A peasant girl travels through time with a hospital, rising to become an empress.

The more comfortable and carefree the Liu family's life became, the less happy the Nie family became.

Ever since Nie Erzhuang was severely punished for causing trouble at the house-raising ceremony last time, he has started to keep a low profile. He avoids Liu Yan and Nie Qianqian whenever he sees them in the village and has become increasingly taciturn.

Grandma Nie was in a bad mood, and her health suffered as a result. She definitely wouldn't go to congratulate Liu Yan on moving to her new house. When she heard others mention how big and nice Liu Yan's house was, she pretended not to care, but in reality, she was extremely anxious!

The next day, Liu Yan and her family left the village. She took Liu Chunhua and Nie Wenting and pretended to go up the mountain from the west entrance of the village. They passed by Liu Yan's house and then saw Liu Yan's new house.

The new house is surrounded by high walls, grand and imposing, completely blocking out the inside. Only the upturned corners of the roof and the tall, red-lacquered wooden gate are visible, tightly closed.

Old Mrs. Nie stared intently at Liu Yan's house with her triangular eyes, gripping her cane tighter and tighter.

Although you can't see inside, the view from the outside is unique in Qinghe Village. How can a good-for-nothing like Liu Yan live in such a house?

Grandma Nie had heard plenty of gossip in her daily life, saying that her Nie family were all fools who had driven the golden hen out of their home. How could she not be angry when she heard such words? She was so angry that her chest ached terribly.

How could she not regret it!

If she had known that Liu Yan and Nie Qianqian had some skills, she would have simply hired a doctor for that brat Nie Qianqian and given her some brown sugar water to win her over. Why did she have to go to such extremes?

It's too late to regret it!

Grandma Nie turned and left, leaning on her cane, with Liu Chunhua and Nie Wenting following behind. Nie Wenting would occasionally look back at the Liu family's house.

From the time Nie Wenting became aware of things, she noticed that Nie Qianqian was different from all the other girls in the village.

The girls in the village were generally dark-skinned, with some freckles on their faces, but Nie Qianqian never got tanned. No matter how she tried to persuade her grandmother to let her work outdoors, she never got tanned. Nie Qianqian's face was always like a peeled egg, and her big eyes were like the stars in the sky, sparkling.

Every young man in the village was paying attention to Nie Qianqian. Whenever Nie Qianqian went out to work, they would secretly help her. Every man that Nie Wenting had her eye on would fawn over Nie Qianqian. When she was with Nie Qianqian, all these men treated her like she was invisible.

The day Nie Qianqian rescued Gu Xiao, she thought that if Nie Qianqian could marry this disabled man, she would never be able to seduce anyone else and would marry into a good family. The first thing she discovered was Gu Xiao's jade pendant, and she told Old Madam Nie about it, constantly whispering in her ear how good the jade pendant looked and how much more money it would fetch if sold than any other family in the village could offer as a dowry.

Nie Qianqian married a disabled man as she wished, and she would never have the chance to marry into a wealthy family in this lifetime. But how could things have turned out like this?

Nie Qianqian did not marry into a wealthy family, but she built her own grand mansion.

Nie Wenting became increasingly resentful. How could this person she had suppressed so utterly have turned the tables? She gritted her teeth in hatred.

If she could marry into a wealthy family in the county, like the Jiang family, what would Nie Qianqian be?

But how can I marry into that family?

Nie Wenting's mind was racing, constantly thinking about her life's most important matter.

Liu Chunhua felt the same way. In the Nie family, she had given birth to a son, a scholar descended from heaven, the only scholar in the village. Liu Yan, on the other hand, was infertile, with only a daughter who was a financial burden. Although they were both daughters-in-law in the Nie family, Liu Chunhua didn't have to do any physical labor; at most, she would serve Old Mrs. Nie. Liu Yan, however, had to do all the dirty and hard work.

Over the years, she had long been accustomed to feeling superior to Liu Yan. But times had changed. When Liu Yan saw her again, would she be just as arrogant as she was back then? The thought of this made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Chunhua, Wenting, I'm talking to you. What are you thinking about?"

Nie Wenting and Liu Chunhua were both lost in their own thoughts and didn't hear Old Madam Nie calling them. Nie Wenting was the first to come to her senses and saw that Old Madam Nie was looking at her with displeasure.

Nie Wenting: "No, I wasn't thinking about anything. Grandmother, what did you just say?"

Mrs. Nie rolled her triangular eyes and said impatiently, "I was wondering why there's been no sign of you opening that little restaurant. How long has it been?"

Liu Yan is living such a comfortable life now, which must be related to the fact that Liu Family Restaurant has made a lot of money. If Liu Yan can make money, then the Nie family can make money too.

Nie Wenting frowned. "Everything else is going smoothly, but I didn't expect the street office in the county government to be so slow. I submitted what they asked for a long time ago, and it's been more than ten days now, and I haven't heard anything from them."

The Street Office needs to follow procedures to handle matters. The approval of permits and documents in the two cities is not usually that fast. Previously, Nie Qianqian was able to obtain the documents in a few days. It was because the people in the Street Office found that their superior, Lord Tang, was paying attention to the situation, so they naturally had to make things easier for her.

After a moment's thought, Grandma Nie stared into Nie Wenting's eyes and asked, "Are you sure you can really make money by opening this little restaurant?"

Nie Wenting patted her chest and said, "Grandmother, you know how good my mother's cooking is. How can we not make money!"

Liu Chunhua was already extremely resentful of Liu Yan, so she couldn't possibly admit that she couldn't do it. She raised her head and said, "I've never been impressed with her cooking skills. If she can cook and make money, I certainly can!"

After thinking for a moment, Old Madam Nie looked back at the high wall surrounding Liu Yan's house, and made up her mind. "Wen Ting, I'll give you another two taels of silver. Use it to smooth things over with the government. Without money to bribe officials, things will naturally be slow. Get the restaurant up and running as soon as possible, and it would be best if you could shut down Liu's restaurant business."

In fact, Nie Wenting wasn't as confident as she seemed about making money, but she had her own plans, so she had to coax her grandmother to help her open the shop first.

Nie Wenting flattered, "Grandmother is so thoughtful."

The flattery didn't work on Old Mrs. Nie, who snapped, "If you lose money, I'll skin you alive!"

Nie Wenting felt a little uneasy, but she still smiled and said, "Grandmother, please don't worry."

Liu Chunhua forced a smile, "With your support, Mother, Wenting and I can definitely succeed."

Liu Chunhua had someone buy her food from Liu's Restaurant well in advance. All three dishes were new dishes she had never eaten before, and they were very fresh.

People in this county town just want something new, that's why Liu's Restaurant is so popular.

But Liu Chunhua had her own business sense. She felt that once the novelty wore off, people would lose interest and would return to eating home-style dishes.

It's like how villagers find dog meat novel and delicious, but they can only eat it once or twice occasionally. They can't eat it for a long time or every day, and eventually they'll still eat pork.

Liu Yan makes "dog meat," while she makes "pork." When it comes to home-style stir-fries, she's confident hers tastes better than Liu Yan's! She has no shortage of customers.