Chapter 242 Someone is hoarding ice, clairvoyance

Shen Yunyue touched Shen Yunzheng's head and said, "Thank you, Yunzheng."

She yawned and asked Shen Yunzheng to leave. Mu Ya came in to help her dress, and Shen Yunyue changed into a sky-blue fine cotton double-breasted long dress.

She wore a light-colored jacket on the outside.

"Young Madam's clothes are too plain." Mu Ya tied Shen Yunyue's hair into a cloud bun and inserted a plain silver pearl hairpin.

And a peach wood hairpin.

"It's better to wear something plain. I'm still in mourning."

Mu Ya cut a small purple flower from the vase on the windowsill and pinned it in Shen Yunyue's hair.

"It would be nice to add some color like this."

Shen Yunyue casually opened the jewelry box and handed a pink pearl hairpin inside to Mu Ya.

"It's for you."

"It's too expensive." Mu Ya refused to accept it.

Shen Yunyue stood up and turned around and said, "When you return to the capital, you will also be the eldest daughter of the Yang Mansion."

Mu Ya pursed her lips and said, "I don't want to go back. My last name is Mu, not Yang." She hated the Yang family that had made them displaced.

"Father, take back what belongs to him. I don't want to have anything to do with it."

"Then you should keep it too. It's a reward from me."

Mu Ya bowed gently, "Thank you, Master, for the reward."

Shen Yunyue noticed the wooden hairpin in her hair and smiled faintly:

"The hairpin on your head is quite nice."

Mu Ya gently touched the wooden hairpin and a smile appeared on her face.

Shen Yunyue went downstairs, washed up, and then went to the dining room. On the table was already soybean milk porridge, a plate of tofu skin buns, and a few fried dough sticks.

A few refreshing side dishes.

"Muya, have you eaten?"

"I had a fried dough stick this morning." Mu Ya poured porridge in front of Shen Yunyue.

"Let's sit down and eat together."

"good."

While he was speaking, someone came over to reply.

An Yi came over with an account book in his hand, "Young Madam, the watermelon fields have sprouted. I went to check it myself."

"There are still more than thirty acres of potatoes left to be planted."

"The cotton fields have already started being planted."

"An Yi, plant a row of thorn bushes at the foot of the back mountain near us." Shen Yunyue thought of the man in black robe, wondering what would happen to him one day.

Baijia Village must have a line of defense.

"And tell those who are building houses on the south side that their walls must be made higher and thicker."

"Yes." An Yi wrote them down one by one.

"Young Madam, I heard that some merchants are stockpiling ice this year."

Shen Yunyue rubbed her brows. She had forgotten which summer it was that was the hottest. It was said that ice in the capital sold for three taels of silver per pound.

"It's only the beginning of April, is anyone already stockpiling ice?"

An Yi said seriously, "The current purchase price is not high. It is said to be 50 coins per pound of ice. In our Shihan Prefecture, only the wealthy people in the prefecture have a lot of demand for ice."

"Do we need to buy some and dig an ice cellar to store them?" An Yi was afraid that his masters could not bear the summer heat.

Shen Yunyue knew that there was a lot of saltpeter in Taiping Mountain.

It seems that no one knows how to make ice from saltpeter yet.

"No need to stock up on ice, but we can buy a shop in Yonghe Town. We can sell ice there in the summer."

Shen Yunyue took a sip of porridge and said, "Let Anming buy two more shops."

"Yes. But how can we sell ice if we don't stock up?"

Shen Yunyue chuckled, "I have my own way."

An Yi didn't dare to ask more questions and walked out.

Shen Yunyue thought of the method of making ice with saltpeter, and naturally hoped that Ling Moxuan, Yunhe and Rong Ting could all make money from it.

She secretly noted this matter down.

I plan to write down the method of making ice from saltpeter and tell them.

Shen Yunyue left the house and first went to the back to look at the rice paddies where seedlings were being grown. She squatted down and carefully examined the soil in the paddy field. "Xiaojiu, get someone to come over and sow the seeds."

"This whole field is planted with rice seeds."

"Sow glutinous rice seeds on the other small piece of land."

Xiaojiu agreed and got up to leave.

Ba Nian handed the handkerchief in his hand to Shen Yunyue to wipe her hands, "Young Madam. Zhu and his men have gone to the fields beside the Cang River. Xiao Liu and Xiao Shi went to the mountains to investigate the nearby bandit dens."

"Let Snowball follow."

Bayan pressed his eyebrows and said, "I wonder if this Snowball is in love? He runs into the woods all day long."

Shen Yunyue smiled and glanced at the forest. "It originally belongs to the mountains and forests."

Deep in the woods, a pair of sinister eyes stared at her.

Shen Yunyue frowned, and with a crossbow in her hand, she aimed it at those eyes and shot it.

Ba Nian: ... "Young Madam."

"Someone is watching us."

Bayan stood up and was about to chase after him.

"Eight Thoughts, turn back."

Bayan glared angrily into the depths of the forest, "I didn't even notice it."

"Anming said that this person's martial arts skills are better than his. How did you find out?" Shen Yunyue knew that the man in black robe came to provoke them.

Shen Yunyue frowned and thought for a moment, then glanced at the forest. She made a provocative gesture, "Ba Nian. Shout out my words."

"yes."

"You shameful bug, you'd better hide in a dark corner for the rest of your life. Otherwise, I'll beat your head off."

Bayanian used his lightness skills to send Shen Yunyue's words into the forest.

There was only the sound of wild beasts in the distance.

Shen Yunyue turned around and returned home. She took out a telescope from the space.

Looking out the window on the second floor at the mountains and forests, I slowly searched for possible scenes in the mountains and forests.

The man in the black robe looked back as if he was aware of something, as if someone was watching him. His hand, which was about to tear the black robe away, stopped and turned to look in the direction of the Fu family.

Finally, it disappeared into the forest and left.

Until Shen Yunyue could no longer see it through her telescope.

Shen Yunyue put away the telescope, walked to the edge of the terrace and called out An San.

"Young Madam." An San landed on the terrace.

Shen Yunyue handed the telescope to An San, "This is a clairvoyance I accidentally found. Remember to use it to investigate the situation near Baijia Village, especially the situation in the mountains and forests."

"Yes." An San took the telescope.

Shen Yunyue taught him how to use it.

An San was surprised to find that he could see clearly the people working on the road outside the entrance of Baijia Village.

He even saw wild wolves hunting deer in the mountains.

"Young Madam, if this is used in the army, it will be a powerful weapon. A scout among scouts." An San looked at the telescope in surprise.

"This treasure belongs to you."

"Thank you, Madam." An San clasped his fists.

"Go ahead."

"Yes." An San jumped onto the tree with a telescope in his arms.

Li Weiyang had calmed down a lot and had already walked out of the room.

She seemed to have returned to her former self, but her mediocre kung fu skills had a great impact on her.

I always thought I was a chivalrous woman, but I didn't expect my kung fu was not that good.

She secretly made up her mind to find someone to teach her kung fu.

"Yun Yue."

"Weiyang, you finally decided to go downstairs." Shen Yunyue came down from upstairs.

Li Weiyang smiled sheepishly, "I heard that Prince Li left Yonghe Town. I have a favor to ask."

"What is it?"

"Practice martial arts with Bayian." Li Weiyang believed that she just hadn't met a good master.

"If Ba Nian is willing, you can naturally learn."

Li Weiyang turned her pleading gaze towards Bayanian, "Miss Bayanian, could you please teach me martial arts?"

Ba Nian thought about it and agreed.

"Of course you can. But practicing martial arts is very hard. I think Miss Li has a good foundation. As long as she persists, she will definitely make great progress."

"Thank you, Master Bayanian." Li Weiyang suddenly became excited.

"Don't call me Master, I'm just giving you some pointers." Bayan said embarrassedly.

Li Weiyang didn't want to stay at home when she was in a good mood. When she heard that Shen Yunyue was going to open a shop, she started to feel itchy again and couldn't help but encourage her:

"Yunyue. Shall we go to the town and take a look?"

"Now?"

"Yes. I'll treat you to a meal in town. Aren't you planning to open a teahouse? It's a good opportunity for us to go there and get to know the market." Li Weiyang took Shen Yunyue's hand and coaxed her.

When I came to Baijia Village, I only went to the town once.

"Okay."

Shen Yunyue agreed: "But you can't run around alone anymore."

"I promise not to."

Shen Yunyue asked Xiaojiu to go outside the village to harness the carriage, and she, Li Weiyang, and Bayanian walked towards the village entrance.

Mu Ya caught up with her and said, "Young Madam, could you bring me some fabric?"

"What kind of fabric?"

"I want to make two sets of summer clothes for the Eighth Master." Mu Ya whispered with her earlobes red.

Shen Yunyue smiled and stared at Mu Ya thoughtfully. "Okay. Is the fabric just enough for two sets?"

"This much for now, you can buy more later." Mu Ya told Shen Yunyue the color of the fabric she wanted to buy.

Li Weiyang frowned slightly, thinking that Uncle Yun Jiu had also saved her. Should he also give her something, but she wasn't good at needlework...

Thinking of this, Li Weiyang felt embarrassed.