Ye Caiping saw her two daughters off at the door, but then she saw Old Mrs. Ye pacing back and forth outside.

"What's wrong with Mother?" Ye Caiping asked. "Is she having trouble sleeping in her new bed?"

Grandma Ye looked troubled and somewhat embarrassed: "The room is big and comfortable, but I need to use the restroom..."

“Then let’s go. There’s a latrine in your side room.”

“Well… I just feel like it’s too wasteful. Caiping, don’t you really want to save that stuff? You can use it for compost! Look, your vegetable garden is quite big, and you’ll need to buy land to grow crops in the future.”

"No, Mother, don't worry. We have two cows, don't we? In a few days, we'll buy some piglets, as well as chickens, ducks, and geese. We can save up as many as we want."

"Alright!" Old Mrs. Ye then went back to her room.

Ye Caiping closed the door and let out a sigh of relief.

The workshop will be opening in a couple of days, and hiring can be done in a day.

Her big shipment will arrive soon.

We're still missing three spices, which we need to buy from the system: Sichuan peppercorns, black pepper, and white cardamom.

These three items are relatively expensive.

After upgrading the space to 5 square meters last time, there are still three transaction opportunities left. Use them now!

Ye Caiping opened the system.

[Host, you're back! You have three more trading opportunities, with a maximum transaction amount of 20 taels. Do you wish to make a trade?]

Ye Caiping clicked "Yes".

[The host has selected 500 catties of pepper, at 20 coins per catty, for a total cost of 10 taels. Would the host like to purchase?]

[The host has selected 300 catties of Sichuan peppercorns, at 15 coins per catty, totaling 4.5 taels. Would the host like to purchase them?]

[The host has selected 183 catties of white cardamom, at 30 wen per catty, totaling 5 liang and 5 qian. Does the host wish to purchase?]

Ye Caiping chose "yes" for all of them.

Bags of pepper, Sichuan peppercorns, and cardamom appeared in her room, and these bags were all made of snakeskin.

[Host, you have exhausted your transaction attempts. Please upgrade your space to continue trading.]

Ye Caiping clicked the upgrade button.

[Upgrading the space will cost 100 taels. Host, do you wish to upgrade?]

[Space is upgrading, 1%, 2%... 100%. Congratulations, host, upgrade successful! Storage space has increased from 5 square meters to 10 square meters. Transaction limit: 3 times. Total transaction amount limit: 20 taels.]

The next upgrade will cost 500 taels of silver, expanding the space to 20 square meters.