She Became A Downfall Noble Lady
Chapter 512 - 510 Very Successful

Chapter 512: Chapter 510 Very Successful

"Really?" Zhou Biyao became excited when she heard about buying the grove, "If we build a new courtyard, doesn’t that mean we can stay here for a few days when we come over, so we wouldn’t have to rush our travels and suffer so much?"

Wong Qiao and the others listened with wide eyes. Especially the craftsmen who were utterly astonished inwardly, just for a few days of the springtime blossom season, they were going to buy this wasteland which was good for nothing but viewing?

The craftsmen were internally complaining, and they stole glances at the Young Lady with great effort. According to their past impressions, the Young Lady shouldn’t be so unreliable. Since when had the Young Lady become so bold and willful? Had it started after she resumed her identity as Duke An’s granddaughter?

In fact, Ye Xinyan’s boldness had nothing to do with being Duke An’s granddaughter, but because she now had silver in her hands.

Last year alone, Qi Younian’s Construction Industry completed the courtyards for the Prince’s Side Courtyard and made a killing. The Dairy Products Store sent cheese to the capital for a whole year, and Ye Xinyan, overseeing the Railway Carriage operation, received two thousand taels for nothing. Over ten thousand taels of silver gave Ye Xinyan enough confidence to plan the construction of a future village.

Ye Xinyan’s mental strength was very good, as she could basically ignore others’ sneaky glances. Sitting down next to Madam Yin, she responded to Zhou Biyao, "Hmm, once the courtyard is built, as soon as the peach trees bud next year, we’ll stay here and enjoy the whole blooming period."

Ye Xinyan irresponsibly drew a big pie for Zhou Biyao. By this time next year, she herself didn’t know whether she would still be able to stay in Clear Water Village, so what about watching a season of peach blossoms?

However, such promising words would keep Zhou Biyao happy for quite a while.

Qi Jiaer, who had been following Nanny Huang, causing a ruckus and making a mess, heard their excited talk and came over with her oily and dirty hands raised, asking, "Next year? Is it next year? Will we live here, watching the peach blossoms all the time, until the flowers fall?"

Ye Xinyan looked at her sideways, smiling, "We don’t have to go to school, but are you also excused from school? If you skip classes, are you sure your teacher won’t spank you with a board and swell your palms?"

Qi Jiaer instantly became stunned, her brows furrowing as she gradually got irritated, pouting and saying, "Then you aren’t allowed to come either! I’m a little kid, you can’t leave a little kid like me at home for a long time. Sister, that’s irresponsible. Right, aunt?" Qi Jiaer turned to Madam Yin, instinctively seeking her help.

Madam Yin, facing Qi Jiaer, of course felt a flood of tenderness, "Indeed, how can we leave Brother Jia alone at home? Auntie here just can’t bear it. We won’t come, and sister can’t come either; auntie will keep an eye on her. Look how messy these little hands are, come, let auntie wipe them for you."

With Madam Yin’s assurance, Qi Jiaer immediately beamed like a blossomed flower and danced away with her hands up, "No need, I’ll go grill meat for auntie, and when it’s done, auntie gets the first taste."

"Of course, of course, the meat grilled by Brother Jia will surely be the tastiest," Madam Yin heartily agreed, over and over, finding Brother Jia to be the most endearing child she had ever met, his words and actions sweet enough to melt the heart.

Ye Xinyan sneered hard, "Little flatterer, is the meat you grill even edible?"

Madam Yin turned around and slapped Ye Xinyan on the arm, "Don’t talk about the child like that, Brother Jia is doing just fine."

Ye Xinyan looked down at her arm, which her own mother had slapped, and then watched Qi Jiaer enthusiastically running off to roast meat. She turned to Zhou Biyao and asked, "Biyao, do you think she’s really my mother? I sometimes feel like Qi Jia is actually her biological son and that I was just picked up somewhere."

Zhou Biyao watched Ye Xinyan looking defeated and couldn’t stop giggling with joy, completely ignoring the conversation.

The spring outing and the picnic were extremely successful.

Madam Yin successfully saw her daughter talking alone with Jiang Yifan for a long time. Although things seemed to go back to normal afterward, as a mother, she could tell that Jiang Yifan’s gaze towards her daughter had become more fervent.

Jiang Yifan himself felt that he was the one who gained the most from this spring outing. Not only did Ah Yan tell him about her past life, but he also learned many things that he could not even have imagined.

If it weren’t for Ah Yan telling him, he would never have thought of such wondrous things. There was something capable of carrying people flying through the sky, traveling the distance from Qingyuan County to Clear Water Village in the time it takes to reach the capital; and there were trains that could hurtle down tracks, pulling dozens or hundreds of carriages loaded with goods; as well as the little device Ah Yan spoke of, which one could use to send messages or express longing for loved ones, allowing one to talk and see each other anytime and anywhere...

These things must be divine artifacts, right? If he had the communication device Ah Yan spoke of, then during those days around the New Year, he could have held it, seen Ah Yan thousands of miles away, and talked to her. He wouldn’t have had to miss her so anxiously, right? At least, he would have some peace of mind, knowing that Ah Yan had not been betrothed to someone else and that she hadn’t developed feelings for another person.

This time during the outing, Ye Xinyan’s biggest gain was not finding a place to set a foundation, but rather, there was progress at Wong Qiao. While setting up the barbecue stand, Guan He used a rope lock to bind three iron skewers together, inspiring Wong Qiao with a way to limit the movement between two wheels in the Chain Inversion Device.

Later, Jiang Yifan called over two craftsmen to join Wong Qiao, and with fifteen people brainstorming together, by May, when Jinrong’s people arrived, Wong Qiao’s wooden Chain Inversion Device was basically shaped, with only some details needing to be perfected.

The empty land with peach trees in Pingshui County was acquired just half a month after their spring excursion. Ye Xinyan used Six Thousand Taels of Silver to buy ninety acres of land, including the peach grove. Then Jinrong replied, willing to invest Silver, and to build the Mechanical Workshop together with Ye Xinyan and Jiang Yifan.

Now, with Jinrong sending so many craftsmen, Jiang Yifan consulted with Ye Xinyan about when to build the houses in the Peach Grove of Pingshui County and whether to start the mechanical engineering projects there.

"Sixth Master has already had it thoroughly investigated; Prince Fu is holding very tightly to the railway engineering project, so tightly that it’s unreasonable, and even Sixth Master’s people find it difficult to gather information. Sixth Master basically believes that Prince Fu plans to make a large sum from the railway project, so he intends to let go of the railway transportation engineering and leave it to Prince Fu. Our manpower will thus be freed up, and I have sent most of them over to you. We need to find a way to settle these people and put them to work as soon as possible," said Jiang Yifan with a smile.

Jiang Yifan was extremely satisfied with the current way he and Ye Xinyan interacted. Although Jinrong would implicitly warn him in every letter not to take advantage of the situation, he wasn’t exploiting anything; he was just discussing everyday matters with Ah Yan. Without Jinrong’s vigilant presence, their interactions had become much more convenient.

Like now, in the Qi family’s guest hall, he could speak to Ah Yan openly and honorably. Although there were maids and old woman servants attending them in the guest hall, he was the only one who could speak intimately with Ah Yan.