I traveled back to ancient times, but I was able to lie down and relax.

While Liu Nanjia was counting the silver and looking at the account book, Fang the carpenter continued, "This time there are 20 taels. I originally wanted to settle the account with you in half a month, but you haven't come yet. I've received a few more orders these past few days, so I just rounded it up to a whole number."

More than 20 days have passed since the last profit sharing. Although it's not as much as last time, it's still close to one or two ounces a day on average, which is about the same as what she earns from selling fried chicken. This income is quite considerable.

The carpenter was still explaining, "The amount is less this time because the young masters who are most willing to spend money bought it early on. Although there are quite a few orders in this period, there are not many high-priced ones. Ordinary wood is still selling more."

Liu Nanjia has already finished counting, because the accounts are written very clearly and are easy to read.

She laughed and said, "This is already quite a lot. We run between the village and the town every day, and that's all we can earn."

Then he turned to Liu Yanxi and said, "Brother, we've made back the money we spent on building the house, and we even have an extra five taels. You're not worried about it now, are you?"

This made Carpenter Fang laugh heartily. After laughing, he said, "Miss Liu is a woman destined for great things. She certainly won't just stay at a small stall forever. How about it, have you considered opening a shop? I've tried your fried chicken, and it's really delicious. And what's that bun again? Oh right, bread! It's good too. My silly son loves it. All your stuff tastes best when it's hot. Opening a shop would definitely make your business even more prosperous."

Liu Nanjia also knew that fried chicken tastes best when it's hot.

Moreover, their stall has been set up for over a month, and with such good business, naturally there are envious people who have started to imitate it. However, those people cannot make the crispy crust, and the overall taste is far inferior to hers, so her business has not been affected.

Liu Nanjia had certainly considered opening a shop, but it was by no means an easy thing. Song Chen's injury hadn't healed yet, and there were a lot of other things going on at home, so she hadn't thought about it.

Now that Song Chen has recovered from his injuries, he's definitely someone I can trust. My brother's school is also gradually getting back on track, and it should be able to start accepting students soon. We don't need to worry about the house and land anymore, so we can start thinking about it.

However, Liu Nanjia calculated that he currently had about 70 taels of silver, which was still a bit too little. He would save up more later.

So he replied, "It's a bit early to talk about opening a shop now, let's wait and see. If you do open one in the future, Master Fang, you must come and support me!"

"Of course, I'll definitely take my son with me." Fang the carpenter had made money recently and was clearly in a good mood; the smile on his face never faded.

Afterwards, Liu Nanjia took his family to a clothing store. Now that the weather is gradually getting cooler, it's time to start preparing warm clothes.

The waiter in the shop already recognized them and said with a smile, "Today I finally get to see the whole family. You siblings are all so good-looking."

'The biggest one is somewhat different from the others.' Of course, he didn't say this aloud.

Liu Nanjia didn't mince words: "We should thank our parents for giving us such good looks. We're here to buy autumn clothes, so let's each take two sets."

Because the waiter had always provided good service, Liu Nanjia told him to bring the clothes over directly.

I took a look at it, thought it was good, and paid for it readily. The process was very quick and efficient.

After buying the clothes, Liu Nanjia didn't skimp on food either, buying a lot of miscellaneous items and spending nearly 3 taels of silver in the end.

Liu Yanxi looked on with a sense of helplessness. He had already noticed that his younger sister would immediately spend a significant portion of any money she received.

On the way home, passing by our own few acres of land, I found the entire Zhao family busy in the fields. Not only were Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao and their second son there, but also their two younger children.

Liu Yanxi and Liu Nanjia were about to go over and take a look when Uncle Zhao saw them arrive. He immediately stopped what he was doing and, as if reporting a work report, explained in detail the current situation in the field.

"Young Master Liu, Miss Liu, your land hasn't been well cared for these past few months. I need to pull out the weeds first, and then turn over the soil a bit more..."

Liu Yanxi felt somewhat ashamed. In the past few months, it wasn't that he hadn't taken good care of her; he had practically neglected her entirely.

"Uncle Zhao, you don't need to be so polite. Just call us by our names. We don't know much about farming, so you can just do what you need to do."

"Yes, we were just passing by on our way home when we saw you there, so we came to check on you. These two are your other two children, right?"

Liu Nanjia looked at the two children beside Uncle Zhao, a boy and a girl. The girl was older, looking only a little younger than herself, while the boy was probably older than Sirou, maybe 6 or 7 years old, and was also pulling weeds in the field.

"Yes, yes, these are my other two children, here to greet Young Master Liu and Miss Liu."

The two children looked very thin, but they were quite polite, and greeted each other in unison, "Greetings, Young Master Liu! Greetings, Miss Liu!"

Liu Nanjia quickly waved her hand: "I already said there's no need to be so polite, just call me brother or sister."

As he spoke, he took out some pastries he had bought from town and gave them to them.

"These were just bought from town, you can take them and eat them."

The two children reminded Liu Nanjia of the days when she and her siblings lived together, and she couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.

Moreover, some pastries are nothing to her now and can be easily given away.

Uncle Zhao wanted to refuse, but he couldn't resist Liu Nanjia's insistence and saw the longing in the two children's eyes, so he accepted it.

Liu Nanjia didn't even remember the food and forgot about it in the blink of an eye.

After returning home, I chatted with Aunt Wang, who had come to deliver the eggs.

"By the way, Aunt Wang, how's your vegetable business going? I haven't heard you mention it lately. And that Feng Mazi, is he still selling vegetables?"

“Nan Jia, you’ve been too busy. Feng Mazi stopped selling a long time ago. Now we’re in a similar situation to when you were doing it, harvesting every three days, and we can earn 4 or 50 coins each time. Once the vegetables we plant grow grow, we can sell even more. Hey, Feng Mazi’s affair caused quite a stir back then, didn’t you know?”

"I really don't know." Liu Nanjia is busy with business every day and really doesn't have time to chat with other people. She only interacts with Aunt Wang's family more often.

"Back then, it was said that Feng Mazi supplied vegetables to the restaurant. They needed such a large quantity every day. At first, he could supply enough, but after a few days, he couldn't keep up. So he offered a higher price to continue supplying for a few more days. But there are only so many people in the village, and no one grows vegetables specifically. How could he possibly have such a large quantity every day? He could have gone to other nearby villages to buy vegetables, but if Feng Mazi were really that diligent, he wouldn't be him."

"When the food supply couldn't keep up, the restaurant naturally noticed. Upon investigation, they discovered that it was one of Feng Mazi's acquaintances at the restaurant who had taken it upon himself to cancel the partnership with a farm that originally supplied the vegetables, giving it to Feng Mazi instead. Not only did they pocket the money, but the vegetables they bought weren't even as good as before. The restaurant wasn't going to let them off easily, so they fired that person, beat up both of them, and took back the money they had embezzled."

“Then they deserve it.” Liu Nanjia listened with great interest.

"That's right. If you take dirty money, you have to bear the consequences. Sigh, didn't I say that the Fang family was involved in this matter? Although I don't know exactly how they divided it, Feng Mazi went to the Liu family to make trouble several times, and it was quite a mess. At that time, Old Master Liu was so angry that he seemed to have taken matters into his own hands."

"Hahaha." Liu Nanjia laughed out loud, "So that's what happened. I should have gone to see the excitement."

"You silly girl, be careful they don't try to take advantage of you again. Now everyone in the village knows you're rich," Aunt Wang said with a laugh, adding a reminder after she finished.

The two chatted for a while longer before Aunt Wang went home.

Just as Liu Nanjia thought no one else would come and was about to close the courtyard gate, someone else entered the courtyard.

The person knocked on the courtyard gate first, and only came in after receiving Liu Nanjia's permission. It was Aunt Zhao, whom they had just met in the field.

She moved somewhat awkwardly and said to Liu Nanjia, "Miss Liu, I have something to tell you. Can we go inside and talk? It would be best if you could also call your brother, Young Master Liu, to come along."