Taking away my family's luck? I won't stand it!

Old Lady Liu smiled and nodded, then followed the medicine boy into Lanzhi Hall and into the house in the backyard.

Shopkeeper Liu was sitting on a pearwood chair drinking tea when he saw Old Lady Liu walk in holding a doll that looked like the fairy child in the New Year pictures, followed by a strong man, with a slightly surprised expression on her face.

"Shopkeeper Liu, it's me, deerskin, deer antlers."

Yuan Lao Er saw the confusion in Shopkeeper Liu's eyes and stepped forward and said.

Shopkeeper Liu then recognized her, "So it's you."

"Boss, how much did I get for that ginseng?" asked Old Lady Liu, with an expression of uncontrollable joy on her face.

Although I already knew it last night, I wanted to listen to it again just for fun.

Shopkeeper Liu pulled out a thick stack of 1,000 taels of silver notes from his pocket. "The auction house deducted 2,000 taels of commission. We each paid 1,000 taels of commission, leaving 98,000 taels. Based on a 70% share, I'll take 30%, so you get 69,000 taels and I get 29,000 taels."

As he said this, he took out his own portion and handed the rest to Old Lady Liu.

Old Mrs. Liu felt a pang of pain in her heart. What a black-hearted auction that was. They took away a commission of one thousand taels for every auction.

Although it hurts, it is several times more than ten thousand taels, so this deal is worth it.

Brothers should settle accounts clearly, and Old Lady Liu asked Old Man Yuan to count the amount clearly.

After counting the banknotes, Yuan Lao Er handed the thick stack to Old Lady Liu and nodded, saying, "Not more, not less, exactly sixty-nine thousand taels."

"The number is correct, then we won't bother Manager Liu anymore." Yuan Lao Er said with a bow.

The two were about to walk towards the door when they were stopped by Manager Liu, "Wait a minute."

"Manager Liu, is there anything else?" Old Mrs. Liu looked puzzled.

Shopkeeper Liu smiled and said, "I just want to tell you that next time if you have any precious medicinal herbs, please give them to Lanzhitang first. We will give you a higher price than other pharmacies."

After all, not everyone can pick 500-year-old ginseng.

"Okay, thank you, Manager Liu." Old Mrs. Liu pretended to be happy.

Old Lady Liu and Old Man Yuan walked out of Lanzhi Hall. Yaoyao in her arms was quiet in Lanzhi Hall, blinking her big black eyes and sucking her fingers. Old Lady Liu lowered her head to look at her, and Yaoyao gave her a sweet smile.

I saw that the thick stack of banknotes that Old Lady Liu secretly stuffed into Yaoyao's arms was gone.

Old Mrs. Liu showed a relaxed expression. It was really not safe to carry a thick stack of banknotes in her arms. She had to be cautious all the way and attracted the attention of those ruffians.

Yuan Laoer walked on the street, always on guard, fearing that someone would notice that they had 69,000 taels on them and rob them.

If he were alone, he would not be afraid of these hooligans, but since there was an old man and a baby who could only drink milk, he had to be vigilant.

The two walked all the way to Qingshui Tower to find Shen Chulan.

As soon as I reached the door, I was confronted by two men in official uniforms.

Old Lady Liu, holding Yaoyao and Old Man Yuan, quickly moved aside.

They recognized him as Magistrate Huang.

County Magistrate Huang stopped and recognized them. He turned his head to look at Yaoyao, the delicate girl in Old Lady Liu's arms, whose features were as delicate as a fairy child in a New Year painting. He smiled and said, "Old lady, you have raised your granddaughter well. She is very cute."

For some reason, Yaoyao could sense County Magistrate Huang's ill will towards her, especially the smell on him that made her uncomfortable, and the people with him also had a smell that made her uncomfortable.

Yaoyao felt somewhat familiar with this smell, it was the same smell as the gold jewelry that the weasel had brought.

She frowned, her face full of displeasure.

What does this person mean? They don't know him.

Old Lady Liu was terrified, "No, no."

"The woman in prison is your daughter-in-law, right? She died in prison a few days ago due to wound infection."

"Before she was imprisoned, your Yuan family had already divorced her, and her only family member was also in prison, so the jailer threw her into a mass grave."

After saying these two sentences, County Magistrate Huang left with the officials beside him.

Old Lady Liu and Old Second Yuan were stunned and didn't react at all.

Wasn't he in jail? How could he suddenly die of an infected wound?

Didn’t the county magistrate ask the doctor to clean their wounds?

After a long while, Old Lady Liu didn't show much emotion. She just sighed and said, "Don't tell the third brother about this. After all, they've been married for a year. It must be a big blow to him that someone died suddenly out of the blue."

"I know." Yuan Lao Er nodded.

Yaoyao's eyes were rolling around. When County Magistrate Huang was getting on the carriage, he suddenly fell down. He fell to the ground, holding his feet and screaming in pain with a twisted face.

Seeing County Magistrate Huang fall, Yaoyao grinned and giggled.

It was unacceptable to laugh at court officials in public, so Old Lady Liu quickly carried Yaoyao into Qingshui Tower.

Magistrate Jiang, who had gotten on the carriage before County Magistrate Huang, got off the carriage and helped him up. He looked at the flat ground and found that there were no stones on it. How could he suddenly fall down?

"Why did you fall so suddenly?" asked Magistrate Jiang.

County Magistrate Huang covered his foot and said, "I don't know, it seems like someone hit my foot."

"Maybe it's a leg cramp." Magistrate Jiang nodded.

.......

Old Lady Liu held Yaoyao in her arms and asked the waiter at Qingshui Tower where the restaurant's kitchen was. Then she carried Yaoyao straight to the kitchen.

I could smell the fragrant aroma before I even walked into the kitchen. Shen Chulan was instructing other chefs in cooking.

Seeing Old Lady Liu carrying Yaoyao in, Shen Chulan's eyes lit up and she quickly stepped forward, "Mom, why are you here?"

"We came here to see you."

Old Mrs. Liu looked at the chefs who were busy in the kitchen. Seeing that they were very respectful to Shen Chulan, she felt a little relieved.

Although Shen Chulan said that the boss of Qingshuilou had raised her salary, Old Lady Liu was afraid that other chefs in Qingshuilou would be dissatisfied with Shen Chulan and try to trip her up.

If that's the case, Old Lady Liu should let Shen Chulan quit her job and go home. We won't be offended by this.

Fortunately, all these chefs were very respectful to Shen Chulan.

"Let's go to the rest room." Shen Chulan turned around and instructed the other chefs, then reached out and took Yaoyao from Old Lady Liu's arms.

The three of them walked into the rest room. As soon as they entered, Yaoyao grabbed Shen Chulan's clothes and refused to let go. She looked so anxious as if she was extremely hungry.

Yuan Laoer took a look and tactfully left the rest room.

Yaoyao had her mouth stuffed with rations and drank from them in big gulps.

"I just fed him milk on the ox cart. How come he's hungry so soon?" Old Mrs. Liu laughed.

Shen Chulan smiled and said, "I guess it's been digested."

Thinking of the ginseng sold at the auction, Shen Chulan asked, "Mom, how much did we get for that ginseng?"

Old Lady Liu opened the door and looked outside, then closed it tightly and whispered in Shen Chulan's ear, "Sixty-nine thousand taels."

"So many?" Shen Chulan took a breath.

Old Lady Liu: "That auction took away a thousand taels of commission from us, otherwise we would have had seventy thousand taels."

"We can share the 100,000 taels with Lanzhitang. It's not bad for us to get so much. Our Yuan family is getting better and better. These are all given by Yaoyao."

Old Mrs. Liu sighed.

Speaking of this, Old Lady Liu thought of Princess Anguo, who was named the Daughter of Fortune in the capital. She thought that the fact that she could speak before she was even one month old must mean that she was possessed by a demon.