C3 Radix lonicerae

Lu Zhu became more and more worried as he watched Steamed Bun enter his baby's stomach one by one. He was now at the end of his tether. Even if she was willing to sell herself as a slave, what about the baby? The baby was only five years old, could it be that she wanted to be a servant girl …

No, I have an obligation to take care of the baby...

"Little pig, I …" Sorry... "All babies eat …" Bao`er rubbed the bun paper and suddenly cried.

"Be good, and don't cry. Didn't Aunt say it earlier? Auntie isn't hungry. What's more, that uncle was going to feed the baby just now." With a pained heart, Lu Zhu held the baby in her arms …

Suddenly, they saw the word "dang" in front of them. They were overjoyed. Although they didn't have money right now, they could use things as money. Once they had money, they could make money out of money …

"Baby, let's go. We're going to have food soon." Lu Zhu happily pulled the baby under the word 'dang', then followed the open door and looked in …

It was a bit dark inside, so she couldn't see anything, but she was sure it was a pawnshop. The pawnshops from ancient times all seemed to be like this, so she pulled the baby in without hesitation.

At this moment, a sharp head emerged from behind the counter. It had tiny slits, and was staring at Lu Zhu from head to toe …

"Little pig, do you have anything to eat here?" The baby looked around suspiciously.

Lu Zhu shook his head and said, "No, this should be a pawnshop. We just need to keep our valuable stuff and we'll be rich."

Lu Zhu looked happily at the squinting old man.

"What is there for you to do?" The old man's greedy eyes constantly scanned Lu Zhu and the baby.

Lu Zhu looked at the jade bracelet on his wrist, then pulled a small white gold chain from his collar …

Lu Zhu took off the gold chain and asked the old man, "How much do you think this is worth?"

The old man received the gold chain, glanced at Lu Bi, and then said indifferently, "One tael of silver."

One tael? Lu Zhu stared at the little old man in confusion, not understanding how much silver was worth or how much work could be done. Lu Zhu wanted to ask, but was afraid that the little old man would try to trick her, so after a moment of thought, she took out the white jade bracelet that her mother had given her from her wrist, and hesitated slightly.

Lu Zhu thought about it again and again before closing his eyes. Then, he took off the white jade bracelet and handed it over …

The old man took the white jade bracelet, picked up the magnifying glass at the side, scrutinized it for a while, and sighed to himself, "What a pity, what a pity …"

Lu Zhu's heart was filled with doubt. This bracelet had been passed down from generation to generation by her grandmother. Although she didn't understand why her daughter didn't inherit her daughter-in-law, this bracelet was truly an ancient item. In university, she had once appraised it.

The old man gestured to her, but Lu Zhu didn't understand. Seeing Lu Zhu's blank look, the old man squinted his eyes and slowly said, "Ten taels."

Lu Zhu was still stunned. Ten taels of silver? She didn't know what the concept of 10 taels of silver was. If someone could tell her how much yuan was equivalent to, perhaps she would know, but there was no …

Lu Zhu thought about it for a while, then asked, "In the future, can I redeem it with ten taels of silver?"

The old man stared blankly for a moment before taking the bracelet in front of his eyes, placing it on the counter and pushing it in front of Lu Zhu.

Lu Zhu wasn't stupid, but he understood the meaning of this. Lu Zhu thought for a moment before taking back the bracelet. She happened to look at the engagement ring on her finger. This ring was made of gold, and she didn't want it back then. However, because it was an engagement ring, she decided to wear it to avoid her fiancé's displeasure. Now that he saw it, he felt suspicious. Maybe he could make more of it.

Lu Zhu put down the ring, then handed it over to the little old man. The little old man didn't even squint as he softly said, "One tael."

One tael? It was also only worth one tael. After comparing the two, it seemed that the bracelet had given him a lot of money. Right at that moment, the baby pulled Lu Zhu's hand and said lightly, "Little pig, I'll also exchange this for money."

Lu Zhu looked at the gold necklace that the baby had taken down. It had been custom-made by her elder sister when she was born. Lu Zhu bent over, smiled, shook her head and said, "No need, aunty, you've got enough. Baby, you take good care of this baby, your mom gave this to you."

Firstly, this gold chain couldn't be used as much as money. Secondly, they didn't know when they would be able to return or whether they would be able to. This gold chain was given to their daughter by their elder sister.

Lu Zhu hung the gold chain around the baby's neck and put it back into his shirt. Then, he stood up with a smile and passed the bracelet, the gold chain and the ring to the little old man.

The old man was stunned for a moment, then a look of surprise flashed across his eyes. After a while, he said, "Alright, since you two are so pitiful, then let's say twenty taels of silver."

Twenty taels? Just now, he had said one tael of silver, ten taels of silver, this time, it was twenty taels of silver. Although he said that he was looking at them pitifully, in reality, he didn't know how much of his conscience had turned black.

Lu Zhu was furious. He swept away the hand that the old man reached out towards him, then took back all the things that the old man had given him.

The old man's expression changed greatly as he asked anxiously, "What, I don't want to be a wife anymore?"

"It's no longer appropriate, it's no longer appropriate to starve to death." Lu Zhu said angrily.

"Young lady, things are dead things. If you really were hungry, these things would only benefit others. Why not make some silver and let you two live a good life." The old man looked at Lu Zhu and shook his head.

"Yeah, I'd rather give it to others. Besides, I don't believe that you're the only pawnbroker in the city." Lu Zhu was so angry that he pulled the baby to leave.

The old man was slightly startled as his expression changed and he said, "Young lady, please wait a moment. How about this, I will give you another five silver taels."

Lu Zhu trembled. Five taels of silver added up to twenty-five taels of silver. Not knowing how long she could live for, she turned around and asked the old man, "How much is the price of a house?"

The old man was also shocked. He thought for a while and smiled, "Since this little lady wants to buy a house, I'll add another 3 taels. 28 taels can be bought on this street. You and your mother will definitely have no problem living together."

Lu Zhu shook. Twenty-eight taels of silver was enough to buy her a mother. It seemed that it wouldn't be a small sum. Just twenty-eight taels of silver was enough for an ordinary person to use for a year. Thinking about it this way, twenty-eight taels of silver was enough for her to live with a baby for eight or ten years, but in terms of bracelets, necklaces, and rings, twenty-eight could buy nothing. At least two hundred taels of silver for a bracelet.

Lu Zhu hesitated for a moment before saying to the old man, "Thirty taels, thirty taels less. I don't want that."

The old man stared at Lu Zhu's wrist for a while, then painfully said, "So what if I'm thirty? Just treat it as me doing a good deed."

In the end, Lu Zhu had sold all the valuable things she had on her for thirty taels of silver. Lu Zhu looked at the silver happily; this thing was really heavy. Relatively speaking, she still liked paper money, but it was still useful here.

Lu Zhu thought for a while, then took out a silver ingot and said to the old man, "Please help me change it into a smaller one."

Finally, she wouldn't starve to death in the ancient times, but she was unable to carry out her own ancient travel plan. She had already thought of a way to fill up her stomach first, then rent a room for herself and think about how to make money later on …

Lu Zhu kept the silver and picked up the baby before walking out.

"Little pig, do we have food to eat?" The baby stared into Lu Zhu's arms.

"That's right. Let's go and eat first." Lu Zhu dragged the baby out of the pawnshop.

Lou Zhu swept the street with her eyes. None of the restaurants seemed to be cheap. Finally, she pulled the baby to an open-air stall.

"Baby, can we have noodles?" Lu Zhu looked at the big bowl of noodles and said to the baby.

The baby was about to shake her head, but when she caught sight of a ragged old lady at the noodle stall, she couldn't help but nod.

The old lady seemed to feel the baby's gaze, and after hesitating for a moment, she walked towards them with her back hunched.

"Boss, how much is a bowl of noodles?" Lu Zhu looked at his face and hesitated for a moment. He decided that he should first ask for a good price.

"Noodle soup, egg noodles, and shredded meat noodles." A big sis, who was having a sumptuous meal, said.

Two pieces? Three pieces? Lu Zhu was stunned once again. 'How did this silver come to be …' The fragrance of the noodles was very alluring, so Lu Zhu decided to eat it first.

"Then give me two bowls of noodles, one bowl of plain noodles and one bowl of shredded meat noodles." Lu Zhu said as she looked at the baby.

"Esteemed guest, please take a seat. It will be ready in a moment." The eldest young mistress smiled as she took out a small table beside the Cleansing Road Pearl.

Lu Zhu nodded, then said to the baby, "Baby, come here quickly."

"Little... "Mom, grandma …" Baby looked up and called to Lu Zhu, his eyes darting to his feet.

Lu Zhu looked over to where the baby was looking at, and found that a white-haired old beggar woman was looking at the baby with a smile.

When Lu Zhu walked over to hold the baby, the old beggar woman smiled at Lu Zhu. However, there was no expression of disgust on her face. Lu Zhu actually smiled back at her.

After the baby sat down, from time to time, he would look in the direction of the old beggar woman. Not long later, the noodles were brought up.

"Mom, can I give half of it to Grandma?" From time to time the baby looked over at the old beggar woman.

Lu Zhu's heart thumped, thinking of the scholar who gave him the steamed bun. He hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hand and said to the boss, "Boss, give me another bowl of shredded meat noodles with vegetables."

Finished speaking, Lu Zhu stood up and helped the old beggar woman over.

Lu Zhu looked at the baby and the beggar woman as they ate and looked at each other with a smile, and a peculiar feeling filled her heart to the brim.

Lu Zhu saw that the two of them had finished eating, but it seemed that he had not finished yet, so he said to the boss, "Boss, give me three more bowls …" Eggnoodles. " Lu Zhu thought that she should join in the luxury too.

Lu Zhu took out a silver ingot and handed it over to the boss, who paused for a second, then handed it over to the boss. The boss then handed over the silver ingot to the boss, who paused for a second, then said, "Dear guest, this is a small business.

Lu Zhu was slightly startled. It sounded like this silver was still very valuable. She also wanted to see how this copper coin and this silver was exchanged, so she smiled at the Lady Boss and said, "It's alright, you can disperse if you want."

Only then did the Lady Boss smilingly accept the silver pieces. Then, after counting them for a long time in a small box, she finally brought out a handful of copper coins and handed it to Lu Zhu.

Lu Zhu stared at this huge copper coin in shock. 'Can silver be traded for that much copper coin?'

The Lady Boss seemed to have misunderstood as she smiled and said to Lu Zhu, "Young Master, the silver taels just now was one tael, and we ate six bowls of noodles and seventeen pieces of noodles. Here are the 83 pieces of paper. Young Master, please count them."

Only now did Lu Zhu come to his senses, and realized that he had lost his composure. He smiled embarrassedly and said, "No need to count, no need to count."

Lu Zhu had a vague notion in his mind. A bowl of noodles cost two pieces of gold and three pieces of paper. If that was the case, then one silver coin would be enough for a person to eat for a month. If he were to calculate it this way, it would seem that this silver was comparable to modern dollars …

Lu Zhu happily received the copper coin, while thinking about how to spend the rest of the money …

"Mom, can we bring Grandma along?" While Luzhu was thinking, the baby suddenly pulled on her sleeve and whispered.

"Ah …" Lu Zhu glanced at the smiling Beggar at the side, feeling troubled in his heart. Although they already had some money, with one more person, one more mouth, and more expenses, they wouldn't be able to sustain this money for long.

"Mother …" The baby begged coquettishly.

Lu Zhu looked at the baby, then looked at the old beggar woman, but still hesitated. Firstly, the old beggar woman didn't say that she would follow them, and secondly, she had to consider the future expenses …

"Little girl, don't make things difficult for your mother. I'm already used to begging, so I'm fine." The old beggar woman walked in front of Lu Zhu with a smile, and said magnanimously.

Lu Zhu was slightly startled. He could even get used to begging? Although she was not a kind person, she still had this little bit of sympathy. Lu Zhu looked at the old beggar woman's slightly haggard face, and said to her, "Aunt, if you're not afraid of following us and suffering hardships, and if you're with us, I'll earn enough money to support you and your baby."

The old woman was stunned for a moment before her face broke into tears of joy. She was moved to tears. "Good girl, good girl. This old woman will definitely not eat you for nothing …"

Lu Zhu and the old beggar woman walked along the street with the baby. Although it was still early in the night, they still had to find a place to stay.

Walking through the streets, Lu Zhu couldn't help but wonder if the ancient people had no business sense. In the modern era, there were many charterers and charterers. How come he hadn't seen any of them in the ancient times?

"Miss, may I ask, where are we going?" The old beggar woman asked gently.

"Where to? "Of course we're looking for a place to stay. We're old, we're young, and all three of us are women. We can't wait outside at night, can we?" Lu Zhu looked at the baby, who was sitting on the ground beating his legs, and felt a pang in his heart.

Baby from small to big, go out have a car, go home also have a car, have never walked so far.

Without hesitation, Lu Zhu bent down to squat in front of the baby and said, "Baby, come here, auntie will carry you."

"No, the baby will go." The baby stood up stubbornly. The old beggar woman kept nodding her head as she looked at him. Although her clothes were dirty, her face was shining brightly, and she did not seem like a beggar woman at all.

"Miss, come with me. I know where to rent a house." The old beggar woman said to Lu Zhu.

She had been in the city for some time now, and although she begged in the street every day, she never asked for anyone.

"Ah, auntie, do you really know where to rent a house?" Hearing this, Lu Zhu turned around and hurriedly asked the old beggar woman.

"Yes, I've been in the city for a month. Although I haven't traveled through the entire city, I still know a bit about the situation nearby. A few days ago, I heard that there was a house in the street we passed through a while ago." The old beggar woman looked at Lu Zhu gently, her expression filled with deep trust.

"Alright, Auntie, then let's go take a look." As she spoke, Lu Zhu held the baby in one hand and the old beggar lady in the other as they returned to the street they passed earlier.

They stopped in front of the small shop at the end of the street. The shop was not big, and the one looking at it was a middle-aged man. Lu Zhu turned to look at the old beggar woman, and upon seeing her nod, Lu Zhu then stepped forward and asked the middle-aged man, "This big brother, may I ask if you have a room to rent?"

The middle-aged man looked up and down at Lu Zhu before slowly replying, "Yes, I have an empty room in my yard, but I don't rent it alone. I want to rent it together with my shop."

Lu Zhu was slightly startled. She took a look around and found that the location was not very good, but it was still a storefront. Remembering the twenty-odd taels of silver that she had, Lu Zhu asked after some thought, "I wonder how you would like to rent it?"

The middle-aged man remained silent, once again sizing up Lu Zhu from head to toe, only then did he ask in a soft voice, "Could it be that Miss wants to rent it?"

Lu Zhu nodded.

Seeing that Lu Zhu had nodded, the middle-aged man glanced at the old beggar woman and the baby behind her, and finally said, "One to five taels of silver a month."

"One or two?" One to two to five taels of silver a year was fifteen taels of silver. That would be a lot of money, Lu Zhu thought as he thought about the price.

The three of them estimated that two taels of silver a month would be enough for the three of them, but rent a house for one to two to five taels of silver. The three of them estimated that two taels of silver a month would be enough for the three of them, but rent a house for one to two to five taels of silver.

Noticing Lu Zhu's hesitation, the middle-aged man continued, "Fine then. Look at you, an orphan and a widow. Old in high places and young in low places. I'll consider it cheaper. One to two to three times a month, alright?"

"One tael." Lu Zhu said to the middle-aged man.

"One or two."

"One tael."

"One or two."

"One tael."

"Fine, one tael of silver. But you have to pay me back in half a year." the middle-aged man finally said.

Half a year? That was six taels of silver, which meant that only twenty taels of silver were left. Lu Zhu hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'll pay you one in three months."

The middle-aged man opened his mouth widely, thinking that this young woman who disguised herself as a man was easy to bully. Unexpectedly, the man stared at Lu Zhu with a bit of hatred, and only said after a long while, "Fine, since you …"

"Then let's sign the contract first." Even though this was an ancient era, Lu Zhu dared not to be confused about these details. For matters concerning rent, words had no basis, but it was still better to have a paper contract.

"A contract?" The middle-aged man stared at Lu Zhu in shock.

"That's right …" Written in black and white. " Seeing the look on the man's face, Lu Zhu knew that he didn't quite understand, so he had to explain.

"Oh, that's fine. Wait a moment." The middle-aged man turned around and walked back into the room. He grabbed a pen and a paper and placed them on the small table in front of Lu Zhu.

Looking at the brush, Lu Zhu was stunned. There was a pen and paper, and there was no problem with the paper, but the brush … Okay, she could write with a brush, but what about the words? What are the characters of this era like …

"Big Brother, you should write it. I'm a tenant, so it doesn't seem appropriate for me to write it." Lu Zhu pushed the paper and brush to the middle-aged man and said softly.

The middle-aged man was taken aback. Frowning slightly, he said to Lu Zhu, "To be honest, Young Master, I've been to the academy for a year, but these words..."

Hearing this, Lu Zhu was a little worried. He knew that the other party would probably not know how to write. Now, he was in a difficult position. How could he just let things go like this?

"I'll write." While Lu Zhu was in a dilemma, the old beggar woman walked up the path from behind him.

"Ah!" Not only Lu Zhu, even the middle-aged man looked at the old beggar woman in shock.

The old beggar woman walked over and spread out the brush and paper … The middle-aged man hurried forward to study the ink …

Seeing that the ink had been prepared, the old beggar woman dipped her pen into the ink and wrote the four big words of the lease agreement on the paper.

Lu Zhu stared at the four words written in black calligraphy and frowned. These four words did not recognize her, much less her. Lu Zhu's head hurt even more. He had committed a great disaster. It seemed that the characters of this era were completely different from the Chinese characters of the modern era.

Lu Zhu went up to take a closer look, but still didn't recognize it. It looked like Han, but also like Tibetan. He really didn't recognize it.

Not long later, the old beggar woman wrote a piece of paper on the ground, and the middle-aged man quickly moved the piece of paper to the other side. The old beggar woman once again placed her pen on the piece of paper and started writing again. The old beggar woman looked at the two pieces of paper and shook her head before putting the pen down, "It's been a long time since I've written it down."

The old beggar woman looked at Lu Zhu again. Lu Zhu's face was now filled with tiny tadpoles, and those words on the paper probably already recognized her, but she still couldn't read those words.

The middle-aged man turned to Lu Zhu and said, "Young Master, this way please."

Lu Zhu braced himself to pick up the pen, but he didn't know what to write. In the end, after some thought, he still left the word 'Lu Zhu' in a blank space.

This time, the old beggar woman and the middle-aged man were dumbfounded. They had never seen Chinese characters before …

"Please, big brother." Lu Zhu finished writing and put down the brush, then pushed the paper in front of the middle-aged man, unwilling to look at the puzzled look in the middle-aged man's and the old beggar woman's eyes.

The middle-aged man was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask. Just as he said, his literacy was limited, and it was normal for him to not know one or two words. Therefore, he just picked up the brush and wrote his name on the other side.

"Alright, I've written this down clearly. Young master, you can go to the backyard and clean up your room first. I'll arrange everything here and then give it to Young Master tomorrow." As the middle-aged man spoke, he passed a piece of white paper and black text to Lu Zhu.

Lu Zhu stared blankly at the black and white paper in her hands. Other than the two words' Lu Zhu ', she didn't recognize a single word of it …

"Young Master, please come with me." As the middle-aged man spoke, he turned around and walked towards the back. The baby and the old beggar woman hurriedly followed him. Only Lu Zhu and the black text remained on the ground, glaring at each other.