Traveling through time as a peasant girl to turn things around

The night housekeeper repaired the small milk bag shop, and the carpenter built a few granaries. The shop was ready.

A few days later, Chai Jiaxing arrived in the capital with the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works arrived in a grand procession, pulling a modified waterwheel. The chief steward also returned, bringing the waterwheel to the palace to report to the emperor. Jiaxing arrived at the palace. Little Naibao saw him and called out, "Uncle, we're here! Auntie's here too." Zhang Baohua had also arrived, having been asked by Old Lady Li to come along. Hengheng was young and staying home for the time being. Zhang Baohua said, "Grandpa, Mom asked me to come." Chai Zhen replied, "Okay, it's good that you came." Huo Hua entered and said, "Hello, Uncle." Chai Zhen readily agreed. "Let's go, let's arrange accommodations for everyone." Xiao Shunzi drove the carriage and took Chai Zhen and his family to Guoguo's house. Zhang Baohua entered and said, "It's so big and grand." "I'm afraid Auntie's going to be scared at night." "What are you afraid of? If you don't do anything bad, you're not afraid." Everyone settled in the front courtyard, on either side of the main hall. The study was in the main hall, with Chai Zhen's room on the left, Guoguo's room, and Jiaxing's room on the right. Huo Hua also stayed on the right. Everywhere was clean and tidy. Flowers were placed in front of the hall. The beds, tables, and chairs were all furnished, all in an antique style. The bedding was complete. Chai Zhen said, "Wash up first and change into clean clothes. We'll go out for dinner later." Then, the Emperor presented a reward. The young eunuch, Xiao Dongzi, held the imperial edict and shouted, "The Emperor has decreed that Chai Guoguo, for her contribution of the waterwheel, be rewarded with five thousand acres of land." Chai Zhen helped Guoguo receive the edict and carried it into the main hall, where it was placed on the table. Xiao Shunzi then took out the edict and said, "This is a reward from the Emperor's private treasury: ten thousand taels of gold, one hundred thousand taels of silver, cloth, a thousand books, the four treasures of the study, and so on." The guards carried numerous boxes and placed them in the courtyard. Chai Zhen quickly presented the eunuchs with a few ingots of silver, and Xiao Shunzi happily led everyone away. Jiaxing opened the boxes, a large one overflowing with silver. He opened the others, and hehe… “So much, ten boxes of silver and two boxes of gold.” Chai Zhen had them carried into his room and called Guoguo over. “Put it away.” “Leave some for later use. Second Aunt, what kind of patterned fabric do you want? Choose some to make a few new clothes tomorrow. Good satin is best, and Second Uncle’s should be included, too. Grandpa, you choose the fabric too. Guoguo, I want this one, the aquamarine floral one. She also took out the light blue fabric that Xiaodong wants. Make new clothes for Brother Dong, too.” Zhang Baohua, dazzled by the sight, also took out a blue floral one and a dark blue one for Jiaxing. Chai Zhen also took out a dark blue one. Little Milk Bag took out a piece of white brocade and handed it to Huo Hua, saying, "Uncle Huo, you should also make some nice clothes. We'll all dress up when we come to the capital." Huo Hua laughed heartily, "Okay, let's pretend to be rich." Xiao Shunzi introduced, "There are women in the palace who specialize in making clothes. Let them come tomorrow and make clothes for everyone." Little Milk Bag said loudly, "Okay. I'll make it tomorrow." The second brother and his wife washed up and left. Huo Hua also went to wash up. Chai Zhen asked Guoguo to put all the things in the space, leaving only a part that would be used.

Soon, everyone, neatly dressed, appeared at the inn. Little Milk Bun called out, "Boss, bring the menu." The boss glanced at their attire and sent a waiter over to ask, "Tell me what you want to eat." "Menu?" the waiter asked. "It's the menu." Little Milk Bun looked around the room but couldn't see any. "You're looking for your boss? Why doesn't your boss want to do business with us?" "Grandpa, let's go." "Grandpa, let's go to another restaurant." Just then, Little Shunzi came in and saw everyone standing up. "Didn't the old man want to eat? What's going on?" Little Milk Bun said, "We asked the boss to get the menu. Humph, Brother Shunzi, you saw it too, but the boss didn't even show up. He's looking down on us." Little Shunzi consoled them, telling them to go ask and, "Miss, please sit down." Chai Zhen asked everyone to sit down. Xiao Shunzi hurried out and came to the counter. "Shopkeeper Ma, you don't want to work anymore, so pack up and leave." "Brother Dahua," Dahua came out, and Xiao Shunzi said, "Just watch Shopkeeper Ma pack up and let him go." Dahua: "Okay." Shopkeeper Ma knelt down and kowtowed. "Please forgive me this time. I won't do it again." Xiao Shunzi: "It's too late. I won't punish you. Let's go." Xiao Shunzi arranged for someone to take charge of the place. He first found the chef and said, "Follow me." Xiao Shunzi went upstairs and said to Xiao Baobao, "Miss, this is the chef." Ask him to tell you what the dishes are. "Well, there is no menu here?" Xiao Shunzi shook his head and said, "We don't know what a menu is?" "Oh, so go get some pen, ink, paper, and inkstone." The servant ran to get them and put them on the table. Huo Hua wrote for him. Little Milk Bag said, "Uncle Huo, the chef said you should write it." "Okay." Little Milk Bag said, "On the top line, write the word 'recipe'. On a new line, write the names of the dishes. One row for vegetables, one row for meat dishes, and one row for soups." If we write a few copies and put them in all the rooms, everyone can order whatever they want. "Hey, this is much more convenient." The chef said, "The meat options are braised pork, stewed pork, smoked duck..." After Huo Hua finished writing, Little Milk Bag looked at it. "I'll order one dish, steamed egg custard. Uncle Huo, you order one too. You can order whatever you want." Little Milk Bag looked at his great-grandfather and said, "Great-grandfather, you order one too? Second aunt, you order one too. Everyone can order whatever they want. This way, everyone has their favorite food and everyone is happy." "That's exactly how it makes sense." "Yeah, that makes sense. It can cater to everyone's taste." Little Shunzi understood. He would go back and tell his brother, the head steward, about this method. Soon, a large table of food was served. "Eat, we're all hungry." Xiao Shunzi was asked to come up with tea and snacks and was served carefully. This was someone the prince respected! Chai Zhen said while eating, "Xiao Shunzi, sit down and eat." "No, I'll eat later, everyone eat well." Xiao Naibao asked the kitchen to send a few more dishes and said, "Put them on another table, Xiao Shunzi, you can eat too." "Okay, I'll listen to you, young lady."

Everyone enjoyed the meal. "Let's go, Great Grandpa, let's go home and rest." We'll go to the shop later. Chai Zhen said, "Okay, where are we going to live?" Little Milk Bag said, "Our new home." He would let Brother Xiao Shunzi and the prince talk about it later. "Okay."

In the middle of the night, Chai Zhen picked up Little Milk Bag and drove the carriage to the shop. He entered and closed the door. Little Milk Bag waved his little hand, and cabinet after cabinet of rice, white flour, and yellow flour flowed in, all overflowing. Millet, soybeans, mung beans, and red beans. "Grandpa, just put these in first, and add more later." "Okay. Guoguo, you decide." "Okay." Then he walked to the other side, where potatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers, cilantro, garlic sprouts, beans—everything else was available. "Grandpa, open a layer first." He set the price. "Grandpa will write it." There were the four treasures of the study next to the counter, and Chai Zhen wrote on them one by one and posted them. "It's pleasing to the eye, clean and tidy, and fresh." When they finished their work, they went to sleep in the backyard.

At the hour of Yin, grandfather and grandson woke up early and went to the front hall to look around. "Grandpa, put up two scales. We need someone to weigh the goods?" "Come on, Grandpa, go ask Brother Ye for help? Two people who can read." Little Milk Bag had connected the surveillance cameras and installed several electronic eyes on the roof. In the backyard study, Little Milk Bag had a surveillance screen. She wanted to see what the people here were like when the shop opened!

Chai Zhen drove the carriage to the Night Prince's mansion. The gatekeeper quickly took the carriage and tied it up. He then fed the baby fodder and water. Chai Zhen had already carried the baby inside. Ye Heng was in the main hall. He picked up the little kid and said, "Sister Guoguo, are you not going to live with me anymore?" "Brother Ye, my family has visitors. We have to give them a place to stay. I'll stay with them for a few days. Besides, it's not far from where you are, so it's easy for us to see each other. Brother Ye can also stay there. Guoguo has reserved a room for you." Ye Heng: "Okay, Brother Ye, remember. Sister Guoguo has reserved a room for me. I can stay there anytime." "Yes, yes." Ye Heng: "Let's eat. Isn't your shop opening today? Brother Ye will go and cheer you on." The little kid nodded repeatedly and said, "Brother Ye has to find two people for Guoguo who can read." Ye Heng: "That's easy, housekeeper." Ye Renwen ran in, "Master." "Go find two women who can read and fight." Ye Renwen, "Yes, master."

Ye Renwen came out and went to find the secret guards. "We need females, martial arts proficient, and literate!" "We'll get them right away." Half an hour later, two beautiful female secret guards, one dressed in black and the other in shorts, appeared before Little Naibao. Little Naibao's eyes widened. "Wow, sister is so beautiful!" "Brother Ye, don't you have any clothes for girls?" Ye Heng looked. "Yes, butler, find two sets of girls' clothes." The butler said with a sad face, "Master, we don't have any girls' clothes in our mansion." He lowered his head. "Go buy some," the butler said, "Let's go buy some clothes." On the way, the official told the two girls to listen to the young lady and never make any mistakes. Maybe your fate will change. Work hard, it won't be difficult. "Yes, my lord, we sisters will remember this." Ye Renwen said, "I'm not a lord. I only listen to the prince and do whatever he tells me to do. I'm just like you. We are servants. It's right to obey our master. Don't betray him."

Arriving at the clothing store, he gave the two girls two sets of clothes each. "Change into these first, and buy more later." "Yes, butler." "Thank you, butler," said the other girl. Ye Renwen looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and caught the carriage to go back.

The two girls changed their clothes and reappeared in the hall. Little Milkbag smiled. "Now, are you acting like girls? Can you read?" the female secret guard said. "Yes." "Okay, I'll teach you what to do." Ye Heng: "Guoguo, give them names." Little Milkbag said, "Beautiful sisters, what are your names?" "Master, I'm An Eleven, and this is my sister, An Twelve." Ye Heng: "It seems you two are quite skilled in martial arts. I've summoned you today. From now on, follow the young lady, protect her, and obey her orders." "Master, this is a chance ranking in the competition. We sisters will protect the young master." Little Milkbag said, "Young ladies, you can talk. Guoguo wants it." "Guoguo can't call you by your serial numbers, so we'll call you Yingchun and Xiahua." "Thank you, young master, for your grace. I'll call you Yingchun and Xiahua," they said in unison. Little Milkbag looked at them. "They're wearing the same clothes, and you still can't tell who they are?" She pulled out two head flowers from her sleeves: a pair of red flowers and a pair of yellow flowers. She secretly noted down the yellow flowers of spring and the red flowers of summer.

After leaving, the little girl was going to open a shop. Ye Heng held her in his arms and said, "Uncle, let's go together." He asked the housekeeper to buy some cannons, and Xiao Shunzi drove the carriage to the shop.

Jiaxing, Zhang Baohua, and Huo Hua set out from Guoguo's residence and headed for the shop. The fourth brother, accompanied by Li Biaotou, also rushed to the shop. When Little Milk Bag arrived, he was greeted by so many relatives. "Daddy, Uncle!" Little Milk Bag called out to Yingchun and Xiahua. Chai Zhen had already opened the shop, and a group of people rushed in. Li Biaotou ordered two people to stand guard at the main door. "Watch out! No one's allowed in." "Don't worry, big brother," Xiaojing said. Li Biaotou said, "You'll be in later." "Okay, big brother," said another bodyguard.