By the time Bai Nuo finished preparing all these things, it was already quite late. After leaving some lunch for Grandma and A Yu, she packed the rest into a basket and left.
"Why haven't you come for so many days? What's wrong? Have you made it big?" As soon as Bai Nuo arrived in town, he went straight to San Niang's Cloth Shop, and Jiang Qiao'er came up to tease him.
"Where is the best place to be?" Bai Nuo smiled. "Don't even mention it. Something happened at home, and we just got it sorted out. I just finished and rushed over here. Can I borrow a table?"
"Here you go..." Jiang Qiao'er pointed to the spot next to her with a grin. Bai Nuo turned her head and saw the table she usually used lying there straight, looking very lonely.
"How are you all doing now?" Bai Nuo looked around the cloth shop. There were still a lot of people. Jiang San Niang was nowhere to be seen, but Jiang Qiao'er had a faint but obviously genuine smile on her face.
It looks pretty good.
"It's still the same..." Jiang Qiao'er sighed softly. "Do you know where my sister went? She went to Yu Ziqing's house again. Sigh, I can't control her anymore. Tell me, are men really that good?"
Bai Nuo silently patted Jiang Qiao'er on the shoulder; she had no answer to that question.
"Hey... did you sell out of those bracelets here? Did those two girls come back looking for them?"
"Of course!" Jiang Qiao'er rolled her eyes and pouted helplessly. "Those two girls are no pushovers. They both sent people over the next day. Miss Li even bought the rest, but she still insists on finding the bracelet that's exactly the same as Miss Zhang's. She's been bothering us for days, but where can we find it?"
"She didn't make things difficult for you, did she?" Bai Nuo asked quickly, feeling guilty if she had been harassed because of a bracelet.
Although they had only met Miss Li once, her behavior that day revealed her to be an arrogant and domineering person, and with an official father, Jiang San Niang and her family had no background whatsoever. If Miss Li insisted on using her power to make things difficult for Jiang San Niang, Jiang San Niang would have no chance to resist.
“They didn’t really make things difficult for us…” Jiang Qiao’er said, “It’s just that Miss Li later mobilized all the servants in her mansion, and the whole town was searching for that bracelet. I heard there was a generous reward for it.”
"Then..." Bai Nuo thought to herself, no wonder Bai Dalin was so eager to get her things after he went back. It turned out that Bai Dalin was really helping Miss Li find the pearl, but Bai Dalin didn't even know where the pearl came from, so he was destined not to find it.
What would happen if she gave that pearl to Miss Li?
Jiang Qiao'er clearly shared the same thought as Bai Nuo: "Do you have any pearls left? If you do, give them to her. If you make her happy, no one in this town will make things difficult for you in the future."
Bai Nuo thought so too, but if she pleased one person, wouldn't she offend the other?
Thinking about it this way, although she felt that the method was feasible, the risk was too great, so Bai Nuo did not mention that her family still had pearls. She only said, "Forget it, not everyone can have this kind of luck. I'd better just stick to my stall."
***
"Brother Dalin!" While Bai Nuo was telling Jiang Qiao'er about Miss Li looking for pearls, at Magistrate Li's residence, the contractor was also talking to Bai Dalin about the same thing.
When the foreman called Bai Dalin, Bai Dalin was working, standing on a high bamboo scaffold. He looked down and saw the foreman waving at him, "Come down for a moment."
Bai Dalin's heart skipped a beat, and he clapped his hands and left.
"Brother Dalin..." After getting off the train, the foreman took Bai Dalin directly to a secluded corner and asked, "Didn't you say you knew where that bead was? It's been several days and there's still no news. Have you found it?"
Just as he had been thinking about it, Bai Dalin was filled with anxiety. He had originally thought that the little bitch would give him the bead because he was her father. Although he had never seen the bead before, the foreman said that it was the same bead he had seen placed at the little bitch's feet that day. Even if it wasn't, he would still take it. Perhaps the master's daughter would like it. It would be a great achievement.
But to his utter surprise, that little bitch didn't respect him as her father at all. She even got into a fight with him, divided the family property, and called the village chief over, saying that he shouldn't interfere in their lives, or she would make her pay.
Listen to what kind of talk this is! How can a daughter be treated like this?
Bai Dalin had boasted to the foreman that day, assuming that Bai Nuo would listen to him, but in reality, Bai Nuo did not listen to him, and Bai Dalin did not know what to do.
Thinking of Bai Nuo's face, which looked so much like Jiang Wanyin's, Bai Dalin felt even more disgusted with Bai Nuo.
"Brother Dalin? Brother Dalin?" The foreman was somewhat displeased when he saw Bai Dalin freeze in his tracks as soon as he spoke, standing there blankly. Was he really that boring? This guy seemed to be thinking something else as soon as he opened his mouth. But he was, after all, Bai Dalin's superior, and he wasn't being given any face at all.
Although he was displeased, the contractor remained rational. He still needed Bai Dalin to find the bead and give it to Miss Li, so he didn't get angry.
"Huh? What did you say, foreman?" Bai Dalin's thoughts were brought back to reality by the foreman. As soon as he came to his senses, he saw the foreman's indifferent expression and knew that the foreman was unhappy.
The foreman patiently repeated his question, "I'm asking you, is there any news about that bead? Several days have passed, and Miss Li has been heartbroken every day because of it. Her parents are also very distressed. If you've found it, don't delay, give it to me right away."
"Not yet...not yet," Bai Dalin said hastily. "It will take a little more time."
The foreman's thick eyebrows furrowed deeply as he looked at Bai Dalin suspiciously and asked, "Could it be that you don't know where you are? Dalin, don't get me into trouble! I've already told the magistrate about you having the beads. If you don't have them, it's fine if it implicates me, but if it upsets the magistrate..."
Just a moment ago they were called Brother Dalin, now he's Dalin. Bai Dalin isn't stupid; he understands all the changes that have occurred.
Bai Dalin understood without needing to be told anything further, and quickly assured him, "I know, don't worry, I will definitely get it. It's one thing to know where it is, but it's another to actually get it. That bead is not easy to get, and I need some more time. Don't worry, I won't drag you down with me."
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