Bamboo Rain

The Fourth Brother had squandered his wealth through gambling, leaving their mother in a critical state. To make matters worse, the creditors even asked them to sell Manbao to settle the debts!
In the village, whispers spread that the golden days of the Zhou Family's cherished Manbao were over. Their elderly mother clung to Manbao's hand, tears streaming down her face.
However, Manbao tightly grasped a system in her hand, a tool that would lead her and her brothers and sisters-in-law to reclaim their fortunes. They ventured into agriculture, cultivating land, growing medicinal herbs, and establishing shops, steadily improving their lives. 
As their situation improved, concerns shifted to Manbao's marital prospects by the sister-in-laws.
"Mr. Zhuang's grandson is an excellent match – educated and well-spoken. He is just perfect for you."
"No! You should consider Mr. Qian's youngest son, who is handsome and well-mannered. You can count on him never to defy you."
Suppressing a smile, Manbao responded, "My heart is already set. I choose Bai Shanbao, my childhood friend whom I've playfully scolded since we were young."

The Lucky Farmgirl

Manbao drew back the curtains with bubbling enthusiasm as she gazed at the lively scene outside, having always been pacing around in the herbal pharmacy, how could she not know the profit involved?


But profit wasn't that easy to come by. Chinese ginseng was only available in the southwest region, and most of it was wild. If you wanted to buy it, you would have to send people to the southwest.


That region was rife with miasma, and not to mention the Zhou Family, even other pharmacies that seemed to have substantial foundations probably found it very difficult to send a large number of people to the southwest to collect Chinese ginseng.


After purchasing, it also had to be escorted all the way back, and that wasn't to mention the sale of the finished product.


Hemostatic ointment had a wide range of uses, but the thing in the world that made people think of stopping blood most was the matter of swords and soldiers, which meant this medicine was involved in military provisions.


Chapter 915: Regret