It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

Seeing her four granddaughters coming back with bags, Mrs. Wu hurried forward to take the iron pot from her granddaughter's hand and asked, "Why did you buy two pots?"

Song Zhi shook her sore hands and said, "The big iron pot and the pot at home are used to cook the jelly. I put this pot in the back to fry tea leaves."

"When we don't need to make jelly anymore, we can remodel our house and build a stove."

"As for that big pot, I have another use for it."

Seeing that her granddaughter had made all the arrangements, Mrs. Wu stopped asking about the matter and instead asked about what happened at the county government office today.

Song Ping briefly explained what had happened and also mentioned that the Wang family had paid more than seven taels of silver in compensation today.

"I used seven hundred coins to buy food. Here are seven taels and ten coins left. Keep them safe!"

When Mrs. Wu looked at the white silver ingot, she felt her heart pounding and it seemed as if it was unreal.

She licked her dry lips and said to her grandson, "Put it away first. We'll talk about it later when we get together."

"Now that I've bought the stove, I'll rush to deliver it to everyone. Your grandmother Tian said business in the county is very good. We'll prepare some more this afternoon and sell them at the evening market."

After saying that, he picked up the pot and left the house.

At this time, Song Zhi also came to the backyard with an iron pot.

Since Song Zhi was away, Yang took over the job of drying the green tea.

As soon as she arrived in the backyard, she saw her aunt and two children busy at work.

As soon as the little ones saw their brother and sister coming back, they happily rushed to them, looking up with their bright eyes and asking for praise, "Sister, sister, I helped with the chores today!"

Song Zhi rubbed the two little guys' heads and promised, "Later, I'll make something delicious for you to eat."

When they heard that there was delicious food, they were very happy.

When Yang saw the few people coming back, she put down the work in her hands and asked them what happened today when they went to the county government office.

Song Zhi simply said that the county magistrate punished the slave and the Wang family also gave compensation.

When Yang heard the amount of compensation, she was stunned for a while.

Just at this time Song Ping also came over.

When Yang saw her son, she happily went forward to ask him, "Did the Wang family really pay so much money in compensation?"

Song Ping nodded, "Not only that, for the next ten years, we only need to pay 30% rent to the Wang family for the land we rent."

After hearing this, Yang immediately grinned foolishly.

"Aunt, can you help me clean up the woodshed?" Song Zhi turned her head and saw that the pile of firewood in the woodshed under the eaves was stacked outside.

Yang came back to her senses and nodded repeatedly, "I saw that this door wasn't too big, so I took down the door curtain from my room and hung it here. You might need it today."

"Go and take a look. If you need anything, just ask your elder brother to help you get it."

Song Zhi then carried the iron pot into the woodshed.

The woodshed had already been cleaned up at this time.

A small stove, a small table, and a few small stools. Although the furnishings were simple, they were enough for her use.

Song Zhi did not delay any longer and asked her elder brother to help light the fire. She then took out the tea-making utensils and prepared to first wither the tea leaves and then stir-fry them.

Several younger ones also gathered around him to help.

During this time, Mrs. Wu gave the children a plate of mung bean cakes and a large bowl of chicken soup.

When the little ones saw the chicken soup, they rushed over crying.

Wu scolded with a smile, "Go wash your hands and get yourselves a bowl to share."

The little ones ran away obediently.

Song Zhi saw the chicken soup but did not refuse it.

She decided that now was the perfect time to take advantage of her uncle's recovery and buy some meat and fish every day to nourish the family.

It's not just my uncle and elder brother who are in serious health problems.

Everyone in this family, young and old, needs supplements.

Because there was an extra pot, the family made another two hundred yuan worth of jelly in the afternoon.

Mrs. Wu found her granddaughter busy at work and asked, "Didn't you promise the county magistrate to set up a stall in the other two markets? So, do you want to go today?"

Song Zhi tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Let's go, but since it's the evening market, we don't know how the business will be, so we should split up. Grandma Tian will continue to go to the south city, and let Big Brother go to the east city market to set up a stall."

Song Zhi suddenly thought of something, "Grandma, we have to send goods to the city several times a day now. It's really inconvenient without a car."

"Go to the clan leader's house and ask if they're willing to help transport a few shipments of goods to the city. That way it would be more convenient."

Mrs. Wu thought about it and nodded, "Then how much should I ask for?"

"Let's start with thirty cents. Based on current conditions, we have to make at least two trips a day. As demand increases, we'll probably have to make three trips a day. A price that's too low isn't appropriate."

Mrs. Wu felt that what her granddaughter said made a lot of sense, so she agreed, "Okay, then I'll do as you say. I'll go talk to the clan leader about this right away!" After that, she hurried away.

After Wu left, Song Ping said uneasily, "I only set up a stall once today. I'm worried that there might be omissions..."

Song Zhi could understand her brother's anxiety, so she explained, "Don't worry, brother. I'll let Xiao An go with you when the time comes."

"He's been running the stall with me for a long time and is more familiar with handling customers than I am!"

As they were talking, a few little guys washed their hands and ran over with their dishes and chopsticks.

Song Zhi said to Song An, "Xiao An, in the evening, can you accompany your brother to the city's east grass market to set up a stall and sell jelly?"

Song An nodded repeatedly. He was now very familiar with greeting customers and was not afraid at all.

With his elder brother also there, Song An agreed without thinking.

The matter was settled, and on the other side, Wu also found the head of the Song clan and told him what her granddaughter had just proposed.

"If you're willing, would thirty cents a day be enough?"

Upon hearing this, Clan Leader Song waved his hand and said, "It's just a few trips to the county town, why would you need so much?

Mrs. Wu further explained, "You may only need to make two trips each morning and evening at first. Later, as demand increases, we may need to increase the frequency. We can't let your hard work go in vain."

After hearing what she said, the Song clan leader no longer refused and accepted the task.

In fact, Patriarch Song once thought about driving out his own ox cart and picking up people on the official road to earn some money to supplement his family income.

But there are quite a lot of ox carts carrying people on this road.

I was unlucky and didn't make much money after working hard all day, so I gave up the idea.

Now that such good news has come to his family, Patriarch Song naturally has no choice but to respond.

Wu had just returned from the Song clan leader's home when a villager called her over and said, "Aunt, this woman said she's here to sell mung beans. She said she had an appointment with Ah Zhi in the county!"

Wu paused, walked forward and carefully looked at the mung beans the woman had picked.

After confirming that there was no problem with the quality, Wu went straight back to the clan leader's house, borrowed a scale, weighed the meat, and paid for it without any delay.

The woman was afraid that the other party would go back on his word, so she hurried back carrying the mung beans.

It only takes a few words to see the other person.

More than 200 kilograms of mung beans were bought so easily.

The woman walked back with the heavy copper coins in her arms, taking one step forward and one step back.

If the copper coins in her arms hadn't been so real, she would have thought she was dreaming.