Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable-Chapter 1184 - 1094: Female Prime Minister 32

Hu’s mouth tightened, unwillingly: "Are we just going to stay here like this, look at the people in the village, living the life, wearing silk and satin, eating all kinds of delicious food, all relying on the second son’s family.

We may have some ties with the second son’s family, but we haven’t wronged them that much. Why can’t we get out of this quagmire and live a good life?"

Yin Zhong sneered: "Never wronged the second son? Have you forgotten when Father chased the second son’s family away, severing ties? What did I do? I helped Father take him to the village chief, we already crossed him a long time ago.

"Breaking bones and connecting tendons, do you think the severing document was just for fun? It’s archived by the government. To put it bluntly, if a son killed his father, it’s a huge crime. No matter if the father is in the wrong, the son will die. Even noble families can’t escape this.

"But if the second son were to kill Father now and meet a money-minded official, he could just pay his way out of it, and no one would say he’s unfilial. That’s the power of the severing document. Do you think it’s just a piece of paper?"

Hu’s face turned pale. She envied the good life of the villagers, and couldn’t accept her family just watching from the sidelines. Clearly, they hadn’t enjoyed any prosperity with Old Man Yin, yet had to suffer as accomplices when things went bad.

"Then, why don’t we sever ties with Father? That way, we can openly separate."

Yin Zhong sighed: "Do you think I haven’t thought about that? But do you think severing ties is that easy? There’s always only breaking ties from father to son, never the other way around.

"When the second son’s family severed ties, what price did they pay? If they didn’t have Shuangshuang, that capable daughter, their bones might have rotted away by now.

"Do you think Father will easily let our family, such a good labor force, go, just let us sever ties and live a good life?

"Unless we pay the same price as the second son, we can forget about severing ties. If we did take a path of near-certain death to sever ties with Father...

"Do you have Shuangshuang’s ability to turn the tide, or do you think I can earn enough money for our family to turn around?"

"But, isn’t there the second son’s family? We could borrow money from them, the second son’s family has money, they wouldn’t care about a few hundred taels of silver."

Yin Zhong looked at Hu like she was an idiot: "Do you think the second son is a Bodhisattva or our family is like the fourth, to be wholeheartedly taken care of and supported by the second son?

"We never helped the second son’s family one bit, and when they were at the Abyss, we even kicked them, you think the second son has a Bodhisattva’s heart, will help us ignoring past grievances?"

Hu thought of Yin Zheng’s previous various domineering achievements at home, and could only dejectedly lower her shoulders. Certainly, Yin Zheng wasn’t a kind person, on the contrary, he was always calculative, never suffering losses.

"Alright, just stop thinking about the second son’s family already, we’ll just live our lives peacefully.

"Though life isn’t as good as those in the village, both the second and fourth sons’ families are gone, their lands have returned to the public, so it’s much better than before, stop dreaming about what’s out of reach.

"Besides, the villagers are always guarding against us, even if the second son is willing to help, can you even break through the villagers’ defenses to get to the second son’s family?"

Old Man Yin’s family had different thoughts, yet they could never disturb Yin Shuangshuang’s family anymore. Now, Yin Shuangshuang was in the county’s Treasure Pavilion, discussing business with the Shopkeeper.

The main business was in spices, Treasure Pavilion had a famous fragrant bead, where they hollowed out a layer in a fine pearl, filled it with precious spices, crafted into accessories worn on the body, giving off fragrance as the wearer walked.

The Shopkeeper of Treasure Pavilion wanted to add Yin Shuangshuang’s spices into these fragrant beads. Yin Shuangshuang’s spices were fragrant but not vulgar, elegant but not modest, this winter they had become popular with the high-ranking nobles, it was said even the Empress in the palace liked them, having them regularly purchased.

Moreover, the scent of Yin Shuangshuang’s spices lasted a long time, this was most important, which the Shopkeeper of Treasure Pavilion valued.

After closing the business deal with the Shopkeeper of Treasure Pavilion, Yin Shuangshuang took the opportunity to visit the County Magistrate’s Wife.

Now, Yin Shuangshuang’s status in front of the County Magistrate’s Wife was different. Even the servants’ attitudes towards her had become much more respectful, no longer looking at her as they did when she was just a country girl.

The County Magistrate’s Wife was also glad to see Yin Shuangshuang, and ordered for tea and snacks to be offered in hospitality, Yin Shuangshuang chatted with the County Magistrate’s Wife for a while, then noticed the County Magistrate’s Wife seemed troubled, worried over something.

"I notice some worry on Madam’s face, is there something troubling you?"

The County Magistrate’s Wife and Yin Shuangshuang had quite a good friendship nowadays, she didn’t avoid the topic.

"It’s about my husband. He’s been an official here for a year, yet has no political achievements. If this continues, even after three years, his performance would be mediocre, hard to advance, how could I not be worried?"

Yin Shuangshuang understood, this was about the worry of the court performance evaluation, fearing the County Magistrate couldn’t pass.

Though the County Magistrate came to gain experience, since it’s called gaining experience, there needs to be some "gold" layered on, it doesn’t matter how much, but it needs to be there.

But the County Magistrate had been here so long, and still hadn’t gained any recognition, even his family’s connections couldn’t easily help him get promoted.

If things went wrong, he might get stuck here, retaining the County Magistrate’s position indefinitely; it’s not impossible.

Yin Shuangshuang pondered a bit, she did have an idea in mind that could help the County Magistrate, if executed well, it could benefit the entire county.

After bidding farewell to the County Magistrate’s Wife, Yin Shuangshuang bought some materials for making fireworks, then hurried home.

Once home, Yin Shuangshuang called over Li Dalong to help her chop wood, fine and thin, indeed, what Yin Shuangshuang wanted to make were matches.

Three days later, Yin Shuangshuang took the finished matches to see the County Magistrate’s Wife and demonstrated their use in front of her.

The County Magistrate’s Wife was very surprised, as people were using flint stones or Fire Sticks to ignite fires, but neither seemed as convenient as these matches.

With her business acumen, the County Magistrate’s Wife instantly saw the huge business opportunity and rolling profits this small item could bring.

But clearly, Yin Shuangshuang didn’t intend to cooperate with the County Magistrate’s Wife for profit with these matches.

"Madam, these matches are not for making money, but to help the Lord County Magistrate with his political achievements."

"Political achievements?" The County Magistrate’s Wife was taken aback by these words; her business mind was sharp, but she lacked political insight, and couldn’t understand how a profitable business could turn into political achievements.