With the comfort of Jiang Ling and Jiang Zhishan, Jiang Suihe gradually calmed down. She wiped away her tears, took Jiang Ling's hand, and told her the whole story.
It turned out that early this morning, Jiang Suihe and Jiang Wenxi planned to go to check on their fields. After asking Zhao Qianyu, Zhao Qianyu naturally rolled her eyes at Jiang Suihe. Jiang Suihe, being a girl, didn't say anything more, only telling Zhao Qianyu to stay at home and not run around, before taking her younger sister towards the fields.
Just as he reached his own field, before he could even check on the growth of the cotton and potatoes, Nianci rushed over, saying that Zhao Qianyu had run away! He hadn't been able to catch him.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Suihe was immediately at a loss and could only run to Uncle Lu's door to wait for Jiang Ling to return.
After hearing the whole story, Jiang Ling quickly comforted Jiang Suihe, saying, "Suihe, what does this have to do with you? Don't worry!"
Jiang Suihe was still a child, and Jiang Ling quickly coaxed her back to her home.
Jiang Ling didn't want to deal with Zhao Qianyu's matter for the time being. After all, Lujia Village was such a small place, and the mountain roads were rugged. This young master would probably come back hungry soon.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ling went to Jiang Yaojie's side and asked, "Yaojie, what's wrong with you today? I felt something was off about you on the way back!"
Jiang Yaojie wiped the sweat from his forehead and swallowed hard. He then carefully took a silver ingot out of his pocket and placed it on the table.
"A silver ingot?? Yaojie, where did you get it?" Jiang Ling asked Jiang Yaojie with some surprise.
“I… Mother, you don’t know this, but peppermint water is very popular in Changning Town. Before I could even open my mouth today, a shopkeeper had already come to me to discuss cooperation. Today I almost closed deals with all the restaurants in Changning Town. This is the payment they gave me, which was a full thousand copper coins.”
“I was worried that someone would be eyeing these thousand copper coins, so I rushed to the money exchange and exchanged them for a silver ingot. I… I’ve never seen so much money before. I was in Uncle Lu’s car at the time, and I couldn’t say anything to you, so…” Jiang Yaojie didn’t finish his sentence.
Jiang Ling was greatly surprised when she heard this. She never expected that Jiang Yaojie could now so skillfully negotiate business with those seasoned shopkeepers, and do so well.
With this in mind, Jiang Ling decided to hand over the mint business to him completely after a while.
Jiang Ling nodded in satisfaction and encouraged Jiang Yaojie, "Yaojie, you did a great job this time. I plan to hand over both of the mint businesses to you in a while."
Jiang Yaojie was very surprised after hearing this. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, no, I can't do it!"
"Yaojie, you're already very capable. It's settled then! In a few days, I'll be handing over this business entirely to you!"
Jiang Ling's attitude was very firm, and Jiang Yaojie couldn't find a reason to refuse.
Then Jiang Ling turned her gaze to Jiang Wenxi. She looked at Jiang Wenxi with some reluctance and said, "Wenxi, today your uncle and I went to ask the martial arts school for you. The instructor there said you are a martial arts prodigy. If you want to go, I will take you to the school tomorrow. If you don't want to go, then let's just forget about it!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wenxi's eyes lit up, and she nodded excitedly several times. Seeing this, Jiang Ling could only sigh and say nothing more.
In the afternoon, Jiang Yaojie had negotiated with several new restaurants, and the whole family spent the afternoon busy. By the time they finished, it was already night with a sky full of stars.
Jiang Ling glanced at the courtyard; Zhao Qianyu hadn't returned, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried.
She quickly prepared dinner, then said a few words to the children before pushing open the door and heading towards the village chief's house.
The village chief had already eaten dinner, and he was leisurely lying on a rattan chair in the yard, smoking his pipe.
"Jiang Shi. What brings you here so late?" The village chief was quite surprised to see Jiang Ling.
"Zhao Qianyu has disappeared..."
"What? Cough...cough...what exactly happened?" The village chief, who had been looking quite relaxed, suddenly sat up from his rattan chair after hearing Jiang Ling's words, coughing repeatedly even as he smoked his pipe.
Jiang Ling briefly described what had happened, and the village chief looked even more ashen-faced. He stared at Jiang Ling, his lips trembling, and said, "You! You! You've really gotten yourself into big trouble!"
"Is it my fault? Did I force him to stay? My four kids are already a headache enough, and I also have to take care of my own small business. How can this be blamed on me?" Jiang Ling rolled her eyes and retorted, somewhat unconvinced.
"You... never mind, let's hurry up and go find someone!" The village chief hesitated for a moment, but swallowed the words that were about to come out. He quickly put on his shoes, picked up a tinderbox to light a torch, and hurriedly walked out of his house with Jiang Ling.
At the foot of the mountain, although it was already night, the area was brightly lit.
Most of the men in Lujia Village, each holding a torch, walked in all directions, chanting the same name—Zhao Qianyu.
"Found it...found it! Quickly inform the village chief and Jiang Shi!" After an unknown amount of time, an excited voice suddenly came from the valley.
He excitedly shouted as he carried the unconscious, tattered-clothed Zhao Qianyu.
Upon hearing this, the village chief and Jiang Ling hurriedly ran towards the direction of the sound, only to see the man lifting Zhao Qianyu up like a chick and bringing him to Jiang Ling and the village chief.
"Oh dear, what happened!" The village chief was terrified when he saw Zhao Qianyu, who was covered in mud and looked extremely disheveled. He rushed forward and gestured for the man to quickly pick up Zhao Qianyu, assuring him that he couldn't be carried like that anymore.
Although the man didn't understand, he listened to the village chief.
Jiang Ling rolled her eyes and walked over to the man, reaching out to pat Zhao Qianyu's face, which was almost entirely covered in mud. "Hey, Zhao Qianyu, wake up!"
“Jiang Shi! He is, after all, the son of Lord Zhao. How could you treat him so rudely!” the village chief said, somewhat displeased.
Jiang Ling ignored the village chief and gestured for the man to take Zhao Qianyu to her home. Before the village chief could come in, Jiang Ling slammed the door shut.
"Village chief, it's late now, it's not appropriate to let you in. Please leave!" Jiang Ling's voice reached the village chief's ears just as he closed the door.
Although the village chief was unhappy, he couldn't find any reason to refute it, so he could only secretly pray that Jiang would not cause him any trouble.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Zhao Qianyu return, but Jiang Ling pinched Zhao Qianyu's cheek with a displeased look and said, "Troublemaker! Wake up!"
"No! No! Don't eat me, waaaah, no..." Zhao Qianyu lay on the bed, rambling incoherently with a frown on his face.
Helpless, Jiang Ling could only fetch a basin of water, first taking off his tattered clothes, and then carefully wiping his dirty body.
After finishing all that, Jiang Ling bought some calming medicine from the online store and gave it to him.
After everything was settled, Jiang Ling dragged her tired body back to her bedroom, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep immediately.
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