Chapter 75 Return (fourth update)
Zhuang Qingning had heard of putting hair in a purse.
Maybe there was some reason why she put it on her body to ward off evil spirits, or maybe it was the maid's crush whom she couldn't get, so releasing his hair could fulfill her wish.
However, the reason for leaving the hair behind was someone else's business, and Zhuang Qingning had no interest in investigating. He just wanted to return the purse to the maid as soon as possible so that he could complete the task given by Xiaowu as soon as possible.
When Zhuang Qingsui heard that Zhuang Qingning seemed to know the owner of the purse, he immediately became happy: "Then hurry up and return it to the owner. Who knows, the person who lost the purse might be anxious right now."
A purse is a personal item that is close to the body. This purse is very delicately made, and it contains such private things, so the owner must have been very anxious.
Zhuang Qingning nodded and told Zhuang Qingsui: "You stay here with Auntie first, I'll go and try to catch up and see if I can catch up."
After saying this, he clutched his purse and ran in the direction where the carriage had just left.
If there were no market on weekdays, the town would be unobstructed and the carriages would be able to run. Zhuang Qingning would not be able to catch up with them on his own. Fortunately, the town was very lively today and the carriages were moving very slowly, so Zhuang Qingning quickly caught up.
"What's the matter, young lady?" asked the coachman, a young boy.
"Just now, my younger sister picked up a purse in front of the bakery. I thought it was something dropped by a sister in the carriage, so I chased after her to ask if it was hers." Zhuang Qingning showed a corner of the purse she was holding.
"Then let me ask for you." The servant lifted the curtain of the carriage and said, "Ladies, there is a girl outside who said that she saw someone lost a purse here. Can you take a look and see whose purse it is?"
"I noticed that the pattern on the purse is orchids, and it looks like Sister Chunlan's."
"Let me take a look." Xia He leaned out half of her body and looked at Zhuang Qingning's hand. "Yes, it belongs to Sister Chunlan. The material for this purse was previously allocated to our servants to make summer clothes. Sister Chunlan got the best material. I was so envious at that time."
As she spoke, Chunlan got down from the carriage.
It was the maid who bought the donkey rolls just now.
He stared at the purse for a long while, even circling it around Zhuang Qingning's body, and then he grinned: "It's really my purse. I said my purse was missing just now, and I thought I left it in the house when I went out. I was thinking about checking it out when I got back, but I didn't expect it to be picked up by this girl."
"Thank you so much." Chunlan said, reaching out for her purse.
Zhuang Qingning calmly retracted her hand and said, "I just saw that the pattern on this purse is the same as the pattern on your collar, so I guessed it might be your purse, so I chased after you. But I can't confirm whether it is yours. Just in case, please tell me what is in the purse so that I can confirm it."
A hint of panic flashed across Chunlan's eyes after she had missed her target, but it disappeared in an instant and turned into a smile.
"This purse is my favorite thing, I always wear it with me. It is really a great blessing that the girl can help me pick it up today."
Chunlan took out a silver coin from her sleeve and put it into Zhuang Qingning's hand: "Thank you so much, young lady. I have nothing to repay you with, so you can take this money and buy some flowers to wear."
He was full of hesitation when he recognized the purse before, and now he didn't even mention what was in the purse. He just wanted to get rid of her with money and take the purse away casually, as if he wanted to get away with it.
If the maid next to her had not also said that it was hers, Zhuang Qingning would have doubted whether the purse really belonged to the maid named Chunlan.
"Sister, you are too polite." Zhuang Qingning pushed Chunlan's hand back and said with a smile, "If you can tell me what is in this purse, please tell me. If you can tell me, I will return it to you. If you can't tell me, then this purse is not yours. I have to go find the real owner as soon as possible."
It would also be good to complete the task assigned by Xiaowu as soon as possible and get the deserved reward.
Chunlan bit her lips until they turned white, and stammered, "But...it's just a worthless thing..."
"It looks like this purse doesn't belong to my sister." Zhuang Qingning grabbed the purse back in her hand: "I'll hand it over to the headman later and ask him to find out who accidentally dropped it."
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.
"Hey..." Chunlan hurriedly stopped Zhuang Qingning and said through gritted teeth: "Inside... there are a few strands of hair tied with red thread..."
"I was weak and sickly when I was young, so my mother found someone with good eyesight to take a look at me. She said that I should cut some of my hair when I was twelve years old, tie it with a red string, and put it close to my body, so that the dirty stuff could be suppressed and I would be safe in the future."
"My master hates the talk of ghosts and gods the most. We dare not talk about these things openly, for fear that he will punish us if he finds out, so..."
I see.
Zhuang Qingning grinned: "I don't mean to offend you, but if I'm not sure what's in the purse, I can't be sure that this thing is definitely yours."
"Now that everything is clear, I will return the purse to my sister."
"Thank you, young lady." Chunlan took the purse and held it in her hand. After a pause, she handed the silver coin back and said, "This is to thank you, young lady."
"Don't be so polite. This is what I should do." Zhuang Qingning did not take the silver, but turned around and left with a smile.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the task of returning lost property, and obtaining 30 diligence points, as well as the primary soap making recipe - the first half of the volume.]
Puff! Zhuang Qingning, who had just heard the soap making formula, was so excited that he almost vomited blood.
People of this era use soap beans, calamus beans, etc. for bathing and washing clothes. If one could really master the soap-making formula, it would be a very lucrative business in this era, and one could earn much more money than grinding tofu.
The first half of your volume really stumped me.
Xiaowu, tell me the truth, where is the second half of the volume and which mission can be completed to obtain it?
[The second half of the volume can only be obtained through a quest, but I looked at the quest and it's a bit difficult, and I'm not sure when it will be triggered. ]
A bit of a difficult task?
Very good, you have successfully attracted the host's attention.
Tell me, what is the mission?
Zhuang Qingning felt that, at least for now, nothing could stop her from gaining enthusiasm for the entire soap-making formula.
[The mission to obtain the second half of the volume is to save people...]
this……
It is indeed a difficult problem.
Under what circumstances do people need to be rescued, and they must be situations that can trigger this task.
(End of this chapter)
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