"Buy two people?" Su Jiaoniang nodded.

Then let's buy it!

My son is right; not every lonely elderly person is like Grandma Fang.

The story of the farmer and the snake has happened far too many times.

If you still don't learn from your mistakes, then there's no point in trying to learn them at all.

They took the Buddha statue with them to the girl's house.

Su Jiaoniang took in two elderly couples. Their child had gone to war and died on the battlefield. His wife ran away, leaving behind only a little granddaughter who was sick. In order to treat their granddaughter's illness, the elderly couple decided to sell themselves to try their luck.

They're all quite old; they've long since stopped caring about the traditional social hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants.

As long as the child can take medicine and survive, that's all that matters.

Su Jiaoniang bought the child and moved the sick little girl to the orphanage. Of course, most headaches and fevers are contagious. The old couple shared a room with their granddaughter. They could only truly live and play together after the child recovered.

Grandma Fang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there were two more elderly men and women in the yard.

Her old arms almost gave way.

Taking care of children is really exhausting.

Now that two people have come, things should be much easier.

Grandma Fang rubbed her old arm.

Looking at Su Jiaoniang with gratitude in her eyes, Su Jiaoniang smiled faintly.

Fortunately, she quickly found someone to help; otherwise, both Xiaoya and Grandma Fang would have been exhausted.

Taking care of children is never an easy task.

Su Jiaoniang took out a persimmon wrapped in yellow paper from her pocket and handed it to Hu Niu: "Try it!"

The little girl has worked so hard, she deserves some reward.

Su Jiaoniang watched Hu Niu munching on a persimmon cake and a smile appeared on her face.

I wonder how the persimmon business in the provincial capital is doing. Will Lu Dahai be able to sell his stuff?

Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Su Jiaoniang listened to the baby crying in the courtyard and began to feel grateful that the courtyard she had bought was big enough.

only……

Looking at the few collapsed huts next to us, they need to be repaired. When the children grow up, even if ten people live in one room, the existing rooms won't be enough.

Expansion is inevitable.

Expanding a small courtyard in the county town is not something that can be done with just a few dozen taels of silver.

Su Jiaoniang touched her purse. She had been working very hard to earn money, but why couldn't she keep up with how much she spent?

Sure enough, when you're out and about, even breathing costs money.

Make money!

The hot pot restaurant can now open its branch.

With these thoughts in mind, Su Jiaoniang quickly settled things at the orphanage, left the orphanage, and began planning how to make money.

She still had extra chili peppers in her hand.

If Lu Dahai returns from the provincial capital with good news, she will go there to oversee the branch shops until the business stabilizes before returning.

Xiao Ya and Fu Tu, of course, should be taken along as well.

Old Su, the scholar, was put in charge of guarding the house.

With the help of Old Man Guo and the Xie family, Old Scholar Su probably won't have a too miserable life.

With that in mind, I put my project proposal away.

Early the next morning.

Qin Jiaojiao stretched her body to make sure she had recovered well.

Then he walked towards the courtyard and told Futu Xiaoya about his plan to expand his business in the provincial capital and find ways to make money.

The little girl happily raised her hand, wanting to go along.

However……

Futu reached out and pulled the little girl's hand down from where it was raised high.

“Mother, Mr. Feng just arrived home and hasn’t gotten to know Xiaoya yet. If Xiaoya leaves, there will be some bad consequences. Besides, you’re going to do business, not take care of the child. If Xiaoya goes with you, she probably won’t have much time to write, read, paint, or play the piano. In the future, she’ll be good for nothing but accounting.”

"..." Xiao Ya's eyes turned red when she heard Fu Tu's words.

She looked at Su Jiaoniang pitifully.

"Mother, I'm not going either. There are many things here that can only continue if I'm there." Especially the black pills that make money.

Fu Tu didn't understand either. In his previous life, he was just a eunuch. He was extremely annoyed by aphrodisiacs and wanted to kill people every time he heard about them. How did he manage to create aphrodisiacs in this life?

He even became a big shot in the pharmaceutical industry.

In fact, the expenses of the Black-Clad Guards were all earned from his little pills.

That father is unreliable; he actually cut off the expenses of the Black-Clad Guards here.

Thinking of Lu Wujiu, a fighting spirit flashed in Futu's eyes.

"Aren't any of you going?" Su Jiaoniang asked, puzzled.

Xiao Ya stood up, wanting to continue expressing her thoughts, but was once again ruthlessly suppressed by Fu Tu.

The provincial capital is larger than Lucheng, and has more intertwined forces. The Cai family hasn't completely fallen apart yet, so they might still have connections there. If they go there, their mother could protect them personally, but if they bring Xiaoya along, wouldn't that be carrying a glaring weakness?

Especially the hot pot restaurant, which is so famous.

As soon as Mother opens the shop, the people there will know that Mother has arrived.

What welcomed her was certainly not money or shops.

Fu Tu looked at Su Jiao Niang: "Why don't you wait a little longer, and go when the time is right?"

"Time waits for no one." Madam Feng has already opened a cake shop in the provincial capital and is making a considerable profit.

She can wait, but... the orphanage can't wait!

The children in the orphanage are so kind-hearted, or perhaps they've been taught very well. When they see a weak and helpless beggar, or when they occasionally go to the orphanage and see someone leaving their child there, they quickly take them home.

It was still quite cold in winter, and the babies were abandoned in the ravines, some of them even sick.

This would result in even greater costs.

She knew that saving lives required acting within her capabilities.

The children in the orphanage also know.

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