Quick Wear: The Heirless Boss Wants to Get Close to Her Every Day

Chapter 387 Tall and Capable Hunter vs. Lucky Beauty (22)

"Next, I would like to ask my husband to help me make white sugar."

Shen Shuyi put the white sugar from the funnel into a kraft paper bag. Two pounds of brown sugar yielded about one pound of white sugar.

The two of them processed the remaining eight catties of brown sugar into white sugar in the courtyard. Using the yellow mud water leaching method, they produced about six catties of white sugar from ten catties of brown sugar. They could then sell it and earn at least fifty taels of silver.

It's incredibly profitable! There really is a wealth of knowledge in books. She wants Shushan and Shulan to attend the best schools and also wants her future children to learn the best knowledge.

As the two were sweeping the yard, someone knocked on the gate.

Shen Shuyi looked up at the courtyard and then at Chu Yi, "Who could it be?"

Chu Yi has no relatives. They had only been at the Shen family's house for a short time, so the Shen family probably wouldn't come over, and the villagers wouldn't come near either.

Chu Yi put down the broom. "I'll go take a look."

He opened the courtyard gate and saw several people. Leading them was Lin Xiujin, the young master of the Lin's Trading Company, and his sister Lin Suyao. Behind them were several people carrying large boxes.

Lin Xiujin stepped forward and bowed, "I apologize for disturbing you. I have brought my younger sister to express my gratitude to your wife."

Upon hearing this, Shen Shuyi walked over and was somewhat surprised to see such a large gathering.

Lin Suyao stepped forward and took Shen Shuyi's hand. "Sister Shen, I've come to see you. Is this where you live?"

"May I come in and sit for a while?"

Shen Shuyi looked at Lin Suyao, who was about the same age as Shulan, and smiled as she invited her in, "Come in and have a cup of tea."

She then looked at Lin Xiujin, "Young Master Lin, there's no need to be so polite. It's good that you've come in. I've taken a liking to the young lady today, so it would be inappropriate for me to accept this gift from you."

Chu Yi brought the brewed tea to the stone table by the well in the courtyard. Shen Shuyi cut up a few lye water rice dumplings and then put a dish of freshly made white sugar on the stone table.

Chu Yi glanced at her upon seeing this, and considering the identity of this young master Lin, he immediately understood what his wife was planning.

Lin Xiujin didn't have several large boxes brought in. Instead, he carried a wooden box to Shen Shuyi and said with a smile, "I just heard from the shop assistant that you two wanted to buy icing. You can refuse other gifts, but I hope you will accept this icing."

Over there, Lin Suyao was already eating a rice dumpling dipped in ash water and white sugar. "Wow, it's so delicious! Sister Shen, what kind of snack is this?"

Shen Shuyi still refused, "To be honest, Young Master Lin, I accidentally made white sugar from brown sugar, so I don't need icing sugar anymore."

She sat down opposite Lin Suyao. "These are slices of vegetarian rice dumplings, dipped in white sugar. They're nothing special, it's just that Miss Lin has never eaten them before."

The young lady's zongzi was always filled with generous amounts of filling; she had never tasted such a vegetarian zongzi where even the glutinous rice was so little used.

"But it's delicious!" Lin Suyao ate almost half a plate.

At this moment, Lin Xiujin also saw the so-called "white sugar".

His eyes widened in shock as he picked up a piece of plain rice dumpling, dipped it in sugar, and found that the sugar tasted even better than icing sugar.

"To be honest, I wanted to buy your sugar-making recipe. My Lin family business is headquartered in the capital, but my sister and I came to Yun'an County today because we returned to our hometown to pay respects to our ancestors. I never expected to meet such a wonderful person as Miss Shen."

“If Miss Shen is willing to sell this sugar-making method, I am willing to pay a high price.”

"Ten thousand taels is enough for you to get rid of your current poverty. Even if you move to the capital, you can live a good life."

Shen Shuyi never expected that there would be such a big figure in such a small county town. She originally thought he was just a wealthy merchant in Yun'an County.

Even if she doesn't sell, she's not worried about being secretly killed, since her husband is actually a prince of the current dynasty.

"I don't intend to offer the sugar-making recipe, but I have five catties of white sugar here. I can do business with Young Master Lin. If I get more white sugar in the future, I'll deliver it to Young Master Lin's shop as well, how about that?"

"Although it is a pity, I am honored that Miss Shen is willing to do business with me." Shen Shuyi smiled and looked up at Chu Yi, saying, "Husband, take out the white sugar from the cabinet for Young Master Lin to inspect."

Lin Xiujin readily offered a price: "You have five catties of white sugar here. Lin's Trading Company will offer seventy taels. From now on, however much white sugar you sell, Lin's Trading Company will buy it all."

Shen Shuyi thought for a moment. In this era, one catty was worth sixteen taels of silver. His offer of seventy taels of silver for five catties was quite fair in terms of business.

"Then thank you very much, young master."

Seeing that Lin Suyao was still eating zongzi, she quickly said, "You can't eat too much of these glutinous rice products, or you'll get a bloated stomach."

Lin Suyao had no choice but to put down her chopsticks, but her bright eyes were still fixed on the crystal-clear vegetarian rice dumpling.

Shen Shuyi asked Chu Yi to pack a few for Lin Suyao, saying, "If you don't mind, take a few home to eat."

Lin Suyao beamed with joy, "Thank you so much, Sister Shen!"

Having received a large sum of money, Shen Shuyi was all smiles.

As the Lin siblings were leaving, Lin Xiujin said to Shen Shuyi, "If Miss Shen ever acquires anything rare in the future, feel free to contact me. I will definitely give you the fairest price."

He also handed Shen Shuyi a wooden plaque from the Lin Family Business Company.

Shen Shuyi accepted it, "Thank you, young master."

Having made a fortune, Shen Shuyi and Chu Yi planned to repair their houses. Regardless of whether they left Lihua Village next year, repairing the houses would ensure a good New Year this winter.

Chu Yi agreed, "I'll hire craftsmen; you figure out how to fix it first."

“In our family, we’ll make the outhouse and bathroom bigger, and for my parents’ side, we’ll build a study for Shushan and Shulan, and make two sets of tables and chairs.”

Shen Shuyi felt that the biggest problem was the outhouse. She really couldn't get used to the ancient outhouse, so she simply drew up a blueprint herself and asked the craftsmen to dig a septic tank to make a flush toilet.

The craftsman, who came from the county town, was astonished when he received Shen Shuyi's blueprints. "You can do that?"

"Just tell me if it's possible or not?" Now that the family is making money, we can't be stingy and deprive ourselves of our livelihood.

The craftsman pondered for a moment, "It's possible, but it's no small project, especially considering the labor costs."

Chu Yi said, "Wages are not a problem. Just do your job well first."

When will construction begin?

"It'll be done tomorrow! Tomorrow's an auspicious day to start construction!" the craftsman said, patting his chest.

Shen Shuyi and Chu Yi calculated that the repairs to their two houses would cost more than ten taels of silver.

This is a huge sum of money for ordinary farmers, but Chu Yi and Shen Shuyi both agreed that the money was well spent.

Money can be earned back; life should be lived well.

House renovations are underway, and it's that time of year again for Lihua Village to repair its irrigation canals.

Lihua Village grows rice every year, so the demand for water is huge. However, the irrigation conditions are poor and water is inconvenient to obtain. Every autumn harvest, the irrigation canals have to be dredged.

The village chief organized the young and strong men in the village to repair irrigation canals to control water and prevent drought. Chu Yi, a hunter, was among them.

Early this morning, someone was sent to call Chu Yi to go up the mountain to dig irrigation ditches. It was hard work, and the village chief wouldn't provide meals. Each family had someone deliver food to their relatives on the mountain.

Shen Shuyi felt sorry for Chu Yi, who was repairing the house at home yesterday and went to the mountain to dig a canal today. She planned to cook something delicious and send it to him.