Chapter 245: Getting Rich Overnight

"Hey! What are you doing!" Wen Yan was so scared that she hid aside.

Aunt Liu stamped her feet anxiously, ran over, and forcibly pulled the woman up: "What are you doing? Are you trying to force others to have you?

If I were the scholar's wife, I would have considered taking you in, but I would have hesitated now.

You are annoying yourself, but don't let me get involved."

The woman was so anxious and regretful that she couldn't even speak clearly.

Aunt Liu glared at her and said, "You better keep your mouth shut from now on. Answer whatever the scholar asks you, and don't say a single word besides."

The woman nodded eagerly, and told Aunt Liu with her eyes that she would listen to her in everything.

Aunt Liu pulled Wen Yan aside and whispered, "Xiang Lian is a miserable woman.

When she was four years old, her mother died while trying to give birth to a younger brother for her.

In less than half a year, her father married her a stepmother.

She lived under her stepmother's rule, and her life was very hard. She got married at the age of fourteen.

Her in-laws treated her well, but her husband had a fever when he was five years old and burned this place." Aunt Liu nodded her head.

She got married and became both a daughter-in-law and a mother. She gave birth to a son, who was hardworking. The daughter-in-law was filial, and they gave birth to a pair of grandchildren.

I thought she had finally made it, but who knew…"

Aunt Liu sighed deeply, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red when she talked about Xianglian's experience.

“A hemp rope breaks at its thinnest point, and misfortune only finds its way to the unfortunate.

Her silly husband and son went up the mountain to chop firewood.

When it rains, a pair of mushrooms that Xianglian likes to eat grow on the shore.

Her silly husband insisted on picking some and bringing them home for her to eat, but he didn't expect... that he would fall off a cliff.

I spent all my family's money on medicine and doctors, and although I survived, I ended up paralyzed in bed."

"Wen Yan, don't worry, she has a good character. She has been married to the village for more than 20 years, and the number of times she has blushed in front of others can be counted on two hands.

She is also very efficient and effective. When she first got married, her family only had two acres of land, but under her management, it increased to five acres.

Unfortunately, those lands have also been sold.”

Wen Yan also felt sad when she heard this.

She held Aunt Liu's hand and comforted her, "I trust Aunt Liu, and naturally I also trust the people Aunt Liu found.

All the people you brought here today should stay."

Aunt Liu said in surprise, "Xianglian also..."

Wen Yan nodded and said with a smile: "She will keep you too. Tell her quietly that if she learns to be a clean-faced lady, she will receive one or two taels of silver per month. If she fails..."

Wen Yan paused for a moment before saying, "If you can't learn it, you can naturally become a fireman and water carrier, but the wages are only half of what the maiden gets."

In the end, she couldn't bear to push such a poor woman too hard.

Aunt Liu was delighted, as half of it was five hundred coins.

For Xianglian, this solved her urgent problem.

"Okay, I'll tell her in a minute."

Wen Yan asked Pei'er to bring a few bottles of hand cream: "This is for moisturizing hands. The people they will serve in the future will all be the wives and daughters of the high-ranking officials in the capital. Their skin is more tender and smooth than that of a newborn baby.

If your hands are too rough and hurt your face, even if you have ten heads, they won't be enough to chop off."

"Yes." Aunt Liu responded.

"Let them go back and pack their luggage. We will send them to learn skills the day after tomorrow at the latest." Wen Yan gave some more instructions on the details and let Aunt Liu lead them away.

As she left, Xianglian bowed to her gratefully.

Wen Yan smiled at her and said nothing more.

A pink figure flashed past the Moon Gate.

Wen Yan recognized the clothes; they belonged to Ying Zhixue.

But that figure didn't look like Ying Zhixue.

Wen Yan raised her eyebrows: It should be one of the two daughters of the second aunt.

Brother Dahu and his men have been here for a while.

After Xiang Wenyan determined the location of the door, he took the craftsmen to work.

Wen Yan watched everyone working in an orderly manner, and she also had a rare moment of leisure.

Only then did she have time to sort out the things she brought back from Situ Ming's private residence.

After closing the courtyard gate and locking the doors and windows, Wen Yan and Pei'er opened the box.

As the lid of the box was opened, a flash of white light appeared, which made Wen Yan lean back.

Pei'er covered her mouth, unable to hide her surprise: "Wow! So much silver!"

"This bag contains little goldfish, three bags of golden melon seeds, and five bags of gold leaves. I found them from under his kang!"

Pearl tried her best to lower her voice, but she still couldn't hide the excitement in her tone.

"Wow! This box is full of pearls!"

"This is all jade. One, two, three, four... Seventeen rings, jade pendants, a jade ruyi, two jade Buddhas, four jade bowls..."

Pei'er reported again and again.

In addition, there was a layer of gold bars at the bottom of the box, worth thirty thousand taels.

There are countless antique calligraphy and paintings, including the posthumous works of masters from previous dynasties as well as works by contemporary masters.

There is even a painting of cats playing by Master Wu Yunzi.

Wen Yan’s mind was filled with the notification sound of “one hundred silver coins received”, which was wonderful.

Pearl spread the things on the ground one by one.

Her bedroom bed and floor were filled.

Tsk tsk tsk!

Situ Ming has been with Huo Yaoxing for only four or five years, but he has collected so many treasures.

In his previous life, he had been with Huo Yaoxing for a longer time.

The Huo family swallowed up Jing Mingmei's dowry again.

The things that fell into Situ Ming's hands were worth many times more than here.

No matter how difficult the time was, Huo Yaoxing did not offer any help to Situ Ming.

It can be seen that their so-called loyalty and trust are based only on their own interests.

"We're rich, we're rich! Pei'er, we're rich!" Wen Yan's eyes were reflected yellow by the gold.

This is simply getting rich overnight!

Pei'er was also very happy, "Miss, you don't have to complain about being poor anymore."

The smile gradually disappeared from Wen Yan's face: "This is all we can use now. We dare not deal with antique jade near the capital.

Who knows if there are any marks on it.

If they arouse Huo Yaoxing's suspicion, they can be easily traced back to them.

It can only be taken to a distant place and sold for money.

Once these things leave the capital, not only will their prices drop significantly, but they will also be difficult to sell.

Jadeware is better, but calligraphy and paintings, whether from previous dynasties or contemporary times, will depreciate most severely once they leave the literati circle.

Therefore, the amount of money they can get will be at least half less.

Gold can only be sold to a gold shop or exchanged at the government office.

If you do too many things at once, it will arouse suspicion from others.

Therefore, even though you have boxes of treasures in your hands, it is extremely difficult to cash them in.

but.

Even if I can't exchange them for silver now, with so many treasures, I can feel a lot happier if I take them out and look at them every day.

After counting, the master and servant put the things into a big box.

"Miss, this wooden box has a compartment. There are two property deeds hidden inside."

Wen Yan took the house deed and looked at it.

There are two courtyards, one big and one small, and there is no room for the concubine to live in.

What a pity.

Wen Yan didn't even dare to touch this kind of real estate.

She could only put it away for now, and only when Huo Yaoxing's family was completely defeated in the future would she be able to truly get it.

The two of them were quick and efficient and quickly collected most of the things.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the window frame outside.