But no sooner had he finished speaking than...

Liu Yingying took out twenty-five taels of silver and thirteen strings of copper coins from her cloth bag and placed them on the table.

"Uncle Zhao, is this enough for you?"

Zhao Lizheng was dumbfounded at that moment, and it took him a while to come to his senses. "Enough! Enough!"

"Wait here, I'll get you the land deed right now!"

I had heard that Liu had recently received a reward from the county magistrate and had also made a fortune selling winter melon candy.

But he never expected that Liu Shi was now so rich that she could take out dozens of taels of silver without batting an eye!

You should know that a family of six in the countryside only needs about ten taels of silver a year to live on!

When Liu Yingying returned from Zhao Family Village, it was already quite late.

I happened to run into Lü Sufen again at the village entrance.

"Sister-in-law, where have you been all this way?" Lu Sufen greeted her warmly.

"Su-Fen, I also have something I want to discuss with you..."

Now that Liu Yingying has bought so much land, she can't farm it herself. It would be too slow for Lin Desheng to do it all by himself.

We still need to hire a few more people to manage it.

"Oh, is that all? That's easy!" Lu Sufeng patted her chest and assured her, "Sister-in-law, leave this to me! I guarantee the people I find will be very capable!"

Liu Yingying nodded; "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you."

"By the way, if your Sanqiang is free for the time being, he can come and help me out!"

Upon hearing this, Lü Sufeng's smile widened even more; "Oh my, you're truly my wonderful sister-in-law! What good deeds did I do in my past life to be your sister-in-law... I'll go back right now and tell our Sanqiang this good news..."

Upon hearing the news, Zhu Sanqiang could not hide the joy on his face.

Unlike his elder brother, he was not good at studying and could not pass the imperial examinations.

Unlike his second brother, who had a skill and could supplement his family's income by doing odd jobs during the off-season, he didn't have any.

Before the eldest brother, Zhu Xiucai, got into trouble, his family was the poorest of the three brothers...

Thinking of this, Zhu Sanqiang couldn't help but sigh, "Ah, my sister-in-law is such a kind and generous person. We used to bully her like that, but even now she can repay evil with kindness and help our family out!"

At the same time, Zhu Sanqiang felt in his heart that he had married a good wife.

Otherwise, just look at what happened to the second son.

His wife, Ma Qiumei, offended his sister-in-law and is currently imprisoned.

A while ago, Zhu Erqiang's leg was broken by bandits, and he is currently recuperating at home.

Unable to go out to work, and with two mouths to feed at home...

Just thinking about those days makes me feel like I can't live like that!

The next morning, Zhu Sanqiang brought Zhu Fugui and Zhu Xing from the same village to Liu Yingying's house.

"Sister-in-law, Fugui and Xinglai grew up with me since they were little. They're hardworking and quick. Do you think we could keep them?" Zhu Sanqiang looked at her with hopeful eyes.

Before he arrived, he assured his two childhood friends that he could definitely get their sister-in-law to keep them working...

Liu Yingying sized up the two men. They were of medium build, with dark skin and calloused hands, clearly people who had worked hard for many years.

Actually, she did have quite a few impressions of the two of them.

Zhu Fugui and Zhu Xinglai are cousins ​​with similar fates. Both lost their parents at a young age and grew up with their grandparents.

They are now all thirty years old, and their grandparents are quite old.

Because of poverty, he has been unable to get married...

However, these two are indeed hardworking, so keeping them is not a problem.

"Okay, let's go with the two of them!"

"Take them to the fields and find Lin Desheng, then have him assign you tasks..."

Lin Desheng was a steady and reliable person. Liu Yingying, who had more and more things to do, simply handed over all her farmland to Lin Desheng to manage...

The next day, Liu Yingying packed several bags of sweet potato fries and potato chips and boarded an oxcart to go to Furong County.

It's been a while since I last delivered goods to the Longfeng Theater in the county town. I wonder if Bai Mudan is unhappy with me.

However, there was only so much candied winter melon available, and there was nothing she could do about it...

Theaters are closed during the day and only open after dark.

Therefore, when Liu Yingying arrived, the Dragon and Phoenix Theater was the same as last time.

There was only a servant boy sweeping and a maid serving tea, and Bai Mudan rehearsing on the stage.

She still didn't disturb Bai Mudan, but quietly found a seat and sat down to enjoy the performance of "The Romance of the Western Chamber" on stage.

Only after Bai Mudan finished singing did she stand up, clap her hands, and cheer.

When Bai Mudan saw her arrive, she made no attempt to hide her joy and immediately stepped off the stage to take her hand.

"Yingying, it's been quite a while since you last came to visit. I was worried you'd forgotten about me now that you've found someone new..."

Tsk, that's quite an ambiguous statement. Even a modern soul like Liu Yingying couldn't help but blush upon hearing it.

"Mr. Bai, you're joking. Something really came up the other day, which is why I haven't been able to come here... By the way, have you sold out of that batch of winter melon candy you sent last time?"

"Sold out, sold out a long time ago! If you hadn't come soon, I would have run out of snacks... By the way, how much did you bring me today?" Bai Mudan asked curiously.

"It's like this..." Liu Yingying told her that the winter melon candy was temporarily out of stock, and then recommended sweet potato fries and potato chips to her.

"Boss Bai, you should try this! The taste of these sweet potato fries and chips is even better than the candied winter melon!"

Liu Yingying is very confident about this!

"Okay, I'll try it first!" Bai Mudan wasn't angry at all. Instead, she picked up a sweet potato fry and took a slow, deliberate bite.

Their eyes lit up immediately!

"Mmm, delicious! It's really delicious!"

Then she grabbed some sweet potato chips and started eating them, and once she started, she couldn't stop...

The final result was exactly as Liu Yingying had expected.

Bai Mudan happily signed the cooperation agreement with her and promised that her Dragon and Phoenix Theater would accept all the snacks and treats produced by Liu Yingying.

As agreed, Liu Yingying will deliver all the existing sweet potato fries and potato chips tomorrow morning.

Bai Mudan has already paid half of the deposit.

No sooner had Liu Yingying left than Ye Qingyuan arrived at her door.

Just like last time, Ye Qingyuan noticed the unfinished cup of tea on the table as soon as he entered, and a strange light appeared in his eyes.

"Li Zhu, do you have guests?" It seems that on the last two times he came, someone got there before him.

Bai Mudan smiled and invited him to sit down; "Oh, you've come at a really bad time. Yingying just left, otherwise I would have liked to introduce you two."

The Ye family is a prominent family in Furong County, and their business has expanded to neighboring prefectures and counties. They own many snack shops.

Bai Mudan thought it would be good to introduce Ye Qingyuan to Liu Yingying, so that she could have more opportunities to expand her business...