoods all day long, walking in the wind and snow, were very energetic and more lively than the others.

Seeing that they were all busy, Jiang Huaixu planned to bring up the matter on the way back.

"Second cousin, what's wrong with the Fang family's mistress and master? Why did they call you and Doctor Qiao away?"

Jiang Fu is now also helping Jiang Huaixu in Qingnang Pavilion. Today, she went to identify medicinal herbs with Cangzhu, and found that Jiang Huaixu was missing. After asking, she learned that he had gone to Fang Mansion.

"Mr. Fang has been in some kind of trouble lately. He's not feeling well and needs some time to recuperate. It's nothing serious."

Mrs. Fang had specifically instructed me to do this.

"The rumors are actually true?" Jiang Wei rushed forward excitedly. "Master Fang's children are all grown up now, why did they only realize now that they're not getting along with Master Fang?"

Jiang Huaixu: ······Sister, you have discovered the truth.

In fact, the Fang family’s external statements do not stand up to scrutiny, but money can make the world go round.

Jiang Huaixu pondered and said, "Sister, you don't understand. A man's face is more important than anything else. Mr. Fang might be angry with Concubine Xia's child because of her. After a while, when he thinks of the deep love between father and son, he might take the child back. We shouldn't get involved in other people's family affairs."

Jiang Wei and Jiang Fu thought it made sense and stopped asking questions.

"You kid," Du Mei looked at Jiang Huaixu in surprise, "What do you mean a man's face is more important than anything else? How can you talk like that?"

Jiang Huaixu tilted his head, not knowing why this remark had offended Du Mei again. "Aunt isn't a man, why are you reacting so strongly?"

"You, you are an unmarried girl, and you are not afraid of gossip from outsiders when you say such things..."

"Don't worry, Auntie. My parents haven't said anything yet." Jiang Huaixu smiled at Jiang Boliang who was walking over, narrowing his eyes. "Isn't that right, Dad?"

Jiang Boliang didn't know what had happened, his face was full of confusion. Jiang Huaixu's smile softened his heart. He patted the heads of the three girls and finally said, "Let's go! Let's go home!"

"Ohhhh, time to go home!"

Jiang Huaixu and the other two ran like rabbits and got on the carriage one after another.

Du Mei was left standing there, trying to speak several times but couldn't get a word in, so she could only stare blankly.

Zheng Ziqian and Qi Dafu, who was still busy outside, stayed to look at the house. The carriage could squeeze in so many people.

On the way, Jiang Huaixu explained what Madam Fang had said to the other people in the car, and finally said, "Selling in the south will definitely not be the current 150 coins per catty. The volume will gradually increase. If this continues, we can earn much more than we do now. So I plan to give Madam Fang a 20% profit. I also asked Madam Fang to prepare the contract, and we will sign it after discussing it with the village chief and others when we return."

Second Grandma listened carefully and finally remembered a few words - "earn much more than now."

"Xu girl, how much more can it be?"

"Don't be impatient, Second Madam. We need to see what price we can set first. Once we've decided, find two eloquent people to go to the south to check out the situation. It won't be too late to determine the price based on how well it sells."

Jiang Boliang, who was outside, said as he drove his horse, "There are not many of us who have traveled far and wide. We should be careful not to be completely clueless when the time comes."

Jiang Huaixu really wanted to recommend herself and go to the south to take a look, but unfortunately she had a lot of things to do and couldn't leave.

"We should discuss this matter with the village chief. He knows the people in the village best," said Qian Xiuzhu.

"If it really doesn't work, I can go there too." Jiang Boliang laughed twice. "I heard that Huaizhou is very wealthy. I haven't seen what it's like yet!"

After returning home, they had dinner first.

In addition to the relief grain distributed by the county government to the Lin and Fan families, there were several thousand kilograms of relief grain for so many people, which was enough to last for some time.

After dinner, Jiang Huaixu briefly explained the situation. Jiang Zhengmao and the villagers were naturally very excited, but Li Qiaoer, who was sitting nearby, looked embarrassed.

"Making money is good, but Ah Xu, are we selling much to the south?" She said to Jiang Huaixu, "We have quite a few people now, but grinding spices is a slow job. If it's not fine enough, it won't work. If we sell too much to the south, what will we do if we can't finish it all in time?"