Chapter 294 What's wrong with the Taoist priest?
The Taoist priest stroked the pearl, which was the size of a pill, and a smile unconsciously spread across his face, showing his infatuation and rapture.
Song Chunxue also picked one up and examined it closely, "Is it really that pretty?"
“When I was a child, my grandmother had a smaller one that she treasured. It was said that a merchant from the South China Sea sold it to her for five hundred taels of silver. This one looks flawless and is particularly round, so it is naturally more valuable.”
The Taoist priest chuckled, "It seems the former owner of this fortress, whose grandmother's bandit father, robbed many wealthy people. These two are enough for your four sons to live on for a lifetime, not to mention all the younger ones, plus the gold and silver ingots..."
He shook his head helplessly, "God really favors my junior brother. I would never have seen so many good things in my life if it weren't for you."
Song Chunxue didn't believe him.
"You also said that your grandmother once had this treasure. If it weren't for my senior brother, I might not have recognized its value and would have taken it to the pawnshop to exchange it for money. I think it would have been worth ten taels of silver per piece."
"Shall we divide these pearls in half? And what about this gold and silver? Should we leave them here and take them out as needed, or should we take them all out and put them somewhere else?"
Song Chunxue was conflicted. "I'm worried that no place outside is as safe as the potato cellar, but I'm also afraid that the original owner of this yard might remember it and come to search it up."
The Taoist priest stroked his beard and smiled slightly. "Junior brother, you think too much. This courtyard is ours now. How can they come and go as they please? Besides, I have a way to make sure they can't find us."
Seeing her senior brother's smug expression, Song Chunxue reluctantly pressed him for an answer.
"Please enlighten me, senior brother," she said sincerely. "I haven't asked you yet, senior brother, where exactly do you need money to dig this place up?"
Upon hearing this, the Taoist priest's smile faded, replaced by a look of deep worry.
"I know that even if we dig dozens more brick holes, it won't save the places that need money."
Song Chunxue nodded, "I understand. It's something related to the common people again. Senior brother is raising money for others to do good deeds again?"
Since that's the case, Song Chunxue wouldn't dare to keep all of these things to herself.
As the saying goes, life is a balance of gains and losses. If you want to keep attracting wealth, you should set aside some for your senior brothers to do good deeds.
“Then we’ll split it in half. After dinner tonight, senior brother, take half of it to the Taoist temple. You can hide it anywhere and no one will notice. After all, apart from these clothes, no one will think you’re rolling in money.”
Thinking of that dilapidated Taoist temple, even if you casually left gold in the corner of the temple, no thief would go in and search for it.
The Taoist priest was shocked. "Junior brother is so generous?"
"It's not about being generous, it's about knowing how to weigh the pros and cons and taking things slowly," Song Chunxue said frankly. "If I swallowed all of this today, no matter how effective my wealth-attracting talisman is, it would be difficult to attract wealth in the future. If I don't even understand this principle, then all the things I've learned from my senior brother would have been for nothing, wouldn't they?"
The Taoist priest nodded emphatically, "Not bad, not bad, you are a promising student, junior brother has really made great progress."
He smacked his lips, then swallowed, seemingly lost in thought.
Song Chunxue couldn't help but chuckle, "What would you like to eat, Senior Brother?"
The Taoist priest smiled broadly, his eyes almost squinting into slits. "Well, now that we've suddenly acquired so many treasures, it's not too much to ask for a nice meal, is it?"
"Pfft..." Hearing this, Song Chunxue couldn't help but laugh. "Hahaha, senior brother, you really are... should we say you're capable or not? Didn't we have the ability to enjoy a nice meal before?"
The Taoist priest rubbed his fingers together. "Junior brother, don't make fun of me. I'm not destined to enjoy a life of leisure. My biggest obstacle is my appetite. I don't usually indulge myself."
These words made Song Chunxue's eyes suddenly sting with tears.
She turned around, crouched down, and prepared to crawl out of the potato cellar.
"Then, senior brother, tidy up first. Wrap up your half, and I'll find you a cloth bag. Then we'll go to Zuiyunlou and buy the most expensive and best-tasting wine and dishes, how about that?"
The Taoist priest nodded, "That would be best. Junior brother is so considerate. If I go out and indulge in lavish food and drink, it will damage the reputation of Taoism. When you go shopping, remember to dress elegantly so people don't think we've made a fortune."
Song Chunxue shook her head helplessly, "It's not that bad, Senior Brother. I'll be going now."
She crawled out of the potato cellar, threw a tattered cloth bag into it, and then went out with a wolfhound.
When her senior brother invited her to lunch at Zuiyunlou, he must have spent all the money he had left, as he didn't even order his favorite roasted lamb leg.
When she returned to Zuiyunlou, she ordered the most expensive and delicious main dishes, along with three vegetarian dishes and three cold dishes, thinking that it wouldn't be too wasteful, as it would be pointless to eat leftovers later.
On her way home carrying the large food box, she bought the wine she had been saving up for a long time at the tavern.
Pear Blossom White, Bamboo Leaf Green, Peach Blossom Drunk, and Apricot Blossom Wine, as well as the Emperor's Smile, whose name had been tempting for a long time, but whose price she hadn't dared to ask.
Emperor's Smile wine, a jar weighing five catties, costs ten taels of silver, which is not cheap.
We bought a lot of wine, and we need to use a handcart to load it.
She and the waiter unloaded the wine at the kitchen door and sent the man away. Then she went to the potato cellar and found her senior brother still there.
"Senior brother, are you going to live in the potato cellar?"
The Taoist priest pressed the talisman paper in his hand behind the mud brick, patted the dirt off his palm, and turned to look at the wall that he had restored to its original state.
“This place is indeed quite nice. If we dig it a little bigger, it would be much better than the place I lived in a few years ago, where I was exposed to the elements.” He pointed to the wall. “Can you tell, junior brother?”
"I can't believe it. Come out and eat. Sanwa will be back soon, so don't let it slip. If you want your child to study hard, you have to make him feel like the family is poor."
The Taoist priest disagreed.
He climbed out of the potato cellar, stuffed it tightly, and couldn't help but look back.
"Tsk, this is wonderful." The Taoist priest clasped his hands together. "Thank you for the blessings of Heaven, thank you for the God of Wealth's bounty, and thank you, junior brother."
Song Chunxue smiled and shook her head. "Senior brother is really an interesting person."
Before long, Sanwa returned. As soon as he entered, he saw the Taoist priest sitting in the newly built pavilion in the courtyard, drinking tea.
"Sanwa is back!" the Taoist priest called out to the kitchen. "Junior brother, Sanwa is back."
Song Chunxue lifted the straw lid from the pot. "Okay, here comes the food."
Sanwa was puzzled. He put the book bag on the table and stared at the Taoist priest suspiciously.
The Taoist priest seemed unusually happy today, smiling as he shared the snacks on the table with the wolfhound.
Normally, the Taoist priest would be reluctant to part with it, and would be too busy protecting it.
He quietly went into the kitchen and asked in a low voice, "Mother, what's wrong with the Taoist priest? Did something good happen?"
Song Chunxue took two rags, placed them on a large, pretty plate, and put it on a large wooden tray. "He'll be happy to have a big meal. Take it out first; there are still a few dishes warming up in the pot."
"Wow, so many delicious dishes! Does the Taoist priest have a partner soon? This is such a lavish feast." Sanwa couldn't help but swallow. "Or is the Taoist priest going to leave the mountain and return to secular life?"
Song Chunxue slapped the back of his head in an annoyed tone, "Don't talk nonsense, he just made a fortune."
Sanwa shrank back and muttered, "Really? I thought..."
P.S.: There will be another chapter later.
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