My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

Today's meal was very plentiful.

Stir-fried eggs with toon leaves, stewed pork belly, stewed ribs, as well as boiled shepherd's purse and wild celery.

Because there were many people, they ate in the main room.

Zhou Jingyi had nowhere to eat, so despite his embarrassment, he still came despite his shame.

While eating, Yang Fenglan was talking to Lin Cuiniang and didn't notice him. He breathed a sigh of relief, shoveled down his food in a few bites, and then slipped away.

The rest of the people then began to eat.

“Cui Niang, I have a business opportunity, but I don’t know if it will be successful,” Yang Fenglan said. “My shop has been doing well lately, but we have a shortage of products, so I’d like to add some more.”

Everyone looked up at Yang Fenglan, waiting for her to continue.

"It's peach season now. I'd like to ask you if you'd be willing to buy peaches from the village. Peaches in the street are two coins a pound, but I'll give you three coins a pound. Be sure to buy them carefully."

Lin Cuiniang was a little confused. "It's two coins a pound on the street, why are you offering three coins to buy it?"

“Yes, I don’t understand either,” Xu Dazhu said.

Of the people present, only Xu Yingying understood: "First of all, she can earn more by processing peaches that cost three coins a pound; secondly, it's normal for her to pay a higher price because she has to select the best quality ones; and finally, isn't she just taking care of our family?"

After this explanation, Lin Cuiniang understood and waved her hands repeatedly, "No need to pay extra. I'll ask around in the village how many peaches you want, and then I'll find a truck to pick them up. Really, why do you need money to do something? Besides, it's a business you and Yingying are doing together."

It was, after all, their own business, so Lin Cuiniang refused to take the money.

Yang Fenglan said, "It's not much money. If you don't make it, I'll find someone else to make it. Besides peaches, we'll also collect chestnuts and pine nuts when the chestnuts in the mountains ripen. We can't keep helping for free."

Yang Fenglan spoke up, and Xu Yingying persuaded her from the other side, which finally convinced Lin Cuiniang to take on the job.

Actually, Yang Fenglan had already made up her mind when she mentioned buying peaches.

These days, not many families grow fruit trees; most grow wild peaches. As long as they can be sold for money, many people are willing to go into the mountains to pick them.

If she takes it to town and sells it for two coins a pound, she might not even be able to sell it. So, she's sure she can get six or seven pounds for ten coins.

It sounds like they're just helping with the acquisition, but based on the price Yang Fenglan offered, they could make half of it.

You can easily earn over a hundred coins by collecting two hundred catties of peaches; you can't find such a good job anywhere else.

After finishing their business, Lin Cuiniang asked Xu Dazhu to go to the village to discuss the peach harvest.

Yang Fenglan was also in a hurry to go back and prepare the jars.

Since there aren't many dried goods to sell right now, making some canned goods and storing them until the fruit season is over is a good investment.

Xu Yingying had no objection to this.

She knew that in a business partnership, only one person needed to make the decisions; she could contribute her time or money and just wait to collect her earnings.

At this time, Yang Fenglan had no idea that the business, which was just used as a front, would become a huge success because of the addition of canned peaches.

She had to expand her peach purchasing efforts to surrounding villages.

They were too busy making canned goods, so they had to take Xu Yingying to the city to help wash and peel peaches, while Yang Fenglan was in charge of steaming the canned goods and storing them properly.

Because the jars were different from those of later generations, they were not airtight enough and could not keep food for very long.

Shipped within a week.

They'll be sold out on the same day they're put on the counter.

"No, I opened this shop to relax, so why am I getting busier and busier?" After a long day, with a sore back and legs, Yang Fenglan couldn't help but roar.

Xu Yingying was already exhausted. "I want to ask too."

I felt like I hadn't slept for very long before I was woken up.

The newly harvested peaches have arrived.

Then, another whole day of peeling, chopping, steaming...