Chapter 108: Compensation From The Madam ( 4 )

Chapter 108: Compensation From The Madam ( 4 ) Holding the box, Yao Zhi knew that this must be the compensation from the General. She just didn’t know whether the money inside was silver or gold.

With her identity as a commoner, she couldn’t act like Lei Feng. So, she didn’t hide her curiosity and expectation.

When Xue Ya’er saw her expression, she shook her head and thought she was overthinking. That person was a young master from a wealthy family. How could he have anything to do with this commoner woman?

The similarity must be a coincidence.

Reaching this conclusion, she no longer had any doubts and said, "Yao-shi, this is a small token from my husband and me. I hope you won’t dislike it."

With these words, Yao Zhi finally opened the box. The moment she saw the glistening gold ingots, her eyes lit up. To make her performance more convincing, she picked up one of the gold ingots and bit it.

There were a total of 50 gold ingots, each weighing 10 taels. She stared at them for a long time before asking, "Madam, are these for me?"

Xue Ya’er smiled and replied, "Yes."

After she sold all the grain she bought from Lei Feng, she earned some money and used it to buy grain at a low price from other merchants.

At this moment, the grain she bought had been sold in various cities and towns at the price of 6 wen per jin, earning 3 wen per jin. The total amount of grain exceeded 20 million dan, allowing her to make a huge profit.

For her, 500 taels of gold in exchange for her husband’s life was nothing.

Yao Zhi was delighted by this sudden windfall. 500 taels of gold were equal to 50,000 taels of silver, an amount that an ordinary farming family could not earn even in several lifetimes.

She bowed to Xue Ya’er and said, "Thank you, Madam."

Xue Ya’er nodded and glanced at Chun Hua.

Chun Hua walked over to Yao Zhi, gestured for her to follow, and said, "Yao-shi, this way please."

Since she had achieved her goal, there was no need to stay any longer. She followed Chun Hua and left the mansion. After leaving the mansion, she quickly stored the gold ingots in her system’s storage and returned home in a good mood.

When Yao Zhi arrived at Zhu’an Town, the sky had changed color, and the sun was setting in the western sky. The town gate would be closed at 7 o’clock in the afternoon.

She didn’t want to spend a night in this town, so she didn’t go to the market and drove back to the village directly. Thinking about the fruits in her system’s orchard, she suddenly had the urge to brew wine.

Her orchard would automatically harvest the fruits once every 10 days. It had been more than 10 days since she obtained the orchard, and the first harvest had been stored in the orchard’s granary.

There were many varieties of fruits in her system orchard that could be made into fruit wine. She thought for a long time before deciding to make a mixed wine using millet, wheat, and longan.

Since she didn’t know which fruits were available in this era, it was better for her to play it safe first and mix them into grain wine.

After making up her mind, she parked her cart by the roadside and opened her system’s shop. She bought a sack of millet and a sack of wheat, each weighing 25 kilograms, costing 10 points.

Besides the grains, she also bought a wine starter, also known as Qu. In the modern era, there were several types of wine starters with different names, but Yao Zhi preferred to use a traditional Chinese wine starter made from mixed grains.

She browsed for a moment before finding what she wanted. She bought a bag for 3 points, containing a total of 50 pieces. After buying everything, she whipped the donkey and returned home.

When she arrived at her house, the sky had darkened, but the villagers still saw her bring back 2 sacks of grain. Yao Zhi carried the bags into the kitchen before removing the cart from the donkey.

She led the donkey to the small shed built by her husband in the backyard. Afterward, she took out the grass she had gathered from the vegetable garden and placed it in the corner of the shed. Then, she filled the large basin with water from her system’s river.

Although she didn’t add any spiritual spring water to the water or grass, the river water had healing properties. After drinking the water, her donkey grew stronger day by day.

Looking at her donkey drinking happily, Yao Zhi rubbed its head and said, "Thank you for your hard work today."

The donkey raised its head and stared at her for a moment before lowering its head and starting to eat the grass.

After she closed the gate, she went to boil some water for washing up and soaked the millet and wheat.

The weather was hot, and she didn’t feel like eating. But her stomach was rumbling, so she bought a box of cup noodles from the system’s shop.

Perhaps because cup noodles were considered snacks and had low nutritional value, the box only cost her 2 points. Each box contained a total of 25 cups.

When the water was ready, she went to take a shower first before making a cup of noodles. After dinner, she locked the doors and went to sleep.

After a tiring day, she was exhausted but happy. Her stomach was not as painful as in the morning, and she was finally able to get a good night’s sleep.

Early the next morning, Yao Zhi woke up before dawn. She sat for a few minutes before leaving the bed and going to wash up. As usual, she cooked a small pot of porridge for breakfast. Besides that, she bought 2 cartons of milk from the system’s shop for 1 point.