Baozi Xishi's Struggle

There were thirteen strings of money in this pile, and a pile of loose coins. Although it was not bright, and even a little dull, it seemed to emit a brilliance that dazzled people.

Li swallowed hard and said uncertainly, "Yuzhi, you are right, these are really all left by us. They are not given to others."

Shen Yu was happy looking at the pile of money belonging to her family. She knew that she had made money these days. She didn't expect that after deducting the cost, she actually earned more than 13 strings of cash and more than 500 coins in these ten days.

She pursed her lips and smiled slightly, then nodded. Yutao and Yucheng saw their sister nod, and looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

The family was happy for a while, but then they started to worry again. The money was not conspicuous when they were put away every day and could just be put in a jar. They didn't expect it to be so conspicuous when it was strung together and piled up.

Ten or so strings of coins weighed dozens of kilograms, not to mention the nine strings of silver coins that had to be paid to the store and the one string of copper coins that were left over from home.

Shen Yu looked at the pile of silver and money, and said worriedly: "Mom, such a pile of money needs to be pushed on a cart. It's too conspicuous to put it directly on the cart. Otherwise, we can put the money in a wooden barrel, cover it with vegetable leaves, put the barrel on the cart, and push it to the bank to exchange it."

“When we were walking on the street, people only saw us pushing a few large wooden barrels with washed vegetables, but they would never think that there were silver and money inside. Moreover, it was a busy time on the street, so no one would pay attention to us.

Li thought about it and decided that this was the only way to do it. She said with some regret, "From now on, I will exchange silver every two or three days. There is so much money here that I am afraid when I push the cart on the road. What if someone robs me? It will be a waste of all my hard work."

Shen Yu decided on a method, and the whole family immediately got to work.

At first, the family had only two wooden barrels for storing water. Later, they felt that they were not enough for carrying water to wash vegetables. Li thought that wooden barrels were not expensive, so she simply went to buy more.

Unexpectedly, the shop saw that he was a regular customer and directly quoted a price, saying that if he bought five at a time, the price would be three cents cheaper each. So Li bought five large wooden barrels at a time and asked the clerk to push the cart to deliver them home.

Shen Yu felt that too many wooden barrels took up too much space, but he had already bought them all, so he had to clean two of them to use for washing vegetables and fetching water. He didn't expect that the three unused barrels would come in handy today.

First put three wooden barrels on the cart, put the money in strings inside the barrels, and then put a bamboo basket slightly smaller than the barrel on top.

A pile of vegetable leaves were placed in a bamboo basket. The leaves were fresh and sticking out from the edge of the bucket, making it look like a big bucket was full.

After installing it, Shen Yu walked around the car and saw that there were no flaws. Then he smiled playfully at Li and said, "Mom, you won't be scared if you pull the car out like this, right?"

Li also looked carefully from a distance and near, nodded with relief, and waved her hand at Shen Yu in pretended anger: "You stupid girl, you only know how to make fun of your mother." After saying that, she couldn't help laughing.

The streets were bustling with people in the afternoon. Some people who lived close to the county town finished their work in the morning and had time to come to the market in the afternoon to buy some small items.

When the market is about to close, the stall owners will take out the inferior goods for sale, reducing the price by 10% or 50%, so it is much more cost-effective to buy them than to come in the morning.

Housewives who are good at budgeting sometimes calculate the time to come and do their shopping.

Shen Yu's family was walking on the street, pulling a small cart with three large wooden barrels on it. Li looked nervous, her hands tightly gripping the handlebars, her veins bulging, and her eyes constantly looking around.

Shen Yu watched from the side, and reached out to quietly pinch Li's arm. While helping Li hold the front of the car, he whispered, "Mom, you are not pulling three buckets of washed vegetables. Don't be nervous. The bank is not far from here, nothing will happen."

Li walked forward and whispered, "Yuzhi, why don't you stop holding the front of the car for me? Walk in front of me and block the way for me. I'm very nervous."

Shen Yu heard Li's voice trembling, so he simply stopped the car and said with a casual smile: "Mom, you must be tired. These buckets of washed vegetables are really heavy. Otherwise, I will pull the cart in front and you can help push it."

As he said that, he took Li's hand off the handlebars, gently pushed Li, and said with a smile, "Just push the bike from the side, mother."

Then she called to Yutao and Yucheng, "Don't be lazy, my waist injury hasn't healed yet, so I can't use too much force."

It would have been fine if Shen Yu hadn't mentioned it. Once she did, Li really felt a dull pain in her lower back again, so she said, "Ouch, I really can't use my strength. Yuzhi, you should pull the cart."

As he said this, he exchanged positions with Shen Yu.

Li changed her position and just kept pushing the cart with her head down, hoping to get to the money house as soon as possible. She was very nervous all the way and felt that the cart was heavy and the distance was long and difficult to drive.

Shen Yu didn't think as much as Li did. She just felt that the copper coins were really heavy. It was a strenuous job to exchange them for silver. There wasn't much silver, but the cart was very heavy. From now on, she couldn't keep it for more than ten days and then exchange it. It was troublesome and unsafe.

The money house was not far away, and soon, Shen Yu and his family drove the car to the door of the money house.

The money shop was called Huilong Money Shop. It was a silver and money business and everything about it showed that it was financially strong. Its sign was very big and its facade was also very big.

A waiter was standing at the door greeting guests. He was wearing a clean blue cloth shirt and trousers, with his cuffs turned up to reveal the snow-white edges. He was watching passers-by walking back and forth with a bored look on his face.

Just when he was bored, the waiter saw a young girl pulling a small cart with three large wooden barrels on it, and three people beside her helping to push the cart forward. When he looked again, the cart actually slowly stopped in front of his bank.

He looked up and down at Shen Yu, who was wearing a thin blue cotton jacket and trousers that had been washed to a pale color. The three women and children around him were dressed similarly.

Looking at the three large wooden barrels full of vegetables, I thought it was a country woman selling vegetables who didn't know the rules and parked her car here.

He put on a stern face, rolled up his white sleeves, and walked down the stairs, shouting impatiently, "Hey, you vegetable girl, where is this place? You parked your car here. Do you know the rules? Hurry up and move your car away."

Shen Yu parked the car, smiled calmly at the impatient waiter, and said in a steady voice: "Brother, please ask someone to help us carry the wooden barrel. We are here to exchange silver."

Shen Yu stared at the boy's face with satisfaction, then looked at the big wooden barrel on the car, and his face changed color in an instant, as if he understood something.

The back that had been straight just now bent down, and with a smile on her face, she nodded and said, "Oh, girl, blame me, blame me, it's all my fault that I'm short-sighted and can't recognize gold and jade. Please wait a moment, please wait a moment."

He turned around and ran to the bank, shouting as he ran: "Brother Tian, ​​Brother Tian.