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

Jiang Yun Ning looked at him with some confusion.

What kind of talk is that?

Is it scary when she's angry?

Before I could think any further, someone wanted to buy ice jelly, so I had to put aside my thoughts of serving customers.

After the children finished their ice jelly, they left. Before leaving, Zhang Manjin made a point of saying goodbye to Jiang Anhe.

"Anhe, I'm going home. I want to tell Grandpa that we're good friends now."

He climbed onto the carriage with a grin, lifted the curtain, and called out again, "Thank you for treating me to ice jelly."

Upon returning home, Zhang Manjin eagerly grabbed his money bag and ran into the main room to find Zhang Fu.

"Grandpa, Anhe and I are good friends now. He promised to teach me how to do my homework together." He shouted as he ran in.

After Zhang Fugang finished tallying the accounts, seeing Zhang Manjin's happy expression, his irritable mood improved considerably.

He patted Zhang Manjin's head affectionately: "Okay, Manjin said he's friends, so let's be friends."

He knew how spoiled Zhang Manjin was; it was all because he had been pampered since childhood.

But there was no other way.

His son died, and his daughter-in-law left. Only the old man and Zhang Manjin, the only son, remained in the family.

Feeling sorry for his grandson who had no parents since childhood, the grandfather naturally spoiled and indulged him in every way.

I'm not afraid of being arrogant.

In this town, money talks.

As for Zhang Manjin's suggestion of being friends, he didn't believe it. But in order not to hurt Zhang Manjin's feelings, he could only go along with it and try to appease her.

"Anhe's aunt makes such delicious ice jelly. Grandpa, can we sell it?" He drooled, his mouth watering, and began to fantasize about eating ice jelly every day.

"Iced jelly?" Zhang Fu was taken aback.

He had heard a few days ago that Baiweixuan had launched a refreshing and cooling ice jelly, which sold for six coins a bowl and was very popular.

Although Zuixianlou is just a tavern, unlike Baiweixuan which mainly serves stir-fries, having ice jelly can still bring in some extra income on this hot day.

I was originally thinking of asking around to find out the connections, but I never expected that it was Jiang Yun Ning, that peasant, who did it?

Zhang Fu smiled and nodded: "Grandpa will go and ask."

With that, he told Zhang Manjin to read the book by himself, while he went to Zuixianlou again.

He remembered that Jiang Yuning called Jiang Youcai "Second Uncle," so it would be more convenient and likely to be done by Jiang Youcai.

At the academy gate, Jiang Anhexin imitated Jiang Yunning and Jiang Che, handing bowls to the guests. When she saw an elderly person, she would remind them, "Grandpa, be careful, don't spill it."

His well-behaved and sensible appearance attracted a group of elderly men and women to come and play with him.

Jiang Yun Ning glanced at him every now and then, and seeing that he was no longer as awkward and shy as when she had first transmigrated, she felt much more relieved.

"Uncle, this grandpa wants to pack some to take home for his grandson." Jiang Anhe ran over, picked up a bamboo tube from the basket, and handed it to Jiang Che.

"Okay, I got it." Jiang Che took it, quickly filled it up, and handed it to him. The little guy then held the bamboo tube and presented it to his grandfather.

Before setting up the stall, Jiang Yun Ning was worried that someone would want to take it back, so he specially asked Jiang Lao San and a few others to cut bamboo on the mountain.

This way, if someone wants to take it home to eat but doesn't have a bowl, they can just buy the bamboo tube along with it.

Soon, the two large buckets of ice jelly were emptied.

Jiang Yuning and Jiang Che tidied up the table and wooden bucket, while Jiang Anhe followed behind, tidying up the wooden bowls and bamboo tubes.

The oxcart swayed back and forth, and Jiang Anhe sat between the two, his two short little legs swinging excitedly back and forth.

"Auntie. My uncle came to see me today and asked me to scam Manjin. But I didn't agree, and he's really angry..."

He recounted everything that happened in the cafeteria at noon in one breath, then leaned on Jiang Yun Ning's arm with a grin: "Tomorrow I'm going to bring candy for Brother Shen Yan to thank him for protecting me. Can I also treat him to some ice jelly?"

Jiang Yun Ning suppressed the tenderness in her eyes and nodded.

It seems that kick was too light.

The next morning, Jiang Yunning took Jiang Anhe to the academy.

The little guy, clutching the candy, happily ran inside.

Jiang Che watched as he regained his former vitality, his cold and hard features softening considerably.

Jiang Yuning explained to the women who were also helping out that the soap making was temporarily suspended, but they would be hiring wooden steamed buns instead.

Fortunately, the woman who helped out didn't have any negative emotions.

Jiang Laosan had already ordered the blue tiles and stones for building the house, and then asked the village head to take the lead in finding people in the village to help with the work.

Within two days, the news that the Jiang family was going to build a house had spread throughout the village.

In order to move into the new house as soon as possible, Jiang Yuning specially asked Jiang Laosan to find more people to work together to shorten the progress.

But the question of how much silver she should be paid per day troubled her: "Father, how much silver should I pay per day?"

Jiang Laosan cracked his pipe: "If meals aren't provided, an ordinary laborer would only earn forty-five coins a day. But a carpenter or bricklayer would earn one hundred and twenty coins a day."

"So expensive?" Jiang Yun Ning was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but sigh, "You really need to have a skill, then you won't go hungry no matter where you go."

Hearing this, Jiang Che began to ponder whether he had any skills so that he could earn more money in the future and take on the responsibilities that a man should have.

After thinking for a long time, it seems that all I know how to do is wield a knife and stick.

He hesitated for a moment. Jiang Yun Ning wouldn't dislike him for this, would she?

Why don't you let him learn to hunt? He seems to be quite accurate at archery.

"Jiang Che?"

Jiang Yun Ning called him several times but he didn't move, so she walked over and patted his arm: "What are you doing?"

Jiang Che said subconsciously, "I want to learn a skill."

A seemingly random question left Jiang Yun Ning puzzled: "Learn what?"

Jiang Che looked up and stared directly into her eyes: "I see that most of the men in the village are the ones earning money outside. For both of us... it's you who's making the money."

"So what?" Jiang Yun Ning didn't think there was anything wrong.

In modern times, in many families, women earn more than men.

Jiang Che pursed his lips and remained silent.

Ever since he learned that he liked Jiang Yuning, he had been trying to get her to pay more attention to him. But all Jiang Yuning cared about was making money; he didn't know why a girl like her was so greedy.

Jiang Che sighed, and seeing that only the two of them were left in the courtyard, he took out the soft jade he always carried with him from his inner clothes.

Since Jiang Yun Ning likes it, there's no need to wait until she confesses to give it to her; she can give it to her now.

"Here, take this." He said somewhat embarrassedly. "I don't know how much it's worth, and I've forgotten how I got it."

Jiang Yuning took it and looked at it. Although she didn't know much about jade pendants, she could still feel from the touch that the jade pendant was warm and delicate in texture and had a bright color.

It should fetch at least a hundred taels, right?

"Keep it yourself; it might be a keepsake to reunite you with your family." She stuffed it back into her hand.

A gentleman loves money, but he acquires it in a proper way. Although she is not a gentleman, she should not steal other people's things.

"Didn't you say I was also a member of the Jiang family?" Jiang Che frowned. "You're still lying to me."

He wanted to use this jade pendant as a token of their love, but Jiang Yun Ning doesn't seem to like it now.

"Take it," Jiang Che said, somewhat disappointed. "This is the only valuable thing I have left. If you don't accept it, I don't know what else to give you."

Jiang Yun Ning was somewhat puzzled, feeling that Jiang Che's recent speech had been rather awkward.

"What's wrong?" She leaned closer and looked at him carefully. "Did you remember things from the past?"

Jiang Che shook his head: "I just don't want you to work hard alone. Even if we're not a real couple, we're still a couple. Consider this a token of our love for each other."

He then joked, revealing his true feelings.

"Jiang Che!" Jiang Yun Ning exclaimed in surprise.