Chapter 573 Conflict
Daji waited until they had finished arguing, then came forward with the kite in his hand, "Master, Miss Man, this is the kite I just took down."
Manbao looked down and couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow!" He took it and looked at it, exclaiming, "What a beautiful kite!"
Bai Shanbao also thought it was beautiful. After taking a look, he asked, "Is it a phoenix?"
"It's a phoenix," the young men over there came over to look, and the leader said, "It's made of silk. Only the rich and powerful can make such a kite. Did you take it down from the tree just now?"
The three of them nodded together.
The young men envied their good fortune and after checking with them, they said, "The skeleton is fine, and the silk cloth is not damaged. After some tidying up, it will be able to fly again."
Manbao particularly liked this pattern. The most important thing was that the colors were bright and the design was very realistic. She half-hugged it in her arms and looked at Bai Shanbao.
Bai Shanbao waved his hand generously and said, "Here you go."
Manbao cheered, "We have spare cables in our bag, let's go connect them now."
"good."
Bai Shanbao and his companions were going back up the mountain, and naturally the young men would go with them. The two groups, being of similar age, could not help but talk. Manbao first asked them, "What are your names?"
"My name is Qi Jue."
"My name is Shan Yu."
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"What are your names again?"
Manbao and the other three introduced themselves and said, "Our master and your master are brothers, so we are also brothers."
Qi Jue snorted and said, "We are older than you."
Man Bao said familiarly, "They are arranged according to the time of entry. I became your disciple in the sixth year of Dazhen. When did you enter school?"
Youngsters: ...
Manbao knew it at a glance and became proud, "Then I am older than you, you have to call me Senior Sister."
The young men ignored her and quickened their pace.
Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang were delighted when they saw this and immediately chased after him, "Brothers, what's the name of your academy and where is it? We'll come visit you later."
The young men were so angry that they didn't want to pay any attention to these three people. Dan Yu, who was in the front, almost ran away.
The two groups hurried back to the middle of the mountain. More and more people were flying kites in the open space on the road. Manbao was holding the beautiful kite in her hand. Although she was a little slow, she still followed the boys and asked them to call her "senior sister".
"Hey, stop!"
A loud shout was heard, and Manbao subconsciously tilted his head to look towards the source of the sound, but he did not stop to chase the person in front.
"I'm talking to you. You're still running?" A whip came from the air. Manbao turned his body to the side in surprise and failed to dodge it, but Daji grabbed the whip.
Manbao frowned and then looked at the person whipping her. It was an older girl who was holding a whip and looking at her coldly.
Seeing this, Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang immediately ran back from the front. They first checked Manbao to confirm that she was not injured. Then they glared at the man and said angrily, "Who are you? Why are you hitting someone for no reason?"
The young men who had walked a long way away also turned around and walked back.
The girl holding the whip frowned, her face cold, "How dare you! Do you know who I am?"
Manbao pushed aside Bai Shanbao who was blocking his way and raised his chin. "You don't have any tattoos on your face. How can you ask people who you are? We are not gods, how would we know?"
"You!" The other party obviously didn't expect Manbao to dare to refute her, so she reached out and shook the belt around her waist.
The three bumpkins stared at her with innocent looks on their faces.
Qi Jue quietly walked behind the three of them and whispered in a voice only they could hear: "The pattern on the waist is only worn by the servants of the Yizhou Palace..."
Manbao and the others finally understood, but they still looked at each other innocently, pretending that they didn't understand!
The two sides stood in silence for a moment. Seeing that they seemed to be genuinely clueless, or perhaps just pretending to be dumb, the other party sneered, "So you're just country bumpkins from outside the city. No wonder you don't know the rules of Yizhou City."
"Even in this foreign land, this is still the Great Jin. I just need to know the rules of the Great Jin. For example, beating someone without reason is punishable by law." Bai Shanbao sneered in response, "You are both arrogant and domineering. You whip someone as soon as you meet him, even though you don't know him. If you don't send him to the government office for discipline, others will think that I am a member of the Great Jin and you are so rude."
Many people gathered around to watch the fun. Seeing that Bai Shanbao was young but could say such words, someone shouted, "Well said!"
This sound was like turning on a switch, and many people shouted "good".
The maid felt a little guilty, but she still managed to remain calm while holding the whip, saying, "What do you mean they have nothing to do with each other? The kite she's holding belongs to our young lady. It's a phoenix kite made in the craftsman's workshop. Just the silk cloth..."
"So that's what you're talking about," Manbao interrupted her, his face full of displeasure. "We saw this on a very tall tree when we went down the mountain to look for kites. The leaves obscured its shape, and we could only see some colors. We thought it was ours, so we took a lot of effort to get it down."
"We dropped it yesterday, and we were going to look for it today..."
"Then since you saw I had it, shouldn't you beg me nicely to give it to you?" Manbao interrupted her again, saying quickly, "How dare you start yelling and whipping me right away? Who knows who you are?"
Everyone looked at the maid and started talking, then looked vaguely at the circle behind the maid who was surrounded by a group of girls and servants.
The circle dispersed, and a pretty girl of about sixteen or seventeen walked out. She was wearing colorful clothes and it was obvious that she was not ordinary.
She walked forward with a faint smile, nodded slightly to Manbao and the others, and said, "Please forgive my rudeness, young lady. This kite is my young lady's favorite thing. Please return it to me."
Manbao smiled faintly in response and nodded, "Okay, okay. Even if we didn't meet you, we would still hand the lost property over to the county government when we got back to the city. But the kite fell high up, and the tree was difficult to climb. It was our Daji who risked his life to get it down."
Daji stepped forward and bowed slightly.
The beautiful maid paused for a moment, then took out a piece of silver from her purse and said, "This is the reward our young lady gave you."
Manbao said, "Forget about the reward. Just have your daughter say thank you to our Daji, or give her some reward. As for the reward, we will give it to her when we get home."
Daji stood behind obediently.
Bai Shanbao nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it seems that this kite is very important to you. Our Daji has helped your young lady a lot, so you don't need to pay anything. Just say thank you."
The next update will be around 6:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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