Inside the warehouse, there were bags of perfectly sealed rice piled up.
Guan Yu was already shocked when she saw the rice; she hadn't expected the little girl to be serious and not trying to fool her.
Two hundred kilograms of rice wouldn't normally be a lot for them. But in the current situation of severe food shortage, it's a matter of life and death.
After Lin Qixia opened one of the bags of rice, Guan Yu grabbed a handful, smelled it, then picked up a grain, chewed it, and his eyes lit up. "Not bad! It's very high-quality rice."
“Of course,” Lin Qixia said from the side.
After Guan Yu finished inspecting the rice, she looked at Lin Qixia and asked, "Miss Lin, how do you plan to sell this rice?"
"Just use your usual purchase price," Lin Qixia said casually.
Guan Yu smiled and said, "Miss Lin is truly straightforward."
The fact that she didn't try to rip her off by raising the price shows that she's an honest person.
In the end, Lin Qixia's more than 200 jin of rice was sold for 15 wen per jin.
"It's a pleasure doing business with you." After Guan Yu sent someone to transport the grain back to the shop, he gave Lin Qixia a box of money.
Upon opening it, it was found to be filled to the brim with three thousand coins, or three strings of cash.
Lin Qixia glanced at it and replied to Guan Yu, "It's a pleasure working with you. Come to me again if you're short of supplies next time."
She turned and left after saying that.
However, Guan Yu was startled by her words and excitedly grabbed Lin Qixia, "Wait! You mean you can still get food?"
Lin Qixia stumbled slightly as she was pulled.
Guan Yu quickly let go and said apologetically, "I'm sorry!"
"Hmm." Lin Qixia didn't mind and smiled at her. "I have my own channels. As for the specifics—I can't disclose them to Boss Guan."
"I understand, I understand." Guan Yu smiled broadly. "Miss Lin, next time you have goods, just come to my house!"
"Okay."
Lin Qixia responded, then turned and left with the money in her pocket.
After walking away and taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he threw the money into his spatial storage.
He also bought a bunch of rice, flour, cooking oil, and other household supplies for his family before getting on Zhang Dazhuang's oxcart to go home.
After arriving home, Lin Qixia took out the box of money.
Lin Xiao, He Zhilan, and the rest of the Lin family were almost speechless with astonishment when they saw Lin Qixia open the box.
"W-how come there's so much money?"
He Zhilan asked somewhat haltingly, she had never known that selling bamboo weaving could earn so much money.
Lin Xiao frowned, looking at Lin Qixia with a puzzled expression.
Lin Jiudong: "Lin Qixia! You haven't done anything else shady, have you?"
Lin Qixia slowly looked at her, "Lin Jiudong, can you please stop being so filthy-minded?"
"You!" Lin Jiudong glared angrily.
He Zhilan scolded Lin Jiudong, "Alright, you really shouldn't have talked about your sister like that!"
Lin Jiudong scoffed, muttering something sour.
Lin Qixia ignored her and said to Lin Xiao and He Zhilan, "The merchant I found is very generous. The bamboo weaving they bought looks very useful, which is why they sold it to me for this much money."
“If I wasn’t confident, I wouldn’t have offered such a high price to buy bamboo crafts in the village.”
"I see." Lin Xiao replied in a deep voice, which could be considered as accepting Lin Qixia's explanation.
He Zhilan tidied Lin Qixia's slightly messy hair. "My Xia'er is so smart, she can find such an opportunity."
"I won't squander this money. I plan to save it and use it to open a shop later," Lin Qixia told them frankly.
Lin Xiao looked worried. "Open a shop?"
“These are bad years, and bandits are rampant in Qishan next door. I’m afraid the surrounding area won’t be safe.” He Zhilan frowned and asked her, “Is opening a shop now really a good idea?”
Lin Qixia nodded upon hearing this, "You're right, but—"
"Sometimes, the more dangerous the environment, the greater the opportunity." This is exactly what a crisis is all about.
Lin Xiao and He Zhilan exchanged a glance and nodded to her in unison, "Since you've made up your mind, then go for it."
"Your older brother and I both support you!"
Lin Qixia's eyes lit up with joy at their words. "That's wonderful!"
Her commercial journey in the Great Yin Dynasty begins at this moment.
For the next two months, Lin Qixia continued to purchase bamboo weaving products intermittently.
My older brother does it when he has nothing else to do.
Lin Qixia quickly earned a lot of gold coins, which she used to buy grain and sell to Guan Yu.
After several attempts, he had saved up fifteen taels of silver.
"Are you planning to go collect bamboo weaving today?" Lin Qixia asked He Zhilan as she stretched her body at the door that morning.
Lin Qixia shook her head, "No, I've almost saved enough money to open the shop."
Being just a supplier is still too inefficient.
This business isn't worthwhile, so Lin Qixia wants to open the shop as soon as possible.
“The autumn harvest is coming up in the next few days,” He Zhilan reminded her.
After all, Lin Qixia had put in a lot of effort for this before, so this can be considered her achievement.
"Oh, right." Lin Qixia suddenly remembered, "Then I should stay and help."
He Zhilan was taken aback. "Alright then."
Obviously, the girl hadn't thought that far ahead, but it's nothing.
She will see it with her own eyes then.
During the autumn harvest, all the villagers in Xiahe Village were in high spirits, and everyone had a smile on their face.
The wheat field was a golden expanse.
Along the country roads, truckloads of harvested wheat were being hauled into the villages.
“Lin family, now that your husband is better and you have such a young man, you won’t have to worry about not having anyone to help you.”
Liu Yinghong teased Huo Yanqing from the edge of the field, glancing at him as he silently helped carry a huge bundle of wheat, and then at Lin Qixia, who was working diligently not far away.
The words clearly carried a hidden meaning.
Several other passersby chimed in with jokes, "Yeah, yeah, it's really enviable."
But they weren't being malicious; they were just curious about Huo Yanqing, this unexpected stranger.
These days, they've already accepted that the boy as the Lin family's son-in-law, which is why they're making these jokes.
"Aunt Liu, do you need any help? You can ask him to come to your house." At this moment, Lin Qixia looked up, seemingly not understanding the meaning behind the other person's words at all, and said cheerfully and generously.
Liu Yinghong was taken aback, not expecting Lin Qixia to say that.
Huo Yanqing himself: "..."
She quickly waved her hand, refusing, "This won't do."
Liu Yinghong glanced at the somewhat gloomy face of the boy next to her, then hurriedly prepared to leave, saying, "You guys go ahead with your work, I have other things to do!"
Lin Qixia called out, looking puzzled, "Aunt Liu, why are you running so fast? I told you not to be polite with me."
She turned around and noticed Huo Yanqing's unpleasant expression.
Huo Yanqing, "..."
You're so generous, you're using my money to do favors!
"Hehe, why are you so angry? I was just joking." Lin Qixia quickly comforted him and handed him a handkerchief.
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