Just then, Manager Liu was free and came out for some fresh air. He saw her and ran over to her excitedly.

"Nan-ge'er, since you're in town, why don't you come and sit at my place?"

"If you don't sell herbs, what would I do at your place?"

Xiao Nan strolled around with his hands behind his back, glancing at the goods on the stall.

Shopkeeper Liu asked curiously, "Then what are you doing in town?"

"Buy some things."

Suddenly she thought of quilts and cotton-padded clothes. She had originally planned to buy them when it got cold, but since she was already there, she decided to buy some as well.

So she ignored Manager Liu and went straight to the fabric shop, since the fabric shop should have cotton.

Manager Liu followed behind her. Ever since the incident with Old Madam Qiao, he had thought Xiao Nan was mysterious and a person with great opportunities, and he wanted to befriend her.

When I arrived at the fabric shop, I found out that they had cotton, but the price was really expensive, fifty coins a pound.

Upon inquiring, I learned that the cotton was also imported. Damn it!

She checked the quality and found it wasn't very good, so she bought a large basket from the grocery store and bought twenty catties of cotton, two bolts of fine cloth, and three bolts of coarse cloth.

As she left the cloth shop, carrying her basket, she was about to walk away when Manager Liu hurriedly called her back.

"Brother Nan, don't go! You've come all this way, let's chat for a bit?"

Xiao Nan turned around and looked at him calmly: "How long do you want to talk?"

"How about half an hour?"

"One tael of silver for half an hour."

Manager Liu was taken aback, then burst into laughter: "Have you become obsessed with money?"

"I have something to do, and you're wasting my precious time. What's wrong with asking for some money?"

"Okay, okay, don't go. As long as you can get me some herbs, I'll pay you one or two taels of silver, okay?"

Xiao Nan stopped in her tracks. She knew it; this guy was sticking to her because he wanted herbs. She really shouldn't have gone into the business of selling medicine.

What do you want?

"Ginseng has a special purpose: it must be aged before it can be used in medicine."

Xiao Nan scoffed, "You're not talking about that old lady Qiao, are you?"

"Hehe, you guessed right. I was sick last time and my health hasn't been good. I need high-grade ginseng."

"Would a hundred years be enough?"

"That's enough, more than enough. Name your price."

"I don't grow ginseng, so don't keep asking me for this. I do have some ginseng, but only one."

"That's good, hehe. Also, I'd like to get some other medicines from you too. How about this, I'll take whatever you have, and I promise I won't bother you again for a year, okay?"

When do you need it?

"The sooner the better. If it's delivered first thing tomorrow morning, I'll give you an extra ten taels of silver in addition to the price of the ginseng and herbs, okay?"

"First, tell me how much you'd pay for a 100-year-old piece?"

"One thousand taels!"

Xiao Nan took a deep breath. She was now incredibly wealthy, with mountains of gold and silver in her spatial storage; a thousand taels was nothing to her.

However, considering that he got me a household registration, this deal is still worth doing.

"Alright, send it over first thing tomorrow morning. Get the money ready!"

"Great!"

Xiao Nan carried the large basket and quickly left the town, cursing Manager Liu in his heart several times over.

As soon as I reached the alley, Longlong's words reached my ears.

"Master, that old man is so lewd, he keeps following you."

"How did things go?"

"The head of the Fang family saw it, and he frowned for a long time and discussed it with his wife for a long time."

"The results of it?"

"Sigh, we've decided to take Zhang Lao Er as our son-in-law. However, they want to see his performance in the imperial examination this time. But since you've put this thorn in their side, the Fang family is planning to transfer their assets to prevent Zhang Lao Er from having a chance to scheme against them."

"That's really something. Four-legged toads are hard to find, but there are plenty of two-legged men. Why hang yourself on this tree?"

"Hehe, you don't know, that girl from the Fang family, haha, she made a fool of herself, haha,"

"Huh? Didn't you say she was very beautiful?"

"I heard that when he was at the Zhang family's house, but I just saw him in person."

“Someone like him, as long as he covers his face, any woman can sleep with him. I don’t care, once he’s pricked, his days in the Zhang family won’t be easy.”

"Yes, while you're at it, Master, you should conserve your energy, improve yourself, and cultivate more land."

"Alright, stop bringing this up. Are you a myna bird? You're always talking about 'baba' all the time."

"Humph!"

Xiao Nan carried a large basket on his back and walked quickly along the path. It had just rained, and there weren't many people in the fields.

Even so, she remained vigilant.

When she arrived home, the old lady was waiting for her at the gate in the backyard.

On the way there and back, it seemed like nothing much was done, and all the time was spent on the road. By the time I got home, it was already time to make dinner.

The old woman breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her.

Seeing the basket full of cotton broke my heart.

“You bought so much stuff again, carrying dozens of kilograms back. You must be tired. Let me get you a bowl of water.”

As she spoke, she quickly went to the kitchen, scooped out a bowl of cooled boiled water from the pot, and handed it to Xiao Nan.

After finishing her water, she pointed to the basket and said, "Since you have nothing to do, make us two winter coats, two for each of us, as well as cotton shoes, quilts, and so on. I'll buy anything else we need later."

"That benefactor must have given you a lot of money."

"Yeah, that's enough for both of us to cover our expenses for several years."

"Save it, and spend it when you have a way to make money later."

"got it."

Grandma went to arrange the cloth and cotton. When Xiao Nan sat down to rest, the two dogs came running up to her, whimpering.

She was hungry, so she quickly went back to the kitchen, lit the stove, added water to a small pot, sprinkled in some minced meat, and after it boiled, she stirred the flour into a paste and cooked a small pot of meat porridge. She then poured it into a basin to cool.

Then, with the puppy in tow, they opened the gate, moved a stool, and sat down at the entrance.

She wanted to see if anything unusual happened in the village while she was away.

She had just sat down when she saw Zhang Lao Er come out of the Zhang family home and chat with the villagers. She squinted her eyes.

He then leaned lazily against the door frame and took out a bright red fruit from his pocket to eat.

Zhang Tingyu greeted the villagers and wanted to visit the village chief's house, but a casual glance revealed Xiao Nan to him.

The Xiao Nan at this time was not the Xiao Nan who lived in the Zhang family.

Back then, she was covered in dust and dirt, her features were barely visible, and she was just skin and bones. But now she is...

Like a handsome young man, he changed completely in just one month.

He wore clean, unpatched men's clothing, his hair was tied up high, his eyebrows were curved like willow leaves, his eyes were as dark as pools of water, and his thin lips were as red as fire.

Zhang Tingyu suddenly stopped moving. He walked up to Xiao Nan as if possessed and looked him up and down.

"you are?"

Xiao Nan scoffed sarcastically, "What, Zhang Lao Er, don't you even recognize your own grandma? You haven't changed your lecherous ways at all."

Zhang Lao Er took two steps back, pointed at Xiao Nan, and shouted sternly.

"So it was you, you bitch."

Xiao Nan stood up and slapped him hard across the face: "You scumbag? No matter how scumbag you are, you can't be as scumbag as the Zhang family, and you can't be as scumbag as me. You're just a scholar, doing dirty things all day long, and you still have the nerve to call others scumbags. The one who's really scumbag is you!"

"you you you!"

"You disgrace to the academic world, get out! Don't show your face in front of me again, or I'll make sure you can't stay in school and you can't get a career in government."

"You dare? You're just an orphan girl. Be careful, or I'll make sure you don't see the sun rise tomorrow."

"Bah! You dare threaten your grandmother? Believe me or not, I'll tell everyone in the village about you and Zhao right now. In less than three days, several villages and towns around here will know about your shameful affair."

"you dare!"

"Want to try?"

"You just wait, I'll deal with you once I get into politics."

"Wait until you get started. Becoming a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the county-level imperial examinations) is just the beginning. Don't think that passing the Xiucai exam means you're on your way to an official career. You're still a long way off."

"Hmph, whether you win or not, your ending won't be good."

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