Chapter 146 Bringing People Home

Although he was somewhat reluctant, Jiang Hongyu finally took the two of them home. After all, they had known each other for a while, and it would not be nice to leave them alone on the street.

It’s just that the two of them asked too many questions. Whenever they saw passers-by on the street, they would ask them why their clothes had so many patches on them.

Ye Mingzhu sighed deliberately: "Because they are poor, life in Pinggu Town is not easy."

Yu Jiaming was looking at the nearby shops when he heard this. He turned back and said, "I see there are quite a lot of shops here. Didn't Brother Yu say that many people here make a living by collecting pearls? Pearls are not cheap."

Ye Mingzhu felt that the price he mentioned should be in Beijing.

"Here, the best pearls sell for less than a hundred coins. If they sell for fifty coins, they are considered very good."

So the farther from the country of origin, the cheaper it is.

Yu Jiaming's eyes widened, and Xiaowu also looked surprised.

"I remember seeing a good pearl headpiece in Beijing that could sell for thousands of yuan."

Ye Mingzhu's eyes lit up. Are pearls in the capital so expensive? She wanted to discuss with Lin Dongjia whether she could make more exquisite pearl headwear and sell it in the capital, so that she could earn more money.

"You all said that's the capital. We're in a remote area, and there are a lot of pearls here, so the price is much cheaper."

Not to mention ancient times, the same principle applies even in modern times. Any item can be multiplied several times or even a hundred times in the place of production and sales.

Xiao Wu suddenly leaned close to Yu Jiaming's ear and said, "...Brother, do you think we should buy some pearl jewelry and ship it to the capital? We'll definitely make a lot of money."

Yu Jiaming was also a little tempted, but he had other things to do. He shook his head and said in a low voice, "Let's talk about it after I'm done with this."

Xiaowu nodded, calculating in his mind how much jewelry he could buy with the money he had now and how much money he could earn.

Most of their property was lost at sea, and now they are poor!

Ye Mingzhu noticed the two people whispering to each other, but she didn't care because she saw a person standing at the door of Ma Pozi's house in the alley.

But the distance was a little far and she couldn't see clearly who it was. She prayed silently in her heart that it wasn't Mrs. Ma.

It seemed that good luck had come to her again. When she approached the door, she saw that the person leaning against the door was not Ma Po, but her niece. However, the two had never spoken to each other, and she didn't know each other's name.

Seeing them coming from a distance, Ma Po's niece looked at them with sparkling eyes.

Both Yu Jiaming and Xiaowu saw a calculating glint in the woman opposite them.

"Sister Jiang, are these two gentlemen your friends?"

As they passed by her, Ma Pozi's niece suddenly spoke.

Ye Mingzhu looked up at Jiang Hongyu, who immediately quickened his pace and walked towards his home with Yu Jiaming and Xiaowu.

Seeing them enter the door, Ye Mingzhu smiled and said, "Those are my husband's friends who came to see us."

Ma Po's niece's eyes lit up even more. The two men were wearing fine cotton and looked very handsome, much better looking than the villagers.

When her aunt went to pick her up, she said she would bring her out to see the world and have a chance to meet the county magistrate. But she has been here for so long, and except for going out frequently when she first arrived, her aunt also made her a set of clothes. But in recent days, she has to finish her housework before she can go out.

She was used to doing these chores and didn't feel tired. It was just that she had been here for so long and hadn't seen a county magistrate or even a nobleman.

She also heard that there were young men soliciting people on the street, and she wished that the person being solicited was her. Her family was so poor, and she couldn't wait to find a long-term meal ticket for herself.

I didn't expect that when I just came out to get some fresh air today, two such good-looking young men would come next door.

Her eyes were darting around, and Ye Mingzhu couldn't stand it anymore, so she went home directly and closed the door.

Jiang Hongyu took Yu Jiaming and Xiaowu for a walk in the yard. Yu Jiaming looked at the empty small garden next to him that had been cultivated and felt a little strange.

"The weather is so cold, what are you planning to plant, Brother Jiang?"

"To be honest, when I bought this house, someone said there was a treasure inside. So, my brother-in-law came here thinking about treasure hunting. My mother happened to want to plant some flowers here next spring, so she let him dig."

Yu Jiaming didn't expect this to be the reason. Xiao Wu looked at the small garden that had been dug up so badly that there was no place to step, and asked curiously, "Did you find the treasure?"

Jiang Hongyu shook his head: "This house has gone through several landlords. If the treasure was so easy to find, it wouldn't have come into my hands. I only found some stones."

Yu Jiaming and Xiaowu both nodded, the treasure must not be so easy to find.

Ye Mingzhu listened to Jiang Hongyu fooling the two people and understood what he meant.

The news that there was a treasure in the house they lived in would sooner or later be known to the two of them. By taking the initiative to tell them, he could not only show his honesty, but also use them to spread the news that he had found nothing.

"This house is so small, can there be treasures?" Before coming here, Xiaowu had never lived in such a small house. He really couldn't imagine what kind of treasures would be stored in such an ordinary house.

"Alas, I had the opportunity to come to town to work as a yamen runner. Going home every day was too tiring, so my wife wanted to rent a house in town. It was not until the broker persuaded her with sweet words that she thought if we could find the treasure, our family's life would be much better, so she bought this house."

Jiang Hongyu said half-truthfully, "You don't know, when we bought this house, there was nothing but walls. Everything was emptied out."

Yu Jiaming and Xiaowu understood immediately that the previous landlord must have moved everything out because he was afraid that there were treasures hidden in the furniture.

After walking around the yard, Jiang Hongyu took the two of them to sit in the main room and poured them each a cup of tea.

"Brother Jiang, we just arrived in Pinggu Town. We don't know anyone except you. I don't know why we can't stay at your house for a few days."

Yu Jiaming spoke a little embarrassedly. If there was a way, he would definitely not say that. Isn't this a no-go?

"Well, as you can see, my house is really not big and there are no empty rooms." This is not the farm, where the place is big and convenient for doing things. The house here is so small and the neighbors next door are always watching them, so it is really not easy to let them stay.

Thinking of the neighbor next door, there was a knock on the door: "Sister Jiang, I'm He Hua. I made something delicious and brought it to you."

Ye Mingzhu came out of the house and went to open the door with a look of despair on her face. What was going on next door? Mrs. Ma didn't come to knock on the door, but her niece did instead.

"Sister Jiang, I brought you four of my freshly steamed buns. Try them."

Lotus was holding a plate covered with a cloth.

Ye Mingzhu blocked the doorway and said with a smile, "Thank you. We have already eaten."

Lotus looked towards the courtyard and said, "Sister Jiang, you can save it for lunch. I'll bring it in for you."

Without waiting for Ye Mingzhu to speak, she squatted down and crawled under Ye Mingzhu's arm.