The Transmigrated Farm Girl's Journey to Wealth

"No, Xiaoning, I want to stay at your house too. It's windy all around here, and I'm scared to be alone at night."

Fang Xiaoning rolled her eyes at the sky. What's there to be afraid of? Even ghosts would want to avoid you.

"Father, can you really trust so many things if you don't keep an eye on them?"

"Shouldn't it be me who sees it?"

Fang Xiaoning squinted, "Then who do you want to see it?"

Zhao also looked at him with an unfriendly expression.

Fang Youcai swallowed the words "your mother" that were on the tip of his tongue. If he dared to say them, those two women would be in big trouble.

Why isn't my sweetheart close to him? He dotes on her so much, helping her break off her engagement and find another husband. Without him, would she have the good life she has now?

His eyes darted around for a moment, then he said, "Didn't you buy people? Why don't you call them over to come and see?"

Zhao really wanted to throw him out; he belonged to the Song family, a servant of the Song family!

Fang Xiaoning thought the idea was feasible. It was unreasonable for the person who bought the house to live in a nice house and sleep soundly under the covers while the old man lived in a shack and kept watch at night.

"Okay, you can stay at my house. I'll have someone come and watch over you."

"Xiao Ning!" Zhao was shocked and subconsciously looked at Song Feng.

Fang Youcai was overjoyed; he could finally live a blissful life with servants to wait on him, and with everything done for him.

"My daughter, I've truly loved you well!"

“If you stay at my house, you will still be able to watch the construction work every day, and you will still be able to study at school.”

Fang Youcai's face fell again. Could he take back what he just said?

"Why don't we go to your house?"

"It's the same, except there's an extra night watch."

Only a fool would stand guard here!

"I'll come to your house."

Fang Youcai hung his head. The Master was right. Indeed, women and petty men are the most difficult to deal with!

"Mom, tell me how you plan to build our house!"

When this was mentioned, Fang Youcai perked up. He never expected his wife to be so generous. With this house built, his house would be one of the best in Zaoshu Village. He could hold his head high wherever he went.

"I'll listen to you. I've discussed it with the foreman. We'll enclose this yard and divide it into two courtyards, one in front and one in back. When Gou Dan gets married, he'll have one courtyard, and Tie Zhu will have the other. Your father and I will live with Tie Zhu."

People here usually rely on their eldest son to support them in their old age, except for Old Master Fang, who is an oddball and looks down on his equally odd eldest son.

How many rooms are there once you enter?

"Eight rooms, all with firewalls and connecting corridors."

That's great! The house is finished, and they won't have to suffer from the cold this year.

"Mother, after building the house, we're broke, aren't we?"

"Yes, we don't even have money to buy furniture! Your grandparents' family is also building a house, not as big as ours, but they also plan to build brick and tile houses, and they must have firewalls."

"That's great! Everyone will have a more comfortable winter this year, and it'll be easier to get through the winter."

Zhao held her hand and said, "Yes, Xiao Ning, thank you."

"It's because you're so diligent. It's going to get hot soon. When you come to my house, I'll teach you how to make refreshing snacks to sell."

"Your mother has truly enjoyed the blessings of your life."

"Me too! If we relied on those two brats, we wouldn't even get a sip of the wind."

"Father, when they come back from school, would you dare say that to their faces?"

"I'm not stupid!"

Leaving the Fang family home, Fang Xiaoning realized she had been too hasty. Staying in the workshop would have been fine! "Brother Feng, do you have any objections to me letting my parents stay with us?"

"What opinion could I possibly have? It's more lively with more people, and I couldn't be happier."

"Where's mother?"

"You have no idea how good she and your mother-in-law are. You're overthinking it. We're family."

"Yes, we're family!" Fang Xiaoning chuckled, rubbing her belly. "Now that the weather's here, we can finally set up our stall."

"The shop is almost ready, but we're short of staff."

“How could there be a shortage of people? Ask Uncle Zhou and the others if they want to work. They can take a mule cart to the shop in the morning and come back in an oxcart in the village in the evening.”

"They'd definitely be willing to do it, but what about the pay?"

“Fifty coins a day, three people. If you want to do it, one person from each family is needed, and there is one spot reserved for my uncle. He can ride the oxcart from his village to and from the village.”

Fifty coins, that's a really high wage, a very high wage, one and a half taels of silver a month!

"I'll ask them in a bit if we still sell liangpi (cold skin noodles) and liangfen (cold mung bean jelly)."

"Well, I was originally thinking of having the housekeeper's daughter-in-law go to the workshop to help out, but now she doesn't need to stay home and make cold noodles with the cook anymore. Three people should be enough."

"If that's not enough, we're here for you, aren't we?"

"I don't want to suffer anymore. It's time for us to be hands-off managers."

If it's not enough, just buy two more people. It's no big deal.