Chapter 21 Being Followed
"Haha, okay, the price of safflower is one hundred and ten coins per catty. Let me weigh them to see how heavy they are." The shopkeeper touched Lin Qian's head and asked the clerk to bear the weight.
Lin Qian quickly waved towards Lin Shuo and Wei Jing and said, "Boss, here are a few pieces of Poria cocos."
"Then take them down together to bear the weight, and the original price will be thirty-five coins per catty."
"Well, thank you, boss uncle." Lin Qian said with a smile.
Four and a half pounds of safflower, four hundred and ninety-five coins.
The poria cocos I dug this time weren't as big as the ones I dug before, but they still weighed 26 jin (approximately 100 kg). Nine hundred and ten coins.
The total amount is one tael of silver, plus four hundred and five coins.
"I'll make it an even number for you. I'll give you five more cents as if you were buying you some candy." The shopkeeper said, and then gave you five more cents.
The shopkeeper handed a bulging purse to Lin Qian. At this moment, a burly man who was seeing a doctor at Renhetang suddenly looked over here.
Wei Jing seemed to have sensed something and turned his head, just in time to meet the man's gaze. The big man immediately turned back.
Wei Jing narrowed his eyes.
"Thank you, shopkeeper. We'll be leaving now." Lin Qian thanked the shopkeeper, and the three of them left Renhetang.
"Brother Wei Jing, here, this is yours." After walking a few steps, Lin Qian took out half a tael of silver and gave it to Wei Jing.
Who knew that Wei Jing directly put the purse into his arms, and shouted to Lin Qian and Lin Shuo: "Leave the money with my brother for safekeeping. Daddy said he would wait for us in the front, so we should go."
Lin Qian was stunned, but Lin Shuo glanced back and saw a big man with a rat-like face following them stealthily.
Lin Shuo tugged at the corner of Lin Qian's clothes and said, "Sister, brother is right. Let's go and find daddy."
After saying that, the two of them pulled Lin Qian away.
The big man hesitated for a moment, but finally followed.
"How did you leave?" Wei Jing asked softly, and Lin Shuo shook his head.
Only then did Lin Qian realize that they might be being followed.
"What should we do now? Should we fight or not?" Lin Qian asked.
Wei Jing shook his head, glanced at Lin Qian and said, "How can you be so violent? If we hit him, we'll probably have to pay for his medical expenses."
"So what do you say we should do?"
Lin Qian and Lin Shuo both looked at Wei Jing.
Wei Jing pulled the two of them and continued walking forward.
The big man behind him continued to follow.
After walking two streets, the three of them felt weak in the legs. The person behind them was still following them, and they seemed to be wandering around without any adult accompanying them.
The man then realized that the three children were not with their parents.
Thinking of this, the man chased him closer and closer.
When the man was about to reach out and catch them, Wei Jing yelled, "Run!"
The three of them ran out.
The man behind also ran: "Stop! Stop!"
Lin Qian asked Wei Jing: "Are we going to keep running like this?"
"In my opinion, we should listen to my sister and beat him up." Lin Shuo also said.
Wei Jing suddenly curled the corners of his lips and smiled rather evilly.
"Uncle constable! There's a trafficker! He's three blocks away from us and he wants to kidnap us!" Wei Jing suddenly took the siblings around a corner and happened to meet two constables who were patrolling the street.
The big man behind them had been chasing the three of them closely, and when they turned the corner, they heard Wei Jing's shouting.
He braked so hard that one of his shoes flew off, but the big man still bumped into two constables.
Seeing the big man being taken away by two constables, Lin Qian and Lin Shuo turned to look at Wei Jing.
"How did you do it? How did you know these two detectives would appear here?"
Wei Jing smiled and said, "When I was lying in front of the Renhe Hall, I saw the police patrolling and calculated how long it took them to patrol a street.
I just took you guys for a walk because I was guessing that these two constables would appear here."
Lin Qian and Lin Shuo looked at each other and gave Wei Jing a thumbs up at the same time.
Lin Qian said: "Did you see that? This is genius."
Lin Shuo was unconvinced: "He is a genius in literature, but when it comes to martial arts, he can't compare to me."
Seeing that the brother and sister were about to fight each other again, Wei Jing quickly stopped them and said, "Okay, let's go home quickly. We've been delayed for so long and it will be dark soon."
The brother and sister immediately stopped fighting and called off their attack.
When they were almost at the village, it was already dark. Fortunately, it was a sunny day and the moon was quite bright, so the three of them didn't feel dark at all.
"Is that Qianqian?" We were about to get home when a familiar voice suddenly came from the darkness.
It’s Lin Wu.
"It's me, Dad. Why are you here?" Lin Qian and the other two took a few quick steps, walked to Lin Wu and asked.
"I'm worried about you guys not coming back so late. Let's go. We're waiting for you to have dinner."
"good."
There is an oil lamp burning in the main room. This is the first time Lin Qian and the others have seen an oil lamp since they traveled here.
Before, that was because they slept in the space at night and couldn’t use it.
Later, he came to Lin Changcan's house, ate before dark, and went to bed after dinner. He never lit an oil lamp.
"Why did you come back only now?" Zhao Xiu saw the three people coming back and immediately served the rice and picked up the chopsticks.
Zhang Yufang also said: "Don't come back so late next time, we will be worried."
The three of them tacitly said that they were going to the town to sell herbs, and did not mention the big man who followed them.
"We made one and a half taels of silver today. We divided it equally among the three of us, giving each person five hundred coins." At the dinner table, the three of them reported today's income.
Zhang Yufang was surprised. Ever since she and her son came here, she had been busy building a house and had been watching Wei Jing and the other three running around the mountain every day.
I originally thought they were just running around for fun, but I didn't expect they actually picked herbs and made some money.
Wei Jing nodded, took out five hundred coins, handed them to Zhang Yufang, and then gave her a wink.
Zhang Yufang immediately understood and handed the money to Lin Changcan.
Lin Changcan immediately said, "Xiaofang! What are you doing? Take it back quickly."
Lin Qian happened to see this scene and raised her eyebrows. It seemed that between Zhang Yufang and Wei Jing, the mother and son, the one who was in charge was the thirteen-year-old Wei Jing.
But thinking about Wei Jing's performance today, Lin Qian felt that it should be so.
"Uncle Lin, we are sorry to bother you for so long. Please keep this money as our meal and accommodation expenses." Zhang Yufang pushed the money back in front of Lin Changcan.
"No, no, it's just a few days' stay. Why pay me? Take it back immediately." Lin Changcan waved his hands.
Wei Jing stood up and said, "Grandpa Lin, please accept it, otherwise we will be embarrassed to stay here any longer."
After refusing several times, Lin Changcan finally accepted the money.
Zhang Yufang and Wei Jing felt much more at ease when they saw him put the money away.
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