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Lan Hua grimaced disgustedly, slapping Lin Yuan on the shoulder, "Just focus on making your tofu! Don’t be disgusting, talking about chicken and chicken butts!"

Though she spoke harshly, hearing Lin Yuan’s words that indicated she had given up on certain aspirations, Lan Hua felt considerably relieved.

Village girls like them were destined to marry farmers from the beginning; did you think everyone was like Lin Siyu, who could rely on a pretty face to marry well?

For ordinary women like them, the best outcome was to marry a merchant and not have to toil in the fields for food!

Dreaming of becoming an official wife? Better wake up and stop dreaming.

The pressed tofu was set directly in the corner outside the kitchen to air-dry.

By this time, the sun had set and it was not so hot.

Lao Fan would come early the next day to administer acupuncture to father, and when he left, he would take the tofu with him.

If it were placed in the kitchen, they would have to move it outside again.

Besides, the kitchen was already occupied with a large basin soaking red beans; there simply was no more room for the tofu.

However, Lin Yuan didn’t expect that this rare instance of laziness would not only bring disaster but also present her with an excellent opportunity.

Lin Yuan scooped out the remaining tofu pudding from the large pot and gave it all to Lan Hua, explaining in detail what spices to add to make it tastier before she left.

She even cut a large piece of pork for her.

Lan Hua accepted the tofu pudding, but she absolutely refused to take the pork.

She had originally come to work because she and Lin Yuan had a good relationship and she wanted to help, but now Lin Yuan was giving her both wages and meat; how could she accept it with a clear conscience?

Lin Yuan also had her own reasons. Lan Hua’s family had been very kind to her, and she deeply appreciated that. Today, Lin Fugui had specifically returned to the village just for her and insisted on not taking a single Copper Coin; she was extremely grateful.

Beyond that, Lin Yuan also hoped Aunt Wang might consider coming to help her make mooncakes, along with Lan Hua.

The amount of mooncakes the Jin family needed wasn’t large, but she was already making tofu and mooncakes, and she was short on hands.

She planned to set up her tofu shop in town for convenience of transportation.

But she wasn’t considering moving the Mooncake shop to town; Lin family hollow was her home.

Her parents were not in good health, and she couldn’t leave her family behind to make money in town.

In her previous life, she had missed the best times with her parents because she was always busy making money.

Having been given a second chance, she was determined not to repeat the same mistakes.

After hearing Lin Yuan’s suggestion, Lan Hua readily agreed.

Ever since her older brother Lin Changqing’s marriage prospects had failed, their mother had been sighing all the time, lamenting her inability to find a good daughter-in-law for her son.

But Lan Hua was well aware of her family’s situation.

Two side rooms and three North Rooms, along with an unmarried sister like her—who would want to marry into a family where one would have to face the in-laws and sister-in-law every day?

Her brother had given the North Room to her and her parents to live in while he moved to the side room, but could he expect his future wife to live there too?

These days in the village, didn’t everyone build a new house for their son and daughter-in-law? But her family couldn’t afford it.

Fortunately, her brother was now apprenticing with Lin Jiaxin and she was working with Lin Yuan.

If their mother could also earn money, that would be even better.

Look at Er Shuan’s home; Guizhi’s sister-in-law sold cold skins at a stall in town, and the third uncle’s wife took care of the grandchildren at home while baking flatbreads.

In just a few days, they heard the business was booming, selling seventy to eighty flatbreads a day, even earning more than the men of the house.

After agreeing, Lan Hua promised to discuss it thoroughly with her mother and left with joy.