My Wife Came From A Thousand Years Ago

Chapter 37: Where are your copper coins?

After drinking a little wine in the evening, Xu Qing became instinctively excited when he was hitting people. Now that he had finished his shower and helped Jiang He blow dry her hair, he started feeling a bit tired.

"Good night, sleep early."

He casually said as he turned off the living room light, went back to his room, and collapsed onto the bed, falling straight to sleep.

Jiang He stood in the dimly lit living room for a moment, then, seeing the moonlight shining through the window, returned to her room. She sat on the edge of her bed, took out her phone, and carefully plugged it in to charge—though it still had a lot of battery, she was afraid it would break like last time.

Looking at the lit-up screen, Jiang He thought for a while before opening the app called "UC" in the lower-left corner. She strained her finger to type on the screen.

"Good night."

Should this be the phrase? She pondered.

She had never asked Xu Qing what these trivial sayings meant, but she was curious.

The Wi-Fi had already been connected by Xu Qing, and the internet speed was fast at around two in the morning. At the top of the screen was a song.

She tapped the play button, and the prelude began to play. Jiang He turned her head to glance at the room door, then suddenly pulled the blanket, burying herself and her phone underneath it.

"How many servings of chatting, saying a couple of sentences of goodnight,

Stirring up passionate fantasies, yet easily drifting apart,

Feelings are tangled, always conflicting with change of heart,

Unable to resist your casual goodnight."

The blanket on the bed puffed up in a lump, and Jiang He held her breath, staring at the phone glowing in front of her, studying the strange knowledge in this small world.

…

The night passed peacefully.

Xu Qing didn’t get up until the sun was high, yawning as he walked out of the room. Jiang He had already been sitting in front of the computer, deeply immersed in her game.

"Good morning."

"Good morning."

"Got up late... are you hungry?"

"I'm working," Jiang He replied seriously, "I can't go out to eat during work hours."

Xu Qing stood there for a moment, thinking. He didn’t push her to skip work. Instead, he washed up and called out while grabbing his phone and keys to go out for breakfast.

After spending so many days with Jiang He, he unknowingly had his life become more routine.

If it had been before... breakfast?

What was that?

Hearing Xu Qing’s movements as he left, Jiang He sneakily paused her game and opened Baidu in the background.

"Girlfriend: With the development of free love, the concept of 'girlfriend' has evolved from a simple female friend to a term for the partner before becoming a wife."

The page clearly displayed the definition of "girlfriend."

She stared at the explanation for a while, then moved her mouse to close the webpage, reopened it, and used the handwriting input board to write in the Baidu search bar:

"Are there ghosts in this world?"

…

Xu Qing quickly returned, not staying at the breakfast shop, but instead bringing back breakfast for two. When he entered, he saw Jiang He still sitting upright in front of the computer, and he couldn’t help but smile.

"You can take a ten-minute break and eat some buns."

Jiang He hesitated for a moment, then accepted his suggestion and temporarily stopped working.

"I didn’t buy too much, just something quick to fill up. We’ll have lunch soon."

"I've been playing for so long, does that mean I can help others now?" While eating her breakfast, Jiang He was eager to start working officially.

Maybe Xu Qing’s easy-going lifestyle at home with food and drinks gave her the illusion that money was easy to get.

According to Xu Qing, a mine run pays three bucks, which buys six buns. Running it for a day could feed her for three days.

"Mm... I'll find an account for you and see if you can handle it." Xu Qing didn’t pay much attention to Jiang He’s game progress and casually replied. Anyway, playing the game was just to keep her busy so she wouldn’t run around at night pretending to be a ghost or thinking of adventures.

Once she understood this world, he would find her something more reliable to do.

Making a living in this society is simple, yet difficult, depending on luck—at least that’s how it was for Jiang He, who had no profession.

Jiang He didn’t know what Xu Qing was thinking. Hearing him agree, she focused on finishing her buns, pleasantly surprised whenever she bit into a meat bun or a vegetable one.

After quickly finishing her portion, she grabbed some soy milk and drank it with satisfaction, sighing.

"The buns are really good."

"Hm?" Xu Qing was puzzled by her sudden comment. "It’s not like it’s your first time eating them."

"I think they’re really good," Jiang He paused, then added, "The cake from yesterday was also really good. Everything here tastes so good."

"Well, that’s good. When’s your birthday? I’ll get a big cake and you can eat it all by yourself."

"I don’t know."

"Don’t know your own birthday?" Xu Qing asked, surprised.

"Mm."

Xu Qing thought for a moment, then said, "How about... the day you came here? We can treat that as your birthday in this world. How about that?"

"Okay." Jiang He didn’t feel much about it, but she was a little pleased. "So I can have that cake next year?"

"Actually, you could have it today." Xu Qing looked at her, suddenly feeling complicated.

It’s just a cake…

"I’ll buy another one tonight, and we can treat it as a celebration for this year."

Hearing this, Jiang He swallowed, thinking for a moment before shaking her head. "That’s too extravagant. A delicious cake must be very expensive…"

"It’s not expensive, just wait and eat." Xu Qing finished his breakfast, wiped his hands, and sat down at the computer, logging into his gaming account that he hadn’t used in a while, planning to give it to Jiang He as a test.

If she could help with some boosting and make a few hundred bucks, that’d be good. At least when Jiang He was hungry, she could order food herself instead of starving because she felt too embarrassed to ask him for help.

"By the way, did you bring any copper coins with you? I remember during the Kaiyuan era, copper coins were mainly used, and silver was less common—if you have copper coins, they should be worth something. The older, the better."

Thinking about money, Xu Qing suddenly recalled something he had realized when buying breakfast earlier.

Regardless of whether they were antiques, copper coins should still be worth something... at worst, they could be buried for a few years.

"I don’t have any," Jiang He shook her head, looking a little embarrassed. "I don’t have money… it’s all managed by Second Boss."

"Silver coins but no copper coins? Silver should be more expensive than copper, right?" Xu Qing asked, puzzled.

If the old man heard this, his worldview would probably shatter.

"The silver coins are sewn into the corners of my clothes by Second Boss, in case of emergencies."

Jiang He didn’t know what she was thinking, but her mood seemed to darken as she subconsciously fiddled with the corner of her clothes.

There would be no one here to nag her and tuck money into the corners of her clothes anymore.

"Well, that’s… wrong."

Xu Qing remarked sarcastically. It made sense now—sewing a couple of copper coins was useless, but sewing silver coins would be more practical for emergencies.

But who would have expected to be in this situation, far from home?

How much silver would one copper coin be worth… that’s the power of the times.

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