Sleepy and Overworked

Shopkeeper Liu looked at the back of Mu Yuchen and sighed.

Just what happened today? Mu Yuchen barely came to open the stall for a short amount of time and he already managed to sell over a 100 buckets of chestnuts?

It's true that he has some good feeling for Liu Xiaolan, but in the end they are still strangers. The reason why he agreed to having her stall outside his doors is simply bringing more traffic to his shop.

Now, Mu Yuchen suddenly sold out in such a short time, while it's a very good thing for Mu Yuchen and Liu Xiaolan, but he himself didn't get any new clients today!

Well, Liu Jiahao soon felt a little better. Either way, it's not like they can sell out in this way every day, and even if they do, he still gets to earn some money by selling them buckets.

Perhaps he should look for more people to help out, this way he could sell more buckets to Liu Xiaolan each day. At least he can keep his doors open with the income from selling small buckets to her…

Mu Yuchen had no knowledge of his thoughts, and even if he did, he would probably just ignore him. After all, his lady loves money. If Liu Jiahao improved the quantity of sold buckets, Liu Xiaolan would probably sing praises about him for the whole day.

Mu Yuchen remembered his lady's injury and started running. Even with his speed it still takes a little over 2 hours to make it back to Liuojia Village, hopefully his silly lady won't hurt herself anymore in this time…

At the same time, it seems that some strange emotions flashed through his eyes, while thinking of what happened today, during his meeting with the Meng family's brother and sister.

- - - - -

Meanwhile, in Liuojia Village, Liu Xiaolan has just woken up and slowly opened her eyes.

In the morning, after she finished preparing the chestnuts, she was still a little tired. It seems that her body isn't used to this amount of work, so she's been having trouble with keeping her eyes open.

Although she was dissatisfied with the fact that her little fool didn't allow her to go to the city with him today, it still gave her an opportunity to go back to bed and sleep a few more hours.

While Mu Yuchen might exaggerate a little when it comes to the degree of her injury, forcing Liu Xiaolan to stay home was still a good thing for her, especially now, when her body is still in a pretty bad state.

Liu Xiaolan has been trying to rise the condition of her body since taking over, but it's not easy. After years of being malnourished, it will take quite some time to get back on track and recover her body to a normal state…

Now, just running around from the village to Shenyang and the other way around for the whole day is really tiring for her. If not for her little fool's help, perhaps her body would already collapse from tiredness.

It seems that she still needs to be careful, otherwise wouldn't she be a laughing stock for other reincarnated people? Got another chance at life and died from running around too much?

Liu Xiaolan sighed and stood up, after which she went to wash her face again.

Once she was done, Liu Xiaolan somehow started to feel bored. Ever since transmigrating to this world, she's been constantly on her legs, rushing to change her body's current lifestyle and get in a better condition.

Now that everything is going smoothly, and her little fool forbid her from going with him, Liu Xiaolan had no idea what she should do.

After a few more minutes, Liu Xiaolan decided. Since she has nothing to do, she might as well go to Zou family as she planned before.

After all, she still needs to thank Zou Xinghe for yesterday's meat, and if possible she would like to buy some for today.

Thinking about this, Liu Xiaolan muttered to herself, "But this time I can't let the little fool cook it, otherwise it will turn out badly for sure…"

Liu Xiaolan happily went to the Zou family's house thinking of the directions towards it from the original soul's memories.

Soon, she was near their home. Liu Xiaolan wasn't sure if anyone was here at this hour, and it would be rude to just go in, so she slightly shouted, "Is anyone home? Can I come in?"

Sigh, it's really hard in the ancient times. Nobody would bother to make themselves a doorbell, but it seems that the Zou family still has it good, considering that they have a wooden door.

After all, even though most houses built in last 10 years in the village do have doors, it's mostly for the winter time to better isolate heat. Older houses, like the one Liu Xiaolan currently lives in, just have an opening to enter and leave.

When people built it, they didn't bother with buying doors and putting them in. Anyway, it's not like the doors in ancient times could prevent anyone from entering, and even if they did, most families didn't even have anything worth stealing.

It was only in recent years, when the influence of military grew stronger, that the farmers started gaining more wealth.

Well, it seems like a pretty obvious thing once someone thinks about it. After the army took control, most officials didn't dare to be greedy, otherwise who knows if their heads wouldn't float above the city gates next day?

Thanks to that, the amount of taxes taken away from farmers decreased massively. From the previous almost 70% to the current 50%, village people could finally start earning some money and improve the quality of their lives.

Although most people in villages are still poor, but at least having enough food for their families is guaranteed.

Liu Xiaolan waited outside for a moment and didn't hear anyone. Just as she was about to go back, a voice sounded from the inside of Zou's house.