"Hmph, next time, I won't buy your purse again."

"When you come back next time, you have to pay more than 20 taels. You have to pay 200 taels."

"A purse is worth two hundred taels. You're desperate for money. If you can sell it, I'll call you sister."

"You already shouted."

"If you can really sell it, I'll call you sister while I crawl."

"Then go back and find a few more bamboo mats and practice first."

"Hmph, Ah Qing, let's go."

Gu Yingxia left. She was not optimistic about Gu Yinwei's business model. Chuchu's embroidery skills were indeed good, but there were so many beautiful girls in the capital.

She walked so fast that she didn't notice that there were no mosquitoes biting her on the way.

The two of them walked around for most of the day, first looking at the fish in the pond, and then looking at the wind chimes under the eaves.

It wasn't until dark that she went back to her room to sleep. Gu Yingxia said, "See, you said she was bragging. This purse of yours that says it brings good fortune has not brought you any fortune at all."

"I'm talking to you, what are you looking at?"

"Miss, there is a bird's nest in that tree."

"It's been here for a long time. I discovered it three years ago when I first moved here."

"There seems to be something in the bird's nest."

"If you want to climb a tree, go ahead and climb it. You don't need to make excuses to convince me."

Ah Qing took off his shoes, hugged the tree trunk with both hands, and slowly climbed up. Halfway up, he ran out of energy and slipped down the tree.

"Miss, how about we find a ladder?"

"Okay, go find the ladder, I'll wait here."

Ah Qing found a bamboo ladder and quickly climbed to the top of the tree. Holding the bird's nest in one hand, he slowly came down the ladder.

Gu Yingxia took a closer look and saw that there was nothing in the bird's nest except a glowing stone. Gu Yingxia burst into laughter.

"You've been fooled. This purse is of no use at all."

Ah Qing was a little discouraged and tripped over the bamboo building. The few pieces of silver in his sleeves rolled into the small ditch under the tree.

This ditch was formed by water accumulated from the eaves. It was filled with fallen leaves and no one had cleaned it for years. There was a faint foul smell.

Gu Yingxia frantically explained, "This is not good. The purse blessed by the gods not only did not bring you wealth, but instead caused you to lose money and suffer disasters. It must have hurt when you stumbled. The small change you just got out must have been saved for a long time."

"Oh my, there's no more candied haws, no more sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and no money to buy the red hairband you wanted."

Ah Qing didn't get up and just lay on the ground crying.

The crying sound could be heard from far away. When Mrs. Gu was beheaded in the street, Gu Qingrong also lay on the ground crying. Ah Qing's miserable crying was no different from Qingrong's at that time.

Several female officials heard the crying and rushed over to ask, "Miss Gu, why is Ah Qing crying like this?"

"She lost something."

"How much stuff was lost?"

Ah Qing cried loudly.

Gu Yingxia said, "She's rolling on the ground."

The female official said, "Don't worry, Miss Gu. I'll send someone to salvage it."

Gu Yingxia said: "Actually, the money is not that much, so why not forget it"

"With my Lady Pei here, this matter cannot be let go easily."

After saying that, Ms. Pei began to assign people to salvage the silver and money that fell into the water.

"You two take the hoes and release the water, and you three, go in and fish."

Ah Qing felt that it was too much of a fuss: "Or, let's just forget it."

The female officials and maids worked so hard that the money they took out later might not be enough to pay their rewards.

"Please go back to your room and rest. I'll bring the silver back to you as soon as I get it."

Gu Yingxia said, "Thank you."

Then he went back to his room to rest and applied medicinal wine on himself.

Gu Yingxia started to expose her scars again: "You fell so badly that your elbows are purple and the palms of your hands are also broken. It must be very painful. You have an open wound. The medicinal wine will bite you the most when you apply it. Tsk tsk."

"Look, you're crying again, crying again. I told you this medicinal wine bites people."

When Lady Pei heard the crying coming from the house, she hurriedly instructed, "Hurry up and fish it out. Look under the leaves and in the cracks between the trees."

"My eyes are swollen from crying, and I'm out of breath. I must have lost a lot of money."

A quarter of an hour later, the maids pulled out three pieces of loose silver from the ditch. One of the maids holding a hoe replied, "These are all we found in the ditch."

Nun Pei didn't believe it at all: "It can't be so few, there must be more. Look around, even check the bird nests in the trees."

Seven or eight women rushed into the woods and searched again and again, even lifting up the stones under the broken bricks, before they finally found a bundle in the crevice of a tree.

Ms. Pei found some clean well water, washed the silver she had picked up from the ditch, and then returned it to Ah Qing along with the bundle.

Ah Qing gave the silver to Ms. Pei, who left satisfied. She took the lion's share of the reward money and distributed the rest to other people who contributed.

Everyone left happily.

Ah Qing stared at the bundle in a daze.

"What's wrong? After being teased by my second sister, you got angry and wanted to pack up and run away?"

Ah Qing placed the bag on the table and opened it for Gu Yingxia to see. "Miss, do you think a maid like me can save up such a generous amount of money for the journey?"

The bundle was opened, revealing three black stones, three letters, and some silver hairpins and earrings.

Gu Yingxia picked up the stone and weighed it in her hand, then found a knife and gently scraped the stone. The black ash on the stone was scraped off, revealing a golden corner.

"This...is this gold?"

Ah Qing nodded.

The two accidentally discovered the bundle and wanted to open the letter but didn't have the courage, so they ran to find Gu Yinwei.

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