Yu Qingqing still wanted to negotiate the price or something. After all, her family only had a little money now and they were not the kind of people who could spend lavishly.
"Yes, boss lady, can you make it a little less?" Yu Qinghai said beside him.
"Well, let's put it this way. I'll give you one or two less. I can't go any lower." The lady boss gritted her teeth and thought, "Never mind, it's not a loss at all, even if I make a little less."
"Okay, this is for you, you can look for it." Yu Qingshu took out the twenty-liang gold ingot.
When the proprietress saw Yu Qingshu taking out the gold ingots, she stared at him without blinking, as if she was afraid that the silver would run away.
Then he quickly took the silver, put it in his mouth and bit it hard. Yes, it was real. Then he put the ingot into his purse.
Then he found Yu Qingshu three pieces of fifty-liang silver, and the remaining six pieces of silver were exactly six liang.
"Dad is so nice. Now we have our own ox cart. We don't have to envy others anymore."
Yu Qinghai patted the cow's head happily, and soon the cow was under his control.
"Yes, Dad, we finally have an ox cart." At this moment, Yu Qingqing also acted like a little lady and said sweetly to Yu Qingshu.
"Gee! Gee! Gee!" Yu Qinghai drove the horse-drawn carriage, ready to go buy something else. Everyone sat on the oxcart, their excitement indescribable.
Walking to a place selling steamed buns and dumplings, Yu Qingqing bought three steamed buns and three dumplings for a total of ten coins. The group had a simple lunch and then continued on their journey.
"Finally I can free my feet," Yu Qingqing muttered to herself. She has been drinking Lingquan water every night before going to bed recently, and she also adds a little to the water tank at home from time to time.
Yu Qingqing noticed that the complexion of her family members was much better than before. She herself could clearly feel that her skin had become whiter and she looked more beautiful.
"Boss, give me ten pieces of linen, five pieces of cotton cloth, and fifty kilograms of cotton."
Yu Qingqing knew that it was more cost-effective to buy cloth, so she bought a few pieces of cloth and some cotton, planning to make some both thin and thick ones in case of emergency.
"Okay, sir, the total is one tael of silver, please take your cloth."
The shop assistant quickly packed the cloth. Yu Qinghai took the cloth and put it on the ox cart. Then they started to go somewhere else.
Then he went to the grocery store and bought 100 catties of salt and 50 catties of various spices, spending a total of 2,850 coins. Finally, he sped up the ox cart and arrived at the grain store.
Although there was a queue at the grain shop, it wasn't long. Yu Qingshu was very curious about this, and soon it was his turn. When he asked the price, he was shocked.
The price of grain had risen so much that it was no wonder that not many people came to buy it. He also noticed that there were fewer people in the town. Even the unfamiliar faces he had seen before were gone.
"Waiter, are you sure brown rice costs fifty cents per pound? Brown rice costs one hundred cents per pound?"
Yu Qingshu still asked in disbelief, which scared Yu Qinghai and Yu Qingqing beside him. What's going on? The food price is almost sky-high.
"Sir, you are right! Our shop may only be open for a few days. Our boss and his family are planning to go back to our hometown in a few days and will not stay here anymore."
The waiter said with some distress that once the shopkeeper left, he would be unemployed, which was really depressing.
"Waiter, give me 300 kilograms of brown rice." Yu Qingshu gritted his teeth and decided to buy some, otherwise he would starve to death.
"Okay, sir, it has been packed. The total is fifteen taels of silver."
Yu Qingshu took out the silver with a painful feeling. After deducting the money for buying food, he now had one tael of silver and three fifty-tael pieces of silver left, which was a total of one hundred and fifty-one taels of silver.
Yu Qinghai moved the grain onto the ox cart and drove it back home.
Five hundred miles away from Shuihe Village, in a dark alley, a figure landed in a three-story courtyard.
"Master, the ginseng has been bought from a pharmacy in Yuye Town. It cost 1,500 taels of silver.
With this ginseng, your injury will heal quickly. I have already contacted Chen Er and the others, and they will meet us at the next inn."
"Okay, you give the ginseng to Yuanyi to deal with, and you continue to investigate."
There was no smile on the man's beautiful face, only a cold remark could be heard.
Then he walked into the study, took out his favorite set of writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote a letter.
He carefully tied the letter to the leg of a carrier pigeon, patted the pigeon's back, and with a flutter, the pigeon flew away.
The man’s room is decorated very luxuriously. Although the outside of the house looks ordinary, the decoration inside also highlights the man’s noble status.
Next to the windowsill are two pots of the most popular "Golden Rose" in Kyoto. Either pot is worth a fortune.
Next to the window was a standing bookcase. Books were neatly placed inside the cabinet. The paper of the books was made of gold paper. Of course, it was not made of real gold paper, but the quality of the paper was several times better than that of hemp paper.
There are two small tables on both sides of the bookcase, each with two colorful vases on it.
The inkstone on Yuan Xichen's desk is also specially made. It is carved from real jade and looks dazzling.
After Yuan Xichen finished writing, he went to the side room next door, drank tea and closed his eyes to rest.
Yu Qingqing finally arrived home at noon. "Mom, do you think something happened to Dad and the others? They haven't come home for so long."
Yu Qingmei and Hua Qinglu were feeling restless at home. They had just gone to town, but their husbands and children hadn't returned yet. Furthermore, they were there to sell ginseng. Could it be that someone was targeting them?
Just as Hua Qinglu was daydreaming, there was a knock on the door.
Hua Qinglu walked quickly to the door, opened it, and saw her husband, daughter, and son, and she felt relieved.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? You look so anxious. Are you worried about us? Don't worry. Look, our daughter is safe now that we're back."
When Yu Qingqing saw Hua Qinglu's expression, she knew that he must have come back late and his mother was worried.
"It's good that you're back! It's good that you're back"!
Hua Qinglu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is this an ox cart? Ours?" Yu Qingmei and Yu Qingji asked happily when they saw the ox cart. But when they realized what was happening, they immediately shut their mouths.
"Yes, I bought it with the money from Qing'er's ginseng sales. We will have an ox cart in the future. I also bought some food. Now the price of food has gone up again."
Yu Qingshu answered while he and Yu Qinghai started to move the food back home.
Hua Qinglu and Hua Qingmei went together to serve tonight's dinner. The meal was quite sumptuous.
Yu Qingji felt happier and happier. He felt that having meat to eat was a good life.
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