shrewd nun

Chapter 3

Yao Guo came to the booth selling spirit stones, and took out a stack of silver notes from her pocket. There were ten silver notes in total, 1000 taels of silver, which was all her savings.

I heard that this was the dowry money left by her mother whom she had never met.

But money!It is still necessary to use it where it should be used. Buying a few more fire talismans and carrying them with you means that you have a few more life-saving cards, which is much more reliable than buying a dowry.

Yao Guo exchanged 1000 taels of silver for ten low-grade spirit stones, went to the stall selling talisman paper, and bought ten fire talismans.

In fact, there are water talismans and so on, but in comparison, the fire talisman is more powerful.

The boss who sold the talisman paper said that because she has no spiritual power, when using the talisman paper, she can only burn it with fire. This is quite troublesome, but she can't take care of it so much, at worst, she always takes the flint and steel with her.

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Back at the prefect's mansion, Yao Guo changed the light lotus-colored veil skirt into a light lotus-colored short robe, and put the fire talisman next to her body.

"Miss, why are you buying so many fire talismans?" Zhutao frowned. This was the first time she had seen someone using fire talismans. In her heart, fire talismans were life-threatening spells, and she kept them by her side. Too dangerous!
"Zhutao, you also know the origin of the wall-piercing spell. A wall-piercing spell costs 100 taels of silver. Don't you find it strange that someone is willing to pay such a high price to frame me for stealing?" of.

"Ah, could it be Missy and the others..." Zhutao covered her mouth, her eyes widened. Could it be that Missy and Missy wanted to harm their own sister?
"Okay! I have a fire talisman! It's no big deal..." Yao Guo pushed the oleander, and said, "Quickly go and find out if the rumors about me stealing things have spread all over the prefect's mansion again." .”

Yao Guo knew in her heart that Yao Yunyu and the others were not trying to cause any trouble, but wanted to establish her reputation as a thief so that it would be convenient for them to do something.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it was stolen or not, the key is that Yao Yunyu's things did appear in her room, and just because of this alone, she can't wash it off even if she jumped into the Yellow River.

After Zhutao left, Yao Guo boredly picked up the jade bottle and looked it over carefully, but she didn't find anything strange. It didn't break when she fell from such a high place. Is it just a coincidence?
Thinking of this, Yao Guo put the jade bottle on the ground and knocked it hard a few times, but there was no damage at all.

"It can't be some magic weapon!" Yao Guo imagined in her heart that she must bring this jade bottle with her when she goes to Shengsheng Village next time, maybe it can be sold for a good price!

I fetched a basin of clean water, wiped the inside and outside of the jade bottle clean, then mixed half of the bottle with clean water, and inserted a few freshly opened gardenias into it.

"Aquarius! Aquarius, you must pay more so that I can buy more talismans!" Yao Guo put the jade bottle on the dressing table, and then went to the kitchen to look for something to eat.

I went to Holy Spirit Village early this morning, and I didn't even have time to eat breakfast, my stomach was going to be hungry!

In Yao Guo's yard, there is only one maid and mother-in-law. The maid is responsible for her daily life, and the mother-in-law is responsible for cleaning and cooking.

In the kitchen, there was already a tempting aroma of food.

"Mother Zhang, what delicious food did you cook today?" Yao Guo came to the stove with a smile on her face, and found that braised pork with potatoes was being stewed in the pot.

"Miss San, you are back. Missy's people came here just now." Mother Zhang was lighting the fire, she raised her head and said worriedly.

"Never mind her!" Yao Guo curled her lips. Yao Yunyu must have brought someone to catch the stolen goods. Fortunately, she slipped away quickly and took that pearl flower to pay for the carriage. Anyway, she had already given it to her. , don't use it for nothing!

"Miss San should be more careful, those in the eldest lady's room are not easy to deal with." Mama Zhang kindly reminded her.

"Got it!" Yao Guo nodded, and suddenly saw a few big sweet potatoes under the stove, remembering that he hadn't eaten sweet potato cake for a long time, so he took two big sweet potatoes and made sweet potato cake.

First steam the sweet potatoes and press them into mud, then put flour, white sugar, and brown sugar into the sweet potato mud, stir well, and finally knead the sweet potato mud into balls, then pat them into cakes, fry them in a pan until golden brown, and sweet potato cakes Even if it is done.

"Miss is really skillful. She can also make sweet potato cakes." Mother Zhang laughed.

"Hey, it's not as delicious as what Zhang's mother made." Yao Guo smiled and narrowed her eyes, and brought the freshly made sweet potato cake back to the house, preparing to eat it first to fill her stomach.

Zhutao has already returned, and rumors of Yao Zihan stealing things spread throughout the house, "And they also said that the eldest lady is going to marry you to Huaicheng, and there is a war there! Didn't the eldest lady ask you to marry me?" Go to die!"

Yao Guo was stunned, and then said: "I'm only 13 years old!" In modern times, a 13-year-old child should still be in junior high school, why is she going to get married?
"The eldest lady married the master at the age of 14, and there are many girls in my village who got engaged at the age of twelve or thirteen..." Zhutao said.

"It seems... that's true! But Huai City is a frontier fortress! The lady has a grudge against me?" Yao Guo blinked her eyes, she could only think of this, otherwise, who would marry her daughter to such a place? !
"Maybe it's because of the second wife! But the second wife has been dead for more than ten years..." Zhutao hesitated.

The second lady is Yao Zihan's biological mother, so it's normal that the eldest lady doesn't want to see her.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this, let's eat first..."

The next day, Yao Guo came to Jingyu Garden, the lady's room was much more lively than yesterday, Yao Yunyu and Yao Yunqing were there, there were a lot of maids and women, and there was a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup.

"Oh, this is Miss San! She looks so good-looking, Mr. Wang will definitely like it..." The woman laughed exaggeratedly.

The corner of Yao Guo's mouth twitched. Seeing the flowery attire and the fragrance of powder all over her body, she immediately guessed the other party's identity.

"Greetings to Da Furen." Yao Guo ignored the woman and went directly to bless Da Furen.

"Zi Han! Come and see the dowry I prepared for you, do you like it or not!" The eldest lady rarely smiled today, but she didn't even ask herself, and directly talked about the dowry. It's clear that I don't have any good intentions!

Yao Guo smiled and stepped forward, only to see seven or eight brocade boxes on a long case, inside which were two strings of pearl necklaces, a pair of golden silk lantern earrings, a pair of purple jade hibiscus earrings, and a hollow orchid Pearl hairpins, a red gold Buddha basket hairpin, and a pair of jadeite and glazed bracelets.

These jewelry alone are worth at least several hundred taels of silver!
"Ma'am, these dowries are prepared for me? Isn't the eldest sister getting married?" Yao Guo asked calmly, blinking her big eyes.

According to the rules, the elder sister is usually married first, and then the younger sister. She still has two older sisters who are not married, so why is it her turn?If you want to marry, you must marry Yao Yunyu!
Of course, everyone understands this truth, but no one has said it...

Yao Yunyu said coquettishly, "Little sister, we are talking about marriage for you!"

If my aunt knew that Yao Zihan was already engaged, she would definitely not talk about letting her go up the mountain. This is much more useful than the crime of stealing!
"Eldest sister is not married yet, why am I so anxious!" Yao Guo said with a smile.

"The prince who came to propose marriage this time is only 15 years old. Of course, the younger sister is the most suitable!" After speaking, Yao Yunyu stepped forward and grabbed her arm.

Yao Guo couldn't help but be surprised by that huge power.

Yao Yunyu is definitely not an ordinary person!How could a pampered young lady have such great strength...

"Elder Sister, you hurt me by scratching me." Yao Guo cried.

"Ah, I'm sorry, little girl, I didn't mean it." Yao Yunyu said so, but the strength in his hand showed no sign of loosening.

Seeing her daughter, who suppressed Yao Zihan to death, the eldest lady showed a satisfied smile, "Zihan, in half a month, you will marry into the Wang family, and I will send two mothers to your room to teach You behave, you have to study hard."

"Okay." Yao Guo smiled, but anyone could tell that she smiled forcedly.There is no way, Yao Yunyu can pinch her hand bones at any time, she dare not say no,

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The mothers who were sent to her room were Mama Yang and Mama Xu. Seeing this posture, Zhutao didn't dare to speak. She just lowered her head and quietly followed her.

Back in the yard, as soon as Yao Guo and Zhutao stepped into the door, Mama Yang and Mama Xu stood guard at the door, and it seemed that they couldn't leave casually.

Yao Guo sighed, dragged her chin in a daze, she was definitely going to run away, anyway, she had no feelings for this place, but how would she run away?

She was worried about leaving Zhutao and Zhang's mother in the house. According to the character of the eldest lady, she still didn't want to punish them to death!

But she can't protect herself now, and she has to escape with two people, isn't that even more difficult!

And even if she could escape, how would she survive?Especially in a place where there are gods and ghosts, even Yao Yunyu can't deal with her kung fu...

"Annoying!" Yao Guo scratched her hair, "Zhutao, go to the kitchen and help me make some glutinous rice balls. I want glutinous rice balls for breakfast. By the way, tell Mama Zhang about this."

The last sentence, Yao Guo said in a low voice, Mama Zhang is more familiar with the house than zhutao, she needs Mama Zhang's help.

"Well, miss, don't worry, there will always be a solution." Zhutao comforted her, then turned and left the room.

She was the only one who was grounded, so Mama Yang and Mama Xu didn't make things difficult for Zhutao, it's just that her complexion was so ugly that she couldn't go anywhere.

Yao Guo's eyes fell on the dressing table. On it was a green jade vase and several gardenias that were about to wither...

"Huh? I just put the flowers in yesterday, so it doesn't make sense to thank you so soon!" Yao Guo took the bottle over in doubt, but was surprised to find that the water in it was gone.

(End of this chapter)