In the dark cave, a skeleton suddenly came into view. Su Yin was caught off guard and was frightened.
The two big eyes on the skull's head were staring at the entrance, as if staring at someone who had rashly broken in.
Su Baozhu was also startled, "What's wrong?"
Su Yin calmed down and said, "Nothing, there is a corpse in the cave."
"ah!"
Su Baozhu's face turned pale, and the fear that she had suppressed with great difficulty was aroused again.
"Su Yin, how about we change places?"
Su Baozhu was wondering why Su Yin didn't respond, when she heard Su Yin speak.
"Wait a moment."
Su Baozhu saw Su Yin crawl into the cave and disappear from her sight.
With the help of the firelight, Su Yin carefully examined the corpse. Most of the cloth on the body had rotted away, but from the remaining cloth scraps, it was obvious that it was made of silk, which showed that the owner of this body was wealthy.
From the skeleton, it can be seen that it is a female. Judging from the teeth and bones, her age is about 30-45 years old. Moving down, the eyes stop at the wrist of the corpse, on which there is a jade bracelet.
I took off the jade bracelet and wiped off the dust. It was smooth and delicate to the touch, and the jade was transparent. It was a high-quality bracelet and should be worth a lot of money.
They are short of money to buy supplies now, and this jade bracelet can solve their urgent needs.
Hey!
Her hand touched a tiny bump on the inside of the jade disk. She brought the bracelet close to the torch and squinted to look at it carefully. There seemed to be a pattern engraved on it, but it was a little blurry and not very clear. After looking at it for a while, she could barely make out that it was a pattern with a Qilin pattern.
It is probably the logo of a jewelry store. If the jewelry store can make logos, this thing would probably be more valuable.
Su Yin put the jade bracelet in her pocket and bowed to the corpse.
Since you took someone else's things, it's only right that you bury her.
Su Yin took off his coat and prepared to take the corpse down for burial. As soon as he moved the body away, the stones behind it rolled down, revealing a wooden box.
The material of the wooden box is rosewood, which is a good wood. After pressing the buckle at the bottom, the wooden box opened, and a row of white silver ingots were neatly placed inside.
She picked up one of them, weighed it in her hand, and it weighed about ten taels.
Each silver ingot is of uniform size, regular shape and of high quality.
I counted the silver ingots in the wooden box. There were two layers, ten in each layer, for a total of two hundred taels.
Two hundred taels was a huge sum of money in the Yong Dynasty.
Su Baozhu waited for a long time, but saw no movement. She was a little worried, "Su Yin."
"Yes. I'm coming down right away."
Su Yin came down from the cave above, carrying the corpse and silver.
"What are you carrying?"
“Human bones.”
Su Baozhu subconsciously took two steps back, but when she saw the wooden box, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "What is that?"
"Look for yourself."
Su Baozhu was suspicious and fiddled with it for a long time before opening the wooden box. When she saw the rows of white silver in the box, her eyes widened and she became incoherent with excitement.
"This, this...silver, silver, a lot of silver."
She had never seen so much silver in her life.
"This silver belongs to her. Since we took her money, we should help bury her." Su Yin said.
Su Baozhu came back to her senses from her surprise and kept nodding her head. The look she showed towards the corpse was no longer one of fear but of gratitude.
"Yes, yes, yes, Yinzi, you are right."
The two men found a place, dug a pit, put the body in, and covered it with soil.
By the time they were done, the sun had already started to set. They couldn't rest yet, they had to hide the supplies.
Su Yin climbed up to the cave again, sprinkled some sulfur powder around, spread some grass, and put things in order bit by bit. Then she asked her aunt to find a stone and place it at the entrance of the cave as a cover.
After doing all this, it was getting dark outside.
The two men did not dare to stay any longer and left in a hurry to return home. As for the box of silver ingots, they did not take it with them.
Old Lady Su was a domineering head of the family, and she would often enter the rooms of these unmarried girls and search them from time to time, fearing that they were hiding money. They wanted to save money, but it was much more difficult than other girls.
If Old Lady Su were to find the silver ingot, there would be no way out of this.
Lijia Village was just ahead. Smoke rose from the village as the sun set. Su Yin suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Su Yin walked to the edge of the field and smeared mud on her body, especially her legs, and also smeared a little on her face.
“You are…”
"If we go back now, your mother will definitely ask about this matter. Let's discuss our explanation first."
Su Yin told Su Baozhu about her plan, and she nodded continuously.
After entering the village, Su Yin placed her hand on Su Baozhu's shoulder and limped home. Everyone she met on the road looked curious.
"Daya, what's wrong with you?"
Su Yin smiled innocently and replied, "I went to the mountain to collect herbs and fell down. I hurt my leg."
"The legs are the most important. If you don't take good care of them, you will suffer in the future. You must be careful when you walk in the future."
"Yeah." She nodded obediently.
Whenever someone asks, we give the same answer.
As the aunt and niece approached the door of their home, they heard the powerful voice of Old Lady Su coming from the main room.
"Those two damn girls haven't come back yet. They might as well not come back in this lifetime."
"How come our Su family has raised two lazy and money-losing guys like this?"
Instead of trying to persuade her, the aunt-in-law added fuel to the fire, "Mother, calm down. The two girls will naturally come back when they are tired from playing. It's just that you are so worried. You thought they were sick and you felt sorry for them, so you asked them to take good care of them. But you didn't expect them to go out and play, and you didn't know how to help with the housework. Alas, how can you get married in the future if you are like this?"
With a creak, the two men pushed open the door to the courtyard.
The people in the courtyard heard it and looked at the two of them.
Su's mother was the first to notice her daughter's miserable state and rushed forward nervously, "Daya, what happened to you?"
"Mom, it's okay. I just went up the mountain to collect herbs and accidentally fell and hurt my foot. Luckily I met my aunt, otherwise I wouldn't know how to get down the mountain."
When Old Mrs. Su heard the noise, she walked out of the main room, put her hands on her hips, pointed at the two people and started cursing.
"You damn girl, why did you go up the mountain to collect herbs for no reason? It's just a headache or fever, it won't kill you. How come you didn't fall to death?"
Su Yin lowered her head like a quail, just like she always did, and let Old Lady Su scold her.
Mother Su protected her daughter behind her, mustered up her courage, and said, "Mom, Daya just wanted to save some money. It's all my fault that I'm useless as a mother and don't have money to pay for my daughter's medical treatment."
She rolled up her sleeves and wiped her tears silently.
Su Laosan, Su Yin's father in this life, came back from outside carrying firewood. When he saw his daughter's embarrassment and his wife wiping tears in grievance, and then looked at his arrogant father and mother, he quickly put down the firewood.
"Mother, what has the child's mother done wrong? You can scold me and hit me. Don't get yourself hurt by being angry." [Note 1]
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