Grandma Qin held a teacup, gesturing how she had gone for a walk near the village chief’s house, how she had overheard the village chief’s complaints, and how she had inadvertently let slip the village chief’s complaints.
How she had accidentally opened the village chief’s storeroom, how she had opened the entrance to the village chief’s cellar, and then how she had opened the village chief’s front door.
Interspersed were vivid scenes of villagers fighting and snatching things.
Qin Xiaoyu looked at the small jar of wine on the windowsill, pouted, and said, "Grandma, you all went and only snatched that one jar of wine?"
"It would have been better to send me, I definitely could have carried back a quilt."
Grandma Qin’s triangular eyes glared, "What do you know? Go back to your room and sleep. We didn't lose a single grain of our own, and yet you think it's appropriate to join in snatching things?"
"Even if nothing was snatched, my dad still got scratched," Qin Xiaoyu grumbled, then looked up and patted his chest, "Dad, who scratched you? I'll scratch them back when I have the chance."
"Scratched for what? Your dad and the others were breaking up a fight. Get to your room and sleep," Grandma Qin looked around at everyone, "All of you, get out."
"Yaoyao, stay. I need to ask you how the task went."
After everyone else had left, Grandma Qin got off the kang and glanced at the room door before closing it. She mysteriously beckoned Qin Junyao, "Yaoyao, come here, help Grandma take a look."
As Grandma Qin spoke, she opened the bundle she had brought back from outside.
Inside were a pair of gold bracelets, a gold ring, four ten-tael silver ingots, several folded papers, and a few letters.
"Take a look, how much is on these banknotes?" Grandma Qin unfolded five sheets of paper and showed them to Qin Junyao.
Qin Junyao glanced at the banknotes in her hand and said with admiration, "Grandma, no wonder you didn't snatch anything else."
"Stop the nonsense, quickly see how much silver it is. This should be the village chief's private stash; his wife took all the other valuables," Grandma Qin's tone was tinged with regret.
"Grandma, these four are twenty-tael banknotes, and this one is one hundred and fifty taels."
Grandma Qin hadn't expected Chief Hao to be so wealthy and urged Qin Junyao, "Quickly calculate how much it is in total."
"Including the silver ingots, it's two hundred and seventy taels."
"Heh heh, not bad, not bad. This is mine. I'll sell you these bracelets, this ring, and the letters for fifty taels, a relative's price."
Qin Junyao picked up the lightweight gold bracelet and asked Grandma Qin with a wry face, "Grandma, you're ripping me off."
"Ripping you off? What nonsense. If Chief Hao put these letters with so much silver, they must be useful. If you sell them to Xiao Chuizi for one hundred taels, you can still earn fifty taels," Grandma Qin stuffed the banknotes and silver ingots into a bag.
She raised her hand and patted Qin Junyao's shoulder, "See how good Grandma is to you? Everyone earns money together. Take these things and go back. Remember to give me the silver tomorrow."
"Grandma, can I ask why you need so much silver?"
Grandma Qin's expression changed immediately, and she tucked the bag into her embrace.
"No."
"Get lost."
Qin Junyao took the letters with blank covers, along with the bracelets and ring, and left Grandma Qin's room.
She put the gold ornaments into her spatial storage. When she had time, she would find a silversmith to melt them down and make a large gold chain for Grandma Qin. Sudan Novel Network
She opened the envelopes. They were all sentences with broken grammar. Qin Junyao couldn't understand them, so she also put them into her spatial storage, to give to Zhao Liangcai when she saw him.
The next day, Qin's mother set up her stall as usual, and Qin Sen went with her to Salt County to study under Bai Qing.
Qin's father and the others went to collect manure. Qin Junyao took Xiao Yu to see the salt cedars. Only Grandma Qin and Aunt Qin Er were at home.
There were fewer people at home, and a guest arrived – the matchmaker Yu, who was there to propose marriage for Zhao Liangcai.