Card: I Rebuild Five Thousand Years of Chinese Civilization in Another World

Chapter 5 Banknote
Having grown up around her father, the original owner knew that intermediate-level card spirit masters held a high status. She never expected that a doctor like Elder Zhou would come back with her to treat her younger sister.

Old Zhou saw through her thoughts at a glance. He said to Xie Yuwei, "I owe Manager Huang a favor. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have come to Nanwen Village."

Jie Yuwei nodded in understanding.

She will thank Uncle Huang in person next time she has the chance to go to town.

For Zhou Lao, an intermediate-level Card Spirit Master, treating the venom of a beginner-level Xuan Shui Snake was truly effortless.

After the ice silkworm absorbed the essence for the time it takes to burn half an incense stick, the snake venom in Jie Yufei's body was neutralized.

After the snake venom was neutralized, her breathing became much deeper, unlike before when she could stop breathing at any moment.

Old Zhou put away his ice silkworm and said to Xie Yuwei, "The snake venom in her body has been neutralized, but her body is depleted. I will prescribe some medicine for her to replenish it."

“Okay!” Xie Yuwei replied.

Old Zhou rummaged through his medicine box for a while and said, "It's not easy for you to go to town, so I won't prescribe any herbal medicine for you. I have some ready-made pills here, you can just give them to her directly."

Xie Yuwei responded.

After handing the medicine to Xie Yuwei and telling her the dosage, Old Zhou began to discuss the consultation fee:

"The market price for one use of the Ice Silkworm is one thousand taels. Since you are one of the people brought by Lao Huang, I will give you a 50% discount, so it will only cost five hundred taels. The remaining tonic pills will be a free gift."

Xie Yuchen, who had been standing at the foot of the bed, was shocked when he heard the number 500 taels.

Five hundred taels? Where would they get five hundred taels?

Panic crossed his face as he thought about his family's financial straits.

However, to his utter surprise, his sister went to a corner, rummaged around in her basket for a few moments, and then took out a five-hundred-tael silver note and handed it to the doctor.

Xie Yuchen's eyes widened.

Does my sister really have five hundred taels?

Is this world truly wondrous? The older sister went to town and not only brought a doctor for her younger sister, but also earned five hundred taels of silver.

Xie Yuwei handed the banknote to Old Zhou and said, "Thank you for making this trip, doctor. This is the consultation fee."

Old Zhou was somewhat surprised to see Xie Yuwei take out the silver notes.

He had always assumed the two children couldn't afford the consultation fee and planned to go back and ask Lao Huang for it.

Unexpectedly, the girl, who came from a humble background, actually had five hundred taels of silver.

Seeing Zhou Lao's surprise, Xie Yuwei added, "My father is also an intermediate-level Card Spirit Master."

Judging from the price Zhou Lao offered, intermediate-level card spirit masters are not short of money at all.

Although she didn't know why the original owner's father was always poor, it didn't stop her from using that as an excuse.

Old Zhou understood immediately... So that's how it is.

After curing Xie Yufei, he bid farewell to Xie Yuwei and returned to town alone.

After seeing Old Zhou off, Xie Yuwei locked the front door of her house.

Seeing her like this, Xie Yuchen felt a strange sense of panic.

After locking the door, Xie Yuwei looked at Xie Yuchen, who seemed at a loss, with some hesitation.

The child is too young. If we tell him about the box, will he be able to keep it a secret?

If the villagers find out what's in the box, the three siblings will become the villagers' spitting image.

The box in the room was left to him by his father.

Although she occupied the original owner's body, Xie Yuchen and Xie Yufei were more entitled to possess the contents of the box.

She had no reason to keep it a secret.

"Come in with me," Xie Yuwei said to Xie Yuchen. Xie Yuchen followed Xie Yuwei into Xie Yufei's room with concern.

Just then, Xie Yufei woke up.

She called out weakly, "Brother! Sister!"

"Little sister, you're awake!" Xie Yuchen walked happily to her side.

Xie Yuwei was surprised to find Xie Yufei so well-behaved when she woke up, her innocent eyes looking at her like a rabbit's.

It's good that she's awake; once she's awake, she can tell them about the box.

Xie Yuwei walked to the bedside and gently said to Xie Yufei, "You were poisoned by the Xuan Shui snake, not by a cold."

A look of surprise flashed across Jie Yufei's broken face. She said apologetically, "I originally wanted to go fishing in the river. I was bitten by a snake but haven't been hurt since. I thought it was a non-venomous snake, so I didn't say anything."

"I'm sorry, sisters, for making you worry." Xie Yufei's understanding was heartbreaking.

Xie Yuwei held her hand and comforted her: "You scared your older brother and sister to death. It's okay now, things will get better."

Xie Yuchen and Xie Yufei were not comforted; they knew their family's situation all too well.

How can things get better when we can't even get food?

Seeing the two wrinkled little faces, Xie Yuwei couldn't help but gently pinch Xie Yufei's nose.

"Why worry about so much at such a young age?"

“This time when I went to town, I retrieved the things my father had entrusted to Uncle Huang.”

As she spoke, she walked to the corner and took the box out of the basket.

When she returned from town, she placed the box under her basket and covered it with the herbs in the basket, so Jie Bei did not notice the box's presence.

Xie Yuchen and Xie Yufei kept their eyes on the box. Did it contain what they needed?
Xie Yuchen thought of the five hundred taels of silver notes her sister had taken out; there should still be some left in there, right?

Xie Yuwei didn't rush to open the box; instead, she introduced the cards on the box to them.

Having learned the function of the cards, the brother and sister knew that only the three of them could open the box.

The two looked at Xie Yuwei expectantly, eager to know what their father had left them.

Seeing that they understood the purpose of the box, Xie Yuwei slowly lifted the lid of the box as they wished.

She placed her hand on the lid, and the kin spider sealed on the lid retracted its claws, releasing the box from its confinement.

When the box was opened, what came into the brother and sister's eyes were rows of silver notes.

The brother and sister were overjoyed—there were silver notes!
They will no longer go hungry.

Xie Yuwei took out the silver notes, counted them in front of them, and said, "Father left us two thousand eight hundred taels of silver notes. We paid five hundred taels for the consultation fee today, and here are two thousand three hundred taels left."

When Xie Yufei heard that her consultation fee was five hundred taels, she almost burst into tears: "Five hundred taels? That much? You shouldn't care about me, you might as well let me die."

Five hundred taels of silver would allow them to live carefree for ten years.

Xie Yuwei flicked her nose: "What are you thinking about? Five hundred taels saved your life, but your life is worth more than five hundred taels."

Xie Yufei touched her nose. After waking up, she felt that her sister was different from before.

Xie Yuwei took out all the silver notes and continued to introduce the cards inside to them.

When their father was home, only Jie Yuwei was interested in the cards, so only she knew about them.

Xie Yuchen and Xie Yufei knew nothing about cards.

Jie Yuwei slowly explained the function of the cards to them and told them how precious these cards were.

(End of this chapter)