Seeing that Liu was determined to sign the indenture with her, Jiang Yuwei stopped refusing and went into the house to draft the indenture for herself and Tiedan. For now, they would be paid two taels of silver a year, just like Ning Daya, and the amount would be increased after they made money in the capital.

Liu knew she would never leave the mother and daughter in Ningjia Village like that. After all, she had developed feelings for Liu after spending so much time together. If she left them there and something happened to them in the future, she was afraid she would regret it too late.

Moreover, since my family is going to the capital to do business, we need capable people. Rather than finding them when we get to the capital, it's better to bring along trusted confidants we've trained. That way, I can focus on making money with peace of mind in the future.

This indenture serves as a guarantee for Liu and her son, and also provides peace of mind for Liu and her son. With this in mind, Jiang Yuwei stopped worrying and directly signed the contract with the two of them. After entering the storage space, she then arranged work for everyone.

"Da Ya, I bought some new flour. You can take charge of kneading the dough and making pancakes. Make all of these tonight."

After receiving instructions from Jiang Yuwei, Ning Daya carried a sack of flour to make pancakes.

Jiang Yuwei then instructed Gou Dan to help Ning Daya start the fire, before turning to Liu Shi and Wang Ma and saying:

"Right now, I need to make sausages first. You two can help me clean the casings."

As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei filled a basin with water, threw the sausage casings she had bought into it, and then demonstrated how to clean the casings before handing them over to Liu Shi and Wang Ma to wash.

Jiang Yuwei then handed Ning Huaizhi and Ning Zixuan each a cutting board, saying:

"You two are in charge of chopping the meat. I'll need it for making sausages later. Don't hold back, the meat should be chopped as finely as possible."

Just as the two were about to reach for the cutting board, Yun Qing, who was standing to the side, suddenly stepped in front of Ning Zixuan, looked at Jiang Yuwei with a serious expression, and said in a deep voice:

"How could you make our prince do such rough work!"

Jiang Yuwei frowned upon seeing this. This fool usually does plenty of rough work like this, so why can't he do it now that Yun Qing is here? Before Jiang Yuwei could retort, Ning Zixuan coldly said:

"Get out of the way! This courtyard doesn't accommodate idlers, so don't you dare sit idly by either!"

Seeing that his master had spoken, Yun Qing awkwardly chuckled and stepped aside. Jiang Yuwei then tossed a piece of meat into Yun Qing's hand and said calmly:

"Did you hear that? Your young master said that the courtyard doesn't keep idle people. You have good knife skills, so go and slice this meat into thin slices for me."

Yun Qing took the meat, muttering to herself:

"What is a thin slice of thick material?"

Seeing this, Ning Zixuan kicked him in the butt and cursed:

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go!"

Seeing this, Yun Qing quickly covered her bottom and nodded, saying:

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away."

Seeing that all the tasks were arranged, Jiang Yuwei went back to her room to pack her things. She had already put all the food and supplies into her spatial storage, but it wouldn't look right to go empty-handed, so she had to carry a small bundle with her.

Thinking this way, Jiang Yuwei packed Ning Wan's and her own clothes into a small bundle, and then packed Ning Huaizhi and Ning Zhao's clothes into another bundle. After that, she put all the valuable items in the house into her space.

If it weren't for the fact that it would be too conspicuous, Jiang Yuwei would have liked to put all the furniture into her spatial storage and take it with her. Seeing that she would probably never return to this little courtyard after going to the capital, Jiang Yuwei was really reluctant to part with it.

Jiang Yuwei thought that the lotus roots in the pond in the backyard were ripe, so she went directly to the backyard and dug out all the lotus roots from the pond.

After washing them clean with the water from the pond, they were all stored in the space. Then, they caught dozens of fish in the pond, killed and processed them, and stored them all in the space.

After finishing these tasks, Jiang Yuwei went to the front yard and added salt, sugar, secret spices, white wine, and ginger water to the minced meat that Ning Huaizhi and Ning Zixuan had chopped. She also added some soy sauce and pepper before mixing the filling evenly. Then she took out the sausage casings that Liu Shi and the others had washed.

Jiang Yuwei used chopsticks to teach Wang Ma and Liu Shi how to stuff meat filling into sausage casings. Soon everyone learned how, and Ning Huaizhi and Ning Zixuan also joined in stuffing sausages. Jiang Yuwei then took out hemp rope and taught them how to tie the rope in the right place.

Seeing that everything was arranged, Jiang Yuwei went to check on the meat slices Yun Qing had cut. Surprisingly, he had actually managed to slice them into thin slices. Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei patted Yun Qing on the shoulder and laughed:

"Good job. Go help them tie the sausages, and I'll take care of the meat slices."

When Yun Qing saw that Jiang Yuwei had actually praised her, she scratched her head shyly and went to tie sausages for Liu and the others with a blush.

Jiang Yuwei first marinated the meat slices with salt, white wine, soy sauce, scallions, ginger, garlic, star anise, and cinnamon for an hour. Then she set up a barbecue grill in the yard and placed the marinated meat slices on it to dry over a low fire. Jiang Yuwei called Ning Wan to help turn the meat slices over and watch the fire.

She then went to process the eggs and duck eggs she had bought that day. The first step was crucial in making the salted eggs salty, fragrant, and oily. Jiang Yuwei first washed all the eggs with warm water, then wiped the water off the surface of the eggs with a cotton cloth, and then soaked the eggs in white wine to sterilize them.

Then take out the eggs, coat them with salt, and put them into a prepared bamboo tube. Seal and store them for more than ten days. Then take them out, wash off the salt, and then put the eggs in a pot to cook until they are ready to eat.

Jiang Yuwei carried the pickled eggs and duck eggs into the house, and while no one was paying attention to her, she quickly put all the eggs into her spatial storage.

Seeing that the sausages were all filled, Jiang Yuwei moved them to the rack in the paper mill in the backyard where paper was dried and hung them up one by one. She then had Ning Zhao and Yun Qing take charge of cooking the sausages over a fire. Once the sausages were dry, they could be steamed in a pot and eaten.

Jiang Yuwei was worried that Yun Qing couldn't cook, so she assigned Ning Zhao to help him smoke sausages in the backyard. Before leaving, Jiang Yuwei repeatedly reminded him:

"Be sure to bake it over low heat and slowly. Don't rush it and turn the heat up to high, or you'll burn the sausage!"

After receiving their instructions, Yun Qing and Ning Zhao carefully began grilling the sausages.

Seeing that all these tasks were finished, Jiang Yuwei asked Liu to help Wang Ma prepare the dry rations they would take on the road, and asked Ning Huaizhi and Ning Zixuan to help with the fire. Now all the stoves in the courtyard were in use, making the whole courtyard warm and cozy.

Jiang Yuwei went to help Ning Daya make steamed buns and dumplings. After finishing her own tasks in the yard, Jiang Yuwei thought about going to Aunt Zhou's house to see if there was anything she could help with.