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

Liangtian didn't dare to disobey the young master's wishes, so he could only respond; "Yes!"

He sighed silently in his heart.

His young master is the son of a minister and is also a Jinshi. With such excellent conditions, it would be great if he could stay in the capital and become an official.

But his young master chose to be a county magistrate. So what if he wanted to be a county magistrate? It would be fine if he wanted to be a county magistrate in a higher county!

He was just a county magistrate, whose monthly salary was less than two strings of cash!

Thinking of this, Liangtian couldn't help but sigh.

Oh, he is so difficult!

.....

Having said that, the busy day is finally over.

After dinner, the Song family sat together to review the profits from the villagers' first sale of jelly today.

After counting the copper coins in front of her, Wu was surprised and said, "I never thought that after only delivering jelly to the market this morning, the money I received was not much less than yesterday!"

"I was worried that everyone would give out beans! Now I feel relieved."

Song Zhi smiled and said, "I just want to give the villagers another choice. Those who want to go to the city can go to the city, and those who want to go to other villages can go to other villages."

"At least we can earn money and food, which is something to be happy about."

The whole family nodded in agreement.

When Song Zhi saw that the money and silk had been counted, she told her family about the county magistrate asking her to make tea.

"By then, we will need a lot of manpower to help with tea frying and tea preparation."

"Here's what I was thinking. Last time, didn't we reject Grandpa Xiaocheng's proposal to make jelly? Now that we have this opportunity, Auntie, why don't you go back and ask Grandpa if he's willing to go with me to the county government office to make tea?"

"The county government certainly won't let me work in vain. I don't know how much they'll pay me, but I think I can get at least fifteen cents a day."

"If grandpa is willing, then bring grandpa and my eldest cousin. I will let the clan leader choose the others."

When Yang heard this, her face lit up instantly. She grabbed Song Zhi's hand and asked happily, "Really? Is there really such a good thing?"

Song Zhi nodded. "Not only that, the county magistrate should be harvesting forsythia leaves throughout the county, and everyone will be able to make some money then."

Yang was stunned and subconsciously asked, "Does that mean our family won't be able to do this tea business in the future?"

"Aunt, you're worrying too much. We don't have many around here, but we have a lot of mountain forsythia and forsythia. As long as we can afford the price, are you still worried that no one will help pick the leaves?"

"Let's take a step back and say that even if it can't be done, then it can't be done. Not to mention that our family still has a pastry business and a way to make malt sugar."

After this busy period, I will try to make some cakes. Are you still worried about having no work to do?"

Yang tapped her head lightly. "Ouch," she exclaimed. "Look at my brain. I'm thinking about the worst of things."

Song Zhi could understand her aunt's subconscious blurt out. It was just a subconscious reaction of her aunt's inner uneasiness because she was used to living a hard life.

Mrs. Wu didn't want her daughter-in-law to dwell on such a problem any longer. She made the decision, "In that case, you should go back to your parents' home tomorrow and tell your in-laws the good news."

"Well..." Yang agreed hurriedly.

After the family had a simple family meeting, everyone except Song Youshan and a few children could go back to their rooms to rest.

The remaining four people continued to make pastries, make tea, and prepare tea.

She had a dreamless night. The next day, after packing up, Song Zhi asked her brother to wait for her for a while.

She brought a bag of homemade Forsythia tea and came to Dr. Zheng's house.

She stood by the door and saw a family of three eating breakfast in the yard.

Just as Song Zhi was hesitating whether she should come back later so as not to disturb Dr. Zheng and his family having breakfast.

Doctor Zheng had already discovered her.

He stood up with a smile and greeted her warmly, "Azhi is here? Come in quickly, don't stand at the door."

As Doctor Zheng finished speaking, Wang, who was sitting next to him, also turned her head.

Seeing that it was Song Zhi, Wang Shi also hurriedly greeted her, "Ah Zhi, you came just in time. Have you had breakfast? If not, you can have some more at home."

Song Zhi quickly waved her hand to refuse. "Thank you for your kindness, Grandma Wang. I've already eaten at home. Today I'm mainly here to give Doctor Zheng something I made myself. I also want to talk to Doctor Zheng about something."

At this time, Zheng Hui also brought a small stool and placed it in front of Song Zhi.

Before Song Zhi could utter the word "thank you", the man turned and left.

Seeing this, Wang glared at her granddaughter lightly, with both blame and doting in her eyes.

She smiled and explained to Song Zhi, "This child wants to be close to you but is embarrassed. She is just such a reckless person. Ah Zhi, please don't mind. Sit down and take a rest first."

Song Zhi sat down without paying too much attention to this little episode, and instead talked about the purpose of this trip.

"It's like this. The county magistrate will probably ask people to go to the mountains to pick forsythia leaves, but the environment in the mountains is complex, with many snakes, insects, rats and ants. I'm afraid it would be risky if we don't take adequate precautions."

"I came here today to ask your opinion. If I recommend to the county magistrate that he buy snake and insect repellent powder from you, would you be able to provide it?"

"If it can be supplied, how much would it cost? Since I have met the county magistrate today, I can also propose this matter to him."

The three generations of the Zheng family, grandparents and grandchildren, were completely shocked.

They couldn't understand how Song Zhi could be so familiar with the county magistrate that she could even propose such a thing.

It was Doctor Zheng who reacted first, but he did not answer Song Zhi's question first.

Instead, he asked in confusion, "Why does the county magistrate want to pick these forsythia leaves?"

Since she informed the county magistrate about the Forsythia tea, it was no longer a secret.

Song Zhi took out the forsythia tea she had prepared earlier and handed it to Doctor Zheng. "This is the tea I made with forsythia leaves. Please try it and see how it tastes."

Doctor Zheng suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the Song family asked the villagers to go up the mountain to pick Forsythia leaves. It turned out that they wanted to use these Forsythia leaves to make tea.

Doctor Zheng instantly became interested. He had spent most of his life making and preparing medicine, but he had no idea that Forsythia suspensa leaves could be used to make tea.

He hurriedly took the tea bag and signaled his wife to make him a pot of tea.

He had to taste what the tea made from forsythia leaves tasted like.

It was rare for Wang to see interest in her husband's eyes, so she didn't ask any questions. She got up, took the paper bag and went to the kitchen.

After his wife left, Dr. Zheng quickly thought of something based on the conversation just now.

She looked at Song Zhi deeply and asked, "The county magistrate wants to make this forsythia tea? Did you tell him about it?"