Yunling still admired her aunt; she always came up with ingenious ways to make money, but this time it wasn't quite right.
"Auntie, do you know how much this glassware costs?"
Yun Ruoxia shook her head, "I don't know, but if it can be used to store dried tangerine peel, it shouldn't be too much."
“Aunt, this glass is comparable to gold. My father and I only got 300 coins a pound of old honeycomb from that old beekeeper. Our new honeycomb is even cheaper. Do you think it’s worth it?”
"Huh?" Yun Ruoxia immediately waved her hand, "That's not worth it, don't waste your time."
Yunling laughed and said, "Also, this new honeycomb doesn't keep for long. Now that it's been delayed for a few more days, we won't go through the Lu family's trading company. We'll just put it on a winnowing basket and transport it to the wealthy area of the county town to sell."
Yun Ruoxia naturally had no objections, and the next day she and Yun Ling rode in Yun Shenghua's donkey cart to the city. Having been to the wealthy area before, the two were familiar with the route and parked the donkey cart at the intersection.
He called out, "Top-quality honeycomb with a rich floral fragrance, soothing coughs and relieving sore throats, only 200 coins per pound! Not 199 or 198, just 200 coins! Don't miss out!"
Yunling felt that something was wrong with what her aunt said, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it, so she joined in the shouting.
The two voices quickly attracted attention, among which were familiar faces. Yun Ruoxia remembered that two families had bought all the flower mushrooms, one of whom was this young lady dressed in bright green. However, she hadn't seen anything on her hands back then, but now she had a jade bracelet. How impressive.
Ziying naturally recognized Yun Ruoxia. Back then, she had bought shiitake mushrooms and made dishes that were highly praised by Master Lu and Madam Lu. She had been thinking of buying more, but she hadn't seen her for quite some time. Now, upon hearing the shouts, she naturally ran out.
She heard Huai Ge'er cough twice when she got up in the middle of the night. The honeycomb was just right. Now that Huai Ge'er is over fourteen, she figured that Madam Lu would arrange for her to be a maidservant this year.
How many men in this world can resist the allure of a gentle embrace? As long as she cares for him and goes along with everything he says, she might just become his concubine, give birth to a precious son, and live a life of comfort and ease.
Thinking about the future, Ziying smiled even more sweetly than the new honeycomb, and quickly asked Yun Ruoxia to cut three catties of honeycomb.
That night, there was a small dish of fresh honeycomb on the table in Lu Yinghuai's room. He found it strange. It was autumn, the time when bees were collecting nectar. Why would a beekeeper be willing to cut off the fresh honeycomb?
"Where did this new honeycomb come from?"
“I bought it at the crossroads. Two young women came to sell it in a donkey cart. I thought that my husband coughed twice last night, so I bought it.”
Two young women and a donkey cart. Lu Yinghuai immediately thought of Yun Ling and Yun Ruoxia. Others might not know, but he had seen their shed. It only had four beehives. They would soon be harvesting the autumn honey. Why would they sell the new honeycomb? Were they moving away?
Lu Yinghuai's face almost turned dark. He hadn't even seen Yun Ling yet. If she moved away, where would he find her?
Seeing Lu Yinghuai's expression, Ziying suspected that she had done something wrong, and timidly reached out to take the plate away, saying, "This servant will take the things away right away."
"No need. Did those two young ladies mention anything about traveling far away?"
"No."
"How is your complexion? Is it dark or sallow?"
No, not at all.
Looks like we've run into trouble!
Lu Yinghuai wanted to find Uncle Cao, but since they hadn't sold honeycomb to the Lu family business, he figured Uncle Cao hadn't seen them today either. It would be better to go to the Fu family business himself and ask Yun Shenghua tomorrow.
"You may leave."
"yes."
Ziying was secretly delighted. Little did she know what Lu Yinghuai was thinking. All she knew was that this was the first time Lu Yinghuai had spoken so much to her, and it seemed she would soon become a concubine.
Because he had something on his mind, Lu Yinghuai woke up early the next day, ate a few bites of rice noodles, and hurried to the shop. On the way, he happened to run into Yun Shenghua, who was coming to the shop to do some work.
Upon seeing that it was Lu Yinghuai, Yun Shenghua naturally spoke frankly and without reservation.
When Lu Yinghuai heard that it was the eldest son's family who was behind it, he secretly felt resentful. But when he learned that they had suffered the consequences of being stung by wasps, he immediately thought that it was the little guy who was responsible, and a smile appeared on his face. This smile lasted all day, leaving Uncle Cao completely baffled.
**
After Liu and Yun were stung by wasps, they were carried to the county town overnight. Yun Dazhuang and Lian were afraid that the two would die and leave behind a mountain of debt, so they pounded on the door of Ren'an Hall and shouted that someone was going to die, which forced the owner of Ren'an Hall and Old Zhong to come out.
Although he received medical treatment, the wasps were fierce and venomous, and the stings were quite severe. It took a lot of expensive medicine to save his life, and he had to stay at Ren'an Hall to recuperate, which was undoubtedly another big expense.
Yun Da was still a little scared after surviving. He would never dare to touch bees or honey again, for fear of stepping into the underworld again. However, he felt very uncomfortable that he had been stung so badly while the third branch of the family had not suffered any harm.
But it would seem too petty for the head of the family to say such a thing, so he placed his hopes on Liu.
Liu Shi naturally lived up to Yun Da's expectations. Those stinky wasps kept stinging her face, making her face look even uglier than a pig's face.
When she saw her face, and then thought of Pan's face, she felt more than just uncomfortable; she felt extremely uncomfortable!
“Husband, we can’t keep these bees, but other people in the village can. We’ve suffered such a calamity, we should do some good deeds to avert disaster, what do you think?”
Yun Da was satisfied with these words and nodded, instructing Liu to give orders to others to carry them out.
The good deed Liu mentioned was naturally informing the village chief and every household in the village about Yunling's family making money by beekeeping.
"Did you know that Hua Ge'er's family secretly made a fortune raising bees? They get 100 coins per pound."
"That's not all. It can earn you a hundred strings of cash. The Lu family business in the city even sent people to inspect it themselves. They brought boxes and boxes of copper coins, which looked very heavy."
"I also heard that Hua Ge'er bought two houses in the city a few days ago, each worth a thousand strings of cash. His family has made a fortune."
"I never expected them to be so inconsiderate. We are all destined to live in the same village in this life, and they just keep it to themselves and don't even care about the villagers. They are heartless."
"..."
The wind in the village shifted as the conversation went on, but the desire to get a piece of the pie remained unchanged. So, one by one, they urged the village chief to speak up, and they all swarmed to Yunling's house, craning their necks to peek inside.
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