During famine years, I had a divination slip in hand, and my whole family ate chicken, duck, fish, a

With Zhao Laoda helping to hold him down, Ye Dazhuang's blade slid down along the bone seam, cleaving it cleanly.

His knife skills alone made him green with envy.

Ye Qingqing also saw this and immediately grimaced.

What did this kid do before? He's incredibly skilled with knives and arrows!

In the end, all that was left was a bear skeleton, its skull, spine, and ribs lying sprawled on the cutting board.

Ye Youliang quickly said,

"The bones can be collected and sold for some money... This stuff makes a very nutritious soup."

Ye Qingqing looked at the bear for a while with her hands in her sleeves, and mentally noted down four bear paws, one bear skin, some meat from the front and hind legs, some rib meat, and one set of bear bones. She decided to send the two best paws to Fushunlou, the skin to Aunt Zhen, and keep half of the meat at home to eat slowly.

Her life has improved; she can even afford to eat bear meat now!

……

The next morning, Ye Qingqing opened her eyes, gently exhaled, and concentrated her mind to retrieve the divination slips.

"Clang..."

The shimmering divination sticks appeared before my eyes, and after a few shakes, golden characters appeared:

[Xiao Ji: There are 100 acres of poor land ten miles from Kaoshantun. Go there to buy it, and you can get fertile land.]

[Neutral/Auspicious: Within five days, a benefactor will assist you, and wealth will come from outside.]

[Extremely ominous: Arson by a wicked person will destroy the property and cause death. Be extremely cautious.]

Ye Qingqing frowned unconsciously.

Are you drunk, Lingqian?

Is it barren land or fertile farmland?

Did it become fertile land after I bought it?

Who is this benefactor...?

What opportunity could bring her unexpected wealth?

You must have had too much to drink, Spirit Sign. You should explain yourself clearly; you've never been this vague before.

Ye Qingqing frowned. Could it be that the spiritual energy here was too thin, affecting the divination slip and making it sound increasingly unclear, as if it had drunk too much?

It's hard to say. Every time she uses a divination slip, it consumes her own spiritual power. In her own time and space, her spiritual power was abundant.

She has exceptional talent and can easily absorb and cultivate spiritual energy, making her cultivation effortless.

Since transmigrating here, I've only been focused on making money and haven't been cultivating properly, which could potentially affect the fortune-telling power of the divination sticks.

Then there's the ominous fortune slip, with the four words "destroyed shop, dead and dying," which made her temples throb.

Ye Qingqing raised her hand to rub her temples, a cold glint flashing between her brows.

Who is it that wants to burn down her shop?!

She's going to town today to sell bear skins and meat, so she'll definitely have to be on her guard.

"get up!"

Ye Qingqing rolled over, got dressed and washed up, ate a couple of bites of the not-so-delicious breakfast that Cui Cui had made, and then got busy.

"Zhao Da, Lao San, put the things on the carriage, and once we're all packed up, we'll head to town."

"Second sister, you, you come here."

Ye Cuicui, wearing her newly made jacket and trousers, secretly waved to her from the doorway.

"Do you think this outfit suits me? Does it look good?"

Today is the opening day of our family's shop. My second sister is taking her and Dad to town to see the new shop, so she has to dress up nicely!

"Looks great! You're even wearing hairpins? Be confident, beautiful lady, you look stunning!"

Ye Qingqing pinched her cheek and smiled, "Go get the bedding and make it warmer for Daddy."

Over here, Boss Zhao had already laid a thick layer of dry grass on the cart, stacked the bear meat on it piece by piece, and covered it with an old cotton quilt.

They cleared a corner, had Ye Cuicui lay out bedding, and the third brother ran over excitedly to help Ye Youliang sit down. The whole family got into the car and headed to town in a grand procession.

Upon arriving in town, Ye Qingqing immediately instructed Zhao Laoda to drive the carriage to the front of Fushunlou Restaurant.

"Hey buddy, we've got some good stuff today. Please have your manager come out."

The waiter naturally recognized her, turned around, lifted the curtain, and went inside, shouting for her to come in.

"Shopkeeper, Sister Ye is here! Great goods, great goods!"

A moment later, the shopkeeper, dressed in a silk and leather coat, came running out, looking at her with a broad smile.

"Oh my, Second Miss, what good things have you got today? Let me see."

Ye Dazhuang suddenly threw off the tattered quilt.

What comes into view are four neatly arranged bear paws, their black fur glossy and shiny, each one bigger than a human head!

If this were to hit someone on the head, it would be like smashing open a vat of dye.

"Oh my goodness!"

The shopkeeper's eyes widened, and he gasped as he looked at Ye Qingqing. "Bear paws! I haven't seen anything this good in ages! Miss, you're really something, you can even catch a bear!"

Ye Qingqing smiled faintly, "I was lucky enough to run into a bear that had fallen asleep in its den, so I managed to pull it out."

The shopkeeper held one of her forepaws in both hands, turning it over and over to examine it. He glanced at her, his eyes clearly saying:

I don't believe you for a second!

But look at this black bear paw, its sinews, its thickness... it's all top-quality, making one grin with envy.

Ye Qingqing raised her chin.

"Shopkeeper, how about it? Give me a fair price."

"What's the rush? Let me take another look."

The shopkeeper carefully inspected the four bear paws again, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Great stuff! Absolutely great stuff! Each forefoot weighs at least seven or eight pounds, and the hindfoot isn't much different."

Second Miss, I'll give you eighty taels of silver for these four hands, how about that?

The waiters around were dumbfounded.

Eighty taels?

How many banquet tables would you have to sell to make that money back?

Zhao Laoda was dumbfounded and secretly pinched his own hand.

Eighty taels! He had never seen so much silver in his life. He wondered what it would look like if it were all put together!

The owner's luck is truly unparalleled; he just wandered up the mountain and killed a bear, and four paws can be sold for eighty taels!

Ye Qingqing smiled faintly and didn't rush to agree. "Third brother, bring down a slice of meat and ask the shopkeeper to take a look."

Zhao Laosan was so envious he didn't know what to do, so he quickly got on the car and unloaded the meat.

"Thump..."

The large slab of pork was brought in front of the shopkeeper, who smacked his lips in admiration.

"Not bad, plump and meaty! Second Sister, if bear meat is sold by weight, the market price is about eight cents a pound."

Yours weighs at least two hundred jin, but I'll give you twenty liang, plus the bear paw, making it a full one hundred liang.

We've been doing business together for a long time, and you know that my Fushunlou restaurant is open for business—our prices are absolutely fair!

Ye Qingqing turned to look at her father.

My father was an experienced hunter; even if he had never hunted a bear, he at least knew the market.

Ye Youliang, who was sitting in the carriage covered by a blanket, gave her a subtle nod. Only then did Ye Qingqing raise an eyebrow and say...

"Alright, since the shopkeeper is so straightforward, I won't haggle. One hundred taels it is."

"Thank you so much! I am so grateful for your kindness, Miss."

The shopkeeper was so happy that his face trembled. He clasped his hands in a fist salute to her, quickly ordered someone to bring a scale to weigh the meat, and then told the accountant to fetch the silver.

At this moment, some guests in the lobby had already heard the commotion in the backyard and were peeking over in this direction.

Even in the border regions, bear skin and bear meat are rare and precious items. When someone recognizes it as bear meat, they shout and call people over to see this rare sight.

Within half an hour, a crowd had gathered in the backyard of Fushunlou to watch the spectacle, their faces full of envy, chattering excitedly.

"It really is a bear paw! I've lived for forty years and this is the first time I've ever seen one!"

"I heard it was a young girl who led the beating; that's incredible!"

"A bear sold for a hundred taels of silver? Wow, I'm tempted to become a hunter..."

……

Ye Qingqing's face remained indifferent, as if one hundred taels was no different from ten taels.