She asked, “Then how do you know if any of them have been abducted?”

"This is what we need to do. When we take someone in, we need to repeatedly ask whether they are willing. If they are not willing and are being sold by their family, we need to sign a sales contract and go to their place of residence to verify. Children who can't talk are the most troublesome. We need to confirm repeatedly. We can't make much money from this trip, and you still ask me to lower the price so much! Do you think I can not be angry?"

Lin Wanwan curled her lips and said, "I don't know either. I won't bet so much in the future..."

After paying the silver, he took his people to the carriage shop and hired seven or eight ox carts to take them back to the village.

She went to the shop again and helped prepare several tables of meals, with sufficient portions to ensure that they would be well fed and satisfied.

When Yang Zhengping and his team had set up the tables in the courtyard, Lin Wanwan and her team also arrived and brought the food in the food boxes to the table. There were six large tables filled with food from several ox carts.

Wang Ergui happened to see her and came up to greet her, "Shopkeeper Lin! I heard them say someone invited me to eat at Baiweiju, but I didn't believe it until I saw it was you!"

"I'm just trying to bargain with Brother Yang and make him unhappy, so I'm going to treat everyone to a meal!"

Wang Ergui laughed and shook his head, saying, "Only you dare to bargain with him. If it were anyone else, they would have run away long ago! However, they really can't make much money over there. The government has a minimum price. If they pay too little when buying people, they will be fined!"

She was stunned. Is the human trafficking here so strict? There are still minimum standards, which is still good.

"So that's it, now I know!"

"What do you know?" Yang Zhengguang walked over and asked.

"Brother Yang, you may not know yet, but this Miss Lin is the owner of Baiweiju."

"What?"

Yang Zhengguang stared at her in shock with his eyes wide open. "Ergui, you are not kidding me, are you? The owner of Baiweiju is actually a little girl!"

"I'm not lying to you. We all know it. We told you that their products are cheap and affordable, but you just didn't believe it!"

He said angrily, "Okay! You little girl! You lied to me that you were a farmer! You bargained with me for a lower price!"

"Brother Wang! Please explain to him that I really have land! I usually farm at home!"

"Brother Yang, what Shopkeeper Lin said is not wrong. She is not usually in the shop. It is her sister-in-law who looks after the shop."

Lin Wanwan nodded, "Yes, I didn't lie to you. I made today's meal specially for you! Hey, Brother Yang, don't be angry. Sit down and eat. Try our Baiweiju food!"

"Humph! If you come to buy someone again, I won't save you a penny!"

"Okay, if you don't want to save it, then don't save it!"

The seven tables were already fully filled with food, and the portions were particularly large. Almost all of Baiweiju’s specialties were served.

"Brother Yang, please eat quickly. The dishes are all served. I told you that some dishes are usually not available and need to be ordered in advance. Also, it is not easy for them to eat my cooking because my apprentices usually cook it."

Yang Zhengguang picked up a piece of duck meat, and Lin Wanwan taught him how to roll it and eat it. After taking a bite, his mouth was filled with freshness and fragrance. It tasted really good.

"Well, your food is really good. I didn't expect it to taste so good. It's better than the food I had in Beijing last time!"

"That's fine, Brother Yang, as long as you're satisfied, you guys can enjoy your meal. We'll go back first because the store is still busy."

"Okay! Then I won't see you off."

"No need to send me off, just eat now!"

Now that she had money, she bought ten ox carts, two horse-drawn carriages for passengers, and six horse-drawn carriages for goods, spending more than one thousand taels of silver.

The owner of the carriage and horse business sent someone to take Lin Wanwan to the village, and the service was very good.

When I got home, I saw that Nan Xi and Nan Xing had already brought people to pack up the newly bought person, washed him clean, and changed him into clean clothes.

Lin Wanwan looked at these children. The oldest was only fifteen or sixteen years old. She decided to just take care of them first and make another decision later.

Suddenly there were so many more people that they didn't have enough beds, so they had to use wooden boards to carry people and spread bedding on them to sleep.

She thought about it and realized that the only place with accommodation was the Zhuangzi, so she sent them there the next day, leaving only eight men at home.

On weekdays, they will have more than twice as much food. When they are feeling better, they will let Lin Jiu take them to practice martial arts together, hoping that it will be effective after the New Year, and let them escort the sugar.

She was very busy during this period, running back and forth between Shili Village and Zhuangzi. Fu Junyi also returned with the first batch of sugar.

Lin Wanwan had several ice cellars dug and built near the village. She poured hot water on them and froze them for a day. When the walls froze, she poured hot water into wooden barrels at night and put them outside to freeze into ice cubes. The barrels were then stored in the ice cellars for use in the summer.

We also have to prepare New Year's goods. As the New Year approaches, the shop becomes busier and busier. Some people buy things to take back for the New Year, while others buy them as gifts, just like when the shop first opened.