Page 137

Since the matter of opening a pastry shop had already been mentioned, Lin Yuan simply brought up the tofu workshop as well.

In fact, during lunch today, Lin Jiaxin and his wife had vaguely heard their daughter speaking with Lao Fan.

They had meant to ask her about it, but their daughter had suddenly become much more sensible these past few days.

After discussing it for a long time in their room, they finally decided to let their daughter handle it herself.

Compared to the pastry shop, this tofu workshop could be considered a large establishment.

Although it was a small artisan workshop run by rural folks, such a place was rare, not only in Lin family Hollow but also across several nearby villages.

Lin Yuan’s aunt by marriage had opened a small dyeing workshop at her home, and her family could be deemed the wealthiest in the village.

If their family could also start a small workshop, their future days. ..

Lin Jiaxin and Lady Liu exchanged a glance. Although they said nothing, they both saw a look of shock in each other’s eyes.

After Lin Yuan finished discussing the matter, she went on to busily scrub pots and wash dishes.

She knew that for her parents, who had only ever traveled as far as Zhuma Town in their lifetime, the idea of opening a tofu workshop would take some time to digest. It seemed like they were in for another late night.

After tidying up the courtyard and just as the family was about to climb into bed, there was a sudden, urgent knock at the front door.

Lin Yuan hurriedly donned her clothes and went out, only to see Lady Liu also quickly coming out with her shoes half on, panic in her eyes, "Could it be your third uncle’s family has come again?"

"Mom, don’t panic, I’ll go take a look." After a few occurrences, Lady Liu was genuinely frightened by those people. It was pitiful that she, a pregnant woman nearly eight months along, had to live her days in constant fear and trepidation.

Upon hearing that her daughter was going to check, Lady Liu quickly clutched her arm, "Don’t go! Ask from the doorway first!"

After speaking, Lady Liu opened the door of the main room first, stuck her head out, and shouted loudly, "Who’s there?"

When the person knocking heard a response, they stopped, and a woman’s voice replied, "Auntie, it’s me, Guizhi."

It turned out to be Sister-in-law Guizhi.

Lady Liu let out a long sigh of relief and quickly picked up an oil lamp then urged Lin Yuan to open the door.

Sister-in-law Guizhi had come with the third aunt, and upon entering the house, she immediately took hold of Lin Yuan to comfort her, "Yuanyuan, are you alright?"

Lin Yuan smiled and shook her head.

Sister-in-law Guizhi’s cold skin stall was very busy now, and with the third aunt’s biscuits being fragrant and crunchy, they had even more customers and were often too busy to cope.

Today, she had simply let her mother-in-law take Xiao Shitou with her to the town to help.

Little did they know they would encounter some trouble and miss the ox-cart ride back to the village with Lin Fugui.

With no other option, they had to walk home.

Fortunately, they encountered an ox-cart from a neighboring village on the road and were able to hitch a ride for two copper coins, or else their family would have returned home even later.

As soon as they arrived, they heard Xiao He’s mother and several other women in the village talking about Lin Yuan’s family matter. After discussing it, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law decided to bring over all the money they had earned these past few days.

"Yuanyuan, you’ve heard about the accounts with Fuman Building’s wife, these days I’ve also made a good amount from selling cold skin.

Here, take this." Sister-in-law Guizhi took out a small money pouch made of grey cloth and stuffed it into Lin Yuan’s hand.

The pouch was heavy, Lin Yuan touched it and found it was mostly copper coins with a few lumps of silver pieces.

Guizhi continued, "These past days, I’ve sold a lot of cold skins, and inside there’s the profit share I promised you.

The rest is also for you. It might not be much, but it could help piece together a little more for you.

Don’t worry, there’s a long year ahead of us.

I’ve calculated, and now from selling cold skins and biscuits, I can make over three taels of silver in a month.

Adding your Brother Ershuan’s earnings from carpentry, we should be able to help you repay over forty taels of silver within a year. You..."