"Xiaoli, what do you think of this house?"
Xiao Li nodded, "That's good. Let's use the remaining money to treat the village aunties to a nice meal as a housewarming feast."
The village chief had just given her the remaining silver, which she could use as a reward.
The village chief quickly made arrangements, and everyone in the village came to have a big meal, except for Ye Shiqing's family.
Xiao Li didn't mind. If they didn't come, they didn't come. She hadn't planned to invite them anyway.
Xiao Li then asked the village chief to arrange for several strong laborers to put up fences in front of and behind the house, dividing it into a front yard and a back yard.
Then she turned over the soil again and planted all sorts of flowers and saplings that she had bought from outside and smuggled out of her space.
She even had two mature fruit trees dug up from the mountain and planted in the front yard so that they could have fresh fruit to eat soon.
A well was dug in the backyard, where only some vegetables and scallions were planted, making it convenient for daily use.
A month later, the new home finally took shape, with complete furniture and a warm and elegant decor.
The brand-new wooden house exudes the natural texture of its original color. In front of the house is a yard with a marble-paved path. The house is surrounded by a green fence covered with thorny vines, some of which are blooming with unknown wildflowers.
Two fruit trees in full bloom stood in the yard, their petals scattered on the ground, and various colorful flowers were planted not far away.
Xiao Li took out a recliner and dozed off in the spring sunshine; her life as a freeloader was too blissful.
The villagers were speechless as they looked at Xiaoli's new home.
"It really is the place where fairies live, it's just different."
"Yes, this is obviously not a place for ordinary people to live in. Xiao Li is indeed a fairy."
"The Ye family has suffered a huge loss. If they had treated Xiaoli well, wouldn't this house be theirs by now?"
"That's right, I wonder if Scholar Ye is envious."
"Let's go, let's go. The village chief said we can't spread the word that there's a fairy in our village, or we'll lose all the benefits."
Xiao Li was quite surprised by this. She didn't expect the village chief to be so farsighted. This was good, as it saved her a lot of trouble.
Xiao Li, remembering the original owner's wishes, wanted to live her own life.
She searched through the original owner's memories and found that she didn't have any skills.
Because her family was relatively well-off, the original owner never did farm work; she just helped her mother take care of her younger siblings and did housework.
If I had to pinpoint her special talents, it would be that she's quite adept at laundry and housework, and she cooks well.
Ke Xiaoli was a cook for her entire life in her previous life, and she doesn't really want to be a cook anymore in this life.
Suddenly, she smelled a faint fragrance coming from the courtyard; it was... the scent of orchids.
She had just transplanted a few orchids from her online space a few days ago, and they have now bloomed, emitting a unique fragrance under the sunlight.
"I've got it! Besides doing housework and cooking, the original owner also really loved flowers."
The phantom flew around in the courtyard, invisible to everyone else.
"Master, look how much prettier our yard is! Look how many more flowers I've planted."
Xiao Li looked around and saw roses, orchids, lilies, lilacs, rosemary, jasmine...
There are so many kinds.
"I understand. We can make rouge and essential oils."
Xiao Li's eyes lit up. She knew what to do. In ancient times, rouge and face powder were extremely profitable.
Most importantly, she knows how to refine pills, and doing these things is similar to the process of refining pills and extracting essence, and is even simpler.
Xiao Li also let Xiao Jiu out to help.
"Xiao Jiu, hurry up and ripen them, pick all the flowers."
"Alright, watch this."
With a single spell, Xiao Jiu caused all the flowers to bloom. After collecting the petals, new buds sprouted.
Xiao Li took the flower petals back to her space; she wanted to study them in the Pill Hall.
Refining, purifying, extracting...
Fortunately, after several failures, I finally succeeded.
A whole bucket of flower petals yielded only a small bottle of essential oil.
Xiao Li took out a drop and applied it to her hands, and immediately the fragrance filled the air.
"Tongzi, quickly bring out the formulas for rouge and face powder, let's study them."
123 cheerfully replied, "Yes, ma'am!"
Xiao Li was busy for another month, and finally she made several different flavors and effects: face powder, rouge, face cream, and lip balm.
Xiao Li went to find the village chief again.
"Xiao Li, is there anything you need from me?"
The village chief rubbed his hands together, looking expectant.
"Here's the thing, I've created a new kind of rouge, which requires a lot of flowers, and I want to get everyone in the village involved in growing them."
"Once the flowers bloom, pick them all and bring them to me. I'll offer a price to buy them."
The village chief was overjoyed; he never expected such a good thing to happen.
If you were to ask what the village has the most of, it would undoubtedly be land—various types of wasteland and mountainous areas. You can acquire a lot of vacant land by paying very little tax.
Growing flowers doesn't require fertile land, it couldn't be better.
"This is wonderful news! On behalf of the villagers, I thank you. Xiaoli, you are truly a lucky star for our village."
Xiao Li waved her hand, "Let's not talk about anything else. This is also a source of income. Everyone works hard, and I pay them wages. It's fair."
The village chief thanked her profusely and saw Xiaoli off before convening a meeting of the clan elders.
A few days later, the whole village agreed to pool their money and contract the wasteland behind the mountain to grow flowers.
Ye Shiqing was excluded, as everyone knew that Xiao Li didn't want to associate with them, so they weren't included.
Ye Shiqing was arrogant. His family could live well with their ancestral property, so he didn't bother with growing flowers at all.
Even in the dead of night, he still felt a sense of loss.
Ye Li secretly visited Xiao Li a few times, but Xiao Li ignored her. Although Ye Li was not the one who caused the original owner's death, her inaction still broke the original owner's heart.
"Big sister..."
Xiao Li was sunbathing in the yard when she saw three children outside the fence gate.
Ye Xiaomeng was twelve years old at this time. She was old enough to understand what her father had been doing recently. At this moment, she was looking at Xiaoli anxiously outside the door.
Xiao Li thought for a moment and then let them in.
Ye Xianwen and Ye Xiaohui were twins, and at this time they were even younger, only five years old.
"Why are you here? Do your parents know?"
Ye Xiaomeng shook her head, "Father wouldn't let us come, and Mother didn't know either."
Xiao Li asked them to sit down and gave them some fruit.
"Don't call me 'elder sister' anymore. I have nothing to do with your family anymore."
Ye Xiaomeng burst into tears, "Big sister, don't you want us anymore? I know what Dad did was awful, but I really miss you so much!"
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