Though she thought this way, Li Rong'er was calculating that if he had twenty taels, she would definitely find a way to make him hand it over.
She pondered that if he could so easily repay twenty taels with hunting earnings, it might take years to save up such an amount. She grew more certain that he must have underpaid Su Qingyue and secretly kept quite a bit for himself.
"You do make some sense," Xiao Yishan considered, "However, I promised Yue'er... I should pay her back when I have the money, so I'll repay her first."
Li Rong'er twisted the embroidered handkerchief in her hands, at a loss for what to do.
After breakfast, Su Qingyue saw that the sun was warm, and since her third brother was helping her dry the medicine, she told him and took Zamao out for a walk.
Not far from the courtyard door, a child playing by the roadside saw her and quickly ran away.
Su Qingyue figured that this child must have been bought off by Li Gui and was surely off to inform him.