He has a spatial ability and saves three children on his escape route.

Chapter 19 Holding a copper coin and shouting for silver

Wen Yuxia paid the money, and the proprietress gave her two large bags of scraps of cloth. Just before leaving, Wen Yuxia remembered that she hadn't bought any needles and thread, so she shamelessly asked, "Proprietress, could you give me some needles and thread?"

The proprietress said with a smile, "Customers who come to buy fabric always bring needles and thread as a gift. My bad, I was so busy I forgot. Young lady, I'll get it for you right away."

The proprietress generously gave Wen Yuxia two needles, a thimble, and five balls of thread.

Wang Dazhu pushed the cart for quite a distance, still unable to process the fact that his eldest niece had spent forty taels of silver.

Then they heard Wen Yuxia's voice: "Uncle, stop for a moment,"

Wen Yuxia went into the grain store and bought 100 jin each of brown rice and dark flour, asking the shop assistant to help her load them onto the cart.

Afterwards, Wen Yuxia wanted to buy more meat at the butcher's stall, but Wang Dazhu stopped her: "Da Ya just ate meat yesterday, don't buy any today. Your grandma will scold you again if you do."

Wen Yuxia listened to the advice and decided not to buy anything. Today, she had spent a lot of money buying grain, clothes, cotton, and cotton cloth for her grandmother's family. She would divide the remaining money among them and let them decide what to buy.

Back in Xiaowang Village, the villagers saw Wang Dazhu pushing a cart covered with an oilcloth. They surrounded the cart, curiously asking him what he had bought in town.

Wang Dazhu gave a uniform reply with a simple, honest smile, saying that yesterday he and his brothers went hunting in the mountains and caught a small sika deer, which they sold in town for 47 taels of silver. He then generously uncovered the tarpaulin to show the villagers what was on the cart.

He kept muttering, "Sigh, my family is poor. Look at the clothes, cotton cloth, cotton, and grain on the cart. They are all things my family urgently needs. Oh dear, money doesn't last long!"

Throughout the journey, he kept thinking about whether Wen Yuxia should ask for a tip after buying them so many things. The answer was no.

Therefore, the fact that he sold the sika deer for 47 taels of silver and let the villagers know what he bought was all intentional on his part. His purpose was to tell everyone that he had spent all his money and they shouldn't even think about it.

Wang Erzhu quickly understood what his elder brother meant. He said with a bitter face, "I finally managed to hunt a sika deer, and the money from selling it has already gone out of my pocket for 44 taels."

As he spoke, he pushed aside the villagers blocking their way and, together with Wang Dazhu, pulled the cart home.

"The Da Zhu brothers are such spendthrifts! Who buys so many clothes at once? Who buys hundreds of kilograms of cotton at once? They'll be in for a scolding from Old Mrs. Wu when they get back!"

"That's right. All seven of his younger brothers are bachelors. They don't give any money to their mother; they just spend it all on their own. If their mother finds out, she'll be furious."

"Let's go, let's go and take a look."

"Forget it, when Old Lady Wu throws a tantrum, even the old women in the village avoid her like the plague. I wouldn't dare go."

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Behind them, the villagers were gossiping, but Wang Dazhu remained calm as he pushed the cart, lowering his voice to say to Wen Yuxia, "It's rare for the villagers to see someone shopping so extravagantly. Don't take their sarcastic remarks to heart."

He wasn't the one who spent the money; it was Wen Yuxia. Wang Dazhu was blamed for being a spendthrift and still had to comfort Wen Yuxia.

Wen Yuxia chuckled, "Hehe, I don't take it to heart. They weren't talking about me. The spendthrifts they were referring to are you and your second uncle."

Wang Erzhu laughed too: "They're mainly talking about the eldest brother. Out of eight brothers, he's the only one who got married, hahaha."

The three returned home chatting and laughing. Wang Wushi already knew from Wang Sanzhu and the others that they had hunted a sika deer in the mountains.

Seeing Wang Dazhu pushing a cart full of things home, his face instantly darkened, and he thought to himself, "I've spent all the money I earned from selling the sika deer."

Forcing a smile, Wang Wu forced a smile that looked more like a grimace. "Da Ya, why did you buy so much stuff? Wouldn't it be better to save the money yourself?"

Wen Yuxia did the hard work hunting the sika deer; Wang Dazhu and the others only lent a hand at most. Wang Wushi could tell that all the goods in this cart were bought for them, and she felt sorry that Wen Yuxia didn't have much money left.

Wen Yuxia obediently picked up four sets of clothes and handed them over: "Grandma, these are for you and Grandpa."

"Aunt, this is for you, my cousin, and my uncle,"

"Hong'er, this is yours,"

"Second Uncle, this is yours. You can take the rest and distribute them to Third Uncle and the others later," Wen Yuxia said, picking up her and Wen Dashan's clothes and telling Wang Erzhu to take the rest.

Then, pointing to the cotton cloth and cotton on the cart, she said, "Grandma, please make me and Hong'er a cotton-padded coat and two quilts. The rest are for you to buy. You can decide what to do with them."

"Uncle, Second Uncle, move the grain, cotton cloth, and cotton to Grandma's room," Wen Yuxia said, pulling Wang Wushi into the room.

"Grandma, the sika deer sold for 67 taels and 5 copper coins. We spent 42 taels on the goods, so we have 25 taels and 5 copper coins left," Wen Yuxia said as she took out some silver.

"Keep it to yourself and don't take it out," Wang Wushi said, extending her hand to stop her from reaching for the silver.

Wen Yuxia laughed and said, "Hehe, Grandma, we didn't just sell the sika deer, we also sold the antlers. The antlers sold for a whole 3 taels of silver. It's not right for me to keep it all by myself, I have to split it with my eight uncles."

Wang Wu was stunned. She and her husband had saved less than five taels of silver in their entire lives. Good heavens, had she misheard?

She asked cautiously, "Da Ya, do you mean that a total of 367 taels and 5 coins were sold?"

"Mmm," Wen Yuxia nodded, and took out two one-hundred-tael silver notes, ten ten-tael silver ingots, two ten-tael silver notes, one five-tael silver ingot, and five strings of copper coins from her bosom, which was actually from her spatial storage.

Looking at the silver ingots on the table, Wang Wushi couldn't resist picking one up and stuffing it into her mouth. She took a big bite and laughed as she looked at the teeth marks on it: "That's right, the silver ingots are real."

Wen Yunhong, Hu Zi, and Du Shi, who followed them into the room, were all dazzled by the silver ingots on the table. Du Shi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, then immediately covered her mouth tightly: "So much silver."

Tiger ran quickly to the table—no, to the copper coins on the table—grabbed five strings of coins, and said with a beaming smile, "Silver, silver, so much silver!"

In his mind, copper coins were silver; as for the pieces of paper and silver ingots on the table, sorry, he didn't recognize them.

Madam Du sighed and covered her face. It was all because of poverty. She was too ashamed to look at her son's foolish way of begging for money with copper coins in his hands.

The only ones who remained calm were Wang Dazhu and Wang Erzhu. They had long since passed the initial shock and were carrying the grain sacks without changing their expressions as they piled them up in the corner of the room.

"Grandson, this is the real silver; what you're holding is copper," Wang Wu said with a smile, handing the smallest silver ingot on the table, a five-tael one, to Hu Zi.

A tear welled up in her eye; her grandson had grown up without ever seeing a penny.

“Brother Tiger, one tael of silver can be exchanged for ten strings of copper coins. This silver ingot in your hand is worth five taels and can be exchanged for fifty strings of copper coins,” Wen Yunhong said experiencedly.