Chapter 110 Looks Very Similar to Qiaoqiao
Chapter 110 Looks Very Similar to Qiaoqiao
The secret compartment was not big, and it contained a few banknotes and a portrait of her aunt drawn by her mother.
She checked the original owner's memory and found no such impression, so she decided to give it a try.
She didn't know if the thing was still there, but she was going to verify it.
If so, it means that the dream she had was the original owner's childhood memory.
Then she had to find a way to bring Qi Jianing to her side no matter what.
Not for anything else, just for this body, to repay her mother's kindness.
If there is no secret compartment, it only means that all this is just a dream and should not be taken seriously.
Just as Su Rongrong put the lantern on the ground, squatted down and prepared to look for the secret compartment, a puzzled voice came from not far away.
"Miss?"
Su Rongrong heard Su Manman's voice and responded softly.
And her hand also touched the secret compartment.
Before she could open it, Su Manman came over yawning.
"Sister, what are you doing?"
Su Rongrong looked at her, thought for a moment, and said, "I had a dream. I dreamed that I was still very young, and my mother said she missed my aunt.
He also said that we can live a good life and acquire all these properties thanks to the help of my aunt.
In my dream, my mother drew a picture and put it in this secret compartment.
I don’t know if this is something from my childhood or a dream, so let me give it a try.
Mother told us to repay our aunt. "
When Su Manman heard the word "mother", she shuddered instantly and her mind became completely clear.
She pressed inward along the place where her eldest sister's hand touched, and instantly a small grid popped out.
When the two sisters saw that there was indeed a secret compartment and that there was something wrapped in oilcloth in the compartment, they couldn't help but look at each other.
Su Manman touched Su Rongrong and said, "Sister, open it and see what it is!"
Su Rongrong reached out and picked up the oilcloth, spread it out, and saw several silver bills neatly placed inside.
Each one has a face value of one hundred taels.
In addition to this, there is a piece of neatly folded rice paper.
She counted the banknotes first, and when she saw there were five hundred taels, she turned her head and said to Su Manman:
"Manman, this is what mother left behind.
Now that I have these, I will find a chance to pay back the money I owe to Brother Zheng.
I want to keep the rest as travel expenses for Jinhong to go to Beijing for the imperial examination in the future.
As for what we earn on a daily basis, we will use it for daily expenses and save as much as possible.
From now on, Jinhong and Jinhui will get married, and you and Qiaoqiao will get married, which will all cost money.
Especially you and Qiaoqiao, as girls, the richer the dowry, the less likely your in-laws will treat you lightly.
So this amount of silver may seem like a lot, but if you count it carefully, it’s not that much.”
Su Manman, who was originally very happy to see the silver, lost her excitement instantly when she heard her elder sister's words.
Brother Zheng has a total of 160 taels of foreign debt.
After deducting this little money, there are only three hundred and forty left.
If the eldest brother could pass the imperial examination and go to Beijing in the future, the whole family would have to go with him.
The travel expenses, renting a house in Beijing, and food and drink all cost money.
If you calculate it this way, this money may not be enough!
What's more, the eldest sister also said that she wanted to save dowries for her and Qiaoqiao, and also to find wives for the eldest brother and Jinhui.
When she went to the county town, she heard people say that a small house in the capital would cost hundreds or even thousands of taels.
So this amount of silver seemed large only to these country people.
But in the capital, that’s nothing.
Moreover, according to what the eldest sister just said, there is a secret compartment and silver.
This basically confirms that the pregnant woman at night was her aunt.
In this way, they had to obey their mother's words and respect their aunt.
This means that we have to bring the person back home.
My aunt’s health condition is so bad that we have to see a doctor and take good care of herself.
The two children beside her should also be brought back, right?
As for the man and the old woman, they still didn't know what my aunt meant.
If they wanted to bring her along, it would mean that their family would have to support at least six more people, or maybe even seven.
Thinking of this, Su Manman's eyes became heavy.
She had made her plan. Her aunt and the two children could stay, but the two people who wanted both noodles and chicken could leave.
But how to get them out needs to be discussed with my eldest sister and eldest brother before making a decision!
Su Rongrong also opened the drawing paper at this time.
When I looked clearly at the person on the paper, he was about twelve or thirteen years old.
When she saw that her appearance was three times better than her mother's and extremely similar to the current Qiaoqiao, she felt like everything was settled.
It seems that it really was her aunt, and everything in the dream really happened.
In this case, we have to bring the person back.
Her current condition doesn't look good, so she can't be allowed to live in the ancestral hall.
Just as she was thinking this, Su Manman leaned her head close to her ear and said:
"Sister, it looks like my aunt is about to give birth, can you find an opportunity to get her to cooperate?
Her man is obviously not a good person, we can just help her get rid of him.
My aunt had a difficult childbirth and died, with two lives lost.
The man is in a bad situation himself, so he will definitely curse and complain about being unlucky.
It is even possible that they will just leave without even digging a hole.
Let’s find a chance to buy the two little ones.”
Su Rongrong heard her words, thought for a moment, reached out and patted her gently, and said, "You go to sleep, I'll go call Jinhong."
Su Manman couldn't sleep at this moment. Hearing this, she didn't say a word and followed her stubbornly.
Su Jinhong felt like he had just fallen asleep for a short while when he was woken up.
His head was dizzy, and he looked at his elder sister standing in front of the door and asked, "Sister, what's the matter with you?"
"Go wash your face. I'll take you to buy a servant and a book boy.
In the future, one of you will stay at home to serve you, and the other will stay by your side to follow you."
Su Manman looked at her in surprise, with some confusion in her eyes.
What do you mean, elder sister? Those two are my aunt’s children, which means they are their cousins.
Are you serious about making your cousin a servant?
If my mother comes back and finds out their identities, she will probably be furious, right?
After Su Jinhong nodded and went to wash his face, Su Rongrong turned her head to Su Manman and whispered:
"Your eldest brother is not awake yet, and we don't have that much time to talk to him about this.
If he doesn't react in time, he might mess things up.
Just let him think that he bought someone, so his reaction won't be weird."
Upon hearing this, Su Manman looked at Su Jinhong. Seeing that he had just washed his face and was yawning, she agreed with her elder sister's words.
Su Rongrong knew that the person was locked up in the ancestral hall where the village held meetings.
When she arrived, the people guarding the gate were Songmu and Jingzhe.
"Rongrong, Jinhong, it's not even daybreak yet, what are you doing here?"
Su Rongrong said: "Brother Songmu, Jinhong is going to the county school next year and wants to take part in the county exam.
Da Hu told me that it would be more convenient for him to have a servant boy by his side.
I thought about it carefully and felt that this was the case.
So I wanted to ask, are the two sons of this family for sale?
If you want to sell it, I'll give you five kilograms of grain for each one.
If they don’t want to sell it, I’ll find an opportunity to go back to the place where I was doing corvée labor and ask if anyone wants to sell it.”
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