Chapter 203: Chapter 203: Indeed, No Lies Chapter 203: Chapter 203: Indeed, No Lies Even if there was a huge block of ice inside, should it not have melted in half a month? Could it possibly be thousand-year-old ice dug from a snow mountain?
“Why not just open them up to see what’s inside?” Lin Caisang looked interestedly at those grass nets, she suggested.
Before long, all the grass nets in the silkworm rooms were moved out.
When the grass nets were removed from the silkworm rooms, the temperatures began to rise thanks to the heat from the charcoal. The silkworm babies also started to have the energy to eat the mulberry leaves.
Meanwhile, in the yard, all the grass nets were piled up together. Several women started to untie the bundles to inspect them, revealing frosty, snow-white silkworm cocoons from within them.
Lin Caisang held one in her palm. It felt as if her palm was about to freeze, and she could not help but shiver from the cold.
The next second, Ya Molian had returned the silkworm cocoon in her palm back to the bamboo basket.
He warned Lin Caisang before looking at the man in black.
“Zhen Wu, clear all these things out and burn them away.”
“What do you mean burn them?!”
Before Zhen Wu could reply, Lin Caisang’s voice rang out in shock, so he looked at her perplexedly.
“Miss Lin, this thing has hurt many people, doesn’t it need to be destroyed?”
He had lost two batches of silkworms because of these things. The first batch was almost ready to cocoon. The third one was also nearly destroyed because of them. How could he quell his anger if he didn’t destroy them?
Lin Caisang widened her eyes. She gave Zhen Wu a harsh glare before turning her gaze towards Ya Molian.
“This is something rare and valuable. It would be a shame to waste them. If you don’t want them, I do. Pack them all up for me, I will take them away soon.”
Ya Molian frowned as he looked at Lin Caisang.
“Do you know what these are?”
“Of course, they’re valuable goods,” Lin Caisang nodded.
How could she not know about Ice Silkworms? She’d heard they were precious creatures that only lived on snow-capped mountains. Many people risked climbing the treacherous peaks in hopes of finding a single cocoon. But now, there were so many of them. This was a rare opportunity indeed.
“Ice silkworms aren’t really worth anything,” Ya Molian calmly explained.
He had seen brocades woven from ice silkworm silk. They were beautiful to look at and felt pleasant to touch. However, the price and the actual usefulness didn’t measure up. They were just a frivolous luxury for the wealthy to flaunt their riches.
“Raising ice silkworms is difficult. I still have no idea what the ice silkworms eat.”
He only knew that ice silkworms didn’t eat mulberry leaves or any kind of leaves at all. As for what exactly they did eat, he had no clue. Naturally, those who had managed to successfully raise ice silkworms wouldn’t disclose their secrets to outsiders. It was a potential gold mine after all.
“Just because you can’t raise them doesn’t mean I can’t,” Lin Caisang replied with an irritated glance at him. Was she incapable of doing something just because others couldn’t do it?
“I will take all these away later, not leaving even one behind. Zhen Wu, didn’t you mention that other households are dealing with the same situation?”
Zhen Wu was left speechless by her audacious words. He sneakily glanced at his own master.
Ya Molian simply nodded his head and issued the two-word order.
He had heard from Zhe Jue that their master had been indulging a young girl to the point of being lawless lately. At first, he didn’t believe it. But seeing things for himself, he had to admit that Zhe Jue hadn’t lied.