The Wealthy Eldest Sister Rules Supreme

“Master, what do you mean by that?” Yuansheng was immediately curious, putting aside his work and looking at Doctor Wei: “Master, please explain to me.”

“I mean, Manager Zhuang is not exactly as you imagine, living paycheck to paycheck,” Doctor Wei chuckled, “Those who come to our shop to buy the mosquito repellent herbal packs either buy the prepared ones directly or, if they find it expensive, they just leave the herbal packs behind.”

“But Manager Zhuang bought mugwort leaves, calamus, and mint. These are things that anyone with a little bit of sense would grow by themselves. Few people would spend money to buy them. If Manager Zhuang is willing to pay for these, it means he finds it troublesome to grow and sun-dry them by himself.” “So you mean, Master, that Manager Zhuang has plenty of money?” Yuansheng scratched his ear: “But if he’s not short of money, he should have just bought several of our herbal packs, which are reasonably priced, why would he only buy these ingredients?”

And he even said those words about saving wherever he could.

He didn’t seem to have a lot of money at all.

“Well…” Doctor Wei coughed lightly: “I haven’t figured it out yet. But it seems quite unusual. Perhaps he has his own purposes that we can’t guess.”

“Okay then…”

After all the talking, he still didn’t understand, Yuansheng felt like he was out of breath and felt like he was being teased by his master, so he just pouted and went back to his work.

Doctor Wei shook his head with a smile and continued to prepare the prescriptions.

After Zhuang Qingning and Qingsui had bought these herbs, they started making the herbal packs at home after returning with Zhuang Sifu’s bullock cart.

The proportions were all one-to-one, but the mosquito repellent medicine powder provided by the system was mixed into each portion a little bit at a time.

The light yellow medicine powder disappeared almost instantly after being sprinkled on the dry herbs.

It probably soaked directly into the herbs, so no trace could be found if it fell into someone else’s hands for examination. This was a good precaution, keeping it hidden well.

“It smells really good.” Qingsui sniffed the little herbal packs they had made and smacked her lips: “The smell of mugwort is not too strong, with a faint floral scent. It’s even a little sweet. Anyway, it smells nice.”

“Smelling good is one thing; the main thing is to see how it works tonight.” Zhuang Qingning chuckled: “When I’ve prepared these, I’ll send some over to Auntie’s house later.”

“I remember we brought back a piece of brown cloth a few days ago. Could you help me fetch it? I’ll give it to Auntie to have her sew some bags for us. I’m afraid these ones we have won’t be enough.”

“Alright.” Qingsui went into the house to fetch the cloth and handed it to Zhuang Qingning: “Then I’ll prepare for dinner now. The crispy pork Sister made last time was really good, and we bought some meat today. Should I cut it?”

“Go ahead.” Zhuang Qingning finished preparing the herbs too and headed for Zhuang Yonghe and Mrs. He’s house with a large bag of herbs and the piece of cloth wrapped in oil paper.

Upon arrival, Zhuang Qingning explained her intention, asking Mrs. He to help sew some cloth bags. Once the bags were sewn, they would put the prepared herbs into them. Some would be left in their home, and some would be left with her.

“Sewing the bags is no trouble at all. It won’t take much time. I’m not busy right now as the autumn planting hasn’t started,” Mrs. He replied, “But once these herbal packs are made, you don’t need to leave any for us. They’re quite expensive. We have mugwort at home, so we can just put some in the house.”

Mrs. He had seen mosquito repellent herbal packs being sold in the pharmacy before. They were quite small and cost several coins each. Zhuang Qingning’s single purchase of herbs, despite not including the bags, was still not cheap. Mrs. He felt that she had benefited a lot from Zhuang Qingning and shouldn’t be taking things from her all the time.

“Auntie, there’s no need to be overly courteous. These herbal packs are made from herbs that I bought myself from the pharmacy. They’re not worth much,” Zhuang Qingning said, “I wanted you to keep some at home as well to help me see if the ones I made are effective. If they work, I’m thinking about selling them to make some money.”

“If you don’t help me test it out, how will I know if it’s effective and if the prescription works or not?”

“If that’s the case…” After hesitating for a while, Mrs. He nodded: “If I can help, then I’ll do as you ask.”

“If you plan to sell these herbal packs, then I shouldn’t interfere. I’ll start sewing this afternoon.”

“Should I make them this big?” Mrs. He gestured the size which was roughly the same as when an adult’s palm is stretched out.

“That’s approximately the right size. Anything too large or too small may not be ideal. This size should be just right if placed in the house.” Zhuang Qingning nodded: “But there’s no rush for this. Auntie, you should focus on your own household chores first. When you have some free time, you can sew a few.”

“I’m not busy these days as the autumn planting hasn’t started yet.”

Mrs. He laughed, “It’s been raining quite a lot in the last few days. The field is too damp. We need a couple of sunny days before we can start the autumn planting.”

[Ding, congratulations to the host for triggering the first task of the new agricultural planting series, the promotion of new soybean seeds planting project.]

[The host needs to get the villagers to plant the host-provided soybean seeds. As long as the area of the host’s soybean seeds planted by the villagers exceeds last year’s soybean planting area, the task is considered successful.]

[The seeds are provided by the system for free and don’t cost any diligence points. Upon the completion of the task, the host will receive the recipe for making lactone tofu, the recipe: Braised Pig Head, and unlock the next task in this series.]

[This task is very important for the host. If your tofu shop uses the new soybean seeds to grow beans, it can increase the quantity and improve the taste. Moreover, the yield of these seeds is higher than ordinary soybeans, which can help villagers increase their income.]

Zhuang Qingning touched her nose.

She understood the logic, but…

Hadn’t it been said before that one cannot trade technologically advanced items? Why are these new type of soybean seeds allowed to be promoted in this world then?

[A kind reminder, technologically advanced items like glass, rubber, etc., are not allowed for trading mainly to prevent some hosts from using diligence points to trade for items that are rare in this world and then sell them at a high price to get rich quickly.]

[For these agricultural promotion tasks, firstly, the seeds provided are not of high technology. One can achieve the same results by cross-breeding quality beans here. Secondly, these are items that require a large amount of labor to obtain, and do not violate the purpose of the diligence system.]