Chapter 499: The Attitude Shift of the Shu Family
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After hesitating for a moment, Shu Yu turned her head and glanced at the Shu family members, explaining, "Earlier, because I'm not a daughter of the Shu family, they wanted to kill me. Although I miraculously escaped with my life, I didn't have any silver on me and suffered a lot after fleeing the mansion. That's when I developed this habit of separating and burying the silver in different places. It gives me a sense of security."
The group of officers couldn't help but look at the Shu family members, feeling pity for their misfortune.
The Shu family members were even more indignant. How could she benefit from their misfortune?
Shu Yu looked at the leading officer and said, "Everything I said is true. I don't have the courage to deceive you."
"Alright, we believe that you won't deceive us." The leading officer nodded and waved his hand, signaling her to go back.
As Shu Yu was about to leave, another officer asked, "With so many places where you buried the silver, how much is it altogether?"
If it was too little, they would feel disappointed.
Shu Yu replied, "Approximately one hundred taels."
One hundred taels? Adding the fifteen taels they gave her on the way, it was nearly one hundred and twenty taels.
There were six officers, which meant each person would receive less than twenty taels.
To be honest, it wasn't a large amount.
However, they initially thought they wouldn't gain anything on this journey, maybe not even a single copper coin.
Now, with this unexpected income, it was indeed a pleasant surprise.
Twenty taels were still silver, and an ordinary farming family could live off it for five or six years. They hadn't reached the point of being generous enough to give away this shining silver.
Therefore, the officers nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions. They just took the ten taels of silver and excitedly discussed asking the cook at the inn to prepare two extra meat dishes for dinner.
Shu Yu returned to her previous spot and calmly started eating the rice ball.
The Shu family members stared at her with eyes that seemed to pop out, shocked and filled with anger.
Shu Yu lifted her head, glanced at them, and then smiled faintly, raising the rice ball toward them.
The Shu family members: "...Bitch!!"
The eldest daughter broke her own rice cake into two pieces, one of which fell on the ground. She didn't care about Shu Yu for the moment and quickly picked up the small piece, blew off the dust, and reluctantly ate it.
Shu Yu finished her rice ball contentedly and leaned against the big tree to rest, unaware that several members of the Shu family were looking at her with eyes filled with complexity, calculation, or contemplation.
The officers soon urged them to continue their journey, and by evening, the group arrived at the post station.
As expected, the officers dispatched someone to send a message back, instructing them to dig up the silver at the two locations Shu Yu mentioned.
Shu Yu remained calm, and the officers felt reassured.
Due to the events of the day, Shu Yu could clearly sense a subtle change in the attitude of the Shu family members towards her during the night.
Perhaps they finally realized that opposing her brought no benefits, or maybe their plan to isolate her and make her suffer had failed, causing them to rethink how they would interact with her in the future.
But Shu Yu had no intention of changing her approach. She enjoyed being relaxed and free by herself. Why bother with maintaining superficial harmony with the Shu
family members? Wasn't it exhausting?
Fortunately, on that night, they didn't take any action and everyone slept quietly.
As usual, Shu Yu woke up and went to "do her business," skillfully following Meng Yunzheng into an empty room in the darkness.
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