After leaving the magistrate's house, Manager Ren gave He Jiuniang a thumbs up.

"That's incredible!"

He sincerely admired her, and couldn't believe that He Jiuniang was so capable that she could even speak so highly of the county magistrate's wife and daughters.

He Jiuniang smiled and said to Manager Ren, "I will not offend others unless they offend me, but I am not afraid if they do offend me."

She boarded the carriage first and asked the driver to go to Yuyuantang first.

Manager Ren and the young medicine boy boarded another carriage, where they were still secretly wiping away cold sweat.

Judging from He Jiuniang's calm and composed demeanor while speaking to the county magistrate, it seems that her family has some connections.

If that's the case, why live in the countryside with the whole family?

He instructed the young apprentice, "You must not provoke Doctor He in the future."

The young apprentice nodded obediently, remaining silent, for he too had been terrified, constantly worried that the magistrate might have them dragged away and beaten to death if he was displeased.

Upon arriving at Yuyuantang, He Jiuniang felt as if she were back home, searching for medicinal herbs in the medicine cabinet herself, and even obtaining beeswax and other materials needed to make ointments.

The shopkeeper, shameless as ever, approached and asked with a smile, "Can these herbs be boiled together to make an acne-removing ointment?"

He had been watching He Jiuniang prepare the medicine the whole time. Although he didn't know the exact dosage, he at least knew the type of medicine, right?

He Jiuniang gave him a meaningful look and said, "I don't recall ever agreeing to the shopkeeper's request to take you as his apprentice."

She wasn't so kind as to tell everyone everything. If she encountered the same ailment again, the clinic would quietly resolve it, and she wouldn't have to pay a single penny.

It's not that she's heartless; she's just not a saint.

Manager Ren was rebuffed and gave a somewhat embarrassed smile: "I didn't mean that, I just wanted to have a chat with Doctor He."

He Jiuniang didn't reply, but simply stretched out her hand to him: "Manager Ren, aren't you going to give me half of the consultation fee the steward just gave me?"

When I first came out, the magistrate's steward gave me ten taels of silver as a consultation fee, which was quite a lot. Usually, I would only get five taels of silver.

And all of this is thanks to He Jiuniang.

Manager Ren went there but just stood there sweating profusely; he didn't do anything else.

"Ah, yes, we must divide it! I just forgot, didn't I? Hehehe, Dr. He, don't be angry."

He hurriedly took out the silver and handed a five-tael silver ingot to He Jiuniang.

He Jiuniang accepted the package without ceremony, packed all the medicinal herbs and other necessities, and then got into the carriage without hesitation, asking the driver to take her home.

Manager Ren had some business acumen; he wanted to steal her recipe.

He Jiuniang had a good impression of him before, but ever since he offered ten taels of silver to buy a prescription, she no longer wanted to give him a kind look. How dare he ask for such a price!

He Jiuniang carried three large pots of potted chili peppers home. The children, seeing the bright red fruits hanging on the branches, were all curious and came over to look at them.

"Third Aunt, what kind of fruit is this? Can we eat it?"

Yuya was overjoyed. The fruit looked bright red and beautiful, and it looked delicious!

He Jiuniang nodded: "You can eat it, but you can't eat it directly."

This left all the kids bewildered. How were they supposed to eat it?

He Jiuniang originally wanted to move the things inside and settle them before explaining, but seeing them swallowing their saliva like starving ghosts and staring at her with wide eyes, she suddenly felt speechless, as if she was missing out on their food.

So she casually tore off a chili pepper, cut it into small pieces, put a tiny bit in each child's mouth, and said, "Try chewing it a few times."

The naive children actually obediently chewed it, and then a strong spicy flavor filled their heads!

The children's expressions instantly became very varied, their features squeezing together like little bitter gourds.

"Ahhh, it's so spicy!"

"Ptooey, it doesn't taste good, boohoo..."

Except for Youya, the others burst into tears, each one louder than the last.

Looking at her son's aggrieved expression, He Jiuniang found it inexplicably amusing: "I told you all not to eat it directly, but you didn't listen. Now you believe me, right?"

She stood with her hands on her hips and laughed. When Sun heard the child crying, she came out to check. Seeing her like this, she knew that she had made the child cry, and without saying a word, she reached out and slapped her.

"How can you act like an elder? Why did you make them cry?"

"This has nothing to do with me, they insisted on eating it themselves!"

He Jiuniang hurriedly shifted the blame, refusing to take the fall!

Sun ignored her, looked at the bright red chili peppers in front of her, frowned and asked, "What is this?"

He Jiuniang winked at her, "Good stuff!"

Shanshan, who had been crying loudly, sobbed after hearing this, "No... it doesn't taste good, waaaaah..."

Sun became even more curious, and He Jiuniang stuffed the remaining small piece of chili pepper into her mouth without saying a word.

Sun subconsciously chewed it, and then—

"Hahahaha..."

He Jiuniang laughed until her stomach hurt.

"Pah! You brat, how dare you make fun of me like that!"

The next scene made a group of children giggle, as Grandma chased after her third aunt and hit her!

Although the puppy also felt that it was wrong for his mother to tease them on purpose, he couldn't just watch his mother get beaten, so he hurriedly stepped forward to hold his grandmother back and spoke kindly to his mother.

There was another period of commotion.

After everyone finally calmed down and carried several bowls of chili peppers into the house, Mrs. Sun asked, trying to control her temper, "What exactly are these things?"

He Jiuniang stopped fooling around and said seriously, "This is really a good thing. It's a kind of seasoning, like salt. It's definitely not good to eat alone, but if you add some to the dishes, it's absolutely delicious!"

Sun couldn't bear to watch her drooling as she spoke; her face was already red from the spiciness, so what good could she possibly be?

But the third son's wife said it was a condiment like salt, so does that mean it can be sold at a high price like money?

The old lady immediately became interested and looked at He Jiu Niang with longing eyes. He Jiu Niang continued, "If this thing can be grown on a large scale, our family can start a food business. With this thing, we will definitely be the only ones in the Northern Yan Kingdom!"

"It's so spicy, will anyone like it?"

Sun couldn't quite handle it; the spiciness was so intense it felt like it was going straight to the top of her head, and she wished she could throw her mouth away!

"Of course I do. I found this today when I went to treat the magistrate's daughter. She loves this and eats it almost every meal!"

He Jiuniang wasn't exaggerating when she said that; didn't the magistrate's daughter get sick from eating too much?

Mrs. Sun found it unbelievable and immediately asked, "So how are you going to plant this thing?"

"Don't rush this. It's not the right season now, and besides, we don't have that much land. Let's plant the medicinal herbs and potatoes first."

As for these few pots, let's keep them for now to cultivate the appetite of the family!