Qin Ge choked on the egg and his face turned red. He paid his last ounce of silver to the innkeeper last night. Because he had run away from home too many times, his family controlled his finances and now he was penniless. And the most valuable jade pendant on him was used to pay off his debt yesterday.
"Ge'er, let's go home." Qin Xuan stood up with satisfaction.
Qin Ge sat still stubbornly: "Even if I have no money, I still have this set of clothes and my horse. I will pawn them all!"
"How many more days can you stay? Don't you have to go home in the end?" Qin Xuan said.
"Anyway, I'm not going back now!"
"Is it fun to drag it out until you go out naked?"
“Second brother!”
Qin Ge shouted in embarrassment, looking insulted.
Xia Qianqian covered her mouth and laughed secretly. Qin Xuan was very good at controlling Qin Ge and was a smart man.
"Look at you, your clothes are all torn. Go home and change into new ones." Qin Xuan said with a smile.
Qin Ge looked down at his own miserable state, threw the egg in anger, and walked out. Passing by Xia Qianqian, he stopped and angrily stretched out his hand to Qin Xuan: "Give me ten taels of silver."
Qin Xuan took out the money without saying a word.
Xia Qianqian realized that Qin Ge wanted to ask for the jade, and she thought to herself that something was not good.
Qin Ge slammed the silver on the counter with a "smack": "Where's my jade?"
"It's gone." Xia Qianqian touched her nose awkwardly. Who would have thought that the owner of the jade that was just compensated last night would have the money to redeem it today
"Where have you been?" Qin Ge's voice was very loud, as if he was treating Xia Qianqian as a punching bag.
Xia Qianqian said: "I hired a car last night and paid for it."
"You! You can't recognize gold and jade!" Qin Ge stomped his feet in anger, but he didn't argue. He took the silver and left the inn.
Qin Xuan looked at Xia Qianqian thoughtfully: Dare to cheat Qin Ge
Xia Qianqian lowered her eyes, not daring to accept Qin Xuan's scrutiny.
A minute later, Qin Xuan said to the shopkeeper, "Please ask the waiter to send the horse to the Qin family."
"Yes." The shopkeeper replied respectfully.
After watching Qin Xuan and Qin Ge leave, Xia Qianqian's eyes turned and she had an idea: "Boss, I'll help you send the horse."
"you?"
"Yes, you told me so much useful information last night. To thank you, I helped send the horse back to the Qin family. I was going out shopping anyway, so it was on my way." Xia Qianqian said.
"Okay." The shopkeeper readily agreed and handed the horse to Xia Qianqian.
… …
In Xining County, Gu Changsheng finally had a good sleep and did not get up until the sun was high the next day. Qing Tong had been waiting outside and came in with hot water when he heard him get up.
Gu Changsheng washed his face, rinsed his mouth, and changed his clothes. He looked even more handsome and energetic. Qing Tong looked at his young master, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he became. He took out the jade that Xia Qianqian gave him: "Young Master, this is the jade pendant that Miss Xia gave you."
"She?" Gu Changsheng was stunned.
"Yes, Miss Xia said that she was particularly grateful to the young master, and she saw that the young master had no jade pendant on his waist, so she specially gave him a jade pendant."
Gu Changsheng took the jade. It was made of good Hetian white jade, and was carefully carved into the shape of a flounder. It was very valuable.
In ancient times, flounder was a symbol of loyal love, and poets left many poems about flounder, such as: Phoenix and flounder live together, why refuse to die if you can make flounder... All of them praise loyal love.
Gu Changsheng looked at the jade fish, and his heart was filled with lingering emotions. What did Xia Qianqian mean by giving him such a jade
"Master, are we going back to Pingning Town today?" Qing Tong asked.
"No." Gu Changsheng tied the jade fish to his waist and looked at himself in the mirror. A gentleman wears jade, and his virtue shines. Now he is even more handsome!
Qing Tong asked in confusion: "Then where are we going?"
"Maoshi Town."
(End of this chapter)