However, Xue Yi’s attitude today really surprised Mu Shuangshuang.
When talking about cooperation, Xue Yi wasn’t sharp-tongued either.
Xue Zheng didn’t seem to like his second uncle very much. Since Xue Yi arrived, he stopped talking and stood on the side, looking down at the tips of his shoes.
The governnt officials entered the human trafficker’s residence and tied up all the human traffickers with a hemp rope.
The lead arrest officer seed to have a good relationship with Xue Yi. After controlling everyone, he even greeted Xue Yi.
Most of the won had followed the governnt officers away.
Today, the governnt officers would register them in the town, and then the town chief’s people would escort these won ho.
However, there were still two won left, along with the child who had been beaten up and had a bruised face.
These three claid they were holess. The two won were easier to settle as Xue Yi promised on the spot to find work for them, but the young girl was a bit difficult.
Because she was unwilling to follow Xue Yi.
Moreover, she was determined to follow Mu Shuangshuang.
"Sister Shuangshuang, please let follow you. I can work and cook. I lost my parents very early, and no one takes care of ," the young girl kept pleading with Mu Shuangshuang. "I can be your maid and look after you."
Mu Shuangshuang looked helpless. Today, she seed quite popular.
"Young girl, it’s not that I won’t let you follow , but it’s just that my family conditions are not that good right now. I also have siblings to take care of, and the work I do is not simple. I have to farm, dig the land, and even go hunting in the mountains, things that not just anyone can do."
"On the other hand, if you follow Xue Yi, whether you’re working as a maid or learning sothing, he won’t let you go hungry."
Mu Shuangshuang tried to persuade earnestly.
She didn’t need a maid, nor did she need help.
She believed that the young girl would be better off following Xue Yi than her.
Seeing that Mu Shuangshuang was firm about not taking her, the little girl felt sowhat dispirited but ultimately had no choice but to follow Xue Yi.
Xue Yi had no intention of staying there long; once he confird who would be following him, he planned to return.
Old Mrs. Xue was at ho alone, and Xue Yi was genuinely worried.
Xue Zheng threw himself into the carriage and never ca out.
Before parting, Xue Yi said again, "Miss Shuangshuang, I have nothing else to say. For what happened today, I rember, and one day I will repay your kindness."
With Xue Yi’s group leaving, it truly only left Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng.
After resting for so long, with beads of sweat still on his forehead, Mu Shuangshuang handed her cotton cloth handkerchief to Lu Yuanfeng.
"Wipe it off, you’re all sweaty!"
Lu Yuanfeng held the handkerchief in his palm for a long ti, reluctant to use it. Mu Shuangshuang straightforwardly said, "Let help you wipe it!"
Before Lu Yuanfeng could react, Mu Shuangshuang had pulled him down, and the handkerchief in his hand was taken by Mu Shuangshuang.
Mu Shuangshuang’s hand was very light, wiping gently as if teasing.
As soon as the sweat was wiped off, Lu Yuanfeng’s face blushed, and he kept sweating.
"Haha!" Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t help but laugh.
"You really are... Are you hungry? I’ll make you so dumplings!"
When Mu Shuangshuang cooked, she was thoughtful; she prepared so dough and set aside a piece of at, enough for Lu Yuanfeng to have lunch.
She knew that he rushed to town and certainly had no ti to eat.
"Then I’ll go water the horse first. Thank goodness for this journey, thanks to this horse." Lu Yuanfeng had a special attachnt to the horse, perhaps rembering the days when he used to ride with tiger-like power.
Though he hadn’t commanded a vast land, he had at least been on the battlefield and mounted a warhorse; he wasn’t timid.
"Just right, by the ti you’re done, the dumplings will be ready to eat!"
Mu Shuangshuang returned to the house, chopping the five-flavor pork into pieces and minced at, and rolled the awakened dough into skins, forming dumplings with many fillings.
Since Lu Yuanfeng hadn’t returned, Mu Shuangshuang didn’t rush to cook the dumplings and instead inventoried the items at the human trafficker’s place.
The rice vat was full of rice; these could be taken away.
A half vat of vegetable oil and about twenty pounds of flour; taking these things to Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng’s house, they could eat for a while.
Anyway, taking from the wicked, the human traffickers weren’t good people, so taking their things was considered a public service.
After inventorying the items, Lu Yuanfeng also returned, and Mu Shuangshuang started cooking the dumplings.
She put twenty dumplings into the boiling water, waiting for the water to boil again before adding more.
Mu Shuangshuang didn’t like using precooked stuffing for dumplings, feeling that it didn’t have a fresh taste, especially for at stuffing, which might beco tough when fried.
When the dumplings were done, Mu Shuangshuang set the table for Lu Yuanfeng. The human trafficker’s place had no sauce made by her, so he had to make do with spicy sauce and vinegar. After a plate of dumplings, Lu Yuanfeng was finally full and satisfied.
"Shuangshuang, what do you think we should do with this place?"
Such a large house, Lu Yuanfeng didn’t know how to deal with it.
"Leave the house here, and take everything else that can be taken, leaving nothing, not even pots and pans."
Mu Shuangshuang wanted to leave no trace wherever she went.
Lu Yuanfeng had no objections; after resting for a bit, he began sorting things.
Luckily, he found an abandoned cart in the storage room. The wheels were still good, and by knocking on the remaining planks, it might manage a trip, at most one trip.
Returning to Old Mu Family, it might be broken by then.
After finishing everything, Mu Shuangshuang suddenly mysteriously pulled Lu Yuanfeng into a room.
She took out that black cloth bag.
She shook it in front of Lu Yuanfeng.
"Fengzi, how much money do you think is in here?"
Lu Yuanfeng naturally shook his head, not knowing.
"I don’t know either; let’s count it!"
A bag of silver was poured out, nearly making Mu Shuangshuang faint with anger.
Inside, there was actually half of it filled with stones, aning the seemingly heavy bag was only half useful.
Damn, this is too devious!
Mu Shuangshuang looked helpless.
Fortunately, after counting, there were more than fifty taels of silver, making Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng’s trip worthwhile.
Fifty taels, plus the silver Mu Shuangshuang already had, might soon be enough to open a shop in town after saving a bit longer.
As Lu Yuanfeng suggested, the silver was still kept with Mu Shuangshuang.
The two of them drove their carriage towards the direction of Er Gui Village.
An hour later, with a cartload of stuff, they finally arrived at Er Gui Village.
The side gate of Mu Shuangshuang’s house was a bit small, and such a large cartload couldn’t fit through.
So Mu Shuangshuang had Lu Yuanfeng park the carriage outside.
Once the horse was tied up, Mu Shuangshuang took so sundries and headed into the house.
Yu Si Niang suddenly rushed out from Mu Dashan’s house.
Her face unreadable, she stopped in front of Mu Shuangshuang.
"Shuangshuang, your uncle passed the exam..."
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