Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, Qin San Niang accepted Lan Yao's small bag of gold leaves.
Upon opening it, I found it to be a small, melon-seed shaped gold coin, weighing about one tael (approximately 50 grams). Considering that one tael of gold equals ten taels of silver, this should be sufficient.
After bidding farewell to Qin San Niang, seeing that it wasn't too late, Lan Yao told the head guard to hurry up so he could quickly show the prescription to his father.
In the past six months, a new restaurant has sprung up in the south, posing a significant threat to Zuixianlou, which has long dominated the south. He travels around to learn, one of his purposes being to find famous chefs and revitalize Zuixianlou.
As for his old-fashioned father, well, it's best not to let him know about this.
Everyone ate the large steamed buns, their mouths greasy.
"Mother, these buns are delicious, even better than those in Luzhou City!" The waiter was a foodie, and what he said was true; he was also a connoisseur.
"Yes, Auntie, these buns smell delicious, and there's so much meat in them! I've never had such delicious buns before."
Qin San Niang ate heartily, not only because she had made money, but also because she had found some connections through her own abilities, which provided her with more security in this chaotic world. For her, even with millions of supplies, it would not be appropriate to hide in the deep mountains, as bandits were said to be rampant and the mountains were even more unsafe.
Besides, she thought further ahead. In this era where royal power reigns supreme, if she wanted to live a good life, she needed to maintain a good image. Otherwise, she couldn't just keep producing good things out of thin air, could she? There had to be a reason, right?
After dinner, Qin San Niang was in a good mood and gave Wu Shi and Gu Qingshan two gold leaves each.
Wu's hands trembled as she held the gold leaf. "Third Sister, what are you doing? This is what you were supposed to take. I didn't do anything."
In contrast, Gu Qingshan hunted a pheasant, while she did nothing at all.
Qin San Niang had no room for argument. They were now like a listed company, with some people in charge of logistics and others in charge of sales. Whatever they did, it was all beneficial to the group.
Isn't the point of living to earn a few coins? For Qin San Niang, using money to win people's hearts was the simplest thing in the world!
Gu Qingshan was skilled at hunting and was also a good assistant in times of danger, serving as a guard.
As for the Wu mother and daughter, their daily work of washing clothes, cooking, sewing and mending is quite heavy, not to mention that Fatty also has the important task of driving.
Although he couldn't understand what she was saying, it was still equivalent to the reward for his labor, so Gu Qingshan cupped his hands in thanks.
Wu could only awkwardly put the gold in her sleeve pocket, thinking that she would have to sew an inner pocket to store it later, since it was gold! Her resolve to follow Third Sister's family became even stronger.
At night, Mrs. Liu had a rare chat with her eldest daughter. She didn't quite approve of her daughter selling the recipe. After all, the recipe could be passed down; in some large families, recipes were treasured heirlooms.
“Mother, I’m not doing this business for the money.”
Qin Sanniang leaned closer in the moonlight and said, "Think about it, we'll have to make a living in the south eventually, but after thinking it over, we don't have any grown men in our family. We can only make a living here. It's much more lucrative to do business. Young Master Lan's family has a strong presence in Jiangnan. We're just using a small line to catch a big fish."
Hearing her explanation, Liu felt it made a lot of sense, but she still felt bad about the prescription. She only stopped when Qin San Niang promised not to sell the prescription so casually again!
Tonight, Fatty and Gu Qingshan take turns keeping watch. Wu Chunhua, her heart burning with desire, can't sleep, so she decides to sew shoe soles by the fire. In a few days, it will be too cold to wear straw sandals.
Qin San Niang fell asleep amidst the quiet chatter of Wu Shi and her daughter.
The next day, the group continued their journey as before, but the carriage ahead had long since disappeared.
This morning, I was woken up by my child's cries. It turned out that Xiaobai had caught a mouse. Qin Sanniang quickly told the child to throw the dead mouse far away. It was a wild mouse, and she didn't know if it might carry infectious diseases such as plague or hemorrhagic fever.
"Little children shouldn't play with mice, there might be bugs on them that will crawl into their stomachs and cause stomach aches!" Since lying last time, Qin San Niang had gained experience. She discovered that the children were most afraid of stomach aches, and this trick always worked.
Sure enough, upon hearing their mother say this, the children stopped poking the dead rat with sticks, and the eldest child even used a stick to toss it far away.
"Mother, Second Brother even touched it with his hand." A-Nan was always eager to stir up trouble.
"I only touched it, but didn't you also poke it with your finger?"
"I didn't use my hands, humph!"
Ugh, having more kids really brings more troubles. Qin San Niang felt a headache coming on.
Mrs. Liu didn't care about her eldest daughter's family affairs, and besides, she found it quite amusing to watch her eldest daughter interacting with her grandson.
However, she didn't find rats so terrifying. Weren't there refugees on the road who ate rat meat? Rat meat was meat, and it could fill their stomachs, much better than tree bark, grass roots, and mud.
However, she dared not speak to her eldest daughter like that. She didn't know when, but Liu had begun to fear her eldest daughter. For example, her leg. She had long felt that she could walk again, but her daughter insisted that she rest for a month.
Am I really getting old...?
Gu Qingshan: Is it really that scary?
Fatty: I used to eat rats, I don't know if it's too late to throw it up now.
In short, thinking about that dead rat made Qin San Niang extremely agitated. She couldn't even eat breakfast. She kept nagging Xiao Bai, not caring whether it could understand or not, forbidding it from catching rats to play with or eating them. It's not like it's lacking your food!
Anan felt that Xiaobai seemed listless all day.
The eldest child was also very puzzled. When did his mother become so nagging? Besides, his mother used to be unafraid of mice!
However, everyone tacitly agreed that no one would suspect that her soul had been replaced.
Fortunately, Qin San Niang's irritability came and went quickly, and by noon she was busy eating and drinking again.
Since the last time the water level was noticed to be dropping, Gu Qingshan had deliberately reminded everyone to fill all water bags and gourds with water. He had thought things would get better near Dingzhou, but the drought seemed to be getting worse.
Along both sides of the official road, one could occasionally see the bodies of dead refugees, perhaps starved to death, or perhaps murdered. The children's expressions grew increasingly grave.
Since they joined the refugee movement, the children had only had a relatively good two weeks. Before that, they had been walking on empty stomachs and in fear, so they were no strangers to the chaos on the road. Having been separated from the main group for a long time, they suddenly saw this scene again, and they all restrained their lively appearance and clung tightly to their grandmother's side.
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