Chapter 130: Warm-Hearted
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
In the end, Heng Yi still hung the pouch on his waist, together with the one Han Qiao gave him.
It looked nondescript.
When he arrived at the government office, everyone immediately noticed this pouch.
“Heng Yi, who gave this to you? It looks quite exquisite.”
“My daughters gave it to me. They just learned needlework not long ago.” Heng Yi was still a little proud as he told them.
Although it didn’t look good hanging on his belt, he also felt that it was quite nice.
It was not because of the purse itself, but rather because of the meaning and intention behind it.
But he couldn’t say what it was.
“I’m so jealous.”
Someone had already looked up Heng Yi’s background.
Everyone knew that his wife was three years older than him and had three daughters.
Nowadays, it was all thanks to their ancestors that they were able to marry a good wife. Moreover, it was considered good fortune to marry a woman who was three years older than you.
They have a mission today.
A villager came to report that his old cow was missing and went to help find him.
“Is finding a cow part of our job too?” Heng Yi asked.
“Yep. Never mind searching for an old cow, even if one chicken, duck, or goose is lost it’s our job to find them. If there are commoners who come to report to the officials, we have to make the trip. It’s best if we can find them. If we can’t, then there’s nothing they could do.” Wen Yu said.
This time, three people went, all riding horses.
It was Heng Yi’s first time on a mission, so he was a little nervous.
Wen Yu smiled and said to him, “It’s not a big deal. When we get to the farm, you just have to look after us.”
“Alright.” Heng Yi nodded.
When Han Qiao woke up, the sun was already out.
Although she said so, only a bit of sunshine could be seen.
It was still very cold.
She quickly changed her clothes, called Aunt Zhao, brought Shulan, and let Donglai drive the carriage.
Today was the market day, so Han Qiao was especially excited.
She bought chickens, ducks, and geese as soon as she lay their eyes on them.
She wanted to cook a few more dishes tonight. She could not eat the chicken, duck, and goose this year, but she could always eat them next year after her pregnancy.
Therefore, she became the most prodigal woman on the street.
She bought all the chickens, ducks, and even the small fish.
As the New Year approached, many families would sell chickens, ducks, and geese to exchange for money to buy other things to celebrate the New Year. However, in previous years, these things were not sold very well. But today, in just the blink of an eye, Han Qiao walked over as if she was sweeping through everything.
Dried vegetables, pickles, beans, and dried sweet potatoes.
Not to mention eggs.
However, she was a little picky when she bought eggs. She had to choose one by one.
“It’s cold in winter, so the chickens don’t lay eggs much. Some chickens don’t lay eggs at all.”
“You must have saved so many eggs for a long time.”
She even bought two whole pigs.
Not two catties, twenty catties, or two hundred catties. Two pigs.
The two pigs added up to five to six hundred catties of meat.
There was also pig offal, so she bought even more.
Aunt Zhao and Shulan followed beside her, wiping their sweat off their foreheads.
If she could buy so much, would the Master be angry when he return?
Han Qiao didn’t care about these thoughts. She even made an appointment with the pork seller to deliver the pork tomorrow, especially the pork offal, large and small intestines.
No one knew why she bought so much pig offal.
Han Qiao also went to the spice shop and bought a lot of spices before she happily returned home.
When she reached the kitchen, Grandma smiled and asked, “Did you buy the entire market?”
“I didn’t buy the whole market.”
Han Qiao smiled and asked her men to clean up the chickens, ducks, and geese.
“If you can find a courtyard to lock them up, you should lock them up first and prepare the pork.”
The pork was cut into pieces, and the ribs and meat were marinated separately.
“This pig trotter must be smeared with more salt for flavor.”
“Wash the pig intestines well. Turn them over and over again. You must be careful with the small intestine. It can’t be torn.”
“Stir-fry these spices and grind them for me.”
She was so busy that her mouth was dry. Then, she forced herself to eat two bowls of white rice for lunch.
Han Qiao was stunned.
Not to mention the three children and their grandparents.
Ever since she fell sick, she couldn’t eat, so how could she not have an appetite?
She felt really full today.
Meanwhile, at the same time, Heng Yi and the others were still looking for cattle for the client.
“My cow was tied up last night but disappeared this morning.” The man’s eyes turned red as he spoke.
He didn’t raise his hand to wipe his tears.
In the countryside, cows were more expensive than humans.
As Wen Yu continued to interview the man, Gu Jiu recorded everything on his notes, and Heng Yi went into the cow pen to take a closer look.
Then, he looked at the footprints.
After leaving the cow pen, he said to Wen Yu and Gu Jiu, “Follow me. I roughly know where the cow went.”
Wen Yu and Gu Jiu were stunned for a moment, then they remembered that Heng Yi was a hunter, so he knew the habits of these animals all too well.
“Let’s go.
Wen Yu and Gu Jiu shouted in unison.
Then, everyone followed Heng Yi.
They first went to a family in the village.
“You, what are you doing?” The man in charge turned pale.
He didn’t let anyone in.
“You’d better cooperate with the officials. Otherwise, you’ll be sent to the government office to eat in prison.” As Wen Yu spoke, he took out the token and showed it to the man.
The man still refused to move aside.
Gu Jiu stepped forward and held him down.
The man shouted, “The officer hit someone! The officer hit someone!”
“Hey, don’t sound too excited to meet your father, will you?” Gu Jiu kicked the man.
He was kicked until he was in so much pain that he couldn’t breathe, but he was relieved.
When Heng Yi entered the yard, his wife wanted to shout, but when Heng Yi pulled out his sword, she screamed and slumped against the wall.
He went straight to the pigsty.
There was no cow in the pigsty, but there was a pile of cow poop in the pile of poop pile that hadn’t been cleaned up.
“That’s cow dung.” Heng Yi said.
Wen Yu turned around and kicked the man a few times. “Say, where did you put the cow?”
“1-1 didn’t! I – It wasn’t me!”
“Why aren’t you telling the truth? It seems that you want to go to the office for a beating.”
As he spoke, he had the urge to shackle the man.
His wife came back to her senses and shouted, “D-don’t take him to the government office. I know where the cow went.”
The man looked at his wife in betrayal.
He wanted to tear her mouth apart.
The man had stolen the cow last night but had sold it long ago.
At this moment, the cows had probably been transported out of Puyi County.
Wen Yu said to Gu Jiu, “I’ll leave this to you. Heng Yi and I will go after them.”
Stay safe on the road.” Gu Jiu hurriedly said.
“Don’t worry.”
Heng Yi nodded.
He got on his horse after leaving the courtyard.
Wen Yu was familiar with the roads, so Heng Yi just followed him.
On such a cold day, the cold wind was like a knife cutting his face.
Neither of them complained that they were tired.
Wen Yu was usually a happy man, but when he was on a mission, he was serious and focused.
“Heng Yi, there’s a teahouse in front. Let’s rest for a while and eat something hot before we leave.”
“Alright.”
Heng Yi was also hungry, but he could endure it.
If Wen Yu didn’t suggest that they should stop, he wouldn’t say it either.
The two of them dismounted their horse and entered the teahouse.
The waiter immediately came to greet them. “Officials, what would you like?”
“Anything hot and prepared dishes that you have. We don’t have much time to stay around. We still have some work.”
“There are buns, steamed buns, books, minced meat noodles, chicken soup noodles…”
Wen Yu was in a dilemma.
He had a sick mother at home. Usually, two taels of silver were not enough.
“Give me a pot of hot tea first, two bowls of chicken soup and minced meat noodles, and four steamed buns.” Heng Yi said.
“Of course.”
The waiter immediately shouted at the kitchen behind him.
“A pot of hot tea, two bowls of chicken soup and minced pork noodles, and four steamed buns..”