He has a spatial ability and saves three children on his escape route.

Chapter 247 Retirement Life Is No Longer Possible

"Mother, Uncle Jinxuan said that the serialized stories in the newspaper are almost used up, and Madam Yu said that you haven't given her the new design drawings for this season yet. Also, someone from the dye house came to ask Uncle for new patterns..."

Nangong Wenrui's words turned Wen Yuxia's smile into a bitter face. Serialized stories were coming to her for ideas: clothing designs, fabric dyeing patterns, new fruit wine recipes, and even the Royal Pharmaceutical Factory was asking her to formulate new pills.

Sighing, her retirement life was off to be over. Having only been bedridden for a few days, Wen Yuxia walked miserably towards the study: "Cheng'er, go see your father. I'll prepare what Zhang Jinxuan and the others need as soon as possible."

When Nangong Youcheng returned to the old house, he heard that Nangong Youqi had given up the method of glassmaking, and that he had obtained the only vacant elder position in the Nangong family.

The Nangong family has a total of nine elders. As long as the elder does not make any mistakes, the position of elder can be passed on to his or her descendants. The elder lineage holds a position in the family second only to the direct line.

Decades ago, Nangong Yangjian expelled an elder who had committed a grave error, reducing the number of elders from nine to eight. Nangong Youqi then offered up his glass-making method, thus securing the vacant elder position.

There is an age limit for becoming an elder of the Nangong family. Only those who are twenty-five years old can become an elder of the Nangong family. Nangong Youqi is still young, so he can only become the ninth elder of the Nangong family when he turns twenty-five.

The method of firing glass was ostensibly developed by Nangong Youqi, but it was actually provided by Wen Yuxia. Nangong Youcheng greatly admired Wen Yuxia, who found a way to elevate Nangong Youqi's status in a short period of time.

Nangong Wenrui and Nangong Youqi have been staying in Liulichang for the past few days. Today marks the first successful firing of Liuli glass. Nangong Yangjian and the elders of the Nangong family are all in Liulichang.

Many members of the Nangong family were heading towards Liulichang, wanting to witness the entire process of glassmaking. Nangong Youcheng followed his family to Liulichang.

"Great-grandfather," "Grandfather," "Father," "Second brother," "Elder brother"... Nangong Youcheng greeted Nangong Yangjian and the others with a smile.

Nangong Yangjian and the others nodded slightly to him, then turned to look at Nangong Youqi, who was operating the equipment in front of them.

Nangong Youqi didn't turn around. At that moment, he was using a special tool to scoop out the solution and pour it into a pre-prepared mold.

"Big brother, you're back." After finishing all this, Nangong Youqi turned around and greeted Nangong Youcheng, then said, "Once the solution cools and solidifies, the initial shape of the glass will be formed."

Nangong Yangjian stepped forward and examined the solution in the mold, saying with a pleased expression, "Qi'er, I'll entrust the management of the glass factory to you, and Cheng'er will be in charge of glass sales..."

The glass comes from the other side of the sea, making transportation extremely costly. However, due to the existence of small worlds, the Nangong family's glass incurs no transportation costs.

As the master of this small world, Nangong Youcheng can appear in any country at any time. With just a price advantage, the Nangong family can seize all the markets on this side of the sea.

Nangong Youcheng and Nangong Youqi nodded in agreement at the same time. Nangong Youqi then directed the workers to place the freshly shaped glass products into a specially made annealing kiln.

Nangong Youcheng asked in confusion, "The glass has already taken shape, why put it into the kiln?"

Nangong Youqi recited from the script: "Newly shaped glass products are very fragile. Direct cooling may cause them to crack. By placing them in an annealing kiln and slowly lowering the temperature, the glass will become strong and durable."

The method of firing glass was taught to him by Wen Yuxia. Wen Yuxia had already guided him through the process once before, and he had memorized the entire procedure.

After Nangong Youqi finished speaking, he remembered Wen Yuxia. He looked around and asked, "Mother promised to come to Liulichang last night, why hasn't she come yet?"

“Mother can’t come, Uncle Jinxuan needs the manuscript, and Madam Yu needs the new design…” Nangong Youcheng explained.

Upon hearing this, Nangong Wenrui narrowed his eyes slightly. Xia Yichen really was persistent; the "Shishitong" tabloid was a government publication, and while it didn't solicit submissions nationwide for its serialized stories, it was targeting his wife for manuscripts.

The pharmaceutical factory also belonged to the imperial court. His wife had given away so many pill formulas for free, yet he still wanted new pill formulas. It's hard to believe someone so ugly is actually quite beautiful.

Nangong Wenrui decided to go to the palace to see Xia Yichen. Xia Yichen had already taken advantage of Wen Yuxia a lot, and he didn't want Xia Yichen to continue to exploit Wen Yuxia.

Nangong Wenrui said coldly, "Cheng'er, I want to go to the palace to see the Emperor, right now."

Nangong Youcheng nodded and led Nangong Wenrui into the small world. Afterwards, the father and son appeared in the study on the third floor of the Jinyu Mantang Jewelry Store in the capital.

In the imperial study, Xia Yichen patiently listened to Nangong Wenrui's accusations and said in a gentle tone, "Mu Hua is your wife and also my sister. She can help with the Nangong family's affairs, so she should certainly help me with mine."

Don't think he doesn't know; the Nangong family recently built a glass factory, and the person providing the glass-making methods is ostensibly Nangong Youqi, but actually Wen Yuxia.

He gained absolutely nothing from Liulichang. Shouldn't he have sought Wen Yuxia's help with the tabloid story manuscript and the new pill formula? Xia Yichen was unreasonable yet stubborn, and Nangong Wenrui was defeated by his shamelessness.

"Sigh, you should have Jinxuan find a suitable story manuscript as soon as possible. The Imperial Hospital has so many people on staff who aren't being used, and relying solely on Muhua to provide new pill formulas isn't enough, right?" Nangong Wenrui sighed and offered his suggestion.

Xia Yichen laughed: "Wenrui, tell me, which storybook is better than 'Journey to the West' and 'Water Margin'?"

He had read quite a few storybooks, but "Journey to the West" and "Water Margin" were the most exciting ones he had ever read. Every day, the first thing he would do when he got the newspaper was to read the serialized stories.

He was very curious about how many good stories Wen Yuxia still had, so before the serialization of "Water Margin" was about to end, he summoned Zhang Jinxuan to the palace and asked him to ask Wen Yuxia for new stories.

Nangong Wenrui's lips curled slightly. When it came to writing stories, no one in Great Xia, or even on this continent, could compare to Wen Yuxia. Besides being serialized in the Great Xia tabloid "Shishitong," "Journey to the West" and "Water Margin" had their copyrights purchased by Wen Yuxia from seven or eight neighboring countries.

"Mu Hua said that those stories weren't written by her, but copied. If she runs out of new stories to copy, you can't force her to give you the manuscripts."

Nangong Wenrui also enjoyed reading serialized stories in the newspaper. He was somewhat reluctant to agree to the manuscript, but he refused to research the new formula for the pills, insisting that Xia Yichen hand the matter over to the Imperial Medical Academy.

Xia Yichen nodded slightly, agreeing with Nangong Wenrui's suggestion.