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Liu San Niang returned from the county with twenty catties of rice, ten of which were for Lu Tao.

"It saves Tian Tian from having to go shopping this afternoon and carry it back." She said, taking out the money she had received today.

"Only nine catties were made in the first half of the night, and this is nine hundred coins."

“After deducting the 320 coins for making the pot, there are 580 coins left, and our family has 290 coins.”

"After deducting eighteen coins for beans and one hundred coins for rice, the remaining one hundred and seventy-two coins belong to Sister Lu."

No one knows when, but Liu San Niang started calling Lu Tao "Sister Lu Tao".

Lu Tao wiped her hands and accepted the copper coin. "Then I won't be polite."

"Mother, I'll use the money I have to buy some vegetable seeds this afternoon," Tian Tian said.

Lu Tao has already turned over all the furrows in her half-acre vegetable plot.

“Okay, let’s buy some cabbage and radish seeds, those two are the ones that help them withstand the cold,” Lu Tao said.

Liu San Niang returned without a moment's rest, saying, "I'll cook, and after we eat, I'll continue making bean curd sheets."

"The young owner of Fulai Restaurant said that last night, all the remaining twelve catties of bean curd sheets were sold out."

"The nine jin we made today will definitely not be enough to sell. Let's hurry up and make more."

Lu Tao glanced at the clothes drying outside and said, "They should weigh about twelve jin by the afternoon."

I made it in the middle of the night and it wasn't dry by morning, but it was dry by the end of the morning.

The sun is strong at midday, so the food I made this morning will still be ready.

But at night... we still have to work through the night.

“Hang in there for a few more days. Once the custom-made pots arrive, our two families can work together to supply the pots.” Lu Tao’s eyes were determined.

She now has 372 coins in her pocket.

The confusion I felt when I was first kicked out of the Tian family... is gone. Now I only have one thought: to work harder!!

As long as I can make money, what's wrong with sleeping less?

*

Just as Tian Tian was about to put on the carrying pole, Lu Tao stopped her.

"Sweetie, let your sister take care of it." She pulled Tian Xiang over.

Tian Tian was puzzled. Didn't her older sister not want to go to the county?

Lu Tao took out two hundred coins from his pocket, wrapped them in a handkerchief, and gave them to Tian Xiang.

"Mother?!" Tian Xiang pushed him away, refusing to accept it.

Lu Tao whispered, "Xiang'er, I know you miss your child. You've been back for three or four months now, you should go see your child."

Tian Xiang shook her head repeatedly, "Mother, I can't accept this money."

The family worked hard for several days to earn this money, how could she just go see her child and...

Lu Tao insisted, "Xiang'er, Mother knows you're suffering. These past few months since you came back, you've cried secretly every night..."

"Mother knows everything. Go see the child and buy some fabric for him."

Tian Xiang's eyes immediately reddened.

She carried and gave birth to the two children for ten months; how could she not miss them?

But...

She shook her head. "Mother, no, this is the family's money."

"Big sister, go and take a look." Tian Tian had never given birth, so she had no personal experience of it, but she understood a mother's concern for her child.

Last time she went to check on her older sister, and when she came back and told her sister, her sister's eyes were filled with relief...

"The purpose of making money is to spend it; once we've spent it, we can just make more."

Tian Xiang turned away to wipe her tears and nodded, "Mm."

*

After delivering the goods to Fulai Restaurant, the two sisters went to the cloth shop.

The cloth shop sells linen, silk, satin, brocade, straw cloth, wool cloth, linen and silk fabrics, as well as leather for making shoes and belts.

"Don't you have any cotton cloth?" Tian Tian asked, puzzled.

When children are young, cotton is the most suitable fabric for making clothes, and it is also not very expensive.

"What is cotton cloth?" The woman in the cloth shop didn't know.

“This is all the cloth we have here.” She took out a bolt of silk. “This bolt of silk is worth one tael of silver.”

He then took out a bolt of linen cloth, saying, "This is fine linen with a little silk added; it only costs two hundred coins."

Although the Chu family owned a restaurant and had some money, they were far from being extremely wealthy.

Tian Xiang's two children usually wear silk and linen, "We want this piece of silk and linen."

Carrying the linen cloth, Tian Xiang hesitated before leaving the house.

"What's wrong, big sister?" Tian Tian asked.

Tian Xiang licked her lips, looking quite troubled. "Sweetie, weren't you going to buy vegetable seeds?"

"Why don't you go buy the vegetable seeds, and I'll go to Chu Xing Restaurant by myself?"

"We'll meet at the city gate after you've bought the vegetable seeds."

When the Chu family divorced her, the things they said were truly unbearable to hear.

She'll probably hear nothing nice when she goes to see the children this time.

She didn't want Sweetie to hear those words.

Although it's sweet... she hasn't actually gotten married yet, so it's best not to hear those kinds of things.

Seeing Tian Xiang's troubled expression, Tian Tian probably guessed what was going on.

"Alright, then we'll meet at the city gate."

*

Tian Xiang carried a bolt of cloth and walked towards Chu Xing Restaurant as if she were flying.

Chu Xing Restaurant...

It was a restaurant opened by her former father-in-law when he was young. It was named Chu Xing, which meant that he hoped the Chu family would prosper.

After getting married and having children, he named his first son Chu Xing and his second son Chu Wang.

When they arrived near Chu Xing Restaurant, Tian Xiang slowed down her pace again.

She felt uneasy...

But soon, she mustered her courage again. As long as she could see her two children, it would be worth it, even if she was insulted or beaten.

Thinking of this, she hugged the cloth tightly and walked over in one go.

It wasn't mealtime, so there weren't many people in the restaurant.

As soon as she entered, the waiter looked up and recognized her, "Young Madam?"

The waiter put the rag on the table and came over to ask, "Young Madam, what brings you here?"

Tian Xiang shook her head awkwardly, "I, I'm not some young mistress anymore."

"I've come to see the child."

The waiter glanced up to the second floor. "Young Madam...you...you shouldn't worry about the child..."

"The children are ultimately the Chu family's children; the master and mistress will not mistreat them..."

Everyone in the Chu family knew Chu Xing's character, and even the entire Baishi County knew that he was a regular at the red-light district.

And Tian Xiang...

When Chu Xing took a liking to her, many people guessed that she was a restless woman.

But later, Tian Xiang often helped out at the restaurant. She was gentle, kind, and hardworking, which made many people sigh that Chu Xing, this playboy, had actually married such a virtuous wife.

It's a pity it only lasted three years.

Chu Xing died suddenly, and Tian Xiang was divorced.

After Chu Xing Restaurant was handed over to Chu Wang, the second young master of the Chu family, business declined even further.

Tian Xiang smiled at the shopkeeper, "I know, I just... just came to see them."

The shopkeeper glanced at the fabric in Tian Xiang's arms and sighed.

"Young Madam..."

"Waaah... Waaah..." A child's crying suddenly came from the second floor.

Tian Xiang's expression changed, and she ran upstairs.

That crying...it's Qian'er's.

"Qian'er".

"Young Madam!" The waiter ran upstairs after her.

Chu Qian continued to cry, sobbing and begging for mercy, "I was wrong, please don't hit me... Waaaaah..."