During my escape from famine, I survived by eavesdropping on the whispers of food.

After hearing Qin Shuangshuang's words, everyone felt somewhat relieved.

They all responded, "Don't worry, Miss Qin, we will definitely complete this mission."

Master Chen put down his teacup and said to Qin Shuangshuang, "We've done everything you wanted. The rest is up to you."

If you need anything, just let us know at the inn, and we'll definitely get it done for you within a certain timeframe.

Seeing that the two wealthy men had helped her this time, Qin Shuangshuang quickly said gratefully, "Thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to get so much konjac. Thank you so much."

After the two gentlemen nodded, they left, leaving only their servants behind.

After the elderly people in the courtyard finished watching the play, they left. The younger brother and mother gathered around Qin Shuangshuang, and Zhou asked her, "Are you really confident?"

Qin Shuangshuang nodded and said, "Mother, believe me, we will definitely win this time."

Zhou then said to Qin Shuangshuang, "Alright, tonight we'll continue to help you finish the rest of the work. We can't let you work too hard by yourself."

Qin Shuangshuang knew that her mother was already in poor health, and she would feel bad if she made her mother work hard for her.

Then she said to Zhou, "No need. If you'd like, just help me start a fire and get some hot water. After all, you need to wash your hands with hot water when you're handling those konjac twigs so they don't get cold."

Zhou smiled and said to Qin Shuangshuang, "Silly child, these things are not difficult. Don't worry, with your mother here, you can leave these things to me."

She led Qin Hao into the room to get busy.

At this moment, Qin Shuangshuang addressed the burly men before her with particular authority, "You are all men of Master Chen and Master Yu."

Don't worry, I will definitely not treat you unfairly. What we need to do this time is to save the people of the entire city and win the bet. If we win money, we will have money, which will be of great benefit to our chamber of commerce. If you do a good job this time, you will all be heroes in our chamber of commerce in the future.

I'm confident that your two bosses will reward you handsomely. I hope everyone will cooperate fully this time.

Now I will divide each of you into groups of ten. Your task today is to remove the skin from all the konjac taro.

Then, following my instructions, they ground all those things out into fine crumbs.

The people looked at Qin Shuangshuang in confusion and said, "But those things are already so itchy when they're on our hands. Are you really going to make it so we can't speak anymore?"

Qin Shuangshuang said to him, "Don't worry, it definitely won't happen. I have gloves, and I will definitely not let you get hurt like that."

Everyone felt relieved after hearing what Qin Shuangshuang said, since their boss would never cheat them.

They certainly wouldn't just hand them over to a little girl.

Everyone responded, "We will do as Miss Qin commands."

Qin Shuangshuang then divided them into groups, and after that, she began to place her baskets of konjac in front of them.

Uncle Li walked over curiously at that moment.

Seeing such a large commotion, Uncle Li said to Qin Shuangshuang, "Why are there so many people all of a sudden?"

Qin Shuangshuang smiled and said to him, "This is all thanks to Master Chen and Master Yu. Now we need to grind all this konjac into powder."

Time is running out, we need to hurry.

A few days ago, I remember Uncle Li, you found a lot of tools in a wooden shed, didn't you? Why don't we take them and make good use of them? That way we can speed things up. Do you remember where those things are?"

After thinking it over carefully, Uncle Li said to Qin Shuangshuang, "Yes, I know. I know exactly where those things are. I'll take some people to collect them all for you right now. We'll collect whatever we can and nothing we can't."

Hearing Uncle Li's words, Qin Shuangshuang felt much more at ease. Not long after, Uncle Li led several strong men and went into the wooden house to bring back one thing after another.

At this moment, the man who had been strolling around by the roadside, eating melon seeds, looked at the house and immediately approached the door with a puzzled expression.

Looking at the people coming and going inside, the eldest son smiled smugly. "I didn't expect her to gather so many people to do those 'proper' things. Fine, I'll see if she can win that bet this time. A little brat like her, trying to beat those high-ranking officials? She's just dreaming."

However, if I actually win, then I'll prove they're quite skilled. If I don't win, I'll definitely be the first to drive them out of this county!

The eldest son snorted coldly, then turned and left.

Because there was still a lot of konjac to process, Qin Shuangshuang's hands were already quite red from the cold. She gently blew on her hands. Just then, Qin Shuangshuang noticed several elderly people carrying basins of firewood over.

He placed it in front of him and said to Qin Shuangshuang, "The weather is dry and cold. You're all busy here, and you're probably going to catch a cold. Hurry up and light this fire."

Those burly men were human after all, and they all gathered around to warm themselves by the fire.

Qin Shuangshuang gathered everyone together and said to them, "Don't worry, we will definitely win this time."

The burly men looked dejected.

One of the burly men said to Qin Shuangshuang, "The other party is the president of the chamber of commerce next door. I heard that he is quite capable. He has led their county through one crisis after another. Although I don't know how he did it, I think he is probably not so easy to deal with."

"You guys don't know, do you? His hometown is a vast and resource-rich place. Although this drought is so severe and there is panic everywhere, his hometown has everything. Because it is very far from the capital, the weather there is completely different from ours. So it is a vast and resource-rich place. I don't know how we can beat him this time."

However, Qin Shuangshuang was confident and told them, "No matter how good the weather is next door, as long as we work together, we will definitely be able to defeat him. Hopefully, we will see the results soon."

The next morning, Qin Shuangshuang looked at the wooden basins in front of her, which contained konjac powder that had already settled to the bottom. She was overjoyed and grabbed a handful of powder.

The powder and water were separated, and the amount of powder was clearly visible. Qin Shuangshuang smiled slightly, "It seems it's time to separate them."

Afterwards, Qin Shuangshuang called over the two servants of the wealthy man and said to them, "Now, we need to separate this water from this powder. We must be careful not to mix the water and the powder together, otherwise, it will take some more time to separate them."

We don't have that much time,"

The servants nodded and began to get to work.

Just then, a furtive figure appeared in the corner of the doorway.