"You really have to ask? Of course we sold everything."
Su Qiao looked as if it were only natural. As she took off the cloth bundle around her, she said boldly and cheerfully, "I wouldn't have come back if I hadn't sold everything."
"E-Everything?"
Everyone was stunned.
"There were 160 sets. You really... really sold them all?"
"Of course."
Su Qiao slapped the bulging cloth bundle onto the table. "Look, it's so heavy. It's all silver inside."
"My girl, that much? How much is there in total?" Zhou Lihua asked excitedly, digging her fingernails into Su Qiao's arm.
Su Qiao frowned slightly and pried her hand away in disgust. "A full one hundred taels. Exactly the same as the reward money we refused last time."
"O-One hundred taels?"
Everyone was dumbstruck, their mouths hanging open for a long while.
"My goodness, let me catch my breath. Let me catch my breath."
Zhou Lihua collapsed into a chair, clutching her chest and panting.
Su Qiao paid her no attention. She walked over to the old lady, who had remained silent and motionless for quite some time. "Grandma, what's wrong?"
"N-Nothing... Danie, pinch me. I think I was just dreaming."
Su Qiao let out a sigh of relief.
She had thought she had truly frightened the old lady into having some sort of attack.
Fortunately, the old lady's mental fortitude was fairly good.
Su Qiao smiled and stuffed the cloth bundle into her hands. "You weren't dreaming. This is the one hundred taels I earned today. Keep it safe."
The moment the bundle landed in the old lady's hands, it seemed to burn her. She stuffed it into the old man's arms.
"Old man, i-is it really one hundred taels? You... count it quickly."
The old man's hands trembled slightly as he