Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space

"We really have to thank Second Brother Li for this. When should I settle the account with the bricklayer?"

"He’s working right here in our village. I’ll go tell him later and have him come over tonight for the money."

In fact, Li Yungui was quite anxious to discuss the distillery, but they had just arrived and hadn’t even settled in yet, so he really felt embarrassed to bring it up.

"Beiguang, let’s go over to the old pesticide factory. The warehouse there is big."

"Mm, I’ve dug out the cellar too. You all can go see if it’s up to standard?"

The group left the courtyard and headed to the pesticide factory.

Lv Beiguang was quite satisfied with the three large workshops. The space was big enough.

The cellar walls were all built with stone as well. The space was pretty large.

Lv Beiguang walked a circle around the yard. "Second Brother Li, how much sorghum do we have for brewing?"

"There’s fourteen thousand jin in the warehouse. We’ll use ten thousand."

"Got it. Tomorrow let’s go out and order the wine jars, and we should also start getting the stove for steaming sorghum ready."

They had to hurry up and start making money. He still owed Jiang Xinyu four thousand yuan.

"Alright, I’ll have the bricklayer arrange a few people. This has all been discussed already, don’t worry. The materials can be delivered tomorrow, and we can start work the day after."

"Okay. There’s a lot we need to prepare. The hardest thing to get is pig’s blood, but our village has that, which saves us a lot of trouble."

"In-law, what do you use pig’s blood for?"

"To seal the wine jars. Especially the jars for cellar-aged liquor, those all have to be sealed with mud mixed with pig’s blood."

Only then did Li Yungui realize that’s how it was.

Throughout the whole thing, Wei Kaiyun just stood listening from the side. Lv Beiguang was the professional; they just needed to listen.

Once they’d roughly settled on the locations, Li Yungui wanted to go arrange for the materials.

"Village Chief Li, tonight let’s get the Captain and the accountant together and talk over the distillery."

Li Yungui understood. "Alright, we’ll head over after dinner."

After Wei Kaiyun and the other two left, Yang Run Tai pulled Yang Zhongyi out as well.

By coincidence, they happened to overhear Jing Chu and Chaoyang chatting in the kitchen.

That made Yang Zhongyi even more heartsick. The girl he loved had never talked that much to him in his life.

"Uncle, shall we go for a walk?"

Looking at his uncle, head drooping, whole body radiating a defeated air, Yang Run Tai felt sorry for him for about one second. Any more than that, not really.

The two of them walked along the small path, looking at the leveled land. Yang Zhongyi stopped.

"He Run, tell me, what’s wrong with me?"

"Uncle, you’re great, but you two just don’t have fate."

"Why is it that I just can’t? In what way am I worse than Chaoyang?"

"You’re not worse in any way; you’re better than him."

Yang Zhongyi looked at his nephew, his face full of confusion.

"Uncle, everything about you is good, you’re just short on fate."

"I’m not willing to accept this. This is a girl I truly love from the bottom of my heart. Honestly."

Yang Run Tai could see it too. His uncle really had fallen too deep.

She’d never given him any response; how could he invest himself this much?

"He Run, I’m in so much pain."

"Uncle, you can let yourself off the hook. In this world, letting things take their course is best. Forcing things might not get you anything."

"But she’s so wonderful."

"Uncle, I’ve known Lv Zhiqing for a few months now. She really isn’t as wonderful as you imagine. She’s pretty, yes, but her temper is too blunt. Just that alone makes her not a good fit for you."

"How is she not a good fit? Isn’t she better than those girls who are all fake and two-faced all day long?"

"Sure, but she’s not suitable for our family."

"He Run, are you here to persuade me to give up?"

Yang Run Tai shook his head. "No. I’m just laying it out for you; you decide for yourself." As if he’d bother managing this kind of thing.

Yang Zhongyi kept walking, head lowered, looking like he’d taken a heavy blow. Which, to be fair, he had.

The two of them walked on without saying anything more.

"Zhongyi?"

Just now, Yang Run Tai had already noticed two people coming over carrying hoes. From their bearing, they clearly weren’t ordinary villagers; they were probably the Tao Family Brothers and Sisters.

"Xiao Chun, Xiao Zhen." Yang Zhongyi lifted his head and greeted them weakly.

"What’s wrong with you?"

"Nothing, Xiao Chun. This is my nephew, my older brother’s son.

He Run, this is Tao Chunhe and Tao YanZhen from the Tao Family down south. You should call them Uncle and Aunt."

Yang Run Tai was speechless inside. His uncle really was not in the right headspace.

"Uncle Tao, Aunt Tao."

Tao YanZhen froze for a second at being addressed like that. "Let’s just call each other by our names. Otherwise it really feels strange."

"Alright then. I’m Yang Run Tai, you can just call me He Run."

"Zhongyi, are you coming to my place for dinner tonight?"

"No, I’ll head back in a bit. My nephew and niece came over today, I’m taking them back to my place."

"Uncle, we’re staying at the Wei Family. We’ll just go to your place for the day tomorrow." Mainly, they needed to call home. The elders were practically worried sick by now. Thankfully they knew he was safe, otherwise they’d probably have come in person.

"Then I’d better head back too and come get you tomorrow. Xiao Chun, Xiao Zhen, I’ll be off."

The four of them walked back to the village together and parted ways at the village entrance.

"He Run, I’ll head back first. We can’t stay out at night."

"Mm. Come pick us up tomorrow, I’ll bring Shi Jing and the others over with me."

"Alright, I’ll drive over to get you."

Forcing himself to perk up, Yang Zhongyi said goodbye to Jiang Xinyu and was about to drive off.

Seeing him so out of it, Yang Run Tai really was worried. He looked dazed and absent-minded, and Run Tai was afraid something might happen to him.

"Uncle, you take Jiancheng and the other three back with you. There’s nowhere for them to stay here. Just let them drive back. There’s no danger here."

"Alright, I’ll have them come back with me."

After sending Yang Zhongyi off, Yang Run Tai smiled and said, "Aunt Wei, shall we talk?"

Jiang Xinyu smiled and nodded. "Let’s go to the study."

Once he stepped into this simple rural study, Yang Run Tai was actually a bit surprised.

"Aunt Wei, this study is so tastefully done."

"Feifei decorated it herself. She arranged everything here. These are all her most cherished books. Sit. What did you want to talk to me about?"

They both sat down. "Aunt Wei, is it because Lv Zhiqing knows our family doesn’t agree that she won’t accept my uncle?"

Jiang Xinyu raised her brows. A half-grown boy of a dozen years old coming to talk about this—was that really appropriate?

"No. Jing Chu is a girl with a very simple way of thinking. Her world is just about right and wrong, yes and no. She genuinely doesn’t have any feelings for your uncle. It has nothing to do with outside factors."

"Aunt Wei, my uncle is actually quite good, isn’t he?"

Jiang Xinyu smiled and shook her head. "I already said, Jing Chu doesn’t think in those terms. If she doesn’t like someone, no one can sway her.

Zhongyi really is good; he’s got solid conditions in every respect. But he and Jing Chu just don’t have that kind of fate."

Yang Run Tai nodded. He’d wanted to fight for a chance for his uncle, but it really seemed impossible. Heaven’s sense of humor, huh?

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