The two children heard this, looked down, and then strode over to pick them up, overjoyed. "We're so lucky! My brother and I have never picked any mushrooms before when we came here. I've never seen mushrooms this big and plump before!"
Erwa picked them up with great enthusiasm.
"Pheasant!" Yin Lan exclaimed again.
This time, the eldest son pounced quickly and caught the chicken.
He was overjoyed, holding the chicken up in both hands to show it off, "Mom!"
Perhaps because he was young, his hands were small, and he lacked strength, the chicken was big and fat.
Yin Lan deliberately picked out the fattest one, took a picture of it, and threw it out—fifty coins!
The next second, the chicken flapped its wings a few times, broke free, jumped to the ground, darted into the bushes, and ran away in a flash.
The eldest son tried to chase after it again, but he could no longer see the chicken.
Da Wa was extremely annoyed and wanted to chase after him, but Yin Lan immediately called him back.
Her heart was bleeding, but she still tried to comfort him, saying, "It was just a chance encounter. If we didn't catch him, so be it. We didn't lose anything."
The older child's mouth was still pouting.
Her chicken and mushroom stew...did it all go wrong?
Of course not. After eating bland porridge for two days, Yin Lan wanted to eat chicken, oh no, chicken stew with mushrooms.
After walking for a while, Yin Lan spent another fifty coins to buy a chicken from the system.
They repeated their old trick: "Look, isn't that the chicken from before? It's back again?"
This time, Da Wa clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, rushed over, and pounced on the chicken, knocking it to the ground. This time, he hugged the chicken tightly with his whole body before showing it to Yin Lan, "Mom, I caught it!"
Yin Lan smiled encouragingly. Yes, this time she had specifically chosen a chicken with a problem with its leg.
"Big kid is great!" But still encouraged the kid.
Erwa also picked up a mushroom and rushed to Yinlan, his eyes sparkling with anticipation, clearly seeking praise.
"Second child is great too!"
The two children were extremely happy.
"Tonight, we're having chicken stew with mushrooms!"
"Let's make a tree of prosperity together tonight!"
"Let's stew another banana and taro."
There are still winter bamboo shoots in the basket, which can be stir-fried with meat tomorrow. Ah, this is a comfortable life.
For the first time, Yin Lan felt that life in this small village was actually quite nice.
"Mom, this pheasant is so fat!"
"Mother, I have never seen wild mushrooms like this before."
"That's because you're ignorant!"
"I'm tired, no one is allowed to speak!" With that one sentence, she shut down both kids. As for their questions, Yin Lan was too lazy to explain.
The more she talked, the more loopholes she revealed. She had already figured it out: the second child was easy to fool, but the eldest child was not. She had been observing the chicken the whole time.
No wonder he's destined to be the second male lead villain; he's got the ability to run a big business.
Hopefully, this time, with Yin Lan by his side, he won't be attracted to the female lead again, blinding himself and leading to utter ruin.
Overall, the trip was a great success, with one adult and two children returning home happy and with plenty of good things to do.
Just as Yin Lan was about to open the door of the thatched hut, a figure suddenly darted out from the side.
Yin Lan was startled and jumped back. The moment she did, the old lady of the Chen family started cursing, "You spendthrift woman! Your aunt worked so hard to get your allowance from the county town, and you, you ungrateful wretch, actually accused her of stealing your money. Who do you think the Chen family is? Do you think they care about your few coins?"
The two children were on high alert.
Yin Lan was speechless. The original owner had too many enemies, because Chen Yourun was not the biological son of the old master of the Chen family, but the son of the old lady of the Chen family's ex-husband who died on the way to escape famine.
So Old Master Chen disliked Chen Yourun, but unexpectedly, Old Madam Chen, his own mother, also disliked her son.
“My son works so hard outside, risking his life, and you, you spendthrift ingrate, take all the money back to your parents’ home. What kind of children have you raised? When my son comes back, I will tell him every single word. He left with the promise that he would give us two hundred coins as our allowance for our old age, but you heartless woman, you didn’t give us a single penny. You swallowed it all. When my son comes back, I’ll see how he beats you!”
Yin Lan's face turned cold.
Before anyone could speak, the eldest child stepped forward first, "Grandma, you're not allowed to hit my mother. Even Dad won't hit her when he comes back!"
Erwa also stood in front.
Old Mrs. Chen almost vomited blood.
"You two heartless little brats, when you were starving to death, who gave you a single bite to eat? Huh? Your mother is trying to starve you to death, heavens above..."
The two kids did eat the Chen family's pancakes, but Er Ya threw them on the ground and gave them to them! She even told them to fight with Er Huang for them, and Er Huang ended up taking a bite out of them.
They wouldn't have eaten if they hadn't been so hungry at the time.
"We'll never eat that again!"
Grandma Chen was furious. "Fine, fine, fine! As expected, an ingrate raises an ingrate. I'll see what you get when my son comes back!"
Grandma Chen was so angry that she threw what she was holding at Yin Lan on the head, and then stormed off.
"Grandma is bad!"
Erwa was so angry that he threw a stone at her back.
The older child has already gone to look for a stick.
Mother is not like what Grandma said. The little guy has completely forgotten what the original owner did to him in the past. He only remembers his mother feeding them white rice porridge and fried pork cracklings. Ah, today he also ate honey, and tonight he will have a big pheasant to eat!
Just thinking about it made Erwa's mouth water.
Yin Lan caught the cloth bag with her head, not knowing what was inside. She thought it would hurt, but she didn't feel anything at all.
She took it out, puzzled, and without any regard for morality, simply tore it open.
It turned out to be a piece of paper and a piece of cloth about two feet wide.
When Yin Lan saw what was on the paper, her expression suddenly changed.
This is actually a record of the Chen family exchanging money for silver!
The currency in circulation during this dynasty included copper coins, silver, and gold, as well as banknotes in denominations of 100 wen, 500 wen, 1 tael silver, 2 taels silver, 5 taels silver, and 10 taels silver.
The banknotes are easy to keep, but they have only been in use for a short time, so they are not yet circulating currency; they are only used for the convenience of carrying around.
When exchanging banknotes for copper coins and silver, records were kept to prevent errors.
Two copies were made, one to be kept at the money exchange and the other to be kept by the person in charge.
This record shows how the Chen family used Chen Yourun's allowance money to exchange for silver.
In other words, with this record as evidence, it can be confirmed that the Chen family misappropriated Chen Yourun's allowance.
Yin Lan had never gone to the money exchange to exchange tickets herself before; Chen Youju always did it for her, so she had no idea about it, and most of the villagers didn't know either.
Nobody likes handling paper money; it's just a piece of paper. We prefer the weight of copper coins and silver.
So, what does Mrs. Chen mean by this?
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