Traveling through the busy farmland of a peasant girl
Chapter 57: Fooling Grandma
As soon as the father and daughter arrived home, Zhang hurriedly opened the door and kept looking at them. Her eyes seemed to contain thousands of words and seemed to be conveying some urgent signal.
Shen Shaodong and Shen Li looked at each other, and there seemed to be an electric current passing through their eyes. Both of them understood what was going on and nodded calmly.
On the way back, they had already figured out what to say, just like two veterans who had been through many battles. They were not afraid no matter who questioned them.
In their view, this is nothing more than a scam. They have done this kind of thing so many times that they are so used to it.
At this moment, Grandma Liu came out with an angry face.
I saw that her steps were big and fast, with great vigor, and every step seemed to be filled with anger, as if she was going to have a big fight with someone in the next second.
She walked straight to the wooden bench and sat down with a clang, as if she was sitting on the judge's seat.
Then, her gaze shot towards her son Shen Shaodong and granddaughter Shen Li like sharp arrows. She glared at them and said with unquestionable authority in her voice, "Come here and explain to me! Why did you buy so many chickens, ducks, geese, and sheep? What are you going to do with them?"
Shen Li was a clever girl, and had already prepared for the situation with a playful smile. Like a happy little rabbit, she trotted over to her grandmother, her little mouth as sweet as honey, and called out in a charming way, "Grandma, why are you here? Did you guess that I bought something delicious for your precious granddaughter?"
When Liu heard this, her eyes flared up like an enraged tiger. She stretched out her finger and poked Shen Li's forehead, saying, "Didn't I tell you not to buy things indiscriminately? You two, why are you like cotton stuffed in your ears? You just won't listen! I think you have the best ideas, too many to count!"
As she spoke, she glared at Shen Shaodong angrily, and then continued to chatter, "You just got a little money in your hands, and I think you are like a calf that has grown wings and wants to fly to the sky. You don't even know how high the sky is or how thick the earth is!
Daya, you are young and ignorant, but what about you," she looked at Shen Shaodong again, "haven't you suffered enough hardships and fatigue over the years? Why don't you know how to save a little?" Her words were full of regret.
As for Shen Li, she was still smiling at this time, not at all frightened by her grandmother's momentum. She rolled her eyes and said, "Grandma, you'd better listen to me. You know, my father always listens to me!"
She had already figured it out in her mind. The matter of space was too complicated and intricate, and she couldn't tell her grandmother at all.
However, it is still feasible to make up a lie about an immortal master. After all, those people will find out about this place sooner or later. If you don't make up a lie now, it will be bad if something goes wrong in the future.
Besides, if she raises weird-looking chickens, ducks, geese, and other creatures in the future, it would be good if they had a source, right?
So, Shen Li said seriously: "Grandma, this is what happened! I accidentally met a master in the mountains. Grandma, you don't know, this master is very powerful, he can use some immortal methods to raise immortal pets!"
When she said this, her eyes sparkled, as if she had really seen those magical fairy pets.
"Grandma, these immortal pets, to put it bluntly, are fed with natural treasures. Things like ginseng are the most common in the eyes of immortals. Most immortal pets are fed with immortal herbs."
As Shen Li spoke, she habitually raised her hand to scratch the small tuft on her head. She didn't even know it herself, but whenever she was thinking about something, especially when she was making up a lie, she would unconsciously scratch that small tuft.
As for Shen Shaodong, he knew his daughter's habit very well. Seeing his daughter scratching her little bun, he almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
He quickly pretended to cough and clear his throat, then said, "Li'er's master has a strange temper and doesn't allow Li'er to tell us mortals about these things.
I also saw that the chickens and rabbits Li'er raised were really too big, so I couldn't help but ask Li'er. "
Shen Li silently gave her father a big thumbs up in her heart, thinking: Dad has really learned the essence of making up lies from me.
After hearing these words, Liu was completely stunned. Her eyes widened, her face filled with astonishment, and she murmured, "Are there really gods in this world?"
Shen Li's eyes sparkled, and with a hint of excitement on her face, she continued, "Isn't it? Grandma, when I first met Master, I didn't know anything either! Master was like a cloud of fog, hiding many secrets. It was only later that I slowly learned some things."
As if harboring some earth-shattering secret, she quietly leaned close to Grandma Liu's ear, her voice low but unable to conceal her excitement: "Grandma, Daddy and I went to the market today. Guess what? We sold the fairy pet left by our master and got a lot of money, a full 22,000 taels of silver!"
When Liu heard this, her eyes instantly widened like two copper bells, and her eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets. Her mouth opened involuntarily, and she was about to shout out, "What! Twenty thousand..." But when the words came to her lips, she suddenly realized that she couldn't say anything. So she quickly covered her mouth with her calloused hands, her eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
Shen Li looked at her grandmother's reaction, and the smile on her face became brighter, like a blooming flower. She nodded gently, her eyes curved into crescents: "Grandma, come with me into the house." After that, she held her grandmother Liu's hand tightly and walked briskly towards the main room.
Zhang watched this scene from the side, her heart full of curiosity, her eyes filled with doubts. She couldn't help but glance at Shen Shaodong, her eyes seemed to be silently questioning.
Seeing this, Shen Shaodong slowly walked over and held Zhang's hand. His hand was large and warm. He said softly, "Xiu Niang, I'll tell you the details tonight!"
When Zhang heard this, her face turned slightly red, as if the sunset in the sky had dyed her cheeks. She nodded gently, looking as gentle as a well-behaved little rabbit.
As soon as Shen Li entered the room, she couldn't wait to take out the banknotes from the space. Speaking of this space, it was her magical treasure, like an omnipotent little world.
Along the way, Shen Shaodong was worried that something unexpected might happen. After all, the silver note was not a small amount of money, and it would be terrible if it was lost.
So he thought about it and felt that the space was the safest place, so he asked Shen Li to keep the banknotes in the space.
As for Shen Li, her heart was filled with joy at this moment, thinking about how much change this money could bring to her family and the tasks she had to do.
No matter how surprised and skeptical Liu was about Shen Li's words, the emotions surged in her heart like a surging tide. However, when Shen Li really showed the more than 20,000 taels of silver notes, Liu felt as if all her strength was drained away. She was completely speechless, and only deep conviction remained in her heart.
In her entire life, Liu had only ever seen a silver note of a hundred taels. In her mind, a hundred taels was a considerable fortune. Who could have imagined that one day she would actually see a thousand taels? And not just one or two, but over twenty! Each note gleamed enticingly in the sunlight, as if each one spoke of endless wealth and mystery.
When Shen Li pulled out two bills and handed them to Liu, she reacted as if she had been dealt a heavy hand. She waved her hands hastily, shrinking back repeatedly, and refusing to accept them. She kept muttering, "This is your master's money. Although it's in your hands now, you can't just squander it like that. Your master might suddenly come back one day, and how will we explain it then?" Her expression revealed both respect for Shen Li's master and awe for the money.
Seeing her grandmother's determination, Shen Li felt helpless. However, she rolled her eyes and began to coax Liu again, her words like honey, and she spoke incessantly: "Grandma, please accept it. Think about it, in the future, you, your second uncle, your third uncle, and your aunt will have to help the gods raise fairy pets! Raising fairy pets is a big deal, and it costs money everywhere. This silver is prepared in advance for everyone." As Shen Li spoke, her eyes sparkled at Liu, and she looked like a clever little fox. Under Shen Li's coaxing and deception, Liu finally hesitated and accepted the 1,000 taels of silver note.
Liu carefully placed the 1,000-liang silver note into her bosom, her movements so gentle as if she were holding an incomparably fragile, rare treasure. Her heartbeat involuntarily quickened, as if she were holding not silver notes but a lively, hopping rabbit. The feeling was both nervous and thrilling. Filled with a mixture of surprise and unease, she slowly walked towards home, her steps feeling a bit unsteady as she continued to dwell on the incredible scene.
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