Chapter 10: Into the City

The old dog raised by the Dong family was very vigilant, and when he heard the movement, he rushed to the two of them and was about to bark wildly. Dong Ping quickly hugged its head, whispered a few words of reassurance, and the old dog shook his tail affectionately when he smelled the familiar smell.

Dong Rong breathed a long sigh of relief, and also bribed the old dog in a low voice, "Rhubarb is obedient, next time I come back, I will definitely reward you with two meat bones." ”

Rhubarb Xu was very satisfied with the bribe, and was so happy that his tail wagged faster, and then quickly got out of the way. The two sisters and brothers cautiously touched the northeast corner of the garden.

Dong Ping was a thief for the first time, and he stole it from his own house, so panicked that his legs and stomach were shaking, and he finally found the right position and picked up the pickaxe, and Dong Rong also started to help clear the clods to the side. The two sisters and brothers were busy for a long time and finally dug out a clay pot sealed with oiled paper, Dong Rong opened the seal in two by three, and found seven or eight shiny small silver bills from it, which was forty taels. She subconsciously shook it, and then laughed silently with joy.

Dong Ping also breathed a sigh of relief, reached out to wipe the cold sweat from his head, and urged, "Sister, it's enough to take one, and bury the rest back quickly." ”

Dong Rong changed her mind, gritted her teeth and said, "No, take half of it, it's easy to do things with a lot of money." Besides, all this silver was deducted from the two of us by the Niu family, maybe there is also my dowry, and I should use it for a few days. ”

Dong Pingsheng was afraid that he would be discovered after a long delay, so when he saw that his sister had made up her mind, he no longer refuted, and hurriedly re-covered the soil to bury the empty jar, and then retreated with his waist down.

The two sisters and brothers thought that they had done this secretly, but they didn't know that they were seen from beginning to end. As soon as the two of them left, a black shadow jumped out from behind the bushes not far away, the man turned around a few times, dug out the jar again and put some things in, and then carefully restored the surroundings to the original state, and finally sprinkled two handfuls of withered grass on the new soil, and the ability to sell off the stolen goods was simply a few paragraphs higher than that of the Dong family sisters and brothers.

Dong Rong and Silly Zhu quietly returned to the Wang family's wing, happily not knowing where to hide the silver, and finally stuffed it into the placket to be relieved. Whether you can live a good life in the future and get rid of the current predicament depends on these silvers. Although she wanted to think about making money again, she was too tired to toss for half the night, and soon fell asleep.

The stupid pillar lying outside her arm's length stopped snoring at this time and slowly opened her eyes. In the dark night, his eyes shone like stars, full of cunning.

"Got it done?"

"Yes, young master. The subordinates made up the money, and even if the original owner went to look for it, he would never find it. I don't know if it was a low echo from the corner of the house or somewhere on the roof, Silly Zhu'er raised his eyebrows, and the smile on the corner of his lips was even stronger...

If you stand on the bridge and look at the scenery, don't you know that someone is also standing upstairs looking at you.

Dong Rong didn't know that the innocent and innocent silly boy in her eyes had already treated her as an interesting new toy to observe. This night, her dream was full of white flowers and silver, she sent Dong Ping to study, bought herself new clothes, ate fine rice noodles, and finally even found a picturesque place to build a spacious and elegant courtyard, and lived a happy pastoral life. She has no resentment in her new life, and she doesn't have to work hard to make money, and she is a mess...

Sweet dreams are always short-lived, as if just after closing the eyes, the Wang family's rooster sang a good morning song outside the window.

Dong Rong was worried about going into the city to buy saltpeter, and when she heard the movement, she quickly got up to wash and pick up, and finally picked up the reluctant stupid pillar.

It just so happened that Uncle Cao was going to carry a load of toon buds tied up into the city to sell, and the two walked with him all the way.

Banyan Village is located in a remote area, if you want to enter the city, you need to detour seven or eight miles more, Dong Rong has hope in her heart and does not feel tired, along the way overlooking the fields and mountains and forests, only to feel that the scenery is extraordinarily beautiful.

In this way, the three of them soon arrived at the gate of the city, and the soldiers guarding the city actually collected a gate tax of two cents per person. Dong Rong didn't think of this, so naturally she didn't prepare copper coins, if she took out the silver in her arms, she was afraid of arousing Uncle Cao's suspicion, so she could only look at Uncle Cao embarrassedly and counted the copper coins to pay the tax for them.

She blushed and thanked her, "Let my uncle break the bank, I really don't know that I have to pay taxes when I enter the door." ”

Uncle Cao is a kind person, and when he heard this, he waved his hand and smiled, "You don't often go into the city, so naturally you don't know, my uncle can still take these four cents." If each person asked for ten wen a few years ago, my uncle couldn't help even if he wanted to. ”

The three of them laughed and entered the city, and Uncle Cao went to the north of the city to find a buyer, leaving Dong Rong and Silly Zhu'er completely free. Silly Zhu'er never had enough breakfast, so he stood in front of the stall selling meat buns and refused to move. Dong Rong was also really hungry in her stomach, so she simply took out a silver coin and exchanged it for broken silver, and bought ten white and fat meat buns.

The two of them leaned against the corner and ate to their heart's content, and then they found a grocery store with a round stomach and bought two catties of saltpeter powder, and then walked back to a slope.

Seeing that the two of them came back from the meal, Mrs. Cao muttered and complained, "His aunt's family is too calculating, and she helped them do their work for two days, and they actually brought people back without even leaving a lunch." ”

Old man Cao couldn't listen to anyone talking bad about his sister, he glared at the old woman fiercely, beckoned his son and daughter-in-law, and said, "You have also worked hard in the past two days, sit down and eat." ”