Farming in the Mountains: Max Level Jiaojiao Is Three Years Old

Chapter 1765: Chapter 1765: Is the Time Ripe?
 

In order to gain Wu Lingxi’s trust even more, Wu Changcai told Wu Lingxi that he needed to find a job, as they couldn’t go on only spending without earning anything. Once he found a job, they would be able to rent a house to settle down in the county for the long term.

Wu Lingxi thought that renting a nice house would be much cheaper than buying one, and with four hundred silver, she would have enough for many months to come, so she naturally agreed.

They would consider buying a house later, depending on the situation.

Moreover, she was very touched. At home, Wu Changcai would slack off whenever he could, hardly doing any work. But now that he had come out with her, and it hadn’t been easy, he was actually looking for a job. Naturally, she depended on Wu Changcai even more and trusted him even more.

But without any connections or someone to introduce him, what kind of good job could he find in the county? Fortunately, Wu Changcai was somewhat educated, having studied for a few years. In the end, he found work helping at a bookstore, earning a monthly wage of seven hundred coins.

Wu Lingxi, thinking of the amount of money she had, and although she and Wu Changcai were not yet married, he was practically her husband. She naturally looked down on the job Wu Changcai had found, but she didn’t say anything. Instead, she went with him to rent a fairly decent residence, where they also hired a maid to do laundry, cook, and clean the house. That very day, they moved out of the inn and into their new home, naturally sharing the same room.

To outsiders, they also pretended to be a married couple.

So, on the evening they moved in, Wu Changcai took some extra care and spent some silver to prepare the room and the main hall nicely, wanting to conduct a simple wedding ceremony with Wu Lingxi.

Wu Lingxi had always liked Wu Changcai for putting in effort for her and his sweet nothings. Seeing the nice preparations he had made, she really went through with the ceremony with him, without any witnesses, and afterwards, they entered the bridal chamber.

While the ceremony was a mere formality, in Wu Lingxi’s mind, she regarded Wu Changcai even more as her husband. Although she still looked down on his bookstore job, it didn’t prevent her from trusting him.

On this day, the twentieth of September, the timing seemed right, and Wu Lingxi no longer guarded against him. So, when Wu Lingxi was bathing behind the screen, her clothes carelessly hung on a nearby rack, Wu Changcai tiptoed over and stealthily took her clothes from the rack.

He had observed during this time that Wu Lingxi’s innerwear had a pocket sewn into it where she would keep some silver bills.

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And now, Wu Lingxi was not like before back in Wu Family Village, where all her money was hidden in one place. She now hid her money in several locations, and the pocket in her clothes was just one of them.

At this moment, there were only 200 silver bills in the pocket of these clothes.

He took all of it, not leaving a single coin for her.

Thinking back to the times he had seen Wu Lingxi watering the plants, and knowing she was not a diligent person, he was certain that money was hidden somewhere within the flowerbeds of the residence.

Also, in the room, Wu Lingxi liked a particular pair of embroidered shoes and wore them often; he guessed that money must be hidden in them too.

Hence, Wu Changcai hurried to the shoes that Wu Lingxi had left by the bed. The embroidered shoes were there, and upon careful inspection, he found that an extra seam had been made inside them, hiding a few hundred silver bills. He took all of it out, stashing them in his bosom.

Only then did Wu Changcai quietly leave the room to search the flowerbeds. Next to two pots by the flowerbeds, he noticed the soil was different, and upon digging, he found a small wooden box. Inside the box was a bamboo tube, which, when he opened it, contained eight thousand eight hundred silver bills. In total, it all added up to more than nine thousand taels.