The two sisters walked slowly back to the village. Along the way, they ran into quite a few familiar faces. Lin Zhi greeted each one politely, and Lin Yutang followed suit, behaving sweetly.

“Isn’t that the Lin family’s little girl? She… doesn’t seem foolish anymore.”

“Yeah, yeah! Now that she’s not acting silly, she looks quite adorable.”

Their voices weren’t exactly hushed, so Lin Yutang heard every word. In an instant, her cheerful expression faded.

While some were happy for them, there were also those with sharp tongues who couldn’t resist gossiping:

“Oh, what proper young lady would show her face in public and try to run a business like that?” The sarcastic remark could only have come from Granny Zhao.

Just as Lin Zhi was about to point at Granny Zhao and retort, Lin Yutang held her back and stepped forward, saying:

“Isn’t it acceptable for us to make an honest living by doing a small business with our own hands? If not, Granny Zhao, how about lending us some silver?

After all, your daughter received twenty taels of silver as a dowry for becoming a concubine to a wealthy family in town. Oh, by the way, what proper family would eagerly send their innocent daughter to be someone’s concubine? Don’t you agree?”

Lin Yutang blinked her large eyes, looking utterly innocent, but Granny Zhao was so furious she could have ripped her mouth off.

Lin Yutang wasn’t wrong. Back then, if Granny Zhao hadn’t wanted those twenty taels of silver to marry off her son, she wouldn’t have sold her daughter into becoming a concubine.

In the village, most families would rather marry their daughters into poverty than make them concubines. At the time, everyone looked down on Granny Zhao for it. Just as people had started to forget, Lin Yutang had to bring it up again—adding insult to injury!

Granny Zhao’s face flushed crimson with rage. She was about to unleash a torrent of abuse when Lin Yutang, with an innocent expression, turned to the others and said:

“Uncles and aunties, my sister and I are running a small business in town. It seems to be doing well so far, and we need to buy some eggs and fresh vegetables. If you have any at home, you can bring them to our house daily. We’ll buy them from you at market price.”

“Really? That’s wonderful! That’ll save us the trouble of carrying them all the way to town to sell.”

“Yes, yes!”

The villagers were thrilled. This was incredibly convenient!

“But we have to set some ground rules in advance: everything must be fresh. If there comes a day when we no longer need supplies, we’ll let you know ahead of time.”

Lin Yutang wasn’t sure how long their instant noodle stall would last. After all, achieving financial freedom couldn’t rely solely on this small stall—that would take forever.

The idea of buying eggs and vegetables from the villagers had come up during their casual conversation on the way back.

Since they needed large quantities, and although the goods in the department store of her space were inexhaustible, doing this would not only avoid raising suspicions but also help the villagers earn some money. It was a win-win situation.

Hearing Lin Yutang’s words, Granny Zhao’s livid expression softened slightly. Forget it, no need to argue with this wretched girl. Later, I can sell my vegetables to her family and save myself the trouble of waking up early and trekking all the way to town to sell them.

As if reading her mind, Lin Yutang added directly, “Oh, by the way, we won’t be buying from your family!” Without waiting to see Granny Zhao’s reaction, she took Lin Zhi’s hand and walked away.

Granny Zhao stood rooted to the spot, almost spitting blood in fury! “You wretched girl, just you wait!” Like a defeated hen, she slunk away amid the crowd’s mocking laughter.

Once Lin Yutang and Lin Zhi returned home, they closed the door and sat down at the table to count the day’s earnings.

All 150 packets of instant noodles had been sold, bringing in 750 coins. With 50 marinated eggs and some meatballs and dried tofu, their total for the day came to one tael of silver and 30 coins.

Lin Zhi: We made a whole tael of silver in just one day? This is incredibly profitable!

Lin Yutang: We worked ourselves to exhaustion for just one tael? When will the silver start pouring in? I want to lie flat! I want to achieve financial freedom, ahhhhh!

Well, it seemed the two sisters were on completely different wavelengths.