It seems that Wangcai got along very well with her because she had taken him home to stay for a while before.
When she returned, Wangcai wagged its tail at her the most happily and followed her around all the time.
As they prepared to leave, Fugui and Jiutiao simply watched, while only Wangcai followed her to the carriage.
Studying medicine must be a very tedious experience, memorizing drug names and properties. With Wangcai by her side, Meng Chuying had a companion.
Cheng Qingyan also put Wangcai into the car. If Wangcai chooses to come back with the car on the way back, she will bring it back with her.
If you choose to stay there with Meng Chuying, then leave it with her to keep her company.
Ye Lingyu and Jiang Jiang naturally agreed, but this time Cheng Qingyan did not let Ye Lingyu and Jiang Jiang go with him.
The family plans to expand their yard and house; at the very least, they need to have stables and cattle sheds.
There are open spaces on both sides of their house, and a river behind it. As for expansion, she can build however she wants as long as she pays to buy the land.
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, she had already discussed the land purchase with the village chief. Ye Lingyu is now at home responsible for planning the location of the cowshed, stable, and new house.
Before she transmigrated, she never really thought money was anything special. Now she has to admit, being rich is really great.
With money, you can switch from an oxcart to a horse-drawn carriage, making travel much more comfortable.
She didn't stay at Ruan Banxia's house. When she returned, Wangcai was wagging its tail at Meng Chuying's feet.
Before the new house and stables and cowsheds had even started construction, Liu Baisheng sent someone to invite her, saying that he was already in the county town and asked Cheng Qingyan to handle Jiang Jiang's household registration.
This was a matter of utmost importance. After getting ready, she took Ye Lingyu and Jiang Jiang to the county town.
The county seat was many times larger than the town, and it was bustling with activity.
Several horse-drawn carriages could run side by side on the street, and the shops were very well-organized.
Liu Baisheng was staying with his housekeeper friend in the county town.
Since Cheng Qingyan was traveling with his wife and children and it wasn't convenient for him to go, they arranged to meet at an inn in the county town.
The inns in the county town are really expensive! It costs them one or two taels of silver for one night's stay.
When Liu Baisheng arrived, he invited the clerk in charge of household registration from the county government office.
"Brother Cheng, this is Manager Xu. We owe a lot to Manager Xu for helping with Jiang Jiang's niece's matter."
Cheng Qingyan bowed to Steward Xu and said, "Thank you, Steward Xu."
As agreed, when Cheng Qingyan greeted Steward Xu, he slipped him a one-hundred-tael silver note as a gift.
Manager Xu accepted the compliment with a smile, praising Cheng Qingyan as a promising young man and a sensible junior.
Cheng Qingyan's heart was bleeding. If it weren't for the strict household registration management in the Great Wei Dynasty, the 100 taels gift would be nothing but a pipe dream!
Once the money is paid, Jiangjiang can be taken to the county government office for registration the next day. Another one hundred taels will be paid to Steward Xu that day, and then some bribes will be given to the yamen runners. The household registration can be completed that same day.
Cheng Qingyan didn't want to delay this matter, fearing that things might change if she waited too long, so she made sure everything was in order.
From entering the county government office to completing the procedures and leaving, the entire process took less than an hour.
You see, wealthy people, in any era, have access to special VIP channels.
Jiang Jiang stared at a household registration certificate and said with dissatisfaction, "Father spent nearly three hundred taels of silver on just this one piece of paper! It seems like a rip-off!"
Cheng Qingyan laughed and scolded her: "Who is all this for? To let you stay here legally, you should give them at least three hundred taels, or even five hundred taels. After all, we don't call the shots in this world."
Jiang Jiang slammed her little hand on the table: "Then Father, you should become the emperor! From now on, whatever you say will be an imperial edict! Everyone will have to listen to you!"
Cheng Qingyan covered Jiang Jiang's mouth. This was no leaky cotton-padded jacket; it was a black-hearted cotton-padded jacket smeared with poison!
Ye Lingyu listened intently, but there was no sound.
She said seriously, "Jiangjiang, you can't talk about treason anymore, not even if we're the only ones here. Be careful, walls have ears, and loose lips sink ships."
Human hearts are the most treacherous. If Jiang Jiang's words are overheard by others, they could easily accuse him of a crime if he were to report it to the authorities.
Catching a traitor is such a great achievement! It won't be a problem that money can solve; it will also implicate relatives and friends.
Jiang Jiang's mouth was still covered, so she could only nod cautiously.
Cheng Qingyan released Jiang Jiang and patted her chest. This was truly terrible; it seemed her adopted daughter had a hundred ways to kill her.
After obtaining their household registration, Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu did not immediately return to Mengjia Village.
It takes almost a day to get from the county town to Mengjia Village. Since we're already here, we should definitely explore the area.
With everything settled and no worries on his mind, Cheng Qingyan took Ye Lingyu and Jiang Jiang to stroll around the streets of the county town the next day.
Jiang Jiang's foodie nature exploded, leaving Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu with no choice but to follow suit and buy, buy, buy.
This county town is at least a bustling place, and prices are higher than in the town, probably because its roads are wider.
A string of candied hawthorns costs three coins in town, but you can buy two strings for five coins.
In the county town, a string of them costs five coins.
The key point is that I couldn't taste any difference between the five-cent skewers and the two five-cent skewers.
Thinking about it this way, the candied hawthorn in my mouth suddenly tasted sour and wasn't sweet at all!
Vegetable prices in the city are almost half again as high as in the town, which is really outrageous.
No wonder Liu Baisheng once had the idea of buying vegetables from her and then reselling them to wealthy families in the city.
I also went to check out the soap shops in town; the soap shops and rouge shops were located together.
Most cosmetic shops also sell soap, as well as face powder; the cosmetic shops produce their own products.
Since they could make rouge, they naturally added some vanilla scent to their soap as well.
Cheng Qingyan's confidence was shattered after just one visit.
She does it as a hobby, while others do it professionally; she even printed her shop's name on soaps from Shanghai.
After leaving the rouge shop, Ye Lingyu noticed that she was in a low mood and comforted her.
"Ayan, don't be discouraged. Their soaps don't sell well. The production cost is high. When we went in, I observed that most people were looking at rouge and face powder. Only one or two customers were interested in their soaps, but in the end, none of them bought any."
"They sell a bar of soap for hundreds of coins; even wealthy people aren't stupid!"
Indeed, a bar of soap costing 100 coins is quite expensive.
The soaps she makes can be sold for a few or a dozen coins each, so she won't lose money.
She won on price.
Summoning her courage again, Cheng Qingyan made up her mind: "For now, we'll only sell in a few nearby towns. As for the big market in the city, let's leave it to the wealthy families."
She had originally planned to use the soap she brought to explore the city markets. Now, however, she was actually quite embarrassed to take it out.
Looking at the exquisite patterns on other people's hands, and then at the one in my hand, I only have a circle.
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