Forcing me to keep vigil for your childhood sweetheart? Then I'll leave you.

Listening to Lin Yi's words, Hong Xuanji touched the cloth in his hand again.

This cloth is truly unique.

It is not as rough as linen or mulberry cloth, nor as soft as silk, and has a unique feel.

“That’s the wool cloth we make!”

"Send it to the border as military supplies."

Suddenly, Hong Xuanji was shocked.

He immediately smelled the cloth and found no smell of mutton. He then asked, "Why doesn't woolen cloth smell of mutton?"

"It takes a lot of effort to turn wool into cloth. No businessman would do this business lightly."

"Besides, it's not easy to remove the mutton smell from wool!"

In short, Hong Xuanji didn't believe that the cloth in his hand was woolen cloth!

"If you don't believe me, Boss Hong, you can take a look."

Lin Yi slowly took out the certificate.

This was given to him by Prince Qing specifically to guard him against villains.

The seal of Prince Qing’s Mansion is above, no need to say more!

Hong Xuanji's face looked very ugly.

He knew that even if Lin Yi could cheat and deceive, Prince Qing was not someone who could be easily fooled.

Prince Qing commands a large army and has made great military achievements over the years. He cares deeply about the army and would never be easily deceived by someone like Lin Yi.

There was an awkward silence in the room.

"They both destroyed military supplies and should be imprisoned according to the law."

"If I hadn't just paid the compensation, Boss Hong probably wouldn't have seen them!"

Lin Yi's words broke the silence and made Hong Xuanji's face even uglier.

"Daddy, don't listen to him!"

"shut up!"

In anger, Hong Xuanji slapped Hong Xuejiao, "Lin Yi took such good care of you, and you still want to frame him?"

"If Lin Yi hadn't let go, both of you would have been thrown into death row!"

When Hong Xuanji scolded her, Hong Xuejiao covered her hand and said nothing.

He looked at Liu Yu again, "You're a man who confuses right and wrong. The Hong family has raised you in vain. Get out of here now!"

"Master Hong, I...I know I was wrong!"

Liu Yu knelt down instantly.

"Dad, it's not his fault. Is it true that Lin Yi did nothing wrong to leave things outdoors?"

"We didn't mean it!"

Even now, Hong Xuejiao is still pleading for Liu Yu.

"Since you admit your mistake, you should pay the money."

Lin Yi looked at Liu Yu and said, "You set the fire. After all these days, you should have raised some money, right?"

"It's not me! It's her..."

"She wants to eat game!"

"She's the one who's going to be around here..."

When Liu Yu heard that he had to pay the money himself, he was so scared that he directly put all the blame on Hong Xuejiao.

"Daddy, I will pay for it."

There was a hint of disappointment on Hong Xuejiao's face, but who made her love Liu Yu?

"That's it!"

Hong Xuanji snorted coldly and took out a five-hundred-liang silver note from his pocket, "Lin Yi, I'll compensate you for this money."

Just when Hong Xuejiao and Liu Yu were showing their joy, they saw Hong Xuanji slap Hong Xuejiao again, "If there is such a shameful thing in the future, you will handle it yourself."

"And you, Liu Yu, if it weren't for my daughter, I would have made you sleep on the streets today!"

As he said that, Hong Xuanji slapped Liu Yu twice more.

"Lin Yi, I gave him the money and taught him a lesson."

"Let's end this matter."

Hearing this, Lin Yi nodded slightly, "Let's end it here. I don't want to have anything to do with them either."

Seeing Lin Yi throw the two IOUs into the fire and burn them, Hong Xuanji angrily took Hong Xuejiao and Liu Yu and left Niujia Village.

"Xiaomei, how's the woolen cloth business going?"

After taking a deep breath to adjust his mood, Lin Yi asked slowly.

"Master, after removing the five hundred feet that were burned, the total length has now reached fifteen hundred feet."

Xiaomei replied, "If we work hard in the last few days, we should be able to reach three thousand feet."

"Then continue."

Lin Yi said this, looking at the five hundred taels of silver in his hand.

After receiving the compensation, he began to think about how to use the money.

We have made a lot of money by selling woolen cloth as a military supplies business, so we should continue to do the military supplies business.

After thinking for a long time, I still had the money, but I had no idea what to do.

"Does that mean we can only focus on the woolen cloth business?"

He put the money in his arms and muttered to himself.

"Master, it's time to eat noodles."

"This was just sent by the villagers!"

Xiaomei came in with two bowls of noodles. "They made these with flour themselves. They're so chewy!"

Looking at the meat soup noodles in front of him, Lin Yi suddenly had an idea.

Today's marching rations are mostly flatbread and dried meat, which at most can keep you from feeling hungry.

But if you want to say it’s delicious or satisfying... who wants to eat flatbread and dried meat every day?

While slurping the noodles, Lin Yi's thoughts spread, and some memories of the original owner also flooded into his mind.

He vaguely remembered that Yihongyuan seemed to have made something similar to instant noodles before.

Probably a few years ago, there seemed to be a big fire near Yihongyuan.

Large areas of houses were affected and engulfed in flames. The fire burned for three days before it was finally extinguished.

The victims were starving, but Yihongyuan was the first to distribute some so-called noodles.

It's not handmade noodles, but... some noodles that can be eaten after being boiled in water...

"instant noodles……"

Lin Yi muttered to himself while eating noodles.

"Xiaomei, can you go to Yihongyuan?"

These words made Xiaomei, who had just eaten the noodles, spit out laughter instantly.

"Master, I'm a woman, how can I go to Yihong Courtyard?"

Xiaomei looked embarrassed. "Besides, the young master never went to Yihongyuan before. Why did he suddenly..."

"Do you still remember the fire at Yihongyuan a few years ago?"

"It seems that Yihongyuan has distributed a lot of food."

Lin Yi asked thoughtfully, wanting to "check" his memory with Xiaomei.

"Of course, if the young master hadn't taken me in after the fire, I'm afraid... I don't know where I am now..."

Xiaomei's eyes became moist when she recalled the sad things.

In that fire, her parents and younger brother were all killed, leaving her alone and helpless.

If Lin Yi hadn't taken her in, she would probably... have sold herself to a brothel...

"Do you remember what you ate?"

"It's a kind of noodle, right?"

Lin Yi asked.

"Can not remember……"

Xiaomei shook her head repeatedly.

"Take this money and say you're curious about the kitchen at Yihongyuan and want to learn more about it."

As Lin Yi spoke, he handed Xiaomei a twenty-tael silver note.

"Master, I really can't go to Yihongyuan."

"This is where men go!"

Xiaomei shook her head. "If it's not necessary, you should go in person."

"No."

"Please help me find out first."

Lin Yi shook his head and said, "After that... I'll go by myself."

He hadn't confirmed the instant noodles yet. "As long as there's dry noodles, it'll be fine. I just need to confirm it and bring it back."

Hearing that the task was simple, Xiaomei nodded slightly.

Looking at the sound of Xiaomei leaving, Lin Yi sighed. If he knew how to make instant noodles, he wouldn't have to care about Yihongyuan at all!

Unexpectedly, the villagers came before Xiaomei came back.

"Boss Lin, it's bad, Xiaomei is injured!"