TFWYH – Chapter 314 Standing Out from the Crowd

Within just a few days, the goods piled up rapidly.

The happiest person of all was none other than Yu Ziqing!

That day, he deliberately came over to discuss things with Ling Yue. “Since the supply is plentiful now, I’m thinking of opening another Hongyan Workshop in the prefectural city!”

“Sure,” Ling Yue nodded in agreement.

With the workshop on the estate running and goods in ample supply, opening another Hongyan Workshop wouldn’t be a problem.

Only an idiot wouldn’t make money when there was money to be made. Yu Ziqing could earn as much as he liked—she would benefit from it too.

Who would have thought that after bringing this up, Yu Ziqing didn’t leave. Instead, he said a little awkwardly, “Um… there’s one more thing I wanted to talk to you about.”

Ling Yue: ?

“It’s like this,” Yu Ziqing hurriedly explained. “Didn’t you say before that you wanted to open a hotpot restaurant? How about we cooperate? Don’t worry—profits will still be split the old way, fifty-fifty!”

Ling Yue didn’t refuse right away; instead, she considered what benefits she could gain.

Yu Ziqing thought she might not be interested and quickly added, “With my help, the hotpot restaurants could open all over the Tian Dynasty. By then, you’d earn even more.”

“Alright,” Ling Yue nodded in agreement!

Yu Ziqing snapped his fan shut, delighted. “I’ll send the chefs over tomorrow to learn from you.”

“Okay! But Sister-in-law said the hotpot tables need to be custom-made. I don’t know what kind of table it is—you’ll have to ask her!”

As Ling Yue was speaking, she saw Tang Wan come out, stretching lazily. Her lips were swollen, and she looked utterly satisfied, like someone who had been thoroughly drained of vitality.

Ling Yue’s old face instantly flushed red!

Yu Ziqing’s expression collapsed at once, and he couldn’t stop grumbling inwardly about how indecent this was in broad daylight.

“Ahem… Sister-in-law!” Ling Yue walked over and told Tang Wan about Yu Ziqing’s proposal to cooperate on opening a hotpot restaurant.

Tang Wan immediately agreed and went inside to draw a sketch of the hotpot table for Yu Ziqing.

The moment Yu Ziqing saw the drawing, he understood. He praised Tang Wan for being clever—she had even thought of a table like this.

Tang Wan: …

She felt a little guilty. This wasn’t her idea!

“You don’t need to worry about anything. Just wait peacefully to collect the money!” With the drawing in hand, Yu Ziqing slipped away.

Tang Wan felt that this guy was becoming more and more pleasing to the eye. Every time, he let them sit back and wait to get paid—it was almost embarrassing!

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The workshop began operating, and Ling Sheng also moved over to the roasting house.

Madam Qian stayed at the Second Branch household, helping out with chores whenever she had time and tidying up the place.

Tang Wan no longer had to stay cooped up in the laboratory every day, so she became free as well.

Besides her, Jiang Shi also had some free time.

But they didn’t stay idle for long.

Another two days passed, and at last the list of results for this prefectural exam arrived.

Ling Yu took first place outright, and the number of visitors coming to the house increased.

Some merchants from Xiangxi Town even planned to push their daughters into the household.

One matchmaker after another was invited over to act as intermediaries.

Jiang Shi was exhausted dealing with these people every day—her head felt twice as big!

Tang Wan’s face grew darker with each passing day.

To make matters worse, the daughters of this family and that family seemed sick in the head. The moment they saw Ling Yu, their legs practically gave way, and they kept throwing coy, flirtatious glances at him.

Tang Wan was so angry she almost grabbed a forty-meter-long broadsword to chop them all down!

And today was no exception!

The whole family had been busy all day. Not long after they returned home and finished dinner, someone knocked on the door.

Ling Yue opened it and froze. “Aunt Zhou? What brings you…?”

“Oh, nothing much. I just came by to visit,” Aunt Zhou said cheerfully, while constantly peeking inside.

The Zhou family lived next door—just three people, with only one daughter in the household.

When Ling Yue had first moved in, she had even brought gifts to visit them, thinking that since they were neighbors, it was best to build a good relationship.