Sweet potato dumpling soup, corn pancakes fried in lard, and a plate of spicy dried radish.

I steamed a bowl of egg custard for each of the three children.

Just as Su Bing reached out to eat the golden fried corn cake, Li hit him on the back of his hand with a chopstick.

Su Bing didn't dare to say anything. He obediently drank two large bowls of sweet potato soup.

Su Huaiyi drank the soup by himself and didn't even dare to pick up some dried radish.

Su Ruiwen gave a spoonful of egg custard to Su Huaiyi.

"Master, eat~" He spoke more clearly than Su Xingxue.

Li turned a blind eye and said nothing.

Su Huaiyi nodded with relief.

It turned out that his love for Raven was not in vain.

[My brother probably wants to take my grandfather's wolf-hair brush.]

Su Huaiyi glared and quickly returned the egg custard.

"Be good, Raven. Eat by yourself. I'll be full after drinking the soup."

Su Xingxue's black and white eyes turned left and right, and she didn't know what she was thinking about, and she started laughing again.

Liu Xia frowned, although the Su family had no rule of not talking while eating or sleeping.

But laughing like that at the dinner table is too unpleasant.

It seems that she needs to discipline Xingxue more.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

The visitor knocked on the gate, and when he saw everyone was looking at him, he walked in.

Also coming in were Chen Xiu and several officers.

[Why is Master Xiu here again? ] Su Yun's heart skipped a beat.

Su Huaiyi quickly stood up to take it and bowed.

"Mr. Chen, Shopkeeper Zhang."

"Huaiyi, we haven't seen each other for more than 30 years, right?" The speaker was Shopkeeper Zhang.

He is the owner of Jubao Money House in the capital.

Jubao Money House was established throughout the Qin Empire, and all the silver bills circulating in the market were issued by it.

People can deposit and withdraw money in money shops, or exchange it for silver notes and carry it with them.

When you need small change, you can go to the money shop to exchange it at any time.

Shopkeeper Zhang is fifty-five this year, the same age as Su Huaiyi. Coincidentally, they were born on the same day of the same month of the same year.

He was wearing a navy blue brocade robe and looked a bit overweight.

"Manager Zhang, I hope you are doing well and in good health. Would you like to have something to eat together?" Su Huaiyi said with a smile.

Li recognized Manager Zhang.

What is the old man hiding from her?

Why did Shopkeeper Zhang come with Lord Chen? Could it be that the banknote is of unknown origin?

She stood up and said, "I'll go make something."

Su Bing had the same idea. He didn't believe that he could earn so much money by carving.

Shopkeeper Zhang waved his hand and said, "Don't bother. You Shilang Chen and I have already eaten on the way. You and your family can eat first. We can talk about business after dinner."

Chen Xiu couldn't bear to watch, and he didn't know who had rushed to Qingshan Village at full speed overnight. He was so anxious that his mouth was full of blisters.

How could Su Huaiyi eat anymore? As soon as he saw Chen Xiu and several officials, he guessed something.

"Could it be that Manager Zhang came here this time because he doesn't trust me?"

"Huaiyi, you're joking. I came here this time to ask for your help in keeping an eye on things." Shopkeeper Zhang smiled and didn't play tricks.

He waved his hand, and an officer behind him came out carrying a wooden briefcase.

He opened the wooden box, and the box was filled with neatly stacked silver bills.

Su Xingxue and Su Ruiwen ran over immediately.

The two kids' eyes lit up, but they didn't take it rudely. They just stared at it without blinking.

"Hahaha, Huaiyi, your twin grandsons know the value of money at such a young age. Not bad, not bad. They will definitely be extraordinary when they grow up!" Shopkeeper Zhang exclaimed. He was a person who dealt with money, so naturally he liked people who loved money as much as he did.

Su Xingxue held her face in her hands and looked at Manager Zhang with admiration.

"Ni, you're making a fortune."

“Hahaha~”

Shopkeeper Zhang laughed, took out a ten-liang silver ingot, bent down and stuffed it into Su Xingxue's arms.

"This is the money grandpa gave you for meeting you. You are so smart that you can even say that he is a good-looking man."

"Master, money is coming in."

Su Ruiwen stepped forward and bowed like an adult.

He said seriously again.

"May you be happy and prosperous."

"Wow~ That's amazing. You said the word so clearly." Shopkeeper Zhang pinched Su Ruiwen's face and gave him a ten-liang silver ingot.

For the sake of the silver ingots, Su Ruiwen put on a stern face and let Manager Zhang pinch him.

Shopkeeper Zhang also gave Su Yun a silver ingot.

Su Yun didn't answer, but looked at Su Huaiyi.

"Take them all, you Grandpa Zhang..."

"Hehe, Grandpa Zhang's kindness cannot be let down." Su Huaiyi reacted and quickly changed his words.

[My grandfather wants to say that stupid people have a lot of money! ]

Chen Xiu smiled with his lips pursed, his shoulders shaking.

I don’t know if the person is stupid or not, but he has a lot of money.

Shopkeeper Zhang didn't hear clearly, he smiled like Maitreya Buddha.

"Hehe, let's talk about business first." Su Huaiyi felt uneasy.

Shopkeeper Zhang grabbed a handful of banknotes and said, "Huaiyi, take a look at these banknotes. Is there anything different about them?"

Su Huaiyi took it and looked at it carefully.

Chen Xiu felt complicated.

He came here because there were a lot of fake silver notes circulating in the market, and even the shopkeeper of Jubao Money House could not tell the real from the fake. It was only when the silver notes received by the money house were different from the number issued that shopkeeper Zhang realized that someone was using fake silver notes to exchange for silver.

This man was very cunning. The people who exchanged the silver were all different people. Since it was impossible to distinguish the real silver bills from the fake ones, Shopkeeper Zhang had no choice but to report the case.

The money shop had been cooperating with the imperial court. The emperor attached great importance to this matter and specially sent him to investigate it.

What he didn't expect was that this matter was actually related to the Su family of Qingshan Village.

According to Manager Zhang, Su Huaiyi carved silver bill printing molds for Jubao Money House more than 30 years ago.

The two hit it off right away when they met on the street. Shopkeeper Zhang saw that Su Huaiyi's carvings were exquisite, so he specially asked Su Huaiyi to carve silver bill printing molds for the bank.

Su Huaiyi did not disappoint Manager Zhang. The silver note mold not only incorporated pavilions, flowers, birds, and landscapes, but was also surrounded by a circle of thousands of tiny characters.

These thousands of words cannot be recognized by the naked eye and can only be seen with specific tools. Combined with the official seal, the anti-counterfeiting effect is greatly improved.

Since the new version of the silver note was issued, no one has counterfeited it in the past thirty years.

The two signed a contract that they could only meet if they encountered fake silver bills. This was also to protect Su Huaiyi from being captured by people with bad intentions.

Chen Xiu glanced at Su Huaiyi and admired his ability.

"Manager Zhang, look." Su Huaiyi, holding a special tool, pointed to a location on the banknote.

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Zhang took the tools and looked at them for a long time but still couldn't find any difference.

Su Huaiyi said in a deep voice, "This person can imitate official seals, silver bill molds, make specific paper, and paint with pigments, etc. He is a top talent.

The forger is very skilled. Even if he can copy the official seal, he cannot copy the tiny characters on the banknote. Everyone has their own way of writing, and the same is true for engraving. "

He pointed to the character "虞".

"Look at this character. Most people would seal the mouth when writing it, but the mouth of the character 虞 that I carved is not sealed."

“It’s true.”

Shopkeeper Zhang understood, but there were so many characters and they were so small that it would be hard to read them without paying close attention.

Only when I read the instructions again, I realized that there is really a difference between an unsealed mouth and a sealed one.

He hurriedly packed up the banknotes and stood up straight.

"Thank you, Huaiyi. Once I have dealt with this matter, I will come to thank you in person."

"Okay, this is a serious matter, you should catch the forger first."

After saying goodbye, Manager Zhang and Chen Xiu hurried to the capital again. Now they had a way to distinguish the silver bills. As long as they caught the person who used the fake silver bills, they could find the person behind the scenes by following the clues.

After everyone left, Li came forward and grabbed Su Huaiyi's ear.

"A little carved bauble? Tell me, what else did you do that I don't know about."

"Old lady, it's really gone."

Li increased her strength, "Hmm~ is there any?"

"Yes, yes. I also carved private seals for officials in the capital, but I don't have any other money. All this money was earned at that time." Su Huaiyi assured.

[My grandfather really has a business mind. Is it okay to customize it?] Su Yun couldn't help but admire him.