A renowned ancient physician transmigrates into the body of an abandoned woman, only to be sold off

As Song Zhili walked back, she was lost in thought. After returning home, she sat in the courtyard and rested for a while. Then she heard a noise outside and went to the door to find that Song Zidong had returned.

After Song Zidong entered the courtyard, he put down the basket on his back and then pulled Song Zhili back into the house, handing over all the money he had earned that day.

They didn't set up a stall in town today, so they didn't push a cart. Song Zidong only carried a basket on his back when he went to deliver goods to Jixiang Restaurant.

Song Zhili took the cloth bag from Song Zidong, opened it, and found that in addition to copper coins, there were also some loose silver coins inside. She looked at Song Zidong in confusion.

"Brother, why are there loose silver pieces in here? Where did this silver come from?"

They negotiated prices with Manager Xu at ten coins per catty. Today, Song Zidong delivered thirty catties, which would only cost three hundred coins, but there were five taels of loose silver in it.

"Oh, I almost forgot about this. Little sister, do you remember the carpenter's shop where you and Dad went to have this cart made? The money was given to us by the carpenter's owner."

He said that several other people came to him to have the cart made after us. He said that the blueprints he had were given to him by you, and that he couldn't use your blueprints for free, so he gave us the money as payment for his blueprints.

I originally wanted to come back and ask for your opinion, but I saw that he had already made the cart and started selling it, so I took the money back. Little sister, you won't be angry with me, will you?"

Song Zhili was pleasantly surprised to hear this. She hadn't expected this because she hadn't retrieved the blueprints she had created earlier.

Unexpectedly, the carpenter boss found Song Zidong and gave her five taels of silver. Five taels of silver was actually quite a lot. It seemed that the carpenter boss was indeed an honest man. If there were any jobs to be done in the future, she could entrust them to him with peace of mind.

"Alright, I'll accept the five taels of silver. We can divide the rest of the copper coins when my parents come back."

Song Zidong nodded, showing no displeasure at her decision. In his heart, he felt that the five taels of silver were rightfully Song Zhili's.

“Alright, little sister, you rest here for a while. I’ll go to the fields to see if Dad and Grandpa have finished their work. If they haven’t, I’ll go help them out.”

"okay."

Because they are making fish balls at home, Hu Cuicui, Ji Qingqing, and Li Shi are all staying at home and not helping in the fields. All the work in the fields has been handed over to Song Dashan and Song Hai.

So whenever Song Zidong came back from the fields, he would go to the fields to help them.

"okay."

Song Zhili responded and walked out of the house with Song Zidong. Song Zidong went to the yard, picked up a hoe, and headed towards the field.

Song Zhili went to the main room to help Hu Cuicui and the others make fish balls.

After dinner, Song Zhili took a walk around the yard to digest her food. Just as she finished, she saw Hu Cuicui coming out of the kitchen after washing the dishes.

So Song Zhili beckoned to Hu Cuicui, "Mother, come here for a moment, I have something to tell you."

Hu Cuicui walked towards Song Zhili with a puzzled look. "Girl, what's wrong? Why are you being so mysterious?"

“Mother, it’s like this. My eldest brother came back today and told me that Manager Xu and the others need more than fifty catties of fish balls tomorrow. I think it’s impossible for just the few of us to handle it. I was thinking of asking a few people to come and help us make fish balls.”

"Are there any vacant plots of land on our property? I'm thinking of digging a pond to raise fish, otherwise we'll eventually catch all the small fish in the river, and then we won't have any fish left, and we won't be able to continue doing business with Manager Xu."

After hearing Song Zhili's words, Hu Cuicui looked troubled. "Our land is basically all planted with grain, there's no spare land. If we want any spare land, we'll probably have to go to the village chief to buy some more."

You just mentioned wanting to hire someone to make fish balls at home. We should probably hire someone reliable, honey. How much are you planning to pay them per day?

Hu Cuicui was actually afraid that if she invited someone over, they would steal her fish ball making skills.

"Mother, I'm planning to give them ten coins a day. Do you think that's too little?"

When Hu Cuicui heard that Song Zhili was actually planning to give her ten coins a day, her mouth gaped slightly, feeling that it was a bit too much.

Hu Cuicui opened her mouth, about to say something, but Song Zhili seemed to know what she was going to say in advance and spoke first before she could open her mouth.

"Mother, do you think giving us ten coins is a bit too much? But we're having them catch fish for us now, and if they catch more fish in a day, we'll get more than ten coins."

You don't need to worry about others learning how to make our fish balls. This method is only done by you and your sister-in-law; everyone else just needs to wrap or cook the fish balls.

In fact, Song Zhili wasn't worried at all about others stealing her recipe, because making fish balls requires cornstarch, and currently only she had cornstarch available. She was confident in her abilities.

Hearing Song Zhili's words, Hu Cuicui also felt that it made sense, so she nodded, "Then you can decide. Daya, do you have any candidates for you to recruit? I think Heidan's mother is quite good, why don't you invite her over?"

Hu Cuicui's suggestion coincided with Song Zhili's, who genuinely wanted to help Heidan and his family.

"We'll talk about that later. Let's go inside and tell Grandma and Sister-in-law about this idea first, and see what suggestions they have."

Song Zhili still respected everyone's opinions, and she wanted to hear everyone's thoughts.

Hu Cuicui had no objection. The two of them returned to the main room together and called everyone over. After everyone had arrived, Song Zhili told them about her desire to recruit people and dig a fishpond.

Everyone was surprised after hearing this, especially Song Dashan. He thought that if they wanted to dig a fishpond, they would need to buy a new piece of land. Buying land is not cheap now, and if they wanted to raise fish, the land should ideally be close to a water source.

“Da Ya, do you want to build that pond now? If you do, we’ll need to buy a piece of land from the village chief. But land isn’t cheap these days. It seems the cheapest land costs at least one or two taels of silver per mu. If we’re digging a fishpond, we’ll need at least three or four mu.”

After listening to Song Dashan's words, Song Zhili also fell into deep thought. Yes, she only had less than ten taels of silver left.

This was only because Song Zidong gave her five taels today; otherwise, she would have had less than five taels.

If the family buys land to dig a pond, wouldn't they need to hire other people to do it? If it's just their family digging, who knows how long it would take.

Sigh, making money is too slow these days!

Wait a minute, how could I forget about it!