Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 1160: Chapter 1070: The Female Prime Minister 8

The money that Yin Zheng used to marry Mrs. Wang, including Mrs. Wang herself as a wife, was all because Yin Zheng himself fancied her and insisted on marrying her.

Speaking of which, Mrs. Wang’s identity was also pitiable. She was bought by Yin Zheng from a human trafficker, and when Yin Zheng bought her, Mrs. Wang had completely forgotten her past.

Fortunately, Yin Zheng was someone who knew how to care for people. He completely did not look down on Mrs. Wang just because he bought her. Over the years, their relationship got better and better.

When Yin Shuangshuang and Yin Zheng came out of the Treasure Pavilion, Yin Zheng had forty-one taels of gold and two taels of scattered silver in his arms.

Having suddenly acquired so much money, even the always calm Yin Zheng couldn’t help but get excited. Before this, the most private savings he had managed to scrape together was just five taels of silver. It was his first time touching gold.

The first thing to do with money, of course, is to eat something good. Yin Zheng carried Yin Shuangshuang, and Yin Shuangshuang clung to Yin Zheng’s neck, chanting about wanting to eat Old Zhang’s big meat-filled pancakes.

The reason Yin Shuangshuang couldn’t forget Old Zhang’s big meat-filled pancakes was because when she was seven years old, her father, Yin Zheng, went to the county to do short-term work. The family he worked for was generous; because Yin Zheng did a good job, they gave him two of Old Zhang’s big meat-filled pancakes when paying him.

Yin Zheng didn’t eat a bit himself. He hid them in his coat and brought them home, secretly giving all of them to Yin Shuangshuang.

That was the most delicious food in Yin Shuangshuang’s childhood memory. She never forgot it for years, and it almost became one of her obsessions from her past life.

Of course, Yin Zheng would fulfill all the demands of his beloved daughter, taking Yin Shuangshuang straight to Old Zhang’s pancake stall and directly ordering five big meat-stuffed pancakes.

Old Zhang’s pancakes were indeed very delicious, generously stuffed with ingredients, with a lot of fatty meat, which tasted very fragrant.

In fact, fat meat has always been tastier than lean meat. Modern people like to eat lean meat, but there are also many people who prefer to eat fatty meat, though it’s greasy; no matter how delicious, a couple of bites usually suffice.

Yin Shuangshuang had a small appetite. She got full after eating half a pancake. Yin Zheng ate two pancakes, finished off the remainder of Yin Shuangshuang’s, and wrapped the remaining two pancakes in several layers of oil paper, just like before, hiding them in his coat, but this time bringing them home for his wife to eat.

After eating the pancakes, Yin Zheng took Yin Shuangshuang to the clinic to see a doctor and buy medicine. Previously, the places where Yin Zheng bought medicine and had consultations for Yin Shuangshuang were all in the town.

Heart disease in ancient times couldn’t be cured. Yin Shuangshuang had the heart to tell Yin Zheng not to waste money, using Spiritual Power to nurse her condition daily; although she was frail and sickly, living a longer life was still possible.

However, this matter was hard to explain. Yin Shuangshuang hesitated for a moment but let Yin Zheng buy the medicine anyway, thinking that she could always earn the medicine money, and spending money for her father’s peace of mind was worthwhile.

This time, Yin Zheng took Yin Shuangshuang to the best clinic in the county, spending lavishly after consulting the doctor there, using a tael of gold—equivalent to ten taels of silver—to buy medicine, all of the finest quality, filling a whole basket.

After leaving the clinic, Yin Zheng held Yin Shuangshuang, found the ox cart they came with, paid for the ride, and sat on the cart to return to the village.

Even though he had money, a large family living together meant that everyone roughly knew what was in each other’s houses. Not to mention, even if you had two more needles, others would know.

In this situation, Yin Zheng didn’t dare to add anything to the household. The only things he could bring back without being discovered were just the two pancakes.

Life was truly stifling, having money but not daring to spend it. However, Yin Zheng was helpless; he wanted to split up the family, but no matter how he kicked up a fuss, Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao just wouldn’t let go.

After all, even if Yin Zheng liked to slack off while working, he was still a strong laborer, and when he did work, he was very quick.

And for the sake of reputation, Yin Zheng couldn’t not do any work; he had to do enough work in others’ eyes to slack off without being gossiped about by the villagers.

The ox cart would stop at the town, and the rest of the way back to the village had to be walked. On the way back, Yin Zheng found a secluded place with Yin Shuangshuang, opened the bags of medicine he bought for her, hid the gold in the medicine, and wrapped them up again.

Thus, Yin Zheng only had two pancakes left on him, and the initially slightly bulging part because of the gold now flattened out.

When Yin Zheng returned home carrying the tired and drowsy Yin Shuangshuang, who was worn out from being outside for so long, everyone was sitting in the courtyard enjoying the cool air.

The eldest, Yin Zhong, and Mrs. Hu, the fourth, Yin An, and several children were genuinely cooling off, watching the children play in the meantime.

Old Master Yin and Mrs. Zhao, Yin Cheng, and Mrs. Feng sat near the courtyard gate, their intentions not solely on relaxing but occasionally casting glances at the courtyard gate.

As soon as Yin Zheng carrying Yin Shuangshuang entered the gate, four pairs of eyes focused on the father and daughter.

Mrs. Zhao was the first to stand up and rummage through Yin Zheng’s basket. ”You went to the county and spent the whole day. You surely were slacking off; I want to see what good things you’ve bought.”

Yin Zheng didn’t let Mrs. Zhao touch the medicine in the basket, ”What good things could I have bought? Everything is medicine for my daughter. Mother, your hands are heavy; don’t puncture the paper wrapping the medicine.

No need to rush to see this basket. I’ll give you the whole basket once I take all the medicine out.”

While speaking, Yin Zheng handed a packet of medicine to Mrs. Wang, ”You decoct this medicine and let Shuangshuang drink it in the evening. Bring the box for storing medicine and put all these medicines in it, so they won’t attract insects or get gnawed by the rats being left outside.”

Mrs. Wang responded briskly, accepting the medicine from Yin Zheng, pouring it directly into the decocting pot aside, and took out a medicine box from the house to neatly arrange the medicines Yin Zheng handed over.

When she took the package of medicine, Mrs. Wang felt the weight was off, but her face didn’t show a trace, calmly storing all the medicines, carrying the box back into the house.

No one in the courtyard noticed anything amiss, and Mrs. Zhao didn’t even want to glance at the rows of medicine. Just looking at it made her heartache, thinking about how much money it must have cost.

Seeing the basket emptied of medicine packets and entirely vacant, it was evident that Yin Zheng indeed hadn’t brought anything else back, causing synchronized disappointment on the faces of Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Feng.

Mrs. Zhao scowled and chastised Yin Zheng, ”Pouring money into a money-hole is futile; they’ll eventually die anyway, just a bottomless pit.

Don’t say your mother doesn’t care about you. You can’t foresee the future with your dumb head, so let me point it out to you. If you come across money in the future, don’t always think of that money-hole.

Having money to buy food and clothing for Third Lang, Si Lang, and Wulang would be much better. Eventually, you’ll rely on these nephews for old age support since you’ll have no son of your own.

Show kindness to your nephews now, and will you count on them treating you well in the future? Always caring about that money-hole daily is really senseless.”