The White-Bone Demon of the Farm is as rich as a country

Thinking about what Manager Cao said, Meng Ruyue couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth. Whether there was the Resurrection Grass in the space or not, it was a good thing for her. If there was, it meant that she would have an income of one thousand two taels of silver, and her current predicament would be completely solved. If there was no such thing, she would go into the mountains and look around. If she got it, the space would be upgraded. This was really like someone giving her a pillow when she was sleepy.

Ru Yue quickened her pace and quickly bought the things so that she could go back and ask A Ling about the resurrection grass.

After entering the cloth shop and asking about the prices of cloth and ready-made clothes, Ru Yue was not dazzled by the good things in front of her. Before she got the reward of 1,000 taels of silver, she still had to be a qualified poor person.

Ru Yue knew nothing about fabrics in her previous life, and her original owner was no better. Ru Yue not only lamented her own lack of knowledge and the horror of being uneducated, but also listened humbly to the young man's rambling introduction.

Coarse linen is rough in texture, comes in few colors, and is not very attractive to wear, but it is the cheapest and most durable, so ordinary people are willing to buy it and make clothes to wear while working.

Ramie cloth is thicker and softer and more comfortable than linen, making it more suitable for making spring and autumn clothes. However, the color of ramie cloth is a bit light, it gets dirty too easily, and the edges will easily wear out if washed too often.

Then there is fine cotton cloth, which is of course better than the first two kinds of cloth. It comes in many colors, and the clothes made from it look good. However, it is not wear-resistant. The edges and corners will be worn out after just a few days of wearing it for work. Most people buy it to make underwear and bedding.

As for silks and satins, haha, Ru Yue just smiled foolishly, thinking that it would be too late to listen to them when she became rich.

Meng Ruyue spent half a day listening in vain, so she simply chose the color, reported the height, weight and size of the people in her family, and told the waiter to make two sets of fine cotton clothes, two sets of coarse linen clothes, and one set of hemp cloth clothes for each of the four people in the family, and asked him to help calculate the cost.

The young man was also very clever. Seeing that big business was coming to him, he became even more thoughtful and diligent. He considered everything very carefully, such as which width of cloth should be reduced by a few feet, which quality of cloth should be increased by half a foot to make a pair of shoes...

Ru Yue was extremely satisfied with this young man. She thought that when she had money in the future, she would definitely come here to poach him and recruit such talents to work for her and make money. Just thinking about it made her blood boil.

After buying the cloth, Ru Yue bought Chu Ning'an a set of ready-made clothes, two pairs of shoes, and a quilt.

The waiter couldn't stop smiling. At that time, the common people were so poor that they could not even get enough food to eat. It was very rare to buy these things at once. A total of five taels of silver and four hundred and sixty-two coins were used. The waiter asked the shopkeeper to round off the price for Ru Yue and only charged her five taels of silver and four hundred coins. He also gave Ru Yue some scraps of cloth to make shoe uppers.

There were too many things for Ru Yue to carry with her, so she asked the waiter to deliver the things to the big elm tree at the east end of the town in an hour. When she was not there, she asked him to hand the things over to Meng Qingshan, who was driving the ox cart. The waiter agreed with a smile because he had made money.

After leaving the cloth shop, Ru Yue went to the grocery store, where she bought everything she needed in one stop: bowls, chopsticks, plates, basins, and water jars—all essential daily necessities. Before, she'd only bought a thatched hut, but she had nowhere to put them. Now that she had a hut and a yard, it was easier to put them. After much deliberation, Ru Yue added a large bathtub, something she'd always wanted. As for oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, rice, flour, and eggs, she bought plenty of everything.

The grocery store owner grinned from ear to ear, promising to give Ru Yue the lowest price on everything, hoping to keep her a repeat customer. Finally, after paying seven taels of silver and three hundred coins, Ru Yue asked the grocer to deliver the items to Meng Qingshan. Then, she left the store and went to the pastry shop.

By the time Meng Ruyue returned to Meng Qingshan's oxcart, the items had already been delivered. Seeing the stuff that took up most of the oxcart, the people who had come with her in the morning were all stunned, wondering how much this must have cost. That young man who came yesterday was so nice to this Ruyue girl!

Strolling all the way back to Mengjia Village, Meng Qingshan accompanied Ru Yue to the foot of the mountain before driving the ox cart back home.

The people at home were also quite surprised to see so many things. These were not things at all, they were silver, silver, pure white silver!

Zhang Erqiang and his companions also made rapid progress. In the morning they built a stove that could accommodate two pots, and also built a thatched shed in the open space in front of the hut to provide shade and shelter from the rain. They said this would prevent them from having to cook on rainy days, and they estimated that the fence would be ready before dark.

Ru Yue cooked a pot of white rice, braised the rabbit she brought back yesterday, made a cold dish of wild vegetables, stir-fried the vegetables sent by Meng Jianshan's family, and made an egg drop soup. After everyone had a delicious lunch, they started to get busy again.

There were too many people for Ru Yue to enter the space to find A Ling, so she simply ran to find He Erkui's wife.

"Sister-in-law Erkui, are you free? I would like to trouble you to make a few clothes for me. I won't use you for nothing. I will give you ten cents for one piece of clothing. Is that okay with you?" Ru Yue asked directly without beating around the bush.

"What's the money? If you don't mind my thick stitches, just give it to me and I'll help you." Erkui's wife really wanted to help Ruyue and didn't refuse.

"Sister-in-law's needlework is well-known in the village. How could I dislike it? But making clothes will delay you from doing other work, so you must accept the wages, otherwise I will be embarrassed to trouble sister-in-law."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Erkui's wife was straightforward and didn't say any empty polite words to Ruyue.

The two chatted about family matters for a while, and then went to Ru Yue's house to get the fabric. Ru Yue specifically told her to make Chu Ning'an's clothes first. Erkui's wife agreed, measured the heights of Chu Ning'an and others, compared the sizes, and then went home with a pile of fabric.

Ru Yue's prediction turned out to be correct. Before the sun set, Zhang Erqiang and his companions had built the fence and tied up a simple wooden gate, making the courtyard look more presentable.

Ru Yue looked very satisfied and gave each of them thirty coins. "I came back late yesterday and didn't get paid yet, so I'll give it to you all today."

The two men looked at Ru Yue, both puzzled. Their lives were in her hands, and she could do whatever she wanted, but she had never treated them harshly from beginning to end. They also stared at the money in their hands, and felt that Chu Ning'an was a good person, at least he was very good to Ru Yue.

Meng Ruyue didn’t know that these two guys were thinking so much, otherwise she would definitely call them idiots - that was all the money she earned, it was her money!

After seeing Zhang Erqiang and the other two off, the four of them stood in the small courtyard and all felt that this thatched cottage was nice and that life wasn't so difficult anymore!

"It's still early, you two stay at home. Your elder brother Chu and I will deliver a pheasant to the village head. We don't expect thanks for helping us, but we can't help but keep it in mind." Ru Yue said to her younger brother and sister-in-law, and also taught them the ways of the world.

Chu Ning'an glanced at Meng Ruyue. Was she really just an ignorant peasant girl? The two children might not see it, but he could see clearly that he was an outsider. If he wanted to live in the village permanently, he had to greet the village headman. Only by having a clear path could he gain a foothold in the village.

This girl really made things happen!

The two men carried the pheasants to the home of the village head, Meng Jianshan, and happened to meet Meng Jianshan's wife, Jiang, who was picking beans at the door.

"Aunt, are you busy? Is uncle home?" Ru Yue greeted Jiang warmly and handed the pheasant in her hand to her. "Aunt, I went up the mountain and caught two pheasants yesterday. I brought one for you and uncle to make soup to nourish your bodies."

"You little girl, you're still taking things from your uncle's family?" Jiang scolded. "You three kids are already having a hard time, why are you still being so polite to your uncle's family?"

"Aunt, we're doing fine. Don't worry. This is a show of filial piety to you and uncle." Ru Yue knew that favors faded the more you used them, and only reciprocity could last. "Uncle has helped us a lot these days. He and my father have a good relationship. It's only right that I show filial piety to you two."

"Ru Yue is here, come in quickly." As he was speaking, Meng Jianshan walked in from outside.

Ru Yue stuffed the pheasant into Jiang's hand and pulled Chu Ning'an into the gate.

"Uncle, we've been so grateful for your support these days." Ru Yue didn't hesitate to explain her purpose. "Yesterday, he came to visit us. You know what the Meng family is like, so I brought him here to show you around."

Meng Jianshan looked at Chu Ning'an and asked, "Is this the young man who came looking for you yesterday with your father's herring bone pendant?"

"Hello uncle, I'm Chu Ning'an. Uncle Meng asked me to bring the pendant to find Ru Yue." Chu Ning'an took a step forward and bowed to the ground.

Meng Jianshan also wanted to be a backer for Ru Yue, so he asked Chu Ning'an about his family background. Chu Ning'an answered according to what he and Ru Yue had agreed on before, so it did not arouse Meng Jianshan's suspicion.

"Ruyue, what do you think?" Meng Jianshan turned around and asked Ruyue.

"My uncle knows everything about my family. I'm just an unremarkable little girl with two young siblings, and we don't have a house or a piece of land. But he used to work for a wealthy family in the capital, so he didn't look down on me. Besides, this was my father's last wish." Ru Yue repeated what she had said to the village woman on the ox cart, and added, "Everything we bought today was paid for by him."

"Okay, you're still young, it would be good to have him help you." Meng Jianshan acknowledged Chu Ning'an.

"Thank you, uncle. I will definitely treat Ru Yue and her brother well." Chu Ning'an expressed his opinion at the right time, which made Meng Jianshan have a better impression of him.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Meng Ruyue and her friend declined Meng Jianshan's invitation to stay for dinner and hurried back to the thatched cottage at the end of the village.

After all the work was done and it was still early after dinner, Ru Yue called the three of them together, told them what Manager Cao had said to her, and took out the blueprint and handed it to Chu Ning'an and the others to look at.

"You want to go up the mountain to look for medicine?" Chu Ning'an hit the nail on the head.

"Well, this is an opportunity. Once we find the answer to our family's problems, all will be solved."

"Since the other party has offered a huge reward, it means that this herb is hard to find. Even the bigwigs in the capital can't get it by relying on their power, which proves that this is definitely a tricky matter." Chu Ning'an didn't waste any words and every word hit the point.

The two children also nodded.

"I understand what you're saying, but you've seen the situation at home. Without a large income, it's hard to escape our predicament. I made some money selling herbs and wild game before, but that was all based on luck and luck, and it's not a long-term solution." Ru Yue honestly described the current situation. "I may not be able to find it if I go there, but it's always a hope."

"You also said that this herb might be growing on a cliff. It's too dangerous to pick it. Even if you pick it, it would be more harm than good if you hurt yourself." Chu Ning'an tried to persuade Ru Yue, "My handwriting is pretty good. I can make some money by copying books and writing letters."

"I know you mean well. If we had a house and land, it would be even better if you were copying books. But the situation is clear. This isn't even a home. It's hot now, so we can stay here. But if we can't move out before it gets cold, a heavy snowfall will mean the four of us won't survive the winter. We might even die in this straw hut." Ru Yue pointed out the real problem and comforted the three, "Don't worry, I won't risk my life. I'll just search in the mountains. If it gets too dangerous, I'll give up."

"Sister, can you please not go? Xue'er doesn't want snacks and doesn't want new clothes to wear. I don't want you to take risks. I don't want you to die." Xiao Ruxue negotiated with her sister in tears.

"Sister, it's too dangerous. Let's not go. Let's continue to set traps and hunt, and collect medicinal herbs. It should still be in time to build a hut before the weather gets cold. We can definitely make money if we go to the mountains diligently." Anping also persuaded earnestly.

"We have built a thatched hut with the money we have saved. We can't go into the mountains after the heavy snow. Where will we get food and food? Winter will not be over in a day or two, it will take almost five months! We won't have any income." Ru Yue really didn't want her two children to see all the sufferings in the world, but the facts were before her eyes and she had to admit that snow-resistant pine and bamboo could not be grown in a greenhouse.

No one said anything and agreed with Ru Yue's statement.

The stove fire in front of them flickered, and the smell of incense lingered around them, making everyone feel heavy-hearted.

"I'll go up the mountain with you, so there's more people to look after you." Chu Ning'an broke the silence.

"Your injuries haven't healed yet, so it's inconvenient to go up the mountain. I won't be gone for too long, at most three days. I'll be back if I can't find you." If he follows me, how can I use the space? "Maybe I'll be lucky and find you as soon as I get up the mountain!"

"I absolutely disagree with you going up the mountain alone." Chu Ning'an, who was always calm and composed, put aside his usual composure and spoke solemnly, "If you still consider me a member of this family, then listen to me."

This guy is getting excited. He's only been here for two days but he's taking himself seriously. Meng Ruyue glared at him. Is he forcing himself to destroy the character she has created for himself?

"Sister, just agree to Brother Chu, just agree!" The two children spoke for him at the same time, which made Meng Ruyue feel a little jealous, but she also knew that they were really doing it for her own good!

"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you. We'll prepare for a day tomorrow, and we'll go into the mountains the day after tomorrow morning." Meng Ruyue made the final decision.

Hearing Ru Yue relax and make a decision, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.