Yun Dazheng was worried about Yun Duo and walked very fast. So, even though Yun Duo had the Lin family carriage give her a ride first, and then a Lin family servant carried her on his back along the path, she still couldn't catch up with Yun Dazheng. However, the two actually entered the village one after the other.
As soon as she entered the village, Zhang Juhua, the village's notorious gossip, stopped by the roadside and asked her, "Duo'er, didn't your grandfather say you went to the county town? Why are you back so soon? What's wrong? Can't you find the county town gate?"
Wanting to use Zhang Juhua's gossip to spread some information and avoid trouble, Yun Duo pretended not to hear the sarcasm in Zhang Juhua's words. She simply put on a childishly serious expression and slowly said to Zhang Juhua, "Aunt Juhua, you're wrong. There are no city gates in the county town. You can just go in directly. Aunt Juhua, do you also want to go to the county town? Then go ahead. There are no gates. Don't worry about the people in the county town not letting Aunt Juhua in."
Zhang Juhua's face twitched. She glanced at the burly servant standing next to Yun Duo, but managed to suppress the urge to spit on Yun Duo. She just pursed her lips and said, "Who's worried that the people in the county won't let me into the city? That county isn't theirs." As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance at the person next to Yun Duo and asked, "Yun Duo, whose relative is that next to you? So tall and big, carrying such a big bag... doesn't he take a break?"
There was an unspoken envy or even jealousy in his tone, but he still managed to salvage the situation.
After all, the bag was bulging, clearly packed with a lot of things. Not only that, but a piece of cloth was tucked into the backpack strap, and the person was carrying two watermelons. So much stuff—it was incredibly enviable. Such a nice piece of cloth… and those watermelons, those were rare finds…
Yunduo was just waiting for her to ask.
Therefore, as soon as Zhang Juhua asked the question, Yunduo replied in a cheerful tone: "Oh, Aunt Juhua, isn't this a relative of someone's? This Brother Da Niu works at Young Master Lin's house in town. Today, I went to see Uncle County Magistrate with Young Master Lin. I came back late, and Young Master Lin asked him to take me home."
"You met the county magistrate? You don't mean to say that the county magistrate gave you a gift? So this big shot had to carry a bag of things to take you home? You little girl are just bragging without thinking. Do you think you can just meet that county magistrate like that?" Zhang Juhua looked unconvinced.
"What's so great about that?" Yun Duo raised her little face and looked at Zhang Juhua with a 'proud' expression, saying, "I already met with Uncle County Magistrate. Uncle County Magistrate even asked me if anyone bullied me at home. He said if anyone bullied me, I should tell him and he would stand up for me."
"They even gave me some sweet and delicious watermelon juice, and made me bring back two watermelons for my grandpa and grandma!"
As she spoke, she pointed to Lin Jiajian's servant, Da Niu, and added, "If Aunt Juhua doesn't believe me, you can ask Brother Da Niu to see if what I said is true."
Da Niu was the Lin family's coachman, a rather honest and simple man. He nodded upon hearing Yun Duo's words and looked at Zhang Juhua, saying, "Sister-in-law, Miss Yun is right. He went to the county government with our young master and met with the county magistrate. When they came out, they were followed by guards from the county government, who were carrying two watermelons, saying that the county magistrate was giving them to Miss Yun."
"The county magistrate was even willing to give Miss Yun a watermelon, so he must not want others to bully her."
At this point, Da Niu paused slightly and added, "And our young master, he's close to Miss Yun, so he definitely wouldn't want her to be bullied."
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