Let's just drift through life together in this quick transmigration story.

Xiong Bufan went back to her room to sleep. She couldn't get involved in business matters, so she might as well rest or do something meaningful.

Su Beichen, the newly appointed county magistrate, reviewed past case files and re-examined previous wrongful convictions, making his first major moves as a new official. Only after finishing his work did he visit Qiao Yujie and Xiong Bufan.

The rouge shop's business was booming, but the contract with the counterfeit shop had not yet been finalized, and there was a lack of a notary to prove that the counterfeit shop and the rouge shop had a legitimate cooperative relationship.

When Su Beichen arrived at the shop, Qiao Yujie ran down from the counter and hurried to greet him, "Lord Su, please come in quickly."

Su Beichen smiled shyly, "I'm here to see Miss Xiong. Isn't she in the shop?"

Qiao Yujie said to a servant, "Xiao Hong, go back and invite Manager Xiong over. Tell him that Lord Su has arrived."

"Yes." The servant hurriedly left after receiving the instruction.

Qiao Yujie glanced at the bustling shop and gestured for them to proceed. "My lord, let's go to the backyard. There are too many people here."

"Alright."

The two arrived at the backyard one after the other, found a stone table and sat down. Various flower petals and medicinal herbs were drying in the yard. Su Beichen said, "I've been too busy these past few days, so I'm only visiting now. Please forgive me."

Qiao Yujie waved her hand and said, "It's nothing, Lord Su. I just happen to need your help with something."

"whats the matter?"

Qiao Yujie said, "I would like to ask you to be my witness, that is, I hired a village of people to make rouge." Fearing that Su Beichen would disagree, Qiao Yujie added, "The shop is opened by me and Bufan together."

"As long as it's not illegal, I can handle it."

Qiao Yujie poured some tea for Su Beichen and said, "Don't worry, sir, it won't violate the law, and I won't let you help for nothing. I will help you solve part of your debt problem as compensation."

Su Beichen: "Then thank you very much, Manager Qiao."

Upon hearing that Su Beichen had arrived, Xiong Bufan rushed over, but he jumped over the wall instead of coming through the shop. "Are you here to return the money? You are truly a man of your word."

Su Beichen took out a silver ingot from his pocket. "I'm still collecting the money. Here's five taels of silver for you."

"Alright then." Xiong Bufan didn't mind the small amount and stuffed it into his pocket. "If there's nothing else, you can go. Don't call me unless you need to pay back the money or if there's any danger." After saying that, Xiong Bufan disappeared again in a flash. He had come all this way for five taels of silver.

The family recently hired a chef to make specialty pastries. Xiong Bufan likes to stay in the kitchen when he has nothing to do, waiting for the chef to make pastries for him. He's been away for so long, the pastries should be ready soon.

After Xiong Bufan ran off, Qiao Yujie and Su Beichen were left in an awkward situation. Su Beichen hesitated before speaking, "Manager Qiao, do you think that if I marry Miss Xiong, I won't have to pay off my debt anymore?"

Qiao Yujie didn't think she had known Xiong Bufan for very long, but she knew him quite well. If Su Beichen didn't pay off his debts and still wanted to marry her, Xiong Bufan would definitely sell him for money.

Qiao Yujie laughed and said, "As long as you're happy, remember to find a few more guards."

Su Beichen lowered his head and said, "Just kidding."

Qiao Yujie said, half-seriously, "You'd better be joking. Let's set a time to get it notarized."

"Alright, I'll have time on the 13th of this month."

Su Beichen and Qiao Yujie exchanged a few polite words before Su Beichen left, and Qiao Yujie began looking for bookstores to copy down contracts.

Cui Haoyu lived quietly in the Xianwang Mansion in the capital, neither going out to meet with ministers nor attending any banquets. Some people tried to send women to the Xianwang Mansion, but the women were found hanging at the gate of the mansion the next day. When the emperor heard about this, he reprimanded them, and then no one sent women to the Xianwang Mansion anymore.

After the mountain stronghold became the main production site for the rouge shop, Qiao Yujie left some servants behind to teach them after signing the contract. She left Xiong Bufan at the stronghold and went back to run the shop. The new shop was opened in the north of the city, which was under Su Beichen's jurisdiction. With a powerful backer, it would be easier to do business.

Even though Su Beichen didn't invest in the rouge shop, in the eyes of outsiders, Su Beichen was still on the same boat as Qiao Yujie.

As an early romance novel heroine, Qiao Yujie was undoubtedly powerful, able to perfectly utilize all resources and achieve a certain level of success in a short period of time. Moreover, she was also given some special advantages by fate.

002 sent many letters to the rouge shop in Lincheng, but never received a reply. The situation in the capital was not very stable. 002 often heard people flying over his roof at night, so he packed his bags, locked his house, and rode his horse towards Lincheng.

Xiong Bufan was showing the villagers his newly hunted prey. It was good in ancient times; hunting wasn't illegal, and Xiong Bufan could run all over the mountains and play.

This time, they brought back a wild boar. Xiong Bufan imitated Cui Dahai's boasting, "You guys don't know, it took me a lot of effort to find this wild boar. The moment it charged at me, I punched it on the head and sent it away. Then I carried it all the way back."

The people below the stage applauded and cheered, "Wow, Manager Xiong is amazing!"

"So-so. Okay, break time is over. You guys go make the rouge now."

Even if the rouge is needed urgently, the workers' rest time cannot be ignored, as that would affect the quality of the rouge and, more importantly, Xiong Bufan's profits. Therefore, Xiong Bufan strictly followed the rest time he had learned before and made some modifications. They could rest for the time it takes to burn an incense stick every hour, and the lunch break was half an hour. They stopped working half an hour before dark every day because it was difficult to operate at night, which would waste lamp oil and also affect the quality of the rouge.

When this rule was created, Kongkong complained that Xiong Bufan was a ruthless capitalist.

However, the bandits adapted very well to Xiong Bufan's punches; Kongkong could only say that they had been beaten into servility.

When 002 arrived, Xiong Bufan was following the cook to the kitchen, waiting to eat stewed meat. 002: "Xiong Bufan, you heartless man!"

The people who had gone to work stopped and looked at 002 with a gossipy expression. They didn't know exactly who Xiong Bufan was, but they had a gut feeling that there must be someone named Xiong Bufan in their village.

Xiong Bufan turned around and saw 002. He ran over, picked her up, and threw her into the air. "I missed you so much! Why did it take you so long to get here!"

The only response to Xiong Bufan was 002's scream, "Ahhh! Take me back right now!"

Xiong Bufan: "Don't you like playing? This is a lot of fun!"

"I don't like it, let me land right now!"

Xiong Bufan walked over and caught 002 as he fell, saying, "Okay." However, the impact of the fall was too great, and Xiong Bufan dislocated his arm. After putting 002 down, Xiong Bufan reattached his other arm himself.

Onlookers exclaimed, "Wow, I want to play too!" It was unclear whether they meant trapeze or dislocation game.

Xiong Bufan said fiercely, "Go get to work, or I'll beat you up!"

The onlookers scattered in a flash, and 002, catching his breath, said, "What are you doing here at the mountain stronghold? I had to go find Manager Qiao to find out you were here."

"Qiao Yujie asked me to stay here and watch them produce rouge, so I came up the mountain and discovered something."

002: "What is it?"

Xiong Bufan said in a pretentious tone, "It's much more fun up in the mountains than down here."

002 was speechless, but still tried to start a conversation: "Did you receive the letter I sent you?"

"What letter?"

Knowing that Xiong Bufan couldn't remember, Kongkong kindly reminded him: "There was a strange person who asked you for money before, saying he had a letter for you, but you locked him out. Do you remember?"

Upon hearing this, Xiong Bufan vaguely remembered it, but still shook his head and said, "No, I haven't received it."

002: "I put some silver notes in the envelope, intending to give them to you to spend, but I didn't expect you to not receive them. It's such a pity." She shook her head as she spoke.

Silver notes? Xiong Bufan grabbed 002's shoulder. "Are you serious?" She was about to break into the post station, and no one could keep her silver notes for themselves.

Seeing Xiong Bufan's anxious look, 002 was afraid that she would cause more trouble, so she quickly said, "It's fake."

Xiong Bufan slapped 002 on the head, "You lied to me, you owe me a hundred taels of silver, no, a thousand taels, remember to pay me back."

002: "I can only give you one hundred taels; I can't give you any more."

"also."

Anyway, it's money I got without doing anything, so I guess I've made a profit no matter how much it is.

002 pulled out a silver note from his pocket and waved it in front of Xiong Bufan, "You're not allowed to refuse my letters anymore! Otherwise, I won't give them to you!"

Xiong Bufan beamed with joy upon seeing the silver notes. "Don't worry, I'll keep all the letters from now on."

"That's pretty much it."