She asked Xiao's mother for a pair of scissors, cut the threads at the two sleeves of her dirty clothes, and took out three taels of silver from it and gave it to Xiao's mother.
"Aunt Xiao, thank you for helping me. This is all the change I have, and I have nothing to repay you with. Please accept it!"
Seeing this, how could Xiao's mother dare to accept it? She only gave her two sets of old clothes and a few cakes, how could it be worth three taels of silver?
"What are you doing? This is so scary. How can the thing I gave you be worth only three taels of silver? Take it back quickly."
But Madam Song had her own selfish motives. She knelt down directly, shocking the Xiao family members:
"Three taels of silver is not much. I am just selfish. The journey to Jeju is long. My daughter and I have nothing to eat or drink. If we don't have shelter, we won't be able to reach Jeju and will starve to death on the road. I don't care, but my child is innocent. She is still so young. I only ask that your family can take me and my daughter with you. We will not cause you any trouble. Just give us a few cakes every day so that we won't starve to death. If that's not enough, I have a jade bracelet here, which should be worth some silver. Can I give it to you as well?"
As Madam Song spoke, she pulled out a thin rope with several strands of braided rope from her collar. A jade bracelet was tied on the rope and she hung it around her neck. The white jade bracelet had a few orange-red spots on it, which was very beautiful.
When she set out, she divided all her silver into several places and sewed it into her clothes, stuffing them with cotton so that it could not be seen. She did not dare to wear the jade bracelet on her hand, for fear of breaking it or being remembered by others. So she came up with an idea to string it with a rope and hang it around her neck.
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