Qin Yao looked at the two strings of copper coins that had been stuffed into her hands, lowered her head with a smile, and put them away for the time being, preserving the young boy's dignity.
After dinner, when the children had washed up and gone to bed, she furtively returned the two strings of copper coins to Second Lang's money box hidden under the bed.
As she quietly exited the room, a pair of eyes opened in the darkness. Qin Yao paused, looking over intently, and saw Si Niang sitting on the bed, staring at her in surprise.
Qin Yao quickly made a shushing gesture, and Si Niang nodded in a daze, wondering why Mother was in the room.
But that didn't matter; soon, the little girl fell asleep again.
The next day, upon waking, she even thought it was a dream. When she told her brothers, she watched them dive under the bed to pull out the money box.
Da Lang hurriedly opened it and saw the familiar two strings of money had returned.
