Mu Lianrong's face fell: "What, good luck isn't enough? Do you want your little sister to have trouble even drinking cold water? It would be better if she ran into a tiger and got into some trouble."
Xiao Yunbo shrank his neck: "I didn't say that."
Xiao Yunying said, "I guess God is compensating me for all the suffering I've endured before. He's made me smarter and my luck has improved too."
She truly believed that God was compensating her for being frail and sickly in her previous life, and for being struck by lightning.
Otherwise, it's impossible to explain why the supermarket would follow her here, and why she could be reborn in this world after being struck by lightning and killed.
"Little sister, don't forget your second brother when you become rich and powerful in the future."
"Second brother, we are family. Don't worry, I will never forget you when I become rich. Follow your sister and you'll have plenty to eat."
The family finished their meal chatting and laughing. Afterwards, everyone else cleaned up the table and went about their own business, while Xiao Yunying showed the blueprints to her father.
Xiao Shanhai said, "Building a greenhouse is not difficult. It just needs to be able to support a certain weight of tarpaulin. It's not a delicate job. We'll find people ourselves and won't need the craftsmen from the next village."
Xiao Yunying said, "Father, can I leave it to you? Help me find people, and compare them with the craftsmen from the next village. Don't set the wages too low. Although it doesn't require much skill, it's all physical labor. Set the wages at forty coins a day, without meals. Find as many people as possible and try to finish the job at the same time as the new house."
Xiao Shanhai put away the blueprints: "Alright, give them to your father. I'll find someone for you now."
After explaining the situation regarding the vegetable greenhouse, Xiao Yunying returned to her room and started moving vegetable seeds out of the supermarket.
She needs to produce a batch first, and then produce another batch after the update, so as not to run out later.
Xiao Yunying took out all the seeds and put them into the box, then closed the box.
"I need to buy a few more cloth bags. Using oil paper to wrap them is such a waste of oil paper and such a hassle."
With nothing to do in the afternoon, she secretly took two steamed buns and led the children to the river to catch fish with baskets.
She didn't dare tell her mother that she was going to the river. Ever since she fell into the water and got sick, her mother wouldn't even let her do laundry.
As evening approached, she and her children took the carp home, releasing the smaller ones and keeping only the five larger ones.
As expected, everyone was scolded by Mu Lianrong, from the oldest to the youngest, with Xiao Yunying being scolded the most severely.
"Mom, I have to start taking medicine again tomorrow, and I can't eat fish. I was just thinking of having a little something to eat today."
Mu Lianrong's expression softened: "From now on, if you want to eat fish, you're not allowed to go yourself. Let your older brothers catch them."
"Yes, Mother."
Xiao Yunying ultimately escaped disaster by feigning pitifulness and made braised carp for her family as an extra dish.
The next day, early morning.
Xiao Yunying got up early. Today she was going to go into town with Old Zhang's oxcart to exchange the silver notes for loose silver and copper coins, and then go to the blacksmith's shop to order various pots and stoves.
Mu Lianrong got up even earlier than her and made her egg pancakes and cooked millet porridge.
Xiao Yunying patted her belly after eating and drinking her fill: "Mother, I'm full, I'm going now."
"Go ahead, but take it slow."
"Okay."
With the new little basket her father had woven for her on her back and a bag of hawthorns in hand, Xiao Yunying went to the village entrance and boarded the oxcart.
This time, no one deliberately caused trouble while she was riding in the oxcart. Many people spoke to her kindly, and most were curious, asking her how she had encountered the giant insect.
Some people even asked her why her cooking was so delicious, saying that the aroma wafting from her family's courtyard every day made them want to eat an extra bowl of rice.
Xiao Yunying said whatever came to mind.
Of course, some people mingled among them, trying to find out the location of the snow fungus and how much silver the tiger had sold for, but Xiao Yunying pretended not to hear them.
Upon reaching the city gate, Xiao Yunying alighted from the oxcart: "Uncle Zhang, I'll buy the meat myself today, so you won't have to make the trip again."
"Okay, go ahead."
She went straight to Tonghe Money Exchange after entering the city; she wanted to get down to business first.
The money shops here are not modern banks that offer interest. When you exchange silver for copper coins at a money shop, a fire loss fee will be deducted. You will also be charged a certain storage fee when using the money shop's banknotes.
Charging one tael for every hundred taels is neither high nor low. For wealthy families who can afford to store silver notes, this storage fee is nothing.
After all, no one would carry tens or hundreds of kilograms of silver on the street; nothing beats the ease of banknotes.
He generously produced a 100-tael silver note: "Shopkeeper, exchange it for 10 ingots of 5 taels of silver, 20 taels of loose silver, and the rest for copper coins."
The large amount of copper coins were rarely counted one by one; they were weighed instead. After verifying the authenticity of the silver notes, the shopkeeper invited Xiao Yunying to the back room and weighed the loose silver and copper coins in front of her.
The shopkeeper explained in detail how to calculate the weight of copper coins, and worried that she might not understand, so he asked her again after he finished speaking.
Xiao Yunying calculated in her mind that even if there was a mistake, it would only be a few copper coins at most: "Thank you, shopkeeper. Could you help me find a burlap sack to put it in?"
"Please wait a moment, young lady."
Xiao Yunying put the sack containing copper coins and silver into her basket, covered it with a cloth, and put it in the supermarket after leaving the money shop.
"I miss paper money; copper coins were too heavy."
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