The Kaiyuan County government had money now, so it built flat roads directly to the fields and even to the doorsteps of every villager's home.

With the rapid increase of floating population in Kaiyuan County, the economy of Kaiyuan County has also been boosted. Farmers no longer have to worry about selling the grains and vegetables they grow. Whether they are working in water and electricity, building roads, or selling houses, they all find it easy to make money.

Everyone has money and everyone is willing to spend, which has greatly promoted the virtuous cycle of Kaiyuan County's finances.

One year, a newspaper in the provincial capital mentioned that Kaiyuan City provided 20% of the province's fiscal revenue in a certain year.

This shows how powerful these minerals are in Kaiyuan County.

After Li Yutong separated from He Zixuan, she went to find her grandmother Chen Xiaoying and told her about this matter.

"Xiaoyu, what do you mean? Do you want to continue buying shops?" Chen Xiaoying asked.

Li Yutong shook her head: "Milk, the meat is too fat, if you can't keep it, it will easily bring disaster."

Chen Xiaoying couldn't help but get nervous: "Who is plotting against us?"

"No." Li Yutong said hurriedly, "It's just that I don't have it now, but I can't guarantee that I will have it in the future. I have thought it through. With the money I earn in the future, we will invest in real estate. Houses and shops are the foundation. Grandma, I can't bear for you to get up at five o'clock every morning. When you get older, your body will be damaged."

"We make money to make our lives comfortable, not to make us tired. How much money is considered a good one?"

Chen Xiaoying also understood this logic. After thinking about it carefully, she had realized her wish. She had built houses for her sons in the village and bought a house in the county. Even if they did not live up to their expectations in the future, she could still afford the tuition for her grandchildren. As a mother, she had done her best for her children, and it was time for her to enjoy her own life.

"You're right. People say life is short. I'm already sixty years old. How many years do I have left to live? I've worked hard all my life. It's time for me to enjoy some leisure time."

She couldn't help but sigh. She didn't know much when she was young. She gave birth when she got pregnant, and continued to get pregnant. In total, she gave birth to seven children. She married a selfish and stupid man like Li Pingwang. She didn't take good care of herself during the confinement period, and she had to go through the hard work of farming and raising seven children. Her body had been ruined a long time ago.

The grandparents and grandson are open-minded. Since they don't want to continue to develop the business, they should at least raise an old hen to continue laying golden eggs. The hot pot ingredients are now selling very well. The factory has expanded five times compared to the beginning, and it has truly become a major signboard of Kaiyuan County.

They also want to continue their steamed bun business.

Compared to hot pot ingredients, Chen Xiaoying’s steamed buns are more famous, but because they are cooked food, it is more difficult to control the variety, and frozen food did not have a mature transportation chain in the early years, so they were temporarily shelved.

Now, Li Yutong has learned that a brand of frozen dumplings has begun to appear in supermarkets across the country and has gradually become famous. It is sold in supermarkets all over the country, which proves that the conditions for selling homemade buns and steamed dumplings are also available, such as the popularization of freezers.

Now, only a small number of families in Kaiyuan County can afford refrigerators.

"We can give it a try first." Secretary He thought about it carefully and felt that it could be tried. What if it works? Even if it doesn't, the cost of investment can be afforded.

Chen Xiaoying began to concentrate on studying frozen foods, and how to preserve the taste of foods such as buns and dumplings while freezing them.

The quality of freshly-made steamed buns and reheated buns from frozen are worlds apart.

Li Yutong received a call from her mother Liu Lanxiang: "The peppers are ripe. Your father and I are working in the fields all day long. We are so tired that we don't even have time to eat. You are doing nothing in the county and you don't even come back to help."

Li Yutong was somewhat helpless: "I have to run the store with my grandma."

"What are you looking at? Does your grandma need you to look at you? When you were in school, did your grandma ask you to look at you?" Liu Lanxiang scolded her angrily, not knowing whether she was angry or not.

Li Yutong's mood suddenly became bad. Once her biological mother Liu Lanxiang's negative emotions were vented, it was like an invisible hand covering her mouth and nose, making it impossible for her to breathe.

It goes without saying that it must be her father Li Hongwei who made her angry again.

Li Yutong couldn't help but think of her childhood. Her aunt Li Hongyan was eloquent and could deceive her father Li Hongwei. Whenever her mother expressed her dissatisfaction with her aunt Li Hongyan, her father Li Hongwei would lose his temper first.

Sometimes, they even resort to violence.

Her mother Liu Lanxiang could only cry sadly.

The table at home was overturned to the ground, and the dishes were broken all over the floor.

She and her sister Li Yuhan had seen such scenes too many times. In their previous lives, when they grew up, got married and had children of their own, they still could not escape such psychological shadows.

Her father is a typical male chauvinist. At home, his words are the final word and he has the final say.

No one can say no. Her mother Liu Lanxiang seems to be quick-witted and a tough person, but in fact, she dares not say anything once her father Li Hongwei glares at her. If she says one more word, he will get angry and even start to fight.

She grew up in such a family environment and has an inexplicable rejection and disgust towards men, but she is not afraid. If she meets such a man, the worst that can happen is that she will take out a kitchen knife, bring out a gasoline barrel, burn them all, and die together. She will not let him touch a hair on her head. As a human being, why am I lowly? Why should I ask you to hit me?

She didn't want to get married at that time, but if a woman didn't get married, she would have to face strange looks: Is she mentally ill or physically ill?

In her previous life, she married a man with a good temper. He really had a good temper and was not violent, but he would always make excuses and shirk responsibility when things got bad, which also made her feel suffocated.

"Mom, is there something wrong at home?" She took a deep breath silently, suppressed the depression in her heart, and asked calmly.

If she got as excited as her mother Liu Lanxiang when she lost control of her emotions, there would be a fight to the death, but there would be no result.

Liu Lanxiang's eyes seemed to turn red on the other end: "Anyway, you will know when you come back. Your father is going to piss me off to death. What's the point of me living? I might as well die."

Is it really that serious?

Li Yutong couldn't help but frowned. What could be the matter? "Okay, then I'll arrange the things in the store and go back tomorrow."

This was the season for harvesting peppers. Because they had signed a purchasing contract with the food factory and her parents liked farming, they rented a hundred acres of land in the village to grow peppers.

Since they have leased so much land, they have to hire people. Her parents are reluctant to do it. When they can do it themselves, they will do it themselves in the 34-degree heat with a wet towel on their heads. They will only hire people when they really can't do it.

Li Yutong didn't hide anything from her grandmother and told her grandmother.

Chen Xiaoying also felt something was wrong: "It's okay, go back and take a look first. If something is wrong, don't argue with your dad first. If he gets angry, he will beat you. Call me and I will go back to find him."

Li Yutong agreed and went back to arrange the hot pot restaurant matters. The next day, she returned to the village by herself.