Before it was time to set up a stall in the afternoon, Bai Ling found an opportunity to hide in the space.

With so many ripe grains and vegetables, Bai Ling was going to harvest them all, so that he could keep them for planting.

During a break in the middle, Bai Ling opened the money bag and took a look, and couldn't help but smack his tongue.

The old lady gave a reward of different denominations, the largest was a silver ingot of five taels, and the smallest was a hollow silver peanut.

The total number was almost fifty denarii.

"Alas! If I had received so much reward when I first entered the Qian Mansion, maybe I would have stayed as a cook for a while, right? Bai Ling shook his head with a smile and said this casually.

Bai Ling left the Qian Mansion, and someone reported everything to Mrs. Qian.

Mrs. Qian, who was checking the accounts, gave Mama Hong a look and gave the person who reported the news a purse reward.

"Madam, this Bai Ling's cooking skills are not bad, but the slave maid went to check, but she didn't find out where Bai Ling learned it." Mama Hong replied.

"Keep watching, and don't check Bai Ling's affairs until you find the clues, so as not to surprise the snake and lose more than you gain." Mrs. Qian rubbed her forehead and said.

Bai Ling didn't know that Mrs. Qian was staring at her, and after selling fish at the stall in the afternoon, she bought some sugar cubes and trough cakes, made snacks for the two little ones, and went home.

Nowadays, almost all the people in Nanshan Village are picking herbs at the foot of the mountain, and Bai Ling will inevitably meet some people when he goes home, and he has to carry things to greet everyone, and occasionally give a pointer, and when he gets home, he is tired and sweaty.

Seeing that it was going to be dark, Bai Ling immediately lit the fire to cook, not wanting his family to come back and be hungry.

After cooking, Bai Ling boiled a large pot of hot water to let the big guy wipe his body and soak his feet to relieve fatigue.

At dinner, Bai Wei complained: "These things don't weigh the scales in the first place, and they can't make a lot of money by working all day long." Well, now that you have to teach this and that, it's a waste of time. ”

It's not that Bai Wei is blaming Bai Ling, but that some people don't have the eyesight to see it, obviously they didn't deal with it very much before, but they just moved forward one by one, and asked several times repeatedly, which was too delayed.

"This is also a helpless thing, the big guys haven't done it, and I don't know the bottom of my heart." Bai Sanshu saw that the three girls were unhappy, so he comforted.

"Third sister, have you forgotten why we are teaching the people in the village to pick herbs? Sanfang has no popularity in the village to be a backer, how can he live in the village for a lifetime? Just think it's for the sake of the hill, don't be angry, it's a big deal to wait for the autumn harvest, I will take you to the foot of the mountain to take a turn, teach you to know the new herbs, and ensure that they are more valuable than astragalus. Bai Ling's words dispelled Bai Wei's negative emotions.

"Well, that second sister has to remember." Bai Wei poked the rice in the bowl and stuffed it hard, only to realize that the taste was wrong, "Second sister, haven't you eaten all the white rice given by Qianfu?" Why are you buying white rice again? How expensive this is! Bai Wei was so distressed that she almost vomited her rice.

"I looked for a car today, sold all the medicinal herbs we had stored at home, and bought ten catties of rice as soon as I was happy. After working hard for so long, you should always be kind to yourself, right? Bai Ling squinted his eyes and smiled, not wanting to be talked about by Bai Wei, so he pretended to ask mysteriously, "Guess what, how much silver did you get in total?" ”

Although the family ate fragrantly, when they heard Bai Ling's words, they put down their dishes and chopsticks one by one, waiting for Bai Ling to report the number.

Bai Ling stopped going around in circles, ran to the Westhouse with a smoke, pretended to rummage for a while, and returned to the dinner table with a money bag.

"After selling a total of more than fifty taels, I made the decision to buy grain with all the change, plus the previous grain storage, enough for the family to eat for a month." Bai Ling opened the money bag and said proudly: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to hold the silver, so I asked Uncle Chen to prepare three silver tickets of ten taels, two silver tickets of five taels, and two silver ingots of five taels." Coupled with my salary as a monthly cook in Qianfu, our family is now one hundred and ten taels of silver. ”

"This ......" Bai Sanshu and Bai Liu looked at the money bag in surprise, unable to believe that it was true.

Bai Ling squinted his eyes, hiding his weakness.

In fact, those herbs dug up by themselves naturally can't be sold for this amount, isn't it because she has added it.

The two little ones didn't know how much a hundred taels were, but they could also see the way from the expressions of their families.

"Second sister, we don't have to go hungry in the future, right?" Bai Xing is most concerned about this.

"Well, never go hungry again." Bai Ling nodded heavily.

"Great, eat well, grow tall." Bai Xiaoshan clapped his hands excitedly.

Bai Sanshu and Bai Liu's husband and wife looked at each other and smiled, with tears in their eyes.

They had never seen so much silver in their lives, especially after their family was separated, they really didn't dare to imagine that there would be such a day.

One hundred taels of silver, that is, a large family in the village with 20 acres of land, without eating or drinking, you have to save for ten years!

"Second girl, quickly hide the silver, and you will take care of the money at home in the future." After Bai Liu's happiness was made, he immediately lowered his voice and instructed a few children, "Our family has silver, can't you tell it, do you know?" ”

The four of them nodded cooperatively, but Bai Ling glanced at Bai Sanshu.

"Look at what Dad does, your mother said to let you keep it, just keep it." Bai Sanshu was a little afraid of this second daughter, who always smiled very sweetly, and was afraid that she would be unhappy one day and kidnap her daughter-in-law.

"Hey!" Bai Ling responded crisply, and ran to the West House with the money bag in his arms.

There is space, Bai Ling will not receive the silver elsewhere, in case of a thief, wouldn't he have to cry?

However, Bai Ling was also thinking that he should hide some silver at home, in case he was not at home, but he needed to use the silver urgently, what should he do?

But I'm not in a hurry at this time, after all, the house is too broken, and I really can't prevent thieves, so I want to go back and discuss it with Bai Wei, so as not to let Bai Wei think nonsense.

When Bai Ling returned to the East House, he took a small money bag in his hand, handed it to Bai Liu's and said, "Mother, there are two silver nudes here, and some copper plates, you can keep them first." There is an expense at home, and it is convenient for my mother to use it. ”

Bai Liu originally wanted to refuse, but when he thought that Bai Ling's words were not unreasonable, he wiped his hand on his pants and took the money bag.

Since getting married, it was the first time for the Bailiu clan to take such silver, and he was happy and sad at the same time.

Seeing that Bai Liu's family was about to cry again, Bai Ling hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Dad, after the autumn harvest, let's buy a few acres of land." Our family's one acre of land, the rest of a year is not enough for our own food, and it is too expensive to buy food. ”

Bai Wei immediately nodded and agreed: "The second sister is right, our Zhuang family has more land in our hands, and our hearts are steady." Anyway, we have a lot of family, and my second sister and I can work in the fields, and we are busy with a variety of acres. ”

Bai Sanshu and his family have been planting the land for half their lives, so they naturally value it very much.

"But now that the year is good, who will sell the land?" Bai Sanshu said with some worry.

Bai Ling was embarrassed, could she say that she could only grow medicinal herbs, not land at all?

Besides, the purpose of buying land is to be steadfast and keep the household registration of good people, and if there is more land, rent it out or hire people to plant it.

"This matter is not urgent, it is best to meet it, if there is no land to sell, we will open a few acres by ourselves." Take care of it for a few years, and you can fatten. Bai Ling said his suggestion, mainly to find some livelihood for his father and mother, so that they can have a goal to strive for, "Dad, I have a plan, and the big guys will study it together." ”

Hearing Bai Ling say this, several people sat up straight, waiting for Bai Ling to speak, but Bai Ling was embarrassed.