Chapter 96 Chapter 96 Xia Lingzhi

Before setting up the stall, Fu Lingzhi had one important thing to do. The next day, he went to the county town with Miao Ying and others. Fu Lingyou was waiting for him at the city gate.

Huo Xing and Fu Lingyou nodded. Miao Ying was a little confused and asked Fu Lingzhi what was going on.

Fu Lingzhi said, "I left the Fu family in a hurry and was very rude. I owe that person an apology. Once I have dealt with all these things, I will just be Lingzhi."

Miao Ying suddenly realized: "Okay, are you going home tonight? If you do, we'll be waiting for you."

Fu Lingzhi nodded: "Wait for me."

Seeing Fu Lingzhi and Fu Lingyou leave together, Miao Ying and Huo Xing also changed direction to set up their stalls.

In the afternoon, Fu Lingzhi came back, but Fu Lingyou was not with him. His eyes were red, and it was obvious that he had been crying.

"How is it?" Miao Ying looked at him.

Fu Lingzhi smiled again, tears in his eyes, and pulled out a household registration document from his bosom: "I've moved my household registration out, and I won't be called Fu anymore. I asked around, and my biological parents are gone, and my father doesn't have a name. The elders in the Fu family said they only remember my mother's last name, Xia. From now on, I'll be called Xia Lingzhi."

Miao Ying took a closer look and found that his household registration was in the house where he lived now. It should be that the Fu family bought the house and used it as the foundation of Fu Lingzhi's life.

"That's great. You can do business with me from now on." Miao Ying patted his shoulder. "Wherever I eat, you'll have something to eat. After all, you call me brother!"

Fu Lingzhi, who should now be called Xia Lingzhi, raised his hands and hugged Miao Ying: "Thank you so much."

Miao Ying put his arm around his shoulders and said, "We are all family, so let's not talk behind each other's backs."

Huo Xing looked at them and hummed in a rare gesture.

After returning home, Miao Ying began to teach Xia Lingzhi how to make fried skewers. To be honest, Fu Lingzhi's return actually relieved a lot of their pressure, especially since their grandmother is old now, their mother is not young either, and Xiaolin is not young either. The family only depends on the two of them, and with Lingzhi around, things can be much easier.

"It's actually very simple. The key is how to make the sauce." Miao Ying taught him step by step, "See, isn't it simple?"

Xia Lingzhi looked at Miao Ying: "But these formulas and so on are supposed to be secrets, and you just told me like that..."

"We've already agreed that we're a family," Miao Ying said with a smile. "We're family, so we shouldn't have different opinions. I just hope we can open a chain of fried skewers in the future!"

"What is a chain store?" Xia Lingzhi looked at him.

"Oh, it doesn't matter. It's all about making money. By the way, did anything happen during your trip to the capital?"

Xia Lingzhi then talked about their trip to the capital. Although he followed Fu Lingyou, he still felt uncomfortable until Fu Lingyou took him to meet his great-grandmother.

The great-grandmother was of noble status, but not arrogant. When she saw Lingzhi, she took his hand and talked to him kindly, saying that she had also heard about the things at home and told Lingzhi not to be sad and to learn to be open-minded.

So during the time he was in the capital, he stayed by his great-grandmother's side, chanting Buddhist scriptures and eating vegetarian food with her, and accompanying her in reciting scriptures and meditating. His mood became much calmer.

When they were leaving, the great-grandmother pulled him back and said, "If you don't want to go back, you can stay."

Lingzhi shook his head and did not stay in the capital.

After receiving the expected answer, Great Grandmother said, "Lingzhi, after all, they are your family who have raised you for more than ten years. If you want to stay, you can stay. If you don't want to stay, just say goodbye properly."

So he returned to the Fu family, said goodbye to all the Fu family members, and solemnly apologized to the second young master whose life he had robbed.

Mr. Fu's face was solemn, and Mrs. Fu couldn't help crying, saying that he should stay at home.

Fu Lingzhi shook his head, knelt down in front of the Fu family, thanked them for raising him, and then left the Fu family with ease.

Throughout the whole process, Fu Lingyou just looked at him quietly without saying a word.

Until today, Fu Lingzhi no longer exists in this world. Now, all that exists is Xia Lingzhi from Rongshu Village.

"But there's one more thing about your rapeseed." Lingzhi suppressed his emotions. "Brother took the oil to the capital. I don't know who he met with, but it should be from the Capital Chamber of Commerce. They should have discussed how to deal with the rapeseed. Brother will go to discuss with our Chamber of Commerce soon, and there will be news in a couple of days."

Miao Ying nodded and said, "I just wanted to ask him. There are people in our village who want to grow this too. I want to ask if it's possible."

"If I'm not mistaken, my brothers and the others should be promoting this plant vigorously. By then, you'll be busy too, especially my eldest brother, making the oil pressing machines and running the oil press."

Miao Ying nodded: "I'll go talk to Master Fu sometime."

The first time Lingzhi set up a stall, Miao Ying went with him. If they wanted to set up two stalls, they would have to make another cart. Huo Xing had to make a cart at home, so Miao Ying and Lingzhi went to set up the stall alone. They went to the town. Miao Ying pulled the cart and Xia Lingzhi pushed it from behind. They arrived in the town quite smoothly.

They also divided the work on the way. Miao Ying was responsible for frying, and Lingzhi was responsible for packing and collecting money.

They were a little hesitant at the beginning, but Lingzhi slowly got the hang of it, and the two of them cooperated well.

At the beginning, Lingzhi was a little embarrassed and his hawking voice was as soft as a mosquito. But after seeing Miao Ying doing it with ease, he remembered that he had promised to be self-reliant, and slowly he became cheerful.

Miao Ying was very pleased, feeling like his child had finally grown up. When he had some free time, Miao Ying would go over to him and ask, "How's it going? Are you feeling good?"

Lingzhi nodded: "The happiest time is when I collect the money."

They didn't prepare much and it was sold out quickly. They bought some snacks on the way back. They are much better off now and they will buy some snacks to take home from time to time.

A cart couldn't be fully worked in a day, so Miao Ying and Ling Zhi went to the county town to set up a stall. Miao Ying was worried that he would have a psychological burden and said that he didn't need to come with him, but Ling Zhi just shook his head: "These are things I have to go through. I wanted to escape before because I was afraid of seeing other people's eyes, but now I feel that I am just myself and don't need to care about others."

"You really have become much more insightful. Can reading Buddhist scriptures really give people a shock and make them think more clearly?" Miao Ying was a little curious. After all, in the 21st century, the most devout deity worshipped by young people is the God of Wealth.

"Maybe. The Buddhist scriptures are quite interesting." Xia Lingzhi smiled. "I can read them to you when I have time."

Miao Ying quickly shook his head: "It's a sin to fall asleep after hearing it."

They came to the county town chatting and laughing, found a stall, prepared things in fixed quantities, and sold potato chips on a first-come, first-served basis. The sales of fried skewers were stable, and old customers, seeing that there was a new person, could still exchange a few words with him. Some people felt that Lingzhi looked familiar, but were not sure, and ended up looking at him a lot.

Lingzhi was very frank until someone asked him about it, then he admitted it generously. Finally, the ladies who had been coming here to buy snacks also came out and found out that it was really Fu Lingzhi. Some of them said sour words, and some of them were his former friends, who scolded him for a while.

However, because he had a more easy-going personality when he was in the Fu family before and had never offended anyone, most people who came to see him now sighed, and Lingzhi accepted it all. As a result, because of these people coming, their business today was better, and they sold out earlier than usual.

The young men wanted to pull Xia Lingzhi aside to talk, but Lingzhi said, "I have to work hard to make a living now. If you want to talk to me, I'll set up a stall tomorrow. You can buy something and we can talk while we eat."

Miao Ying was packing up with a smile on his face, and soon Lingzhi also helped him pack up. Under the gaze of everyone, the two of them pushed and pulled each other and left the county town.

"Don't you feel bad?" Miao Ying asked him as they left the county town and walked home.

Xia Lingzhi sighed: "It would be a lie to say that I'm not uncomfortable, but what they said is also true, so there is no need."

"Yes, that's what we should do. No matter what others say, the most important thing is to put the money in our pocket."

When they returned home, there was a person in the yard that surprised them all, Fu Lingyou.

"Brother? Why are you here?" Xia Lingzhi parked the car and trotted into the yard.

"Come and talk to them about something." Fu Lingyou looked him up and down. He was wearing clothes that were neither new nor old, and he looked in good spirits.

"Brother, you guys talk, I'll go boil some water." Xia Lingzhi smiled and pulled Miao Ying over.

"Mr. Fu, is there anything wrong?" Miao Ying was a little tired and sat down on the bench. The moment he sat down, Huo Xing had already brought him some water.

"I'm here to discuss some business with you." Fu Lingyou looked at Lingzhi who had entered the kitchen, then retracted his gaze, "About the oil pressing machine."

So far, there are only two wooden presses, one on the mountain and the other in an oil press not far from Fu Lingyou's village.

"I want the blueprints." said Fu Lingyou.

Miao Ying and Huo Xing were both stunned. They really didn't have any blueprints or anything. Miao Ying had just drawn them randomly, and Huo Xing had made them by guessing and stumbling. If they really asked them for the blueprints now, they were afraid that they wouldn't be able to make them even if they drew them.

"Can't we teach you how to do it? Honestly, we don't have the blueprints."

Fu Lingyou paused for a moment before saying, "Next time I do it, I'll ask a carpenter to draw the blueprints."

Miao Ying nodded: "Of course." Then he said, "Master Fu, we agreed at the time that my family also wanted to have an oil press."

He now knows Fu Lingyou's idea. This season, rapeseed will be planted in large quantities, and the emergence of vegetable oil will definitely be a revolution in this country. Fu Lingyou should have come here with a mission from the capital. Everyone can grow crops, but how to turn rapeseed into oil is firmly in their hands.

"I won't go back on my word. Also, let's discuss the price of the blueprints."

Miao Ying nodded: "Give as much as you think fit. We are just ordinary people. If we ask for too much, we are afraid that we will not be able to spend it all."

Fu Lingyou nodded: "I understand."

After they finished talking, Fu Lingyou glanced at Lingzhi who was hiding in the kitchen and sighed: "I'm leaving first."

Looking at Fu Lingyou's leaving back, Miao Ying's heart beat fast.

He looked at Huo Xing and took his arm: "This dynasty will soon change."

Huo Xing didn't quite understand, nor did he want to understand. Those things were far away from him. He just wanted to protect his own little home and live a peaceful life.