Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 1245 - 154 Excitement (second update)

Chapter 1245: 154 Excitement (second update)

Lin Yuan had thought of everything, but she hadn’t expected her grandfather not to come.

Hearing her inquire, her eldest cousin Liu Zhiguang laughed heartily and said, "Don’t look at Grandpa and Grandma bickering all the time, but they’re inseparable like a scale and its weights—neither can bear to be apart from the other!"

Seeing her eldest cousin again, Lin Yuan could hardly recognize him. She remembered that when she had just left Zhuma Town, Liu Zhiguang hadn’t been so robust. How could he have grown so much taller today! Moreover, his temperament had become more cheerful. At first glance, he now seemed to carry more of a martial artist’s decisiveness, a stark contrast to his previous scholarly demeanor.

"Eh, what about my second cousin? Did he not come?" After looking around the crowd and not finding the staid Liu Zhiyang, Lin Yuan couldn’t help but ask curiously.

Zhao Suxin, who was moving luggage into the house, wiped the sweat from her forehead, her face brimming with joy, "Your second cousin is staying at the academy to study hard! According to his teacher, if he ranks first in the mid-year assessment, he’ll write to the Capital City Academy asking them to let him study in the capital!"

Lin Yuan raised her eyebrows in excitement, "Really? Can my second cousin also come to the capital to study?"

After all, the capital is a place teeming with talents; the conditions at the academy there are definitely better than those in Zhuma Town. Since arriving in the capital, she had been preoccupied with various trivial matters and had forgotten about Liu Zhiyang coming to the capital to study. It was delightful that Liu Zhiyang could now come to the capital to study by his own merit.

And by the time Liu Zhiyang joins the Capital City Academy, Jeng Ruyue would have delivered her baby, and Liu Siliang’s greenhouse vegetables should have borne results. It would be even better to have them all move to the capital then.

Lady Liu naturally thought of these things too and couldn’t stop smiling with joy.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lin Yuan noticed the bundles of fruit wine on the carriage and teasingly said to Liu Limin, "Auntie, you asked for my help in finding a place, and look, you managed to get to the capital all by yourself! How about it, don’t you owe me a little reward?"

"Vain!" With a slap on Lin Yuan’s outstretched hand, Liu Limin scolded her playfully, "Don’t think I don’t know. In the capital, you have a three-story luxurious restaurant; this little rich girl surely doesn’t care about the little reward in my hands, does she?"

Lin Yuan pouted and waved her little hands in front of Liu Limin, "If there’s no reward, then forget it. But this manor and vineyard cost me one thousand five hundred taels of silver to buy for you, and you need to give me that silver. I’m waiting to use that silver to decorate the restaurant! Hey, don’t say you don’t have it; look at these two big carts of fruit wine, definitely worth more than one thousand five hundred taels of silver!"

Watching the two big carts of fruit wine, the smile on Liu Limin’s face was uncontrollable. She glanced at her sharply with raised eyebrows, "Alright, rest assured, I’ll definitely give it to you. Humph, I just earned some silver from your future mother-in-law, and now I’m handing it all over to you. Tsk, you’re not even married yet, and already you’re bending your elbows outwards, such a little ingrate wolf!"

Blushing, Lin Yuan huffed twice and turned to leave.

Looking at the two big carts of fruit wine and then turning back to gaze at the tidy vineyard, Liu Limin’s eyes gleamed. Gazing far into the distance, she murmured softly, "Capital city, here I come! Ungrateful wretch, I’m coming for you. Let’s see how you can avoid me now!"

After introducing He family village’s people to Liu Limin, Lin Yuan led Liu Siliang and Zhao Suxin to the empty courtyard behind the manor. The herbs previously planted by the old pharmacist were no longer there, as they had been scavenged by Xiao Linshuang and Lao Fan, and the place had been tidied up by He Guangming and He Chengfang.

Not only that, Lin Yuan had also bought a sizable amount of red bricks from the nearby village to stock up, just waiting for Liu Siliang to arrive and build the greenhouse according to his plan.

The red bricks from the Capital city were far superior in quality to those from Ma family Manor, and looking at these red bricks, Liu Siliang was incredibly happy, his slightly dark skin glowing with brightness.

The affairs of He family village still needed to be sorted out gradually, and as Lady Liu thought to speak with Liu Limin, she did not return to the Capital city, while Lin Yuan, Lin Wei, and a few others were busy with their own matters, rushing to return to the Capital city before dark.

Halfway through their journey, they ran into Xia Zheng, who hurried over.

Seeing Xia Zheng’s excited and eager demeanor, Lin Yuan couldn’t help but be curious, "What’s happened?"

With a slight smile, Xia Zheng jumped off the carriage, took Lin Yuan’s hand, and pulled her aside, lowering his voice excitedly, "The item you wanted has arrived!"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan was initially confused. It took her a moment to realize he was talking about the glaze she had wanted, and she too became excited, lowering her voice, "Really? How much? When did it arrive? Where is it now?"

Knowing Lin Yuan would be thrilled about the arrival of the glaze, Xia Zheng’s lips curved up slightly, and he playfully tapped her nose, "It arrived this afternoon, a whole cartful! I thought this item was extraordinary and considering you might have other ideas, I didn’t let them deliver it inside the Capital city. It’s waiting at the station twenty miles from the Capital city, just waiting for your word."

A whole cart! Lin Yuan’s heartbeat quickened.

Although she didn’t say it, Lin Yuan was very grateful for Xia Zheng’s considerate thoughts. She nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "You’re right, we indeed shouldn’t bring it into the Capital city. There must be quite a few people watching me now. If they knew I transported so much glaze to the Capital city, it would definitely stir up quite a commotion. Also, you said this glaze isn’t from Dayong, right? Would it cause any trouble for you if others knew we acquired it?"

Seeing Lin Yuan worried about him, Xia Zheng felt reassured, yet he boasted confidently, patting his chest, "What do I have to fear? No problem at all!"

Lin Yuan glared at him briefly, then skipped the topic, saying, "My aunt and the others have come, let’s wait until midnight. Have them transport the glaze to He family village then. The people of He family village are trustworthy; I feel more at ease."

Thinking of the Wu family’s dye workshop on the way, Lin Yuan further instructed, "Right, be very careful about the Wu family. It’s best to take a detour. Don’t let them know about our transporting of the glaze. If it’s a whole cart, I’m still hoping to make money from this glaze!"

She didn’t want such a large sum of money to benefit the Wu family.

"Okay, I’ll personally oversee it, you just relax," Xia Zheng nodded, then jumped back onto the carriage and rode away.

Watching the carriage disappearing into the distance, Lin Yuan bit her lip in excitement, the arrival of the glaze was truly timely. Lin Jiaxin had just finished making the wooden mounts for the mirrors, and tonight, she was going to carefully ponder how to make the mirrors. If possible, she hoped to continue cooperating with the Western Region, as these mirrors could definitely be a lucrative venture.