After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

Spring turned into summer in the blink of an eye.

It has been more than three months since Jiang Xiaoqi was placed in Class B, and he has not been able to come out on top in the first two monthly exams as he used to.

On the contrary, he achieved first place in his first quarterly exam since joining Class B.

This made the older children in Class B feel a little bad. They were outdone by a child who was not even four and a half years old. It was disheartening!

"Young Master, someone from the main courtyard has come to summon you, saying that Lord Jiang and Madam Jiang request your presence." Wenbin wiped the sweat from his forehead, indicating that he had come running.

"Okay, please put away my brushes and ink for me. I'll head over now."

Jiang Xiaoqi roughly guessed that it was about the Beauty Pills. As soon as he returned to the clan school, he processed another fifty Beauty Pills and sent them to Madam Jiang.

The payment from last time should have arrived by now, but I don't know how much it sold for. It must have been several hundred or a thousand taels, right? If we sell a few more, maybe we can buy a small house in the prefectural city.

It's not a long-term solution to always stay at relatives' houses. It doesn't matter now that he's young, but it won't be suitable for him to live at the Jiang family mansion after he turns seven.

Jiang Xiaoqi followed the messenger from the Jiang family all the way to the main courtyard, where she saw Mr. and Mrs. Jiang waiting in the flower hall.

"Xiao Qi, come here quickly." Madam Jiang beckoned to Jiang Xiao Qi, her young face showing great kindness.

"Little Seven, we really owe it all to your beauty elixir. The empress in the palace is extremely satisfied with it, and the Liu family in the capital has also expressed their intention to continue their long-term cooperation with our Jiang family!"

Jiang Changqing stroked his beard and smiled.

"Fortunately, I have caught the eye of this noble person, and I am glad that the Empress is satisfied," Jiang Xiaoqi said calmly, without a hint of smugness.

Jiang Changqing nodded inwardly. As expected of a son of the Jiang family, he was calm, composed, and not eager to curry favor with the powerful.

"Sir, please give the things to the child," Madam Jiang gestured.

Although the revenue from the previous batch of beauty pills had been estimated long ago, apart from the local Xinghe Prefecture which received cash at the time, the pills from the capital had only recently been delivered.

The Liu family operates on a pay-later model, since they don't have a pioneer like Madam Jiang from Xinghe Mansion, who serves as a living example.

People in the capital have a lot of money, but they're not stupid. They only act when they see a rabbit. With the Liu family's power, they're not worried about these people defaulting on their debts. After all, they all have to make a living in the capital. They're all people who care about their reputation.

Master Jiang opened the carved sandalwood box on the table, revealing a neat stack of large denomination banknotes inside. Each note had a face value of at least one thousand taels and a face value of at least ten thousand taels.

A hint of surprise flashed in Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes, but she quickly regained her composure. This was the total amount owed by the three parties; it had been previously stated that his mother would receive 60%.

"Grand Uncle, Grand Aunt, is this the previous settlement? How come there's so much?" Jiang Xiaoqi felt that it was at least tens of thousands of taels.

“Mingfei, this is just the beginning; there will be more to come.” Jiang Changqing glanced at his wife.

"Your great-aunt's family is full of business geniuses. They can sell even the most ordinary goods for a good price, let alone such a miraculous beauty pill?"

"Don't listen to your great-uncle's nonsense. It's because your mother's recipe is good that the beauty pills she makes are truly miraculous. No matter who has them, they'll sell well."

Jiang Xiaoqi understood that it wasn't like that; "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime."

For someone without any wealth or background, even if they were to sell themselves or give themselves to a powerful or wealthy person for free, they might not necessarily end up in a good situation.

Without a powerful backer, anyone who dares to sell this beauty pill is probably courting death.

As Madame Chiang counted the silver notes, she said, "Last time, fifty beauty pills sold for a total of 150,000 taels, not including those that were presented to the palace."

After that, the Empress no longer needed to offer tribute, but we still provided ten grains each month, and each month we sent a special person to secretly escort them to the capital.

The Liu family has already kept their share, which is 45,000 taels. Your share and your mother's share is 90,000 taels, and the remaining 15,000 taels is the final 10%.

It can be said that our entire Chiang family has taken advantage of you and your son by using this money for the Chiang clan and clan school.

Jiang Xiaoqi took the silver note and carefully put it into her bosom. "Grandmother, you're being too formal. Besides, we already agreed on a 3:1:6 split."

I'm still young, and as a member of the Chiang family, I haven't had the chance to do anything for the clan. So I'll use this money to help more Chiang family members in need.

Jiang Xiaoqi felt that the couple shouldn't have worked for nothing, especially since the first batch of beauty pills was sold by Madam Jiang to noble ladies in the prefectural city.

He had already taken the lion's share, so there was no need to worry about the rest. After all, the amount of money was nearly a hundred times more than he had expected!

The Jiang couple smiled and nodded, thinking to themselves: This child's future achievements are limitless; he is too insightful in both scholarship and conduct.

"However, I corresponded with my mother before, and she said that if I had the money, she would let me look for two houses in the prefectural city."

This matter will require the help of my great-aunt. I don't usually attend the clan school, and I'm afraid the brokers might take advantage of my young age to deceive me. Therefore, I have no choice but to shamelessly ask my great-aunt to intervene.

"Buy a house? Does your mother intend to move to the prefectural city? Has she asked your father and grandparents for their opinions?" Jiang Changqing asked before Madam Jiang could answer.

“Of course we asked. My father and grandfather agreed to buy property in the prefectural city. After all, Changshou Village is remote, but the family isn’t moving here immediately,” Jiang Xiaoqi replied.

Jiang Changqing roughly understood the intentions of Jiang Changshou's family. After all, Mingfei was going to study away from home for a long time, and it would be more convenient to have a place to stay in the prefectural city.

Madame Chiang smiled and said, "In that case, I'll take care of it."

"It just so happens that Granny Liu knows a few brokers. I'll have her personally take you to see some another day. If you find something you like, don't rush into signing the contract. Discuss the price carefully before making a purchase."

Jiang Xiaoqi thanked Madam Jiang, chatted for a few more minutes, and then returned to his side courtyard. He went inside, closed the door, and took out his banknotes in one smooth motion.

Her grape-like eyes crinkled into squinty eyes with laughter, completely erasing her previous composure and poise.

"Knock, knock, knock! Mingfei, are you there?" It was Jiang Yu'er's voice. Could it be that she really had run into trouble?

"I'm here! Wait a minute!" He quickly gathered up the silver notes on the bed, covered himself with the blanket, and then got out of bed to open the door.

"Aunt Yu'er, what happened? Come in and tell me." Jiang Yu'er was ushered in, and the two sat down at the octagonal table.

"My twin siblings are causing trouble again. It's really annoying. I could tolerate it before, but they went too far today!"

They actually sneaked into my dorm room and ransacked the place. Luckily, I had carefully kept all my valuables safe, so they didn't take them.

They only took some of my everyday belongings, leaving my clothes and valuables in a complete mess. I went to report this to the teacher, who simply told me to keep an eye on my things myself.

Jiang Yu'er was so angry that she cried. Those two had clearly brought much more money with them, spending several times more than she, the legitimate daughter.

However, since arriving in the city without any adults to supervise him, he has become increasingly reckless, selling off all his belongings and now setting his sights on her.

She didn't have much money to begin with, and she was usually very frugal, so how could she let those two idiots get away with it?!

"This is my last set of banknotes, two hundred taels in total. It's no longer safe for me to keep them. I'd like to deposit them with you. Would that be convenient?"

Jiang Yu'er could have asked Madam Jiang for help, but Madam Jiang knew the whole story and would definitely stand up for her, so she didn't want to cause trouble for her aunt.

For some reason, Mingfei was the first person she thought of, perhaps because of the last time she told herself, "Come to him if you need anything."

"Of course, there's no problem. It's rare for Aunt Yu'er to trust me so much, so I will protect your money as if it were my own life!"

Jiang Xiaoqi's inner monologue: Even if I hadn't taken good care of her, I could afford to pay for it now that I have 90,000 taels of silver.