on the way home.

Liu Yuniang hesitated for a while.

He took out two taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to Lu Qingyao.

"Sister-in-law, this is what your eldest brother left over from his medical treatment. You can keep it."

She was reluctant to part with them, but her husband said that her younger siblings had already helped them enough.

You can't take more than that.

“Sister-in-law, this is what you deserve, you don’t need to give it back to me.”

Finding and digging bamboo shoots is a skilled job, and it really can't be done without the help of the eldest brother.

She was good at offering suggestions and money, but when it came to actually digging, she didn't even dig half as much as her sister-in-law after a whole day.

Lu Qingyao didn't take it, but smiled and said, "From now on, after deducting expenses, we'll split the remaining profits from this bamboo shoot business 50/50."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuniang happily withdrew her hand, somewhat unable to believe her ears.

"Sister-in-law, isn't a 50/50 split too much?"

She and her husband only knew how to dig bamboo shoots; they were completely clueless about how to do business or manage accounts.

She wanted so much, but felt uneasy about taking it all.

Lu Qingyao held her hand and said, "Sister-in-law, just keep it safe. We were able to find those bamboo shoots entirely thanks to my brother's sharp eyes. There aren't any extras."

After the incident with the child, she was no longer comfortable leaving her child alone at home.

Sending bamboo shoots to Jiangzhou will inevitably require a lot of hard work from the couple.

Liu Yuniang's eyes reddened, "Sister-in-law, I don't know how to thank you enough. If it weren't for you, your elder brother wouldn't have had the money to treat his leg..."

Without Lu Qingyao, they would still be living on meager rations.

When Lu Qingyao heard her mention it, she remembered to ask about Jiang Yunhu's injury, "How is your brother's leg being treated? What did the doctor say?"

"The doctor said it could cure it, with internal and external treatments, but..."

"Try taking this medicine for half a year; this time they only prescribed a month's supply."

They spent three taels of silver just to get a month's supply of medicine.

To fully recover, it will probably cost forty or fifty taels of silver, and I still haven't paid back the fifteen taels I owed my younger siblings.

Just thinking about it made her feel suffocated.

Seeing her expression, Lu Qingyao guessed that she was troubled by money and offered a few words of comfort.

“Sister-in-law, no matter how much money it costs, as long as it can be cured, that’s good. We will definitely earn the money for treatment soon.”

She calculated in her mind that these winter bamboo shoots could be sold for at least two more months, and if nothing unexpected happened, she should be able to sell them for over a hundred taels of silver.

Winter bamboo shoots are finished, but spring bamboo shoots will follow.

Although spring bamboo shoots are not as expensive as winter bamboo shoots, once the market opens up, their sales volume should not be underestimated.

Hearing her sister-in-law say this, Liu Yuniang felt much more at ease.

He didn't mind that she had just held the smelly black baby, and took her hand, saying, "Sister-in-law, we'll do whatever you ask. We'll listen to you."

If it were in the past, she would never have believed that her younger siblings could earn so much.

But this time she watched with her own eyes as her younger brother and sister-in-law earned in a single day what his family could only save up for a year.

She couldn't help but believe it.

Lu Qingyao smiled, but then she thought of the eight hundred catties of bamboo shoots and couldn't help but feel a little worried.

There are less than two days left until the delivery date.

Thinking of this, she pulled Liu Yuniang aside, "Sister-in-law, go around to each house later and spread the word that we went to Jiangzhou to sell bamboo shoots yesterday. Then have my elder brother find some reliable and capable people who don't know how to find winter bamboo shoots to help us dig them..."

Liu Yuniang was puzzled. Shouldn't they keep a low profile and make a fortune quietly?

"Sister-in-law, why do you have to spread this around? If people find out, won't they try to steal our business?"

Lu Qingyao laughed and said, "These bamboo groves don't belong to us, and naturally, the things in the mountains don't belong to us alone. We bring these bamboo shoots in and out every day, so we can't hide them. We'll only attract jealousy. It's better to spread the word about the bamboo shoots of Qing Shi Town, and we can all make money together..."

Liu Yuniang nodded as if she understood but not quite.

"Okay, how much should we pay the bamboo shoot diggers? Are ten people enough?"

The most urgent task right now is to find people to dig bamboo shoots.

Eight hundred catties of bamboo shoots must be dug up in one day.

That's no joke.

"One hundred coins per person, including one meal, paid daily."

"One hundred coins!" Liu Yuniang exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't that too much?"

Working in Qingshi Town, one could earn at most eighty coins a day.

One hundred coins, including a meal.

Who wouldn't be tempted by such a job?

"Not much, not much." Lu Qingyao smiled, already having her own plans.

"Sister-in-law, you stay home tomorrow and help me cook. Have my eldest brother ride his horse over with some wood ash. Mark all the places where bamboo shoots are so people can dig them up..."

"it is good."

"Let's go to town first thing tomorrow morning and buy an oxcart."

“Okay…” Liu Yuniang nodded habitually.

After a while, he suddenly realized what was happening.

"Sister-in-law, didn't we already rent Old Man Li's oxcart? Why do we need to buy another one?"

"That will cost a lot of money..."

A set of oxcarts would cost at least fifteen taels of silver.

Lu Qingyao explained, "Sister-in-law, Old Man Li's oxcart is still in use, but after the New Year comes spring, and then it will probably be difficult to rent an ox even if you have money. It would be more convenient to buy one yourself."

Liu Yuniang thought for a moment.

"That's right, then we won't need to borrow oxen to plow the fields."

His eyes were filled with admiration as he looked at Lu Qingyao.

Jiang Miaomiao's home.

A car was parked in the yard.

It was sent by Magistrate Xu Heng.

Jiang Zifeng lifted the cloth covering the truck, revealing a truck full of black bear meat.

Black bear head, black bear meat, black bear mane...

Neat and tidy, it's a little scary.

In the dormitory.

The charcoal fire was blazing.

Jiang Miaomiao had been washed clean and smelled wonderful by Sister Qiao'er.

Waving her pink, white, lotus-root-like little hands and feet.

Just as he was about to put his toes in his mouth, Qiao'er gave him a big kiss.

"My little sister smells so good! So milky and sweet."

Jiang Qiao'er thought Miao Miao smelled good.

But no matter how much he washed, Xuan-ge'er always smelled like poop and milk.

Maybe the girl's doll smells better.

Jiang Qiao'er thought to herself and took another sniff; it still smelled wonderful.

In ancient times, babies rarely took baths in winter.

Not only is it a waste of charcoal and water, but you might also catch a minor cold and die.

Jiang Miaomiao took a rare hot bath and lay comfortably in the tub.

Feeling sluggish from the heat, I didn't want to get up at all.

So comfortable!

Just as she was enjoying her bath by sucking her fingers, Sister Qiao picked her up.

Sister Qiao helped her change her diaper and put on her fragrant little jacket.

Her movements were gentle, even gentler than her mother's.

Jiang Qiao'er peeked through the crack in the door and saw lots of meat in the yard!

I'm so happy, I can eat meat again.

She licked her lips. "Little Miaomiao, I'll take you to see the big black bear, okay?"

No, I don't want to see black bears...

She's seen enough.

Jiang Miaomiao protested with babbling sounds, rolling around on the bed.

Sister Qiao'er is on this side, she flips over to the other side.

After Qiao'er passed by, she turned over again.

Jiang Qiao'er was sweating profusely from her antics. She climbed onto the bed and pulled her up, slapping her on the bottom with a mischievous grin.

"Hehe, little girl, let's see if you can still run away."

Jiang Miaomiao: "......"

She didn't find the black bear anything interesting anymore.

Anyway, she can't eat it.

The delicious food is right in front of you, but you can't reach it. That feeling is indescribably unpleasant.

Carried out of the house by her sister Qiao'er, she saw her mother and aunt holding two kitchen knives, diligently cutting meat.

Dismembering the black bear and chopping its bones.

"Click-clack~~"

"Clang, clang, clang~~"

A strong smell of raw meat filled the courtyard.

Everyone stared intently at the two large bears, as if they were about to be served steaming hot on the table.

Only Jiang Miaomiao's face was scrunched up.

His little face turned red from holding back.

poor thing!

While others ate meat, she could only drink milk.

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