"Xingyi, after my birthday, I want to go back to Osmanthus Village."
"You have Xiaowu now, so it's not appropriate for you to travel long distances." Su Xingyi was determined not to let her return to the village. No matter how nice the big house in the village was, it would not be comfortable without the maids serving her. "What do you want to do in the village? Tell me, and I'll do it."
"I want to go back and check on the progress of the bamboo paper production. I also want to renovate our old house and arrange for servants to look after our medicinal herb base, bamboo forest, and fruit trees."
"Don't go back. I'll bring people back the day after tomorrow and get everything sorted out once and for all."
Su Xingyi peeled a bowl of melon seeds and handed it to her, "It's peeled, you can eat it."
Xiao Lingyu shook his head, "I don't want to eat it. I want to eat pineapple."
These days, Xiao Lingyu secretly went to the space to eat fruits to supplement vitamins.
"The pineapple you're talking about, is it the yellow, firm, and rough-feeling pineapple you dug up on Wufeng Mountain?"
"Yes! I just want to go back to Osmanthus Village and check the orchard to see if the fruits have grown yet."
"Don't worry, I'll bring you some rare fruits and vegetables when I get back. For now, just be patient and eat the fruits and vegetables that we can eat in Beiyi this season."
Xiao Lingyu knew that he would not let him go back, "Well, the day after tomorrow you take people to Guihua Village to get things done."
Su Xingyi smiled and stuffed the loquat into Xiao Lingyu's mouth, caressing her lips with his fingertips. "Now I have something important to do!"
Xiao Lingyu subconsciously raised his head and said, "Wait, let me finish eating the loquat first."
"I can't wait. I'll do it now." Su Xingyi stood up and turned to walk out.
Xiao Lingyu grabbed his arm and said, "Where are you going? Aren't you going to do something?"
"Yes, I'm going to do some work. I'm going to write a letter to my grandfather and ask him to arrange for someone to send some seasonal fruits from Dongjun, as well as Nankun and Xirong. When Xiaoxier comes back, I'll have Huanghuang deliver the message."
"So that's what you were talking about!"
Su Xingyi raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "Then what did you think it was?"
"Ha!" Xiao Lingyu suddenly felt embarrassed. She had misunderstood and thought Su Xingyi wanted to kiss her. She quickly let go of his arm and said, "Nothing. Go and do your work."
Su Xingyi looked at her lips soaked in loquat, which looked a little delicate and tempting at the moment, and stepped forward, "I know what you are thinking, I will satisfy you now..."
At this moment, Mo Shu's voice came from outside, "Your Majesty, Princess, the doorman said that the steward Lu Minglu has arrived with a cart of paper."
A cart of paper?
The couple looked at each other and rushed to the front yard.
"Greetings to the prince, and greetings to the princess."
Xiao Lingyu raised his hand to exempt Lu Ming and Wang Yunhe from their greetings, and his eyes swept directly over the several kinds of bamboo paper neatly placed in the hall, and then he picked up a box of exquisitely crafted bamboo drawers.
Wang Yunhe hurriedly said, "Princess, I've made this box with a small hole on the lid according to the drawings you provided. Here are 100 pieces of bamboo paper of the same size. Do you think the paper's hardness meets the requirements?"
Xiao Lingyu opened the lid of the box, revealing a yellowish bamboo paper. He reached out and felt its softness and hardness. It felt a little harder than the tissue paper of later generations. It was perfectly suitable for wiping hands, mouth, and going to the toilet.
"Master Wang, this batch of tissues is fine, but the next batch needs to be softer."
"Okay, my lady. How do I use this tissue paper in the box?"
"Isn't there a thumb-sized hole on the lid? Pull the tissue paper through the hole..." Xiao Lingyu demonstrated in front of them, "When you need to wipe your hands, just pull it out from the hole."
Xiao Lingyu drew three pieces of paper in a row.
"Princess, this soft tissue paper is used to wipe your hands and mouth?" Lu Ming finally understood what the tissue paper was used for.
Xiao Lingyu said, "That's right. You can use it without the handkerchief. After use, just throw it in the trash can. Collect it and use it for burning. What do you think? Can you sell it for money?"
Lu Ming didn’t know if he could make money from it. Isn’t it too extravagant to use paper to wipe his hands and mouth and then throw it away after use?
"It's convenient, you can just throw it away and don't have to reuse it. But paper is expensive. This box of tissue paper must cost a lot of money. Even wealthy people may not be able to afford it."
"We can afford it!" Xiao Lingyu looked at Wang Yunhe. "Master Wang, now that paper is made from bamboo, isn't it cheaper than wood pulp paper?"
"That's right. The bamboo in our bamboo forest grows very fast after being cut down. It will take more than a month for it to grow back."
"Luming, did you hear me? Is anyone going to buy tissues to wipe their hands?"
Lu Ming picked up a box of tissues and weighed them. "It should be possible. The price shouldn't be too low or too high. But it will probably take some time for people to use tissues instead of handkerchiefs to wipe their hands and mouths."
"Of course. We mainly sell wholesale paper for calligraphy practice, as well as paper for copying, editing, and binding books..."
Xiao Lingyu checked some other types of bamboo paper of different hardness, kept the tissue paper, and asked Lu Ming to take the rest to Lu Mansion. As for the price, publicity, and distribution to bookstores of all sizes, they were all handled by the Lu family.
"Princess, we can't tell people this is bamboo paper. We need a better name."
"Yu paper! For different uses, for example, Yu paper used for letters is called Yu Jian paper, and so on."
"Princess, I understand. I will go back and discuss the policy with the master, and you will make the final decision!"
"Okay, go ahead and do your work. Master Wang will stay here."
After Xiao Lingyu finished communicating with Wang Yunhe, he asked Xiao Zhong to take him to the guest house.
Xiao Zhong heard everything that was said in the classroom just now clearly.
His daughter actually thought of making paper from bamboo!
His daughter knows everything after getting married!
Xiao Lingyu looked at the confusion in his eyes and did not explain much.
"Xiao Yu, the day after tomorrow I will go back to the village with Master Wang."
Xiao Lingyu nodded: "Renovate the old house and let Master Wang live in it. Remember to bring back the portrait in your room on the upper floor..."
"Daddy, Mommy, we're back!"
Su Ningwen and Xiao Xier walked into the front hall, each holding a rabbit in their arms.
"You guys gained a lot during your trip, and you even came back with a rabbit." Su Xingyi reached out and picked up the rabbit in Su Ningwen's arms.
"Yesterday afternoon, they suddenly escaped from the hillside outside the city. We couldn't bear to eat them, so we brought them back to share with our parents," said Su Ningwen.
Su Xingyi pinched Su Ningwen's cheek and said, "You two are really filial. I see that Xiao Xi'er is holding a female rabbit. Let's raise them and have them give birth to a litter of meat rabbits. We can fatten them up and eat them later."
"Okay, I'll listen to Daddy!"
"Where's Brother Jie?"
"Second brother saw Lu Ming at the door and followed him back to the Lu Mansion. He will be back later."
"Sister, take the rabbit back to Jianjia Garden to play with Sister Song first. I'll go later."
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