Chapter 42: 42 is too tempted by the free air
In fact, people at home all wear coarse cloth, which is too rough and not very comfortable to wear, whereas cotton cloth is a bit softer and more comfortable, but the wealthy wear silk and look down on cotton, so it costs only slightly more than coarse cloth.
Though Mrs. He was not tall, the amount of fabric the two of them pulled off amounted to over four hundred coins, enough to show that clothing was genuinely a money-burning item in this era.
When it was time to pay, Ye Jiu handed the shopkeeper the silver note worth a hundred taels, which still had some faint bloodstains on it. Moreover, the sight of a child holding such a large silver note inevitably made the shopkeeper take a few more glances at them.
Ye Jiu could tell what the shopkeeper was thinking with just one look, but how the shopkeeper thought was of no concern to him, so Ye Jiu didn’t plan to explain.
After the shopkeeper made change, he gave back one fifty-tael silver note and two twenty-tael silver ingots, along with nine additional taels in loose silver and over five hundred copper coins.
Even after leaving the cloth shop, Ye Wenqing was still trembling all over, filled with incredulity.
This… this silver note was really worth a hundred taels, so, did this count as a blessing in disguise?
They had been scared but ended up with a hundred taels of silver, how could this feel so unbelievable?
In contrast, Ye Jiu had calmed down a lot at this moment.
He had received a hundred taels of silver, but that person had received a life, so they were not at a loss.
However, coming up with an excuse to take the money home was indeed a big issue.
When Ye Jiu had come to town today, he had intended to try his hand; he hadn’t discussed anything with his family. Suddenly bringing home so much silver out of the blue, he wondered if it might scare the family terribly.
After much thought, Ye Jiu took out a tael of silver and handed it to Ye Wenqing, “Wenqing, you’ve also had quite a scare today. Take this tael of silver, and see if there’s anything you’d like to buy for yourself.”
Ye Wenqing, holding the money in his hand, suddenly felt it burn, for he had never held more than a few coins during the New Year’s festivities, so this tael of silver was undoubtedly a fortune to him.
“Little aunt, I… I don’t have anything to buy, you should keep the money!” said Ye Wenqing, trying to refuse.
But Ye Jiu wouldn’t take it back, “If I tell you to hold onto it, then hold onto it. Since you have nothing to buy, then just keep the silver for yourself. In a couple of years, you’ll be of age to discuss marriage, and there surely won’t be a shortage of places to spend the silver.”
Ye Wenqing blushed and shakily put the money back into his own bosom.
The little aunt had a point; having silver surely meant not lacking places to spend it.
It was just last year after the New Year that their family visited their grandmother’s house, but because their mother was reluctant to give gifts, they got quite a few disdainful looks from their aunts upon returning.
If they had this money, at least their mother would have some confidence when going back to her parental home.
Thanks to the thickness of his clothes, Ye Jiu was able to slip the rest of the silver, through his clothing, into the Dimensional Space, only leaving a few hundred copper coins and, refreshed, continued to stroll around.
After a while, Ye Wenqing hesitated, “Little aunt, we should stop wandering around. So much time has passed; we’d better hurry and find my uncle, otherwise he’ll surely be worried sick if he can’t find us.”
As Ye Wenqing said this, Ye Jiu remembered; she had been so enticed by the free air that she had completely forgotten about her fourth brother.