Chapter 57 That's Dirty

On the way home, Ye Caiping spent 300 coins in the space and bought 100 kilograms of white rice.

When she arrived at the door of her house, Ye Caiping took out 50 kilograms of rice, packed it in a sack that she had prepared in advance, and dragged it into the house.

Old Mrs. Ye, who was preparing to make spicy soup, exclaimed, "Why did Caiping buy so much rice?"

"Eat! 50 kilograms is enough for our family to eat for a month." Ye Caiping dragged the rice into the kitchen, put it down, and took a deep breath.

"We are already very lucky to have brown rice and cassava every day. White rice is too expensive. 50 kilograms costs 1 tael of silver!"

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "It's just one or two taels."

Old Lady Ye glared at her and walked up to her and whispered, "You silly girl, I know you earn a lot, but you can't waste it like this."

"Mom, I will be thirty next year, not a girl anymore." Ye Caiping was speechless.

"I don't care how old you are. Even if you are seventy or eighty years old, you are still a girl in front of your parents."

Ye Caiping didn't know why, but she was suddenly a little touched. She whispered, "Mom, I can earn more than a hundred yuan a month. What's one tael of silver?"

Old Mrs. Ye’s eyes widened. She knew that Ye Caiping earned a lot, but she only thought that she earned one tael a day, and 30 taels a month was the best she could earn. Who would have thought that her daughter actually said she earned one hundred taels a month?

Old Mrs. Ye was so frightened that she almost jumped up, and then she belatedly covered Ye Caiping's mouth:

"Shh, stop talking. Don't show off your wealth. Don't tell anyone how much you earn, not even your father or your older brothers."

Ye Caiping nodded.

Old Lady Ye then let go: "But even if you earn a lot, you can't be so wasteful. If we want to eat, we can buy it ourselves. I am now paid 30 cents a day."

"You'll have to spend money to get something."

Old Mrs. Ye wants to hit someone.

Ye Caiping said angrily, "Okay, mother, this is my gift to you and father."

Only then did Old Mrs. Ye pour the rice into the wooden barrel with a smile on her face.

In the evening, the Ye family ate white rice after a long time. Ye Peng also caught two big grass carps in the river and cooked some braised fish fillets.

The family members were eating so much that their mouths were almost greasy.

…

Li Jiaojiao had been waiting for several days, but Ye Caiping did not take the initiative to bring the jade to her door.

She was sitting in the room sulking when suddenly Mrs. Li's laughter was heard outside.

Mrs. Li was wearing a purple flowery dress, and Gou Wa's mother followed behind her.

"Aunt, your dress is so beautiful. It's the only one of its kind in our village. Not only is the color bright, but it's also embroidered with flowers."

"It's all my Jiaojiao's filial piety to me."

Gou Wa's mother immediately praised him highly: "No wonder my Gou Wa keeps calling her 'sister Jiao Jiao' every day. He is indeed a filial son."

Mrs. Li was flattered to the point of being flattered.

After Gou Wa's mother left, Mrs. Li was still not satisfied.

After wearing this dress, Mrs. Li felt like she was also a lady of a wealthy family.

Ever since my son married Zhang Shuiniang, life has become more and more beautiful.

Not only did his son achieve honor, but his granddaughter also dug up ginseng and earned 200 taels of silver for the family.

The granddaughter was also extremely filial and bought her flowery cloth to make new clothes.

Mrs. Li felt that her current life was like heaven.

I happened to see that Li Jiaojiao's window was open, so I walked over and said, "Jiaojiao, do you think I look pretty in this dress?"

"Yeah, beautiful." Li Jiaojiao praised sincerely.

"It would be nice if I had another hairpin." Mrs. Li's words were full of hints, "Like your mother's hairpin, I like it very much, and there are flowers on the top of it."

Li Jiaojiao smiled and said, "It's just a silver hairpin. I'll buy it for you tomorrow."

Mrs. Li was pleasantly surprised and grabbed Li Jiaojiao's hand: "Look, this is your granddaughter."

Having said that, he ran out of the door, showing off to everyone he met, and saying that his granddaughter would give him a silver hairpin as a gift in the next few days.

At noon, Li Zimo came back from the academy and hurried into Li Jiaojiao's room: "Jiaojiao, do you want to buy a silver hairpin for grandma? The last time, mom spent 7 taels on it."

Li Jiaojiao didn't care: "It's just 7 taels."

Li Zimo choked and whispered, "Even if you have 200 taels, you can't spend it like this. Last time I spent 20 taels on gifts for my family. I also have to pay tuition every month, 2 taels a month, and I also have to pay for writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones... You often buy meat to eat... How much do you have left now?"

"The 200 taels haven't been touched yet, don't worry!"

When she left the Sun family, she planned to sell all the fields and houses of the Sun family, and also sold three cousins ​​and two cousins ​​to human traffickers, and got more than 70 taels of silver.

I spent 30 taels on Zhang Shuiniang's dowry, and another 20 taels were spent a few days ago. Only more than 20 taels were left, plus the 200 taels, the total was 220 taels.

"That's what you say, but you're a spendthrift and you don't know how to spend money well!" Li Zimo gasped. He had only been practicing for more than a month and he had already spent more than 50 taels.

If this continues, how long can the money last?

"Don't worry, brother. Anyway... the money will come."

Li Zimo choked: "Where are you from?"

Li Jiaojiao: "...Anyway...money will come naturally. Just like when I found ginseng. Weren't you worried about how to get money after spending the 70 taels? Now I found ginseng, right?"

Li Zimo thought about it and realized that this made sense, but wasn’t this just waiting for luck?

But looking at Li Jiaojiao's mysteriously confident expression, he couldn't say anything to refute.

Li Jiaojiao is indeed very confident.

This kind of self-confidence is very strange. It fills her heart anyway. She always feels that she will have more money after spending it! That's how fate works.

Yes, it is a sense of fate!

The jade suddenly flashed through her mind, and she felt a little annoyed. Thinking about it, she rushed out of the room and came to Li Zhiyuan's room.

Li Zhiyuan was reading a book and looked up.

"Dad, why hasn't the jade been delivered yet?"

Li Zhiyuan choked and was a little afraid to see Li Jiaojiao.

I just feel so embarrassed!

I swore that Ye Caiping would send it to me on her own initiative, but after waiting for so many days, there was no movement at all.

Li Zhiyuan quickly comforted her: "Don't worry, wait a few more days, she will definitely come."

Yes, she will definitely come, why shouldn’t she come!

How could she let him go? She just got smarter now.

It must be the Ye family who gave her advice, telling her to keep calm and wait for him to come to her.

Oh, he is the great scholar Li, and he actually wants him to condescend to come to him? You wish!

Just wait a little longer. Based on his understanding of her, she would not be able to hold it in for a few days.

"Uncle Xiucai." Li Gou Wa ran in. "The ox cart is here."

Li Zhiyuan stood up and said to Li Jiaojiao gently, "Don't worry, Jiaojiao, do you still not trust your father?"

Li Jiaojiao opened her lips, but finally nodded:

"Jiaojiao naturally believes Dad, but Dad has to give me some time! Within three days! If I still can't get the jade in three days, I will go find her! And I have to tell Mom!"

Li Zhiyuan was shocked: "Don't! You know your mother's temper. If she knew that I was in contact with Ye, she would be angry with me!"

Li Jiaojiao pouted: "It's good that you know! In order not to make mother angry, you must get the jade within three days, otherwise you will regret it."

Li Zhiyuan thought of his wife's annoying temper, and felt helpless but also doting on her.

She is extremely noble and proud, and cannot tolerate even a grain of sand in her eyes.

In order to make her agree to marry him, he tried every trick in the book and finally got her reluctant nod.

She absolutely would not allow herself to have any contact with the Ye family.

In her eyes, that's dirty!

"Uncle Xiucai, hurry up!" Gou Wa urged.

"Jiaojiao, Dad and his classmates are going to the capital to visit a respected old master. They will not be back until tomorrow at noon. You must not tell your mother about the jade."

"Well, all right!"