Liu Yingying smiled calmly; "I've signed a long-term contract with a restaurant in the city, so I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to run errands often in the future."

At this point, she suddenly remembered something: the farm was in Taoyuan Village, and its scale would definitely continue to expand in the future.

The businesses she wants to run are definitely not limited to these few.

If we rely on oxcarts for transportation every time, it will be too inefficient.

Uncle Niu was about to congratulate her when she asked, "Uncle Niu, have you considered getting a bigger carriage?"

"What? A horse-drawn carriage is too expensive! Even if I sold this old man, I still couldn't afford it!" Uncle Niu's face was wrinkled like a chrysanthemum.

He didn't understand why Liu Yingying suddenly suggested that he change cars.

Liu Yingying: "Because I will need to go into the city frequently to deliver goods and make purchases in the future, if I switch to a horse-drawn carriage, I can carry more and the journey will be faster!"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Niu thought to himself, "They're going to take me along to make money!"

"But...you know my family's financial situation, I really can't afford a carriage..."

Liu Yingying smiled and said, "Don't worry about the money. I'll pay for the carriage. All you need to do is deliver the goods to me. As for your wages, I'll pay you ten coins per trip. You can also give rides to other people."

"By the way, you don't need to worry about the horse's feed; I'll take care of that."

Uncle Da Niu listened blankly, feeling a bit like it was all a dream.

Horses were much more expensive than oxen and faster, making them affordable only to nobles and wealthy merchants. Ordinary people mostly relied on oxcarts or donkey carts for transportation.

But now Liu Yingying says she wants to buy him a carriage to drive...

"Uncle Niu, what are you thinking about?"

"If you really don't want to, I won't force you..."

Before Liu Yingying could finish speaking, Uncle Da Niu interrupted her as if he were afraid someone would snatch the meat that was about to be eaten.

"Xiaoliu, Uncle can do it!"

Liu Yingying covered her mouth and chuckled; "Then I'll have to trouble you, Da Niu, from now on. I'll have Jin Wu accompany you to Nanshi to pick out a good horse!"

"Okay, sure!" Uncle Niu quickly replied, already imagining a bright future in his mind...

His daughter-in-law was about to give birth, but the family was so poor that they couldn't even afford a crib.

But now that he's taken on this job, he has the money to prepare a gift for his soon-to-be-born grandson!

As soon as Liu Yingying returned to the village, she found Jin Wu and gave him a hundred taels of silver.

"Tomorrow you'll accompany Uncle Da Niu to the city to pick out a good horse and buy a carriage. I'll pay you your wages as usual!"

Jin Wu looked at the silver notes in his hand with a surprised expression and asked, "Master, aren't you afraid I'll run away with so much money?"

Liu Yingying chuckled, then looked at him seriously and said, "Have you ever heard the saying, 'If you doubt someone, don't use them; if you doubt someone, don't use them'?"

"Hmm...I think I've heard that before in the military camp..." Jin Wu replied, scratching the back of his head, somewhat bewildered.

"That's fine then. I believe you can handle this for me. Even if you do run away with the money, I won't blame you. I can only blame myself for not recognizing the right person."

Before Liu Yingying could finish speaking, Jin Wu quickly interrupted, "No! I won't run away! Don't worry, boss!"

He was practically swearing an oath to God.

Liu Yingying laughed and said, "Alright, I was just teasing you. Go on with your work!"

Jin Wu carefully tucked the hundred taels of silver into his pocket, feeling deeply moved.

It was only through divine mercy that he met such a good employer who offered him a high position and, knowing he was all alone, even went to the village chief to arrange two temporary rooms for him.

Jin Wu felt that he was too grateful to Liu Yingying, so how could he possibly run away with her money?

Liu Yingying didn't rest after returning. Her Seven Star Wenchang Sauce will not only be sold in Tingxianglou or Furong County, but will also be promoted to more distant places.

This would require a large amount of raw materials.

First, there's the source of the chicken. Initially, she could buy it directly from the market, but later she would definitely have to raise the chickens herself.

If you want to raise chickens on a large scale, you need to build a large-scale breeding base.

This wasn't a difficult task, and Liu Yingying immediately thought of the hills behind Taoyuan Village.

She remembered that in earlier years the trees were used by the village to collectively plant fruit trees, but in recent years, due to unfavorable weather, the fruit trees have had a very difficult time growing, and even if they do bear fruit, most of them are misshapen and cracked.

Later, it was simply abandoned, and I heard that it was to be reserved as a burial ground for the clan in the future.

However, so far, no one has been buried up there yet.

Since it's still a wasteland, why not let her use it to raise chickens first?

Liu Yingying was a woman of action; she immediately went to the village chief and told him her plan.

He also stated that as long as his chicken farm can be established, it will provide more employment opportunities for the villagers.

When village chief Wang Delu heard this, it was hard for him not to be tempted.

Although his nephews and nieces have now been assigned to work on Liu Yingying's farm, which has directly improved the quality of life for his whole family!

If the women in the family can also have a job, then need I say more about how good life will be in the future?

So he immediately agreed to it. Anyway, that hilltop was just sitting there empty, so why not use it to create some value?

Liu Yingying rented the back mountain for three years at a price of one tael of silver per year.

Now that we have the space, the next step is to hatch the chicks.

However, I have neither hens nor eggs to hatch, so I'll have to go to the city to buy these chicks...

But that's for tomorrow.

Today, she still needs to make a batch of Seven Star Wenchang Sauce so that she can deliver it to Tingxianglou when she goes into town tomorrow.

Liu Yingying found Shi Sanmei and Lü Sufeng and handed over the whole process of killing chickens, plucking feathers, cleaning and dicing them to them. This work was quite tiring, so the wages were now ten coins a day.

The children in the family also put down their pens, which they were practicing calligraphy with, and came out to help wash the chili peppers.

Xianglian was in charge of boiling water in the kitchen.

If it weren't for the fact that the final step of cooking couldn't be revealed, Liu Yingying would have wanted to hire someone to do it as well.

In this way, the whole family divided the work in an orderly manner, and by evening when it was getting dark, they had finally cooked two large pots of Seven Star Wenchang Sauce.

Just then, Jiang Suyu and her son came over to deliver bamboo jars, and the two of them filled three large sacks with them.

Liu Yingying quickly invited the person in, and then looked at Jiang Suyu's leg and asked, "Sister Suyu, is your leg better?"

Jiang Suyu smiled and said, "I'm almost done. I just can't sit still. I heard you bought a lot of chickens and had Aye make bamboo jars, so I thought I'd come and see if there's anything I can do for you?"

Jiang Suyu, an orphan and widow of unknown origin, settled in Taoyuan Village. In addition, she was beautiful and unlike ordinary peasant women, so she has been ostracized by the women in the village for many years.

If Liu Yingying hadn't treated her with genuine kindness and gradually opened her heart, Jiang Suyu probably would never have set foot in the center of the village...