Tianwu Dynasty five baht money, a hundred dollars, a thousand dollars weigh four catties and two taels, because the number of money in the market is small, so the currency value is relatively high, the average person can spend a month with a few hanging money, and this time Yuan Ba is lucky, hunted the extremely valuable money leopard in the West Inner Garden, and really made a windfall.

Six hundred and fifty hanging money, weighing more than 270 catties, a total of 65,000 yuan, Wu shopkeeper of course did not have so much money to him, so he gave him six taels of gold and fifty hanging cash, gold is not in circulation, belongs to treasure, silver is also treasure, one or two silver is worth twenty hanging money, many big businessmen think that the money is too heavy, so they cast silver into silver beans, a heavy penny, worth two hanging money, very convenient.

Although the imperial court did not allow this kind of privately minted silver beans to pass, in fact it has become a disguised currency, especially in the border areas, and it is widely used.

Yuan Ba put fifty hanging coins and six taels of gold into a blanket, put it on his shoulder, and went home happily.

Although the golden knife in his arms is worth hundreds of gold, it is far less important to him than the bag of money on his shoulder, with this money, his aunt does not have to copy books, she can buy better medicine for Niuniu, and their family can eat meat.

What's more important is that he has found a way to make money, so that their family can live a solid life from now on, Yuanba's greatest wish is to restore the free body of his aunt and Niuniu, and buy another house, so that they can live an ordinary life.

He doesn't want to rely on the Yang family in his bones, with his own ability, he can also support his family independently.

"Auntie, Niuniu!"

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, he put down his blanket and shouted, Shen Qiuniang came out of the kitchen and complained to him a little, "Yuanba, where have you been, why are you only coming back now?"

"Auntie, I went to Longshou Yuan to practice archery. ”

Yuanba didn't dare to say that he was going hunting, so he deduced that he was practicing, and he asked again: "What about Niuniu?"

"Brother Yuanba, I'm here!"

Niuniu came out of his room, dragging a heavy sack in her hand, Yuan Ba was stunned, "What is it?"

Shen Qiuniang said with a smile: "It was sent by your master, they are all good and precious medicinal materials, saying that you want to use the pills, and there are some medicines that are cheaper, let you go to the pharmacy to buy them yourself, Yuanba, you tell me which medicines are dispensed when you arrive, and I will help you go outside the city to pick them." ”

Yuanba didn't expect Zhang Xutuo to be so careful, he even thought that he had no money to buy medicine, he also knew that Zhang Xutuo was afraid that others would know the formula, so he didn't give him all the medicine, only gave him the most expensive medicine, he was moved, so he nodded and said: "Auntie, you don't have to pick medicine in the future, we will buy medicine in the future, and we will no longer worry about money." ”

"What are you talking about, you stupid boy?"

Shen Qiuniang didn't understand what Yuan Ba was talking about, he saw that Yuan Ba had a blanket at his feet, which was quite heavy, so he asked him, "What's in the bag at your feet?"

"Auntie, you come with me!"

Yuan Ba closed the courtyard door and carried the blanket into his aunt's room, Shen Qiuniang followed in, and said with a smile: "Sneaky, what are you doing?"

"Brother Yuanba, I want to see it too!" Niuniu also ran in.

"Niuniu, close the door. ”

Yuan Ba understands the truth that wealth is not exposed, once the Yang family knows that they are rich, there will be a lot of troubles unexpectedly, and some people will be red to sue, after all, the identity of the aunt and Niuniu is still a slave, and it has always been a very serious problem for slaves and maids to be rich.

When Niuniu closed the door, Yuan Ba untied the sack, and with a bang, he poured out all the fifty hanging coins and six ingots of one or two pieces of gold.

Shen Qiuniang and Niuniu were suddenly startled, and Niuniu couldn't help but exclaim when she saw the six ingots of yellow gold, "Wow! ”

Although Shen Qiuniang has a poor life, she was born in a big family in Jiangnan, and she was not too surprised in her heart, she was more concerned about where Yuanqing got so much money and gold?

His master has already gone south, it is definitely not the master who gave it to him, Yang Xiangguo is not in the capital, and no one in the Yang family will give him money, so where did he get the money?

Shen Qiuniang's face sank, "Yuanba, tell me the truth, where did all this money come from?"

She was most worried that Yuan Ba would embark on an evil path, especially since he was very good at martial arts now, would he use his martial arts to do some things.

Yuan Ba felt the sternness in his aunt's tone, and he hurriedly explained with a smile, "Auntie, don't worry! I won't do anything bad, I earned the money and gold." ”

"Earned?"

Shen Qiuniang didn't believe it, how could it be possible to earn so much money in a day, and there was gold, she frowned, "Where did you earn it?" You have to tell your aunt honestly. ”

At this time, Niuniu had already converted the gold into money, and she raised her head excitedly and said, "Brother Yuanba, there are at least six hundred hanging money in here!"

Six hundred hanging money is their living expenses for ten years, and it turned out to be such a large sum of money, Shen Qiuniang's eyes were even more worried, "Yuanba, are you ......?"

"Auntie, it's nothing, I'm going hunting. ”

Yuan Ba sighed, he had to tell the truth, practicing martial arts and encountering beasts and the like, which made his aunt even more worried, he took out a canine tooth of a leopard from his pocket and held it in the palm of his hand, which was the evidence he specially left.

"I was hunting in Longshouyuan, I wanted to hunt some pheasants and ducks, and sell them for some money, so my aunt didn't have to stay up late to copy books, but I didn't expect to meet a money leopard that ran out of the West Inner Garden, so I killed it and sold it for six hundred and fifty yuan......"

Before he finished speaking, Shen Qiuniang hugged him in her arms, tears streaming down, "Auntie is useless, it is useless to let an eight-year-old child go hunting to support the family!"

Yuan Ba was held in his aunt's arms, his eyes were a little red, and he shouted in a low voice, "Mother!"

Shen Qiuniang was shocked, she looked down at Yuan Ba, "What do you call me?"

Yuan Ba lowered his head and whispered, "The first day I saw my aunt, I regarded my aunt as my mother. ”

Shen Qiuniang once again held Yuan Ba in her arms, and couldn't help crying bitterly, "Silly boy, you are my aunt's son!"

Niuniu stood up timidly, pulled her mother's sleeve, and whispered, "Mother!"

Shen Qiuniang wiped away her tears and stroked Yuanba's head, "Child, we are like mother and son, but you still have to call me aunt, do you understand?"

"Auntie, I understand. ”

"Okay, you put the money away, let's go eat first, and we'll talk about the hunt in the evening. ”

Yuan Ba and Niuniu did it together, put the money into a sack, and stuffed it into the gap under the bed, and Yuan Ba repeatedly told Niuniu, "Don't tell anyone!"

Niu Niu grinned, "My mouth is strict, for example, when the sword girl asked me repeatedly, I insisted that it was a gift from your master." ”

"Does Auntie believe it?"

"In the end, I believed it, and she told me to thank you in the future. ”

"That's good, I'm afraid that your little girl will say that she will show her mouth, let's do that vote, and wash our hands in the future." ”

"Hee-hee, just do that vote, let's talk like bandits. ”

"Niuniu, Yuanba, come over for dinner!" came from the kitchen Shen Qiuniang's shout.

"It's coming!"

Yuan Ba and Niuniu ran to the small kitchen and sat down, Shen Qiuniang handed them the chopsticks, "Eat!"

Today, Shen Qiuniang went to hand over a batch of books, got two hanging money, and specially went to the bazaar to cut two catties of meat to supplement their nutrition.

She gave the largest piece of roast meat to Yuan Ba and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to buy a chicken, but I went late, the chicken has been sold out, and I will buy it for you tomorrow." ”

Speaking of chickens, Yuan Ba couldn't help laughing, "Auntie, you don't have to buy it, I'll shoot two pheasants tomorrow and come back, and I'll shoot one today for lunch." ”

Niuniu's eyes lit up, "Brother Yuanba, I'm going there tomorrow too." ”

Yuan Ba reached out and knocked her on the head with his knuckles, "You can't go, it's too dangerous, it will be a burden for me!"

"Who said that!"

Niuniu pursed her lips and said, "My light skills are better than yours, didn't we climb over the wall and enter the martial arts hall one night?"

Frightened, Yuan Ba hurriedly kicked her below, but don't say anything about leaking, Shen Qiuniang didn't pay attention to what Niu Niu said, her mind was still hunting, and she couldn't help sighing, "I'm so stupid, I also saw wild ducks when I went to collect medicine, but I never thought of hitting one to make up for your body." ”

Shen Qiuniang actually has a secret, she doesn't dare to expose her martial arts, she teaches Niu Niu to practice martial arts is to close the courtyard door and teach her secretly, she originally stayed in the Yang Mansion to avenge her husband, her enemy is not Yang Su, and Shi Wansui, who killed her husband with her own hands, she has seen Shi Wansui in the Yang Mansion twice, but she can't do it, and then she will never see her again.

But as time went by, her hatred gradually faded, if it wasn't for raising Yuanba, she would have left the Yang Mansion with her daughter, the world is so big, where can they not tolerate their mother and daughter, why be a slave in someone else's house.

Since raising Yuanba, she is actually no different from the free body, the Yang Mansion has no restraint on her, she has lived every year, and raised her two children wholeheartedly.

But in any case, she didn't want to expose her martial arts, she would rather copy books to earn money than go hunting like Yuanba, and she couldn't have imagined that a money leopard was worth six hundred and fifty yuan.

She knows very well in her heart that although the tiger and leopard are valuable, but how many hunters have lost the mouth of the tiger and leopard, if she encounters a leopard, she may not be able to fight, even if the general martial arts practitioner is difficult to defeat the leopard claw, only Zhang Xutuo's kind of martial arts general who practices fighting skills can fight with the tiger and leopard.

Thinking of this, Shen Qiuniang said worriedly: "Yuanba, I have no objection to you going to fight pheasants and wild ducks, but it is too dangerous for you to go to Bohu Leopard, you are still young, and you can't go again." ”

Yuan Ba had a fight with the money leopard today, he knew that he could actually fight, but he didn't want to worry his aunt, so he smiled and said: "Auntie, I can't fight if I want to! Today's money leopard ran out of the West Inner Garden, and besides, the martial arts I practiced, I must fight to break through, this is what the master said, I killed the leopard very easily today, auntie, rest assured! I am very powerful now." ”

Shen Qiuniang knew that this child had grown up, and she couldn't stop him, as long as she didn't take the evil path, let him fight!

She sighed, "Eat quickly, the water is already boiling, you can take it to the bath later!"

Yuan Ba wanted to take out the golden knife and show off to Niuniu, but he finally held back, the slave contract between the aunt and Niuniu was in the hands of Mrs. Zheng, he heard that Mrs. Zheng likes jewelry and gold, and he was ready to wait for Mrs. Zheng to come back, and use this knife in exchange for the freedom of the aunt and Niuniu.