The masters were restless and gloomy.
The servants had no interest in working and gathered in small groups to gossip, saying all sorts of things.
There were also a few cunning individuals who would sneakily take things from their master's belongings and pass them out, figuring they could blame it on the thief from the previous night when the master discovered it, thus clearing themselves of any wrongdoing.
Lin Momo hadn't expected to end up taking the blame for someone else's mistake. However, even if she knew, she still had to praise the person: "Not bad, they know how to go with the flow; they're quite talented!"
In the past, Mr. Qian would have taken action to rectify the chaos in his home, but he couldn't care less about that now. He was only thinking about getting to the back garden as quickly as possible to see if his gold and silver mountains were still there.
If he were alive, the Qian family would still have a life; if he were gone, he and the Qian family would lose more than half their lives.
However, when Master Qian was alone in the secret room and witnessed the gold and silver mountains in the stone house disappear without a trace, he felt his vision go black and fainted on the spot.
When the steward and his trusted confidants, who were waiting outside, did not see the master come up for a long time, they knew something was wrong and hurried down to rescue him.
After Mr. Qian was revived, his mouth was crooked, his eyes were slanted, and he could not utter a complete sentence. In the doctor's words, Mr. Qian had suffered a stroke.
Upon hearing this devastating news, the entire Qian family felt as if their world had collapsed.
Even more servants took the opportunity to embezzle money and run errands.
However, for the people in the town, this was fantastic news.
Within a day, the news of the Qian family losing grain and Master Qian suffering a stroke spread throughout the town. The people clapped and cheered, spreading the news far and wide. Those who had been oppressed by the Qian family wept and excitedly shouted, "Heaven has finally opened its eyes!"
Because Mr. Qian suffered a stroke, there was no one at home to take charge, so the pursuit of the thieves was temporarily suspended.
The magistrate learned that the Qian family had not only lost the grain in their granary, but also all their money, leaving them with little to no profit. Furthermore, the head of the Qian family was no longer capable, and the once wealthy merchant family was showing signs of decline.
So, the county magistrate, who wouldn't do anything without a reason, only sent a few yamen runners on a routine trip and then dropped the matter.
The eighteenth concubine, who came from the Qian family, was always crying and whining in front of him, and he rejected her without hesitation, turning around and marrying a gentle and tender concubine.
Not long after, the grain shops under the Qian family's name all closed down because they had no grain to sell.
But the people didn't have to worry about not having enough food. Other merchants took the opportunity to seize the market share vacated by the Qian family, and even directly acquired many of the Qian family's shops.
With Master Qian no longer useful, the head of the Qian family naturally became the eldest son of the Qian family.
This spoiled brat was used to a life of extravagance and could not bear the hardship of scrimping and saving and being penniless. When someone gave him money, he immediately waved his hand and sold off most of the shops in several nearby towns and the county.
Upon learning this, Master Qian was so enraged that he died.
In order to give Master Qian a dignified funeral, Young Master Qian's newly acquired silver was reduced by half, causing him great distress for a long time. Later, at the urging of his steward, he sold two hundred acres of paddy fields and was finally happy.
*
Lin Momo and Shi Guang were completely unaware of what happened to the Qian family afterwards.
After leaving the Qian family that night, the two rested in the space for one night. The next morning, they bought a cart with a carriage in the mule and horse market and left the town.
This time they didn't hire a car, but planned to drive themselves.
When there was no one on the road, Lin quietly released the mule and the carriage. Of course, there were also ropes for harnessing the carriage and a whip for driving it. Then, Shiguang harnessed the carriage to the mule.
Previously, when the family's charioteer was harnessing the chariot, Shi Guang had assisted him and made a point of remembering the steps involved, and had even learned how to drive. However, he wasn't quite skilled enough at harnessing the chariot, and it took him fifteen minutes to finally harness it properly.
However, he was quite adept at driving mules.
Lin Momo, in the passenger seat, propped her arms on the carriage shaft and swung her legs in the air, praising without reservation: "Shiguang, you're amazing! When did you learn to drive a carriage, and you drive so well? I had no idea!"
They can now be considered car owners, and they can go wherever they want without having to pay for a car anymore. Just thinking about it makes them happy.
"What's so special about that? You'll get it after watching it a few more times." Shi Guang raised his eyebrows and smugly replied.
Upon hearing this, Lin Momo's eyes flashed, and she immediately seized the opportunity: "Then you can teach me too, so we can take turns driving the train, and you won't be too tired by yourself."
"no problem."
Before he traveled through time, he had taught Lin Momo to drive and found that she had an exceptional ability to learn and get started, making her a very good student. Now that he saw that she wanted to learn to drive a mule cart, he readily agreed, "You can watch from the side while we're on the road, and I'll teach you slowly when we get to the valley."
Lin Momo readily agreed.
Suddenly, she pulled her foot back, stood up, and sat down next to Shi Guang, resting her head against his back.
Shi Guang steadied himself, glanced behind him, and said with a smile, "Are you sleepy? If you are, take a nap in the carriage."
"What is it? I have something to tell you."
"Go ahead, I'm listening."
Lin Momo's low voice revealed a hint of excitement: "Shiguang, it seems our little courtyard has been upgraded; it's twice the size of what it used to be."
Just a minute ago, she suddenly sensed something and realized that the space seemed to have changed. She closed her eyes and sank her consciousness into the space, and found that the courtyard had suddenly become much wider. The layout had not changed, but it had doubled in size proportionally, as if it had undergone a fission.
Overjoyed, I wanted to share this joy with time.
"Really?"
"Yes, it was just upgraded. There's a lot more land in the vegetable garden now, so we can grow a lot more things." This was what made Lin Momo happiest; she was like a little hamster who loved hoarding things.
The newly acquired space was the size of a football field, divided into six areas by several invisible walls, like a static storage warehouse. Whether it was a living or inanimate object, once it was placed inside, it immediately came to a standstill.
Only she, the owner, was unaffected.
This newly created space is like a compensation for the insufficient storage capacity of the small courtyard.
Lin Momo never expected that the small courtyard would be upgraded; it was a delightful surprise.
Shi Guang flicked the leather whip in his hand and replied with a smile, "Alright, we'll plant them when we get back."
"One for planting, one for storage, now we have everything we need. Heaven really is looking out for us," Lin Momo said with a smile.
Although they were exiled to the end of the dynasty, they were given ample support.
The new space was automatically bound to her as its master. If only it could be transferred to Shi Guang. Since the jade gourd could bring Shi Guang across time, perhaps it wouldn't reject him.
There's no rush. They can explore it slowly once they get back to the valley.
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