"I am generous to do business, not to save face." Li Erya retorted.

Half of the blame for the Shen family's poverty is due to their insistence on saving face. They don't have to eat food, they can't lack pens, inks, paper and inkstones. They don't have to drink water. They have to have tea and wine. None of them are very expensive.

She could understand that they wanted to take the imperial examination and entertain guests, but she couldn't understand that they were open to the village gangsters and had no idea how much money they made.

But at this moment, Li Erya understood a little bit. They were neither good at refusing nor good at swearing. They couldn't say a word to refute even though they thought they were right.

The food is really too good. Li Erya said sternly, "I'm just kidding, I want to sell some ointments. Besides, I'm not only generous to outsiders, but I'm also very generous to you. Please help me clean these boxes. I Pay you wages."

After Li Erya finished speaking, she took the basket and walked to the wasteland behind the school, where a large area of ​​mint grew. Accompanied by the sound of reading loudly, she picked up a basket full of mint.

Li Baoshan and the others winked at her desperately, eager to join her immediately.

Shen Nanzhou slowly walked up to Li Baoshan with a ruler in hand. He would not punish Li Erya, but he had to punish Li Baoshan. After all, it was he who took the initiative to let her have a good rest these days.

Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, others became more at ease.

Li Erya also returned with a full load. Seeing Shen Qingrou helping clean the rouge box, he smiled slightly and generously gave her the only six cents left in his pocket.

"I don't want it."

"oh."

"What do you want to do? How do you do it? Can you really sell it for money?"

"There's still something missing."

Li Erya sneezed, simply put on a thin quilt, took a stick and went out.

"Pretend to be a ghost." Shen Qingrou couldn't help complaining when she saw her dressing up in a weird way when she went out.

"Sigh." Mrs. Shen sighed heavily when she saw her nondescript appearance. A nun didn't look like a nun, a girl didn't look like a girl.

Shen Muyin was also curious and couldn't help but follow him secretly.

Seeing her walking towards an inaccessible place, Shen Muyin clumsily followed her, but he was very nervous and even suspected that she was planning to practice some kind of magic.

In his opinion, she looked a bit like a witch as she stabbed the tree with a stick and muttered words. Shen Muyin was frightened, for fear of being discovered by her.

She was really afraid of what would happen. Seeing her coming towards him, Shen Muyin wanted to hide, but there was nowhere to hide except for retreat.

Before he could think of how to explain, his vision went dark and his whole body was covered by the quilt.

"You." Shen Muyin was shocked and wanted to tear off the quilt on his head in a panic.

"Don't move if you don't want to be stung by bees." Li Erya tightened the quilt, squatted motionless, and raised his ears to listen to what was going on outside.

bee?

Shen Muyin suddenly realized and couldn't help but blush with embarrassment. He actually mistakenly thought she was a witch, "What did you do to provoke the bees?"

"Just for a bite to eat." Li Erya rolled her eyes at him, "Is it just for fun?"

Of course, in addition to honey, there is also beeswax that she wants.

"You don't want your life." Shen Muyin was ashamed and annoyed. He probably followed because he was dizzy.

"Yes, otherwise why are you hiding here? But why are you here?" Li Erya pulled the quilt, "It's just right for me, but it's a bit too small for two people."

"I..." Shen Muyin's face turned red again, "Who told you to be sneaky? Let me see what you want to do."

"No, I went out openly." Li Erya shrugged, "I want to follow you and tell you directly. If I don't find you, you will definitely be surrounded by bees now."

Shen Muyin hummed, saying directly that he would not be able to discover her true purpose, but it was not the result he wanted at the moment, "Are you ready?"

"It's almost ready." Li Erya carefully identified the situation outside, took a sneak peek, and saw that all the bees had left home, so he quickly removed the hive and the pot.

Honey can also be exchanged for money. The Shen family was probably really short of money. Mrs. Shen suggested selling the honey for money, because Shen Muci had lost his clothes and quilt and had to spend money to buy them.

Li Erya used beeswax as a coagulant to make fifty-two boxes of peppermint ointment, keeping one box for his own use and preparing to sell the rest.

However, Shen Nanzhou had to teach the children. Shen Muci's health was not fully recovered yet. Mrs. Shen was worried about him going to the city. Li Erya didn't want to wait, so she grabbed Shen Qingrou and Shen Muyin and set off.

Mrs. Shen wasn't too worried about them going out, but Shen Nanzhou felt that she could let them give it a try, and she couldn't say anything else.

Li Erya took honey and mint ointment, Shen Qingrou, Shen Muyin and the others and set off.

The water in the mountain stream receded, but it was still deeper than usual. She and Shen Muyin walked on the water, while Shen Qingrou sat on a donkey and crossed the mountain stream.

"It's so cold." Li Erya put down his trousers and couldn't help but shiver.

Shen Qingrou felt a little embarrassed when she saw her pale face, forgetting that she was still a patient, and quickly let her sit on the donkey.

It was hard to refuse such hospitality, Li Erya sat on the donkey and hummed a tune happily.

"Noisy." Shen Muyin looked at her careless look and suddenly felt a little annoyed.

Li Erya glanced at him and continued humming her own tune.

When they arrived at the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city gate curiously asked them what they were doing in the city.

"Brother Chai, we want to go to the city to sell honey, do you want it?"

"The business is ruined on us, haha. We can't afford such expensive things. You go to the tavern and ask."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Cha." Li Erya said with a smile. Seeing them looking at them eagerly, he wisely gave them a small piece, "Brother Shen accidentally fell into the water, and I have to exchange the rest for some money. He takes good care of himself."

Talking about Shen Muci falling into the water, the man talked about it for a while, and gave her a penny to buy some good things back. He also praised Shen Muyin for marrying a good wife.

Shen Muyin was so embarrassed that he wanted to disappear on the spot, and kept urging her to hurry up.

Li Erya then left them alone.

"Family scandals should not be made public." Shen Qingrou was not happy for her to talk about her family affairs and warned her dissatisfiedly.

"You think they won't know if you don't tell them. If you say a few more words, you can exchange money." Li Erya shrugged. She was happy. If she hadn't told them, she would have been greedy and wanted to take all her honey.

"Did you do it on purpose?" Shen Muyin frowned. He could see it, but he was also surprised by her control over people's hearts.

"Guess." Li Erya didn't want to explain.

Next, she didn't go to the tavern first, but to Huichun Hall. She wanted to ask Su Yue to help sell mint ointment, because if she sold it herself, she would have to pay more money.

Su Yue was not surprised at all that she could make mint ointment, but he was not confident that he could help her sell so much mint ointment.
Chapter completed!