That night, only Duan Yidao came back.
"Where is Ji Ming?" Song Yuehua asked.
Duan Yidao said, "It will take him a few days to come back. Just in case, he and Tangyuan went back to Poyang together."
Song Yuehua was worried. She and Duan Yidao escaped, but Ji Ming had a hard time.
In the next few days, Song Yuehua rested at home. On the fifth day, there were three knocks on the door in the middle of the night. Song Yuehua seemed to have a premonition and ran to the door. When she opened the door, she saw Ji Ming.
"You kid, you're really worrying!"
After days of worrying about something, I finally let it go, Song Yuehua sighed.
Apart from being a little dirty, Jimin looked pretty good.
"Let's go inside and divide the loot!" Ji Ming said with a smile.
The two entered the house, and Xiaoyu poked her head out and asked, "Sister?"
"Go to sleep, it's okay." Song Yuehua said.
Xiaoyu nodded slightly, yawned, and went back to sleep.
The two of them came to the dining hall. Ji Ming took out a cloth bag from his pants. As soon as he took it out, he felt Song Yuehua's look of disgust. Ji Ming said helplessly, "White silver!"
"Okay, okay." Song Yuehua.
Ji Ming untied the cloth bag and said, "It's not easy for us little beggars to protect our belongings."
"There are 6 people, and each person gets 5 taels, which makes a total of 30 taels. Add to that the 8 taels of silver I took from those people before, which makes a total of 38 taels. There are also dozens of copper coins, which I gave to Xiao Tangyuan. How about it, how much did you get?" Ji Ming asked excitedly.
Song Yuehua went back to the house, took out a cloth bag and said, "50 taels."
The two of them looked at the silver on the table in silence.
After working hard, each person can get 44 taels, and if divided in half, each person can get 22 taels.
The money is not small, but I always feel it is not worth it.
Deep in the No Return Mountain, there are either wolves or tigers, which is indeed very dangerous, but the risk is proportional to the income, and there is no need to worry about retaliation.
Ji Ming asked, "Will you do this again next time?"
"This money is not worth taking such a big risk. Let me know when you find something safer next time." Song Yuehua said.
If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. It's okay to do this once, but if it happens again, she can't guarantee that she can get away with it safely.
Ji Ming shrugged. Compared to Song Yuehua, he was quite satisfied with the gain.
With this money, he and his grandmother won’t have to go hungry even if they do nothing in the next few years.
"The grandson of the prefect only gave 50 taels of reward money. This Yan guy is really stingy." Ji Ming said casually.
Song Yuehua was surprised and asked, "Are you saying that the child we rescued is the grandson of the prefect?"
"Yes," Ji Ming said, "I found out during the few days I was in the county."
No wonder the entire government office was mobilized to look for him, and no wonder those kidnappers were so skilled.
"So, the kidnapper we talked about before was a smokescreen?" Song Yuehua asked.
Ji Ming raised his head and asked, "What is a smoke bomb?"
"A sleight of hand." Song Yuehua corrected herself.
"Almost. The bailiffs are looking for someone. They can't just spread the news that the prefect's grandson is missing." Ji Ming said.
It’s good that there is no kidnapper, Song Yuehua breathed a sigh of relief.
The two of them divided the silver. Song Yuehua thought of Tangyuan and said worriedly, "Tangyuan is so small. I'm afraid he won't be able to protect him if you give him the silver."
"Who said I was going to give it to him?" Ji Ming said with a smile.
Song Yuehua: "..."Okay, she was meddling in other people's business.
"The previous copper coins were enough for him to spend for a while. From now on, I will ask someone to send some copper coins to him for food every once in a while. Those few in there are not easy to deal with." Ji Ming explained to her.
Song Yuehua was a little curious, "You are all young, isn't it better to go to the Charity Bureau than to stay in the dilapidated temple?"
I heard from Damao that there is a charity bureau in the state capital.
"We escaped from the Charity Bureau." Ji Ming said.
Song Yuehua was stunned.
That's right, if it's a good thing, everyone would go there. With the abilities of Ji Ming and others, it's definitely not that they can't go, but that they can't go.
The two men divided the money in silence.
Ji Ming suddenly asked, "I want to learn martial arts from Master Duan, how much money is appropriate for you?"
"30 taels."
Ji Ming, "..."
Seeing Ji Ming speechless, Song Yuehua divided the silver into two parts and wrapped it up again. "I said I won't charge you for tuition. If you must give me something, just give me some food money, the same as Wei Feng, 200 coins per month."
Ji Ming pushed over five taels of silver and said, "Two years."
After Song Yuehua accepted it, she thought that among the three people, only Gao Wazi was still working, so she asked, "Gao Wazi, do you want to..."
Before Song Yuehua finished speaking, Ji Ming knew what she was going to say.
He smiled and said, "I am their eldest brother, not their mother. Besides, the three of us are beggars. If we don't know how to ask when we have problems and don't know how to find food when we are hungry, then we deserve to die."
The next morning, when Duan Yidao was leaving, Song Yuehua called him in and took out a large purse and gave it to him. "Ji Ming and I each got 44 taels. Let's split it in half."
This reward was hard-earned and too dangerous. Duan Yidao made great efforts, and this half is what he deserves.
Duan Yidao didn't take it, and just said, "I belong to the girl, there's no need to give me something else. If the girl really wants to give me something, she might as well build a stone playground for me."
Song Yuehua did not refuse. Duan Yidao didn't look like someone who would have a plan to save money.
Song Yuehua took out 12 taels of silver from the 22 taels and said, "I will consider the slate playground. You can keep the 12 taels for yourself. The remaining 10 taels will be kept with me for the time being. You can take it anytime when you want to get married or need it urgently. I will write you a note to keep it in mind."
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