Chapter 29: Cotton Blossoms
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"Maybe this is why I came here!"
Wang Qifang put the Bodhi hand chain on her hand, contrasting with the shallow dark pattern on her white wrist. The Buddhist beads that had brought her to this world initially came with a mysterious space, and then mysteriously transformed into a permanent dark pattern on her wrist. Although the beads were gone, if you looked closely, the mark of the dark pattern could still be seen clearly.
As expected, when the Bodhi beads and dark patterns are put together for comparison, it can be seen at a glance - whether it is the texture of the phoenix eyes or the size of the pearls, although it cannot be said to be exactly the same, but with discerning eyes, it is clear that the Buddha beads and Bodhi wrist chain are completely matched.
Ai Xi's gentle touch on the ancient hand chain made Wang Qifang feel a sense of inexplicable calmness, as if she had always belonged to this world. Or perhaps Wang Qifang was the past life of Wang Yi, and Wang Yi was the present life of Wang Qifang. But no matter what the cause and effect were, they were now an integral whole.
"What? What's this again? Could it be a silver note?"
Wearing the wristband, Wang Qifang finally focused her attention on the few sheets of white paper in the secret compartment.
If we follow the course of history, the earliest silver notes appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. But now it's clearly a new dynasty after historical distortion. Think about lace and glass, if there are silver notes nowadays, it shouldn't be surprising at all!
Wang Qifang held a few sheets of paper with anticipation and excitement, taking out several white papers. As she took them out, she also counted the number of pages, humming to herself that there were exactly eight pages. Wang Qifang curiously opened the slightly yellowed papers:
"This is a deed to a farm, located in the suburbs of Beijing, with an area of over 300 mu. Unfortunately, it's not useful for now, let her check it out when she returns to Beijing."
Yes, this is a deed to a shop house, located in the inner city of Beijing. The storefront isn't small either, and with the courtyard, it's over 400 square meters. Alas, still can't make use of it. Yes, together with the deed, there's also a bill of sale for the shopkeeper who manages the shop.
Wang Qifang listlessly stacked up the land deed and house deed again and put them back in the box.
Then she opened several other white papers, which were indeed as she had expected, silver notes. Thick and hard paper with a green watermark, the red seal on the white paper read "Great Zhou National Bank", the amounts were 3,000 taels for two of them, 1,000 taels for one, 300 taels and 500 taels, five silver notes totaling 7,800 taels of silver!
No wonder her mother said this was a lifesaving box for her. It's not just lifesaving, it's a guarantee of future life, a silver mountain!
Remember, this is not a TV series, it's not a soap opera where hundreds or thousands of taels are spent casually. At today's consumption level, 780 taels would be more than enough for her to live a life of luxury with her child and still have plenty left over. After all, when Wang Qifang was at the Zhao household, her monthly allowance was only about 12 taels.
Why don't we just go on a trip with Xiaoyu and Nainai instead of going back to the Zhao's house?
When Wang Qifang saw the stack of silver tickets, she couldn't help but think of other things. However, thinking of the determined look on Xiao's young face, she hesitated again. Perhaps she should listen to the child's opinion. Regardless of whether she really had a predestined relationship with Wang Qifang or not, since she occupied someone else's body and enjoyed everything that belonged to them, she should also take on some responsibilities.
Xiao Yao, Zhao Niangniang and the baby in her belly were the responsibilities left to her by Wang Qifang, she couldn't just sit back and do nothing!
"Alas, let's take it one step at a time. Whether I leave the Zhao family or stay, I must plan carefully!"
Thinking of this, Wang Qifang took out the silver ticket worth one thousand two and put back the other contracts in the secret compartment, then put the plug back in its original place, and finally collected the pearls and gems.
Now that we have the silver ticket, it's better to keep those gems. Just now when she suggested selling the pearls for a house, although Zhao's mother didn't oppose it, her eyes were filled with reluctance. She understood what Zhao's mother meant - the jewelry left by her mother was all of high quality, and if they sold them today for several hundred taels of silver, tomorrow when they redeemed them, they wouldn't be worth just several hundred taels, but possibly several thousand.
Besides, these jewels were the dowry given by mother to daughter. Wang Qifang's previous life didn't use them and she pawned all her accessories. But she is also a mother with a daughter, what will she give to Xiaoyu when she gets married in a few years?!
Of course, she can make money, but sometimes good jewelry is not something that can be bought with money. She had a guess that the jewelry in her hand should be the accumulation of two generations of Queen Mother and grandmother, which is not just a piece of jewelry, but more of a kind of inheritance and mother's deep love.
After bustling about for half a day, Wang Qifang had sweated quite a bit. She put away the jewelry box and then came to the bathroom in the wooden house, drew some warm spring water, and prepared to take a bath.
To be honest, Wang Qifang felt that her body's rapid recovery and the miraculous preservation of the fetus were not due to her own hardiness or the halo of being an immortal transmigrator, but rather thanks to the blessings of the hot spring water. If it weren't for this magical hot spring, let alone the fetus, she would have probably died that day at the farm.
"Ah, what a relief!"
Wang Qifang slowly lay down in the imperial concubine bathtub, where several small silver fish were attached to her body in the warm hot spring water. As the small silver fish moved back and forth, Qifang felt the bloating sensation in her abdomen slowly disappearing, and her tired mind and body, which had been exhausted from pregnancy, were suddenly relieved.
"This spring water is really good stuff, yes, wait until tonight to get some for Zhao's auntie, let her soak too," Wang Qifang half-closed her eyes, feeling comfortable and wanting to hum, thinking of that selfless and hardworking old auntie, she secretly made up her mind, she must repay this old woman well. "Right, since this spring water can eliminate fatigue and promote plant growth, wouldn't it be good for people's bodies too if they drink it?"
Thinking of this, Wang Qifang suddenly remembered the unknown seeds she had planted two days ago. Hmm, these two days were so busy with pregnancy that she didn't have time to come to the space, now two days have passed, according to the miraculous effect of the hot spring water, those seeds should have already grown into fruit or bloomed into flowers!
Thinking of this, Wang Qifang hastily washed and wiped the water droplets from her body, quickly put on her clothes, and rushed to the backyard of the wooden house.
As she had expected, the backyard of the courtyard was filled with a cluster of plants over one meter high. Seeing the grown crops and looking at the white flowers, Wang Qifang finally confirmed what those seeds were: neither fruits nor fresh flowers, but cotton, an extremely practical economic crop in later generations!