Divorced by her husband's family and rejected by her own! She defiantly turned her life around

"Isn't tomorrow a festival? Let's go to town to buy some meat and vegetables and have a good celebration when we get back. Uncle, come along too. Let's buy our own oxcart."

Upon hearing this, everyone eagerly awaited tomorrow. Liu Dawang was especially excited, as his family would soon have cattle too.

Seeing that the topic had gone astray, Liu Siyue quickly steered it back, saying, "Cousin, you still need to keep this money safe."

Liu Ruyun quickly waved her hand, "No, no, I dare not take so much money. You should keep it. What if you lose it?"

"Then let Second Aunt and Second Uncle keep it. We'll ask you for it if we need it in the future."

My second aunt quickly waved her hand, "I've never managed money before, how could I dare to manage so much money all at once? You should keep it. If the family needs it, they can take it from you."

Don't laugh at your second aunt. Before the family ties were severed, your grandparents managed the money. Your second uncle and I didn't have a single penny. After we moved out, Yun'er took over the money. I'm just the one who spends it.

Liu Siyue stopped refusing and put all the money away, telling everyone to go back to sleep first, as they had to get up early the next day.

Liu Siyue, her second uncle, Ruxue, and Ruyu got up before dawn, each carrying a basket on their backs, and headed towards the town. They felt that their steps were exceptionally light today, arriving in town even earlier than the village's oxcart.

Because of the holiday, there were many people in town today, and the vendors had already started hawking their wares. The four of them went to the butcher shop to buy meat. Although there was meat in the shop, Liu Siyue wanted to eat pure organic products, so she bought 20 jin of pork belly, two chickens, two fish, and some other side dishes. After buying the food, they passed a bookstore and Liu Siyue said she wanted to buy some paper and pens, so she asked everyone to go and take a look.

"Go ahead, April. We'll wait for you here." They thought the bookstore was such a prestigious place, one that they could only go to.

Liu Siyue thought it was good that she didn't go, so she could take things out of her spatial storage.

The supermarket didn't have any inkstones or ink sticks, so she only bought those two. The cheapest inkstones cost 2.5 taels of silver, and she bought two of them. She also bought two ink sticks, each costing 1.2 taels of silver. Ink sticks are consumables, so they're really expensive. No wonder ordinary people can't afford to go to school.

Liu Siyue inquired about the price of paper again. The cheapest rough paper cost 500 wen per ream, which is equivalent to 5 wen per sheet. Studying really is expensive. Ordinary people can afford tuition, but they can't afford ink, paper and inkstone. A ream of the best Xuan paper costs 5 taels of silver, which is about the same quality as ordinary paper in the supermarket. Ordinary paper also costs more than 2 taels.

Seeing that she had been looking around for so long without saying which type she wanted to buy, the shop assistant asked, "Miss, what kind of paper do you want?"

"I don't need the paper, I'll buy it next time. I just need these two inkstones and two sticks of ink."

The waiter put everything away. "It's 7 taels and 4 mace of silver in total."

Liu Siyue took out 10 taels of silver and asked the shop assistant to give her copper coins. The shop assistant gave her two strings of copper coins and 600 cash. She put the things into her heavy basket.

"Young lady, these two pieces of paper are for you. Although they are a little torn on the edges, they are still fine for writing. Please feel free to come and patronize us often."

She nodded and was about to leave when two servants entered from the doorway. "Miss, please wait for me."

Liu Siyue realized it was truly fate that she had run into the master and servant again. They also saw Liu Siyue, and after a quick glance, she hurriedly left the bookstore.

Hu Yuzhi watched Liu Siyue's departing figure with some confusion. "Zhu'er, what do you think she, a country bumpkin, would do at the bookstore?"

"I don't know. People come to bookstores to buy things related to books. Just ask the clerk."

"Hey buddy, what's that girl who just went out doing here?"

"She came to buy an inkstone and ink sticks."

Zhu'er thought to herself, maybe there are scholars in their family. Hu Yuzhi also heard it and realized that the people in the countryside were quite wealthy.

"Hey buddy, do you have any new storybooks lately? I'm tired of reading those old ones."

"Ms. Hu, we haven't released any new books recently. Why don't you come back and check them out in a while?"

"The stories in your 'Yuewenzhai' are getting less and less original. They're all outdated stuff. If you don't improve them, you'll probably not be able to survive in this town."

"Miss Hu is right. I will report this matter to the manager and the owner."

"Pearl, let's go."

The bookstore owner and the proprietor were in the room on the second floor at that moment, and they heard the conversation below clearly. "Proprietor, our bookstore hasn't had any new stories in a long time, and our old customers are complaining. Also, no one likes to read the stories written by 'Feng Shisan' anymore; the stories are too old-fashioned."

"The owner has been visiting stores along the way; I wonder how the other bookstores are faring?"

"The situation is similar for other bookstores. If they don't release any new books soon, their business will be snatched away by Wenmoxuan. The poor sales of storybooks have also led to a decline in other businesses."

Let's all think more about what ways we can change the current situation.

"Master, I do have a plan, but I don't know if it will work?"

"Oh, tell me about it!"

"Wenmoxuan has a few writers who specialize in writing storybooks, but we don't. Feng Shisan is even less reliable. I want to publicly solicit storybook manuscripts in town. As long as we offer high enough compensation, I believe that students from poor families will definitely come to submit their work. There will be one in ten thousand."

"If I think a story is good, I'll secretly have someone copy it and then sell it in our various bookstores. That way, I'll make a quick buck, and even if others try to imitate it, they'll only get a small share."

"Alright, Manager Shen, I'll leave this matter to you. If you handle it well, you'll definitely be rewarded handsomely."

"Thank you, boss. I will definitely work hard."

Today is a holiday, and there are many people in town. I'll write the notices and post them now, hoping to see results soon.

"Okay, go ahead, I'll head back to the prefectural city now."

Liu Siyue came out of "Yuewenzhai" and said, "Let's go to the livestock market."

What did you buy in April?

"I bought some writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones so everyone can practice calligraphy when we get back."

"Paper and pens are so expensive, isn't it a waste to give them to us?"

"We won't give them to you right now. We'll prepare them first. You can dip your pens in water and write on the table first. Once you've practiced enough, you can start writing on paper."

"Okay, this is good," Ru Xue and Ru Yu said happily.

The group arrived at the livestock market, which reeked of a foul odor. Liu Siyue looked around and noticed there weren't many animals. "Second Uncle, there aren't many people selling cattle and horses. What's going on?"

"It's probably because of the holiday. You guys wait for me outside. I'll go in and take a look. I'll call you in if there's anything suitable."

Liu Dawang went inside and took a look around. He found that there were more calves than other cattle today. The others were either too old or had some problems. He liked two of them, but the prices were too high, so he didn't want to buy them and planned to come back another time.

He had already thought it all out. If the children asked later, he would say there were no suitable ones. He was afraid that if he said it was too expensive, April would rush in and buy it, and he would waste money.

Liu Dawang came out, looked at them and shook his head, "Let's go. If there's nothing suitable, we can come back next time. There's no rush to buy livestock. We have to make sure we've found the right one before we buy it."

If there's nothing else, let's head back quickly.

Everyone agreed, and Liu Siyue said with a smile, "Let's hurry home and make dumplings, I really want to eat dumplings."

They hurried back. Liu Siyue saw a familiar figure coming out of a shop. She recognized the shop as a fabric store and immediately knew who it was. It was Zhou Xiangxing, the original owner's former sister-in-law!

Zhou Xiangxing was quite good to the original owner of this body. She helped her a lot when the original owner was in the most difficult time. After so long, I wonder how she is doing.