After finishing her business, Ye Caiping took a carriage home.

Shanzi, who was driving the cart, said, "Madam Ye is really clever. How did she know that old beggar was a criminal?"

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "I have my own channels."

Shanzi then dared not ask any further questions.

In order to portray Meng Tianyi as evil, ghostly, delusional, and strange, the book directly depicts him as disregarding human life.

Once, he wandered into a village and was caught in a heavy rain. A kind farmer surnamed Liu invited him into his house to take shelter from the rain.

He started off quite normally, and even managed to cure the gout of that family's parents.

To repay him, the family asked him what he wanted to eat.

Meng Tianyi said he wanted to eat roast chicken.

The farmer went to town to buy roast chicken. After returning, Meng Tianyi ate the roast chicken and became furious, saying that the roast chicken was not fragrant enough.

The farmers said they would buy more, but Meng Tianyi said he wanted to eat the best roast chicken right now, immediately, without waiting a second!

The farmer said that even if he could fly, he couldn't buy the best roast chicken right away, and asked Meng Tianyi to wait another hour.

Unexpectedly, Meng Tianyi immediately went mad and, in a fit of rage, poisoned all eight members of the farmer's family.

As a result, he was pursued by the authorities and even suffered a knife wound.

To avoid the officials, he infiltrated a beggar's den.

According to the original story, he was eventually taken in by Li Jiaojiao and lived in the magical Li Family Village. Then he gradually assisted Li Jiaojiao.

He played a crucial role in the most critical step, helping Gu Han ascend to the position of regent and becoming Li Jiaojiao's most loyal supporter.

Furthermore, Li Jiaojiao was able to give birth to eight babies safely thanks to him.

Now, through the plot involving Li Jiaojiao, she has lured out this so-called divine doctor and ghost doctor, and then, by cutting off their supply lines, she has launched a counterattack by reporting them!

Send him straight to keep Gu Han company in jail!

...

After the old beggar was taken away, the crowd dispersed.

Li Jiaojiao stood there blankly, feeling as if her heart had been ripped out, with waves of excruciating pain.

"Jiaojiao, why is your face so pale? It's all that plague-ridden beggar's fault! Let's go home first." Zhang Shuiniang pulled Li Jiaojiao and was about to leave.

With a "poof," Li Jiaojiao suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, her vision went black, and she collapsed to the ground, completely unconscious.

"Ah! Jiaojiao! Jiaojiao!"

Zhang Shuiniang was so frightened that she turned pale and cried and screamed.

Two women who happened to be passing by stepped forward to help and took Li Jiaojiao to a nearby clinic.

The doctor said I was deficient in qi and blood and told me to go home and replenish it.

Zhang Shuiniang had no choice but to take the unconscious Li Jiaojiao back to the village in an oxcart.

On the oxcart, Li Jiaojiao lay on Zhang Shuiniang's lap, her eyelashes fluttered, and then she opened her eyes.

"Jiaojiao, you're awake?" Zhang Shuiniang said happily.

Li Jiaojiao's expression changed drastically as she saw Zhang Shuiniang's face approaching, and she screamed in terror, "Ahhh—a skull! A ghost—"

On the other side.

Ye Caiping had just arrived home and was walking into the courtyard through the side gate when a mechanical system voice suddenly sounded in her mind:

[Warning: Li Jiaojiao has awakened her X-ray vision ability.]

Ye Caiping paused, stunned for a moment, then sneered: "Interesting!"

Continue walking forward, through the courtyard.

After learning that Li Jiaojiao had a sense of the plot, Ye Caiping knew that Li Jiaojiao's ability to see through things would return sooner or later.

Now that the three benefactors who could have changed Li Jiaojiao's life have all fallen, the plot forces them to give her one last golden finger.

Ye Caiping raised her lips. That's fine, let's wipe them all out!

...

In the afternoon, Ye Caiping, Ye Daquan, Wang Shuantou, and Ye Lizheng got up together and went to the prefectural city to look at storefronts with the brokers.

But after looking for a long time, I still couldn't find anything suitable.

I continued watching the next afternoon.

After searching for five whole days, I finally found a place that I was satisfied with in terms of both location and surroundings.

The storefront is 500 square meters, which is more than enough for a furniture store.

Because it is located in the center of the city and is large enough, the rent is as high as 15 taels per month.

Ye Lizheng and Ye Daquan were so frightened that they couldn't speak.

This month's rent is equivalent to one or two years' income for an average farmer.

Ye Caiping thought it was alright, considering it was in the center of the city, the price was really not expensive.

The group was rather ignorant and listened to Ye Caiping.

We finally rented it for 15 taels a month. After discussion, we decided to open for business on the first day of August.

The carpenters in the workshop have already gotten the hang of it and have long since stopped producing small stools, focusing all their efforts on producing large furniture.

Only 3,000 of the small stools were produced and are now piled up in the warehouse.

Hu Xiaosi recognized 2,500, and Ye Fulai recognized 500.

Knowing that the supply was limited, both of them slowed down the pace of selling and raised the prices, selling all their goods for over 45 coins.

On July 20th, all the small stools were sold out.

Hu Xiaosan and Xiao Si earned a full 12 taels of silver! After deducting Liu Shadan's wages, ox rent, and meal expenses, they still had 11 taels left.

That day, Hu Xiaosan and Xiao Si, along with several little kids, carrying a basket of eggs and rice, twenty catties of pork belly, and two boxes of pastries, walked into Ye Daquan's house.

Now, they can finally stand tall and visit their sister with confidence.

"Little Three and Little Four, you're here! Come in and sit down." Madam Du greeted the children with a smile as they arrived.

Hu Xiaosi smiled and said, "Auntie, we've come to see my sister."

"Alright, go to the main room. Xiuxiu, Xiao Si and the others are here!" Du said, calling out to the east room.

Hu Xiaosi then gave all the items to the Du family.

Madam Du knew they were hesitant to visit because of Xiuxiu's mother, and even felt somewhat inferior. Now that they had brought gifts, she accepted them generously, smiling as she said:

"Stay for lunch, Auntie will make you some chicken soup."

Hu Xiuxiu came out of the room. She was already three months pregnant and the whole village knew she was pregnant.

Therefore, Xiuxiu's mother became somewhat assertive again, telling everyone that this baby would definitely be a boy.

Fortunately, Xiuxiu's mother only dared to stand up secretly and didn't dare to dance in front of her.

Hu Xiuxiu pulled her younger brothers into the main room to talk. Seeing their progress and achievements, she felt both heartbroken and gratified.

The siblings were very close.

After lunch, Hu Xiaosan and Xiao Si brought two boxes of pastries to thank Ye Caiping.