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Song Xiangsi went back to check all the money she had left at home. She planned to collect some of it first and build the shop up first. Otherwise, she would have to wait another month until it was finished.

After she stopped working in the shop, Song Xiangsi only needed to draw the blueprints at home. There was a lot of time left. When she had free time, she would help her younger brother and sister write.

Meng Ling Xuan would go to the town to set up a chess stand every day, and every day he would come back to hand over twenty taels of silver to Song Xiangsi. At first, Song Xiangsi was surprised.

There were plenty of rich people there, and there were also a few old geezers who were addicted to Go. They were his old customers, and he made a lot of money, so his daily income was very obvious. Song Xiangsi did not think too much about it and just took the silver and put it down.

Today, she was teaching her younger brothers and sisters poetry in the courtyard. It was a simple poem she had learned in her previous life that suited children.

Song Xiangsi was pleased with the intelligence of the two children and thought that when the opportunity arose, she would go to the private school in town and ask if she could send the two children to school.

After all, the knowledge she possessed in this era was limited. She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to teach her children much. She had to find a good teacher to teach her.

As Song Xiangsi was lost in her thoughts, she suddenly heard a sound outside the door. She stood up in confusion and walked over to open the door, but there was nothing there.

She frowned slightly as she scanned the area with her cold and fierce gaze. Her expression darkened as well.

Based on his instincts as a secret service agent in his previous life, there must have been someone outside, but who could have been so secretive?

At the same time that Song Xiangsi was puzzled, she also became vigilant secretly. No matter who it was, such an act would definitely not be a good thing.

She sneered and deliberately raised her voice as she said, "Just do some shady business. If I find him, I'll break his legs."

As he spoke, "Clang!"

He shut the door with a sound.

From behind a tree not far away, a person walked out and stared at the closed door with a vicious gaze. It was precisely Song Dabao. "Damn brat, just you wait."

"Da Da Da"

Then came the sound of another carriage at the door, and he jumped, and hid under the tree again, and peeped out again.

One had to know that the only thing an ordinary family could do was an oxcart. Anyone who could sit in the cart was either rich or noble. How could a rich person come and find this girl?

Song Dabao rolled his eyes as he thought, "Could it be that Song Xiangsi had gotten rich?"

When he thought of this, his heart became excited. In his heart, he raised his daughter, so even if they were to part families, they should still be filial towards her with money.

While he was lost in thought, he saw a person get down from the carriage. He was wearing a brocade robe and looked like a rich man. The man was holding a box of stuff in his hands as he knocked on the door.

"Lovesick girl, I'm sending you the share in the store."

Song Xiangsi's eyes lit up when she heard the sound, especially the contents of the door. She soothed her siblings and hurried to open the door.

When Qiu Lingpi saw her, he could not stop laughing. "With your designs, the business in the shop is really good. Just a few days of selling have already earned several hundred taels of silver."

Song Xiangsi was also very happy. It seemed that she would soon have her first pot of gold. Like this, she could open a store as soon as possible.

The two of them laughed as they walked in. Song Xiangsi could only leave the door ajar as men and women could not close the door while they were alone.

Song Dabao was overjoyed. It sounded like he had made a lot of money, so he quickly went over and sneakily peeked inside.

Song Xiansi and Song Xiansi walked in and returned to the house to retrieve a new design for Qiu Lingpi, saying a polite greeting, "If it weren't for the fact that the shopkeeper's workers are so skilled, my design wouldn't have sold for so much money."

Qiu Lingpi chuckled, feeling happy at the recent turnover. While receiving the design blueprints, he handed the box in his hand to Song Xiansi, "Here's your commission. There's 130 taels of silver in total. Count it up."

As he said that, he handed the account book over. On it were the transaction bills for the past few days in the shop, "This is the account book, you're right. Let's see if there's any errors."

Song Xiangsi did not stand on ceremony and accepted the money, but she did not accept the account book. She smiled and said, "What account book are you looking at? I believe that shopkeeper Qiu will be honest and will not frame me."

Qiu Lingzhi raised an eyebrow and looked at Song Xiangsi in a new light. After chatting for a while, there were still a lot of things that needed to be done in Qiu Lingzhi's shop, so he clasped his hands and took his leave.

On the other hand, when Song Dabao, who had been secretly watching from the outside, heard that there was a hundred and thirty taels of silver, his eyes widened and his heart raced.

He had never seen so much money in his life!

Thinking of this, he felt a bit of resentment in his heart. This little girl had suddenly earned so much money, yet she didn't even use it to show him her filial piety. How despicable!

However, Song Dabao was not stupid. He knew that he could not get any benefits by barging in right now. He needed to go out and ask around, and find out exactly what Song Xiangsi did to earn that much money.

Seeing that Qiu Lingpi had come out, he quickly ran back to his original spot and hid himself.

After saying goodbye to Qiu Lingpi, Song Xiangsi turned and entered the door, unaware of Song Dabao who had hidden himself.

The carriage started to move slowly. Song Dabao rolled his eyes and followed behind stealthily.

With this first sum of money, Song Xiangsi's heart sank as well. She arranged lessons for her siblings to practice while she went back to her room to hide the silver taels. She pondered on how she should spend the silver taels.

Since his younger brother and sister were already of such age, they would definitely send him to study, especially Song Cheng. He would definitely take the Imperial examinations in the future, and it would be good for him to enlighten himself sooner.

He divided a tael of silver to spend and used the rest to build the shop.

Thinking of this, Song Xiangsi became slightly excited. When Meng Huaxuan returned, she quickly pulled him along and told him about it, explaining her plans.

Meng Ling Xuan listened and finally nodded his head. He looked at her with a gentle gaze and said, "Mm, if you want to do it, then go ahead. Don't worry about the money."

As he spoke, he took out the money he had placed in the stall today. Song Xiangsi looked at it and could not help but be surprised, "Why did you bring back thirty taels today?"

Meng Fangxuan explained with a smile, "Today, an old veteran came over to play chess. He asked me to accompany him to play a few games, so I gave him some more."