Pick up a princess to be your wife

Suddenly, a light shone in Li Tian's dull eyes.

He was just worried about where he could find work and earn money, and now he had a way to make a living?

Could it be that Erlang's words have come true, that he is a lucky man who is blessed by heaven?

"What does he need people for? How much will he pay them?" Li Tian asked quickly.

“Delivering goods for others earns one tael and two mace a month, which is much higher than your wages at Zhou Wanfu’s house,” Wang Xiulian replied.

"With such a high wage, is it even possible for me to get it? I remember Li Ertie has quite a few brothers around him, right?" Li Ertie asked.

“I pleaded with him all day, and he said he could let you come over for a few days on a trial basis. You’ll come with me tomorrow, and I’ll arrange some work for you. You’re so diligent and efficient; Li Ertie is willing to hold a meeting and hire you,” Wang Xiulian said.

"Great news, great news!" Li Tian was overjoyed.

He used to work at Zhou Wanfu's house, earning less than one or two taels a month, only a few hundred coins.

Li Ertie's job actually pays one tael and two mace of salary; this is a job you couldn't find even with a lantern.

“Recently, I don’t know what’s wrong with that bastard Li Ertie. He’s stopped swearing at me and touching me inappropriately. It’s like he’s a completely different person,” Wang Xiulian said with some surprise.

Li Ertie used to hire her to work, not because she was hardworking, but because she was good-looking.

Wang Xiulian was well aware of this, but she was willing to work because she needed to make a living, and because the salary Li Ertie paid her was indeed quite high.

These days, Li Ertie treats her with great courtesy, calling her "sister-in-law" as if she were his own brother.

"See if you can find anything else at home. Let's send some gifts to Ertie tomorrow," Li Tian said.

"What else can we take?" Wang Xiulian rolled her eyes.

The house was burned to ashes, what could we possibly have left? We couldn't very well send scorched earth to Li Ertie.

"You told me to go there tomorrow, but what about things at home?" Wang Xiulian asked.

"Are you stupid? Didn't you see these soldiers helping?" Wang Xiulian glanced at the soldiers who were still busy and whispered.

"What's going on with Lord Yu? Why did he help us build houses?"

Li Tian couldn't figure out this problem no matter how hard he thought about it.

"Looks like you're really stupid."

Wang Xiulian leaned closer to Li Tian and whispered, "It must be that Lord Yu has committed many evils and wants to take this opportunity to gain some popularity. We just happened to catch this opportunity."

"That makes sense," Li Tian nodded.

"Big brother has a new job with such a high salary, that's really good news," Li Mu said with a smile.

“Erlang, why don’t you come with me? I think Li Ertie has been quite easy to talk to lately. Maybe it won’t be a problem to ask him to add you as a guest,” Wang Xiulian said.

"Thank you for your trouble, sister-in-law. My job is pretty good now. My employer thinks highly of me and doesn't plan to change employers," Li Mu replied.

"Well, as long as you're satisfied. Erlang, don't you think our family's suffering is finally over? Now that Zhou Wanfu is dead, there's no one to extort money from our family anymore," Wang Xiulian whispered.

"That's for sure, our lives will only get better and better."

“Li Tian, ​​look, ever since Erlang came home, we’ve been able to escape danger every time. I was right, Erlang is our family’s lucky star.”

Wang Xiulian wasn't saddened for long after her house burned down.

The expression on her face now is no different from that of celebrating the Chinese New Year.

After Li Mu finished dinner, Li Tian and his wife urged him to leave.

The next day, Li Mu got up very early.

He took the silver notes with him and went to the money exchange to exchange them all for silver.

Li Mu walked into the money exchange and handed the banknotes to the counter.

"Exchange it all for silver, or gold if you prefer," Li Mu said.

A middle-aged man with a pedantic air sat behind the counter.

He took the banknote, carefully checked it, and then scrutinized Li Mu for a while before smiling and saying, "Wait a moment."

Not long after, several servants carried out a box and placed it next to Li Mu.

"Young master, your silver is ready, please count it."

Li Mu lifted the lid of the box and saw that it was indeed a box of silver.

The silver ingots of the Great Yan Dynasty were not shaped like gold ingots, but rather flat, boat-shaped silver ingots.

Upon seeing this, Li Mu frowned slightly.

Ten thousand taels of silver should be more than just this one box.

"Shopkeeper, how much silver is here?" Li Mu asked.

"I'll give you the same amount of silver as the silver notes you gave me," the shopkeeper replied.

“I gave you a silver note with a face value of ten thousand taels, but this box of silver probably doesn’t have ten thousand taels, does it?” Li Mu asked.

"Ten thousand taels? I clearly only accepted one thousand taels in silver notes from you. This is one thousand taels of silver." The shopkeeper was surprised for a moment, then replied.

"The shopkeeper may have misread it. I gave you ten thousand taels. Please double-check," Li Mu said.

"Oh, wait a minute."

The shopkeeper walked behind the counter and checked the banknotes again.

"I've checked, it is indeed a one thousand tael silver note," the shopkeeper said.

“You’ve got it wrong, I really did give you ten thousand taels,” Li Mu said.

"look by youself."

The shopkeeper took out a silver note and handed it to Li Mu.

Li Mu took it and looked at it. Although his face remained calm, his heart was somewhat gloomy.

He gave the shopkeeper ten thousand taels of silver notes, but the shopkeeper turned around and only exchanged one thousand taels for him, saying that Li Mu only gave one thousand taels of silver notes.

Li Mu realized that the shopkeeper was clearly trying to rip him off.

"Play it like this?" Li Mu frowned.

“You must have made a mistake, young master. Our Zero Money Shop is the number one money shop in the world, and we treat everyone fairly, young and old.” The shopkeeper’s face was full of a mercenary smile.

"Ten thousand taels turned into one thousand taels in a flash, a huge profit of nine thousand taels. You guys are pretty good at this self-deceptive trick." Li Mu laughed.

"But you really gave me a thousand taels, sir. I'm just a shopkeeper. What benefit would I get from cheating you out of your money?" the shopkeeper argued.

"So you mean you can't give me the remaining nine thousand taels?" Li Mu asked.

Seeing the shopkeeper's expression, Li Mu felt that continuing to talk would be a complete waste of breath.

Anyway, the other party insisted that he only gave him one thousand taels of silver, and Li Mu couldn't produce any evidence, so there was nothing he could do.

"Young master, you can either take the silver notes back or take the silver back," the shopkeeper said.

"It seems that reasoning with them won't work." Li Mu nodded.

The shopkeeper smiled broadly: "I'm just trying to reason with you, young master. I didn't say you were acting like a scoundrel, did I?"

"Good luck."

Li Mu smiled faintly, turned and left, not taking the silver or silver notes.

"Oh, young master, you forgot your money!"

The shopkeeper quickly caught up and hurriedly took out the silver notes, handing them to Li Mu.

“Our Zero Money Shop has no precedent for embezzling other people’s property, young master. What are you doing? Take it quickly,” the shopkeeper said repeatedly.

"No need, you can have it."

Li Mu casually waved his hand, pushed the shopkeeper aside, and strode away.