Rebirth: Making a Fortune in Ancient Times

That sleeping beauty cream was invented by Granny Liu, and it sold like hotcakes. A jar of the ordinary version sold for two taels of silver. There was also a high-end version, which cost ten taels of silver a jar. I heard that this beauty cream had even spread to the prefectural city. Granny Liu was no longer the lowly midwife she once was. She opened a clinic, treating only women and delivering babies for women.

Of course, her actions attracted a lot of gossip, including from her son and daughter-in-law, who thought she was too restless. They couldn't understand why a midwife would suddenly want to open a clinic, and they didn't believe that she could treat patients in addition to delivering babies.

At first, there were frequent disturbances. When Xia Yu found out, she first asked Liu to go see Granny Liu for treatment, but Liu's body was well-nourished by the well water in her daughter's space, so she had no illness at all. In the end, Liu took her eldest sister-in-law Wang and her second sister-in-law with her.

At first, the two were embarrassed and felt ashamed, but after being persuaded by Liu, they eventually went with her.

Liu was a clever woman, and after talking with Granny Liu, she understood why her daughter spoke so highly of her. Granny Liu was indeed very knowledgeable in gynecology, surpassing many male doctors, and being a woman herself, the sense of shame in their conversation was much less.

And so, Liu would always bring different women to Granny Liu's clinic to seek her medical treatment. Over time, the two women became close friends despite their age difference.

With the help of the Zhang family, Granny Liu's clinic gradually got on track, and women from outside began to seek her medical treatment. Her reputation also slowly spread.

Later, through Liu's introduction, Madam Shen and the county magistrate's wife repeatedly expressed their admiration for Granny Liu in public, saying that there should be more female doctors like Granny Liu so that more women could be spared the torment of illness.

With the support of these two women of the highest status in Ming'an County, Granny Liu's clinic has finally gained a firm foothold in the county. Furthermore, her occasional research and development of beauty creams and similar products has made her very popular among the wealthy ladies of Ming'an County.

Xia Yu always felt envious whenever she thought of Granny Liu. If she had studied medicine in her past life, she would have been able to make a living no matter what. But the thought of her dramatic profession in her previous life gave her a headache. It was useless, utterly useless in ancient times.

Therefore, Xia Yu was even more grateful to God for giving her this space. If it weren't for this space, she wouldn't be living a life where she had no worries about food and clothing. Thinking back to her wish when she first came to this family, she hoped that she could eat cornbread every day. It's only been six years now, but it feels like a lifetime ago.

It was already late at night when I led Nineteen and Daniu back to their own courtyard.

Her courtyard was quite large, with four main rooms facing south, and a side room at each end. From east to west, the four main rooms were a bedroom, a living room, a greenhouse, and a bathroom. Behind a row of green bamboo in the southeast corner of the courtyard were two toilets, hidden from view by the bamboo.

The spacious courtyard wasn't planted with many flowers or plants; it was simply paved with bluestone bricks. At first glance, no one would guess that this was a little girl's courtyard. All of this was so that after a heavy snowfall in winter, the group would have a place to practice their martial arts.

In recent years, under the guidance of Shijiu, Xia Yu and Da Niu have made some progress in their lightness skills. The heroines who descend from the sky in martial arts films from their previous lives are probably every girl's dream, so Xia Yu has worked very hard in martial arts training these past few years, especially in lightness skills.

Perhaps because Da Niu eats so much, her lightness skill can't compare to Xia Yu's. She says ordinary swords and knives are too light and she doesn't feel anything holding them. In view of this, Xia Yu specially commissioned someone to make her a pair of giant hammers weighing over a hundred pounds each time she practices. Every time she practices, she can wield them with great power and momentum.

The sledgehammer was just too big and heavy, making it really inconvenient to carry around. Aside from practicing in the yard, she never took it outside. Da Niu felt quite disappointed about this; she wished her weapon could be like Nineteen's soft sword, which she could carry with her all the time.

Xia Yu did think of a weapon that could meet Da Niu's requirements, but it was just a thought; no one had the ability to obtain it. Can you, the readers, guess what that weapon is?

The two side rooms were Da Niu and Shi Jiu's bedrooms; the three of them lived in the courtyard. After washing up, they each went back to their rooms to rest, as Xia Yu didn't like being waited on at night.

As soon as she returned to the house, Xia Yu slipped into her spatial dimension. Her space was now spotless, free of the various messy things that had piled up there.

When they built their house, they put a lot of effort into the cellar. Building a cellar in the countryside wouldn't arouse suspicion. It's just that Xia Yu's cellar was larger and had a slightly more complex layout than others.

Xia Yu had moved everything in the space to the cellar. Mixed in with what she grew at home, no one suspected anything.

Only Zhang Youtie, Liu Shi, and Xia Yu had the key to the cellar. Changyun was often away from home, so even he didn't have it. Every day, Xia Yu would enter the cellar once to put in the things that had been planted in the space the previous night. Because the cellar was divided into several rooms, even though servants sometimes needed to move things in, each room was locked, and no one knew what was in each room.

After wandering around the space for a while, Xia Yu lit a stove, picked two leaves from the flowering tree, and boiled them to make leaf water to drink.

Last time, Xia Yu accidentally ate a flower petal, and the next day, Madam Liu felt that her daughter's eyebrows seemed darker and her lips looked better. She even jokingly teased her.

"Xiaxia has grown up and knows how to care about her appearance."

At first, when her mother told her, she didn't pay much attention. It wasn't until later, when her older sister, younger sister, and aunt all asked her if she had used rouge, that she took the issue seriously. For some reason, she remembered the flower petal she had eaten the night before.

During her lunch break, she went into the space again, wanting to take a petal to try it out. To her surprise, many of the petals that were still there the night before had all withered overnight, turning into small, greenish fruits.

Xia Yu couldn't quite describe her feelings at that moment. It was somewhat like when she first transmigrated, having lost a 30 million yuan prize but gained a spatial dimension. She decided to conduct more experiments on anything that originally existed within the spatial dimension.

From then on, she often picked leaves from the tree and brewed them into tea. But after drinking it for several years, it didn't seem to have any magical effects. She is very beautiful now, but it's unclear whether it's because she's grown up and become naturally beautiful, or because of drinking the leaf tea.

After drinking the water boiled with the leaves, she practiced the breathing techniques of light-body kung fu in the space, a habit she had developed over the years. For Xia Yu, no place was safer than this space, and she felt very relaxed practicing the techniques here.

After leaving the space, Xia Yu put on the silk pajamas that Liu had sewn by hand, and snuggled into the thin quilt and fell into a deep sleep.