Sun Yannan went to pay her respects to the old lady and the lady early in the morning. Although they had exempted her from the morning and evening visits long ago, and it was even more unnecessary because she was "pregnant", she did not usually go there. Whenever she went out to the counties, she would still inform them.

This morning she spoke to Shi Yue, informed her grandmother and mother-in-law, and then set off.

Now the ones following her are Shun'er and Xi'er. She has sent all four older girls out. Let's see whether they can accomplish anything and whether they can manage the situation. She is most relieved about Xiaonian and most worried about Xiaotian. If they can't do it, they can come back to help her with the accounts.

The last time she visited a village in Nankun County, she encountered something interesting. Because it was a sudden, unannounced visit, Sun Yannan, after walking through the fields of the village, wanted to find a place to rest. The village head was a little panicked. In the past, her hosts would go to those insanely large villages with everything, but what did she have here? How could she welcome her host?

Someone reminded Sun Yannan that Gan Carpenter's house was always tidy. When Sun Yannan went there, he found that his house was indeed clean and tidy, and everything in his house was placed in an orderly manner.

Gan the carpenter and his wife had two sons, the eldest of whom was already married. The family of five all welcomed her as their host at home.

At first, the family was a little nervous, but when they saw Sun Yanan chatting with them openly and eating his homemade pancakes, the atmosphere became better.

At first, the father and his two sons didn't talk much. Only the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law chatted with Sun Yanan. The mother-in-law said that Gan the carpenter had a strange temper since he was a child. When he wanted to learn carpentry and went to apprentice to a master, he was accepted as an apprentice by the carpenter because of his strange temper.

Carpenter Gan liked to classify everything and put them in order. Four or five young men who came to become apprentices were waiting in the yard for the old carpenter to come out. Carpenter Gan saw that the yard was clean and there was nothing else to do, so he cleaned up the pile of messy tools in the corner.

When the old carpenter came out to take a look, he found that all his tools were neatly arranged in categories. Even the wooden nails and iron nails he used were all arranged in order of size, with the pointed ends facing downwards in small grids.

The old carpenter asked, "Who did this?" and then chose Carpenter Gan as his apprentice.

Gan the carpenter was from another county. He had been doing well as a carpenter until he came to the Shi family during a period of great famine. His parents, older brother and sister all died while fleeing the famine, so he sold himself and took refuge on the Shi family's farm.

Later he married a woman from the village. Gan the carpenter's eldest son inherited his craft and now works as a carpenter in the village.

Gan the Carpenter usually worked with his eldest son, helping him with carpentry work and also helping to look after farm tools and warehouses on the farm.

The village head remarked on Gan Carpenter's meticulous management of the warehouse and farm tools. No matter who borrowed something, no matter how chaotic the farming season, he ensured everything was returned promptly and cleaned meticulously. He also kept the granary in good order.

Carpenter Gan was embarrassed to say that he was old and could only do light work, but since that was the case, he had to do it well.

The youngest son is now a farmer on the farm. Although he did not inherit the carpenter's skills, he seems to have inherited Gan the carpenter's temper.

He always likes to keep things around him neat and tidy, whether he has something to do or not. He also likes to count things, and he counts them again and again.

During the time his father was ill, he took over the warehouse and managed it well. People said his problem was exactly the same as Gan the Carpenter's. Sun Yannan asked, "Did he also manage the granary?"

The village head replied, "Yes, I have, and I did a great job."

Sun Yanan then asked the youngest son about fire and mildew prevention, ventilation and drying, and rat and insect prevention. After hearing that he answered well, Sun Yanan turned around and discussed with the head of the village to take Gan the carpenter's youngest son away.

After Sun Yanan took over the five granaries of the Rong family, he replaced all the people who were in charge of the granaries. After all, the granary was the lifeline for the farmers, so it was more reassuring to use their own people.

But because the change was made in a hurry, she found after two visits that at least one of them was obviously unsuitable, but this person was a family son and was still loyal.

She took Gan Lin, the youngest son of Gan the Carpenter, away and had him take over one of the five granaries, replacing the one she felt was unsuitable. If Gan Lin managed it well, and there were rules in place, he would become the head of the granary.

Sun Yanan was visiting the counties below, and Shi Wei also left early today.

After talking with my sister-in-law yesterday, she took me to look at the business contracts of these dozen or so shops. Among the fourteen shops, five are grocery stores, four are tea shops, two are calligraphy and painting studios, two are cloth shops, and one is a pastry shop.

Many of these shops of the Shi family were bought by Old Lady Shi casually. She had money in her hands and was strolling around the streets with nothing to do. She bought them because she liked them, or for some reason that is now unknown, so she owned everything.

Shi Wei thought it would be nice to be the head of a household, to just go shopping and buy a shop. And you just buy a hairpin while you're walking around?

The maid Luzhu said, "Luzhu was walking around, so she just bought some buns."

Shuizhu said: "I still have to support my family, I'll just take a look."

Xuezhu was about to speak when Bingzhuer said, "Don't say anything. You lost it while walking, and we have to go find it."

Shi Wei speculated that the Lu family owned a traveling horse caravan and a tea house, and that the grocery and tea shops were interfering with their main business. The Lu family had been expanding in recent years, and perhaps the Shi family's nine shops had previously been isolated from the Lu family, but now that the Lu family was expanding and their stores were close together, it felt like they were competing against each other.

The situation is similar with calligraphy and painting studios. Many people who come to buy tea will ask where there are nearby calligraphy and painting studios. Many of these tea buyers also buy paper, ink, brushes, and inkstones. They also enjoy viewing paintings and calligraphy, and often after buying tea, they visit calligraphy and painting studios and buy a piece of calligraphy or painting they like.

This is how the Shi family established the two calligraphy and painting studios. Shi Wei remembered that someone once came to ask her grandmother for advice, and her grandmother said, "Then let's open two, not too far from the tea shop."

What's going on with the cloth shop and the snack shop? Shi Wei plans to go and see why the cloth shop and the snack shop are also fighting.

Shi Wei also went to her mother early in the morning to tell her and then left.

Mrs. Shi was originally at home, and the Wu family came to invite her. The old lady of her family wanted to hold a chrysanthemum-viewing banquet, but she was unsure how to do it so that both the guests and the hosts would enjoy themselves, so she wanted to ask Mrs. Shi to discuss it with her.

Mrs. Shi didn't want to go at first, but then she thought about her grandson's wife, who was busy fighting in the frontier to expand the territory and had no time to attend to social interactions, so she decided to go. Mrs. Shi also went out.

Only Peng Jing had been blocked in the house by her husband, who demanded that she give away a large portion of the property under her control.