By noon, Bai Nuo had already given all the sesame balls and sweet soup, and the money was placed on A Yu. A Yu was wearing a purse that Bai Nuo had temporarily made with Grandma's help—actually just a cloth bag, red and festive.
All the copper coins were put into that cloth bag, which was half full.
Bai Nuo was tidying up, while Bai Yu stood there holding a cloth bag in one hand, grinning foolishly. When Bai Nuo finished tidying up, she saw him like this and immediately felt a chill run down her spine.
"What's wrong?" Bai Nuo couldn't help but ask. What's wrong with this child? Has he gone mad?
"Hehehe!" Ah Yu was indeed dumbfounded. He grinned at Bai Nuo, showing off his white teeth, and said in a silly manner, "Sis, we're rich now."
A Yu was unaware of the money Bai Nuo received from selling the pearl bracelet, as well as the money Bai Dalin gave her. Therefore, the largest sum of money A Yu had ever seen was probably the money she stole from Chen Zhi to give to his grandmother to buy medicine.
It's only five taels of silver.
But he had spent all his money, so when Ah Yu saw half a bag of copper coins, he was extremely excited.
He couldn't help but shake the money bag again, and the copper coins inside clinked together, making a crisp sound. Ah Yu couldn't help but laugh again.
Seeing A Yu like this, Bai Nuo also laughed.
I'm so happy, they're going to start making money.
"Alright, alright, stop being so happy." Bai Nuo shoved the rag into A Yu's hand. "Here, I'll go return the table to my sister." Jiang Qiao'er was younger than her, but a year older than A Yu, so Bai Nuo always referred to Jiang Qiao'er as her older sister.
"Are you all alright?" Jiang Qiao'er hadn't returned home all night, and it was already noon. Her eldest sister, who wasn't married yet, hadn't come back. She had no heart to watch the shop and would stand at the door every now and then, looking around. The first time she came out, Bai Nuo was fighting with someone. The second time she came out, Bai Nuo's business was booming. She couldn't even remember how many times she had come out. Bai Nuo was packing up. And her eldest sister, she still didn't know where she was.
"Alright..." Bai Nuo put the table back inside San Niang's Cloth Shop. When she came out, she saw Jiang Qiao'er standing at the door with a worried look on her face. She couldn't help but ask, "Your sister hasn't come back yet?"
Isn't it taking too long to go and take care of others?
"No!" Jiang Qiao'er's brows furrowed with worry. "Where do you think my sister is now? Could something have happened to her?"
She knew her sister was at Yu Ziqing's house, but since she hadn't returned for so long, Jiang Qiao'er couldn't help but wonder if that old hag was keeping her sister around to torment her.
"Don't think about it anymore, let's go look for it." Bai Nuo couldn't bear to see Jiang Qiao'er like this, so she instructed A Yu, "A Yu, close the door of the cloth shop and guard it, don't let anyone in." Then she pulled Jiang Qiao'er away.
"Do you know where Yu Ziqing's house is?" Bai Nuo realized that she didn't know where Yu Ziqing's house was.
With someone by her side, Jiang Qiao'er was less afraid. The two girls, one in red and one in green, held hands and walked towards Yu Ziqing's house.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, Jiang Qiao'er pointed to the house in front of her and said, "This is it."
"Their family is so well-off?" Bai Nuo couldn't help but ask, looking at the house in front of her. She didn't know what the inside was like yet, but from the outside, the house had high walls with green tiles and blue bricks, and the gate was brand new.
How can a widow and a scholar live such a good life?
Is Yu Ziqing a rich second-generation?
That doesn't seem likely. Didn't Old Lady Yu ask Jiang San Niang for money to visit her father before?
Jiang Qiao'er bit her lip and said somewhat awkwardly, "Their family is poor; it's all my sister's money." Before Yu Ziqing got together with his sister, the family was so poor that they couldn't even afford rice. Let alone going to school, they had trouble even getting enough to eat, let alone buying paper and pens to study and take exams. But his sister has been with him for so many years, subsidizing him every month and helping him every year, which is how Yu Ziqing's family went from a dilapidated thatched hut to this courtyard.
Others are doing well, but what about them? Don't be fooled by the fact that my sister and she run a cloth shop and seem to be doing well; only they know the bitterness they're going through.
Bai Nuo patted Jiang Qiao'er's shoulder sympathetically, "Love makes people foolish!"
There were two latches on the door. Jiang Qiao'er was clearly talking about something sad and upsetting. Standing on the steps with red eyes, she knocked hard on the door and shouted, "Jiang San Niang, come out! Jiang San Niang!"
Bai Nuo stood behind Jiang Qiao'er, silently watching her.
"Jiang San Niang!" The door knocker slammed against the door with a dull thud. Jiang Qiao'er's voice first became hoarse, then completely hysterical. She slid down, clutching the door knocker, and collapsed against the door, wailing, "Jiang San Niang, don't you want me anymore?"
Although Yu Ziqing's house was not in the center of town, there were still many people coming and going around it. Jiang Qiao'er made such a big fuss that passersby took a few more glances.
Bai Nuo coughed, walked over and helped Jiang Qiao'er up, supporting her with his own body, and said softly, "Many people are watching."
"She has no reputation left!" Jiang Qiao'er wailed.
The door didn't open, but Bai Nuo knocked twice more, and then a voice inside asked, "Who is it?" The door creaked open.
"Qiao'er?" It was Yu Ziqing who opened the door. Yu Ziqing was surprised to see Jiang Qiao'er there, especially since Jiang Qiao'er was crying. He was even more surprised. "Why are you here?"
Why are you here? Or why are you crying?
Bai Nuo has lost all goodwill towards Yu Ziqing.
He wore a long robe, his black hair was tied up high on his head with a dark hairband, he had delicate features, red lips and fair skin, and you could see the stubble on his upper lip. In modern times, he would be considered a cute puppy, and here, he was also very refined. But Bai Nuo felt that he was someone who couldn't distinguish between what was important and what wasn't.
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