The Story of a Destitute Noblewoman Farming

"Don't worry, I have my own way to make it delicious, so just relax."

"This thing can be made into food? Sister, you are so amazing." The others also looked at Lu Linlang with admiration, obviously as if everything her sister said was right.

"People eat stinky tofu, too. As long as it's prepared properly, it's edible. Of course, if it's not prepared correctly, it can easily lead to poisoning."

An important ingredient needed to make konjac tofu is alkali, which is only available in the county. Lu Linlang plans to go to the city tomorrow.

When they heard that their sister was going to the city, the children all looked at her with a desire in their eyes to go too.

The Dahua sisters haven't been to the city for a long time. Erhua has forgotten what the city looks like, and her eyes are full of anticipation. Dahua thinks that she has now obtained many things that she never had before, and is worried about causing trouble for her sister, so she lowers her head and holds Erhua with one hand.

"Okay, since everyone wants to go, let's go together tomorrow. It's a good opportunity to take a look at our new house, which needs cleaning."

Lu Linlang did not reject their idea and planned to go together tomorrow. She would then tell the clan leader's wife and ask her to help look after the house.

The next morning, everyone including Xing'er got on the carriage. It was the first time for Dahua and the others to ride in a carriage. In the eyes of the children in the village, this horse was the most impressive.

They also secretly came to see and learned that Sister Dahua cut grass for the horses every day, and some of her friends also gave her the grass they cut themselves.

At this time, the villagers also started to get busy. When they saw the carriage passing by Dahua's house, they knew that it was the only carriage in the village, and everyone was envious.

"Boss, where are you going?" The villagers followed others and called Lu Linlang "boss", hoping that one day they could also work for Lu Linlang's family.

"Aunt, we are going to the county to buy some things." Lu Linlang said with a smile.

"Oh, let's go to the county! That's great! We rarely go there once a year. Let's go! The road to the county town is not short."

When passing by the village entrance, some people there were going to town. When they saw the carriage coming, they all looked over here but were too embarrassed to speak.

"Hello, aunt and sister, are you going to town?" The one driving the cart was Lu Linlang. She had learned this skill a long time ago, otherwise she would not know anything when she returned to the village and would be in a passive position.

"Yes, Boss, are you going to town too?"

"I'm going to the city, but our carriage is full. If you don't mind, why don't you sit on the shaft?" Since they are from the same village, Lu Linlang is willing to lend a hand in this situation.

"Oh, what's the point of complaining? It would take us half an hour to walk by ourselves. This is the first time we've ridden in a carriage. Thank you, sir, we can now ride in a carriage."

The two of them quickly got on the shaft of the cart, sitting on it, one on the left and one on the right. They looked left and right, feeling very excited.

Several people from Yunyi followed suit and shouted. Seeing that their entire family was going, it was no wonder that there was no room in the car.

The two complimented Lu Linlang along the way. Lu Linlang did not think they were nagging and even asked them what they were going to do.

"What else can we do? We have chickens at home. We've saved some eggs and are going to sell them in town. Each egg can be sold for a penny. We can't bear to eat them, so we save them to exchange for money."

"My old hen no longer lays eggs, but we can't bear to kill it for food, so we went to the town to sell it and buy some oil, salt and other things. I'm afraid the money from this old hen is not enough to cover the cost. Every household lives like this.

But you, the boss, are different. You have a family business, and we all envy those who work there. Whenever you need help, the boss must consider our two families first."

"Aunt, auntie, I'm afraid you haven't heard yet, but I've opened a shop in the county town and plan to sell vegetables, including eggs. Once the shop opens, I'll be harvesting vegetables in the village, and I need the help of the villagers."

"Really? That's great. When are you planning to open? My chickens can still lay eggs, so I'll keep the eggs and sell them to you. You're taking care of us. The vegetables in my garden are very fresh. Just let me know if you need them."

"Okay, we plan to open it at the beginning of next month, and we'll have Uncle Robert and Auntie to help us."

When they arrived in the town, the two got off the carriage and continued driving it to the county town.

The county town was as bustling as ever. The Dahua sisters lifted the curtain of the car and looked at it curiously.

"That grocery store is still open. I remember they have been running it for many years. They were there when we were still in the county town. It seems their business is doing well." Dahua also started talking and pointed to the familiar shops on the street to Lu Zhan and the others.

The others followed her and looked around, and soon arrived in front of the shops bought by Lu Linlang. These shops were already being renovated. It was Lu Manyin who was watching them. He had sharp eyes and ran over immediately when he saw the carriage.

"Boss, you are here. I have been keeping an eye on the decoration. I have done everything according to your instructions. Take a look." He consciously drove the carriage aside and took a few people to see.

"I trust Second Brother Manyin's work. We're not here today for the shop, but to buy some things and show the kids around so they don't get lost when they enter the shop later."

"So that's how it is. What are you planning to buy? I'll go run over right away. You must be tired from the ride."

"Brother, just watch here. We still need to go around a few places. I'm also going to ask Zhang the broker about hiring someone. I'm going to hire a chef to cook in the shop."

"Don't worry, Boss. I'll go ask Brother Zhang right away. By the way, I also heard that a group of exiled officials recently arrived in our county, and their servants were also brought here and sold. Now I heard that they are being sold at the human market. I think they have the people you need, Boss. Broker Zhang is also busy there."

"Then let's go there now and see if there are any suitable people." Lu Linlang heard that there were exiles and also wanted to know about the situation in the capital.

When the group arrived at the population market, they saw that it was very noisy and there were quite a lot of people. They thought that most of them were here to buy people.

Sure enough, Broker Zhang was there. Lu Manyin found him and explained her purpose. Broker Zhang immediately became happy and trotted over to Lu Linlang to greet her.

When I learned that they wanted to buy someone, I showed them the way and introduced the situation here.

"Most of those people came from the capital. I heard that some of them were officials from other places. They were all servants of officials who had committed crimes. There were also many people in the county who wanted to buy them, hoping that they would be trained well by wealthy families and serve them when they arrived at their homes.

Another part are the direct descendants of convicted officials. They were exiled here and became slaves. Those young ladies are beautiful and many people have their eyes on them.

Look at what I'm talking about. Miss Lu, the cook you mentioned was still there just now, but people with special skills like this are the ones everyone is vying to buy."