The people at the spicy soup workshop excitedly returned to their posts and continued their hard work.

The new employees were trained by the older staff; they learned the basics of the jobs in less than half a day.

After mixing today's ingredients, Ye Caiping went to visit the furniture workshop. Everything went smoothly!

After shopping, she went home, but as soon as she reached her doorstep, she saw Duanwu running towards her from afar: "Madam Ye!"

Ye Caiping: "..."

Suddenly, a fish basket was shoved into her hand.

Ye Caiping looked down and finally saw a whitebait about the length of a finger.

Ye Caiping was speechless for a moment, then laughed and said, "Wow, Master Shen is really lucky with fish. He caught another fish in just five days."

Duanwu said proudly, "Absolutely! Since he met Lady Ye, he's improved from catching two fish a month to catching four or five a month."

That's a huge improvement! Ye Caiping said, "Well... you should tell him that I wasn't angry when he took my fish last time, and he doesn't need to keep giving me his."

Duanwu looked helpless: "Madam Ye, please don't make things difficult for me. I'm just a servant, only responsible for delivering things. If Madam Ye has anything to say, please speak to the master in person. I'll go back now!"

After saying that, he ran off like a gust of wind.

Ye Caiping rubbed her forehead.

This time she was smarter. She went to the riverbank immediately, caught half a basket of fish, and put the little whitebait in it before carrying it home.

Then he jumped into the kitchen: "Mom, let's have stewed mixed fish for lunch!"

Grandma Ye was cutting meat when she turned around and said, "Eating mixed fish again?"

"Um."

"What's good to eat?"

"It's...delicious!"

"Okay, put it down."

Ye Caiping put down the fish basket, turned around and left the room.

For lunch, Grandma Ye and Xiao Yan prepared stewed mixed fish, braised pig's trotters, and scrambled eggs, along with a vegetable dish.

As soon as everyone sat down, Grandma Ye immediately placed a small fish into Ye Caiping's bowl: "Eat up, it's your favorite."

Ye Caiping looked down and saw that it was the little white fish!

Ye Caiping's lips twitched slightly. Why was her mother so accurate...?

No, it should be, how did Mother know this little fish was delivered separately? She even found it!

And... she likes it? No, she doesn't like eating small fish fry!

Ye Caiping was so embarrassed she almost covered her forehead.

After dinner, Ye Caiping drew pictures in her small study.

But then Ye Peng ran in and came to Jin'er's window, saying, "Jin'er, Uncle Xiong has hunted a big wild boar and brought it down the mountain. Shall we go and take a look?"

Ye Jin'er and Ye Huan'er were practicing calligraphy when they heard this, and their eyes lit up: "We want to go!"

The two maids had just left the room when Ye Caiping ran out too: "I'm going to take a look too!"

He turned back to Xiao Yan and said, "Xiao Yan, tell your Uncle Daquan and Aunt Daquan that we're going to see the wild boar."

Wild boars are certainly attractive to people, but not to this extent?

Xiao Yan didn't understand, but she didn't ask and turned to leave.

Ye Peng grinned and said, "Hehe, my aunt is going too, let's go together."

The group went out together.

Liu Xiong is the only hunter in the village. His family has been doing this for generations and has made a lot of money.

He didn't live far away, just across from Ye Caiping's house and next to Ye Erquan's house.

Soon, the group arrived at Liu Xiong's house.

Several villagers had already gathered around, discussing the dying wild boar on the ground: "Liu Xiong is really amazing, this one must weigh 600 jin!"

A burly man in his forties stood to the side, smiling smugly; it was Liu Xiong.

Ye Peng also looked envious: "If only I could hunt, I could hunt pheasants for you and my aunt to eat."

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "You can learn it if you're interested."

Ye Peng just scratched his head and laughed.

A short while later, Ye Daquan and Du Shi also arrived, and they clicked their tongues and sighed as they looked at the wild boar.

Du said, "Little sister, you called us here...you don't want to buy wild boar meat, do you?"

Ye Caiping nodded: "Brother and sister-in-law, have you forgotten that when your family moved to your new house, Master Shen gave you a gift? You haven't returned the favor yet, have you?"

"Oh my gosh!" Madam Du clapped her hands. "At first, I did think about what kind of gift to give back in a few days. Cured meat and dried vegetables seem too ordinary."

"I forgot about it after I came back from jail. This wild boar... it's not bad! Little sister's suggestion is great!"

Hearing their conversation, Liu Xiong smiled and said, "How many do you want to buy, Daquan's wife? These pigs are still alive and very fresh."

Du asked, "How much?"

"It depends on how you buy it! If it's gutted, you buy it by the meat. The best cuts of fat from a regular pig cost 25 coins a pound, but my wild boar will cost 30 coins a pound!"

"The whole head?"

"If it's a live pig, then it'll be 10 coins per pound!"

Ye Daquan said, "Buying so many? You don't need to give one away for free, do you?"

Madam Du said in a low voice, "Our family has made some money in the past six months, but we haven't given our relatives any nice things yet. Let's give half a fan to Master Shen, and divide the other half among others."

Ye Daquan nodded: "Anything is fine. Xiong Ge, put this pig on the scale for me!"

Liu Xiong was overjoyed; he hadn't expected it to sell so quickly.

The villagers who had been watching were disappointed: "We were hoping to buy a couple of ounces of meat to take home and eat!"

Thanks to Ye Caiping's spicy soup workshop, many families actually saved up some money.