Wax moths appeared in all four beehives. Three of them had a small number of wax moths, while one had grown to a medium number. This was probably because the bee colony had been weakened by Liu and Yun Da, which attracted wax moths.

If we let them go down, the honeycomb will be gone, the queen bee larvae will be harmed, not to mention it will affect the honey production and quality of the bees, the whole hive of bees will probably abandon the hive and fly away.

Yunling quickly used wooden tweezers to remove all the dead pupae from the honeycomb, then used a small broom to clean the wax debris from the bottom of the hive, leaving the rest to the worker bees.

As for the more severely damaged comb, Yunling used a queen bee board to separate it to one side. Two days later, after the young bees inside had all emerged, she took out the comb, burned it, and then added a new foundation.

After solving the wax moth problem, Yunling began to think about royal jelly and attracting bees to the new beehive.

Upon seeing the royal jelly, Yun Ruoxia quickly delivered it to the Lu family's business, as she had to try her best to win that prize this year.

Yunling didn't think about that. She was only thinking about how to deal with her elephant grass. Elephant grass is different from rice straw. You can grow mushrooms by simply cooking it and adding mycelium. Elephant grass is still very tough after cooking, which will block the growth of mushrooms. So you have to break it up as finely as possible.

However, this is also a problem. While it is feasible to chop with a knife, it is very labor-intensive. Even if Yun Ruochun were to take action, it would be difficult to maintain the operation. Therefore, the only option is to rely on the skillful use of tools.

Yunling pondered for a long time. She took out a small, charred stick from the stove and gestured on the ground. She thought of several different tools before finally deciding on a cylindrical grass shredder.

She took a piece of paper from Yun Chu and drew the exterior of the wooden bucket on it, highlighting the location of the straw outlet. She then drew the internal structure of the bucket, and the shape and position of the blades were drawn separately. The paper was filled with drawings.

Before leaving, Yunling made one last revision before handing it over to her father-in-law, who had done the honeycomb diagram last time. Her father-in-law looked it over, but didn't say much, only saying, "Come back in seven days to pick it up, and we'll discuss the price then." He didn't say anything more.

Knowing his rules, Yunling didn't press him for details. After agreeing, she went to the other side of the street. She wanted to find a relatively light and thin fabric to pack the elephant fodder. Although there was a saying that gauze was cheap and silk was expensive, the price of gauze here was two strings of cash per bolt. If it were used to pack elephant fodder, the cost-effectiveness would not be high.

Therefore, Yunling plans to just buy fine linen cloth. At most, when the temperature rises, she will pay more attention to dripping water on the surface to cool down the ground and prevent the mycelium from being burned.

That was her thought, but she didn't go to the cloth shop to buy fabric right away. Instead, she went to Yunxiang Bookstore first, because she needed to find a template so that the embroiderer could embroider according to that template without having to explain too much.

"Oh dear, young lady, why did you come alone? Or has something happened to my father-in-law?"

"Don't worry, shopkeeper. I came to you because I have something to discuss. Old Yu is doing well. Uncle Village Chief even said he can eat two bowls of rice."

Yunling wasn't exaggerating. With his humorous and witty way of speaking, Old Yu instantly won over the hearts of the village's young children. He didn't just stay in the private school to teach; he also took the villagers to play and explain things to them by the fields when they planted seeds in the spring.

Old Master Yu's good reputation quickly spread throughout the village. Some villagers even pushed their young children, who were not yet old enough to be enrolled in the private school, just to get a spot. Yun Chu and Yun Ruochun, persuaded by Yun Ling, decided to go to the private school to audit classes when Old Master Yu started teaching literacy.

Upon hearing that his father-in-law was alright, Chen, the shopkeeper, felt a sense of relief, but then his heart tightened again. He asked in surprise, "Then what brings you here, young lady?"

"I want to buy a bamboo slip bag, made of cotton or linen."

"A bag containing bamboo slips..." This posed a challenge for Shopkeeper Chen. Each set of bamboo slips came with a bag, but only one. "How many do you want? We don't have any more. If you only want one..."

Just one, one is enough.

Shopkeeper Chen quickly looked around, then went into the inner room, took out a small, uneven stone slab, squatted down by the foot of a table, quickly pulled out a bag from the corner of the table, and stuffed the stone slab into it.

"Alright, young lady, this is one of a kind; there aren't any more."

Yunling took the bag, unfolded it, and saw that the dust it kicked up could cover her face, making her sneeze repeatedly.

Shopkeeper Chen awkwardly touched his nose and laughed, "This table corner was missing a piece before, and I happened to have an extra empty bag, so I used it to weigh down the table corner. If you want it, young lady, you can take it."

Yunling rarely saw the shopkeeper, Mr. Chen, being so generous, so she didn't stand on ceremony. After thanking him, she left directly. Once outside the bookstore, the bag in her hand seemed to have doubled in size; it was the perfect size for her.

This is also why she sent Yun Ruoxia away and slipped out alone; otherwise, she wouldn't know how to explain the sudden increase in size.

Back at Shengfu Restaurant, Yun Ruoxia breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Yun Ling return safely. "What's the rush? Couldn't you have waited until I finished using the restroom? If anything had happened, my sister-in-law would have skinned me alive."

Yunling quickly wrapped her arm around Yun Ruoxia's and said coquettishly, "Auntie, you can't tell Mother that I was lucky enough to deliver the blueprints to that father-in-law early, otherwise he would have left."

"Oh, he left so early? Did something urgent happen?"

"Auntie, we still have bags to pack, so we need you to negotiate a cheaper price for them."

Yun Ruoxia's mind was instantly captivated, and she stopped paying attention to her father-in-law, letting Yun Ling pull her to the cloth shop in front.

Upon entering, the shop owner, upon hearing that they wanted to buy fine linen, casually pointed to a spot and then continued to warmly greet other customers.

If it were just fine linen, Yunling and Yun Ruoxia wouldn't need anyone to help them. However, neither of them knew anything about needlework or sewing, and they didn't even know how much fabric was needed to sew a bag, so they were completely confused.

Yunling didn't want to waste time like this, so she directly stated the purpose of her visit, "Master, we would like to make three hundred bags from fine linen. Do you have the ability to do that?"

Upon hearing that there were three hundred, the shopkeeper raised his eyebrows, instructed the other employees to attend to her, and then came over to carefully examine Yunling. "What kind of bags?"

"That's how it is, but I want it made of fine linen. I'll have to trouble you to give me a price quote for both three hundred and five hundred to compare. Thank you for your help."

The landlord took the bag, tracing its length and width along its edges with his fingers. "What's it for?"