Chapter 305 The Virtuous Empress Used as Cannon Fodder (Part 4) Lin You today...
Lin You didn't cultivate today; instead, she waited for her at the door. After saying goodbye to Aunt Li and returning to the courtyard, Ye Yunhua could tell that she had something to say.
"But what happened over there?" Ye Yunhua glanced at the location of the capital, her expression somewhat dazed. She didn't know if she would have the courage to continue living if she were asked to go back.
Lin You patted her hand reassuringly: "It's not over there, it's the boy we rescued a few days ago. That child is intelligent and loyal. I am not a mortal and will leave sooner or later. Today, I did something for him in your name..."
Lin You explained in detail, and then added, "It's not that you have to raise him or have any interaction with him. That child will likely achieve great things in the future. You have a long life ahead of you, and it's always good to have someone to look after you."
Ye Yunhua stood there, holding Lin You's hand, stunned for a long while, completely unable to process what she had just said. Her mind was filled with the fact that Lin You would leave. She knew Lin You would leave, but she hadn't expected it to be so soon.
Only after Lin You assured her that her departure was still a long way off did Ye Yunhua feel relieved. She then took some magnolia flowers from her basket, strung them together, and put them on Lin You's belt as a sachet.
"I trust Youyou's judgment. Since you think it's good, I'll keep an eye on it later." Ye Yunhua smiled as she noticed the fragrance of flowers staining Lin You's sleeves.
Before Lin You could say anything more, she had already shown her the basket on her back, her tone tinged with a hint of pride:
"I specially picked two of the best-looking bamboo shoots to dig up. Aunt Li said that these kinds of bamboo shoots are the best for stewing chicken. I've already bought the chicken and had it prepared and delivered in a bit. I even learned how to stew chicken from Aunt Li. I'll make it for you later, okay?"
Seeing the expectant yet apprehensive look in Ye Yunhua's eyes, Lin You glanced at the progress bar, which was already halfway complete, and ultimately said nothing more, only softly agreeing, "Okay."
While Ye Yunhua was cooking, she secretly opened her system page and clicked to extract the cheat code of this world.
Given that it was the last world and Ye Yunhua was in this mental state, Lin You had no intention of using his cheat system.
The penalty for failing a cheat code quest is that all current world quest rewards are reset, and you will never be able to use cheat code quests again.
A few thousand points and experience points are nothing to Lin You now. She has no shortage of points, and she can also gain experience points through cultivation.
As for the "Golden Finger" quest, it's not important at all. From beginning to end, it's the quest recipients who are painstakingly helping Lin You complete quests and earn points.
If it weren't for the company's rule that Lin You had to complete ten tasks to get promoted this time, she could have stayed in the space and cultivated to level sixty.
Since the mission in this world is only at the initial stage, and Lin You handled it swiftly and efficiently, with the puppet in place, the imperial court will not cause any trouble. This part of the mission has already been marked as completed.
As for Ye Yunhua, as long as Lin You leaves her enough resources to live on, who can say that she hasn't completed her mission?
Moreover, Lin You possesses various methods from the cultivation world, making it easy for him to place a restriction to prevent Ye Yunhua from committing suicide, and even erasing her memories would be effortless.
But Ye Yunhua is a living, breathing person, not a tool for her to complete tasks. No matter how powerful the methods in the cultivation world are, Lin You could only secretly cast a fire-controlling spell to help Ye Yunhua light the firewood when she failed to start cooking.
Ye Yunhua, who had finally lit the fire, couldn't help but look up at Lin You in the courtyard. Seeing Lin You smile at her with praise, she immediately smiled back.
If there were no cheat-like mission, she would leave this world after completing the mission, a seemingly perfect ending.
Lin You was still worried about Ye Yunhua's condition. Even though she didn't understand psychology, she knew that she was definitely a different person from Ye Yunhua in the present.
Lin You couldn't just abandon someone after saving them halfway through. If she did, how would she be any different from other systems that would stop at nothing to complete their missions?
[Ding! Additional task generated: Test of the cheat code "The Guide to Spending Money". Attachment: Portable wallet.]
Successfully completing 100 spending tasks will make you the most extravagant spender; completing at least 60 spending tasks will pass the test.
Failure will deduct the reward for this mission; passing will grant double the reward; and a perfect score will allow you to draw a mystery gift. Note: The cheat code can only be used on the mission target.
Lin You glanced at the cheat system, and to be honest, this cheat system was probably the luckiest she had ever had in all her worlds.
She wanted to play a task that could be completed simply by spending money. Although she was no longer the little girl who would carefully calculate every penny, the thought of spending money on a cheat system was still intriguing.
Freshly dug bamboo shoots are the most delicious when stewed with chicken. The method is not difficult. Cut the chicken into pieces, put it in a pot of cold water to blanch, take it out, put it in a clay pot with ginger slices and stew for half an hour. Then add the blanched bamboo shoots and salt, and cook for another 15 minutes before serving.
Lin You sat in the courtyard, cultivating casually. Ye Yunhua, who was initially careful not to disturb her cultivation, now took it for granted and called her to eat.
Ye Yunhua has a remarkable talent for learning, and Lin You secretly added a small piece of moonflower grass to her soup.
She dug this up with her incredibly lucky friend Ye Zhen when she first entered the cultivation world; it was considered a pretty good seasoning in the cultivation world.
Moonflower grass grows in places where spirit stones gather, and it itself contains some spiritual energy, which has a good restorative effect on Ye Yunhua's body.
Once the soup was cooked, just opening the lid released an irresistible aroma that made Ye Yunhua swallow hard.
She had eaten bamboo shoot and chicken stewed by others in the past few days, but why did hers taste so much better? Was it because the bamboo shoots were fresher than others'?
Lin You, who hadn't been cultivating properly at all, got up as soon as she smelled the aroma. While helping to serve the bowls and chopsticks, she praised Ye Yunhua's cooking skills.
The chicken was stewed until it was tender and fell off the bone, the bamboo shoots were crisp and sweet, and the soup was incredibly delicious. One sip and it felt like your whole body was warm.
Even Ye Yunhua, who is usually very self-disciplined, couldn't help but eat an extra bowl of rice. After finishing, she didn't feel uncomfortable at all. She just said goodbye to Lin You and went back to her room to sleep with a yawn.
The very next day, she enthusiastically invited Aunt Li to dig bamboo shoots, and also picked half a basket of elm seeds. Aunt Li then taught her how to make elm seed steamed buns and elm seed pancakes.
In return, Ye Yunhua would teach Aunt Li's little girl some needlework. Although she didn't need to do much embroidery herself, the teachers who taught her needlework were the top embroiderers in the country.
By the time Ye Yunhua had mastered more than a dozen Jiangnan home-style dishes, Aunt Li's daughter, A-Lian, was already able to embroider handkerchiefs to supplement the family income.
Meanwhile, the boys in the academy soon discovered that the books they copied were not checked in detail, so they quietly asked their classmates about their copying practices.
It is true that other people's Three Character Classics are also 15 coins, but you have to buy the writing materials and paper yourself, bind them into a book, and make sure they are free of dirt, ink stains, and damage before you buy them for 15 coins a book.
Not only did he only need to copy books here, but he was also provided with a place, writing brushes, ink, paper, and even a kind young servant who would grind extra ink for him each time, which was more than enough for him to complete the homework assigned by his teacher.
With a calculated move, Ye Yi'an quickly managed to extract information from Ye Yunhua. He didn't go to Ye Yunhua to talk about repaying the money, but every morning, Lin You and the others would receive a basket outside the courtyard they rented.
Sometimes it's fresh fish and shrimp, sometimes it's two or three elegant peach blossoms, or some tender vegetables that are only sold at the beginning of the market, all the way to the pear blossom cake that Ye Yunhua had missed before, delivered one day.
This flower cake shop has strict requirements for the ingredients used. The pear blossom cake is only sold for three to five days each year. It's not that the owner doesn't want to sell it, but the main flower buds needed to make the pastries are only at their freshest and most delicious during those few days.
Ye Yi'an didn't have the money to ask the boss to make an exception for him, but he could go to the mountains every day at the crack of dawn to look for pear blossoms. Finally, he picked the most suitable ones and begged the master chef there to make them for him, and that's how he got this pastry.
The snacks were delivered and placed at the door, just like any other ordinary food. Ye Yi'an did not show up, nor did he mention the hardships he had endured. Lin You, who had been paying close attention to him, knew everything.
Lin You certainly wouldn't let go of something that could mutually enhance their affinity. After listening, Ye Yunhua remained silent for a while before softly saying:
“I have two children, one is ten years old and the other is seven years old. They have never let me pick a single flower, even though they are everywhere in the Imperial Garden and within easy reach.”
Perhaps it was the beauty of Jiangnan that could heal the soul, perhaps it was the gentle Wu dialect that was so soothing, or perhaps it was the sweet pear blossom cake that was so comforting, but after living in Jiangnan for more than half a month, Ye Yunhua finally began to plan for the future.
She began to calculate the assets she had brought with her. The silver notes were all small denominations, fifty taels and one hundred taels in loose silver notes, totaling more than five hundred taels of silver. The jewelry, large and small, plus the gold bracelet that she had used up, amounted to more than thirty taels of gold.
Nine hundred taels of silver might not seem like much in the palace, but for ordinary people, it was a fortune they could never spend in a lifetime.
However, it's never good to just sit around and do nothing. Seeing that Ye Yunhua was starting to think about how to make money, Lin You directly attached the golden finger to her.
"This is a little gadget that one of my senior disciples made casually. If you want to make money, you can take it and play with it. Anyway, I don't have any use for it." Lin You's words were the same ones he used to fool Murong Yu in the last world, but it wasn't entirely a lie.
Although Ye Yunhua had witnessed Lin You's unpredictable methods, this straightforward cheat code still shocked her for quite a while.
Especially the descriptions of "spendthrift" and "wasteful," which are not exactly positive words, have a strange novelty and unrestrained feel when applied to this cheat.
"Is this just for people to squander?" Following Lin You's directions, Ye Yunhua found the place to accept the mission.
[Ding! Please spend one tael of silver within one day to buy an item that will make you happy.]
Failure results in a three-day account suspension; success rewards ten taels of silver, with one tael credited to your personal wallet.
Ye Yunhua tried to take something from the unseen wallet and sure enough, she found a tael of silver. For her, who had never worried about money, buying happiness with a tael of silver was a rather complicated matter.
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