The Transmigrated Farm Girl Has a Cheat Code

Chapter 106 An Ruyue

Lin Yan burned glass mirrors for three days in a row. With the new template, she could make several at once.

She installed one on her cabinet door, and Li Zhongwei managed to persuade Li Deshan to make him a frame, and happily moved the mirror into the house.

Lin Yan made several more copies: one for her parents' room, one for Lin Yu, one for Xiao Jingzhi, and one for Li Xiaocao.

While Lin Yan was making it, Xiao Jingzhi helped out and learned to do it as well.

I was still quite shocked when I saw the materials she used to make the silver coating.

"You...you made this?!"

"Yup!"

After pausing for a moment, Xiao Jingzhi covered his nose with a handkerchief and said, "Let's continue!"

Seeing his distressed expression, Lin Yan couldn't help but laugh. "Hahaha, why didn't you ask them to come and help? You actually had His Highness the Crown Prince come and do this with me."

"I asked them to help Doctor Li. Doctor Li said he wanted to dig a plot of land to plant medicinal herbs. Chen Feng is loosening the soil for him, and Chen Shuo is taking him up the mountain."

"Growing medicinal herbs?"

"Hmm, they say it's herbs, but I think it's probably some rare medicinal materials, otherwise they wouldn't have bothered to grow them," Xiao Jingzhi paused his work and guessed.

He said with some emotion, "This approach is so complicated, how did you come up with it?"

"It wasn't something I came up with myself; it was all based on information from the book, which I figured out through trial and error."

"But I've never heard of such a thing appearing before," Xiao Jingzhi muttered softly. However, considering that Lin Yan had many secrets, he didn't ask any further questions.

Lin Yan: "How are your glass items selling in Daliang?"

"It's not bad. The main thing is that the caravans bought it and transported it into Daliang. It's not that Liulifang sold it to outsiders. Although not many people know that I am the behind-the-scenes owner of Liulifang, there are still some people who know. My identity is still not good for me to have too much trade with Daliang."

Lin Yan nodded in understanding, recalling their previous conversation, "You said Liulichang belongs to your mother, so she's also in business?"

Xiao Jingzhi paused slightly upon hearing this, then said, "Yes, she used to... come to Daye specifically to learn the art of glassmaking. Later, she opened her own workshop, modified many of the production methods, and created glass in various colors and styles. The glass produced by her workshop surpassed all other products on the market, and her business grew larger and larger."

Lin Yan exclaimed in admiration, "Excellent!"

Xiao Jingzhi chuckled softly, "Mm."

His eyes were filled with both nostalgia and longing. "However, I never had the chance to see her stunning beauty; I can only piece together her image from what others have told me."

Lin Yan was taken aback. "Never seen him before?" She remembered Li Zhongwei saying that the poison in his body came from his mother, and realized that Xiao Jingzhi's mother might have died when he was born. She felt a mix of emotions.

Xiao Jingzhi seemed to be talking to himself, "If she hadn't married my father, she would definitely be a legendary figure in Daye now, able to make her business famous throughout the country."

Lin Yan's eyes flickered as she listened quietly to him. "She must be a very smart person!"

Xiao Jingzhi's lips curved into a smile. "It seems so."

"Therefore, she knows very well what she wants, and whatever choice she makes is what she wants. I think your father and she must have a very deep relationship, and she will not regret her choice."

Xiao Jingzhi felt a little dejected, and calmly recounted, "Perhaps. Father Emperor was a very ordinary person. If he had just been an ordinary rich young master, he and Mother would have been very happy."

"In terms of emotions, my father was an ordinary man who only wanted to spend his life with his wife, but his status made it difficult for him to have his wish fulfilled."

"He rarely mentioned my mother in front of me. It wasn't until my coming-of-age ceremony, when my father gave me the courtesy name Huai'an, that I realized he hadn't let go of his resentment for the past twenty years. Because my mother's name was An Ruyue,"

"Actually, Father Emperor was not a very qualified emperor. At least in terms of making Daye stronger, he was not as good as Uncle. His civil and military achievements were not outstanding, which is why Uncle was always resentful. During Father Emperor's reign, Daye was weak. He refused to form marriage alliances with aristocratic families, which led to instability in the court. That's why Aunt sacrificed herself and married far away to Daliang."

"So what if they're royalty? They're just all trapped in different cages."

Lin Yan sat quietly to one side and said, "The thing we can't choose is our birth. The only way to break free from the shackles of our birth is to be strong enough."

Xiao Jingzhi smiled and looked at Lin Yan, "That's right."

“Sometimes I feel that you are a lot like my mother. I think she might also be like that, strategizing and planning. But sometimes you are not quite like her. My mother is a very strong-willed person, but you give me the feeling of a calmness that comes from seeing through everything.”

Lin Yan laughed heartily, "Perhaps I haven't become indifferent, I just don't have such high expectations!"

Xiao Jingzhi lowered his eyes and said softly, "That's fine too. Living here peacefully is good enough."

……

"Son!"

"Son!"

Chen Shuo's shout interrupted their conversation.

"Look what I caught!"

Chen Shuo ran over carrying a dead gray wolf and threw it hard on the ground. "Last time on the mountain, this was the thing that hurt your leg. And now I've run into another one, and it even dared to attack me!"

Xiao Jingzhi stared at the gray wolf at his feet for a while, "Is Doctor Li alright?"

Chen Shuo looked up and said, "He's fine! It was just a little wolf. I took care of it easily and didn't let it touch Doctor Li at all!"

"Mm." Xiao Jingzhi nodded.

Thinking about it, he said with some concern, "There are quite a few wild animals on this mountain. Won't it be dangerous for you to stay here?"

Lin Yan pondered for a moment, "I often go to the nearby mountains, but I haven't seen them much."

"However, just in case, after we finish cleaning the house, I still have everyone put up a fence around the foot of the mountain, just to be safer."

Chen Shuo: "You can ask Doctor Li. He seems to have some kind of medicinal powder that can repel wild animals. He even had me sprinkle it on myself when we went up the mountain today, but I don't know if it actually works."

Xiao Jingzhi said, "Why don't you keep a dog in the yard? Your house is too conspicuous in the village, and you have too much stuff. Keeping a dog can help guard the house."

Lin Yan's eyes lit up: "That makes sense! I'll go ask if anyone has a puppy recently."

Lin Yan asked Zhang Qingfeng to inquire about it.

Zhang Qingfeng pondered, "Little dog, I haven't heard anything about it lately..."

Li Yulin looked up. "A puppy. I know! The Chuan family just got a new one; they said my sister-in-law brought it home."

Lin Yan raised an eyebrow. "Chuanjia? Isn't that the one who married Zhang Yuxin before? Li Yulin is indeed related to Ge Chuanjia."

"You brought it back from Zhangjiawan?"

Li Yulin nodded. "Yes."

Lin Yan: "Then I'll ask Zhang Peng. He's from Zhangjiawan!"

……

"puppy……"

“There was indeed a family that had a litter of puppies a month ago. They even asked me if I wanted them, but I didn’t think I had time to deal with it, so I didn’t.”

"Miss Lin, would you like a dog?" Zhang Peng asked.

"Yes. We've got so much stuff in the house, we need to get one to guard it!"

Zhang Peng readily agreed, "Okay, I'll go back and ask tonight if they have any left. If they do, I'll bring them back for you tomorrow!"

Lin Yan smiled and said, "Thank you so much, Brother Zhang Peng!"

Zhang Peng: "Hey! It's nothing! Miss Lin, you don't need to be so polite."