During famine years, I had a divination slip in hand, and my whole family ate chicken, duck, fish, a

"Oh dear, why didn't you say so sooner? You scared me so much my heart was pounding!"

Li Chunyan almost jumped up, raised her hand and slapped her, then hugged her arm and grinned from ear to ear, "Three hundred taels! Second girl, the silver notes look silly, let me see them!"

Of course, this slap is an affectionate slap, a gentle slap, a slap full of joy, an involuntary slap between relatives in the midst of great surprise and joy.

Second daughter is now the pillar of the family, their golden goose, so how could she bear to actually film it!

"What's so interesting about silver notes? Here you go."

Despite her initial disdain, Ye Qingqing cheerfully took out the silver notes and handed them to her.

Li Chunyan's hand trembled uncontrollably as she took the silver note, and her heart pounded like a drum.

She had never seen a banknote in her entire life...

Ye Cuicui quickly leaned closer, her eyes wide with surprise.

A slightly worn piece of paper, off-white with a hint of yellow, sturdy and firm, feels like paper but also somewhat like silk.

The edges are outlined in jet black, with a thin gold thread binding the inner layer. Intricate cloud patterns hang at the four corners, and the words "One Hundred Taels" are neatly printed in the center.

On the left is a line of tiny, densely packed characters, the strokes of which are almost invisible to the naked eye.

On the right is a large vermilion seal that reads "Permitted to be paid in pure silver, valid throughout the world".

"What? What? What the hell is this?!"

Li Chunyan stared intently, but she still couldn't recognize a single word. She mumbled something under her breath.

"Second Girl, why does your handwriting sound like a monk chanting incantations?"

Ye Qingqing's face darkened. "..."

Sister-in-law, you don't know a single word, how can you look at it so intently?

Ye Cuicui, her face flushed with excitement, asked, "Second Sister, how much silver is this?"

"One hundred taels."

Ye Qingqing pointed to the words in the middle with her finger, "I want two hundred-yuan bills, one fifty-yuan bill, and exchange the remaining fifty yuan for ten-tael ingots, so it will be more convenient to spend them."

Li Chunyan, having thoroughly enjoyed the reading, returned the silver note to Ye Qingqing, staring intently at her, and exhaled.

"Three hundred taels... Is this ours now?"

Seeing her sister-in-law and Cui Cui staring wide-eyed and beaming with joy, Ye Qingqing suddenly realized that this was the meaning of making money.

With this wealth, the whole family was as happy as if they were living a dream.

"Second Girl, shall we go to the cattle and horse market now?"

Coming to her senses, Li Chunyan still asked anxiously, "Are we really going to buy horses? That'll cost half the money..."

Ye Qingqing looked up at the sky; it was almost time for the "Sick Ox's Hidden Treasure" to appear. She waved her hand and said...

"No, come with me to a place first."

She inquired with the pharmacy owner and learned that there was only one shop in town that could slaughter and sell beef, and it had an official signboard.

If any family in the nearby villages or hamlets has a sick or dead cow, they can only send it there.

When we arrived at the place, it was a slaughterhouse.

Outside the door was a makeshift slaughterhouse, covered in blood and filth. On the filthy stalls were beef, mutton, and pork, and under the shed hung several cut-up beef and mutton legs and ribs.

"Second Girl, what are you doing here?"

Upon seeing the beef and mutton, Li Chunyan's eyes widened immediately. "You're not buying beef and mutton to eat, are you? Don't we still have half a carcass of pork at home that we haven't eaten?"

Despite her family's wealth, she held the belief that beef and mutton were only for the wealthy and powerful, and not something ordinary people could afford.

Ye Qingqing pretended to look at the meat and said casually.

"I'm so tired of eating pork every day. Wouldn't it be nice to buy some beef or lamb to change things up?"

Li Chunyan gasped.

"Tired of eating? So many families can't even afford to eat! My goodness, if someone heard you say that, they'd beat you up!"

Although she wasn't actually there to buy meat, Ye Qingqing still took a closer look at the mutton.

She wasn't interested in beef.

However, hot pot is a winter staple. On a cold day, with snow falling heavily outside, it's nice for the whole family to sit around a warm kang (heated brick bed) and enjoy a hot pot with mutton.

She pointed to a piece of freshly skinned mutton and asked, "Boss, how much is the mutton?"

The burly butcher glanced at her, noticing the fine cotton clothes she was wearing, and knew his question hadn't been asked in vain. He then spoke.

"Meat is 120 yuan per jin (500g), lamb leg and ribs are 140 yuan each. The meat is freshly slaughtered and still warm!"

Li Chunyan slapped her hand over her mouth.

"My goodness! One pound of meat can buy four or five pounds of rice!"

"Yeah, why is it so expensive? Second sister, let's not buy it. It's not like we're going hungry..."

Ye Cuicui secretly tugged at her sleeve and said timidly.

Although she was also tempted, she felt from the bottom of her heart that this was something that farmers could eat!

"Can you give me a discount if I buy half?"

Ye Qingqing pretended not to hear and pointed to half a mutton, saying, "I want the fattier one, you can give me a discount."

"Half?"

Li Chunyan suddenly raised her voice, looked into Ye Qingqing's eyes, and her pupils dilated in shock.

"Buy half a bird first. There are six or seven people in our family, and less than that won't be enough."

Ye Qingqing is used to doing things her own way, and once she makes a decision, no amount of arguing will change her mind.

The butcher glanced at her again. "I'll charge you 130 for the whole thing, and I'll round it down a bit after I weigh it, young lady."

"Okay, weigh it then."

Ye Qingqing nodded while looking around to see if anyone was leading the sick cow over.

Half a sheep weighed 68 jin, totaling 8 liang and 8 qian plus 40 copper coins. The butcher generously gave him 10 copper coins.

Ye Qingqing took out a ten-tael silver ingot, and got back a one-tael silver coin and a handful of copper coins.

"The copper coins are heavy, Cui Cui, you can take them."

She thought the copper coins were too heavy, so she gave them all to Ye Cuicui.

"Thank you, Second Sister!"

Ye Cuicui seemed incredulous, grabbing her arm and jumping up and down, as happy as a baby over a hundred months old.

"Well done, Third Sister, you're getting rich too!"

Li Chunyan twisted Ye Cuicui's arm and laughed with her.

Although she didn't get any money, she knew very well that the whole family was living a life of luxury thanks to Er Yatou!

Even if Er Yatou didn't give her a single penny, she would still live a life that others couldn't imagine.

"Cui Cui, sister-in-law, it's too cold. Let's go to that tea stall over there and have some hot tea before we go to the cattle and horse market."

Not knowing when the sick cow would return, Ye Qingqing gestured with her chin toward the tea stall in the distance.

To stop a sick cow, you have to stay away from the butcher and avoid being seen.

How many cows have they slaughtered that they can't see the treasure hidden inside?

Ye Dali was holding Xiao Huanhuan, and Ye Dazhuang silently took the mutton, hoisted it onto his shoulder, and followed them to the tea stall.

Hot tea was served, and Ye Qingqing ordered a bowl of wontons from a nearby stall. While eating and drinking, she would occasionally look into the distance.

Occasionally, when her eyes met Ye Dazhuang's, there was always a meaningful look in his deep eyes, to which Ye Qingqing would respond with a faint smile.