The daughter of a noble family is reborn, and she is doted on by her godmother.

"Ah, the materials here..." Manager Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead and said helplessly, "This rain came suddenly. This batch of materials was supposed to be delivered on time, but it was delayed by the heavy rain. This batch of materials is really delayed now."

"What kind of wood is this?" Yun Yuke asked.

"This is pine... Ah, this batch is cedar, which is relatively moisture-resistant and is commonly used for making furniture. Yun Dong, come to the east wing, there are still some pieces of wood here that can be used to make furniture."

As they spoke, the two entered the east wing, where large quantities of timber were also stored.

"What kind of material is this? It seems a bit different from the ones in the yard?"

Shopkeeper Lin smiled and said, "This is some top-grade rosewood I've stocked up on. Mr. Yun, since you're making furniture for your child, I highly recommend this kind of material. Although it's more expensive, it's truly top-quality. And the wood inside hasn't gotten damp yet. I'll have someone deliver it to your residence."

"Redwood, ah, although I've never seen or used it before, I know it's definitely top-quality. So naturally I should pay for it. How could I possibly trouble you to spend so much?"

Yun Yuke reached out and touched the materials. Piles of wood were neatly stacked in the room, all of them uncut and unpolished logs.

What's even more astonishing is that all of these materials are perfectly straight, without a single one crooked or twisted. This suggests that the quality of these materials must be quite good, and that collecting them must have been quite difficult.

Yun Yuke glanced around the room and found that there were about a hundred pieces of fabric, though there might be some discrepancies.

"Boss Yun is a kind and helpful person who has done me a favor. It's just a few pieces of wood. Don't worry, I'll deliver it to your home tomorrow. You can make more furniture for your child."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Manager Lin, Yun Yuke felt embarrassed to say anything more and reluctantly accepted Manager Lin's kindness.

Under Yun Yuke's deliberate insistence, the two went back and forth in the other rooms, looked around, and took notes on the approximate inventory of the place.

When the two returned to the main hall, Yun Qingjin had changed her position and was curled up on her side on the bed. Hearing Yun Yuke return, she got up and rushed into Yun Yuke's arms.

"Where am I? I'm scared."

Yun Qingjin's current body still has an uncontrollable childlike voice when she speaks, and even when she tries to lower her voice, it doesn't sound like a boy's voice.

"So you adopted a little girl. I thought it was a boy." Manager Lin was taken aback at first, but then he understood.

You can't expect a single woman to raise a little boy.

"That's right, we'd like to travel light when we go out, it'll be more convenient."

Seeing that Yun Qingjin had regained consciousness, and that the little girl tugged at her clothes and winked at her, Yun Yuke understood the current situation.

"It's not good to stay too long. Now that the child is awake, Manager Lin, thank you for taking me in. Remember that I ordered wood from you to make furniture. When you need money, remember to go to the Yun residence to get the money. Don't be too polite with me, let's settle accounts clearly."

Yun Yuke stuck to her principles and didn't want to say anything more. She led Yun Qingjin out, and the two rode away on horseback.

"Qingqing, did you find anything?" After the two walked away and saw that no one was around, Yun Yuke asked.

"I've made a discovery, Mother. There was a stack of notebooks in the drawer of the cabinet in the main room. They look a bit like the account books that Sister Yuanchen showed us in the manor. Could they be account books?"

Yun Qingjin did not forget her own setting. Although she herself could recognize things like account books, she was only five years old and could only identify items based on her past impressions.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Qingqing. We've gained something here. We'll discuss it with your sister Yuan Chen when we get back."

“Mother, I just saw a piece of scrap paper on the table in his room. It was an order form. It looked like it was for the county government. I saw the words ‘county government’ on it. Teacher Zhu taught me those words before.”

Yun Qingjin was quite nervous while she was in the room, so she could only quickly glance at the contents and try to memorize them.

The topmost slip reads: "Ten pieces ordered by the county government. Standard material."

Yun Qingjin explained what she had just seen to Yun Yuke based on her current level of knowledge.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mother. I basically understand. Standard material? What does that mean? Why is it called standard material?"

"Mother, I have a question. Won't the timber there get damp when it's all piled up together?" Although Yun Qingjin didn't do anything particularly specialized in her previous life, she still managed the entire household.

Her dowry also included precious woods, and there were specific requirements for storing those materials; they absolutely could not be stored outdoors for too long.

The timber in that yard didn't look quite right at first glance, especially the timber left out in the open – it absolutely shouldn't be stored like that.

"Mother, I don't know if you can smell it, but there's a musty smell in his yard, it smells awful."

Yun Yuke nodded. "It does smell musty. I thought the smell was stronger in the yard, but I didn't expect you to smell it inside the house as well."

Can moldy materials be used to make furniture or houses?

Of course not, Yun Qingjin knew this principle, but she still had to pretend to be a five-year-old child and use questions to prompt and remind him.

“Of course not.” Yun Yuke laughed. “So that’s how it is. I think I guessed it.”

"What? Mother, Qingqing wants to know too."

"Mother is just guessing, but she feels it's probably about right." Yun Yuke combined what she saw with the contents of the account book to make her deduction.

First, if that warehouse is the only warehouse, then the conditions for storing timber in that warehouse are completely substandard and it cannot be considered a standard warehouse.

The large quantity of timber stored in the yard was basically soaked by rainwater, and in principle, it should never be sold again.

But when I saw it in the yard, some of the timber seemed to be being packed and tied up, as if it was about to be transported away.

This shows that the materials here will still be sold. It's not that they won't be sold at all.

The second strange thing was the "standard material" label. When delivering timber to the county government, one couldn't possibly pass off inferior goods as superior ones.

Considering the condition of the yard, this is naturally the most appropriate explanation for the standard material.

If Lin's Timber Shop's way of reducing costs is to take water-soaked timber, do some simple treatment, and then sell it, or to sell other substandard timber, then there will naturally be problems.

This explains why there was a problem with the ledger.

The ledgers were written specifically to pass inspections, so they naturally overlooked the true buying and selling activities.

"Although Mother is probably thinking about the same thing now, it's a pity that we don't have any concrete evidence right now, so your sister Yuan Chen will probably still be disappointed."

During the previous discussions, Yuan Chen hoped to find corresponding evidence to prove that Manager Lin had falsified accounts and concealed the true sales situation.

However, given the current situation, although many things can be deduced, finding concrete evidence is still extremely difficult.

In this era, although there are relevant policies to protect the interests of businessmen in economic crimes, in reality, it still depends on how local officials decide to sentence them.

"Were the timbers that Manager Lin sold before also problematic? If we bought this kind of timber to build a house, it would smell terrible."

Yun Qingjin also realized that while they could prove the other party possessed such material, they couldn't prove that the other party had actually sold it, nor could they prove that he had sold a lot of it.

I wonder how many people bought this stuff.

"Actually, besides the musty smell, I also smelled another special smell, which felt like a faint grassy smell. I don't know what it is."

After hearing this, Yun Yuke seemed to remember something, and some familiar words from before came back to her mind.

"Oh no!" Yun Yuke slapped her forehead, remembering something. "Qingqing, let's not go back to the city yet. Let's go to Huanghua Village first!"