For the work he had to do today, Ling Yun specially picked mutton soup for breakfast, which was considered a non-vegetarian food. It could warm the body and the mutton could ward off the cold.
Except for herself, she ordered extra large bowls with double portions of meat for Su Youting and others, and also ordered an extra plate of freshly baked sesame seed cakes.
The broth is hot enough to warm you up, and the sesame cakes in the soup are very filling. Adding a spoonful of red oily spicy seeds to the bowl will warm your stomach and make you sweat in this weather.
"Eat more, you all, eat more. If it's not enough, we'll ask for more. The boss can add soup for free. You're welcome. I'm full and I'm going to work with my sister today. Do you want more chili?"
Huzi usually doesn't eat chili peppers, but Ling Yun enthusiastically greeted him with a spoonful of chili peppers. His mouth felt burning and painful, but he still couldn't put down the delicious mutton soup and ate it one bite after another!
After the meal was finished, several young men including Su Youting ate at least six sesame seed cakes and two bowls of soup. Ling Yun took them to pay the bill and start shopping. She wanted to prepare some handy tools today.
Three shovels for digging, iron tools seem to be relatively expensive in this era, costing her one or two and a half silver, but Ling Yun didn't feel distressed at all. If he wanted to accomplish his task, he must sharpen his tools first!
Turning a corner, she took another look at the large sacks from a food store and bought three or four of them regardless.
The owner of the grain store was originally unwilling to sell, but the little girl had no choice but to persuade him, and finally he agreed to sell a few of them to her after selling a hundred kilograms of rice and flour.
Taking their things with them, several people returned to the house.
Huzi and the three of them have already begun to gear up and prepare to work hard. They have been eating and living with Sister Lingyun for the past two days. They can't make Sister Lingyun suffer, so they can only ask them to do some work and still make mistakes.
As soon as he entered the door, his sleeves were already rolled up, and he just waited for Ling Yun's order to start working immediately.
Ling Yun stood by the door and looked outside. Seeing that no one was prying in this direction, he called to Su Youting, "Youting, please insert the front and rear doors first, and insert as many door bolts as there are!"
In the past few days, Su Youting had already known that this little woman was not big in stature and had a lot of evil ideas, so he did as he was told without asking why.
Ling Yun checked to make sure that the door was securely inserted, and then asked them in a low voice, "Have you all eaten and drank enough?"
The three young men replied loudly, "I'm full!"
Ling Yun quickly put his hand to his lips and shushed them, telling them to keep their voices down, and warned them, "Keep your voices down, haven't you heard that walls have ears? From now on, just put your voice aside and leave me alone. No matter how big the thing is, no matter how surprised you are, it can't happen." If there is any movement, you can only open your mouth and use gestures to talk to each other, remember?"
The three young men shut their mouths smartly and nodded repeatedly. Ling Yun then dragged Su Youting with satisfaction, and together they came to the place where the copper plate rolled down in front of the lotus pond. He said to the three young men, "It's the same place yesterday. There is something in the mud under the water, touch it.”
He handed the shovel to Su Youting, "You are older, so don't go into the water. Go to the wooden sword and dig out the things in the flower bed!"
Su Youting walked back with the shovel in his heart with a sour heart. As he walked, he touched his handsome face and said to himself, "Am I old? I am just twenty-five years old, which is the age when I have just matured. How can I be related to the old man?" Up there?"
Even though he was a little dissatisfied, Su Youting didn't say a word. He obediently took the shovel and went to work under the fruit tree marked by the wooden sword.
The three teenagers rolled up their trousers and jumped into the lotus pond, which was not very deep. Now they finally understood why Sister Lingyun kept telling them to eat more chili peppers in the morning. In this season, it is really cold in the water. ah.
Fortunately, the three of them were stupid boys who slept on the cool bed, relying solely on their firepower. They were not afraid of the cold, but Ling Yun had already gone to the kitchen and lit a fire to boil a pot of ginger tea for them to ward off the cold.
The water below is not very deep, but there is a lot of mud. Almost half of the legs are in the mud. It is very difficult to move around. I have to pull one by one and use the force to move forward.
Fortunately, the place where they came down was not too far from where the copper plate rolled down. As soon as they got there, they stepped on something hard in the mud, which felt like a big box.
The three teenagers worked together and finally dug out the not-so-light wooden box from the mud.
By the way, it also comes with two sections of white and plump lotus root.
A large wooden box, the outside was wrapped in several layers of oil paper, which should be used for waterproofing.
However, it seems that the effect is not great. The inside of the box is already wet, and the wood of the box has considerable signs of decay.
After the box landed, Ling Yun quickly stuffed each of them with a bowl of ginger tea and a piece of cotton cloth, and motioned to the bucket next to him, "I've boiled hot water for you, drink the tea, wash up quickly."
The mud below was originally used to grow lotus flowers. It was dark and sticky on their legs. The three of them drank the hot water in one gulp and began to wash and clean themselves up.
The remaining water was poured on the big box that was fished out.
Everyone has curiosity, let alone these three monkey-like young men. Nothing matters. They want to know what is inside this most.
Ling Yun took the kitchen knife he had just brought from the kitchen and cut open the outer layer of oil paper. Inside, a large wooden box with a corner damaged by water was exposed.
There was a copper buckle on it and a lock, and the keyhole had been rusted to death. Ling Yun was not polite. The house belonged to her, and whatever was inside changed owners along with the house.
He didn't just do whatever he wanted with his own things. He chopped them off with a knife. Little Lock didn't even have a chance to lament, and he was cut into pieces and fell to the ground.
He reached out and opened the lid of the box.
The three teenagers almost screamed out in surprise at what was inside.
In their entire lives, they have never seen so many copper coins at one time.
It can fit into a box the size of a person. It is full of copper plates, one next to another, but some have been corroded by moisture and become green and stuck together.
It looks almost the same as the few copper coins they picked up on the ground yesterday.
"Look, these are the fat boys you met yesterday!" Ling Yun threw a big sack, "Pack it up and go see how your brother Youting is doing!"
Four people, eight hands, some holding the pockets, some grabbing the coins inside, it took a while to load up a box of coins.
It took two full bags to barely fit them all in.
Zhang Chunliang picked off his dirty fingers and calculated, "Ten copper coins are one penny, and one hundred is one tael. There are at least thousands of them here. How much silver is that?"
"At least one or two hundred taels." Ling Yun couldn't stand it anymore. Xiao Liangzi couldn't do the math. He didn't have enough fingers and wanted to take off his shoes in a hurry, so he gave a similar answer.
Zhang Chunliang and the others were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths for a long time, so much money!
Ling Yun didn't intend to carry the heavy sack, so he threw it aside. The empty box was useless, and he flew back to the lotus pond, accompanying it with the mud.
The four people walked leisurely towards Su Youting who was digging soil in the flower bed behind.
