The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 620 - 609: Fake Relationship

Chapter 620: Chapter 609: Fake Relationship

Mr. Zhuang remained very composed, and after sipping his tea, said, "Don’t worry, these people are slippery, and they don’t dare to overstep with families that have lived here for generations; nor do they dare to be too aggressive towards tenants with many able-bodied men..."

Mr. Zhuang was right. When the neighboring guards searched, they flipped through their registry and recognized it was a home that had always been there.

Although they broke a few things during the search and casually took some items, they didn’t dare to go too far.

And the neighbors, adhering to the mentality of spending money to avoid disaster, tolerated it, sending the people off was the end of it.

Manbao and the others, listening over the wall, knew they had left, so they immediately set up a ladder to climb over the wall and asked the neighbor, "Is your family alright?"

Startled, the neighbor recognized the young woman from next door and sighed in relief, lamenting, "They destroyed several of my bowls and plates, and took two purses, thankfully not much money, just consider it spending money to avoid disaster. How about your family?"

Manbao hadn’t expected the teacher’s words to come true and pursed her lips, saying, "They threw and broke a lot of things in our house. Is this how they usually conduct searches?"

The neighbor listened intently for a while, hearing no sound of them, knew they had gone far, and then approached the wall to whisper, "They’re not County Governmental Office people, but the Prince’s retainers. This kind of search doesn’t happen often, maybe not even once in several years. If the people sent by the County Governmental Office came, that might be a bit better."

"Pfft, what search? Don’t we know if there are extra people in this house? Would anyone dare to hide anything if the Land Officer came to check? If the County Governmental Office sent someone, it would be clear after a walkthrough. Search, search, they’re just after our money," the neighbor’s wife remarked with obvious indignation, looking up at Manbao and saying, "Young Lady Zhou, your household has fewer adults, it’s better to go out less these days and hide your valuables well. You are tenants from out of town; they love to bully people like you the most."

Only then did the neighbor remember this matter and hurriedly nodded, saying, "Exactly, make sure to secure your valuable belongings at home, otherwise if they come back a few more times using excuses, no amount of items would be enough to waste."

Manbao acknowledged this, and after climbing down the ladder, turned to the people behind her and asked, "Do you want to hand over your money for me to keep?"

Zhou Lijun and Zhou SiLang didn’t hesitate at all and immediately handed over their private money to her.

When it came to hiding things, Manbao was second to none in the Zhou family.

However, Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang still had their doubts about her abilities. Bai Erlang bluntly said, "Your room is so small, where could you possibly hide it?"

Bai Shanbao suggested, "I think we should fend off the enemy from outside; if they can’t get in, naturally they can’t covet our property."

Manbao asked him, "How do we fend off the enemy from outside?"

Bai Shanbao thought for a moment, then huffed, "Tomorrow we’ll go find County Magistrate Tang."

Bai Erlang perked up, "To bring gifts?"

Manbao: "To complain?"

"No!" Bai Shan said, "We don’t have enough money, and we aren’t that unfamiliar."

It was already very late by then, and after being disturbed like this, everyone was very tired. They helped Bai Shan and Bai Er tidy up their room and then went to their respective rooms to sleep.

Early the next morning, Bai Shan instructed the cook to prepare some snacks, as he intended to personally deliver them to County Magistrate Tang.

Mr. Zhuang did not stop him, only reminding, "Go early and come back early, do not linger outside."

"Understood, teacher."

Manbao and Bai Er, curious about what he was up to, naturally followed him.

Daji then drove the carriage to take them out.

Today was the second day of the Duanwu Festival; normally, the streets should be crowded, but there were few people around at this time, and most of the shops were still closed; clearly, yesterday’s incident in the main street had affected this area as well.

Daji drove the carriage to the County Governmental Office, only to encounter County Magistrate Tang on the way, riding a horse and leading people towards the city gates.

Bai Shanbao immediately lifted the carriage curtain and greeted him, "Lord Tang."

County Magistrate Tang reined in his horse, glanced at Bai Shan, remembered who he was, and stopped to ask, "What brings you here? Right, did you go to the main street yesterday?"

"Yes, it was only with great difficulty that we escaped with our lives."

County Magistrate Tang: "...And you still dare to go out today? There are still assassins in the city that haven’t been caught. Hurry back home, don’t wander outside if it’s not necessary."

Bai Shanbao then passed the food box to him, smiling, "We’ll head back soon; Lord Tang, you’ve also been working hard for the safety of Yizhou City. This is a bit of homemade snacks from our home, for you to eat."

County Magistrate Tang squinted at the food box for a moment, then smiled and accepted it, handing it over to a follower behind him, nodding at Bai Shan and saying, "Alright, head back now."

Daji then steered the carriage to the side to let them pass first.

Manbao and Bai Erlang leaned out the window to watch, waving at County Magistrate Tang. Manbao even consoled him, "County Magistrate Tang, you’re working hard."

County Magistrate Tang nodded at the three of them and rode off with his men.

As Bai Shan watched him go into the distance, he sat back in the carriage, satisfied, and told Daji, "Let’s go home."

Daji turned the carriage around.

Inside the carriage, Manbao gave Bai Shan a thumbs up, "You’re brilliant!"

Bai Erlang was confused, "What was brilliant about that? We went out early in the morning just to deliver a box of food to Lord Tang? Shouldn’t we at least mention last night’s incident?"

"No need to mention it, as long as those bad guards know we’ve met with County Magistrate Tang."

Manbao nodded, "Not bad, not bad, they probably won’t dare to bother us again."

Indeed, they were safe all day. It was said that the officials had searched the entire area. Not a shadow of an assassin was seen after one night, so in the morning another group of people was sent to search again.

However, during the search, they would skip over some homes, and their small courtyard was one of those that were overlooked.

Zhou SiLang, while sorting out the broken bowls and pots in the kitchen, grumbled, "They smashed them so severely, they can’t even be used to store anything. This one is still okay, can be used to hold soil for Manbao’s flowerpot... Those people are truly ruthless, even a pot costs over ten coins, and they just smashed it."

He continued, "And those assassins, why did they have to choose the Duanwu Festival to kill? It’s made me afraid to even wish my neighbors a peaceful Duanwu today."

Bai Shanbao sat next to Daji, who was about to get up when Manbao sat down on his other side, and Bai Erlang squatted in front of him.

Daji: ...

They all looked at him together.

Daji reluctantly said, "Young master, that thing is no longer in our possession, it has already been sent away."

Manbao hypothesized, "If those assassins get that thing, do you think they’ll go to the capital to complain?"

Daji lowered his gaze and said, "I don’t know what will happen to the Prince of Yizhou, but assassination of the royals is a crime that leads to the extermination of three clans."

Bai Shanbao: "Right."

Daji said, "So, young masters, you should stay out of these matters. You’re still young, the most important thing is to focus on your studies. Don’t you want to rank first in the mid-year exams?"

Mr. Zhuang also called out from the house, "Bai Shan, Zhou Man, Bai Cheng, back to your studies!"

Their shoulders slumped, and they obediently went back to their studies.

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