The peasant woman quickly calculated that the entire village had been preparing for a mass exodus th

Back then, she had no worries, was innocent and naive, and always had a smile on her face.

Unlike now, when she gets married, she has to face her mother-in-law's disdain every day, and her husband's heart is not with her.

During the four years she lived with her husband's family, she felt like an outsider every day.

Zhao Taohua walked up to Cao Shi and said, "Aunt Cao, if you don't cooperate with the village chief's arrangements, my family will open an embroidery class after the New Year, and your family can forget about coming in to learn."

As Zhao Taohua spoke, she turned around in front of Cao Shi. Sunlight shone on her cotton-padded jacket, revealing exquisite embroidery. The stitches were like silk threads weaving through the fabric, and every pattern was incredibly lifelike.

The collar and cuffs are embroidered with delicate cloud patterns, as if the clouds in the sky have been plucked and gently attached to the cotton-padded jacket.

"This is a dress my period spirit made for me. You can see her embroidery skills!"

After the New Year, she will personally teach everyone embroidery and help them get rich.

Those who don't cooperate with the village chief now won't be learning needlework from the "Menstrual Spirit" after the New Year.

Zhao Taohua's words instantly made Cao Shi submit.

She flattered, "Peach Blossom, of course my family will cooperate, we will definitely cooperate. Whatever the village chief says, my family will do!"

"Aunt Cao, it's good that you keep your word."

Zhao Taohua replied calmly.

The village chief breathed a sigh of relief when Cao, that troublemaker, stopped causing trouble.

Seeing that Zhao Taohua had another path to wealth to take them all on after the New Year, no one dared to cause trouble, fearing that Taohua wouldn't include them in her schemes when she made her money.

After Zhao Taohua returned home, she drove the oxcart to town.

White lanterns hung at the entrance of the Zhang residence, and Zhao Taohua knew at a glance that Master Li was dead.

This place is no longer the Li residence, but the former Zhang residence.

When Zhang Danqing heard that Zhao Taohua had come to see him, he immediately ordered someone to invite her into his study.

Zhang Danqing looked much better this time than last time, showing no signs of having just lost his father.

"Master Zhao, you've arrived."

Zhang Danqing was delighted to see Zhao Taohua and immediately ordered his servants to brew the best tea and serve the finest snacks.

"Master Zhao, it turned out just as you said. Although my father was still alive, his health deteriorated day by day, and a few days ago he finally couldn't hold on any longer and passed away."

At this point, Zhang Danqing burst out laughing.

As soon as the old man died, he couldn't wait to replace the original Zhang family name plaque with the one used for the Li family mansion and change his own surname back to Zhang.

From this day forward, he will be the head of the Zhang family and he will make the Zhang family medical clinic flourish!

Fortunately, the old man died before the Lunar New Year, so he doesn't have to spend the New Year with his father this year.

As for the concubines in the mansion, he did not want them to remain there and live like widows.

He gave enough money to those who wanted to leave so they could go.

He would treat homeless women who were willing to stay as his concubines.

Zhao Taohua looked at Zhang Danqing's face and said, "Fortunately, the black silkworm was killed in time, and the black silkworm thread on your body was cut off. Your father's death has no causal impact on you."

Zhang Danqing immediately bowed to her and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Master Zhao."

Otherwise, because of his father's blood, he would truly affect his own and his descendants' blessings.

"You're welcome. I've come here today because I need your help with something."

Our Zhao Family Village grows a lot of perilla, and now is the peak harvest season. We will have a large quantity of perilla leaves to sell until next spring.

We hope you can buy the extra perilla leaves from our village; you can make them into Huoxiang Zhengqi pills.

After Zhao Taohua finished speaking, she handed him a prescription.

Zhang Danqing found the term "Huoxiang Zhengqi Wan" somewhat unfamiliar, but when he saw the prescription on the paper, which consisted of more than ten kinds of medicinal herbs such as agastache, perilla, and angelica, his pupils dilated in shock.

This prescription was extremely ingenious; he had never seen it in any medical book before.

If he wasn't mistaken, this pill could relieve exterior symptoms, dispel dampness, regulate qi, and harmonize the body, and could treat many symptoms.

He waved the prescription in his hand and asked, "Master Zhao, you're just giving me this prescription?"

In Zhang Danqing's view, the prescription was much more valuable than the perilla leaves.

A single medicine formula may take several generations to develop.

Despite the efforts of several generations of the Zhang family, they were unable to develop a new prescription.

Now, she's just giving it to me like this?

"Of course, there are conditions. After the Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills are made, I want to take 30% of the profits. Also, you have to buy all the medicinal herbs grown in Zhao Family Village in the future."

After Zhao Taohua finished speaking, Zhang Danqing immediately agreed.

He looked at Zhao Taohua and firmly believed that Zhao Taohua might really be able to help him realize his ideal of carrying forward the Zhang family's medical clinic!

The two quickly signed the contract and went to the capital to get it stamped. There were three copies in total: one for her and one for Zhang Danqing, and one for filing at the capital.

“Master Zhao, if you ask everyone to come to Zhang’s Medical Clinic to sell perilla tomorrow, we will definitely buy it all. There’s no need for everyone to go to other towns or counties to sell it.”

Zhang Danqing spoke to Zhao Taohua in an extremely ingratiating manner.

This Master Zhao not only saved him once, but now he also wants to help Zhang's Medical Hall to flourish. He is both a master and a god of wealth!

When Zhao Taohua returned to Zhao Family Village and told the village chief the good news, the village chief looked at Zhao Taohua excitedly and praised her:

"Peach Blossom, you are truly a lucky star for our village, helping us solve a huge problem!"

Previously, Uncle Xiangping and I spent many days traveling around before we were able to sign contracts with several medical clinics, getting them to agree to purchase some of the medicinal herbs grown in our village.

Now, you've directly persuaded Zhang's Medical Clinic to accept all the samples, no matter how many we need. This is fantastic! You're amazing!

The village chief's gaze towards Zhao Taohua changed; he felt that Zhao Taohua was very capable and reliable.

Because Zhao Taohua helped everyone solve the problem of not being able to sell the perilla leaves, the whole village started picking perilla leaves to sell for money again the next day.

When they went to town, they carried loads of herbs on their shoulders, which were filled to the brim. When they returned, their bamboo baskets were also full of things, and they went back to the village with smiles on their faces.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, some people bought fish and meat, delicious snacks, some bought linen and cotton, and others bought couplets and firecrackers.

In short, as the year draws to a close, the village is filled with laughter and the festive atmosphere of the New Year.

With the Lunar New Year just a few days away, many families have stopped picking perilla leaves and are instead preparing for the holiday at home.

Steamed buns, steamed bread, steamed cakes, fried meatballs, stewed meat, and boiled fish.

You can often smell all kinds of fragrances in the village and see the villagers wearing new cotton-padded coats, all new from head to toe!

Today, Qian was frying meatballs at home. They smelled delicious right out of the fryer, and Zhao Taohua popped one into her mouth and ate it with great satisfaction.

The four spirits in the main room were sitting around a square table, each in a different position, playing mahjong.

They were very clever. Zhao Taohua only explained what mahjong looked like and how to play, and they made it and successfully played it.

They couldn't eat the food Qian made; they could only play mahjong.

Just as Zhao Taohua was about to go to the main room to take a look, she suddenly heard someone in the village shout:

"Oh no! Someone has jumped into the river!"