Transmigrated To Ancient Time: Thrive With An Auction System!-Chapter 194: Homemade Compressed Biscuits ( 2 )

Even if she didn’t care about her reputation, Wang Wuniang couldn’t tarnish Fu Chen’an’s reputation. No matter what, it was thanks to him that her husband was able to return home safely during the battle against the barbarians.

Her husband had told her everything. While Yao Zhi didn’t say anything about this matter to her, she still had to keep this life-saving grace in mind.

Since she couldn’t bring herself to befriend Yao Zhi, she would just avoid having a conflict with her. This way, their husbands’ relationship wouldn’t be affected, and they didn’t have to force themselves to get close to each other.

Reaching this conclusion, she gave another glance at Yao Zhi’s home before she went into her room.

Not knowing about her husband’s good deed, Yao Zhi was getting ready to sleep. As she lay on the bed, she opened the system’s shop and browsed the fabric section.

Since she couldn’t use plastic to store the biscuits, she could only use fabric. But coarse cloth was not suitable, and silk was too expensive.

She browsed for a while and stopped at linen fabric. She read the information, and her gaze stopped at the sentence, "Wicks moisture and dries quickly."

Not only could it absorb moisture, which was good for keeping the biscuits dry, it was also highly durable and easy to wash. Since linen looked similar to silk, she decided to buy a roll of it. A roll of linen cost her 300 points.

The total length of one roll was 100 meters, with a width of 240 centimeters. The fabric was also denser. Overall, this was a good-quality fabric.

After she bought the linen, she finally let out a sigh and closed the system. Soon after, she fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, Yao Zhi woke up at dawn. After washing up and feeding her pets and mounts, she went to the back of the kitchen to check on the biscuits.

Even with the oven’s door being slightly open the entire night, the inside of the mud oven was still warm. She took out the trays from the oven and transferred the biscuits to bamboo trays. Then, she put the bamboo trays on the bamboo racks.

While she left the biscuits to cool down, she went to boil a pot of water for drinking before she watered her vegetable gardens and apricot trees.

When she was done, she went to the kitchen and took out the ceramic vats from the system’s farmland.

Using a long wooden paddle, she stirred the apricot wine for a while. Then, she covered the mouths of the ceramic vats with cloth, closed the lids, and stored them back in the system’s farmland.

Since the wine was stored in the system’s farmland, she didn’t have to seal the lids. After all, even when the wine was exposed to air and fermented longer than it should, it wouldn’t spoil. Instead, the taste would get better.

After she finished her morning routine, Yao Zhi noticed that the apricots had ripened. It had been more than 3 months since she planted these trees.

Normally, the peak time to enjoy apricots is from June to August. Right now, the season for apricots should have passed. But even in the 12th month, the apricots still looked as good as during their peak season.

Recalling the information about her apricot trees, Yao Zhi muttered softly, "I should stop watering them with spiritual spring water for now."

If people noticed that her apricot trees bore fruit the whole year, she wouldn’t be able to explain it. Fortunately, people rarely visited her home, so no one noticed.

With this thought, she quickly went to get a bamboo basket and started picking the apricots. When the bamboo basket was full, she stored the fruits in her system’s orchard.

Since they were not planted in the system’s orchard, the fruits couldn’t be stored in the warehouse. In the end, she could only place the apricots on the ground near the warehouse.

While Yao Zhi was busy working, news came from De Long City. The letter was sent directly to the General’s mansion.

At noon, the messenger arrived and was led directly by Steward Han to the front-yard main hall. When they entered the hall, Xue Ya’er was already waiting inside.

Seeing them coming, Chun Hua glanced at the maidservants. Receiving the hint, they retreated from the room, leaving the four of them alone.

After the maidservants left, the messenger kneeled on one knee, cupped his fists, bowed his head, and said, "Greetings, Madam."

Raising her hand, Xue Ya’er said, "No need for formality."

The messenger stood up and took out a letter from his clothes. "Madam, this is a letter from the Duke of Zhenguo."

"Bring it over."

At her words, Chun Hua walked over and took the letter. Then, she returned to Xue Ya’er’s side and handed it to her with both hands.

Xue Ya’er checked the seal. Only when she was sure that it had not been tampered with did she open the letter. After she read it, a smile appeared on her face.

Seeing this, Steward Han asked, "Madam, is there good news?"

Xue Ya’er nodded and replied, "It is indeed good news. Thanks to the Sha Wu Hen powder given by Young Master Lei, the Duke of Zhenguo’s fief was able to avoid the calamity. Although there were some losses, they were minimal."

After she said this, the messenger finally added, "Madam, to thank Young Master Lei, the Duke of Zhenguo also sent over a reward."

When he finished speaking, he opened his leather bag and took out a wooden box. He handed the box to Steward Han.

Judging from the weight, Steward Han could guess that it must be money. He placed the box on the table and opened it. The moment the lid was lifted, they were surprised to see a set of intricate, beautifully carved jade ornaments.

Besides two jade disks with taotie and kirin carvings, there were also two jade tubes with flower patterns, seven jade pendants, three jade thumb rings, and two polished jade balls the size of an adult man’s fist.