On New Year's Eve, all of Yue Jiuyue's shops closed down, her soap workshop stopped operating, and her servants who had family members still alive and wanted to go home were given the holiday. She also distributed a lot of New Year's gifts to them. After all, she had hoped that her year-end bonus would be generous, and now that it was her turn to give it to others, she naturally wanted to fulfill her little wish.
Only a few servants in the household returned home, and they were all gentle-natured. Their parents had instilled in them the idea of favoring sons over daughters since they were young. Even though they were sold to the brokerage firm, they still couldn't bear to leave their families behind. They were reluctant to spend their wages and saved them up so that they could give them to their families when they returned home.
Yue Jiuyue didn't care about any of that. As long as they didn't interfere with their work and their families didn't cause trouble, she didn't care what they did. She wouldn't try to instill any ideas about gender equality in them. Times had changed, and she didn't want to make a fuss. The most Yue Jiuyue could do for the villagers was to be able to get the children in the village to come and learn to read, write, and do needlework together.
Of course, if the village has better conditions and can build its own private school, or if everyone pools their money to build one, then they can hire professional teachers and embroiderers to teach the children.
Yue Jiuyue never intended to take on all the changes in the village. She hates trouble the most, so she was afraid that if she set up the private school well, but something went wrong, who else could take the blame but her? So she could participate, but she wouldn't take on everything. That way, if something happened in the future, they wouldn't come looking for her, and she would still gain a good reputation, which was good enough.
In the afternoon, before dark, the three Lin brothers, along with the male elders, peers, and younger generations in the village, went to the ancestral burial place of Linjiagou Village to pay respects to their ancestors. Afterward, they returned to their respective homes, where New Year's Eve dinners had already been prepared. This year, every household had made a little money, and the New Year's Eve dinners were much more sumptuous than in previous years.
Yue Jiuyue's family's New Year's Eve dinner was naturally exceptional. In fact, because there were many people in the family, the food was more abundant than ever before. Eighteen dishes filled two tables, but the amount of food on the plates was not as much as usual. The seven family members couldn't finish it all, but they were still stuffed.
"Mother, you should go back and rest early. The three of us brothers will stay up tonight to celebrate the New Year."
Lin Chaodong looked at Yue Jiuyue, then at his two children, and dutifully offered to help Yue Jiuyue back into the house.
"No need for your help, I'll walk by myself."
She's not useless, so why would she need help walking? He's so attentive now, but I wonder if he'll still be so filial when she gets old and can't walk anymore.
Of course, she was just thinking about it. Who could predict what would happen in the future? She calmed down and felt that living to be a hundred years old was a bit of a stretch, but living to be seventy or eighty years old shouldn't be a problem.
After all, she had worked so hard to build this business empire; she couldn't just let it all disappear before she could even enjoy it properly, could she? That would be such a huge loss for her!
It's impossible for the god of time travel to send her to this fictional ancient world that doesn't exist in history, just so that she can contribute high-yield grains and warm cotton so that Linjiagou Village can become rich together, and then her mission is considered complete and she can retire gracefully.
She wouldn't have it!
In any case, she will only be willing to reincarnate after she has enjoyed this blessing for a while.
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