Chapter 137
137 Mission Progress Bar
Tang Third had just lay on the ground when Wang Dalang pulled him up.
“Uncle, we don’t have such intentions. Get up quickly!”
However, Tang Third was very stubborn. “I’m a man of my word. I won’t go back on my promise just because I lost.”
Little Ah Yu ran to the Young Master and asked softly, “Big Brother, we’ve won. Can we not let Uncle crawl? The ground is so dirty. If his clothes are dirty, Uncle’s mother will be sad.”
Little Ah Yu’s clothes were all washed by Liu Shi. If the other children’s clothes were dirty, they could only continue to wear them. They only changed them once every ten days or so because if they washed their clothes too many times, it would be very easy for them to spoil.
How could there be so many extra sets of clothes for them to change into?
However, as long as Little Ah Yu’s clothes were dirty, she would immediately change her clothes. This was because Little Ah Yu had the most clothes in the family now. There were five to six sets of clothes. Even if they were washed and damaged, she could make up for it.
Therefore, Little Ah Yu often saw Liu Shi washing her clothes. She saw it and was usually very careful not to dirty herself.
Young Master did not expect this little girl to say such words.
He asked, “He was aggressive and unreasonable towards you just now. Are you going to let him off now?”
Little Ah Yu could not understand such a complicated word, but she still said, “Sir Hu said that we should be lean whenever it is possible. Therefore, we can’t always bully others. Even if we win, we can’t bully people.”
The Young Master immediately laughed.
This little girl was actually studying literature?
However, she had probably not studied for long and only remembered half of it.
What she wanted to say was to be lenient whenever it is possible, right?
“I don’t care. If you think it’s fine, there’s no need for him to do it.” As the Young Master spoke, he winked at the servant beside him. “I took out 10 taels of silver as a wager just now. Since you won, I’ll give the silver to you.”
Without a word, the servant took out a bag of heavy silver ingots from his pouch. A tael of silver was equivalent to a silver ingot. Ten taels was ten.
Little Ah Yu almost failed to hold it.
“This is so heavy!” Little Ah’s hands were small, and she could not hold 10 silver ingots. She could only carry them in her arms.
10 taels of silver was really heavy. It weighed 500 grams!
There was also another kind of official silver ingot. One ingot represented ten taels of silver.
There was a special pattern on it and the seal of the local government. It was far less heavy.
However, as long as they brought it to the government, one could exchange it for real silver of the equivalent value. Ordinary people could not use it.
Wang Sanlang and Wang Silang’s eyes widened when they saw so much silver.
In their daily lives, they saw more copper coins, followed by silver fragments. This was the first time they had seen such solid silver ingots.
After Tang Third was pulled up, his expression was a little ugly.
He was not only thinking about the competition, but also the ten taels of silver.
He could only make about 30 to 40 copper coins a day. How long would it take him to earn 10 taels of silver?
However, if his skills were inferior to others, there was nothing he could do about it.
Under everyone’s gaze, Tang Third left with a dark expression.
When Cai Niu saw the children, still trying to sell the remaining wild fruits, he reminded them, “Good children, take these things home quickly. Your candied haws have become famous now. If you come back to sell them tomorrow or in a few days, someone will definitely buy them. Why don’t you turn all these wild fruits into candied haws? It’s better than selling the fruits at a price of five for one copper coin.”
Just now, the Cai Niu had also tasted their candied hawthorns. It tasted really good.
There were five of these wild fruits coated in sugar, and the ingredients used were very generous. In any case, they might not be able to buy this kind of sugar even if they spent three copper coins.
Especially the children. They had just received ten taels of silver. Since so many people had seen this, it was inevitable that their eyes would turn red.
It was safer for them to go home early.
Wang Dalang thought so too, so he wanted to pack up the remaining wild fruits.
In the end, the Young Master walked forward and tapped the air with his fan. “I think this fruit of yours is not bad. Pack it all up for me. How much is it? Name a price.”
“One copper coin for five.” Little Ah Yu stretched out a finger with her left hand and stretched out a palm with her right. She shook her hands and gestured for the Young Master to see.
“Don’t tell me you want me to calculate it myself?” the Young Master raised his eyebrows.
Wang Dalang thought that he should have called his Second Brother over. It was best if his Second Brother did the counting.
They could not even count so many fruits at once.
In the end, the Young Master could not be bothered to wait for them to calculate it clearly. He left behind a tael of silver and even said to them, “Your family’s fruits look good. If there’s a chance, I’ll come again to buy them next time.”
Only the servants behind knew that this was just a casual sentence.
Their family was not based here. They had only passed by Nanhe Town by chance and would probably not have a chance to come again in the future.
After all, there was nothing delicious in this town and it could not satisfy the Young Master’s request.
However, Little Ah Yu was very happy. She rummaged through her pocket and said to the Meatball in her heart.
“Elf, I like this Big Brother so much. He gave us a lot of money. Can I give him a few fruits?”
[As you wish.] Could Meatball still say no?
From the moment this Young Master paid, Meatball realized that the progress of the mission had increased by a lot. Because the harvest from the mountainous land was also counted towards Ah Yu’s farming mission, no matter how much money they earned from the produce of the mountainous land, the mission progress would increase.
Initially, it thought that the mission progress would only be based on the money from selling those wild fruits and candied haws. In the end, the ten taels of silver given by that young master were actually included in the total value as well.
Now that the kid only needed to earn more than 480 taels of silver, it immediately saw hope.
She might be able to complete the mission faster than it imagined.
The fruits that Little Ah Yu was talking about were the ones she usually planted in her spatial pocket. She was digging in her pocket, and Meatball plucked them for her in the spatial pocket.
Those that were especially big and strange could not be taken. In the end, it found some that looked normal.
Little Ah Yu took out three fruits. The shape and color of each fruit were different.
“Big Brother, this is a fruit I like to eat. I’ll give it to you.” Little Ah Yu grinned at the Young Master and said happily, “My name is Ah Yu. Big Brother, what’s your name?”
Young Master originally did not want to say his name. He had never introduced himself when he went out.
However, looking at the little fellow’s eager expression, the corners of his mouth twitched. In the end, he said, “My surname is Murong, and my name is Run. Do you remember that?”
“Yes, yes, yes, I’ll remember! Big Brother Murong Run, your name is so special.” Little Ah Yu scratched her head. “It’s just a little long. I’ll call you Big Brother Murong!”
The corners of the servant’s mouth twitched. If not for the fact that the little fellow in front of him was only two or three years old, he would have suspected that it was some coquettish slut who wanted to seduce their Young Master.
Murong Run did not care. He casually held the three fruits in his hand. “Let’s go.”
He still had to continue searching for delicacies for his grandfather.
In this world, there were not many things that suited his Grandpa’s taste. He had searched outside for more than three months and had yet to find anything.
Murong Run had long been prepared to be disappointed, so he searched with a playful attitude.
When Little Ah Yu and the others returned home with their empty baskets, the Wang family did not care much.
The adults thought to themselves, “Those greedy children probably ate most of the food on the way, right?”
They wondered how much they had sold. Perhaps they hadn’t managed to sell anything.