After Jiang Yuwei reluctantly sat down, she noticed that Granny Sun's expression had softened considerably.
"Hey, eldest daughter-in-law, tell me, how much silver is appropriate? Give me a straight answer!"
Jiang Yuwei looked at Ning Daya with disdain, then looked into Granny Sun's eyes and said:
"Two taels of silver."
Granny Sun hesitated and said:
"Is two ounces a bit too little...?"
Jiang Yuwei immediately stood up and stretched her hand out in front of Granny Sun.
"Give me my money back!"
Seeing this, Granny Sun quickly pressed Jiang Yuwei back onto the chair.
"Why are you in such a hurry? I've never sold anyone before, so I asked a few more questions."
Jiang Yuwei pouted and pointed at Ning Daya, saying:
"You may not have eaten pork, but you've seen pigs run, right? This girl is worth at most one or two taels of silver outside! If you feel you're losing out and don't want to sell, that's fine too, I don't want to buy either, so you'd better hurry up and pay me back."
Upon hearing this, Granny Sun glared at Ning Daya and gritted her teeth, saying:
"Sell it, I'll sell it, two taels it is!"
Seeing that Granny Sun had agreed, Jiang Yuwei took out paper and pen from her bosom, wrote a contract of sale, and had Granny Sun and Ning Daya sign and affix their fingerprints. She also signed her name on it. Then she took out the two taels of silver that she had prepared in advance from her purse and handed it to Granny Sun.
"Now we're even!"
Jiang Yuwei had just finished speaking when she got up to leave with Ning Daya. Suddenly, Granny Sun kicked Ning Daya in the stomach and cursed:
"You jinx, you're only worth two taels of silver! Bah! I've wasted all these years raising you!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly pushed Granny Sun away and angrily said:
"Da Ya is mine now. You can try to lay a finger on her again. You have nothing to do with her anymore, understand? You foul-mouthed old hag, if you dare to misbehave again, I'll slap you to death!"
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei grabbed Ning Daya's hand and said domineeringly:
"Come on, Daya, let's go home!"
Ning Daya glanced back at Granny Sun, whose face was full of anger, then followed Jiang Yuwei out of the courtyard. As soon as they stepped outside, Jiang Yuwei took Ning Daya's hand and asked with concern:
"Da Ya, are you alright? Did I hurt you just now?"
With tears in her eyes, Ning Daya looked at Jiang Yuwei with gratitude and smiled:
"Sister Yuwei, I'm not in pain. Thank you. I know you're doing this for my own good. If it weren't for the act we just put on, my grandma probably wouldn't have let me go so easily."
Jiang Yuwei patted Ning Daya's hand and said:
"As long as you don't blame me."
The two walked back to the courtyard hand in hand. Jiang Yuwei went to the backyard and saw Tie Zhu and Ning Wu busy working on the remaining paper, so she said:
"Once you're done today, go home early and quickly dig a few traps in front of your houses. That way it'll be safer, understand?"
Everyone nodded in agreement and quickened their pace. Jiang Yuwei thought for a moment and then continued:
“If we really have to run away one day, we’ll need an oxcart. Tiezhu, if your family has any spare money, go to town and get an oxcart in the next few days. If you don’t have enough money, just tell me.”
As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei looked down at Zhang Tianhe, who was tending the fire.
“Tianhe, you should also go back and discuss this with your wife. Your family needs the oxcart the most, after all, you still have a child. Don’t be reluctant at this time. When we have the oxcart, it will be more convenient for us to transport some grain and bedding when we travel.”
Zhang Tianhe agreed with Jiang Yuwei's assessment and nodded in agreement.
"Okay, Sister Yuwei, I'll go back tonight and discuss it with my wife and the others."
Seeing that everyone was busy working, Jiang Yuwei didn't disturb them. She went to the front yard and started kneading dough and making pancakes to prepare dry food. Jiang Yuwei planned to use up all the flour in the house and make it into dry food to store in her space.
When forced to flee, it would be most convenient to eat these while traveling. With that in mind, Jiang Yuwei made a lot of pickled vegetables to eat with the pancakes.
Jiang Yuwei planned to go to town tomorrow to buy more rice, flour, and cooking oil to store in her spatial storage, so that she would be prepared for any eventuality and ensure that everyone would have something to eat on the road even if they had to escape temporarily.
After finishing her work, Jiang Yuwei finally drifted off to sleep.
next day
Jiang Yuwei planned to go to town to do some shopping today, and also planned to go to the Sun residence to discuss some matters with Master Sun. So she went to town early in the morning with Ning Huaizhi's carriage.
Jiang Yuwei didn't have time to manage the shop right now, so she left everything to Ning Huaizhi. She then took the oxcart to the Sun residence first.
This time, the gatekeeper was quite sensible. He knew that the old lady of the mansion had recognized Jiang Yuwei as her goddaughter on the day of her birthday banquet. Although he didn't know what she was capable of to win the old lady's favor, on the surface, the servants and maids would not be lacking in the respect and etiquette that Jiang Yuwei deserved.
The servant led Jiang Yuwei directly into the mansion. At that moment, Master Sun was paying his respects to the old lady at her residence, so the servant took Jiang Yuwei directly to the old lady's place.
As soon as Jiang Yuwei entered the door, she bowed and greeted the old lady. When the old lady saw that it was Jiang Yuwei, she was very warm and hurriedly invited her to come and talk to her.
“Yuwei, I haven’t seen you and Wan’er for several days, and I’ve been missing them quite a bit. I heard from your second brother that you opened a new shop on North Street. Look at me, I’m such an old man, I can’t even go to your shop to support you.”
Jiang Yuwei held the old lady's hand and smiled:
"It's enough that my godmother cares about me. It was my fault for not coming to see you after so long."
The old lady laughed heartily and said:
"I'm an old woman, it doesn't matter whether I can see the way or not. You young people, making money is the important thing, making money is the important thing. Hey, why didn't you bring Wan'er along to join in the fun today?"
Jiang Yuwei shook her head helplessly and said:
“My shop can’t do without Wan’er, that little rascal, right now. She’s helping out at the shop. I haven’t dared to tell her that I’m coming to see you today. If she finds out, she’ll insist on coming to see you. I’m afraid she’ll disturb your peace.”
The old lady gave Jiang Yuwei a reproachful glare.
"You silly child, I wish Wan'er could come and keep me company. You must bring Wan'er next time."
Jiang Yuwei nodded with a smile.
“My daughter was mistaken. I will definitely bring her to see you next time.”
As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei turned to look at Master Sun standing to the side and said:
"Actually, I came here today to ask my second brother for a favor."
Before Master Sun could speak, Madam Sun, standing beside him with a look of disgust, covered her mouth with her handkerchief and said:
“My dear Yuwei, you’re always busy helping one or two people at a time, it seems like you can never finish. Right now, the Sun family has really gotten on your good side. The other day, our master even swallowed his pride and went to the county magistrate to patronize your little shop in order to help you establish your reputation. And today you’ve come to ask us for help again. Tell me…”
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