Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

When Li Yinyin strolled back to the main courtyard, Yu Qiaoyun was still somewhat surprised: "Didn't they say you went to the fortune teller's place and he didn't keep you to continue grinding stones?"

"No, no, Master rolled his eyes and kicked me out," Li Yinyin said happily as she sat down next to her sister-in-law and stretched. "Finally, I can get some rest."

Yu Qiaoyun became curious: "You can even get a fortune teller to kick you out?"

Li Yinyin chuckled and whispered her words to her, which took Yu Qiaoyun a while to react: "You silly girl, you asked the fortune teller to tell you this, and he didn't even scold you, which is good."

"So this is why I was kicked out," Li Yinyin said, glancing at the account books on the small table beside her. "Sister-in-law, are you doing the accounting so early?"

Yu Qiaoyun nodded: "Didn't you say that we could spend this reunion festival with your brother? I was thinking that once we leave Shangshui Village, we probably won't be able to come back for a while."

“Our family has many shops, which are far apart, and we lack someone to manage them, so problems are bound to arise. I plan to check the accounts again to see if we should sell some of these shops and keep only the essential ones, or those with reliable staff.”

Li Yinyin was very supportive of this: "If we sell some of the Yunzhou goods, we can buy some more elsewhere. In the end, we won't lose money. But we can't rush this."

Yu Qiaoyun also said, "We'll take it slowly. After all, your brother isn't home right now. If we sell a lot of shops all at once, it's inevitable that people will target our family. If they drive down our prices, we'll only lose some money. But if they think something has happened to your brother and he can't take care of us, and they have bad intentions, then our lives will be in danger."

“So when looking for a buyer, you have to look carefully and make sure they are reliable enough,” Li Yinyin suggested. “If your brother has a trusted and honest friend from the past, you can contact them first.”

"If it works out, we'll do it secretly, quietly change the owners, and announce it after we've all moved away and aren't coming back. That way, even if someone tries to take advantage of the situation to cause trouble for us or steal our property, they won't be able to do anything about it!"

“Okay, I’ll leave it to you, Yinyin,” Yu Qiaoyun said with a smile, placing the ledger in Li Yinyin’s hands. “Since you have some free time now, why don’t you stay and look at it with me for a while?”

"Sister-in-law, I just came from my master's place," Li Yinyin said with a hint of sorrow on her face, but in the end, she just sighed and chose to help her sister-in-law.

Otherwise, how can I just watch my sister-in-law busy herself?

Several days had passed since she last looked at the ledger. After she finished her work, the fortune teller called her over again to help carve the stone.

This time, however, it wasn't a horoscope that was carved.

Li Yinyin looked at the map in her hand, then at the jade in front of her: "Master, do you mean we should carve the entire map onto this?"

"Yes and no," the half-immortal said. "This stone is quite large, enough to carve the entire Western Region. This picture only occupies a small corner of it."

“But Master,” Li Yinyin closed the drawing, “how long will this thing last after it’s carved? The terrain changes constantly, and after the world changes, won’t everything be different?”

"Who told you to think so far into the future?" The fortune teller glanced at her. "Life is short, only a hundred years. What you can see is only what's in front of you. As for what comes after, there will naturally be people to do it. If you do it all, what will they be doing?"

Li Yinyin gave a thumbs up: "Master is so insightful, I can't compare."

The fortune teller tossed her a carving knife: "Hurry up, until you finish, this room will be your residence."

"Master?!" Li Yinyin tried to find a trace of joking on his face, but unfortunately, she didn't.

"I'm just destined to be a workaholic!"

Li Yinyin sighed. If the song "Little Cabbage" weren't unavailable now, she would have loved to sing along.

After all, this song is too realistic. She's a naive girl, and her master is a ruthless tyrant.

Never mind, the master is looking over here again. Let's carve something, let's carve something.

While Li Yinyin was extremely busy, Shangshui Village welcomed some unfamiliar guests.

The guests arrived at the village chief's house and received a very warm welcome. The chief even specially called Li Niuniu out to greet the guests.

Li Niu Niu blushed slightly upon seeing the people; it turned out that the visitors were none other than Young Master Zhao and Young Master Tong, whom she had met during the Great Flower Festival.

After Li Niuniu led the two out, Young Master Tong took the initiative to ask about Li Chengming, saying he wanted to pay him a visit. Li Niuniu, without suspicion, led him to the door.

Young Master Tong was somewhat disappointed not to see Li Yinyin and asked, "Where is Miss Yinyin?"

Yu Qiaoyun looked up at him: "My sister has been busy lately and is unable to receive guests."

Faced with her knowing gaze, Young Master Tong felt a little awkward and quickly followed Young Master Zhao away.

After they left, Yu Qiaoyun called over the maid who had been with Li Yinyin and asked her about the situation. Having learned the whole story, and seeing that Li Yinyin hadn't mentioned this Young Master Tong at all, she concluded that he wasn't an important person. Once Li Yinyin finished her work and came out, Yu Qiaoyun didn't bring it up with her again.

The Li family was handling their business affairs in an orderly manner. After resting for a few days, Li Yinyin also retrieved the roster of embroiderers from the embroidery workshop.

After reviewing the basic information of the embroiderers, she returned to the embroidery workshop several months later.

"The host has arrived!"

When the embroiderers saw her, their faces lit up with joy, and they all stood up to greet her.

Li Yinyin gathered them together and said, "My men have tried planting white pine in Yunzhou, but the harvest and quality are not as good as in the west. However, our embroidery workshop needs a lot of white pine when making lace. You have all done it yourselves, so you should know that it is light and soft. It looks like a lot when transporting, but in actual use, it can't keep up with production needs."

"After thinking about it for a while, I decided to open a new embroidery workshop in the west that specializes in white lace, embroidery and other crafts. In the future, this workshop will only focus on silk crafts."

“Since we’re opening a new embroidery workshop, we’ll naturally need skilled workers. You can go back and think about it. If any of you are willing to go with me to the west, the wages will definitely be higher. If you’re willing to go with your whole family, I can take you with me and even help you acquire some land in the west to settle down.”

"If it's just your own idea to go, I have to say this upfront: once you go to the west, it will be inconvenient to travel and communicate. So, you must discuss it carefully with your family and consider it thoroughly."

Li Yinyin's words were like water falling into a hot oil pan, instantly causing an uproar among the embroiderers.

Li Yinyin waited for a long time, but no one came to inquire. She wasn't in a hurry, so she gave them a few days off and allowed them to go back and think things through.

Just as Li Yinyin was about to leave, one of the hesitant embroiderers stepped forward and said, "We have a few questions we would like to ask our master for clarification."