Jiang Ran transmigrated to the Northern Song Dynasty and lived in the outskirts of the capital.
The good news: her family lived on an estate with over a hundred acres of fertile farmland, so food and clothing seemed guaranteed.
The bad news: none of it belonged to them. Her family were merely tenant farmers hired by the Yongning Marquis Manor to manage the estate.
An even worse piece of news: her parents in the third branch of the family were honest, obedient, and blindly devoted to their elders. They worked the hardest but received the smallest share. Meanwhile, the eldest branch saw that their daughter had the opportunity to become a maid in the Marquis Manor with a promising future ahead of her, so they immediately demanded a division of the family.
Jiang Ran thought: this is clearly good news.
Land in Bianjing was worth a fortune, and the cost of living was high. Vegetables had to be bought, meat had to be bought—but the estate was enormous. Besides the several hundred acres of farmland designated by the Marquis Manor, there were also many small unused plots of land. If she made good use of them, her startup capital would be solved.
By making delicious food and selling it, she could solve the problem of earning money as well.
The capital was prosperous and bustling. Its night markets stayed open until midnight without closing. How could she possibly worry about not finding a place for herself there?
Jiang Ran set herself a small goal: first, she would go and explore the capital’s night market.
