After becoming rich overnight, I handed over the system.

Chapter 243 Entering the School

Unfortunately, Xingzi made a mistake. Hu Die and the others were already wary of her, so how could they let her go?

After taking Xingzi back and explaining the situation to the commander, the rest was left to her.

Sure enough, the commander showed no mercy and quickly had Xingzi interrogated.

"You mean, Xingzi's original mission was to steal a letter from the Marshal's mansion?"

“That’s right. Xingzi said she originally wanted to steal the correspondence between the Marshal and other marshals’ residences, but unfortunately she didn’t find the documents in the study, nor did she discover the secret room.”

This Murakami Kyoko is not an ordinary geisha; she is a spy specially trained.

"I knew that damn little life was up to no good!" Lin Liuyi said, confirming his suspicions.

Those people over there are like dogs who can't change their nature; they want to get their hands on anything good and destroy anything they can't get their hands on.

"Is your shop alright?"

"Don't worry, she was electrocuted as soon as she touched the factory, she didn't see anything at all!"

Hu Die guessed that Xingzi hadn't found the letter, and then she coveted their shop. After being rejected, she wanted to go to the factory to investigate their secrets, but she didn't expect that they were on guard.

Anyway, Xingzi has fallen this time. I heard she even confessed to having a list with the warlord.

The above are all Xingzi's accomplices, but Hu Die will not concern herself with this matter; let the commander handle it.

With Xingzi gone, the lives of Hu Die and the others gradually settled down.

Meanwhile, Lin Liuyi received good news from Ding Lan: "You've finally entered school!"

After a winter of selling persimmon cakes, Ding Lan's family finally had some savings, and this winter was the warmest they had ever experienced.

At first, apart from Ding Lan, no one expected that a small persimmon cake could bring about such a big change for them. They just wanted to sell some persimmons to make some money, buy more grain, and make enough to eat.

But when the ten taels of silver were brought back, the whole family was shocked.

"My God!" Grandma Ding was so frightened that she sat down on the stool. Grandpa Ding's wooden pipe fell out of his mouth, while the others stared at the silver as if it could produce offspring.

Ding Lan's mother reached out to take it, but Ding's grandmother slapped her hand back with a "smack." As if she had just come to her senses, she quickly put all the silver away.

"Mother, let us see again!" Ding Niang spoke up first, relying on the fact that she had given birth to three boys.

"Look, look, what are you looking at? Do you think you can see a baby out of the silver?" Grandma Ding firmly refused.

Ding Ye actually wanted to see it too, but he figured he'd see it sooner or later since it was with his wife anyway, so he kept quiet.

The others, intimidated by Ding Nai's tyranny, dared not speak.

"Why can't we see it? It was Zhu Zi who led everyone to earn it. We should all get a share!" Ding Niang muttered under her breath.

"Who said you don't have any? How come you get food and drink every day without spending money? Did it all fall from the sky? Or do you want to split up the family?" Grandma Ding glared at her, giving off a feeling that if she wanted to split up the family today, she would break her legs.

Ding Niang immediately slid to her knees, "How could that be, Mother? I've never seen it before! Mother, you work so hard taking care of the household! I won't separate from the family, I won't!"

Although Ding Niang looks down on the eldest son's family just because she gave birth to three sons, she wouldn't dare to talk about dividing the family property.

Putting aside corvée labor and poll tax, she could still tell which kind of life would be easy and which kind of life would be difficult after the family split up.

Since they don't separate the family, and with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law supporting her, no one says anything if she slacks off; she has a very leisurely life.

When Ding's wife mentioned dividing the family property, her eyes lit up. Then she realized she didn't want to divide the family property anymore. If they did, they wouldn't even have a son, and they would be bullied.

"Hmph!" Grandma Ding gave Ding's mother a look that said, "You're smart to know what's good for you."

"Then let's buy some meat, Mother!" Ding Niang couldn't find any money, so she quickly suggested buying meat.

"Eat, eat, all you know is eating! Didn't you just eat there last time? Don't you know what kind of family you come from?" Grandma Ding glared at Ding's mother again.

"Last time, it's been so long, and I only ate one piece!" Ding Niang didn't dare to argue, only muttering under her breath.

Speaking of the last time we ate meat at home, everyone swallowed hard.

Don't be fooled by the fact that each person only gets a small, thin, translucent slice of meat; the aroma is simply irresistible, and even Ding Lan is tempted.

"Grandma, I think we can buy some meat to eat!" Ding Lan said.

Grandma Ding's tone softened a bit when speaking to her grandson, who was the family's breadwinner, "Zhuzi, Grandma knows you're craving meat, but we won't buy any. When we cook dinner tonight, Grandma will cut you a slice of meat from last time!"

"Grandma, I want some too! I want some too!" The two older brothers eagerly declared that they wanted some as well.

"Yes, yes, I have them all! My dear grandson!"

"Grandma, that's not what I meant!" Why is it so difficult to eat meat? Ding Lan watched as the expectant look in Da Niu Jie's eyes turned to disappointment.

"What I mean is, we only made ten taels of silver this time, but don't forget, we still have several large vats of auspicious cakes. Master Hu will definitely come looking for us again, and then we'll have even more silver!"

Everyone was stunned. They had all forgotten that they still had a lot of auspicious cakes at home. Today, Zhu Zi and the others had only sold a few and earned ten taels of silver. What about the rest?

For a moment, everyone stared at the large vat as if they were looking at their beloved silver.

"Zhu Zi, are you sure Mr. Hu will buy this again?" Grandpa Ding asked, taking a deep breath as he retrieved his pipe at some point.

"Don't worry, Grandpa, we've all tried this Ruyi cake before, it's so delicious!" Ding Lan nodded affirmatively.

In ancient times, sweet foods were scarce, so these sweet and soft persimmon cakes would definitely be very popular.

"Then let's buy meat!" Grandpa Ding made the final decision. "Everyone has worked hard these past few days, so I'll buy some meat for everyone to nourish themselves!"

Grandma Ding was a little reluctant, but looking at the large vat in the room and the expectant eyes of the others, she turned around and went back into the room.

Ding Lan and the others thought they wouldn't get to eat meat, and instantly became disappointed.

To everyone's surprise, Granny Ding came out again, this time with a bunch of copper coins. "Here, take these copper coins and go buy it!"

Father Ding almost jumped up, "Mom, I'll go, I'll go!"

He grabbed the coins from the table and ran off. "Hey, you little rascal, don't spend them all!" Grandma Ding felt sorry for him again.

In any case, Ding Lan's family got to eat meat again, and this time the slices were thicker than last time.

"It's so delicious! I wish I could eat meat every day!"

"You little brat, you're dreaming!"

After finishing her meal, Ding Lan found Grandpa Ding and said she wanted to go to school!