The commotion Gu Yi and Xiao Si made was so loud that not only did Song Wan Yue hear it, but even Song Si, who was one room away, heard it.
Song Si frowned slightly and put down her half-packed gifts to come out and look at them. Just as she walked past Song Wangyue’s doorway, she heard her shouting from inside, “Big brother, there’s no need to go over there.”
Song Si paused in his steps and looked down at his shoes and at Song Wan Yue’s closed door. He had always walked very gently and the inn was noisy, how did Yue hear him?
Puzzled, Song Si pushed the door in and saw Song Wan Yue bending down to check the mint oil in her back basket, he walked over and asked in wonder, “Yue’er, how did you know it was Big Brother?”
When she heard Song Si’s question, her heart skipped a beat and she put the cover on the basket before she straightened up and replied, “I heard the sound of Big Brother opening and closing the door.”
Song Si drifted off and patted himself on the head, he had forgotten about this, the two rooms were so close together, so naturally he could hear the sound of him closing the door. Then he blamed himself, it must have been the events of the previous two days that had frightened Yue’er, which had caused her to listen to his side of the house at all times.
“When we rode into the city in the carriage, I saw quite a few soldiers patrolling, it must be because it’s almost time for the examinations, the government has deliberately stepped up its guard, and this inn is close to the examination hall, so it should be a key place for the soldiers to patrol, nothing will happen, don’t you worry about me.”
Song Wan Yue nodded, “Brother sit down, I have something to say to you.”
Song Si went over and sat down.
Song Wan Yue wanted to show him the silver cheques she had hidden under the bed, but she was afraid of scaring Song Si, so after a slight pause she also went over and sat down, lowering her voice, “Young Master Gu brought 20,000 taels of silver cheques with him when he came, and I asked him for all of them.”
Song Si was so shocked that he almost jumped up and almost failed to control his voice, “This, this is too dangerous.”
Although the inn was inhabited by students, they were not all people who were not greedy, once someone learnt that there was so much silver in the moon and had bad intentions, the consequences would be unthinkable.
Song Wan Yue was stunned, she thought Song Si would be surprised how Gu Yi had brought so many silver tickets over, but she didn’t expect him to be worried about his own safety.
A strange feeling that could not be described slowly flowed through her heart, and Song Wan Yue unconsciously put on a smile, “Brother, don’t worry, I will sew it in the clothes that I haven’t worn, no one will find it.”
Song Si was still uneasy, “Yue’er, big brother thinks it’s not right to leave the silver ticket here with you, listen to big brother and return it to young master Gu, there are many of them, it will be fine.”
Song Wan Yue shook her head, “Young Master Gu is simple-minded, just like that day at the inn and the clash with Sun Jin just now, he is very tolerant of revealing his money. Once he is targeted, I am afraid there is some danger. If something did happen, we wouldn’t be able to explain to Master Gu when we got back. If I take all his silver, he won’t be able to reveal his money, and he won’t be able to wander out when we’re not looking, so nothing will happen.”
She had a point, but I’m afraid he wouldn’t be able to sleep if he had 20,000 taels of silver on him, not to mention Yue’er.
“Brother, don’t worry, we’ll finish selling the peppermint oil in the next few days, and when you enter the examination hall, I’ll close the door and stay out, nothing will happen.”
Song Si was still worried, but this was the best he could do, and was about to give her a few more words of advice when a knock suddenly sounded at the door of his room, “Sir Song, are you there?”
It was Master Sun.
Song Si made a subconscious gesture of shushing, got up and walked to the door and opened it, then immediately turned around and closed the door again, before asking politely, “What does Master Sun want from me?”
Master Sun had been doing business for years, and the smile he shared when he met people had turned into a six because he wanted to flatter Song Si.
He didn’t shy away from the occasional schoolboy walking down the corridor “I’m here to apologise for my youngest son, he was disrespectful just now and I’ve already given him a severe lecture, I wanted him to come over to apologise but he was a bit dizzy so I came over myself, I hope Sir Song won’t take it personally.”
“Young Master Sun was just a moment of anger, we really didn’t take it to heart, and there’s no need for Master Sun to come over specifically to apologise.”
Seeing that Song Si had no intention of letting him into the house, Master Sun turned and took the box from the boy who was following him and held it up in front of Song Si, “This is only, please accept it, Sir Song.”
Song Si pushed it back, “No merit, this is unacceptable.”
“It’s not a valuable item, so please accept it.”
When the door behind him was opened, Song Wangyue came out of the room, “Brother, Master Song is very kind, so don’t resist.”
Song Si did not understand what she meant.
Master Sun took the opportunity to put the box in Song Si and turned around to leave.
“Hold on, Master Sun!”
Song Wan Yue stepped forward, “Master Sun gave my elder brother such a good one, we can’t go without a return gift ……”
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the market. The students in my big brother’s college are all rushing to ask for it, it’s not too expensive, it’s a token of our appreciation.”
One of the students who had just come from the ground floor to the stairway paused in his steps at the words.
Song Wangyue took out the two pills in her left again, “These are great tonic pills, refined with valuable medicinal herbs, as a return gift from us.”
Hearing that peppermint oil could refresh the mind and protect against mosquitoes and insects, Master Sun was already beaming with joy, and was even more pleased to hear that there were also pills of great tonic. He had just discussed with Sun Cai that he should go out and find a pharmacy to get some tonic pills for Sun Jin to take, but to his surprise, there were ready-made pills.
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He took the peppermint oil and the pills didn’t ask for it, “Since it’s refined with valuable herbs, it’s naturally not cheap, I can’t take advantage of you guys so much, how much is it, I’ll buy it.”
Song Wan Yue made a gesture to put the pills up, “If Master Sun wants to say so, we don’t want the hair you gave to my elder brother, you can take it back.”
“Don’t, don’t, don’t, this hair is really not worth much money, how about this, I’ll take the pills, later I’ll ask the fellows to order a table of dishes at the restaurant, let’s go eat together.”
“Thank you, Master Sun, we are all tired after a long day’s ride and want to rest early, so we won’t go and eat, we will eat together again some other day when there is a meeting.”
Seeing that she was only **years old, her words not only dripped but were also appropriate, Master Sun truly appreciated, “Miss Song is such a good speaker, she will definitely have some achievements in the future.”
Song Wan Yue smiled and gave him the pills, “Then I’ll borrow Master Sun’s good advice.”
Master Sun thanked him and left with the boy.
Song Si and Song Wan Yue were just about to turn around and enter the house when the scholar who had been standing at the entrance of the stairs suddenly spoke out, “Wait, brother!”
