Jiang Yaoguang emerged from the alley and quickly caught up with the Song family's carriage.
As soon as he went up, Song Qi was full of impatience. "Why are you taking so long? I know you have important business to attend to, yet you're still so slow."
Jiang Yaoguang merely twitched the corner of his mouth and said gently, "The shop was crowded, so we had to wait in line for a while. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, brother."
As he spoke, he handed the pastries in his hand to Song Miaoyin.
Song Miaoyin happily accepted it, and with a smile, she grabbed Jiang Yaoguang's arm, "Don't mind him, my brother was just angry because of that scumbag couple. Brother Yaoguang is so good to me."
She had only casually mentioned that she was a little hungry, and Yaoguang immediately went to buy her some pastries. He was even more attentive to her than her brother and father.
Jiang Yaoguang smiled, reached out and patted Song Miaoyin's fluffy head, looking at her with doting eyes.
Song Miaoyin blushed instantly, lowered her head and sat to the side, carefully eating the pastry in her hand. Although the taste was just average, she felt very sweet inside.
Song Qi frowned as he watched the two's actions, then snorted coldly before looking at Jiang Yaoguang and asking curiously, "Why were you staring at that pair of adulterers when you left?"
He even looked incredulous, which was really strange.
Jiang Yaoguang was somewhat puzzled, and after a while, he said with understanding, "I just can't believe that anyone would treat the Song family like this."
Upon hearing this, Song Qi slightly raised his chin, his suspicion vanishing instantly, and said with displeasure, "That adulterous couple is doing business with Huichuntang."
Like the Song family, the Lin family had a large business and knew many influential people, so they naturally had no fear of the Song family.
If it weren't for the limited time today, he definitely wouldn't have let those two off easily. Even with that bastard from the Lin family protecting them, he wouldn't have let them off lightly.
Jiang Yaoguang's eyes flickered, and he asked with feigned curiosity, "Doing business?"
Huichuntang has recently become incredibly popular in Qingshui County and even Jincheng Prefecture, so he naturally knows how big the Lin family's business is and how wealthy they are.
After all, his initial target was the Lin family.
He couldn't believe how Jiang Yimian had gotten involved with Huichuntang and was even doing business with it.
Song Qi pursed his lips. He got angry at the mention of the Lin family and immediately stopped talking.
Song Miaoyin explained from the side, "That soap was provided by that woman."
Although the Song family's business was different from the Lin family's, they still had some understanding of the situation of various wealthy families in Qingshui County.
Ever since the soap became famous in Qingshui County, her father had someone investigate, only to find out that the soap was actually made by a peasant girl.
Jiang Yaoguang simply nodded calmly, but his heart was in turmoil. That idiot from the eldest son's family could make such a novel thing as soap, so he must have made a lot of money.
Simply having them shut up doesn't seem like a good deal!
If he could snatch this business, he wouldn't need to be a slave in the Song household.
*
A few days later, the people in the workshop gradually mastered how to make soap, and Wang Fengqin and the others no longer needed to come down the mountain to the workshop to help every day.
The day for raising the roof beam of the Jiang family's house has finally arrived.
Because of the tradition of scattering sugar during the roof-raising ceremony, Wang Fengqin prepared some candies and snacks well in advance, and even prepared some copper coins.
On this day, many people from the village came to the front of the Jiang family's mansion. Most of them were children from the village who came to snatch candy, while only a few adults came to join in the fun.
They thought it was just some sugar cubes being scattered, but who would have thought there would be copper coins to pick up? In no time, the area in front of the Jiang family's house was crowded with people scrambling to grab the copper coins.
Those who managed to grab the copper coins congratulated the Jiang family happily, while those who didn't get any received some candy or snacks and also offered their congratulations with smiles.
Wang Fengqin responded with a smile, her face beaming with joy.
Wen Shi naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity. After a scramble in the crowd, she actually managed to grab a dozen or so copper coins. Her face was full of wrinkles with joy as she congratulated her with a beaming smile: "Jiang girl, congratulations! This big house will be finished soon. When your family moves in, you must visit us more often."
As he spoke, he was about to step forward and pull the person away.
Jiang Yimian merely glanced at her, withdrew her hand, and said nothing more.
Wen gave a wry smile, glanced at the mansion, and looked at it with a mixture of envy and regret in her eyes.
This house will probably be finished in a few days. By then, her husband won't have any work to do. He certainly won't earn as much as he would helping out at the Jiang family's place.
Thinking about it, she leaned closer and said with a smile, "Jiang girl, do you need any help at your workshop? I'm willing to do odd jobs or anything. I just want to earn some copper coins. I'm not asking around."
The thought that Liu didn't have to worry about whether her husband had any work to do, and that she herself received a fixed thirty coins every day, made her insanely jealous.
She tried every means to get into the workshop, but the women there were very wary of her, and she never managed to step inside except for the day she applied for the job.
Jiang Yimian simply said, "We're not hiring for the time being."
But Wen persisted, asking, "How's your food business? It's not enough with just Zhang and his wife helping, is it? I'll come too."
She considered herself better than Xiao Zhangshi, who had a big mouth, and she was more efficient in her work, so she was definitely more worthwhile than Xiao Zhangshi.
Jiang Yimian frowned, about to shoo the person away, when she heard Li Yishi exclaim dramatically, "Mrs. Wen, why are you still joining in the fun? I just heard Old Mrs. Sun calling you at the door, and she seemed angry."
Startled, Ms. Wen immediately abandoned any further conversation with Jiang Yimian and ran away.
She ran away to avoid work; if she doesn't go back soon, her mother-in-law will definitely scold her to death.
Seeing that Wen had left, Jiang Yimian smiled and looked at the village chief, "Thank you, village chief."
Li Yishi simply waved his hand. He had indeed heard Grandma Sun shouting for people at the door, and he wasn't lying.
He smiled and offered a few more words of congratulations before hesitatingly saying, "Jiang girl, there's something I'd like to ask you for help with."
Jiang Yimian simply said, "Village Chief, please speak. If I can help, I certainly will."
Li Yishi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Jiang girl, you know that Qingshi Village has little good land and a lot of wasteland. The grain that each family grows is not enough to eat, let alone exchange for money."
I wanted to take advantage of the fact that it's not yet the busy farming season and have the villagers cultivate the more than 100 acres of wasteland in the west and end of the village to grow grain, so that every household could receive some grain by the end of the year.
The problem is, I don't know how to get the villagers to agree to help us clear the land.
He originally thought that as long as the grain could be distributed at the end of the year, the villagers would agree, but when he tentatively asked a few households, they all refused.
Feeling a bit lost and unsure of what to do, I thought I'd ask Jiang Yatou for advice.
Jiang Yimian glanced at Li Yishi in surprise, then understood.
If Li Yishi weren't a good village chief, why would he use his own grain to subsidize Zhang Xiucai and the mute woman?
The method they came up with is actually quite good, but not only is land reclamation difficult, it's also uncertain how much grain can be harvested in the end, so it's understandable that the villagers refused.
Another important reason is that grain prices are not high, especially when rice shops come to buy it. Not only are their conditions harsh, but they also drive the price down very low.
Most of them will rot in your hands, and in the end, you'll actually lose money. The villagers aren't stupid; they'd rather guard their small plot of land than suffer losses from working hard.
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