Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 1253 - 158 Tenfold Dowry_3

Chapter 1253: 158 Tenfold Dowry_3

Hearing Lin Yuan had donated all her glaze, Lin Yi was so shocked that his jaw dropped. After being shocked time and again, the two Hidden Guards completely lost their voices. Others may not know, but they were well aware of the hardships and obstacles the glaze went through on its journey from the Western Region to Dayong. Yet now, Miss Lin casually gave it all away with a single sentence!

After the initial shock had passed, Lin Yi was the first to recover, his dark face alight with excitement and delight. He knew Miss Lin was not only thrifty but even fierce, yet her heart was kind.

"No, no, Miss, we don’t need so much," Lin Yi said, waving his hands and pointing to those damaged pieces of glaze on the ground, saying he could manage with just those.

Xia Zheng also touched Lin Yuan’s soft hair with a mix of distress and relief, smiling, "To give all these to them, do you want each man to fight while admiring themselves in a mirror piece? There’s a limited number of Scouts in the military camp; naturally, the need for Lookout Mirrors is limited, so just one piece of mirror should be sufficient. There’s no need to give it all away."

Is that so? Lin Yuan blinked, somewhat puzzled, since she had never been to a military camp. But she was happy not to donate all her glaze—after all, it was priceless in Dayong, and who knows when she could get more.

The end result was Lin Yuan giving away an entire piece of glaze and also letting Lin Yi take the damaged ones on the ground.

Lin Yuan, unable to wait, was eager to fit the cut mirror pieces into frames, thus she paid no further attention to Xia Zheng and Lin Yi.

Taking this opportunity, Xia Zheng slipped out of the cellar quietly, instructing Lin Yi, who waited to one side, "When you get back, tell my brother that if he has the ability, he should send his own men to transport glaze from the Western Region. But don’t blame me for not warning him—the Crown Prince of Xiliang has uprooted most of the spies and secret routes we used last time for transporting glaze. If he is really set on getting glaze, he’ll have to find his own way!"

Watching Xia Zheng alternate between heartache and indifference, Lin Yi’s mouth twitched. The last transport did suffer losses, and with the Crown Prince of Xiliang cunning as a fox, and after he had intercepted a cart of glaze, the next transport would likely be much more troublesome. And Second Young Master Xia, who had myriad tricks up his sleeve, clearly had no intention of helping.

"Yes, Young Master," Lin Yi resignedly bowed with clasped hands, realizing they would have to rely on the Great commander personally.

Just as Lin Yi turned to prepare for returning to the military camp to call for reinforcements, Xia Zheng’s words made him stagger and nearly fall to the ground.

"I hear my brother has a villa with a fine view just outside the city. If we use it for a trade, I might be able to think of another safe route, you know!"

He had his eye on the villa the Great commander had in Linjiang!

Lin Yi felt his whole face twitching. Everyone spoke of the Crown Prince of Xiliang’s cunning, but he felt that Second Young Master Xia was even craftier than a fox!

Meanwhile, back in the cellar, Lin Yuan lay on the ground with two small nails clenched in her mouth. She was holding a small hammer in one hand and a small nail in the other, carefully hammering together a mirror frame.

Xia Zheng leaned against the wall, watching with amusement and teased, "Look at that, what have I got here? Did I marry a wife or did I bring in a chef, a carpenter, and a Think Tank all at once? Haha, I’ve really hit the jackpot!"

Lin Yuan, who was busy hammering nails, twitched and rolled her eyes exaggeratedly, mumbling, "That’s why the dowry is triple!"

"Triple is nothing, I can afford ten times that!" he declared, chuckling as he wobbled over to Lin Yuan, took the hammer and nails from her, and started to hammer at the marked places on the frame.

This was his first time doing a carpenter’s task, but hammering nails was not too difficult, although he needed to be careful not to damage the mirror.

Lin Yuan held her breath in nervousness, the cost of the mirrors equaled the price of twice their cargo of glaze—if one broke, she would surely grieve for days.

"Hey, be careful!"

"Tsk tsk, relax, my skills are definitely up to par, for sure I won’t let you—ouch!"

"Ah! I told you! Be careful, careful, look, you’re still doing it crooked!"

"Don’t rush, let me see! Oh, it’s fine, it’s just a bit crooked, didn’t damage the mirror, thankfully! Ouch, why are you pinching me?"