Quick Travel: Dream Hunt

When she heard about the fifty taels of silver, Liu's eyes lit up, as if she had seen Hao'er holding the top-grade writing brushes, inkstones, and inkstones and becoming a big hit in the private school and being praised by everyone. She blurted out:

"Fifty taels is not enough, at least two hundred taels. Mother knows that you made money from selling wild deer. Your father is very ill and needs a lot of money. If you give two hundred taels to treat your father, mother will give her her handprint."

Ting He looked at the greed that flashed in her eyes and felt bored for no reason. She said with a straight face:

"It's just one hundred taels. You can sign it or not. I'm very busy and don't have much free time. If you don't want to, I'll go back to my room."

As she turned around and was about to leave, Liu quickly grabbed her and bargained:

"One hundred and fifty taels, otherwise..."

Ting He grinned at her and tilted his head, "It's just one hundred taels. You'd better think it over carefully. If you miss this opportunity, you'll miss it forever."

Liu shrank back for no reason when she was burned by Tinghe's gaze. She swallowed and said with difficulty:

"Okay, then one hundred taels. I'm paying for your father's medical treatment, not for my own use. Please don't accuse me of being unkind and unjust."

Watching Liu bite her finger and press her fingerprint on the severance document, Ting He curled her lips and smiled, put the document away and said, "Lead the way."

Liu frowned and refused to leave, muttering, "Where's the silver?"

Ting He took out a hundred taels of silver ingot from his bosom, which he actually took out from the space, threw it to Liu and said:

"Let's go. If we're any later, my father's illness will probably get worse again."

Before leaving, Ting He whispered something to his aunt Wang. Wang nodded to show that she understood, and said to the villagers:

"You all saw it, right? Last time the second son was seriously ill, Liu took ten taels of silver from our Lin family. Today, Zhaodi gave her another hundred taels of silver. Our Lin family is just a peasant family. If it weren't for the small fortune we made from the game Zhaodi brought back, we probably wouldn't have been able to come up with so much money in our lifetime. Today, all of it was given to Liu. Who dares to say anything bad about us Lins? Everyone, please testify for us. Zhaodi was taken away by Liu. If she doesn't come back, we will report her to the police."

Liu became annoyed after hearing this. She gritted her teeth and continued walking forward viciously, while Tinghe followed behind her as if she was taking a walk.

After walking for about ten miles, Liu brought Tinghe to Liu's house. When Mrs. Liu saw that they were empty-handed, she said with a stern face:

"Hey, Zhaodi is here? You come to see grandma empty-handed, how unfilial of you to be."

Ting He pretended not to understand and said in a confused manner:

"Ah, what did grandma say? Didn't mom say dad was dying of illness, so she wanted to see him for the last time? She didn't tell me to come visit relatives. I was in a hurry and didn't bring anything. Besides, my last name is Lin, and mom is no longer a member of the Lin family. What else should I bring?"

Mrs. Liu looked furious for a few moments before she managed to control her expression and said:

"Mother Chun is right, your father is indeed ill. You have walked so far, but you must have been tired. Come on, grandma has poured some hot water for you. Have a drink and take a rest first."

Tinghe looked at the broken bowl with disgust for no reason, but Liu held the bowl and started drinking, and signaled Tinghe to drink with her eyes.

Ting He looked at the water that even had moss on it, and clicked her tongue and complained to herself, "They really don't even want to heat up the water and just give her river water to drink. How stingy!"

But just to pretend, she picked up the bowl and poured it all into the space. With the help of her medical skills from the previous world, she keenly discovered the knockout drug in the bowl.

Ting He put down the broken bowl and pretended to drink it all and said with a smile:

"Where's my father? Let me go see him. Isn't he seriously ill?"

Granny Liu squinted her eyes and glanced at the empty bowl, then she smiled meaningfully and said:

"Come, let grandma take you there. Your father is lying in this room. You, the Lin family, are so cruel that you just say you don't want such a big and strong laborer. You are really blinded by greed..."

While Mrs. Liu was chattering incessantly, she was secretly observing Tinghe's appearance. Tinghe already had an idea in her mind and would make full use of the knockout drug, but she had to wait for a while. She wanted to see what kind of person the original owner's father was and how he would react when he saw his own daughter being knocked unconscious.

When she entered the house and saw the dilapidated and moldy room, Ting He immediately saw Lin Laoer dying on the bed. She frowned and walked forward to take his pulse secretly. "Oh, it's just overwork and a cold caused by wind and heat. It's not a big deal. He should get better soon as he rests well."

After listening to He and Lin Laoer talking for a few words, she slipped and fell unconscious with her head hitting the edge of the bed in front of her parents and grandmother. When she closed her eyes, she happened to see the shock and confusion in Lin Laoer's eyes. She thought in her heart that this father should not be so bad, at least he was not involved in this matter.

In a flash, Old Lady Liu rushed forward to hold Tinghe, muttering to Mrs. Liu:

"Are you blind? Come and help us quickly. Hao'er is the only one left in our Liu family. The debt collectors are coming soon. Nothing can happen to him. Send Zhaodi to Mr. Bai quickly. Mr. Bai has promised to give us 100 taels of silver to pay off Hao'er's debt. When Pandi reaches the age of 15, she can get another 100 taels of silver back. By then, our Liu family will have no worries about food and drink. Maybe Hao'er will have made a name for himself by then and turned our Liu family into a farming and reading family."

When Liu heard what her mother said, she blinked unnaturally for a moment and held the one hundred taels of silver in her arms even tighter. She didn't know why, but she stared in amazement as her mother dragged the unconscious Zhaodi out. She stood there without moving, until Mrs. Liu kept urging her. She seemed to react, and hurried forward to help drag Zhaodi out.

Ting He closed her eyes and listened to the conversation between the two people. She heard their reactions. At this time, Lin Lao Er on the bed murmured:

"Chun Niang, that's our daughter, can you please not send her to exchange for silver? Hao'er is so hardworking and studious, he can still make a name for himself even without the one hundred taels of silver..."

In response, Old Lady Liu angrily rebuked him:

"You are a man who has been kicked out. You eat and drink from our Liu family. What qualifications do you have to refuse? The right thing to do is to exchange your daughter for money to pay off our Haoer's debt. If you keep dragging your feet, I will marry Chunniang to someone else and kick you out of the Liu family to fend for yourself. Humph, you have no sense of propriety."

Of course Ting He heard this, but she did not wait for Lin Laoer's rebuttal. It seemed that this test was unsuccessful. The original owner's father was an irresponsible coward. Forget it, she didn't count on him anyway.