Concealing the truth

Author: Suisui

Concealing the truth

Su Mo reached out to catch it and took a look at it under the light of the lantern. The purse was made of fine brocade and had tiger patterns embroidered with gold thread. It looked valuable at first glance.

The purse was also bulging and had a grainy texture at the bottom. Su Mo opened it directly in front of Huo Sijiu and found a folded banknote inside, with golden lumps in the shape of peanuts and melon seeds underneath.

Su Mo's heart moved slightly, he held the purse in his hand, nodded and bowed to thank Huo Sijiu, and said a few auspicious words.

Huo Sijiu felt a little embarrassed. The money in this purse was just his daily pocket money and the gold coins he used to reward his slaves...

"Okay, okay, let's go quickly, I'll feel sick to my stomach just by looking at how dirty you are."

Huo Sijiu raised his chin and waved his hand. The servant next to him suddenly showed a look of understanding. He walked over, squeezed Su Mo away, pushed the cart and left.

By the time Su Mo came to his senses, Huo Sijiu had already left quickly surrounded by his servants.

The rented cart was towed away and naturally could not be returned. Su Mo showed a helpless smile and treated it as if he had bought a cart for fifty cents.

She stuffed her purse into her arms and planned to go to the lake to wash her face and remove the yellow powder on her face before returning to the inn, and then buy some Huzhou specialties to take to her three children tomorrow.

Just as she was walking, Su Mo noticed something was wrong. Someone was following her.

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Su Mo looked at the lake not far away. A two-story painted boat was swaying in the center of the lake. There were many flower boats surrounding it, reflecting the sparkling water on the lake. On the boat, there was singing and dancing, and the sound of silk and bamboo.

, so lively.

With her mind spinning a thousand times, she pretended not to notice and continued walking on her back, until she reached a flower boat parked on the shore.

I inquired with the boatman and found out the general situation. Especially after I learned that it was free to go on the boat, but there was money to eat, drink and have fun inside, I decisively said that I wanted to go on the boat.

The boatman looked up and down. He was thin and yellow, and he was wearing nothing but ordinary cotton. He clicked his tongue and shook his head. He was just another country man who indulged himself after earning a little money.

He stepped aside, waited for Su Mo to get on the boat, and shook the oars, while he was wondering how long this kid could last before being thrown off the boat.

The flower boat swayed on the water, getting closer and closer to the painting boat.

The black armored guard who was following Su Mo stood under a willow tree and frowned slightly when he saw him going to Huafang.

The commander has something to say first. Don't lose him or expose him. If he boards the ship rashly, as a black-armored guard, he may alarm many people.

He looked around and saw that the lake was wide and the boat was parked in the center of the lake. If the guests wanted to leave, they had to take the boat to get ashore here.

It is better to stay here. If someone comes out, he will follow him. If he does not come out, he will bring other brothers over after the commander has interrogated him carefully.

In addition, the man's appearance has also been engraved in his mind. No matter whether he is a real mountain villager or a cunning craftsman, he can't even think of escaping under his nose.

…

After all, she was also the daughter of a member of the Communist Party of China. When she was young, she went to the lake with her friends. She also had a boat at home, so Su Mo was not unfamiliar with the structure of the boat.

She looked around silently. The second floor was an empty balcony with gauze hanging on all sides. Standing at the bow of the ship, she could vaguely see the graceful dancing figures reflected on the gauze.

His eyes moved to the side, and there were women in luxurious clothes standing on the boat, and women in scanty clothes clinging to the rich young man coming down the stairs...

She narrowed her eyes and followed silently.

The Huafang has two floors except the cabin. The attic on the top is mainly used to enjoy the scenery, and the lower floor is also used to enjoy the "view".

Su Mo walked on the corridor, expressionless as he listened to the soft hums of "um um ah ah" coming from the brightly lit houses.

She found an unoccupied room, opened the door and entered, then decisively closed and bolted the door.

The room was not big, so Su Mo opened the window and the moonlight poured in, illuminating the room.

There is a teapot on the table, containing tea from an unknown age.

Wet his sleeves with tea, wipe the things on his face, neck, and hands in front of the bronze mirror on the dressing table. After making sure they were clean, he slipped out quietly.

At this time, there happened to be three young men in fine clothes who were very drunk, walking together in cahoots, and were about to get off the boat.

Behind him were seven or eight slaves, who stretched out their hands to protect him, fearing that his master would fall.

There were many and mixed people. Su Mo's mind moved and he followed quietly behind him, mingling with the slaves and sitting on the boat together.

She lowered her head. In the darkness, everyone around her thought she was the servant of her master's friend, so they looked away after taking one look at her.

The boat headed towards the shore. Su Mo didn't know if the person following her had left. For safety reasons, she kept her head slightly lowered. Even when she got ashore, she always blended in with the crowd...

Naturally, the black-armored guard noticed the three ships approaching the shore. He glanced over and landed on the three young masters in front of them, whose steps were messy. A trace of contempt flashed in his eyes.

As for the servants behind him, they glanced at them hastily and didn't take them seriously.

Su Mo silently walked to the end of the crowd, and after confirming that no one was following him, he decisively turned around and left at the entrance of the alley.

Then he went straight to the inn, changed out of his clothes, and then went to the dock to find out when there would be a boat to the coastal county.

After asking around, Su Mo decided to buy a return ticket at noon tomorrow at the earliest. On the way back, he went to a bookstore and bought some paper, inkstones, ink, and a Thousand-Character Classic for the Enlightenment of Mongolia.

Su Mo had planned to make his three children literate from the very beginning, but at that time food and clothing was a problem, so he had to give up.

After I had enough food and clothing, I went to the coastal county to inquire about it. I found that there was only one academy in the coastal county, called Bailu Academy.

He was sent to the Mongolian Hall of the academy, where he was paid twenty taels of silver for a year's training, but there were so many people there, it was a mixed bag.

Su Mo saw with her own eyes several rich children instructing their servants to beat up their classmates. She was not a nosy person, but she felt that sending Gu Jinnian away would be counterproductive.

There are quite a few private schools, and the tuition fee is from 20 to 40 taels of silver. However, the Mongolian School only accepts ten students, and they are all accepted after being evaluated by the private school teacher.

Shuxiu was a bit expensive, and Su Mo couldn't afford it, so he had to settle for the next best thing. He went to a bookstore to buy some books for enlightenment and teach them himself, but found that these things were more expensive...

Fortunately, now in Huzhou Prefecture, she has found books, paper, inkstones, pens and ink that are of good quality and reasonably priced.

Su Mo twisted the packed things and bought two pairs of pearl flowers for Gu Xingnian from a street stall, and brought a box of rouge to Fang Yue.

After going to have dinner by the way, all the money he had stolen from Mrs. Wang was spent, and Su Mo returned to the inn.

Ask the waiter to bring hot water in, take a comfortable bath, sit on the boat with your knees bent, and open the purse given by Huo Sijiu.

The face value of silver notes in the Yong Dynasty was as low as 10 taels and as high as 1,000 taels.

Su Mo took out the banknote, opened it, and breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the denomination.

Five hundred taels of silver notes, which is a huge amount of money for this family today.

He poured out the golden peanuts and golden melon seeds from his purse, looked at them carefully, picked one and took a bite. The golden peanuts immediately left tooth marks, it was real gold.

Su Mo yawned, put the things back in his purse, stuffed them into his arms, and lay down.

Her eyelids were so sleepy that they twitched, and at the last moment she fell asleep, she thought about giving her three children a longevity lock...
Chapter completed!