Before Aunt Li could get down on her knees, Chaoge quickly grabbed her and said, "Hey, don't do this.
Let's go out of town together tomorrow, and we'll talk about what happens next later."
Although Chaoge didn't agree, she didn't mean to abandon her. When Aunt Li heard this, she was instantly delighted. The pleading and pity on her face disappeared, and she expressed gratitude with joy.
"By the way, little pigeon, where's little blackie? Why can't I see little blackie?"
After being happy, Aunt Li suddenly thought of this.
In fact, Chaoge had already put Black Panther into the space. If there were not so many refugees outside the city wall, she would have also put Xiaoxue into the space, so as not to give those officers and soldiers the opportunity to charge her an extra five taels of silver for the city entrance fee.
"I asked it to wait for me outside the city. The city gate is heavily guarded, and Xiao Heizi is a cheetah. It will be troublesome if the officials don't let him in.
Plus, it's pretty human, if those powerful officials take a fancy to it and snatch it away, I can't do anything about it."
"Yes, yes, that's right.
Little Blackie understands human nature and won't run around. He will definitely wait for you obediently."
After a tiring day, Chaoge went to bed early.
In order to help Aunt Li sleep better, she added a sleeping pill into her water.
Because tonight, in addition to collecting the essence of plants in the city, she also had to get back all the money she had given out, so Aunt Li couldn't wake up.
Finally, late at night, Chaoge got up and walked around to the alley in the backyard of the inn. Taking advantage of the remoteness of the place and the absence of people around, she hurriedly led the space stream water out.
Fortunately, she was able to control the size of the water flow. Although she couldn't fill a dry well in an instant, she was able to fill a well in about a quarter of an hour.
Although this well will benefit the inn to some extent and continue to make money, the refugees in the city should also be able to have something to eat.
She has verified that stream water does not help plants grow faster, and there will be no particularly obvious feeling in the body after drinking it. Even if it is good for the body, the effects will only come slowly.
So when she gave out the stream water again, she was not worried at all.
After doing all this, she went around to the backyard of the inn, took off the black jadeite from her neck, and pressed it against the big tree in the backyard, not letting go.
There used to be a flower garden in the backyard of the inn, but the flowers and plants in it had long since dried up.
But it was because of this towering tree that Chaoge was attracted.
Otherwise, she must be crazy to allow someone to pinch her neck and slaughter her for dozens of taels of silver!
Chaoge had long discovered that the speed at which Mo Cui could automatically recover plant essence was too slow. The system taught her this technique after she complained countless times.
In this way, she can control the black jade with her mind and quickly collect the essence of the plant in the black jade. She can also control the amount and stop collecting whenever she wants.
Sure enough, after a while, the emerald green light of the black jadeite could be faintly seen in the palm of his hand, and the century-old tree in the backyard of the inn slowly lost its vitality at a visible speed.
When the tree had only two layers of life left, Chaoge decisively stopped.
Everything in the world has life. This big tree can survive in this drought year. She can't be so cruel as to kill it just to collect the plant essence.
Although only less than one-fifth of the essence of the black jade was collected at this time, Chaoge was also very satisfied.
She secretly followed the roots of the tree and poured some stream water into it as compensation, then she returned to the house.
Then, her mind was opened, and her wood-related skills began to spread to every place on the first floor of the inn.
When Chaoge's mind entered the room behind the counter on the first floor, he immediately perked up!
She just wanted to get her money back, but unexpectedly, she saw the shopkeeper and a man in armor secretly checking the accounts and silver.
A pile of small change filled half of the desk, and there were two account books.
The shopkeeper was clacking on the abacus in his hands, very skillfully, with a shrewd look in his eyes.
"General Li, here are the accounts for the past ten days. The total is 3,753 taels and 6 cents."
General Li, who was leisurely drinking tea opposite him, put down the teacup in his hand and a satisfied look appeared on his face.
"Sir Zhuang really didn't misjudge you. This time I will take 3,200 taels back, and leave more than 500 taels for you. I will come back in ten days."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he nodded in agreement hastily, took out a box and put the change in it.
Then he opened another box on the table, took out a stack of silver bills, counted them, and put them back into the previous box.
"My Lord said that there will be a peak period of refugees coming in about a month from now. This is the best time to make money, so you have to hurry up.
The adults have given you a chance, so you must serve them well and don’t let them down.”
After saying that, the general took the box and walked out, and the shopkeeper's lackey quickly sent him to the back door.
Watching the shopkeeper leave, Chaoge quickly controlled the roots of the big tree in the backyard and directly broke the ground of the shopkeeper's room, then rolled up all his remaining silver from underground. Then the roots of the tree rose into the air, and Chaoge easily took it all back into the space outside the window of the house.
Except for the floor of the shopkeeper's room which was arched open, everything in the backyard was fine. Chaoge fell beside Aunt Li with peace of mind and closed his eyes.
As expected, this inn is backed by the government, otherwise how could such a small inn be so rampant?
Haha, I’ll make you have a black heart!
If time wasn't urgent, I would definitely empty your inn and make you lose your humanity!
But, could the Lord Zhuang mentioned by those two people be the official in charge of Xiying Province?
Haha, there are many people who make money from national disasters, but those local officials who collude with unscrupulous businessmen and wantonly make money without conscience will sooner or later suffer retribution!
Chaoge thought about the refugees who had come along the way and the bodies of the refugees that no one had dealt with, and he felt really sad for the people of this era.
Unfortunately, although she is a time traveler, she is just an ordinary person with no power or influence. Even if she has a golden finger, she can only do small things and can't do anything for the people.
Although Chaoge is not a righteous person, he still has some sense of justice in his bones.
At least, as long as it doesn't endanger her own interests, she is willing to do it if she can take care of some bad guys.
It's a pity that her wood-based skills only have a range of thirty meters. If it could be expanded to several thousand meters, she would definitely empty Mr. Zhuang's warehouse without hesitation and make him beat his chest and stamp his feet!
Chaoge felt relieved that he had gotten rid of his anger, but when the shopkeeper returned to his room and saw that the silver that should have been placed on the table was missing, he felt like the sky was falling!
Without bothering to catch the thief, he hurriedly opened the drawer containing the banknotes!
"Nothing, nothing at all!
Which damn thief stole something from me? "
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