The whole village was talking about Zhao Zhaodi's death, and they were also talking about Huang Jingui's case and confession.
"What a tragedy! If she didn't like girls, she shouldn't have had the baby! Or she could have given it to that childless middle-aged couple a few years ago!"
Even the usually biased Chen sighed twice, "Exactly!" "But, does everyone really want Zhao Di to be buried in our ancestral graveyard?"
"Neither the landlord nor the oxen are unhappy about it. Zhao Di is indeed pitiful. If we don't bury her here, where else can we bury her?"
"But what if it ruins the feng shui?"
"yes!"
"I think we still shouldn't bury him in our ancestral grave!"
"But when I saw the child that day, he looked so pitiful. Besides, he's already been buried, we can't just dig him up again!"
"Even if it's bad feng shui, we have to blame that woman Huang Jingui. When we kill Huang Jingui, we must go and see this thing that deserves to be torn to pieces!"
"She is so unfit to be a mother!"
The villagers were chatting amongst themselves.
In her confession, Huang Jingui said that she harbored resentment towards Niu Zhaodi because she had been jealous of other people having many sons since she was a child. So when she gave birth to her first son, she was thinking about the second, third, and fourth sons, and preferably all of them would be sons.
Who knew that she would have a daughter instead?
Although the Great Zhou Dynasty allowed daughters to marry into families and engage in labor or commerce, and sons to find wives, some people still harbored deep-seated prejudices, especially since they themselves were women.
After burying Zhao Zhaodi, Xiao Fubao finally fell asleep peacefully. As she slept, she inexplicably found herself on the back mountain of her own home.
"Huh, how did I get here? Wasn't I asleep? Maybe I've been too sad these past few days and I'm so confused?" Little Fu Bao said, scratching the back of his head.
Little Fu Bao shook his little head.
Right where the cow and Zhao Zhaodi were buried, a small sapling sprouted, golden and shimmering, swaying its little head.
Little Fu Bao squatted down:
"You look like a money tree from a picture book! Are you a money tree?"
The saplings swayed gently.
"Little Lucky Baby!" A little girl with golden hair appeared next to the sapling.
“Zhao Di, are you Zhao Di?” Xiao Fu Bao’s eyes lit up and she stood up.
“I am not Zhao Di, my name is Jin Zhaocai. I am the result of your good karma. My true form is this money tree. Many years ago, I disobeyed the imperial decree and was punished to suffer for ten lifetimes. It was said that in this lifetime you buried my body, so as long as I repay this kindness, I will not have to suffer the remaining seven lifetimes.”
"Zhao Di, oh no, Zhao Cai, are you really a money tree?" Xiao Fu Bao asked incredulously.
"Well... a money tree will swallow money. My purpose in coming here is to help you become the richest person in the entire land of Kyushu."
"Put in two copper coins every day for the first month."
"From the second month until the first year, you must put in one gold coin every day. After the first year, you must put in ten gold coins every day." "In this way, the silver and gold coins will be the same, and it will also bring a lot of wealth to this land." "The wealth of my money tree will consolidate and enhance the fortune you originally brought."
"Tomorrow, bring a porcelain basin, drip your blood onto the money tree, leave it for forty-nine days, and your basin will turn into a treasure basin."
"From now on, every copper coin, gold coin, or gold leaf you put in and don't take it out, your family's wealth will increase even more than before, and your appearance will become even more beautiful."
Little Fu Bao's little head didn't quite understand, but there was one sentence she did understand: attracting wealth would solidify and improve her fortune.
A moment later, Jin Zhaocai retreated back into the money tree sapling on the small mound, leaving only the golden sapling swaying.
Little Fu Bao slept soundly through the night.
When I woke up the next day, I was full of energy, completely unlike my previous gloomy mood.
Seeing how happy Xiao Fubao was, Chen Yu's worries disappeared immediately, and she quickly made a few more poached eggs for Xiao Fubao to eat.
Xiao Fubao didn't tell Chenyu about her desire to go to the back mountain because adults are always afraid that children will encounter unclean things. After eating the poached egg, she took advantage of Chenyu's busy time.
She quietly told Niu Baolan and Niu Baozhu about her dream from the previous day. Niu Baolan didn't quite understand, but Niu Baozhu did:
Do you believe your dreams are real?
Little Fu Bao nodded: "We'll just sneak off to the back of the mountain and take a look!"
The three sisters held hands and quietly ran up the back mountain.
"Little Fu Bao, look, there really is a money tree!" The sapling is still very small, but it is golden and pleasing to the eye. Niu Baozhu quickly bowed to the mound of earth.
Niu Baolan looked at the money tree and said, "Won't someone see it and dig it up?" After all, the ancestral graves are shared. "Little Fu Bao, why don't we dig it up and plant it at home?"
Xiao Fubao thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Zhao Di is buried down there, and this tree grows on her grave. If we dig it up, we'll disturb Zhao Di's grave, which isn't good." He continued, "Yesterday, Zhao Cai told me that everyone in this village who doesn't oppose my family will receive a little bit of the money tree's fortune."
In other words, anyone who opposes her family will suffer great misfortune, while anyone who does not oppose her family, whether a casual acquaintance or a close friend, will receive different fortunes depending on the level of their friendship.
Niu Baolan didn't quite understand, but she did catch the words "fortune" and exclaimed, "Wow! That's amazing!"
Little Fu Bao took a copper coin out of her pocket and stuffed it into the sapling. The coin disappeared in a moment. The little girl thought it was amazing. She really had a money tree now. She had to tell her older brother about this good news.
The three little ones held hands and went home.
As soon as she got home, Xiao Fubao took out her money and counted it. She had saved half a jar of copper coins and half a jar of silver. There were about 10,000 copper coins and 50 or 60 taels of silver.
Niu Baolan also took out her piggy bank and poured all the copper coins into it. She didn't have as many copper coins as Xiao Fubao. She was a little foodie, and she always spent 200 of her 300 coins of pocket money on food.
So, she only had two thousand copper coins, which was all she had. "Little Fu Bao, I'm giving you all of this. Exchange it for gold coins and give it to Zhao Cai to eat!"
The little guy nodded emphatically.
Niu Baozhu also gave Xiao Fubao the more than seven thousand copper coins she had saved.
To exchange copper coins for gold coins or gold leaves, you need a lot of copper coins. Ten thousand copper coins are needed to buy a gold coin or gold leaf that weighs one ounce.
When Xiao Heng and Xiao Fubao went to exchange for gold coins, they heard Chen Shi carrying a two-tiered basket and calling out:
"Pickled vegetables for sale! They taste better and are cheaper than Niu Dajia's! Pickled vegetables for sale! Five coins a jar! They taste better than Niu Dajia's!"
Everyone in Niushan Village has eaten Niujia's pickled vegetables and still remembers their taste fondly, knowing in their hearts that no other pickled vegetables can taste as good as Niujia's.
However, ordinary people are still very tempted when they hear the word "cheap".
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