bookrandom Chapter 122 This is your jade pendant, now it is returned to its original owner
Chapter 122 This is your jade pendant, now it is returned to its original owner
"Yes, master, I will do it right away." After Ji Han finished speaking, he came to the door of his house, called a group of people and walked towards the boundary river.
As soon as Ji Han left, Mu Jinxuan and his servant, who had disappeared for half a month, came with their people. As soon as Li Heng entered the room, he said to Shen Ruolan, "Miss Shen, my master's reward has been delivered. Please send someone to count it."
Shen Ruolan was walking in the yard for exercise. When she heard that Mu Jinxuan's reward had arrived, she quickly turned around and looked at the master and servant and asked, "Where is the thing?"
Li Heng pointed outside the door and said, "It's just outside."
Shen Ruolan heard that the things were outside, and she said to Ji Ning, "Ji Ning, bring some pen and paper."
"Yes, master." After Ji Ning finished speaking, she hurried back to the house to get her things.
Shen Ruolan walked towards the gate. When she passed by Mu Jinxuan, she looked up at him, nodded at him faintly, and continued walking forward.
Mu Jinxuan felt complicated as he watched Shen Ruolan, whose body was becoming increasingly sluggish. She clearly had the choice to live a better life without suffering like this, but she chose to live in this extremely difficult way.
Li Heng and Shen Ruolan came outside. He handed her a booklet and said, "Miss Shen, including the 300,000 catties of grain owed later, the total is 400,000 catties. My master has prepared it. The other boxes contain 50,000 taels of silver. Please count them yourself."
Because of the bad luck with farm tools, his master only gave him grain and silver, and did not prepare anything related to iron.
When Shen Ruo heard that it was all food, she had no objection. She took the booklet, responded to Li Heng with a "hmm", and walked towards the carriage loaded with food.
At this time, Ji Ning took a pen and paper and said, "Master, the things are here."
Shen Ruolan said to her, "Go and count the numbers, I'll keep track."
Although Ji Ning was weak and couldn't do any heavy work, fortunately she could read and write, so she had no problem helping her deal with some record-related matters.
"Yes," Ji Ning said, and she began to count the carriages in order.
Half an hour later, she counted the goods in the last carriage and reported to Shen Ruolan: "Master, this last carriage has fifteen bags of grain and seven boxes."
Shen Ruolan checked the total number, and after making sure there was no problem with the quantity, she picked out a few bags from each carriage for inspection, and opened each box of silver to count them clearly.
After Shen Ruolan confirmed that there was nothing wrong with everything, she came to Mu Jinxuan, took out the jade pendant he had given her, handed it to him and said, "Sir, I have received your reward. This is your jade pendant. Now it is returned to its original owner."
After Shen Ruolan finished speaking, she placed the jade pendant in Mu Jinxuan's hand and turned to leave. Unexpectedly, Mu Jinxuan held her hand tightly and refused to let go. Seeing Shen Ruolan looking up at him, Mu Jinxuan said uncomfortably, "It's just an ordinary piece of jade. Since it has been given away, how can it be taken back?"
After he finished speaking, he forced the jade pendant into Shen Ruolan's hand and flew away.
When Shen Ruolan saw Mu Jinxuan leaving, she looked at the hot jade pendant in her hand and shouted to Mu Jinxuan's back: "Master..."
Unfortunately, Mu Jinxuan had already left, and no matter how Shen Ruolan called, no one responded to her.
Shen Ruolan had no choice but to look at Li Heng and said: "Li Heng..."
Li Heng didn't wait for Shen Ruolan to finish her words, and quickly hid aside and said, "Miss Shen, please forgive me. If I have this jade pendant, my life will be in danger."
This was something his master gave to the woman. If he dared to take it back, he would probably be beaten with fifty sticks again. He has been beaten with sticks several times this year. If he is beaten again, he will really be beaten into a pulp.
Shen Ruolan had no choice but to keep it for the time being.
Next, because there was too much grain, Shen Ruolan rented houses from several villagers to store the grain. After a busy day, she was so tired that she could hardly straighten her back.
In the evening, Ji Han returned with a group of people. He reported to Shen Ruolan: "My Lord, we have purchased all the grain from several villages, and the total amount is exactly about 30,000 kilograms."
Shen Ruolan heard that a total of 30,000 kilograms of grain had been harvested on the other side of the river. She nodded to Ji Han and said, "Well, this is new grain. You should put it all at Aunt Wang's house first and then transport it away last."
"Yes, master." After Ji Han finished speaking, he led everyone away carrying food.
Ji Han stored the food. It was already dark. Shen Ruolan waited for him to finish his meal and rest for a while before finding him and instructing him, "Ji Han, tomorrow morning, you should take everyone to transport the food stored by Aunt Liu and Aunt Wu to the mountains. Otherwise, I will not feel at ease leaving so many things in this small village."
Although she gave all she should to the villagers, human nature is greedy. When you give someone five kilograms of food, they will see that you still have more and want more.
Ji Han hesitated for a moment, and said to Shen Ruolan, "Master, why don't you let He Cai and Lu Kai take the food into the mountains, and I will stay to protect you. Otherwise, I am worried about your current health."
Shen Ruolan refused without a second thought: "I can take care of myself, but I can't do without you for the food."
Although there are many refugees, Ji Han is the only one who can really fight. With so much food being transported into the mountains, there is no guarantee that the bandits in Nanshan don't have any bad intentions.
Ji Han also understood his master's concerns. He was silent for a moment, then responded to Shen Ruolan, "Okay, this time when I go back, I will bring Shen Jing out to protect you."
Shen Jing didn't know what was wrong with him. Ever since he had a talk with his master, in addition to teaching everyone boxing every day, he also sought him out to practice martial arts. He would pester him to explain to him one by one where Shen Jing was weak or what he didn't understand. In just a short month in the mountains, his kung fu suddenly improved a lot, and he had absolutely no problem dealing with those small minions.
When Shen Ruolan heard Ji Han mention Shen Jing, she pondered for a moment and said to Ji Han: "After the grain is transported back, it will need someone to guard it. Let Shen Jing stay in the village."
After she finished speaking, she paused and continued, "As for me, don't worry, I'll be fine with everyone here."
"Yes." After hearing what his master said, Ji Han no longer forced it.
"Go and inform everyone to go to bed early." Shen Ruolan said.
"Yes, I'll take my leave." After Ji Han finished speaking, he turned around and walked out.
After Shen Ruolan had arranged everything for Ji Han, she simply washed up and lay down to rest.
She was still about twenty days away from her due date, and her body was getting heavier and heavier, so she didn't even dare to take a comfortable bath, for fear that she would slip and get hurt.
The next day, Ji Han and his group of more than 3,000 people, some carrying food and some carrying farm tools, left Nanfeng Village in a mighty manner.