Chapter 23 Give Silver a Clear Way
Bai Li returned to the team and saw that everyone had not gone to bed yet, so he distributed the things he brought back.
Li was holding her favorite Pu Ji Osmanthus Cake, her heart pounding.
In the glow of the bonfire, all the female members of the Bai family had various cakes and pastries, while the male members had wine, fried peanuts and a few roast chickens.
Even the dozen or so yamen runners were served steaming hot meat pies. She paused for a moment, calculating in her mind how much money her granddaughter had spent on the meal.
The few boxes of osmanthus cakes she got were worth several taels of silver. If you count the money for her daughter-in-law, niece, and granddaughter, it would be at least ten taels of silver.
For the male relatives, it would cost at least ten taels of silver, plus the money for the yamen runners, Bai Li spent at least fifty taels of silver on this shopping trip.
She had previously taken out more than a thousand taels of silver notes and gave them to Li Dong as change. She used them to buy food, drinks, entertainment, rewards for yamen runners, carriages, clothes, etc. During her ten days of exile, she probably spent several hundred taels.
I don’t know how this child hid the banknotes. Now that these few banknotes are gone, what will she do in the future?
The destination is still more than a thousand miles away, and it will take at least ten days to arrive.
In the last ten days, the weather was getting colder and colder, and her family had to buy some warm clothes. Before she reached her destination, her little money would be spent.
Once you arrive at the bitter and cold place of exile, you have to spend money on the family's accommodation, living, food and drink.
This child is young and doesn't know how to live. If we give her this amount of money and use it wisely, she can at least have a comfortable life in the place of exile.
Look, look, now it’s all spent. What will you do then?
Thinking of this, the osmanthus cake in my hand no longer smells fragrant.
Looking at the food that everyone was eating happily, all of it was pure silver. If you don’t manage the household, you won’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, salt and other household items are. These are wasteful things!
She used to be the mistress of the general's mansion. She was generous to her servants and lavish in social interactions.
But now the situation is different. Her huge general's mansion has been ransacked, and she is no longer the noble old lady of the general's mansion, but an exiled prisoner.
When she arrived in Guizhou, where snow was falling all over the sky, she had little food and clothing, and her old bones could not withstand it for a few days.
Even the adults can't bear it, so I can't imagine what the kids at home will be like when that happens, as they are only a few years old.
No, she had to remind her granddaughter to hold on to the money tightly and not squander it in the future.
She stood up and pulled her eldest granddaughter, who was talking loudly, to the other side of the carriage to talk.
"What is it, Grandma?"
Bai Li still has a sense of intimacy with his grandmother. After all, he grew up in her care. The original owner's spoiled and unruly personality was due to his grandmother's pampering.
"Li'er, our family is no longer what it used to be. We have to hold on to the money we have. Don't give tips to the yamen runners casually, and don't buy those expensive things that won't fill you up easily. Just make sure everyone in the family has enough to eat."
Bai Li: Are you blaming her for spending money recklessly?
If she told her grandmother that she now had enough gold to provide the whole family with food and clothing for the rest of their lives, would she believe it?
But I guess after she told her, her grandmother would be even more worried, worried that she would empty the national treasury.
She hasn't thought about emptying the national treasury yet, but she is quite interested in emptying the warehouses of those corrupt officials.
But I can’t say this?
It seems that I have to find a clear way to get the money in the space.
I wonder if it’s okay to hunt and sell the prey?
Although the income is a little less, at least the money is earned through honest means.
Just do it when you think of it.
"Grandma, I get it. I won't let you starve or freeze anymore. I'm going to go hunt some wild boars and sell them in the city tomorrow so we can make some money!"
Mrs. Li: "Hey! That's not what I meant... Hey! Aren't you tired of not sleeping so late at night?"
She ran away before she could finish her words.
"Mom, what did Li'er say to you? Why did she run away again just after coming back?"
Li Mingyue ate a few pieces of egg yolk pastry and stopped eating, leaving some for later.
I asked casually when I saw my mother-in-law come back.
"Oh! It's all my fault!"
"Mom, please don't say that. It's my daughter-in-law who's talking too much!"
Li Mingyue thought that the grandparents and grandchildren had an unpleasant quarrel, and she even asked about it, which made her mother-in-law unhappy.
Seeing that her daughter-in-law had misunderstood, Mrs. Li pulled her into the carriage to explain.
Bai Li was not sleepy at all tonight. He was holding his breath and couldn't breathe, so he could only vent his anger on the unfortunate wild boar.
The small forest where she was resting was far away from the mountains, but this did not pose a problem for her. She ran at full speed for less than an hour and reached a primitive mountain more than 300 miles away.
In ancient times, there were many mountains like this that were rarely visited by people.
In ancient times, the population was small and the area was limited. In addition, people were easily satisfied. As long as there was food in the fields, no one wanted to risk their lives to go to the mountains to find food.
There are plenty of firewood and wild vegetables on the small hills in front of and behind the village. Who would want to go to the mountains to feed wild beasts?
No matter how many resources there are in the mountains, no one goes there, so the mountains naturally become primeval forests.
The pitch-black primeval forest was like a giant beast, with occasional flashes of green and white light, but Bai Li was not afraid at all.
In her previous life, she was used to seeing mountains of corpses and seas of blood, with ugly and terrifying zombies everywhere in front of and behind the house. Now, looking at this green scene, she felt her blood boiling.
She unleashed her special powers, and the night became as bright as day in her eyes.
Since no one saw her, she stretched out her body and moved through the forest at an extremely fast speed.
The moonlight shines through the dense leaves, casting mottled shadows, but it cannot illuminate the bottomless darkness.
Bai Li has a strong and agile figure, like a ghost in the dark night.
Her sharp eyes flashed firmly in the darkness, carefully searching for every movement around her.
Her ability enhances her perception, allowing her to detect subtle sounds and auras that ordinary people cannot perceive.
Suddenly, a slight rustling sound aroused her vigilance.
Bai Li stopped in his tracks instantly, his body tense and his ears trembling slightly.
With years of experience fighting zombies, she determined that this was not an ordinary sound of wind, but some kind of creature moving.
She approached the direction of the sound cautiously, holding the sharp long knife tightly in her hand, the blade reflecting a cold light in the moonlight.
When she got closer to the source of the sound, she found that it was a huge wild boar, which was digging for food on the ground with its head lowered.
Bai Li stood still, waiting for the best time to attack.
The wild boar's thick tusks and strong body made it look extremely threatening, but it posed no threat to Bai Li.
When the wild boar relaxed its vigilance a little and turned sideways towards her, Bai Li instantly activated her supernatural power.
Her speed increased instantly and she rushed towards the wild boar like a flash of lightning.
The wild boar sensed the danger and turned around suddenly, but it was too late.
Bai Li jumped high and slashed at the wild boar's neck with the long knife in his hand.
With the help of supernatural powers, the sharp blade easily broke through the wild boar's tough fur, and blood gushed out.
However, the wild boar did not fall down immediately. It roared angrily and rushed towards Bai Li madly.
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