She slowly turned her head to look at the boy standing in front of her, who looked to be only about ten years old and was wearing patched clothes.
She hadn't even noticed that someone was beside her.
Even if she doesn't have any profound internal strength, her alertness is quite high thanks to what she learned in her previous life. She will definitely be able to detect anyone approaching within ten meters of her.
"Oh, I'm here to give you some silver. Your scholar brother lent me one tael of silver before, and now it's worth ten taels." Xie Lingqin smiled and took out a silver ingot from her sleeve as she spoke, handing it over.
The boy wasn't particularly handsome, but his eyes were exceptionally bright. He looked at Xie Lingqin warily and didn't take the silver note. Instead, he turned and called out loudly into the courtyard, "Brother Ning, this sister says she's here to return the money."
Sister? She was clearly disguised as an ordinary man today.
Her disguise skills are pretty good, okay?
but……
Xie Lingqin had nothing to be ashamed of. Following Ning Xiucai's gaze, she jumped and landed lightly.
“Young lady… I don’t remember lending you any money.” This Ning Xiucai was indeed a typical scholar, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a few crow’s feet at the corners of his eyes, but his eyebrows were straight, his face was upright, and he exuded an air of righteousness.
"You..." Xie Lingqin glanced at him, but then looked at the young man from before, "You know martial arts?"
"What do you want to do?" Xie Lingqin had barely finished speaking when she saw Ning Xiucai standing guard in front of the young man with a wary expression. "Don't try anything with him. He won't become your bodyguard."
Seeing Ning Xiucai's nervous expression, Xie Lingqin was not angry at all; instead, she smiled.
“This young man is highly skilled in martial arts and seems to only listen to you. I see that your house is bare and you probably don’t even have enough to eat. Why don’t you let him help you earn money?”
"This is a time for studying. Do you think anyone would do anything for a few stinking coins?" Although Xie Lingqin was not a good person, she was quite embarrassed by Ning Xiucai's words. She raised her hand to touch her nose and then handed the ten-tael silver note to the young man.
"Here you go. You don't need to do anything. Just take good care of your younger brothers and sisters."
The young man didn't take it and looked at Scholar Ning.
The scholar didn't answer the call, but instead glared angrily at Xie Lingqin, asking, "Who are you? What are you up to?"
"I have no idea."
"One should not accept rewards without merit."
"I have a shop opening in a few days, and someone will ask you to do some work. Consider this as advance payment for your wages."
Xie Lingqin wouldn't let her efforts go to waste.
"What shop?" Ning Xiucai asked warily, an expression that surprised Xie Lingqin. "I thought you were straightforward, extreme, naive, and lacked a sense of crisis, but I didn't expect you to be so normal."
I don't know whether to praise or criticize.
"Alright." Xie Lingqin tossed the silver note over. "Goodbye." With that, she climbed onto the wall and disappeared in an instant.
"Brother Ning, was that the woman just now your fiancée who ran away from your wedding?" the young man asked Ning Xiucai curiously.
Ning Xiucai looked embarrassed. "No, my fiancée is much prettier than her. Dressed in men's clothing, she clearly doesn't look like a woman at all."
"But I think that lady from earlier must have been very beautiful too."
"What do you know about beauty when you're just a kid?"
"Oh." The boy scratched his head blankly and stepped back.
Ning Xiucai watched the children happily eating sesame cakes, then looked at the ten taels of silver in his hand, his expression complicated.
Ning Yi is a skilled martial artist, but unfortunately, he lacks intelligence. Alas!
Clearly, that young lady had figured it out.
Who exactly is this girl?
However, Ning Xiucai dared not use the silver note. He thought that if someone came looking for him, he would return the silver note.
After leaving Ning Xiucai's house, Xie Lingqin went to the Maocai restaurant to make arrangements for Ning Xiucai's affairs. She discussed it with Bai Yu and calculated the dates, figuring that the restaurant would open around the time Ning Xiucai's period ended.
This opening is a major event, an extremely important event.
"Although we have been acting discreetly these days, the restaurant across the street has noticed and secretly sent people to investigate. However, with me on guard, nothing has gone wrong for the time being."
White Jade Road.
Xie Lingqin smiled and looked out the window at the magnificent restaurant across the street. "It's alright, trust me, I won't be wrong. Also, I'll bring some things here tomorrow."
"What is it?" Bai Yu asked curiously.
He felt that Yan She's mind was different from others, and his thoughts were all unique.
However, Xie Lingqin looked at him and uttered two words indifferently, "Methods."
"means?"
"Marketing tactics".
Bai Yu was puzzled.
Xie Lingqin didn't explain further, as it's not good to say things too clearly. After discussing some matters with Bai Yu, Xie Lingqin returned to the Zong government.
After all, she couldn't stay any longer, and besides, after the incident of the black-clad man's corpse being exposed during the day, Zong Zhengxu was temporarily out of danger.
The carriage was already ready at the entrance of the Zong government building.
Zong Zhengxiong, Zong Zhenghao, Yu Ruyi, Zong Zhengxu, and other relatives and servants from all over the household came to see Xie Lingqin off.
Seeing this grand display, Xie Lingqin naturally understood the intentions of her maternal grandfather, uncle, and aunt; it was to make her look good.
It was to let the General's Mansion, and everyone else, know that Xie Lingqin had such a loving maternal grandparent family.
Although things are not as they used to be, they are not to be underestimated.
After exchanging a few more words with Zongzheng Xu about the Seventh Princess, Xie Lingqin boarded the carriage, with Zihe following closely behind.
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