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"Thank you, Scholar Lu." Soong Xintong looked at Lu Yunkai gratefully. She felt that even if there were flaws on his face, he was still handsome. The more she looked at him, the better he looked. He was kind enough to make people look good.

Lu Yunkai looked at the pair of eyes that were staring at him in fascination. He frowned, then lowered his head and looked at the thick hand that was tightly grabbing his arm and coldly said, "Let go!"

Soong Xintong was stunned for a moment before noticing that her hand was tightly grabbing onto Scholar Lu's arm. She hurriedly let go of him and looked at his wrinkled sleeves embarrassedly, patting him from the inside. "I'm really sorry, I didn't do it on purpose."

"Hmph." Lu Yunkai snorted coldly as he avoided Soong Xintong's rude actions. Then, he walked to the side and lightly brushed his sleeves.

Soong Xintong looked at his movements and noticed that he was indeed an Elementary Scholar. When he did the same, he looked more elegant and graceful, with a bamboo embroidered on his sleeve. It was hard to tell who did it, but it looked so lifelike.

"You really are a good person. You saved my younger brother last time, and now you've saved me again. I have no way to repay you …" Soong Xintong felt a bit awkward and wanted to say that she would repay him heavily when she had more money.

"No need." Lu Yunkai felt that this Soong Family girl was simply a 'heaven shocking', and wasn't at all as gentle and shy as the other girls. She actually dared to look straight at the man, and unrestrainedly pulled at his sleeves, so he was afraid that she would say the words she promised him, so he quickly opened his mouth and interrupted.

Soong Xintong forced a smile and said, "Scholar Lu is such a high festival." Since he didn't want any money, how about he send some special vegetables over?

In the long run, Lu Yunkai would always receive fresh dishes from her.

"Miss Soong, you should be more careful. I don't think that butcher is a magnanimous person." Lu Yunkai reminded him.

Soong Xintong recalled the look on Butcher Ma's face when he left and was indeed resentful, "Scholar Lu, you reminded me that I will be awake."

"Then I'll take my leave." Lu Yunkai cupped his hands at her, then turned around and walked towards the town.

Soong Xintong looked at Lu Yunkai's handsome back from far away. He was gentle, polite, and elegant. That phrase 'a stranger is like jade, a young master is matchless' should be referring to such a person, right?

It was a pity that the scar had stopped his career, or else he would have done a lot.

However, this scar was pretty good to look at, and gave him a bit more imposing manner.

Soong Xintong quickly rushed home with her basket on her back. As soon as she entered the house, she walked into the room and pulled open the door of the cabinet containing her old clothes. After rummaging around for a while, she found a small wooden box and opened it.

Soong Xintong subconsciously heaved a sigh of relief. Luckily, Grandma Zhang thought her family was jinxes and didn't want to come to her house. Otherwise, these things would have been gone long ago.

"Sister, what are you looking for?" Big Treasure followed him in from outside.

Little Treasure took out a jade pendant from the small box. After looking at it carefully, he realized that he did not recognize it. "What is this?"

Soong Xintong took it over and looked at it. She found that the jade was made of ordinary material, and there was a carvings of an epiphyllum flower on it, and it looked pretty good. She thought about it carefully and did not have any extra memories, but it was most likely a token of love that mother had received from her father.

Soong Xintong took the jade pendant and placed it in the wooden box, then carefully placed it at the bottom of the cabinet. She covered her face with the board, then solemnly warned Big Treasure and Little Treasure, "You have to keep this box, don't let the bad guys steal it, otherwise Big Sis will be sold to the bad guys."

When Da Bao and Xiao Bao heard this, they couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Then, they nodded solemnly. "Big Sis, we will definitely protect it."

Then, the two exchanged a look. In the future, they could no longer run far away to play. They could not let bad people sell off their Ah'jie!

Soong Xintong didn't notice their movements and focused on counting the copper coins. Today, she spent about two hundred and fifty words and counted out another three hundred and twenty. She then put the rest of the copper coins into the small jar that was used to store the copper coins.

"Wah …" "So many." Big Treasure looked at the copper coins in the jar, his eyes frighteningly bright.

Little Treasure couldn't help but open his eyes wide. "Big Sis, we're rich?"

"En, I'm rich, I'm going to be rich soon." Soong Xintong gave each of them two pieces of money. "Take good care of it. Once you're hungry, go buy delicious food from the great banyan tree."

His wife would also set up stalls under the great banyan tree. They all bought things that children loved to eat, and they were all things that were worth a coin and two dollars. Many families were willing to buy food for their children, so the business was not bad.

"Thank you, Big Sis." Little Treasure jumped up happily. Even the normally experienced Great Treasure was smiling as he carefully put the copper coin away, as if he was looking at a treasure.

Soong Xintong counted the copper coins that she was going to give Aunt Xie'er and said, "I'm going to Aunt Xie's house, do you want to come with me?"

"I'm watching the house." Big Bao immediately said.

"I also watch the house." Little Treasure chimed in.

"Alright, then I'll take care of the house." Soong Xintong took the money strings and quickly walked towards Grandma Qiu's house. As soon as she got to the path outside the yard, she shouted, "Grandma Qiu, Aunt Xie, are you home?"

"I'm here, I'm here." Goudan skipped out from the inside, "Sister Xintong, you're here?" As he spoke, he glanced behind him and asked, "Why aren't Big Treasure and Little Treasure here?"

"They're at home. You can go to our house and look for them." Soong Xintong looked at Goudan's messy hair and couldn't help but touch it. "Why did your hair get burnt?"

"Last night, I sat by the oil lamp and dozed off. As a result, I knocked over the oil lamp and was set on fire." Aunt Xie walked out from inside, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Goudan had a bitter face. He didn't even want to go out because he had lost his hair. He was afraid that others would laugh at him.

"So that's how it is." Soong Xintong suppressed her laughter and said, "It's alright. It will grow up in a few days."

"Xintong, come in quickly and take a seat." Grandma Qiu's voice came out from the kitchen.

"Sigh." Soong Xintong walked into the room and saw Grandma Qiu knitting grass shoes. She curiously asked, "Grandma Qiu, you know how to make grass shoes?"

"I do, the straw sandals I made are really easy to wear." Grandma Qiu grinned. "Go and wear your pair."

Soong Xintong looked at the sandals on Grandma Qiu's feet, and the soles of her shoes were rough. She shook her head. "No need to trouble yourself. I'm afraid I'm not used to wearing them."

Grandma Qiu didn't get angry. She said with understanding, "That's true. Your little girl's feet are soft, so you should wear soft cloth shoes."

Soong Xintong chuckled. After Aunt Xie came in, she took out the money strings and said, "Grandma Qiu, Aunt Xie, this is the money for selling vegetables. You can count it."

"He can really sell it for that much?" Aunt Xie had mentally prepared herself, but when she saw the money, she was still shocked. Her voice trembled a little, "This …" These are all ours? "