Looking at the meat pie in her hand, Zhang Niangzi finally looked deeply at Pei Yao and thanked her.
Pei Yao looked at the bruises on Zhang Niangzi's face, which made her already not pretty face look even more ferocious.
Pei Yao didn't say much. There were some things she shouldn't say, and saying more would be pointless.
Some of life's heavy rains you have to experience yourself before you think about using an umbrella.
If Zhang Niangzi doesn't wake up to reality, she will never escape her suffering.
When Pei Yao returned, Chen Fang and the others were already eating meat pies. The others had also come to rest; they had all brought their own dinners and were now taking them out to eat.
When Yunniang and Chen Fang saw Pei Yao return, they held up meat pies and asked, "Yao'er, have you eaten?"
Pei Yao: "I've eaten, Mother."
Pei Yao went to the side and poured some cooled boiled water for everyone to drink later.
When everyone had finished eating and was resting...
Pei Yao then told them about Old Master Liu's condition that day.
After Pei Yao finished speaking, she looked at Chen Fang and said, "Aunt, you and Aunt Chunlin are close, so you should talk to them about this."
In the end, Pei Yao is just a child. Being too outspoken is not a good thing in this era.
After listening, Chen Fang glanced at the Liu family members who were also having dinner not far away.
“Okay, that just so happens that Chunlin has been talking about this lately.”
After saying that, Chen Fang walked straight toward them.
Yunniang looked over there with some unease, worried that the Liu family might get too anxious upon hearing that Old Master Liu was unwell.
She herself had experienced this before, hearing that a loved one was unwell.
It felt like being pricked by needles.
Chen Fang didn't return until quite a while later, and Yunniang quickly went up to ask:
"Sister-in-law, how is she?"
Chen Fang sighed:
"I told them everything that Yao had told me. Their idea was to go with Yao tomorrow and see if we could get the master out first."
Chen Fang paused for a moment and then continued:
"But they didn't have enough money. They'd been saving up about twenty taels these past few days, and they were thinking of asking our family for some to make fifty taels. I'm on good terms with Chunlin, and since she asked, I couldn't refuse, so I agreed..."
As soon as Chen Fang finished speaking, she unconsciously lowered her head, a faint blush rising on her cheeks, and her eyes swept over everyone present with a hint of guilt.
She thought to herself that she had rashly agreed to help Chunlin borrow money without consulting or getting everyone's consent.
"I'm so sorry, Yunniang, Yao'er, I agreed to their request without discussing it with you."
Yunniang shook her head and comforted her, "It's alright, sister-in-law. If it were me, I'm afraid I would have agreed to Chunlin's request too."
Pei Yao looked at her usually carefree aunt and comforted her, "It's alright, we have enough money now."
We have enough money at home right now, so lending it out wouldn't be a problem.
Moreover, the Liu and Pei families were exiled together from the capital, so there must be some ties between them.
Moreover, Pei Yao originally planned to rescue the person first today, but since Uncle Qian's friend was on vacation and not at the salt field, she had to postpone it until tomorrow.
After everyone finished discussing this matter, they got busy again.
The Pei family has been busy drying and harvesting seaweed every day lately.
There's already a huge pile of dried seaweed at home, but thankfully we have a newly opened yard to store it.
Pei Yao estimated that after finishing the last day's work, she would have enough goods for Gu Mingqian to order.
However, Pei Yao has no intention of stopping work.
She also wanted the villagers to continue helping her dry the kelp, because dried kelp keeps very well and now she has room to store it at home.
She wanted to save up more so that when Gu Mingqian came to buy seaweed again, he wouldn't have to rush like this time.
Moreover, there is too much mature kelp in this bay; if it is not harvested in time, it will likely be wasted.
After harvesting the mature kelp, it will make room for the small kelp seedlings to grow.
After returning home, Pei Dalang and Pei Erlang busied themselves taking out the seaweed they had collected over the past few days and began to weigh it.
After weighing all the seaweed in the yard, it was indeed about what Pei Yao and the others had expected.
There is already enough kelp.
When the villagers were drying seaweed, they had already trimmed it and bundled it up neatly.
Therefore, it was much easier for them to organize it.
All you need to do is pack them all into a large burlap sack.
Pei Yao thought that since she was going to town again tomorrow, she would deliver the seaweed to Gu Mingqian.
This is three days earlier than the time we originally scheduled.
It was quite late when the family finished preparing the seaweed, and the gentle moonlight bathed the Pei family's courtyard.
Pei Yao discussed things with everyone in the courtyard under the moonlight.
During the day, the former manager said that if all four members of the Liu family were redeemed together, it would cost a total of two hundred taels of silver.
If we just bring Old Master Liu out first, it will cost fifty taels of silver.
The Liu family was too embarrassed to borrow too much money from the Pei family, so they only planned to borrow thirty taels of silver to bring out the elderly Mr. Liu.
The remaining three grown men shouldn't wait until they've saved up enough money to be brought out.
“Mother, Aunt, I was actually thinking that since we’ve rescued Grandpa Liu, we should also redeem Uncle Liu and the other two. Right now, we’ve just received payment from Gu Mingqian, so we’re quite well-off.”
After saying this, Pei Yao looked at everyone, waiting for their opinions.
Pei Dalang: I agree with Yao'er's opinion. My second brother and I both worked at the saltworks, and it was indeed a difficult time.
Chen Fang: "I have no objection. Chunlin treats me like a sister, so naturally I want to help her."
Yunniang and Pei Erlang had no objections.
After reaching a consensus, everyone tidied up briefly and went back to their rooms to rest.
After a long day, they fell asleep almost as soon as their heads hit the bed.
Soon, the sound of Pei Dalang and Pei Erlang snoring could be heard from the courtyard.
I don't know if they were tired during the day, but both of them were snoring very loudly tonight.
The entire courtyard was filled with them.
It's like singing a two-person folk song, with each person singing in turn, creating a very rhythmic sound.
When Pei Yao woke up early the next morning, Pei Dalang and Pei Erlang had already moved all the dried seaweed onto the carriage.
All I could do was wake him up and we set off.
Everyone in the Liu family arrived at their friend's house early today to wait for them.
Today is a good day for them.
I'm about to meet my family whom I haven't seen for a long time.
Chen Fang handed the two hundred taels of silver notes she had prepared that morning to Chunlin.
"This is two hundred taels of silver, that should be enough to redeem all four of them. We discussed it yesterday, and since we're going to redeem them, we should redeem them all at once."
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