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

Song Zidong took a package off the oxcart and handed it to Song Zhili.

Today, when he went to deliver medicinal meals to Liu Yiyi and the others, Liu Yiyi seemed to have been waiting for him to deliver them. When he was about to leave, she handed him this package of pastries and told him that it was specially for Song Zhili and that he must deliver it to Song Zhili.

Song Zhili took the package and walked into the kitchen. As soon as she opened it, a fragrance of osmanthus wafted out. It turned out to be osmanthus cake.

She picked up a piece and tasted it. It tasted alright, not particularly sweet. She only ate one piece before taking out the rest and sharing it with Hu Cuicui and Li Shi.

In the blink of an eye, a few more days passed. During these days, Zhang the carpenter brought people over again to help Song Zhili and her family build a factory. He also brought over the oxcart seat that Song Zhili had ordered and helped her mount the oxcart.

The factory was quite simple, and it was built in just a few days. Song Zhili simply divided the factory into two areas: one for making fish balls and the other for making dried radish.

An extra kitchen was built on the side where fish balls are made, to make it easier to cook the fish balls.

The factory is now complete, but they need manpower. Song Zhili plans to hire the aunties and young wives in the village to work in their factory. As soon as this news spread, many people came to Song Zhili's house to ask about the situation.

In the end, Song Zhili hired a total of twelve people. Five people made fish balls, five people made dried radish, and the remaining two were aunts whom Song Zhili hired to cook for them.

Song Zhili now pays them 15 coins a day, plus a meal at noon, which is considered a high wage. The aunts and young wives who were invited are all very happy.

Although Song Zhili and her group received good treatment, Song Zhili had all of them sign an agreement. While the fish ball recipe was difficult to learn, the dried radish recipe was something almost anyone could make.

Song Zhili didn't want anyone to betray her again, so this time she signed an agreement with them all. Anyone who was found to have leaked the formula would not only be barred from hiring her again, but would also have to pay ten times the amount in compensation.

After arranging everything for these people, Song Zhili handed over the agreements they had signed to Hu Cuicui for safekeeping. When Hu Cuicui saw Song Zhili giving her all these things, she felt something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

These past few days, without Liu Yiyi's entanglement, and with Song Ziyuan back at the academy, their lives have become better day by day. On this particular day, at the dinner table, Song Zhili noticed that Hu Cuicui was often lost in thought while eating. It took Song Dashan several reminders before she came back to her senses, but she would soon be lost in thought again.

Song Zhili could tell that she was clearly preoccupied with something.

So Song Zhili put down her chopsticks, walked to Hu Cuicui's side, and patted her on the shoulder, "Mother, come out with me for a bit."

Hu Cuicui turned her head and glanced at Song Zhili, then stood up and followed Song Zhili out. Once they were in the courtyard, Song Zhili asked, "Mother, what's wrong? Is something on your mind? If so, tell me."

Hu Cuicui thought for a while, then sighed and finally said what had been weighing on her mind, "Well, it's nothing else. I just thought about your maternal grandmother. I haven't visited her for several years. Now that we're doing so well, I wonder how your maternal grandmother's family is doing."

Upon hearing this, Song Zhili breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought something serious had happened. "Mom, if you miss Grandma, we'll go visit her. What's there to be sad about? Seeing how upset you are, not being able to eat, I thought something terrible had happened."

"We've bought an oxcart now, haven't we? Let's get everything ready in a few days and go to Grandma's together. Come on, Mom, let's go eat first."

Song Zhili was speechless; she had thought it was something serious.

“Oh, right, we have an oxcart now, we can go by ourselves, what am I still sad about? Come on, Daya, let’s go back to eat, and we’ll discuss this matter after we’ve eaten.”

Hu Cuicui had also figured it out. She took Song Zhili's arm and went back to the main room. She sat down in her seat, picked up her chopsticks, and started eating.

Seeing the huge difference in her appearance before and after, everyone began to admire Song Zhili. They didn't know what Song Zhili had said to Hu Cuicui, but her mood changed after she came back.

"What exactly happened to your mother just now?"

Song Dashan nudged Song Zhili's arm, puzzled.

"It's nothing, Mom just misses Grandma. It's alright, we'll go with you to Grandma's house in a few days."

When Song Dashan heard that Hu Cuicui missed her parents' home, he was speechless. If she missed them, so be it. She could just go there. Why did she have to go against the food?

He shook his head and quickly shoveled rice into his bowl.

Hu Cuicui was in a better mood. After finishing his meal, he went back to his room, took out all the money he had saved, and opened it to take a look.

She had about three or four taels of silver in her pocket. She changed her clothes, took out a few copper coins, put them in her bosom, and then walked out of the house. She saw Song Zhili in the courtyard.

She stepped forward and took Song Zhili's arm. "Da Ya, you don't have anything to do right now, why don't you come to town with your mother? We can go shopping and buy some things."

When Song Zhili saw Hu Cuicui take the initiative to suggest going to town, she was a little surprised. But when she turned around and saw that Hu Cuicui had changed her clothes, she immediately understood that Hu Cuicui probably wanted to go to town to buy something for her grandmother.

"Mother, wait here for me for a moment, I'll call my older brother to come along."

Now that they have an oxcart, they don't need to call Song Feng anymore; they can just ask Song Zidong to take them there.

Song Zidong and Ji Qingqing were helping out at the factory when Song Zhili came over and saw that Li Shi was also helping out. She walked up to Song Zidong and patted him on the shoulder.

After explaining her purpose to him, she walked to Li's side and whispered in his ear.

"Grandma, we're going to town in a bit. Why don't you come with us? Let's go for a walk together."

Song Zhili noticed that Li Shi rarely left the courtyard or the house, and she seemed to go to town very often.

In her memory, it seemed that in previous years, she would only go to town with Song Hai to buy some New Year's goods when it was close to the New Year.

When Li Shi saw Song Zhili calling her to go to town together, she stood up awkwardly, wiping her hands on her clothes. "I think I won't go. You guys go. By the way, does your mother want to go back to her parents' home? Tell her to buy more things to take back with her. If she doesn't have enough money, tell her to come to me for more."

"Oh dear, Grandma, Mother has money, so you don't need to worry about her. Let's go for a stroll together."

"Yes, Grandma, you should go with your little sister and the others. We'll take care of things here."

Ji Qingqing, who was standing nearby, also heard what Song Zhili and the others were saying and chimed in with her advice.