Liu Yingying took the silver note, glanced at it, and then put it into her bosom, preparing to take her leave.
But Ye Qingyuan stopped him again; "Please wait a moment, Lord Xiang!"
Liu Yingying turned to look at him; "Is there anything else?"
Ye Qingyuan stepped forward, smiling ingratiatingly, and said, "Actually, I discussed this with you last time, Lord Xiang, about this alum from now on..."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yingying immediately understood.
"You wanted to talk about this? No problem, from now on all the alum I have will be supplied to your Ye family first! Is that alright?"
Ye Qingyuan beamed with joy upon hearing this; "The village head is indeed a straightforward person!"
In fact, Liu Yingying also had her own plans.
The alum she possesses requires a large amount of points to acquire, which is unsustainable in the long run and will put significant pressure on her in terms of earning points.
But Ye Qingyuan was from a prominent family in Furong County and was also the richest man there.
If I want to make a name for myself in this area in the future, I will have to rely on the Ye family's influence.
This alum was merely a stepping stone for her to befriend Ye Qingyuan...
Before heading back, Liu Yingying went to a clothing store and bought two sets of thermal underwear for each of her children.
After the autumn harvest, the weather will turn cold, and neither she nor her children have any warm clothes.
Then I went to the market and bought pork, fruits, vegetables, seasonings, etc...
As Liu Yingying walked down the street, she could still hear people talking about what had happened in the past few days.
"The Green Dragon Hall does all sorts of heinous things, tricking people into gambling, and in the end, they lose so much that they have to sell their wives and children."
"They're in cahoots with the madam of Yanran Tower. Those young girls who were sold to pay off debts were ultimately sent to the madam..."
"Behind Yanran Tower lies the moat, where the bodies of young children are frequently found dumped..."
"Oh! What a terrible thing!"
"That masked heroine is truly a role model for us all. She did what everyone wanted to do but dared not do!"
"To think that I, a dignified seven-foot man, am inferior to a woman..."
Liu Yingying listened to the conversation of several men sitting at roadside stalls, a slight smile playing on her lips, before her gaze fell on a watercolor stall.
"Boss, how much is this hair tie?"
Three for one coin!
"Seven colors, one of each, thank you!" Liu Yingying said, taking out a few coins and putting them down.
There are two girls in the family now, and they're not young anymore. They're at the age where they love to look good, so they'll definitely like these flashy things...
As soon as she returned to Taoyuan Village, she was stopped by the village chief, Wang Delu, on the way, before she could even enter the village.
"Xiao Liu, the task you asked me to do is all done now. But have you chosen a location for the house yet?"
Liu Yingying nodded; "The new house is located on the open space in front of the old house."
The place was spacious enough for her to build a beautiful big house, and the land was all bought by the scholar before his death.
Originally, I planned to build a house after I passed the imperial examination...
"As for the workers, you can choose as you see fit, but try to make sure the people from our own village have enough to eat first. However, we need to carefully select the carpenters!"
This is the important point!
"Xiao Liu, you are truly kind and generous! The villagers used to bully you and your orphan mother so much, it's rare that you are willing to forgive and forget. On behalf of all the villagers, I thank you here!"
Even the usually cunning and shrewd Wang Delu was somewhat sincere in saying these words.
"But finding a carpenter isn't easy. After all, there are very few craftsmen in our Ma'ao Township. There's only one carpenter in the surrounding area, Zhu Guanbao, but his wife and daughter have been foolish enough to frame you..."
As Wang Delu finished speaking, he looked at her with a somewhat troubled expression.
Liu Yingying offered a much higher price than the market rate, and she certainly didn't want Zhu Guanbao to get a bargain.
In fact, if Wang Delu hadn't brought it up, she would have almost forgotten about Zhu Guanbao.
She originally planned to hire a carpenter from outside to do the work.
But after the village chief's reminder, she began to recall information about Zhu Guanbao.
Whether in the original owner's memories or in her later encounters.
Zhu Guanbao was always her impression of a henpecked husband who was afraid of his wife and had no opinions of his own.
Although this person did not actively participate in framing him, he never stopped his wife and daughter from doing such things.
That's tantamount to aiding and abetting evil!
Liu Yingying felt that although she could be considered a kind person, kindness did not mean being a saint without bottom line or principles!
"Uncle Wang, I'll have to trouble you to put in a little more effort with the carpentry work!"
She has already made her meaning clear.
Even if Wang Delu wanted to help Zhu Guanbao again, he couldn't say anything more...
After Liu Yingying's figure had disappeared into the distance, Wang Delu, with a stern face, called out behind a half-ruined courtyard wall.
"Come out!"
“Uncle Wang…” Zhu Guanbao walked out with a red face and his head down, like a child who had done something wrong.
“Guanbao, I’m not trying to criticize you, but your wife and daughter are never peaceful. If they hadn’t teamed up to do that kind of thing, you would definitely be doing some of the work for the scholar now…” Wang Delu said with some disappointment.
Zhu Guanbao lowered his head even further and sighed, "What's the use of saying all this now? It's too late..."
When he returned home dejectedly, he heard his elderly mother, who was over seventy years old, coughing violently as soon as he entered the door.
Zhu Guanbao quickly ran into the room and helped the elderly man with gray hair on the bed to lean against the neatly folded quilt.
"Mother, why are you coughing so badly again?"
"Cough cough... Mother is fine. It's all my fault for dragging you down... cough cough..."
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