After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 947 - 941: Borrowing Money

The waterway is blocked, travelers are stuck in Tongzhou, making the streets unusually lively.

With more people around, the shouts from street vendors are particularly loud.

Su Jin and Xingxing strolled along half the street.

Xingxing saw someone selling sugar-coated gourds, bought two sticks, and handed one to Su Jin.

Su Jin said, "I can’t eat sugar-coated gourds right now."

"Why?" Xingxing asked, puzzled.

Su Jin glanced at her belly, and Xingxing understood it was related to her pregnancy.

But she couldn’t eat sugar-coated gourds while pregnant?

She finished one stick, but what about the other one?

After becoming pregnant, Su Jin became more interested in children’s things.

She looked at the Tiger Head Shoes.

The vendor was a woman, accompanied by a little girl about three or four years old.

Xingxing found the girl cute and handed her the sugar-coated gourd.

The little girl, timid and slightly shy, accepted it as the woman thanked, "Thank you, young man."

Su Jin chose two pairs of Tiger Head Shoes, and Xingxing asked, "Do you want to buy them?"

Su Jin reluctantly put the shoes down.

It’s not that she couldn’t afford them; buying the entire street would be easy for her. But she was going to the border, and couldn’t carry two pairs of Tiger Head Shoes with her.

Seeing Su Jin put the shoes back, the woman looked a bit disappointed and said, "I made these shoes myself. They are solidly made and bring good fortune to the children who wear them."

Su Jin saw the woman genuinely wanted to make the sale, so she picked up the shoes and said to Xingxing, "Pay her."

Xingxing took out a silver ingot.

The woman was overjoyed.

While she was looking for change, a woman in a blue dress approached, "Chunlan, lend me some money quickly."

Seeing the woman in distress, she asked, "What happened?"

The woman in blue, with red-rimmed eyes, replied, "Caitou’s father was injured doing hard labor, his back was smashed, he vomited blood. My father-in-law sent someone to tell me to quickly invite a doctor."

They were both doing business together, but she hadn’t sold many things, not enough to hire a doctor.

The woman in blue was helpless, while the woman hurriedly took out money and asked, "How did he get injured? Wasn’t he helping to load grain and grass onto the ship? Caitou’s father is strong enough to carry two bags."

"It wasn’t grain and grass," the woman in blue said anxiously.

"I don’t know what he was carrying. He slept as soon as he returned home yesterday, and his back was covered in bruises."

"I planned to let him rest for a night before going, but he insisted the pay was good, and didn’t want to miss a day’s wages...."

The family’s pillar has fallen, how will she manage the days ahead?

The woman in blue was so anxious that tears flowed endlessly.

The woman hurried to give all the money she had taken out to the woman in blue.

The woman in blue took the money bag, grabbed two silver taels from the table, and said, "I’ll borrow this too, I’ll return it later."

Without waiting for the woman’s consent, she ran off with the money.

The woman was anxious, "That isn’t my money."

The woman wanted to chase her but couldn’t, as the stall was her passion project. She looked at Su Jin, afraid Su Jin would overturn her stall, and said anxiously, "What should I do now?"

Su Jin didn’t care for the two silver taels, instead pondering the words of the woman in blue just now.

The court requisitioned those ships for transporting grain and grass, but based on what the woman in blue suggested, it seemed what was loaded onto the ships wasn’t grain and grass?

Earlier, Su Jin considered catching a ship to hitch a ride but sensed something was amiss.

General Chen is the top general under Marquis Jibei, far superior to a mere Magistrate.

Using General Chen’s name to board the ship, she ended up not even meeting the Magistrate.

Even if ensuring the safety of grain and grass was the concern, what harm could she and Xingxing do to grain and grass—set them on fire?

Prefect Qian acted prudently, but turning down such help goes against how officials usually behave.

Confirm she is General Chen’s niece, and use this connection, if she wasn’t, catch her impersonating General Chen’s nephew, and it would earn him marks with General Chen.

No matter how it’s handled, it’s the right course of action, yet he opted to dismiss her directly...

Could there truly be a problem with those ships?

Seeing Su Jin in a daze, Xingxing called out, "Master?"

Su Jin snapped out of it and said, "Help me find out what he was helping to transport onto the ship, I don’t need the money."

The woman replied, "Where are you staying, Master? If you’re not in a rush, I can go back to the village later to inquire and tell you tomorrow."

Tomorrow?

Tomorrow morning she was leaving Tongzhou Prefecture.

Su Jin reached out to Xingxing.

Xingxing took out another two taels.

Su Jin placed the two silver ingots on the stall and said, "I’ll buy all of these, hire a horse-drawn carriage back, find out clearly, and immediately go to Youfu Inn ahead to look for me."

"If you deceive me, the consequences aren’t something you can bear."

The woman expressed her endless gratitude.

She didn’t know why Su Jin was curious about what was transported onto the ship, but she knew clearly, today she encountered the God of Wealth, otherwise, she wouldn’t know when these Tiger Head Shoes would all be sold.

She wanted to pack up the Tiger Head Shoes, but Su Jin said, "I’ll just take these two pairs, as for the rest, you can handle them yourself."

After speaking, Su Jin walked away.

Xingxing urged, "Find out quickly, my master doesn’t have the patience to wait."

The woman repeatedly agreed.

She didn’t hire a horse cart, but a bull cart, brought her child and the Tiger Head Shoes back to the village.

Su Jin strolled the street for half an hour but didn’t buy many things, either indulging the desire to buy, or given away to playing children on the street.

She found a restaurant, enjoyed a good meal, strolled for another half hour, then returned to the restaurant.

Returning with her companions, the attendant hurriedly said, "You’ve finally returned, two honored guests—a woman has been waiting for you for half an hour."

"Where is she?" Su Jin asked.

"Helping wash dishes in the backyard."

"..."

Xingxing looked at the attendant, "How could you let my master’s guest wash dishes?"

The attendant’s mouth twitched, "It wasn’t me who asked, that woman couldn’t sit still, asked if there was anything she could help with...."

The attendant was honest, the inn was definitely in need of help, so he led her to the backyard.

When Xingxing went to the backyard, the woman was busy washing dishes.

Used to doing rough work, idleness was intolerable to her.

She had never entered an inn before, though she came to find someone, a master wearing a mask meant looking for Su Jin, but she was still afraid of being driven out.

Finding work, it put her at ease.

Su Jin did not go to the backyard; she went straight upstairs.

Xingxing brought the woman upstairs, Su Jin raised the tea cup and asked, "Did you find out?"

"I found out," the woman hurriedly replied.

"Caitou’s father was transporting not grain and grass, but sand and stones."

Su Jin frowned, "Sand?"

"Stones?" Xingxing widened her eyes.

Both pairs of eyes were fixed on the woman, making her uneasy, "That’s what Caitou’s father told me, initially, he wouldn’t say, I had to press him hard before he told me."

This fall, treating his illness would need at least five silver taels.

She said those two silver ingots were the guest’s; as long as he told her what was in those sacks, the silver wouldn’t need to be returned.

Two taels are quite significant income for their family.

The woman in blue urged the man to speak, he finally relented.

The woman said, "Caitou’s father is an honest man, he wouldn’t lie."

Su Jin frowned, "Transporting sand and stones on a grain transport ship?"

"Definitely, almost all ships were requisitioned by the court," the woman said.

"The ship’s cargo wasn’t solely sand and stones, there were also some grain and grass, but not much."

Su Jin knows this; she just sensed something was amiss, hence asked.

If grain and grass were sent to the border, would they dare send sand and stones?

Such a blatant and deceitful act yet someone proceeds, is even more suspicious.

This information was highly valuable to Su Jin.

Su Jin had Xingxing reward her with a silver tael and let her leave.

The woman expressed endless gratitude and happily departed.

Once the woman left, Xingxing puzzledly said, "Daring to transport stones to deceive the Marquis would get someone skinned."

"Regarding this point, I’m confident Tongzhou’s Prefect is well aware," Su Jin said.

Knowing it’s impermissible yet proceeding indicates massive issues.

Too bad the Hidden Guard isn’t around, otherwise, they could’ve investigated the ships.

She only had a driver, lacking martial arts skills, Su Jin could only hold her thoughts, intending to see Zhou Family’s steward tomorrow to explore options.

Unfortunately, Su Jin was a step behind; by the time she reached the dock, those grain transport ships had already departed.