The jade pendant was emerald green all over and glowed faintly under the dim light. It was obvious at first glance that it was not an ordinary item.
Mr. Sun subconsciously waved his hand to refuse, not daring to take it, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "That's not what I meant... I trust you..."
Xiao Heng was very determined. He held out his hand and did not retract it. He nodded to Mr. Sun and said, "Take it, Mr. Sun. I have no other intentions. Taodan likes it very much and we get along well. This is our first meeting, so I'll treat it as a gift for the child."
When he said it was a gift for meeting, Mr. Sun was even more afraid to accept it.
Who would give such an expensive gift? He had seen a jade token worn by Yang Xin's lover, and heard that the jade token cost one hundred taels.
One hundred taels was three times the pension for his son.
This jade pendant now looks much better than the one Yang Xin liked, and it is also this big, but its price is more than one hundred taels.
Mr. Sun didn't dare to accept it.
Granny Sun was also dumbfounded: "How can this be possible? You saved my Taodan, and we haven't even given you money yet, and yet you gave us such an expensive gift, how can we feel comfortable with it..."
Su Rong suddenly took off a purse from his body and frowned, saying, "Since you don't want to take his, take mine. There's nothing here, just a few small things. Keep them for Taodan to buy his chickens. Buy as many as he wants."
As soon as Su Rong saw Taodan’s red face from crying, he felt uncomfortable.
Granny Sun hesitated and dared not move, so Su Rong simply stuffed the purse into her hand and said, "Take it. This is nothing to us, just a small token of our appreciation. As our Master said, this is really fate."
Since he had said so, Granny Sun had no choice but to accept it and kept thanking him.
Xiao Heng went in to see Taodan again, and then took everyone to say goodbye to Mr. Sun and Mrs. Sun.
Mr. Sun assured Xiao Heng: "I will definitely do what you asked me to do."
Xiao Heng nodded, repeated the address again, confirmed with Mr. Sun that the address was correct, and left.
Granny Sun and Old Man Sun stood under the dim lantern for a long time, until they could no longer hear any sound. Then they looked at each other and supported each other back into the house.
In the hall, the cups and plates on the table had not yet been cleared away. Granny Sun said to Grandpa Sun, "Go check on the piglet first. We spent a tael of silver to catch it, so nothing can happen to it."
Mr. Sun nodded, took the bucket and was about to go out to chop pig food. Just as he stepped out of the door, he heard Grandma Sun in the room exclaim in shock.
The sound startled him. Mr. Sun didn't care about anything else and ran into the house. Seeing Granny Sun standing there stupidly, he asked hurriedly, "What's wrong?"
Granny Sun turned around, holding the purse in her hand, shaking a little, and handed it to Grandfather Sun, "Look, old man! How can you give me such a valuable thing?!"
Mr. Sun’s eyesight was not very good, so he walked a few steps closer to take a look, and saw that Granny Sun had unzipped the drawstring of her purse, revealing a bag of golden beans inside.
A whole bag of golden beans!
Mr. Sun's eyes widened, and he cried out, subconsciously trembling as he stepped forward and covered his purse with his hands, shaking his head with a trembling voice: "Keep your voice down! Keep your voice down!"
Mr. Sun has believed in the principle of not showing off his wealth all his life.
It would not be a good thing if outsiders knew that they had so many gold beans.
Granny Sun's hands were shaking uncontrollably, she was confused and shocked: "How come they gave so much..."
Mr. Sun was no longer so shocked. He motioned to his wife to put the things away and said softly, "We are shortsighted. How could the benefactors be just ordinary officials with such momentum? They must have a more noble status. This is their way of reassuring us. It is also their good intention. Put it away."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but tear up: "With these things, even if I die, I don't have to worry about Taodan."
Talking about this topic, both of them couldn't help feeling a little sad. They sat facing each other in silence for a while before they calmed down.
Mr. Sun stopped feeding the pigs. He said, "I'm going to go out and visit Old Nine first. I have to do this for my benefactor even if it means risking my life!"
Granny Sun nodded hurriedly, lit the oil lamp and held it for him, and reminded him: "Don't talk about life and death. Take care of your health while taking care of your grandson."
The couple smiled at each other and felt relaxed all over. Father-in-law Sun left soon.
Grandma Sun calmed down and came back, quickly cleaned up the dishes, and went to the inner room to accompany her grandson.
Taodan was crying when she fell asleep. She was frightened by something. She fluttered her arms and legs and cried out loudly, "Don't hit my grandpa!"
Granny Sun quickly put down her work and went over: "Taodan, Taodan! Granny is here, Granny is here, it's okay, it's okay!"
Taodan woke up rubbing her eyes and cried to Grandma Sun: "Grandma, I dreamed that they were going to beat Grandpa again."
The child was frightened by those people.
Granny Sun hugged him and comforted him distressedly: "No, they won't be able to beat you in the future, don't be afraid."
Holding the child, Granny Sun suddenly felt something was sticking in her. Confusedly, she went to look for it and found a jade pendant tied around Taodan's neck - it was the jade pendant that Xiao Heng had said he would give her.
It turned out that he came in just now and said he wanted to see the child again, and he left the jade pendant behind.
Granny Sun was afraid that the child might break the jade pendant because he didn't know how to handle it properly, so she quickly took it off and held it in her hand, her hands shaking for a long time.
I was still worrying about how to live in the future in the morning, and then I got such a huge windfall in the evening.
The circumstances of life are really...
She took Taodan to the hall outside and prayed to the altar earnestly and earnestly for the blessings of her ancestors, hoping that everything would go well for the benefactors she had just helped.
The benefactors had just left the village at this time.
When they arrived at the agreed place, several guards who had already confirmed the news with the scouts were already waiting with their horses. Everyone got on their horses and rode back without stopping.
Master Cui Si and the others who stayed behind in the tent all rushed over. When they saw them come back, they hurriedly reported today's situation to Xiao Heng and the others.
"I heard that two riots broke out in the garrison, but they were both suppressed. Today, a small group of local soldiers came to our side to inquire about the news, but were discovered by our scouts and arrested." Fourth Master Cui reported everything one by one, saying, "After the interrogation, they said that they heard that people sent by the court were arrested, but they were not tortured and are being held in custody. However, several people died, but they couldn't say who they were or what their official positions were. They only know that they were people close to that high-ranking official."
Casualties are inevitable. How could the personal guards around Tang Yuan not fight to the death to protect their master