Chapter 15 I'm Not a Three-Year-Old

Suddenly hearing silence, Xu Qingyi turned to look at her daughter.

"What's wrong with Zhao Zhao?"

"Mother, does my little brother also like to sleep this much?"

Yun Zhao looked at Xu Qingyi with curiosity.

"He has indeed been sleeping a lot these past two days, but he's a baby, so it's normal for him to sleep more. Does Zhaozhao think there's something wrong?"

Although she doesn't spend much time with her daughter, Xu Qingyi has discovered that her daughter is a very smart child.

Since she asked that question so suddenly, Xu Qingyi asked a couple more questions.

“Mother, I’ve read in medical books that babies don’t sleep for no reason. I’m a little worried…”

Yun Zhao thought to herself, who would believe what such a young child said?

Therefore, she did not directly express her concerns.

"Let me see!"

Xu Qingyi took Yun Huaijin in her arms and touched the child's forehead.

It was warm, and there was nothing unusual.

Before she could even take a second look, the officers were already urging her on.

"Hurry up and get ready, or you'll be getting whipped!"

Xu Yiyan hurriedly stepped forward and took Yun Huaijin into his arms.

"Sister, let me carry Xiao Jin, you hold onto Zhao Zhao!"

"Hurry up! What are you dawdling for!"

The officer lashed out with his whip at their side, splashing up the snow.

"Zhaozhao, come quickly to your mother!"

Xu Qingyi couldn't care about anything else and could only protect Yun Zhao by her side.

Everyone took their own small bowls, while Xu Yifei carried two pots on his back.

Perhaps thinking that someone was carrying the heavy load, the officials did not come over to ask for the two pots.

Once on the road again, Luo Qing glanced around and quietly walked to the side of Gao Minglang, the Vice Minister of Works.

“Lord Gao, giving the Xu family two pots is no problem, but you spent six taels of silver on just one fish, and that's only after leaving the capital…”

Luo Qing looked somewhat troubled.

After all, they hadn't made much money from the prisoners, and the Gao family had already spent seven taels.

A fish weighing six ounces, and a few bowls of ginger soup weighing one ounce.

This is no way to squander money!

"What are you afraid of? We'll be in town tomorrow, right? You can just go to the bank to get the money then."

Gao Minglang rolled his eyes at him.

The Qi family wanted him to take the blame, and they were even reluctant to part with seven taels of silver. He might as well go all out and fight to the death!

Luo Qing smacked his lips, smiled, and left.

Gao Minglang sent him to get the silver!

I thought to myself, "This time I'm going to make a fortune!"

The journey was quite long in the afternoon, and they didn't reach a post station until the sun was almost setting.

All the exiled prisoners were put up on a large communal bed in the front yard.

As soon as the door was opened, a huge rat suddenly darted out!

"Ugh! What a lousy place this is!"

A mouse darted away from Xu Qingshi's feet, startling her so much that she jumped up.

"Mother, Mother, I don't want to live here! I don't want to live here!"

She was so frightened that she grabbed Old Madam Xu's arm.

Although Madam Xu came from a humble background, she had been in charge of the General's Mansion for many years and had never seen anything so filthy in twenty years.

She patted her daughter's hand with a grim expression. "Xu Yifei, quickly go find the officers to find another room."

"Your sister is an unmarried young woman, how can she stay in a place like this, sharing a room with a strange man?"

"Yes, Mother."

Xu Yifei put down the two pots, told his younger brother to protect his sister and nephew, and then went to find the officials.

"Uncle, Zhaozhao wants to go too! This rat is huge, Zhaozhao is scared!"

Yun Zhao pounced on Xu Yifei's calves, grabbing his trouser leg and trying to climb up, looking genuinely terrified.

"Zhaozhao, don't be afraid, your uncle is here!"

He bent down, scooped Yun Zhao up, and took her to find the officials.

"Huh? Change houses? Do you think you're still the young master of the general's mansion?"

The officials, their mouths stuffed with meat, laughed arrogantly.

"If you don't want to live here, then live in the cowshed! If you don't want to live with men, live with cow dung! Hahahaha!"

"You! You've gone too far!"

Xu Yifei had never suffered such humiliation before, and his face immediately turned red.

"So what if I bully you?"

The officer grabbed the whip from the table and lashed it across the stool, shattering it into pieces!

"Today I'll show you what it means to kneel down and beg for mercy!"

Xu Yifei, who had a bad temper, held Yun Zhao in one arm, muttering curses, while his other hand started grabbing weapons everywhere.

Yun Zhao was in a real bind.

My uncle really needs to change his bad temper!

Luckily I came along!

She hurriedly pulled a piece of silver from her sleeve and shouted, "We have silver!"

The little girl's innocent scream was somewhat shrill, and everyone stopped and looked at her.

"Hmph, how much silver could a little kid like you have?"

The officials sneered.

"Tell me how much silver I'll need for a nice room first!"

Yun Zhao sat in Xu Yifei's arms, looking at them with a serious expression.

"Five taels of silver for a second-class room, ten taels of silver for a superior room! Little one, do you know how much five taels is?"

The officer looked at her with amusement.

"I'll give you ten taels of silver. Prepare two adjacent second-class rooms. I also need hot water and hot food!"

Yun Zhao's serious demeanor, like that of a little adult, was somewhat amusing.

The leading officer looked at her with a half-smile.

“Give me twelve taels of silver and I will prepare it for you.”

"Hey, you said it!"

Yun Zhao actually took out twelve taels and waved them in front of the group.

"Go on, I'm not a three-year-old, don't try to fool me~"

"Hahaha! Okay, I'm not a bad adult, I won't lie to kids!"

He took the silver from Yun Zhao's hand and gestured to his men to change her room.

After recalling the events, Yun Zhao confirmed that this person was not the leader of the group of officials.

Seeing that the others were also listening to him, he asked, "Brother, what's your name?"

"My name is Luo Hao, and the leader Luo Qing is my elder brother."

No wonder the officials all listened to him.

"My name is Yun Zhao, and this is my maternal uncle!"

Yun Zhao introduced it in a very serious manner.

Luo Hao found the child quite amusing and nodded to indicate that he understood.

"Go ahead, we've arranged new rooms for you, and the food will be delivered shortly."

"Thank you, Brother Luo Hao~"

Yun Zhao patted Xu Yifei's shoulder obediently.

"Uncle, hurry back, Zhao Zhao is hungry!"

Xu Yifei led her back in a daze, and only on the way did he realize what had happened and asked in surprise, "Zhaozhao, where did you get this money?"

Yun Zhao leaned close to Xu Yifei's ear with a mysterious expression.

"Aunt Pei-wen gave it to Zhao-zhao. She said her mother wouldn't accept it and asked me not to tell her. Uncle, you must keep Zhao-zhao's secret!"

"Zhaozhao, Aunt Peiwen gave this to you for protection, so you can't just spend it all!"

Xu Yifei was worried that the child didn't understand the difficulty of making money, so he coaxed her in a low voice.

"Yes! Zhaozhao understands!"

Just as the uncle and nephew were sharing their little secret, a commotion arose from the direction of the dormitory.

The uncle and nephew suddenly looked at each other, startled.

"Uncle, hurry back!"

Wearing shackles made Xu Yifei walk rather slowly.

From afar, one could hear Wu Lianzhen's shrill voice shouting loudly.

"If you want to die, go somewhere else and die, don't ruin my son's life!"