The eldest sister-in-law became rich by farming in the mountains

Xu Yingtao understood it too.

But she didn't take it to heart.

She just sent out a recipe and didn't suffer any loss. Instead, she managed to get an order.

Besides, this cyclamen might be the property of the Ge family. If she leaves a good impression on Manager Pan, it will help her to curry favor with the Ge family.

All in all, she didn't lose out.

After visiting all the big restaurants in the two southeastern districts, Jiang Lai Fu wanted to take Xu Yingtao and her group to the northern district, but was rejected by the latter.

Xu Yingtao said: "The current supply is almost at its limit. We won't be able to handle any more."

It's good to be able to make money, but you have to do it within your means.

If we just expand the tofu workshop, when all kinds of mountain products mature, there will be no manpower in the village to help.

Jiang Fulai had rarely interacted with people since his parents passed away. Although he had only been with this group of people for less than an hour today, he still felt a little reluctant to leave as he had been lonely for so many years.

Xu Yingtao took out a silver ingot from her purse and gave it to him: "Take it and use it to treat your grandfather's illness."

When Jiang Fulai saw that it was silver, he was so scared that his neck shrank back and his hands almost left afterimages.

"Sister, that's not possible. Just give me a few copper coins as a reward. There's no need for silver."

"Just take it if you give it to me."

Xu Yingtao threw the silver directly into his arms, and he was so scared that he quickly held it.

Although she could have made the deal without Jiang Fulai's guidance, she saved a lot of time with Jiang Fulai's help.

Furthermore, she felt sympathy for this child who was not much older than Xie Bai. If she could save his grandfather's life, it would be considered a good deed for herself.

"The food I brought today has been distributed. Next time we meet, I will prepare some more for you." Thinking of how he had been lying on the ground wolfing down his food, she couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in her heart.

Unfortunately, when I gave it to him later, he refused to accept it no matter what.

Watching Xu Yingtao and her group walking away, Jiang Fulai clenched the silver tightly, his palms hurt so much that he couldn't stop crying.

He ran all the way to the west of the city until he came to a run-down courtyard. He pushed open the door with all his strength, rushed into the courtyard, and shouted loudly: "Grandpa, let's go to the clinic. Your grandson has money now!"

After Xu Yingtao and her group left Xiankelai, they went to a nearby medical clinic.

A moment later, Xu Yingtao sold out dozens of kilograms of dried chili peppers in the store.

She did this three or four times, and had picked up all the peppers in the medical clinics in the two southeastern districts, totaling more than 200 kilograms.

Xu Yingtao was very familiar with the last clinic, which was the branch of Jishidiang in the county town.

The owner of the clinic was surprised when he heard that she wanted to buy chili peppers.

"This year is really strange. In previous years, our clinic only used a few taels of chili peppers, but this year we sold as much as 50 to 60 kilograms." He shook his head as he spoke, and then said to Xu Yingtao with a little apology, "My dear, it's really unfortunate that the chili peppers in our store have been reserved in advance. Tomorrow, a waiter will deliver them to the town below."

Xu Yingtao pretended to be regretful and said, "I'll ask again next time."

She could have revealed that she was the big buyer, but she also remembered that Manager Luo said that the clinic's turnover was linked to his year-end dividends. If she intercepted the profit in the county, he would lose a share of the performance.

After all, he was the one who helped her along the way, so Xu Yingtao wanted to repay him as much as she could.

After asking the shopkeeper about the location of the blacksmith shop, Xu Yingtao went straight there.

The owner of the blacksmith shop has been making farm tools and knives all his life, and has never heard of anyone wanting an iron pot to be made.

Seeing that he looked embarrassed, Xu Yingtao asked tentatively, "Is it because iron is too precious that we can't make something as big as an iron pot?"

The blacksmith waved his hand and said, "Not really, it's just that I've never made a pot before, so I don't know if I can make it well."

As he spoke, he lowered his voice a bit: "Iron is indeed precious, but as long as the young lady can afford the price, let alone an iron pot, I can also make a bathtub."

As he said this, he gave Xu Yingtao a look that said "you know what I mean".

Xu Yingtao certainly understood that every industry and every profession has its own channels and networks. Even though the country has banned the sale of private salt and it is illegal, there are still people who sell it at the risk of losing their heads.

The same is obviously true for iron.

Xu Yingtao also lowered her voice and said, "Boss, please rest assured. I am asking sincerely and hope you will give me a reasonable price."

Then Xu Yingtao reported the size and the boss quoted the price.

The two hit it off.

Zhao was feeling dizzy. Two big iron pots were priced at four taels!

In the end, Xu Yingtao paid a deposit of one or two taels of silver, and the owner of the blacksmith shop gave her a small iron plate with a special mark as a proof, and agreed to pick up the goods in a month.

Now that the three major matters of negotiating with customers, buying peppers, and making iron woks have been settled, Xu Yingtao's tense nerves have relaxed.

It would take at least three hours to get from the county town to the village. It was already around two or three in the afternoon. Even if we walked faster, it would be dark by the time we got back.

In this case, Xu Yingtao simply went all out and directly found a restaurant. She first treated the Zheng family and the two brothers from the first house to a good meal and drink, and then asked the restaurant's waiter to help feed the mule.

She ate a few mouthfuls of rice, then went straight to the snack shop to buy a few boxes of cakes and candies, and then went to the bookstore to buy three Mongolian books.

Because she needed to keep accounts, she had bought the four treasures of the study in town before, so she didn't need to buy them again this time.

Then she went to the jewelry shop and bought a silver hairpin for Jiang.

Then she went to the cloth shop and bought two rolls of the softest muslin and cotton to make a menstrual belt.

Although this body was underdeveloped before and there was no sign of menstruation, her nutrition has been improved recently and she can clearly feel some discomfort in her lower abdomen from time to time.

I will be sixteen years old next year, so I need to prepare these things for myself in advance.

In this way, almost another half hour passed.

When Zhao came out to look for her, she saw that she had bought so many things, and she scolded her, "Girl, why did you take so long to go to the toilet? You didn't even ask me to go shopping with you. I can at least help you carry the things!"

Xu Yingtao chuckled and tried to get away with it.

The group hurried all the way and finally arrived at the village entrance before dark.

From a distance, they saw flashes of fire at the entrance of the village, and someone was holding a torch.

Then I heard a familiar voice: "Wenwazi, is that you?"

Zheng Wen quickly responded loudly: "Dad, it's us, we are back!"

Xie Bai's voice also came: "Sister-in-law?"

Xu Yingtao was in a good mood and responded with a crisp laugh: "Your sister-in-law is back safely too!"

The mother and her two daughters as well as the Zheng family's old couple could no longer contain their excitement, and they all quickened their pace and hurried towards the group.

The torch was in the hand of Village Chief Zheng. The few of them walked in a hurry and did not pay any attention to Chen who was walking at the end. As a result, she was tripped by a protruding stone on the road and fell down on the road, screaming.

Jiang had no choice but to turn around and help the person.