Liu Yaoyu listened with great interest and subconsciously looked towards Yu Hanshan in the yard.

When she was in Pingliang Prefecture, she heard that Yu Jiao helped some soldiers in the Liangzhou camp to reattach their broken limbs, but the Liangzhou camp was heavily guarded and she never had the chance to see them. She didn't expect that her third sister had already made prosthetic limbs for others.

She didn't notice anything unusual just now and thought Yu Mengshan was a normal person.

After leaving, sitting in the carriage, Liu Yaoyu hugged Yu Jiao's arm and said, "Yu Qizhe is cold-hearted, but Yu's parents seem to have good tempers and don't seem like the kind of people who would take their anger out on their daughter-in-law."

Yu Jiao couldn't help but smile. She didn't expect Liu Yaoyu to worry about her so much.

When the carriage reached Qingyu Street, Yu Jiao went to Qingfengxuan. The business in the shop was good. Yu Zhizhou, who was busy, looked up and saw Yu Jiao and couldn't help but be happy: "I heard from my fifth brother that you returned to Beijing. I thought you were busy these days, so I didn't go to disturb you."

The shopkeeper raised his eyes and hurriedly greeted Yu Jiao: "Boss, you are here."

Liu Yaoyu strolled around the shop with great interest, while Yu Jiao followed Yu Zhizhou and the shopkeeper to the inner room to talk.

The shopkeeper brought the accounts of the past few months to Yu Jiao for her to look over. Yu Jiao did not come here to check the accounts, but since the shopkeeper had brought them to her, she flipped through them and took a closer look.

The shop's monthly profits did not fluctuate much, with fluctuations not exceeding fifty taels.

After Yu Jiao finished reading the accounts, Yu Zhizhou said, "Before I came to Beijing, Master Zhou returned to Qingzhou. He said he had opened a few more paper and pen shops in Jiangnan and brought back a master who wanted to use beard oil to make osmanthus hair oil. If it can be made, it will be a big business."

Yu Jiao had only mentioned to Chen Yu that rapeseed oil could be used to make hair oil, but he took it to heart and even found a master from Jiangnan. With Chen Yu as a capable assistant, it was really easy for Yu Jiao to be a hands-off boss.

"Since the cabbage in the field has been harvested, we should plant it into crops as soon as possible," said Yu Jiao.

It was thanks to her elder brother who transported grain to her from the river that she was able to open a stall in Zhixun County. Food is the most important thing for people, and grain is the most valuable. Planting rapeseed was a shortcut after the flood in Jiangbei. If there were real natural disasters or man-made disasters, sufficient grain would be the basis for confidence.

"We are not growing hucai anymore?" Yu Zhizhou was surprised. "We have finally found a way to sell our rapeseed oil. Business is booming and the people in the oil press are working hard every day. If we switch to growing grain, our rapeseed oil business will be cut off."

Yu Jiao shook her head: "You can continue to plant hucai, but you can't plant all of them. After planting one crop, you should also feel that hucai grows well and does not need to be carefully cared for. As long as the soil is moist, it can grow well even if it is sown by the river. Last year, hucai was planted because the fields in Qixun County were flooded and not suitable for growing crops. After a year of cultivation, the soil in the fields is suitable for growing crops. Good fields should still be used to grow crops, otherwise, after a long time, what will the people in those villages in Qixun County eat?"

After arriving in the capital, Yu Jiao discovered that many wealthy families had farms. She also wanted to divide the fields in Xiyun County into several farms, with each village being responsible for a farm. She would pay the villagers wages and food and let them help with farming.

However, it cannot be managed entirely like a farm of a wealthy family, otherwise the head of the farm will easily enrich himself and deceive his superiors and subordinates. It is best to have a rotation system for the head of the farm, appointing people based on merit and allowing the most capable people to take up the position.

Several farms with high output can receive more silver at the end of the year, which is equivalent to year-end bonuses.

Yu Jiao talked to Yu Zhizhou about the farm for a long time. At the end, she asked Yu Zhizhou to find a piece of land near several villages when he returned, build an academy, find local failed scholars to be teachers, and let the children in the village study there.

Yu Zhizhou felt excited after hearing this. Setting up an academy in the village was such a good thing that made people envy it. If Yu Jiao had bought land in Qingyu Village, the children in their village would not have to go to the city and could start their studies in the village.

However, Yu Zhizhou was very contented in his heart. After his father became the head of the village, he asked the villagers to reclaim wasteland and build medicinal fields and learn to grow herbs. As a result, the villagers had an extra income and their lives had become much better.

Life is not as tight as before and people are not so poor. People will not be too calculative and will not get angry over an egg or a handful of rice.

Coming out of Qingfengxuan, Liu Yaoyu raised the corners of her mouth and held an armful of writing paper. Yu Jiao asked someone to wrap up any style she liked. She had only experienced this kind of happiness when she went out with her elder brother.

The two of them went to the incense pill shop on Chang'an Street again. Coincidentally, Chen Wan was also in the shop. Wang Xueyan invited Yu Jiao and Liu Yaoyu to go upstairs and sit for a while.

The news of the marriage had spread throughout the capital. Wang Xueyan smiled and congratulated Yu Jiao. Chen Wan teased her, "Who would have thought that you, the youngest, would get married before us."

Yu Jiao smiled faintly.

Wang Xueyan said with concern: "Master Yu is young and promising. This marriage is envied by many people. Don't take the gossip in the streets to heart. After the marriage, as long as you and Master Yu love each other and live a happy life, those sour words will naturally be dispelled."

Liu Yaoyu asked curiously, "What gossip?" She and Yu Jiao had not left the house for the past two days, so she didn't know what people outside were talking about.

"It's nothing. I don't know where it came from, but it was said that before Sister Yu Jiao returned to the Liu family, she was Lord Yu's wife for a wedding. Some people also said that Sister Yu Jiao and Lord Yu used to be brother and sister, but now their marriage is not decent. It's just some gossip. Sister Yu Jiao, just listen to it and keep it in mind."

The ladies and mothers who work in Wang Xueyan's shop often come to her shop, and they will inevitably chat about the latest and most exciting things in the capital. Wang Xueyan tells Yu Jiao about the gossip so that she can be aware of it and prevent someone from embarrassing her in person with bad intentions.

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