Ye Xianya looked at the old woman with some helplessness before saying, "Uncle, don't worry. I've already calculated it. Your father has passed away, and he didn't turn into a ghost. As for the voice you heard, it did come from the coffin. I won't go into the details of why, but I'll go there myself after dark to help you resolve this problem."
The uncle was overjoyed upon hearing Ye Xianya's words: "Then I'll have to trouble you, Miss Ye."
Knowing Ye Xianya's rules, he quickly placed the one tael of silver that his family had pooled together on the table, bowing as he said, "I'll go back and wait. Miss Ye, please come soon."
"Don't worry, Uncle!" Ye Xianya nodded.
She would tell fortunes for these ordinary people, charging only a few or ten coins, which they could give as they pleased.
Exorcising evil spirits and warding off disasters is a bit more expensive, but it won't cost too much; just one or two ounces will suffice.
Didn't some sucker just give her a thousand taels of silver to have her predict his marriage?
She's already earned enough today; she'll just let things take their course from here on out.
After the uncle left, the old woman standing behind him asked with a gossipy look, "Miss Ye, what exactly happened to their family? If it wasn't ghosts or monsters causing trouble, then what was it?"
"Is the old lady here to watch the fun or to have her fortune told?" Ye Xianya asked with a smile.
"Of course I'm here to have my fortune told!" the old woman said, taking out ten copper coins and placing them on the table. She smiled and said, "Please help me calculate how long it will take for my old man to return from the south. He's been gone for half a year without even a letter. I'm really worried."
"I'll be back before the New Year. If the journey goes smoothly and there's no heavy snow, I should arrive in the capital around mid-December," Ye Xianya said after calculating.
"Thank you, young lady, thank you, young lady," the old woman said hurriedly, and left happily.
After the remaining people had finished their divinations, Ye Xianya stretched and leaned back in her chair to rest with her eyes closed.
"Sister, let's go out earlier tomorrow and absorb some purple energy." Zhengzheng flew onto the table, nuzzled Ye Xianya's hand with her little head, and said happily.
"Little guy, you're addicted to it!" Ye Xianya rubbed its head: "Since you like it so much, let's go."
As expected of the spirit beast she had chosen at first sight, the little guy was exceptionally talented and succeeded in absorbing the purple energy on its first try, just like she had done before.
You should know that many of her fellow disciples in her previous life had tried for a long time before they succeeded, some taking a year and a half, others several years.
Zhengzheng, like her, got it right the first time.
This also means that if Zhengzheng continues to cultivate, as long as this world does not set up any restrictions to prevent them from ascending, Zhengzheng will definitely become a celestial beast.
This little guy is really good, even better than her little Tangtang.
"Sister is so nice!" Zhengzheng quickly flew into Ye Xianya's arms, acting cute and charming.
"Sister, I want to drink the wine from the Drunken Immortal Pavilion next door again. You've earned so much money today, sister, buy me two jugs of wine!" Zhengzheng said with a grin.
"Go buy it yourself!" Ye Xianya said, glancing at Furong behind her.
Furong quickly took out twenty taels of silver from the small cloth bag she carried with her and gave it to Zhengzheng.
"Thank you, sister, thank you, Furong." Zhengzheng quickly grabbed the silver note with her little paws, flew out of the window, and headed to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion next door.
"This little one is so clever and cute!" Ye Xianya made no attempt to hide her affection for Zhengzheng.
“Miss, twenty taels of silver… The wine at Zuixianlou is so expensive. Three jars of wine and I could buy it all.” Furong said with a resentful look.
"When spring comes next year, I will teach you how to brew wine. The peach blossom wine you make will definitely taste better than the wine from Zuixianlou. The best peach blossom wine will probably sell for thirty or fifty taels of silver a jar."
Upon hearing Ye Xianya's words, Shen Furong's eyes widened in shock: "Then...then this servant isn't even worth a jar of wine?"
Ye Xianya laughed upon hearing this: "To tell you the truth, if I had bought a maid in the brokerage in Weiyang County, it would have only cost ten taels of silver. It was mainly because your father was asking for an exorbitant price of thirty taels that I had no choice but to pay. Otherwise, he would have sold you to someone else as a concubine. Of course... these brokerages in the capital are definitely more expensive than those in Weiyang County, but buying a maid would only cost at most twenty taels."
Shen Furong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then smiled and said, "So Miss is the kindest person in the world. Even though you knew my father was asking for an exorbitant price, you still spent thirty taels of silver to buy the slave. The key point is that at that time, Miss was not well-off either. Miss is so good to me. I will definitely serve Miss well and repay Miss."
Ye Xianya was amused by her: "I think you've been spending too much time with Zhengzheng and have learned her tricks for coaxing people. You're incredibly sweet-talking."
Upon hearing this, Shen Furong scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly: "This servant didn't know how to say these things before, but after listening to Zhengzheng say them so many times, I've learned them."
"Since you're so sweet-talking, I'll take pity on you and give you a bag of roasted chestnuts." Ye Xianya said as she took out ten taels of silver from the small cloth bag and gave it to Shen Furong: "Keep the rest of the silver for yourself. A young lady should always have some savings."
"Thank you so much, Miss!" Shen Furong was overjoyed upon hearing this and quickly took the silver notes to buy chestnuts.
After arriving in the capital, her favorite food was roasted chestnuts.
The young lady would occasionally buy it for her to eat.
The young lady would also occasionally reward her with silver, which she could save herself.
Her young lady is indeed the best young lady in the world.
...
After nightfall, Ye Xianya took Zhengzheng to the west of the city.
She had promised Uncle Hu that she would help him, and of course she couldn't go back on her word.
In a somewhat old courtyard in the west of the city, Hu Zhixing, along with his wife, two younger brothers, and their wives, were keeping vigil.
"Father, has Master Ye arrived yet?" Hu Zhixing's son, Hu Decheng, poked his head out of the house and asked in a low voice.
“We’re not there yet.” Hu Zhixing shook his head and glared at his son. “You’re not allowed to come out. Take your younger siblings and stay inside.”
“It’s already dark, and there’s no sound like before coming from Grandfather’s coffin. It seems that his son is alright now, so parents don’t need to worry…” Before Hu Decheng could finish speaking, the sound of fingernails scratching at the coffin lid came from the coffin in the courtyard again, hissing and scratching… incessantly.
Hu Decheng was so frightened that he quickly closed the door and hid inside with his younger siblings, too afraid to move.
Hearing this chilling sound, Hu Zhixing and the others in the courtyard broke out in a cold sweat, even in the dead of winter.
"Father, please have mercy and stop tormenting your sons. If you truly have any unfulfilled wishes, just tell your sons, and we will definitely do it for you." Hu Zhixing suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowing as he spoke.
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