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Chapter 29: Dragon Blood Tree\n“Fourth Uncle, what are you doing here?” Bailian pretended to be a little surprised.\n
The Fourth Master disdainfully took in the shabby furnishings in the small, cramped room and then looked at Bailain with a smile, “Do you want Yuhang and Yuyang to be able to study?”\n
Bailian inwardly sneered, it’s not like we can count on your family to help, you bloodsucking vermin!\n
Faking excitement, Bailian hurriedly questioned, “Fourth Uncle, do you have a way?”\n
“Of course!” The Fourth Master crossed his arms, leaning in, “I found ginseng on the mountain! Let’s secretly go together tomorrow and dig it up! If we sell it for money, we can divide it equally how about it?”\n
“Ginseng?!” Bailian cried out in surprise.\n
“Hush!” The Fourth Master peered outside and whispered eloquently, “I just think that my Third Brother is really too pitiful and want to help him out. Don’t go anywhere tomorrow, or else I won’t sell the ginseng and it’ll just end up getting taken away by my Mother!”\n
“En, I definitely won’t go out tomorrow then.” Bailian obediently nodded and said with an earnest expression on her face, “In the future, when my brothers become officials, they won’t forget to repay Fourth Uncle’s kindness!\n
Seeing Bailian foolishly take the bait, the Fourth Master felt a bit excited.\n
It seemed that part of his plan had succeeded.\n
When the time came, as long as they weren’t seen by others, the rest of the family would just think that Bailian got lost in the mountains.\n
Afterward, when he stole some silver taels from the family’s coffers, they would all just assume Bailian stole the money and ran away.\n
Isn’t this the best of both worlds?\n
Thinking of this, the Fourth Master smiled. When he sold his sister-in-law’s child, maybe he would even have some silver left over!\n
“Don’t tell anyone else! Otherwise, Fourth Uncle won’t help you!” The Fourth master sternly frightened Bailian. \n
He had never witnessed Bailian’s true temper, nor did he think that his girl was so powerful, at most she only said a few words just now.\n
Nothing much!\n
But, just this one girl, once knocked out and taken to Er Gouzi, he could make 13 taels of silver for himself!\n
“En En, I won’t tell anyone else!” Bailian said with an obedient and quiet face, “Fourth Uncle, don’t worry!”\n
The Fourth master repeatedly frightened and warned Bailian a few more times and then secretly left the room and returned to his own quarters located right next to the Third Branch’s room and went to bed.\n
As he walked out with light, happy steps, Bailian coldly looked at the Fourth Master’s unsuspecting back, murderous intent brimming from the depth of her eyes.\n
“Squeak, what’s Master’s orders?” As soon as Bailian stretched out her hand, Li Shu materialized into her hand, led out by Bailian’s mental command.\n
“Tonight, secretly infiltrate the main house of the First Branch, and when you have a chance, steal all their silver.” Bailian commanded, a dark look on her face.\n
By now, she had already roughly figured out the Fourth Master’s schemes. After all, it wasn’t enough to sell the child and herself, so the Fourth Child could only resolve to steal money away from the Li Family’s coffers.\n
It just so happened that the Li Family’s house was quite empty right now. Anyways, it should all belong to the Third Branch so it was only natural for her to snatch it all away.\n
The most important point was that once the Li Family found out that all their silver had been stolen, there was no way that the Eldest Master would be able to take the imperial exam!\n
This was something that Matriarch Wang and Patriarch Li wouldn’t be able to tolerate.\n
At that time….they might try to squeeze some use out of the Third Branch.\n
The chance of separation would appear then.\n
“Was it that old crone’s treasure I saw from last time?” Li Shu didn’t understand the concept of money, let alone knew what money was.\n
However, it did seem that Matriarch Wang regarded it as very precious last time, looking to be an expensive, amazing treasure.\n
Bailian frowned, her eyebrows furrowing slightly, fearing that Li Shu would make a mistake. Seeing that no one was outside, she closed the door with one smooth motion and directly entered her dimensional space.\n
“It’s like this!” Bailian, using her small fingers, drew some patterns on the ground, “The silver bills are like paper, the silver taels are like small, round balls and the copper coins are flat and thin, possessing a circular shape…” Bailian patiently described all she knew about ancient currency from historical dramas, “Don’t forget to check the other rooms as well! As long as you catch a glimpse of any money, remember to take them all!”\n
Bailian decided to make a big move this time!\n
“Squeak~” Li Zhu was one of the mighty twelve zodiac after all, so she trusted his capabilities.\n
Bailian didn’t rush to make Li Shu go now, as he was supposed to carry out his mission during the dead of the night.\n
It happened that there was no one else in the room, so Bailian once again patrolled around her space, checking every corner of it that she had discovered so far. The dimensional space was still the same size, and nothing had changed.\n
Bailian used her psychic energy to telekinetically pluck out the weeds from the grassy clearing, and soon the clearing was spotless without a single weed in sight. \n
The fertile, dark plot of land looked very lush. After thinking for a while, Bailain walked over to the area in front of the small wooden cabin and effortlessly broke some branches from the fruit trees with her bare hands.\n
Then, she skillfully buried the fruit tree branches into the dark, moist soil and mentally conjured up spiritual water from the spiritual spring. She couldn’t tell if it was an illusion, but it felt as if the branches had instantly become more lively.\n
Due to her perfectionist personality, Bailian neatly planted ten branches of each fruit, firmly sticking them into the fertile soil.\n
15 branches later, not a single fruit branch had been spared from Bailain’s hands\n
“Master, those fruit trees are very big and will bear a lot of fruits in the future. Why did Master plant so many? Squeak, Squeak! Li Shu curiously nudged Bailian’s leg, not understanding her behavior.\n
Although there were only fifteen fruit trees, each one was fully grown and the fruit grew to be ripe and big, one need not worry about not eating enough. They will grow back just as abundant soon after one plucked some from the tree.\n
“I’m afraid I’ll go hungry!: Bailian calmly answered, “Don’t you still have Brother Pig and Brother Cow?”\n
Bailian had never lacked food in modern times, but in the memory of the original owner, the days she had gotten to eat meat could be counted on one hand, and it was really just once.\n
Therefore, Bailian was craving to eat pork and beef.\n
After all, pork and beef were the most delicious!\n
“Squeakk? Li Shu didn’t understand.\n
Bailian ignored the fluffy mouse and skipped over to the far side of the wooden cabin, looking at the tea tree in front of her with unbridled joy.\n
Fifteen trees bloomed here and there were many different species, banana trees, a pomegranate tree, dragon lychee fruit, and the one that she was most excited to look at, the dragon blood tree!\n
In ancient times, many scholars and learned men loved to taste tea, so tea merchants must have a lot of money. The tea trees here in her space would definitely be better than any other tea in the world.\n
There was even a dragon blood tree!\n
One could extract resin from a dragon blood tree, the sticky substance resembling the legendary dragon’s blood in the mythical stories, it could be used to treat external injuries!\n
Bailian beamed at the surrounding trees with a smile, her eyes almost disappearing from how happy she was. She cheerfully picked up a bunch of grapes, casually snacking on them.\n
As long as she had this space, she could even survive if the dynasty were to fall in the future!\n
Bailian knew that the current dynasty in reign was the Great Han Dynasty, but the Emperor was not named Liu. It seemed that she had been transmigrated into a different world altogether.\n
Bailian munched on the crisp, juicy grapes and fell into deep thought, It would be great if the grapes could turn into raisins.\n
Bailian looked up, there was no sun above her in the space, it looked misty and mysterious up there. The temperature of the space was cool and inviting, very suitable for the human body. Since there was no sun, she wouldn’t get exposed to the sun at all. Bailian immediately gave up her idea.\n
She would have to look for an opportunity to find a location deep in the mountains to sun dry some fruits and the like.\n
Li Shu watched as his master sunk into deep thought and decided not to bother her. He scurried from fruit tree to fruit tree, eating a glistening chestnut from time to time, feeling entirely relaxed.\n
“Will the fruit on the trees never rot?” Bailian curiously scrutinized the fruit-rich trees in front of her.\n
“Why would it rot?” LI Shu didn’t understand, “It’s been like this for a long, long time”.\n
“Then can this space keep things fresh?” Bailian’s eyes lit up and after finishing the grapes in her hand, she picked another bunch and placed it onto the open space.\n
After a few hours, she would come and check on it.\n
Bailian continued to work in her space for a while, tenaciously clearing out a lot of weeds surrounding the grassy clearing and wooden cabin, and then finally exited with the small rat. \n
Unknowingly, it had already gotten dark outside. Bailian waved the mouse back into space, and with a white flash, the fluffy ball instantly evaporated into thin air.\n
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