Happiness came so suddenly that Wang Delu had the illusion that he was dreaming.

But it was only after he slapped his son hard that it proved that it was all true!

So an emergency family meeting was held that very night.

"Starting tomorrow, everyone in the Wang family must suspend all activities and go up the mountain to search for wild winter melons..."

Besides the Wang family, other villagers also took the initiative to come to their door seeking to buy their products.

Whether they had a past conflict or not, Liu Yingying welcomed all customers and treated them all the same.

The next morning, Lü Sufeng brought her child to visit again.

"Sister-in-law, look how well your business is doing. You've helped so many complete strangers. Shouldn't you help your own family too?"

Liu Yingying, taking a rare break from her busy schedule, took out the tea she had redeemed from the mall, sat under the jujube tree, drank tea, and glanced at her sideways.

"Sister-in-law, what you're saying is wrong. Outsiders bully us orphans and widows... but they're not as powerful as you so-called family members!"

Lu Sufen's heart sank, knowing that she was going to bring up old grievances.

If we examine those past grievances closely, they have no grounds for argument.

But this concerned whether her family of four could have enough to eat, so Lü Sufeng gritted her teeth and decided to go all out.

In front of Liu Yingying, he pulled his two children down to his knees with a thud.

The two children were startled by her sudden action, and the younger one, Zhu Jiahui, burst into tears on the spot.

Lü Sufeng first kowtowed three times heavily on the ground.

"Sister-in-law, we were bastards in the past, we were scoundrels. We're still family, we shouldn't have bullied you and your children like that..."

"But we have already suffered the consequences, and now our whole family is about to starve to death. We know we were wrong, please don't hold it against us, please give us a way to live!"

"Sister-in-law, what are you saying? When did I ever force you to die?" Liu Yingying pretended to be stupid.

That's right! She was deliberately making things difficult for Lü Sufen.

This is the price she has to pay for all the underhanded tricks and bullying she did to the original owner!

Lu Sufeng looked haggard and said with tears in her eyes, "Sister-in-law, I really know I was wrong. We really can't survive this famine. Only you can save our family..."

As she spoke, she pushed the two children forward again.

"Even if you won't forgive me, sister-in-law, please at least give these two children some food. They're still so young..."

Liu Yingying just stared at her like that.

The original owner of this body had once made such a humble plea to them.

All he got in return was unbridled ridicule!

"Fine, considering that what you did wasn't as outrageous as Ma Qiumei's, I'll spare your life!"

"You can also send over the winter melons you picked, at the same price as everyone else, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, Lü Sufeng finally showed a happy expression, "Thank you, sister-in-law! Thank you so much, sister-in-law!"

"Don't thank me yet..."

Liu Yingying suddenly leaned down to look at her and whispered in her ear, "But you should know which side to take in the future, in the Zhu family and in Taoyuan Village, right?"

"I know. From now on, I'll do whatever you ask me to do. If you tell me to go east, I'll never go west!" Lu Sufeng looked at her with a sincere expression.

Liu Yingying then smiled with satisfaction.

Let her go back first; the child can stay here.

As more and more winter melons were purchased, the production volume also increased.

It's clear that relying solely on Liu Yingying, Zhao Di, and Lin Cuicui isn't enough manpower.

She needs to think about hiring a few more people to help...

That day, Liu Yingying had just finished cooking a pot of winter melon candy when she heard Zhao Di calling her from outside.

"Liu Niang, Aunt Zou and Aunt Luo are here!"

"Okay, get them some chairs to sit on, I'll be right out!"

Liu Yingying took off her apron, washed her hands, and quickly went out to greet them with a smile.

"Hey! Sister Zou, Sister Li, and Sister Xi, what brings you all here?"

Sister Zou laughed heartily as she spoke, "I heard from Ximei that your business is booming lately. We also happen to have some winter melons stored up at home, so we wanted to ask if you're still buying them?"

"It's okay if you don't accept it; just consider it an excuse for coming to visit you!"

Sister Zou is a straightforward person. Although her own life was also difficult, she was unwilling to make things difficult for Liu Yingying.

They originally lived far away and didn't know about this; it was Luo Ximei who told them.

Luojia Village is not far from Taoyuan Village.

Seeing that the people here were living a good life, I inquired and found out what was going on.

But she was too embarrassed to approach Liu Yingying alone, so she asked Sister Zou and Sister Li to come along...

"Of course we'll accept it!" Liu Yingying stepped forward and warmly grasped Sister Zou's hand; "I was planning to go find you if you hadn't come to me..."

She hasn't kept the fact that she's been making money by making candied winter melon from Sister Zou and the others.

"At first, my business wasn't very stable, so I didn't feel comfortable asking you guys to come and help me. Now that it's basically stable, I was thinking of asking if you'd like to come and help me out?"

As she spoke, Liu Yingying led them on a tour of the cellar where winter melons were stored.

"As you can see, not only is the production volume enormous, but I also have to take the finished candies to the city to sell. These past few days, my back has been so sore I haven't been able to stand up straight..."

"So...how do you want us to help you?"

When Sister Zou saw that she was even thinner than last time, she worried that she was really exhausted.

Liu Yingying: "How about this, you can send me whatever stock you have on hand right now, just like everyone else, one coin per pound."

"Besides that, as I just said, there's more and more work, and I can't handle it all by myself. If you're willing to come and help, I'll pay you two coins a day, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, Sister Zou and the others' eyes lit up immediately, and they agreed without hesitation!

Since we can't do any work in the fields anyway, and we're struggling to make ends meet, I might as well help out at Liu Yingying's place.

Moreover, there was a daily wage of two coins, which would amount to sixty coins per month.

The children's food supply is now secured...

With the help of several more people, Liu Yingying was finally able to relax a lot.

After that, apart from adding white sugar during the process of boiling winter melon candy, all other processes were handled by Sister Zou and others.

Many people actually had reservations about Liu Yingying's preference for hiring people from other villages rather than using people from her own village.

But they only dared to secretly complain in private.

Ma Qiumei seized every opportunity to criticize Lü Sufeng.

"Hey, look at this, someone even had their kneecaps removed, and still didn't get a single bone!"

She was implying that Lu Sufeng had tried so hard to please Liu Yingying, but in the end, Liu Yingying preferred to find outsiders to help with the work, and she didn't get a chance!