Upon hearing this, Zhiyin's expression faltered slightly for a moment, clearly surprised. Looking at the clean street, she couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Is this the benefit of exchanging sincerity for sincerity?
That's not bad!
Zhiyin wandered around the county again, looking for a suitable storefront, but unfortunately, she couldn't find a shop that was both spacious and bright enough to satisfy her.
"Uncle Da Chuan, when you have free time, take a walk around the area. If you see any shops that are about the same size as ours, please keep an eye out for them for me."
Wang Dachuan was taken aback for a moment, but didn't ask any further questions. He immediately nodded, "Okay, don't worry, boss!"
After leaving the dry pot restaurant, Zhiyin thought for a moment and then spent about 5 taels of silver to buy many round boxes, oil containers, jars, cans, and large glass bottles in the county to store various kinds of pickled chili peppers, dried chili peppers, fermented chili peppers, chili powder of various flavors, as well as tools, etc.
Listening to the pleasant clinking of bottles and jars in the mule cart, Zhiyin thought for a moment, then bought a map and left all the bottles and jars at home in the mule cart.
"Yinyin, be careful, be careful! Why did you buy so much stuff? Isn't that too much?"
Yao Yulin and Zhiyin quickly and carefully carried the jars home.
“It’s useful. If you’re worried about not having enough, just buy more and keep some.”
Zhiyin wiped the sweat from her brow and explained with a smile.
After finishing everything and resting enough, Zhiyin saw that it was still quite early, so without lingering, she immediately prepared to go to several nearby villages to collect various kinds of chili peppers.
There are more than a dozen villages in Xinghe County. Some of these villages are quite remote and scattered, making it impossible to visit them all in one day.
Not to mention that Zhiyin had never been there before, and she needed to ask for directions when she encountered unfamiliar roads, so she only visited 3 or 4 villages near Xinghe Village for almost the entire afternoon.
In total, we collected about 500 to 600 jin (250-300 kg) of various kinds of chili peppers, dried chili peppers, wrinkled chili peppers, etc.
After the villagers learned that they could make money, they all started planning to plant more crops.
Those who appreciate chili peppers are naturally pleased with this phenomenon, since only in this way can the yield of chili peppers increase.
By the time Zhiyin returned home, it was already so dark it was almost ink-black, and he could only vaguely see the road ahead in the moonlight.
"Sister~"
"Yinyin, why are you so late today?"
Yao Yulin, Zhihua, and Meiqiu paced anxiously at the door. They were relieved when they saw the familiar mule cart and quickly went to greet it.
"It's alright, don't worry about me, Mother. You don't need to wait for me outside anymore. I'll be safe."
Zhiyin stopped the mule cart and spoke with a smile.
"By the way, Yinyin, the factory you wanted to build is finished. This is the key Dazhuang gave me!"
Yao Yulin seemed to remember something and quickly handed the lock and key from her cuff to Zhiyin.
"So fast?"
Zhiyin was shocked by the speed of her second brother's recovery; she had originally thought it would take at least tomorrow or the day after.
When I came at noon, it was only half finished, but when I came back in the evening, the door was all installed!
"Yes, it wasn't supposed to be that fast, but when the helpers finished their work, they saw Dazhuang busy by himself, asked him why, and then they all helped with the painting, so it was quick."
Yao Yulin explained with a smile, and then quickly pulled Zhiyin into the house, saying, "Come in and eat, you must be starving!"
"oh oh…"
Zhiyin suddenly realized what was happening, and only after hearing Yao Yulin's next sentence did she belatedly touch her stomach, which was indeed flat.
He quickly grabbed Yao Yulin's hand in return and rubbed it affectionately against hers, "Hehe, I'm hungry!"
"Hehe, I want my sister to hold my hand too."
Zhihua quickly and playfully took Zhiyin's other hand.
"Okay, okay!"
Zhiyin gently tapped Zhihua's pink and cute little nose.
Laughter and cheerful voices soon filled the room.
…
After dinner, Zhiyin started to wonder whether to pay the workers who made chili peppers by the day or by the month.
After all, there aren't many chili peppers available right now, so it's impossible to work every day. If we were to be paid monthly, we would be losing out.
"Forget it, let's just settle by the day. If the scale expands in the future, we can change it later."
Zhiyin quickly made up her mind and followed the original owner's memories to Xiaoya's house, intending to have a talk with her.
Before they even reached Xiaoya's house, they witnessed an infuriating scene.
She immediately shouted, "Zhifu, you little beast, stop! What are you doing?"
"Haven't you had enough of a beating? How dare you bully Xiaoya? You're asking for it!"
Zhiyin, looking like she was about to kill someone, rushed over angrily and shoved away Zhifu, who was sitting on Xiaoya, pulling her hair, and constantly whipping bloodstained snakes at her.
"Slap slap..."
After pushing him away, Zhiyin didn't hesitate to slap him twice across the face.
"Cousin...cousin...how is it you? I...I was just joking with her, please don't hit me."
Zhifu fell to the ground with a thud, looking at Zhiyin in disbelief and a little scared. Feeling the pain on his face, he suddenly shivered for some reason, terrified.
"Don't call me cousin!!! It's disgusting!!"
Zhiyin kicked Zhifu again in disgust, thinking that he was indeed a menace!
He used to bully Zhihua, but now that Zhihua is well protected by her, he has no one to bully anymore, so he starts bullying Xiaoya, this weak and pitiful orphan.
That's outrageous!!!
"Waaaaah... Sister Zhiyin..."
Xiaoya looked at Zhiyin with disbelief in her eyes. When she belatedly realized what was happening, she had a strange feeling that someone was backing her up. She couldn't control her emotions at all and threw herself into Zhiyin's arms, bursting into tears.
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