The Princess of the Substitute Bride Strikes Back

"Mr. Mu, Madam Wei, the county magistrate is out today and will probably be back very late. How about you go back first and I'll pass on anything you need later?"

Mu Yibai and Fu Yunxi planned to go to the government office to find the county magistrate, but were told by the soldiers that he was not there.

"It's okay. We just want to know if we need any documents to do business in Lianjiang County."

Fu Yunxi felt that it would be the same to ask the officers and soldiers directly about this matter. The county magistrate had seeds and silver, so he must be very busy now.

"So that's what it is. To do business in Lianjiang County, you do need to register here. After you produce valid documents, you can get a business license, and then you can do business. Does Madam Mu want to apply for this license?"

Although the county magistrate was not in the government office, he had given instructions before he left.

The families arranged to stay in Mojia Village must be received well, and any issues must be resolved in a timely manner.

Can we apply for a license? We do plan to start a business in the future.”

"No problem, I'll help you with it now, just come over here and register your information."

The officers and soldiers were very efficient in their work and completed the task in just a stick of incense.

Fu Yunxi was in a good mood holding the thin business license with the seal of Lianjiang County on it, and she was looking forward to the days when she would become rich in the future!

After applying for a business license, Mu Yibai and Fu Yunxi purchased a yard near Mojia Village in the town.

Originally they planned to rent it, but the owner of the yard was an elderly grandmother who had moved to her son's house. Selling the yard could bring her a considerable income, so Fu Yunxi simply bought it.

While no one was around, she transferred the building materials from the space to the yard and placed a few horse-drawn carriages there, waiting for the brothers from Yunmuzhai to come and take them away tomorrow. After all, it was already late today.

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"Grandma, Mom, we're back!"

When Fu Yunxi and the others arrived home, the sky was already dark. It took half an hour to walk from Mojia Village to the town, and another hour to get to the county. Naturally, they could go faster by riding in a horse-drawn carriage.

"Come in quickly. You have been gone for a long time today. The food has already been prepared. Just go in, wash your hands and enjoy."

Mrs. Luo hurriedly welcomed them into the house. During their exile, Fu Yunxi had been taking care of all the household affairs. Now that they have finally settled down, the couple are still busy taking care of the family.

"Okay, today's meal is so sumptuous, I'll get some juice to celebrate."

When Fu Yunxi walked in and saw the table full of delicious dishes, a warm feeling surged in her heart. Perhaps this was the feeling of home. Family members supported and helped each other. Now Mrs. Luo, Aunt Jiang and He Yue were all excellent cooks, and ordinary meals were no longer a problem for them. They were no longer the spoiled ladies of the past who had everything they wanted, but this home was still warm and beautiful.

"Very good. You may not know that many villagers came to our house this afternoon. They were very enthusiastic and expressed their willingness to help build the house."

Aunt Jiang said as she silently moved Fu Yunxi's favorite food in front of her.

"Really? This morning, my husband and I went to the village head's house and told him that we wanted to hire villagers to build a house for us. It's the busy farming season, so I set the wages at 20 wen a day, plus one jin of corn flour and one jin of sorghum flour. If you want to exchange the wages for food, it's 10 wen a jin."

After Fu Yunxi sat down, she looked at the dishes on the table, most of which were her favorites. She was very happy. She took out apple juice and milk tea from the space for everyone to drink.

"This price is reasonable. It's a difficult time for everyone right now. It's a good thing that you are willing to take the time to help."

Along the way, Luo has witnessed many hardships of the people's livelihood. The labor put in by most people is not proportional to the gains, but they have no other choice, because if the lower-class people want to survive, they can only rely on labor. They cannot exploit the labor of the villagers and exploit ordinary people like other greedy landlords.

"Food is the most precious thing right now. Everyone will surely be tempted by Xier's proposal."

Lin Jie naturally also supports Fu Yunxi!

"Well! Many people came to visit us today. Among them, Aunt Chen and Aunt Mo seem to have some say in this village. They brought a few young men to report and asked how many people we needed. I took the initiative and said the more the better, because I thought about what you said this morning, that the people in Yunmu Village also want to build houses, so this project must be quite big."

"Yes! The Wang and Chen families must also be building houses, so the more manpower the better. Tomorrow we will go and invite Uncle Jun from the village. The village head said that he has good craftsmanship. In addition, Uncle Yun also has two brothers who are good at carpentry and masonry. Once we finalize the drawings, we can start construction."

"Besides, when the villagers come to work, we have to provide them with a meal. I don't want you to be too tired, so let the fourth and fifth concubines of the second house come to help!"

Mu Yibai told everyone in the first house about the general plan and made work assignments.

"Yiheng, tomorrow you and Brother Mu will take a few brothers from Yunmu Village to the town to bring back the building materials. I will let you know the address later. Also, if anyone has any ideas about the new house, please feel free to bring them up."

"I want to build a whole house with floor heating. It's not complicated. I just need to lay water pipes under the floor. When winter comes, I can heat the water with coal and the whole house will be as warm as spring."

"The traditional earthen kang in Mojia Village is also OK, but each room needs to burn firewood separately, which is a bit troublesome. If we install floor heating, we only need to burn coal in one room, and then use a stove. I think it should be able to withstand this winter."

Fu Yunxi was the first to express her thoughts. In fact, floor heating has a longer history than heated kangs. Initially, people used smoke to heat the floor to raise the temperature in the house. Later, it evolved into heated kangs and fire walls.

In the past, floor heating technology was already very mature, and the whole house could be heated up directly with electricity. However, there was no electricity in this dynasty, so coal had to be used instead. But it was also more convenient than building several earthen kangs.

"I don't have any particular ideas. I'm just getting old, and I hope everyone can get together, so let's build a big yard! Don't live separately. You can build small yards in the big yard, as long as we are all in the same family."

After going through all these twists and turns, Jiang only hopes for a happy family and children and grandchildren around her, and she has no other wishes.

"Don't worry, grandma. Our family will never be separated again." Mu Yibai solemnly promised Jiang that no one could break up the Mu family in this life!

"What do you think of the taste of this beer and milk tea? Is there a market for it in Lianjiang County?"

Fu Yunxi did some market research today, and the final result was that she planned to start with the food market, because food is a scarce resource at present and the market is very good.

Although she wanted to change the living habits of ancient women, this could not be implemented for the time being. When people were starving, they had no time to think about improving their quality of life!

"Han'er, are you planning to sell this beer and milk tea in Lianjiang County? We think this is very good and there will definitely be a market for it." Mrs. Luo understood the implication of Fu Yunxi's words.

"Yes! Sister-in-law, we also like to drink milk tea." Jiaojiao and Lin Xue both love the taste of milk tea.

The reason why Fu Yunxi felt comfortable letting her children drink milk tea was because this milk tea was made by her herself.