The daughter of a noble family is reborn, and she is doted on by her godmother.

"Sister Zhou'er, are you alright..." After telling the others what had happened, Yun Qingjin kept staring at Liu Zhou'er's expression.

"I'm fine... I just didn't expect that person... to be the same as what my brother and mother said." Liu Zhou'er lowered her head and whispered softly.

“Mother, I was wrong. You’re right. I shouldn’t have had any expectations of this so-called father. Now that he’s plotting against me, I certainly won’t sit idly by and wait to die.”

"So what do we do now?" Yun Qingjin stepped forward to ask for their opinions.

For the time being, none of them had a particularly good solution.

"Hmm... For now, we can only take precautions. Shall we hide and prevent him from seeing Sister Zhou'er?" Yun Qingjin offered some ideas.

"I feel like I need to keep a close eye on him. Who knows what he'll do? Maybe he'll just send people to snatch him away?"

Neither Aunt Hua nor Liu Zhou'er spoke, and it was unclear what they were thinking.

In the end, Aunt Hua shook her head. "Now I'm not sure about this person either. Back then, at least he had some basic morals. The debts he owed were just common occurrences in business. He didn't make it back then, so the creditors naturally came to me. I thought he had died out there, so I was willing to take on those debts... But now..."

Aunt Hua hugged her own arm. Liu Zhou'er moved closer to her mother, and the two women, recalling the hardships they had endured in the past, began to show changes in their expressions.

"Shall we wait until Mother returns before discussing this?" Yun Qingjin was at a loss for what to do. She now knew what the other party was thinking, but she didn't know when the other party would proceed with the next step of the plan. At this stage, it seemed that being anxious wouldn't do much good.

However, this wait lasted until the third day.

Yun Yuke and Yuan Chen went out of the city to inspect the condition of several granaries and farms, but were delayed by some trivial matters and were unable to return in time for the next day.

Meanwhile, while they were outside the city, the two also noticed something unusual.

"Boss Yun, we've noticed that some merchants from Uro seem to be selling off their inventory lately." The manager of the farm outside the city told Yun Yuke this after handing over the daily operations.

"What's wrong with the Uro merchants?" Yun Yuke didn't find it strange. After all, many Uro merchants were particularly good at business, and Uro was rich in resources. They had always been the biggest competitors to ordinary merchants in the market.

"No, I know those merchants are very shrewd. The key is that the merchants who often cooperate with our farm are usually very good at bargaining, but they didn't haggle this time. I'm a little curious about that."

The farmer outside the city was an honest and kind man surnamed Ma, named Ma Qiang. Yun Yuke chose to cooperate with Ma Qiang because he seemed a bit rough around the edges, but was actually very thoughtful, and his wife was also honest and kind.

“I mentioned this to my wife, and she said maybe those businessmen had some family troubles and needed to get back quickly, so they were selling off their stock.”

Ma Qiang didn't hide anything and told everyone everything.

Just today, the Uro merchants that Ma Qiang mentioned came again, and Yun Yuke and Yuan Chen listened in for a while.

Yun Yuke herself had dealt with merchants from various places quite a bit. The Uro merchants who came today seemed to be more urgent than usual. She remembered that she had overheard some things about the Uro court at the Marquis's residence before, so she paid some attention to them.

Those people were indeed buying some local specialties from Uruguay, such as smoked fish and pickled seafood. These items are quite popular in the local market, and they managed to sell them at half price.

After the Uro merchant left, Ma Qiang finished what he was doing and said, "See, Boss Yun, I told you I was right."

"Other Uro merchants in the market don't seem to be like this, do they?" Yuan Chen wondered. In the market where Yun Ji's shops were located, there were also a few shops run by Uro merchants, which were relatively normal.

“Perhaps I’m overthinking it,” Ma Qiang said, seeing the two women in front of him frowning and remaining silent. He wondered if he was overthinking things. “I haven’t met any other businessmen before, and I originally thought I was just imagining things.”

Yun Yuke thought about it and realized that there was indeed no evidence to suggest that there was a problem, so she decided not to worry about it for the time being.

As the two were traveling together to another farm, they encountered the same group of Uro merchants selling their goods at a roadside inn.

Yun Yuan and his companion had not shown themselves at the manor, so these merchants naturally wouldn't recognize them.

This was a perfect opportunity to eavesdrop on the merchants' conversation. There were three merchants in total; judging from their speech, they seemed to be a pair of brothers, and the third person appeared to be the son of one of the brothers.

"Dad, Uncle, have some water."

"Yes, sit down and rest. You must have been very busy these past few days."

"It's nothing, it's just a pity that this batch of goods sold out at half price."

"Forget about that now, the most important thing is to exchange the money and send it back. Anyway, we've covered our costs, so thankfully, there aren't any major problems."

"What's going on here? Why are they checking those accounts out of the blue? Nobody thought there was anything wrong with them at the time."

"It's all because our master offended the Prime Minister. Our newly appointed Prime Minister, humph, he can't do anything right, yet he insists on dragging out these old grievances to torment others."

"We're just ordinary people. If the upper classes are fighting, it shouldn't concern us common folk."

"Sigh, forget it. The young emperor has just ascended the throne. The master said that stability is the most important thing. We should help the master if we can, and not think too much about other things."

After these people finished speaking, there were basically no more problems, and they all buried themselves in the food in front of them.

Although Yun and Yuan heard these words, they couldn't just discuss them directly.

The two originally planned to go straight back to the city, but a heavy rain fell that night, making it difficult to travel.

Having no other choice, Yun and Yuan had to stay in the hotel room for a day. This was a fairly common occurrence, and the two of them were quite used to it.

The two chatted late into the night about recent events. Of course, they wouldn't reveal too many secrets in public; they were just talking about other things, such as the general daily business situation.

"Sister Yun, you said a few years ago that we should prepare food reserves in advance. Now we spend a lot of money on warehouse management every year. Is it really useful?" Yuan Chen asked quietly while lying in bed.

"Hmm... If this kind of thing really works, doesn't that mean there's a famine? It's okay to spend more money. We have so many people to take care of right now, and everyone needs to eat."

"Sister, even if we increase our workforce four or five times, we can still feed them."

"Oh? There are so many?"

"My sister, you don't forget how many warehouses you've set up, do you?"

"Just kidding, of course I remember. But these kinds of things can't be too many. It's okay. If we really have extra grain, we can brew wine or do other things. It's no problem to prepare more."

"There's no going to be a war, is there?" Yuan Chen asked drowsily, already feeling a bit sleepy.

"not sure."