This night was destined to be sleepless.

Liu Yingying remained awake in bed until late into the night.

Because Lord Shen was suddenly imprisoned, she was forced to put her business plans, which were proceeding in an orderly manner, on hold.

The digging of canals in Baotian Town will require a large sum of money, and the journey to Beijing will also require a large sum of money.

Her main source of income right now is Seven Star Wenchang Sauce, but even that's not enough to cover her expenses...

Liu Yingying mentally reviewed the accounts.

Currently, she still has over two thousand taels of silver in her possession, and then she glances at her points balance...

Damn! Only a hundred left!

So what if she's short of money? That won't stump her.

Liu Yingying quickly came up with a way to make money.

The next morning, she sent Xianglian back to the village first, while she stayed behind...

Since she committed a series of acts of punishing evil and promoting good in the city, Liu Yingying has been awarded the title of "Hibiscus Hero".

Just when everyone thought that this "Hibiscus Hero" had disappeared without a trace.

She made a dazzling appearance once again!

First: The eldest daughter of the Qin family, she is naturally willful, mean, and vicious, and her favorite thing to do is to abuse the maids around her.

They frequently beat and scolded the maids, made them kneel on the frozen ground for hours in winter, and went without food for days on end; these were common occurrences.

Unfortunately, Qin's parents doted on this daughter and tried their best to cover up these shameful deeds.

But secrets don't stay hidden forever. Especially when Miss Qin went out, she was slapped in the street by her maid just because the maid had taken the wrong embroidered handkerchief.

From then on, his infamy spread far and wide.

If this had happened among the noble ladies of the capital, Miss Qin would probably have been utterly disgraced long ago.

However, Furong County is just a small town near the border. The Qin family members are merchants, not officials, so Miss Qin will most likely marry into the family in the future.

Her husband's family had to be mindful of her feelings, so she was naturally fearless. The maids under her command, whose indentures were in the hands of their mistress, dared not resist and could only silently grit their teeth and endure it.

It's a shame that Heaven is blind; why should such a wicked woman enjoy wealth and luxury?

Amidst the silent curses of the maids in the Qin household, Miss Qin's retribution arrived.

That morning, as usual, the maid entered the room to help Miss Qin change clothes and wash up, but shortly after she entered, a terrified scream came from the room.

I don't know why.

Overnight, Miss Qin, who originally had a head of thick, black hair, became bald, and her head was covered with terrifying and disgusting warts.

Afterwards, the Qin family consulted countless famous doctors, but none of them could help. Miss Qin also became so ashamed that she never dared to leave her room again.

Of course, that's a story for another time.

Second: There was a Zhang family in the city. Overnight, all their property was reduced to ashes. The next morning, the head of the Zhang family committed suicide by drowning in the river in despair.

But instead of receiving sympathy from the people, this person's plight earned him praise and admiration.

"I wonder which hero did this righteous deed! This beast finally got what he deserved!"

It turns out that this man surnamed Zhang used to be a local bully and had even deliberately killed a fellow villager.

The deceased was a man with a tragic fate. His wife died in childbirth when he was young, leaving behind a son who was only nine years old at the time.

The child witnessed his father being murdered, but the murderer escaped death because his brother-in-law, who was a county magistrate, had connections. He then quietly left the village.

Years later, the child grew up and returned to the village.

This time, he came for revenge.

In one night, they killed the murderer's parents, sister, and powerful brother-in-law.

Only the real murderer escaped unscathed.

Later, the young man from the Zhang family who sought revenge was arrested by the government and beheaded in Caishikou.

Before his execution, the young man asked the heavens, "If I should pay for my life by killing someone, then who will pay for my father's life?"

Many years later, on this day, the Heroine Furong finally gave him the answer he wanted!

Three days later, Liu Yingying arrived at the Ye family dyehouse outside the city with nearly two hundred catties of alum.

The tenth steward was so frightened that he hurriedly went to invite Ye Qingyuan, who had just returned to the city, over.

When he saw so much alum in front of him, he was both surprised and delighted; "Has the village chief made contact with that Western Regions caravan again?"

He had previously questioned the origin of the alum, but Liu Yingying had brushed it off by saying it was from a Western Regions merchant caravan.

"Yes, I happen to be going out of town in a few days, and I was worried you'd run out of stock, so I sent over a little extra. What, you don't want it?"

"No, no, no! Of course I want it, but..."

There's enough alum to last the dye house for several years.

And alum is expensive!

Ye Qingyuan tentatively asked, "Does the village head still intend to settle the payment in one lump sum this time?"

“Of course!” Liu Yingying nodded.

"I'm in a hurry for the money, otherwise I wouldn't have brought out so much stock all at once. But... if you don't need all of it, you can keep an eye out for the rest. I'll take it and ask other suppliers if they want it..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ye Qingyuan quickly interrupted, "I want them all!"

"But with such a large transaction volume this time, amounting to tens of thousands of taels of silver, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you, Lord Xiang, to accompany me to the money exchange!"

“No problem!” Liu Yingying’s lips curled up as she followed Ye Qingyuan to the money exchange.

"My lord, here are twenty thousand taels of silver notes. Please take a look!"

Liu Yingying took the silver notes from Ye Qingyuan.

She carefully put the two five-thousand-tael notes and the ten one-thousand-tael notes into her bosom.

"It's been a pleasure working with you, Mr. Ye. We'll meet again sometime!" He was about to leave when Ye Qingyuan called him back.

He asked with a puzzled look, "Wait a minute!"

"If I may be so bold as to ask, why did you suddenly decide to go to another place, my lord?"

Liu Yingying's eyes darted around. She naturally wouldn't reveal her true purpose, but instead made up an excuse: "Of course, I'm going to see if there are any lucrative business opportunities outside, Mr. Ye, you know what I mean..."

Ye Qingyuan: Why does he seem to understand, yet also seem not to understand?

Liu Yingying went to Baotian Town again, found Lu Daikui and his wife, and gave them a silver note with a value of five thousand taels.

"I'll be leaving for a while. You can take this money and use it to continue dredging the riverbed to pay everyone's wages!"

But Lu Da Kui and his wife felt their legs go weak after seeing the huge sum of money in the banknote.

They'd never seen so much money in their lives!

Now, Liu Yingying wants to entrust this money to them.

Lu Daikui didn't dare to reach out and take it. Instead, he scratched the back of his head and asked in a silly, innocent way, "Little sister, how dare you hand over so much money to us? Aren't you afraid we'll run away with your money?"

Liu Yingying covered her mouth and smiled; "If you doubt someone, don't use them; if you use someone, don't doubt them. It's the same old saying. If you really do that, then I can only blame myself for misjudging people. I deserve it!"

Hearing her say this, Mr. and Mrs. Lu were deeply moved.