The Transmigrated Farm Girl Has a Cheat Code

Chapter 39 The Plum Wine is a Success

Lin Yan ate with her head down, her tone indifferent, "Her affairs have nothing to do with me. We cut ties with the Lin family a long time ago."

Fu Bo recalled the way Old Madam Lin and Lin He Rui treated him when he was at the Lin family's house last time, as if their own son and granddaughter were adopted. He couldn't help but look at Lin Yan with pity.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I don't care about their attitude!" Lin Yan rolled her eyes speechlessly.

She genuinely didn't care about the Lin family's attitude. After all, she never considered them family and had no expectations of them. She was only considering Lin's father's feelings; otherwise, she would have already taught them a lesson.

"Lin He Rui just came to the street to cause trouble for Lin Yan. How dare she claim kinship!" Li Xiaocao snorted and recounted what had just happened on the street.

Fu Bo only then learned about this. No wonder Lin He Rui didn't come to see him today; she had gone to cause trouble for Lin Yan.

"I see, then I won't be polite next time!"

"Oh, right. There's one more thing." Fu Bo pulled a piece of paper from his sleeve, which was covered with writing.

“These are the chairs I took earlier. I gave my niece a rocking chair, and many of her friends saw them and wanted one too, so I had her write down the locations and quantities. My dad also thought the recliner was very comfortable and easy to take out, so he wanted to give it to his old friend. I wrote that down too.”

"So many! You're practically a walking advertisement!"

Fu Bo scratched his head and took out five taels of silver. "They want it. Here's the money. I'll pay you directly. Just send it over when you're done!"

"Okay!" Lin Yan looked at the pile of papers and thought: Can my dad finish all of this? Won't he get exhausted? Maybe we should find a helper!

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Evening, at the Lin family home.

"Sis! I caught a fish this time!" Lin Yu ran towards the kitchen with a bucket in hand, his face beaming with joy.

"Not bad, all this time I've taught you has paid off," Lin Yan said, praising Lin Yu as she looked at the two large fish in the bucket.

"I happen to have two! Today I'll make one boiled fish and one braised fish chunks! One spicy and one sweet!"

"Ayu, go to the vegetable garden and pick two vegetables to put in the boiled fish."

Then he looked at Li Xiaocao, who was chatting and eating melon with Lin's mother, and said, "Li Xiaocao! Come over here and scrape the fish scales, don't just stand there eating melon!"

Li Xiaocao quickly finished the piece of melon in her hand and came over, saying, "Coming, coming!"

"I'm going to have a delicious meal again today!"

After the dishes were cooked, everyone brought them to the table. Lin Yan remembered the plum wine she had made earlier, which had been brewing for a month. She wondered if it had been successful.

She walked to where the wine was kept, opened a jar, and as soon as she opened the lid, the aroma of wine wafted out. The wine was a light amber color. Lin Yan poured a little into a bowl. The wine was clear, slightly sweet and sour with a slight astringency, and carried the fragrance of plums. The mellow wine flavor spread in her mouth, and after swallowing, her throat felt slightly warm, bringing a pleasant feeling.

"It seems to have been a success. We can make another batch in the next couple of days and sell them then!" Lin Yan carried the wine jar into the house.

"Try the plum wine I made earlier!"

"Plum wine! This is the plum wine I spent all night making!" Lin Yu jumped over. "I was wondering why I hadn't seen it after I finished making it! I thought it had failed!"

Lin Yan took a few bowls and poured wine for everyone. Neither Lin's mother nor Li Xiaocao usually drank, and Lin Yu had never drunk alcohol before. However, Lin's father, smelling the aroma, looked completely intoxicated. "This wine is good! It's just that the color is a bit strange!"

"Mom, you can have some too! This wine isn't too strong. After soaking the fruit in the wine, the water in the fruit will come out, and the alcohol content will decrease."

Lin Yu didn't need to be persuaded; he had already picked up the bowl and started tasting it. "Wow, it's a little sweet and sour, and it makes my throat feel a little hot."

"Yes! There's a hint of fruit in the wine. It has a long finish." Mr. Lin savored the wine with satisfaction; none of the wines he had tasted before seemed to offer such a pleasant experience.

"Hmm, I think it's good too, but it's a bit spicy." Li Xiaocao took a sip and felt her nose clear up.

"The jar hasn't been open long enough yet. If it's steeped for a few more months, the flavor will be smoother." Lin Yan also took a sip to taste it. The wine was still a bit strong and didn't blend well with the plum flavor.

"Then you must save some! Save a jar for me too! I'll let my dad try it when I get back!"

"That's easy, we'll make another batch tomorrow! This time, we'll make a lot more!" Lin Yan thought that she needed to buy wine first, then some jars, sugar, green plums, and she could also optimize her distillation equipment. The green plums didn't matter; she could always use her special abilities.

"By the way, Dad, Fu Bo gave me some chair orders today. I think it's a bit too many. You and Mom probably can't make them all by yourselves. Why don't we find a carpenter to help us?"

"Let's talk about it later. We can handle it ourselves. If we're going to find someone, we need to find someone trustworthy." After thinking for a while, Lin's father refused Lin Yan's offer.

"Once we've done some work during this period, we can start delivering! I can hire someone to go up the mountain to cut some timber for me, so I don't have to go myself."

Lin Yan didn't say anything more. She roughly understood that her father was worried about the design being exposed. She didn't think it was a big deal, because although the style of these furniture pieces seemed novel now, they were not complicated. As long as they sold a lot, other carpenters would definitely figure it out, and then it wouldn't be just their company selling them.

Whether it's dried fruit or furniture, these businesses aren't long-term. Dried fruit has to be sold seasonally, and small furniture workshops can't grow big. But they're in a hurry to save money to build a house, so they don't care about long-term prospects; they'll just make money first.

She had inquired and learned that building a brick house with three main rooms and two side rooms would cost one hundred taels of silver. If she wanted a larger one, she would need to prepare two hundred taels, not to mention the interior decoration! She wanted a charming country courtyard that was warm in winter and cool in summer, not too simple!

After deducting the cost of buying land and other expenses, she had 30 taels left from selling the Ganoderma lucidum. She earned 25 taels from selling dried fruit this month, and now she's making even more, selling 8 taels of silver at a time. If she sells for another half month, she can earn 40 taels. Her father has earned 20 taels from making furniture recently, and with this batch of orders, he can earn another 20 taels. But this is still a bit short of her goal.

If it were just a few jars of plum wine, good wine could indeed fetch a good price if it met someone who knew its value. But now the brewing time is too short to sell it, and I would have to wait several more months, so it won't work.

Lin Yan's head throbbed with worry. It seemed that building a house was always a huge expense, no matter the dynasty or era! She needed to find another way to raise the money.

However, there are good things too. At least for now, we don't have to worry about land. We can build wherever we want and plant whatever we want on these twenty acres!

Lin Yan was lying in bed at night browsing through her online space when she suddenly saw the jewelry in the box.

"That's right!" Lin Yan suddenly realized, "These must have been quite valuable in ancient times."

Thinking of this, Lin Yan almost wanted to slap her head. Since she transmigrated, she hadn't taken good care of herself, and these things in her space hadn't been used at all. She had completely forgotten about them and had only thought about what to eat all day!

They also have their own special abilities, which can be used not only to grow fruit trees, but also for other things!