Chapter 90

The morning light was dim, and the light penetrated into the house through the lattice window screens, and the room gradually became brighter.

Yu Ying woke up in Fu Wei's arms and was stunned for a while before she reacted.

——She is no longer single.

Today is the fifth day of my relationship talk with Fu Wei.

On the first day, they held hands.

On the third day, they embraced each other and kissed each other.

On the fourth day, we slept in each other’s arms.

The process was indeed a bit fast, but they had already slept in the same bed for a long time before this, so it was not particularly fast.

Yu Ying slowly raised her head and looked at Fu Wei, who was breathing slowly.

Even when looking at Fu Wei from this upward angle, he is still perfect.

Yu Ying looked at him carefully and discovered that his eyelashes were very curled.

Fu Wei is still sleeping now. It seems that he is really tired these days.

First, it was a three-day journey, and then he had to accompany County Magistrate Zhou to social events for two consecutive days. His spirit was tense, and only when he closed the door could he relax and take a breath. How could he not be tired?

After looking at it for a while, it was not very early. Yu Ying planned to get up, wash up and go out. She would first deliver lip balm to the magistrate's wife, and then go out to buy ingredients for facial cream.

When she was about to get up, she found that Fu Wei was holding her waist tightly.

She just moved his arm and Fu Wei woke up.

He half-lifted his eyelids and asked, "What's wrong?"

When Fu Wei just woke up, his voice was low and hoarse, but surprisingly pleasant to the ear.

Yu Ying said, "I'm going to get up and wash up."

Fu Wei was stunned for a moment after hearing this. After she pushed his arm, he suddenly let go of his arm and sat up.

Yu Ying got out of bed, put on her coat, and combed her hair.

"By the way, I'm going to buy ingredients for facial cream today, and I'll also go to Song Sanlang's place to make facial cream. I might be back later."

Fu Wei, who was putting on his coat beside the bed, paused after hearing this. After a moment's deliberation, he asked, "But it's just you and Song Sanlang?"

Yu Ying chuckled, "I'll avoid suspicion. When I go back this afternoon, I'll ask Miss Su to come along. Coincidentally, Miss Su's home is nearby."

After all, they are a single man and a single woman, so they still have to avoid it in this era.

Hearing this, Fu Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Ying turned to look at Fu Wei and said, "The gold hairpin you brought back the day before yesterday, after all, the pawnshops in Yu County can't compare to the ones in the county seat, so I plan to pawn it today. What do you think?"

Fu Wei didn't care much: "Since I gave it to you, it's up to you to decide."

Yu Ying nodded and then chatted, "Yesterday when I went to the market, I heard people talking about you. They said there was a young man named Fu riding in a plain carriage. He was the center of attention at the prefectural governor's mansion. He shot five arrows, and four of them hit the bull's eye."

At this point, Yu Ying narrowed her eyes and said, "I also heard that the reward is a golden hairpin and a night with a beautiful dancer."

Hearing her say this, Fu Wei was afraid she might misunderstand him, so he quickly explained, "I only wanted the gold hairpin and didn't do anything else. Even when the dancer came up to me, I didn't even glance at her."

Yu Ying covered her lips and smiled: "I didn't say you did anything else."

After saying that, he turned around, picked up a small bottle, opened the bottle cap, dipped a little ink juice on a cloth, and then applied it on his face.

Fu Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Ying went to fetch some water and came back to wash up.

After washing up, he brought back a basin of water for Fu Weiduo.

After Yu Ying finished dressing up, she took the extra lip balm she had made yesterday and went to find the magistrate's wife.

After all, she lived in the inn and Fu Wei was her staff member, so she still had to pay her respects to the magistrate's wife these days.

Besides, friendly exchanges with the county magistrate's wife will not bring any harm within a hundred miles.

When Yu Ying went to the magistrate's wife's yard, she found out that she had gone to the temple to burn incense early this morning.

Yu Ying left the lip balm to the servant and asked him to pass it on to the magistrate's wife, and then took the medicinal herbs she brought from Yu County and went out.

Yu Ying went to the market to buy sheep oil and wine for making facial cream, and then took them to the stall.

Miss Su saw Yu Ying and hurriedly called out "Boss."

Yu Ying smiled and said, "It's just a small stall. Calling me the boss would make people laugh. Why don't you just call me Madam Yu?"

Miss Su was slightly surprised. She didn't know whether she should shout or not, and looked hesitantly at Song Sanlang beside her.

Song Sanlang nodded and said, "Just listen to Fu's sister-in-law."

After getting Song Sanlang's permission, Miss Su immediately smiled sweetly at Yu Ying: "Madam Yu."

Yu Ying smiled.

The weather has been good recently and there are more people on the street. Soon, customers came to see her facial cream, so Yu Ying asked her to go ahead.

He put the materials under the stall and whispered to Song Sanlang, "I want to go to the pawnshop, but I'm afraid it's not safe there. Can you come with me?"

After all, he has gold in his hand, which could be exchanged for more than ten taels. This money is enough to buy a house in Yu County. How can Yu Ying not worry about being targeted?

After Song Sanlang told Miss Su to look after the stall, he went to the pawnshop with Fu's sister-in-law.

The pawnshop is not far away, and it only takes about a quarter of a minute to walk there.

After arriving at the pawnshop, Song Sanlang did not go in, but waited outside.

Yu Ying entered the pawnshop and walked to the counter before taking out the gold hairpin and giving it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper saw that it was an exquisite gold hairpin and looked intriguingly at the woman standing outside the counter who was dressed simply and had an unremarkable appearance.

If it is dirty, you can buy it at a lower price than the normal gold price, melt it down again and make jewelry to sell, which is a sure profit.

Yu Ying could sense that the shopkeeper's gaze was peculiar. He probably thought that the way she got the gold hairpin was not legitimate, and perhaps he had other plans in mind.

For example - guessing that she would not dare to speak out, and thus lowering the price.

Yu Ying raised her chin slightly and said calmly, "The origin of my gold hairpin is clear, so please don't make random assumptions, shopkeeper. I will pawn it for a reasonable price. If the price is not right, I will change to another pawnshop."

The shopkeeper, realizing his thoughts were seen through by the woman, coughed awkwardly twice and then asked, "Since you said this hairpin has a clear origin, could you please tell me where it came from?"

Yu Ying frowned, took the gold hairpin back from the counter, and said, "Since you suspect it's dirty, I'll forgive you for not keeping it here."

The pawnshop owner hurriedly said, "Don't be upset, ma'am. We are just afraid of getting into trouble, so we ask this."

He considered it for a moment and said, "Let me weigh this hairpin first, and then I'll tell you the price."

After saying that, he took out the scales and looked at the woman.

Yu Ying considered for a moment and finally gave him the gold hairpin to weigh.

After weighing it, the shopkeeper said, "One liang and six qian, which is sixteen thousand qian in copper coins."

This weight was not fake and was exactly the same as what Yu Ying measured.

After stating the weight, the pawnshop owner pondered for a few moments before giving a figure: "I'll take it for 16,200 coins. Two hundred coins for the workmanship is already a good price. Madam, you might consider it."

Yu Ying said, "The price I can accept is seventeen thousand coins."

The shopkeeper was surprised and said, "This lady is really bold. No pawnshop would dare to accept a thousand coins for labor."

Next to the pawnshop is a jewelry shop. No need to think too much, the pawnshop and the jewelry shop are one and the same.

Yu Ying said, "As far as I know, gold jewelry is difficult to make. The more complex the design, the more expensive it is. Take the gold hairpin I took. Although the design is not particularly complex, it is exquisite. If it were put on the market, it would fetch at least 18 taels of silver. 17,000 coins is not too much for me."

The shopkeeper shook his head and said repeatedly: "No, no, a thousand coins for the workmanship is still too expensive. The most I can make is five hundred coins."

Yu Ying pondered for a moment and said, "Then let's each take a step back. The lowest price I can accept is 16,800 coins. If it's lower than that, I won't accept it."

The pawnshop owner frowned and hesitated, but finally nodded after a while and then asked the woman whether she wanted silver or copper coins.

Silver is light, so having silver is naturally the best.

The pawnshop owner weighed out sixteen taels of silver and took out eight strings of copper coins, asking the woman to confirm before accepting them.

Yu Ying checked the silver and roughly counted the copper coins. After confirming, she wrapped the silver and copper coins in cloth and put them in the basket.

After Yu Ying came out of the pawnshop, she said to Song Sanlang, "Come back to the inn with me first. I'll put my things down, and then we'll go to your place with Madam Su to get some facial cream when we close the shop this afternoon."

Song Sanlang had no objection and was not at all curious about what she was.

At this time, on the opposite street, there was a scoundrel leaning against the wall with a grass root in his mouth, looking at the basket in the woman's hand with ill intentions.

It was deflated when it went in, but swollen when it came out, so it was obviously used as a good thing.

Just as the thief's thoughts began to arise, he saw the woman talking to a tall and strong man standing at the door, and then they left together.

The second-rate guy frowned tightly.

How come I didn't notice that these two were together?!

After thinking it over again and again, Erliuzi threw down the grass roots, made eye contact with the two people standing in different directions, understood each other, and then took action separately.

On his way back, Song Sanlang said with a smile, "Yesterday I also heard about the second brother of the Fu family in the county government in the market. Everyone was curious about what kind of capable man Mr. Fu was."

Yu Ying smiled and said, "Erlang is naturally a capable man."

The two chatted casually.

As they were talking, a man in shabby clothes walked towards them. Yu Ying was very wary at the moment, so when the man walked towards her, she cautiously changed direction and walked to the side of Song Sanlang.

The man walked away without any clue, which made Yu Ying wonder if she was being too paranoid.

Song Sanlang was slightly stunned and asked, "Fu's sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

Yu Ying was worried that she was overthinking things and that Song Sanlang would get nervous too, so she shook her head and said, "Nothing."

Just as she finished speaking, she was suddenly bumped from behind. Because Yu Ying was alert, she quickly noticed a hand reaching out towards the basket. She quickly pulled the basket away and shouted angrily, "What are you doing?!"

As soon as her voice came out, before she could see clearly who had bumped into her, that person ran away quickly.

Yu Ying's voice attracted the attention of others.

At this time, Song Sanlang also reacted and realized that they were being targeted!

But when he saw the man running away, Song Sanlang just moved his feet, but then he realized that it might be a diversion, so he stopped and did not dare to chase him rashly.

Yu Ying looked at the intact basket in her hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and then her face darkened instantly. She said solemnly, "Let's go back quickly."

The near-robbery of her silver left Yu Ying completely on edge. These dozen taels of silver were Fu Wei's fortune, and if they were truly stolen, she wouldn't know how to explain it to him.

Moreover, she is not afraid of anything else now, but she is afraid that the thieves are acting in gangs.

If it was a gang crime, she and Song Sanlang would definitely not be able to handle it.

While she was worried, she suddenly heard Song Sanlang exclaim in surprise, "Isn't that the second brother of the Fu family?!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Ying looked at Song Sanlang in surprise, and then followed his gaze.

As people came and went, Yu Ying and Fu Wei's eyes met.

Yu Ying was surprised to see Fu Wei in the street, but the biggest surprise was to see Huo Yachai and Wu Xiaoyachai behind him.

Yu Ying's originally tense nerves suddenly relaxed.