After unlocking the material space, I raised my younger siblings in a farmhouse.

Chapter 275: Purchasing New Year's Goods

Grandpa Huang couldn't make a decision, so he went to Lin Chuyi and asked for her opinion. Lin Chuyi asked Grandpa Huang to agree, but asked him to return the things that people brought, and then charge transportation fees based on the fees charged by ox carts in the village for round-trip transportation.

It’s not that Lin Chuyi must make a little money from the villagers, but they cannot break the rules of the industry. Some families rely on this to earn some hard-earned money to support their families. Now is the peak season for this industry. If they don’t charge a penny, it would be tantamount to breaking the rules of the industry and affecting their business.

Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. Those people have no grudge against her, so why should she bring hatred upon herself?

According to the market price, if they want to sit, they can sit. If they don’t want to sit, they won’t get out of the car. They can just enjoy their leisure time.

Mr. Huang, having lived to this age, naturally understood this principle. After agreeing, he did as Lin Chuyi said.

Early in the morning on the 26th, Grandpa Huang drove his ox cart to the village entrance to wait for people. When those who wanted to take a ride to the town market learned that Grandpa Huang had to charge for his rides, some villagers complained, but most of the villagers were sensible people and promptly paid their money and got on the ride.

They had arrived too late to catch the first bus, so they had to hurry and get on the next bus, otherwise they would be too late and all the things at the market would have been bought, and they would have nothing to buy.

As for the price, the price Mr. Huang asked for was very fair. It was the same price for a normal ride. It didn't matter who he paid to.

Just like that, Uncle Huang quickly gathered a car full of people and set off for the town. After sending people to the town, Uncle Huang drove and waited at the entrance of the market.

When the villagers who were about to return to the village saw him, they would carry the things they bought and get on Lao Huang's cart. Lao Huang would see that the cart was almost full and would stop accepting people. He would tell the villagers that he would be back soon and then take the cart full of people and things back to the village.

According to the rules of pulling a cart, Lao Huang stopped the car at the entrance of the village, helped the villagers on the car unload their belongings, and then set off again for the town with the villagers who were waiting for the car.

After running back and forth like this, he actually earned several hundred coins a day. When Uncle Huang counted the money at night, he felt a little surprised.

After expressing his feelings to Aunt Huang, he strung the money he earned today into several strings with red ropes and took them to the study to give to Lin Chuyi.

Lin Chuyi did not accept it. Not only did she not accept today's money, she also told Grandpa Huang that he did not have to hand over the money he earned from driving in the future, and asked him to keep the money for his grandson's tuition.

Mr. Huang naturally refused to agree, but since Lin Chuyi insisted, he had no choice but to agree.

In the next three days, Grandpa Huang went out early and came back late every day, running between the town and the village. Sometimes he had to send people to the county. He was so busy that he managed to make a quick buck in the last few days of this year.

Since Grandpa Huang was not at home, Lin Chuyi hitched a horse-drawn carriage and took the rest of the family to the county to buy New Year's goods.

She first took the group to her own Piaomiao Pavilion, bought two new sets of clothes for each of the female members of the family, and then prepared to take them to the market.

The county market was larger than the town market and had more people. In order to complete the New Year's goods purchasing task as quickly as possible, Lin Chuyi temporarily parked the carriage in Piaomiao Pavilion and then walked to the county market with his men.

On the way, Lin Chuyi divided the six people into three groups, one big and one small. He gave each group a purse full of copper coins and assigned each person a targeted purchasing task, asking them to buy fresh pork, live fish, various dried fruits, and various commonly used New Year gifts in groups.

Each group had a clear mission. After entering the market, the three groups separated and headed straight for their respective target stalls. Soon they had a group of six people, and everyone, whether adults or children, was carrying a lot of things in their hands.

At the agreed time, the three groups carried their purchased items back to the market entrance to gather. After the six of them gathered, Lin Chuyi took them back to Piaomiao Pavilion to count the items they had purchased.

After the quantities of items matched, they made a new list of the things that were insufficient or not bought at all. Lin Chuyi asked Lin Jinxiu to take the three children to load the things and guard the carriage, while she took Aunt Huang to the market again.

On the second trip, they finally bought everything they wanted. After placing the new items in the car, Lin Chuyi drove the group to the renovated Lin residence. After opening the gate, she drove the carriage directly into the yard.

After working all morning, everyone's stomachs began to growl. Lin Chuyi did not stay in her yard for long. She asked everyone to get off the car and took them to walk to Zui Xiang Lou, a famous restaurant in the county, for lunch.

It was dinner time and the lobby of Zui Xiang Lou was bustling with activity. Lin Chuyi took a quick look and saw no empty tables, so he paid more and asked for a private room.

After entering the private room, Lin Chu ordered all of Zui Xiang Lou's signature dishes. Zui Xiang Lou served the dishes very quickly, and the dishes were served one after another, soon filling up the table.

At this moment, they were the only ones in the box, so Lin Chuyi asked Aunt Huang, her grandchildren and his family to sit around the table and eat together.

Aunt Huang had been with Lin Chuyi for such a long time, and she knew that Lin Chuyi was not being polite when he said that, so she did not refuse. She thanked Lin Chuyi with her grandson, then pulled out a chair and sat down.

After Lin Chuyi shouted "Let's eat!", everyone raised their chopsticks and picked up their favorite dishes. After a hearty meal, Lin Chuyi went downstairs to pay the bill.

After paying the bill, the group left Zui Xiang Lou and started shopping. They had already completed the task of purchasing New Year's goods in the morning, so they were simply shopping in the afternoon and ended up back at the market.

The market flow in the afternoon is not as much as in the morning. The most common items on the stalls in the market are no longer the general New Year goods, but various special snacks and toys.

Lin Chuyi seldom uses mind reading on her family members on weekdays, but when she was shopping, she started to use mind reading on these people in her family.

This time she used her mind-reading ability not to test anything, but simply to find out what her family members liked so that she could buy them some New Year gifts that would suit their tastes.

This led to the situation that whenever Lin Jinxiu and her friends became interested in something while shopping, Lin Chuyi would always be able to pay for it before them.

Every time Lin Chuyi bought something, he would order some other things together, so that it would not be easy for people to find out the flaws.

In this way, it is true that the things bought are to the other party's liking, but a lot of unnecessary things are also bought. Lin Chuyi certainly does not lack this little money, but the problem is that too many things take up a lot of space.