Half an hour later, Chai Yan and Ge Hong walked out of the room.
Guan Maochun and Fatty Lai, who were sitting in the hall, saw it and immediately stood up to face them.
Ge Hong walked over first and said to the two of them: "I haven't seen Mr. Chai yet!"
Guan Maochun was stunned at first, but after hesitation he still said: "I have seen Mr. Chai... Mr. Chai..."
Fatty Lai also followed suit: "I've met Mr. Chai."
Chai Yan looked at the two of them and nodded, then said to Ge Hong: "You guys can chat, I'm going back to the house."
After saying that, Chai Yan went upstairs.
After Chai Yan went upstairs and disappeared, Guan Maochun asked: "Brother, what on earth is going on?"
Ge Hong didn't want to say this in the inn lobby, so he waved and said, "Let's talk in the room."
On the second floor of the inn, as soon as Chai Yan entered the room and closed the door, Yuan Yuan walked over from inside and said, "Who are those people? They chatted for so long..."
Chai Yan smiled and said: "It turns out that the lady has seen it..."
Chai Yan was about to tell Yuan about the origins of Ge Hong and others. Yuan pointed at the food on the table and said, "Eat first. It won't taste good after it gets cold."
"Then let's talk while eating..."
As he spoke, Chai Yan sat down at the table and rolled up his sleeves as he said, "They are from the Shi Kingdom... By the way, you should know about the Shi Kingdom. It's just to the north. It was destroyed two years ago."
The Stone Kingdom that was destroyed by the Pitz Kingdom..."
Yuan Yuan also sat down, and while serving Chai Yan rice, he asked: "I have heard of Shiguo, how do you know them?"
Chai Yan took over the job and said: "As for how we met...well, it all started when they set up the ring..."
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By Xu time, it was completely dark.
At this time, in the county government's inner courtyard, father and daughter Situ Zhou and Situ Jing were still talking in the main room.
Situ Zhou handed a few banknotes to his daughter, and then said: "Jing'er, there are one hundred taels here, take it first..."
Situ Jing took it and saw that the denominations of the banknotes were all ten taels and twenty taels, which added up to exactly one hundred taels.
"Dad, these are not enough..." Situ Jing said in shock.
Seeing his daughter's stunned expression, Situ Zhou had no choice but to say: "Jing'er, it's not that my father is reluctant to part with the money, it's just... I just have so much on hand for the time being! Otherwise, you can take the money first."
Give it to Ge Yingxiong, and then tell him that your father will find a way to borrow some..."
Situ Jing immediately said: "No, dad, my daughter brought some silver with her this time. She hid it in the secret compartment of the carriage... If it's still not enough, my daughter might as well give the horse to Uncle Ge."
alright!"
Situ Zhou thought for a while and said, "Well! That's all we can do for the time being. In short, let's help Ge Yingxiong and the others get the carriage started and then we can talk!"
Situ Jing nodded heavily, carefully folded the banknotes and put them away.
When Situ Zhou saw that he had finished what he needed to say, he stood up and said, "It's getting late and you're tired from the journey here. Go back to the house and rest early."
"Then daddy should go to bed early." Situ Jing said obediently.
Situ Zhou said "hmm", put his hands behind his hands and left the main room.
Soon, Situ Jing also returned to his room.
At this time, Xiao Huan was cleaning the house. When he saw Situ Jing come in, he immediately said: "Miss, we are almost done with the cleaning. Please wait..."
As he spoke, Xiaohuan's movements also sped up.
Situ Jing closed the door and walked into the house while asking Xiaohuan: "Where is my jewelry box?"
Xiaohuan immediately took out a small wooden box from the bag on the bed and said, "Miss, it's so late, what are you doing with the jewelry box?"
Situ Jing sat at the table with a serious face, taking out the jewelry from small wooden boxes, and said: "Tomorrow morning, let's go to the pawn shop."
"Go to the pawn shop?" Xiaohuan was very surprised and asked quickly: "Miss, do you want to pawn something? Why?"
Situ Jing said: "Right now, my father doesn't have live money, so I have to find a way to get some. Since I promised Uncle Ge to help them open a horse and carriage shop, I can't break my promise!"
Xiaohuan said in surprise: "Miss, how come the master has no money? Look at the county magistrate in our hometown, my God..."
"What do you know!" Situ Jing interrupted Xiaohuan and said unhappily: "My father is an honest official, how can he be compared with that corrupt official? Don't say such things again!"
Xiaohuan admitted her mistake and said: "Miss, I said the wrong thing..."
While Situ Jing was talking, he did not forget to carefully screen the various jewelry in the box to see which ones could be used as jewelry.
Just now she told her father that she had brought some silver coins, but that was actually what she said.
Xiaohuan said heartbroken and anxiously: "Miss, these jewelry cannot be used as jewelry. Many of them were left to you by the madam!"
These jewelry pieces were left to Situ Jing by her mother before she died. Situ Jing was actually very heartbroken...
But Situ Jing still said resolutely: "Xiaohuan, you have been with me since childhood. You should know my temper very well. I will do what I promised no matter what! Where would we be now without Uncle Ge and the others? You
Have you ever thought about it? If mother were still here, she would definitely support me in doing this..."
Xiaohuan stopped talking.
Situ Jing carefully sifted through the jewelry and said, "Don't worry, of course I won't pawn all the things my mother left me. I will just keep a few by my side as a thought."
Xiaohuan hesitated for a moment, then suddenly turned around and ran away. Situ Jing felt curious, so she looked back and found that Xiaohuan was groping for something in his baggage.
After a while, Xiao Huan returned to Situ Jing with something in her hand, held out her hands and said, "Miss,... take this as well!"
Situ Jing turned around and saw that in Xiao Huan's hand was a fish-shaped jade pendant.
Situ Jing was surprised and said: "Xiaohuan, your mother gave you this jade pendant when she left. How could you pawn it?"
Xiaohuan said stubbornly: "The lady can be the thing left by the madam, so why can't she be the slave? Uncle Ge and the others also saved the slave, so the slave should also contribute!"
Situ Jing shook his head and smiled, gently pushed Xiaohuan's hands away, and said: "Fool, your mother left just this one for you, how could you pawn it? Obey me, put it away quickly...
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"But miss..."
Xiao Huan wanted to say more, but Situ Jing's face suddenly darkened: "Don't you listen to what I say? I'm angry!"
Xiaohuan had no choice but to put the jade pendant away again.
After spending a stick of incense, Situ Jing finally selected jewelry that could be pawned for silver.
"Well, that's all..."
Situ Jing nodded, then took out his handkerchief and wrapped a few pieces of jewelry placed outside the box.
"Xiaohuan, you go and put these away. We will pawn the contents in the box tomorrow morning!" Situ Jing made up his mind.
"Ah?" Xiao Huan was shocked. She thought she was going to pawn these things in the handkerchief bag.
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PS: My child suddenly has a fever, so I may only be able to update once today. I’ll check the situation later... Sorry!