I was a stepmother in ancient times, and I led my whole family to wealth.

Chapter 69 1 thing drops 1 thing

Dongfang Jin shook her head: "Brother Lin Yu, my family can't do it right now. You see, none of us are in good health."

Besides, no one in my family goes to collect sesame seeds, and you need to roast sesame seeds to make this.

Look again, who in our family would be the one to suffer? We can manage cooking for ourselves, but we really can't do business; that requires people.

Your family is different. The other day I asked you, and you said that there are many families in Fengjiawan who grow sesame.

If I'm not mistaken, Fengjiawan is your maternal grandfather's home. It's more convenient for you to go there to harvest sesame seeds than for us.

My family has an aunt, sister-in-law, and brother's wife, and they all know how to roast sesame seeds.

The main reason is that I don't want Gu Chenglin to do it, because that family is still eyeing him covetously.

You say that he made money, and then some people with ulterior motives spread the word that he didn't care about that family.

And since he was the eldest son, people didn't care whether he had severed ties with his family or left the clan, or how his two children would behave in the future.

People tend to sympathize with the weak; if things really escalate out of control, even if we open our mouths eight times, we won't be able to clear our names.

Lin Lizheng listened to what she said and thought it made sense. After thinking for a while, he said, "Chenglin, Xiaojin, my family can do this business, but we can't take this prescription for free."

"We'll pay for it, what do you think...?"

Although Gu Chenglin had already reminded Dongfang Jin, she still quickly waved her hand to refuse, but she still had to do it.

"Uncle Village Head, this sesame paste really doesn't require any skill..."

At this moment, Gu Chenglin interrupted her and said to Lin Lizheng, "Uncle, your family can just give fifty taels of silver to buy it out. Xiao Jin has also given this prescription to the county magistrate."

However, I heard that the county magistrate sent this prescription to the capital. The county magistrate also said that you can't bother his family.

So you can do it with peace of mind. The county magistrate is there to protect you, and no one will cause trouble for your family.

Lin Yu was shocked: "Cheng Lin, are you serious? You know, such a complete recipe is meant to be passed down through generations?"

These two just gave it to their family so easily? Fifty taels? This…

Dongfang Jin laughed at his words and pointed to her head: "Don't worry, there's more here."

Once your family has established a successful sesame paste business, I'll help Gu Chenglin's childhood friends.

Uncle Village Head, it's not true wealth if only one family in the village becomes rich; the real solution is for everyone to become rich.

When you make sesame paste at home, do you need a lot of sesame seeds?

As the village head and village administrator, you could encourage the villagers to grow more sesame seeds. Wouldn't that be a source of income?

When people have money, do they all want to send their children to private schools?

"Now that the children are all in school, it's inevitable that a few bright ones will emerge and pass the imperial examinations, becoming scholars or even novice officials. Don't you think so?"

Lin Lizheng's heart, which had just calmed down, trembled again at what she said: "This...this...this..."

This is his dream!

Lin Yu looked at them seriously and said, "Cheng Lin, fifty taels is too little. If you insist on this, we can't accept it, not to mention anything else."

This sesame paste... I never imagined in my life that a tiny sesame seed could be made into a paste.

And then there's this sesame oil; you know, just this oil alone shouldn't be underestimated.

Dongfang Jin pushed a jar of sesame paste and a small bottle of sesame oil on the table to Lin Lizheng: "This was made at the county government office. You have to be careful with the heat when roasting these sesame seeds."

If the heat is too low, the flavor won't be as fragrant as sesame paste, and the amount of oil produced will also be less.

If the heat is too high, the sesame paste will turn bitter, and the oil won't taste good either. Also, if the sesame oil is stored for too long, it will lose its original flavor.

Lin Yu stepped forward and opened the jar of sesame paste, and a fragrant aroma instantly filled the air.

Lin Jiang craned his neck and leaned closer: "It smells so good."

Dongfang Jin smiled and said to them, "This small jar can be mixed with water to make a large jar."

However, this can only be eaten at certain times and seasoned at certain times, and only in certain quantities.

If you open them all, not only will the storage time be shorter, but they will also taste bad and become inedible.

When you're applying oil, you can compare it to this bottle.

Lin Lizheng received an anxious look from his wife: "We'll give you one hundred taels for the prescription, I know that's a bit little, but... how about this, we'll give you another 50% cut."

When Gu Chenglin saw that his wife didn't speak, he knew that she wanted him to speak. He smiled inwardly; this wife of his was really good at acting.

"Eighty taels, just for good luck, so let's skip the profit sharing."

Xiao Jin said she wanted you to be a support for our family, and now we have moved to Mr. Tang's house.

If you need anything, just go over there.

"Once my family is settled in a day or two, I'd like to invite you and your family over for dinner."

The Lin family looked at Gu Chenglin. This child had never spoken so much in his life. Thinking about it, they all looked at Dongfang Jin in unison.

This...this is truly a case of one thing subduing another.

It seems that Gu Chenglin's changes were all because of her—Dongfang Jin.

Lin Yu glanced at his father and mother: "Alright, Dad, let's do as Cheng Lin said, but we must give them our share of the profits. We won't give them more than that, just 20%."

Dad, please write an agreement.

Chenglin, Xiaojin, don't argue. This way, our family will feel at ease. Otherwise, we'll always feel guilty.

Seeing his response, Dongfang Jin didn't want to get entangled in the topic with them: "Fine, but I only want two years' worth of the dividends."

"That's a happy decision then, Uncle Village Head. If you keep dragging this out, I'm going to find someone else to sell this sesame paste."

At this moment, Madam Feng, Lin Lizheng's wife, spoke up and made the decision: "That's settled then, his father will listen to Xiao Jin."

That old geezer, what can we do if he keeps dragging Cheng Lin's family into this mess and they really won't give us anything? Let's leave it at that for now, and we'll help them out if they ever need anything in the future.

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After the village head and his family saw Gu Chenglin and Dongfang Jin off, watching the oxcart disappear into the distance, the family quickly returned to their house, all extremely excited.

Lin Yu picked up the prescription again and looked at it carefully: "Dad, we..."

Lin Li slapped the table, his eyes shining brightly: "Alright, we appreciate their kindness. This Dongfang Jin is a shrewd businessman."

"Look, she wrote all of this; Gu Chenglin doesn't have that ability."

Feng Xiaofang also knew the importance of this matter: "Dad, why doesn't she act like this at the Fang family?"

Lin Min looked at her: "Didn't you hear what Songshu's wife said? She used to be treated like a servant in the Fang family."

They won't even let us out the gate; what's the difference between that and imprisonment?

"Don't even mention her; if it were me, I wouldn't give this good stuff to the Fang family either."

Looking at the family, Madam Lin suppressed her excitement and made arrangements: "Xiao Jiang, take your wife back to her parents' home."

While you're at it, go visit your uncles and collect all the sesame seeds they have.

The market sells sesame seeds for eight coins a pound, but you just give them to me for ten coins.

"If you sell this sesame paste later, go to Fengjiawan and buy more, and give me a little extra."

At this moment, Lin Min pointed to the prescription and said, "Mom, there are peanuts on this too. Tell Xiao Jiang to harvest more. Second Uncle's family planted quite a lot this year."

After she finished speaking, several people looked over. These women were all literate, but only to the point of recognizing characters.

Lin Min added, "I'll ask Xiao Jin later how to make this peanut. From what she said, it seems like this peanut can also be made into sauce."

Everyone else looked at her with puzzled expressions. Did Dongfang Jin say anything? How come they didn't hear it?

Lin Li gave his eldest daughter-in-law an approving look: "You noticed that? Not bad. Hehe, yes, the child was indeed marked."

Hearing them say that, Lin Yu and Lin Jiang both looked at the paper again, and sure enough, they saw a wavy line drawn under the words "peanut".

Lin Jiang looked at his sister-in-law in surprise: "Sister-in-law, how did you know?"