Chapter 8 Hiding Money
The only word Zhou Yunshu got from her grandmother was "wait", wait.
Returning to the room, Zhou Yunshu saw her mother and sister-in-law making the bed, while Yuan Li, Yuan Yi, Xixi and Yuan Ruo were eating cakes on the couch next to them.
Seeing Zhou Yunshu come in, Yuan Li and Yuan Yi stood up and said, "Aunt."
Zhou Yunshu walked over to the four little ones, touched their heads and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"
Children have poor resistance, and Zhou Yunshu was afraid that if Ji Mingzhu and Wu Yue got sick, the four little ones would also get sick.
This is not the modern era. The child mortality rate is too high, and the Zhou family cannot afford the death of any child.
The four little ones all shook their heads after Zhou Yunshu finished asking.
Yuan Li and Yuan Yi have already been enlightened, and coupled with the great changes in the Zhou family, the two little ones have grown up a lot in a short time.
Zhi Yuanruo was young and didn't understand much, so he thought that their mother and grandmother were taking them out to play.
Ji Nancy is a few months younger than Yuan Ruo, so she doesn't understand either.
But Ji Nancy grew up with Zhou Yunshu since she was a child. As long as she can always see her mother, she feels that it doesn't matter where she goes.
After Zhou Yunshu made sure that the four little ones were not feeling unwell, she asked Dongge to look after the children and took her mother and sister-in-law to the room of Wu Yue and her husband, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
They had a long journey ahead of them, so they had to plan carefully.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the women of the Zhou family around her and said, "Grandma means that we should rest in Hengyang for a day today and leave tomorrow."
"But grandma's health hasn't recovered yet." Fang Huiwen frowned.
Like Zhou Yunshu, in the eyes of the Zhou family, Ji Mingzhu is the most special and important person.
"Grandma is worried that something might happen if we stay too long, so we need to rest up today before we continue on our journey."
Fang Huiwen and Wu Gui nodded in unison. Since their grandmother had said so, they would do as she said.
Not to mention that before Zhou Yunshu got married, she and her sister-in-law Zhou Jianying had been in charge of household affairs, and they were used to listening to Zhou Yunshu's arrangements.
"Sister Yunshu, if there's anything you need me to do, just let me know." Wu Gui said to Zhou Yunshu.
Fang Huiwen also said, "And me."
Li Jialan also pulled her daughter's sleeve, she also wanted to do something.
"good!"
There are too many things to do next, and it is unrealistic for her to rely on herself.
After Zhou Yunshu nodded, Li Jialan and others showed a relaxed smile on their faces. They were afraid that they would be useless.
"Shu'er, find me something to do." Wu Yue, who had been lying in bed resting, choked up and said, "Otherwise, all I can think about is your uncle and the others."
Wu Yue's words made everyone present's eyes red.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the haggard Wu Yue and sighed inwardly, "Second Aunt, the most important thing for you now is to take care of your health. After you recover, there will be many things that need your help!"
Wu Yue nodded with sobs. She couldn't bring burden to her family.
"Also, if he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his body."
Zhou Yunshu said gravely, "I don't believe the imperial court's words, nor do I believe the news coming from the northern border. My grandfather and his men have fought for many years and have operated in the northern border for many years. I don't believe they would die so easily at Jade Pass."
Zhou Yunshu's words were like a shot of adrenaline, instantly making Li Jialan and the others' eyes light up.
Seeing that they had finally cheered up, Zhou Yunshu continued, "Let's hurry on our way first. After we settle down, we'll find a way to go to the northern border to inquire about our grandfather and the others."
"Until we have definite news, we have to take good care of ourselves, don't you think?"
Li Jialan and others nodded in unison.
Wu Gui asked carefully: "The reason why my aunt left is..."
Zhou Yunshu nodded and pointed outside. She did not forget that the emperor had always sent people to follow them.
When everyone saw this, they immediately shut their mouths.
This is their only hope, and there must be no mistakes.
"Our stay in Hengyang is too short. We must be prepared."
Zhou Yunshu took out five silver notes worth two hundred taels from her bosom and said, "This is the money I hid when I left the palace..."
Before Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, she heard Fang Huiwen and Wu Gui say in unison, "I hid too."
After saying that, Wu Gui and Fang Huiwen looked at each other, and then a smile appeared on their faces.
This was the most tacit understanding between the two sisters-in-law.
Li Jialan also said: "I also hid some."
Wu Yue was dumbfounded when she heard what the three of them said. Hiding money?
Apart from the clothes she was wearing, all the jewelry she was wearing were taken away by the people who confiscated her house, leaving her with nothing.
So, she is the only “honest person” in the entire Zhou family, right?
Li Jialan is an orphan and attaches great importance to money.
The house was searched suddenly, and she didn't hide much. She hid ten golden peanuts in her hair with a handkerchief.
Two more cloth bags were taken out from under his armpits. One contained five silver notes of one hundred taels and five silver notes of two hundred taels; the other contained more than twenty pearls of good quality.
Fang Huiwen hid less money than Li Jialan.
She only had time to stuff three hundred-liang silver notes into each shoe, but she also stuffed silver into her two sons' shoes.
There were three fifty-liang silver notes hidden in Yuanyi's shoes, and two one-hundred-liang silver notes hidden in Yuanli's shoes. This was all the cash she had at the time. She also had gold and silver, but they were too hard to get, so she had to give them up.
Although Wu Yue didn't hide anything, her daughter-in-law Wu Gui hid the most among the whole family.
Not only did she stuff twelve small yellow croakers in her hair, she also stuffed ten two-hundred-tael silver notes and six one-hundred-tael silver notes in her chest.
There were things tied to both legs, one of which had two circles of small yellow croaker tied to it; the other leg had three bags hanging on it, one of which was filled with pearls, and the other two were filled with loose silver.
When she went to the pharmacy, she took off all these things and put them into the bag containing medicine under the pretext of getting medicine.
Not only that, under the insoles of her shoes, there were five silver notes worth one hundred taels each.
If Yuan Ruo had not been with her at the time, she would have stuffed Yuan Ruo's body with things as well.
Wu Yue was stunned when he saw what his wife took out of the bag, and he was even more stunned when he heard where she hid the things.
"What if we get discovered?" Wu Yue said blankly.
Wu Gui opened the bundle and said, "We have to take a gamble. As the saying goes, the bold die of overeating, and the timid die of starvation."
After saying that, Wu Gui looked at her mother-in-law and immediately explained: "Mom, I'm not saying you're a coward, I just..."
Wu Yue shook her head, "It's okay."
She really lived too conventionally in her life.
"mother?"
"Well done." Fortunately, Wu Gui was there for their second house.
Hearing her mother-in-law's approval, Wu Gui couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.
Wu Gui's mother died early. Although Wu Yue was always cold to her after she got married, she always treated Wu Yue as her biological mother, especially since the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a very good relationship and had the same surname.
Wu Gui placed a bag of small yellow croaker and all the banknotes in Wu Yue's hand, "Mother, take this."
Wu Yue was stunned, and then pushed the money in front of Wu Gui, "This is all yours, you yourself..."
"Mom, you are my mother, you have to take care of it for me!" Wu Gui's tone did not allow for refusal, and Wu Yue's eyes suddenly turned red.
Wu Gui couldn't bear to see people crying. She looked at Wu Yue in a panic, "Mom, did I do something wrong? Please don't cry, you..."
Wu Yue listened to Wu Gui's caring words and threw herself into the arms of her wife, who was much taller than her, and said, "Mom has wronged you before!"
Wu Gui was hugged and felt a little stiff for a moment. Then she patted her mother-in-law's back, just like she did when she was a child to comfort her younger brothers and sisters, and said, "Mom, you have never let me down."
Although he was not as good to her as he was to Liu Aifang, he never tortured her either. He just ignored her coldly. Wu Gui was always content.
The more Wu Gui said this, the more uncomfortable Wu Yue felt.
Thinking that he would live with his wife and grandson in the future, he made up his mind to treat his daughter-in-law as his own daughter.
After Wu Yue calmed down, Zhou Yunshu asked, "What are your plans for the money?"
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