After wearing it: I traded a pig for a man.

"Mom, we still need to make soap, so we don't have time to find cicada nymphs. It would be best if we could find some helpers to help us make it."

There's no worry about selling these soaps; the demand will only increase in the future. Even if they worked themselves to death, they couldn't keep up with the demand.

"What if someone else learns this?" Liu Yuzhi asked with some concern.

Jiang Yun Ning waved her hand: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, we'll only hire trustworthy people. We'll make the most crucial alkali ourselves. They can't learn that."

The main thing is that when boiling the alkaline water, she has to secretly add spiritual spring water to it; this step cannot be left to anyone else.

"Mother, isn't Second Uncle injured in the leg and unable to do heavy work? Let Eldest Uncle and Second Uncle collect cicada nymphs in their village, and give them a commission of one coin per pound."

According to the original owner's memory, Wang Cuihua's parents died a long time ago, and she was raised by her two older brothers.

The two older brothers felt sorry for Wang Cuihua, who lost her parents at a young age, and treated her exceptionally well, as did the original owner of the body, who was Wang Cuihua's daughter.

"We can manage to make soap here for now, but later, Mother, you'll need to find some reliable people to help us," Jiang Yun Ning muttered.

Wang Cuihua nodded: "Okay, I'll go back tomorrow and tell you and my uncles."

Jiang Laosan came in, carrying the few pounds of meat that Jiang Yunning had bought.

"Dad, why don't you take a pound of meat to the village head's house and return the cart? We can ask the village head to help us tell the villagers that our family is buying cicada nymphs for a distinguished person. Thirteen coins a pound." Jiang Yun Ning didn't even look up.

Jiang Laosan replied, "Alright, I'll go right away."

He happily put the meat away, then took another pound and went out the door.

The whole family was busy under Jiang Yun Ning's arrangements.

That night, the Jiang family lit candles that they usually wouldn't use in their courtyard and busied themselves until almost midnight.

Jiang Yun Ning stood with her hands on her hips, looking at the cellar filled with wooden boxes.

That's great! Once the carpenter's little wooden box is finished, we can make the petal-shaped ones.

"Jiang Che, how about you and my older brother make some wooden frames together tomorrow?" Jiang Yun Ning pinched his chin. "You know, the kind with layers, so they can fit together. They take up too much space."

Jiang Che nodded.

He is very intelligent.

She got up early the next morning to do it. Although it was her first time, she did it perfectly and even taught Jiang Yuntian how to do it.

In the kitchen, Wang Cuihua and Liu Yuzhi had already prepared breakfast.

"Mother, where is Father? Where did he go so early in the morning?" Jiang Yun Ning looked around and secretly fed the pregnant sow and the corn seedlings next to the pigpen with spiritual spring water.

"Your father went to the fields," Wang Cuihua said, setting the table. "He should be back soon."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Jiang Laosan ran in excitedly: "Daughter, Dad went to the cornfield and saw that our seedlings are half a head taller than the others."

Jiang Yun Ning smiled and said, "That's normal."

Corn seedlings should not be planted too densely.

This knowledge is something that even someone like her, an agricultural student, would know, and anyone who has ever farmed in modern times would know it.

After breakfast, Jiang Yun Ning took out all his silver.

"Father, Mother, Eldest Brother, and Sister-in-law, Jiang Che, this is the profit from this batch of soap, plus the money I made selling the cicada nymphs and medicinal herbs. It's a total of fifty-eight taels."

Jiang Yunning took out five taels of silver and handed it to Liu Yuzhi.

"This is the dowry money that I took from my sister-in-law back then."

Liu Yuzhi was stunned.

To be honest, she really didn't expect to get the money back.

"Sister-in-law," Jiang Yun Ning said, stuffing the silver into her hand. "What's yours is yours. Don't refuse, otherwise you'll still hold a grudge against me."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuzhi's words caught in her throat.

She nodded: "Alright, since you put it that way, your sister-in-law won't stand on ceremony with you."

"I think we need to set aside some working capital when we do business," Jiang Yun Ning said, taking out another thirty taels from the remaining fifty-three taels and placing them aside.

"We'll use these thirty taels to buy materials later, and also to settle the bill for the cicada nymphs we're acquiring," she explained clearly.

"The rest will be divided into three portions. Seven taels for Father and Mother, seven taels for Eldest Brother and Sister-in-law, and seven taels for Jiang Che and me."

Then, grinning at Jiang Che, she said, "But I traded a pig for you, so what's yours is mine. If you need to buy anything, just let me know."

Jiang Che never expected that he would get a share of this money.

Compared to the days when he couldn't get enough to eat or wear, he is very grateful for his current life.

Although, Jiang Yun Ning is a person who... sometimes makes him so angry that his teeth itch.

"Daughter, what are you doing?" Jiang Laosan pushed the silver forward. "How could your parents take your silver? You earned this yourself."

Jiang Yuntian nodded: "Yes, sister. Your sister-in-law and I only did a little work, how could we accept your money?"

Liu Yuzhi nodded.

The little effort they put in wasn't worth that much money.

Besides, we're all family, it's normal to help each other out, how could we take money?

Jiang Yun Ning deliberately put on a stern face: "No, you can take it if it's given to you. We're a family, so of course we should share the money we earn."

"No, no," Wang Cuihua refused to accept it no matter what.

"Oh dear, Mother!" Jiang Yun Ning exclaimed anxiously, "If you don't want it, I won't take any more soap-making jobs!"

She knew that her parents and brother and sister-in-law were truly doing it for her own good, and they would still do their best to help even if they didn't give her money.

"We work hard to earn money so that our lives can be better, right?" Jiang Yun Ning said somewhat unhappily, "Take it now."

She once again stuffed silver into Wang Cuihua and Liu Yuzhi's hands: "With silver in hand, there is hope for life."

Liu Yuzhi felt the silver in her hand was burning hot.

She and Jiang Yuntian could only earn a few hundred coins a month, and that was when Jiang Yuntian occasionally did odd jobs in town. But in just a few days, he'd already earned seven taels?

After dividing the silver, Jiang Yuning took Jiang Che to the carpenter in the neighboring village to get the small wooden box. When they returned home, there were already quite a few people in the courtyard.

"Really? Thirteen coins a pound?"

"Oh my, what does this important person need this for?"

"Then our whole family will go look for it tonight."

After seeing off the jubilant villagers, the family went back to making soap behind closed doors.

Looking at the water they had carried back from the river, Jiang Yun Ning suddenly said, "Dad, let's dig a well in the yard."

That way, when she adds spiritual spring water, she won't have to worry about being suspected if she adds too much.

Moreover, the frequent need to fetch water inevitably aroused the curiosity of the villagers.

Jiang Laosan didn't even look up: "Alright, after we're done with this, Dad will find someone to dig a well."

With many hands making light work, hundreds of small boxes were made in less than two hours.

Wang Cuihua washed her hands and prepared to go back to her parents' home to tell her brothers about making money.

"Mother, I'll go too." Jiang Yun Ning dried her hands and picked up the two catties of pork she had specially set aside yesterday. She also took a few bars of the soap she had made a few days ago.

On the way, Jiang Yun Ning's mind was filled with the foolish things the original owner of the body had done.

This girl is a bully at home. Knowing that her uncle dotes on her, she cries and begs for money at the drop of a hat.

Jiang Yun Ning sighed silently in her heart.

If I apologize properly, I shouldn't be kicked out, right?

Wang Cuihua's family home was not far away; it only took about half an hour to get there.

Before I even entered, I could hear the arguing inside.

"Wang Dashan! I'm telling you, if you dare give your sister the last bit of money we have left, we're getting a divorce!"