She thought the gold and silver were official silver, and when Hua Hua said she would take them, she didn't react much, since she couldn't use them. But now that they weren't official silver, it meant they belonged to them and they could use them freely.
Xia Hua turned to look at her, "When did I tell you this was government silver? Do you think I'm stupid? If it's government silver, no matter how much it is, I won't bring it back. Not only will it cause trouble, but leaving it behind will only make Magistrate Liu's family even worse off."
“That’s true, but I’m sure Magistrate Liu is hiding more official silver. There’s a lot here, but no house deeds or land deeds. He must have other places where he’s hiding silver.” She had just counted: two boxes of gold ingots, six boxes of silver, and two boxes of jewelry.
Those land deeds, house deeds, banknotes, and paintings and calligraphy are nowhere to be found, but with so much silver, it's worth it. I just wonder if Magistrate Liu will be so angry that he'll die on the spot when he discovers the gold and silver treasures in the secret room have disappeared.
"There must be some, but if there is, then so be it. We don't have another chance to look for them." After Xia Hua finished speaking, she put half of the gold ingots, silver, and jewelry in the warehouse. "The other half is yours. Hurry up and put it away. I'm going to wash up and go to bed."
"Okay, I'll wash up as soon as I'm done packing." An Shuyi said, putting all the boxes into the warehouse, taking up one of the shelves along with the box where she kept her silver.
The two of them didn't go anywhere the next day, but stayed in the village. They did nothing all day and didn't sleep at night. Instead, they sat in their room, waiting to see if Magistrate Liu would send any more assassins. But no one came all night.
I get up in the morning, put on my basket, and go to the canteen for breakfast.
"Sisters-in-law, where are you going?" Village Chief Lin asked during breakfast. He asked this because his two sisters-in-law were up early, and if they were up early, there was no doubt that they had something to do.
An Shuyi explained, "We're going to the mountains for a short trip, only two or three days. You should hurry up and get the things I asked you to do done."
With Village Chief Lin in charge of village affairs, the workshop is also on track. The second brother and his dozen or so people are even hauling goods to buy outside. There is still more than a month before the harvest. The fifth brother is researching poisons, the sixth brother is at the academy, and the seventh brother learns embroidery in the workshop every day. In the rest of the time, he learns to cook with the women in the kitchen. He doesn't need to lead them. They have nothing to do in the village, so of course they go to the mountain.
They originally planned to go to the capital, but now they have to wait and see what happens to Magistrate Liu's family. So they will go to the mountains for a few days. In a few days, An Ye should be back. Then they will know how Magistrate Liu's family is dealt with, and then they will go to the capital.
Village Chief Lin nodded, thinking that the two sisters-in-law couldn't stay in the village anyway. After all, everyone else had something to do, but the two sisters-in-law didn't have to work. They had already bought the things needed for the workshop, so they were quite free.
Not to mention his two sisters-in-law, he himself is quite free every day, wandering around looking at things. There are four people in the workshop, including Da Wa and Li Dong, so they don't need him at all. The villagers will go and check on the crops in the fields after they finish eating, so they don't need him either.
Aside from ringing a bell during mealtimes and taking a stroll around the village to prevent people from entering the village and the ancestral hall, and to stop shoppers from picking things from the fields, these are all minor things, not busy at all, and quite leisurely.
"Don't worry, sisters-in-law. I'll take care of everything. When you come back, the canteen will be finished. But please be careful, sisters-in-law, and don't get slapped by a python like last time."
It's common to find animals on this mountain, but finding such a large python was truly unexpected. Fortunately, his sister-in-law was alright.
An Shuyi nodded, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. Last time it was two pythons, and I wasn't paying attention when I got hit. Remember to have Liu water the flowers in my yard." She didn't want all the flowers in the yard to die when she came back; she would be heartbroken.
The flowers had been thriving ever since Liu planted them. They were still blooming and showed no signs of dying. She would water them, but she only admired them and didn't dare touch anything else.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'll have Liu water the plants." It's just a small matter; she can water them in the morning.
After finishing their meal, the two of them appeared with baskets on their backs. This time, they went to the mountain behind the village again. Besides checking if the bees had returned to their hives, they also wanted to find some precious flowers and herbs, which they wouldn't sell but would store in the warehouse.
After the light rain of the previous two days, the air was much better. We didn't dig up any flowers or saplings along the way, and went straight to the place where we found the python last time. It took us all morning to finally reach the place where we found the honey.
Looking at the honey outside the hive, which had already flown back, An Shuyi said, "When there's more honey, we can come back to harvest it again."
Xia Hua shook her head. "Not this year. We'll have to wait until this time next year. If we collect the honey too many times, the bees won't come anymore. Let's go and keep going."
The two continued walking forward and arrived at the place where they had found the python before. It was still a pit, but there were no snakes there. The two then began to look for flowers and plants. After walking a few dozen meters, Xia Hua found a Ganoderma lucidum and picked it to hand to An Shuyi.
An Shuyi took it and put it in the warehouse. She hadn't walked out for long when she found a ginseng. She pinched her arm hard to make sure she wasn't mistaken. "Huahua, I found a ginseng."
Having learned from the previous experience, this time I spoke directly to Xia Hua and asked her to lead the way.
"Am I too lucky? I can find ginseng so easily. Could it be that Heaven saw that the ginseng I dug up last time was eaten, so it let me find it again?"
"That's probably it. Little girl of the Heavenly Dao, hurry up and follow, or you might see something you don't want to see." Xia Hua headed towards the place she indicated.
This ginseng is quite easy to spot; it already has red berries on it, which are ginseng seeds. Maybe we can harvest a few small ginseng plants next year. However, ginseng can run away, so we can't wait until next time. We have to bring them with us this time. As for the seeds, they won't grow anyway, so why bother?
Once she was sure there were no snakes around, An Shuyi squatted down, tied the red rope that had held the copper coins to the ginseng, and then took out the deer bones. She carefully began to dig, but after only digging a couple of times, she stood up.
"Huahua, you dig here, there's an orchid over there, I'll go see if it's worth any money." Anyway, it's just a little over there, if there's a snake, Huahua can find it too.
"Go ahead, but be careful!" Xia Hua had to remind her.
"Don't worry." He walked over and placed his hand on the small flower. It was a lotus-petal orchid. One thousand taels. That's good. It can actually sell for one thousand taels.
“Hua Hua, this is a lotus-petal orchid, it can sell for a thousand taels. You dig for ginseng, I’ll dig for spirit flowers.” Sometimes she wondered if this trading system was invented by some alien planet, that they just liked things that were already extinct.
Modern times have precious orchids, seedlings, and tea trees, all of which are grafted and completely different from those of ancient times. However, modern times have no shortage of these things, so there is no need to collect them. The items in the flower market and the trading system do not accept them either. It seems that only alien species would need these flowers, grasses, and poisonous plants.
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