Chapter 87: Tempering
Chapter 87: Tempering
“Surely, Senior Brother must be joking?”
Although the chubby senior brother’s face was plastered with an ingratiating smile, Zheng Fa’s tone was cold.
Returning to the Zhao family was out of the question—turning the ship around would offend everyone aboard. This suggestion felt far from genuine.
The chubby senior brother’s smile faltered slightly. After an awkward pause, he signaled to another senior brother, who immediately handed Zheng Fa a small, rectangular box.
“What’s this?”
Zheng Fa had a guess, and upon opening the box, his suspicion was confirmed—it was filled with gold, roughly fifty or sixty taels.
“Thanks to you, Junior Brother, our book sales were exceptional! I’d already planned to share some of the earnings with you, but now that we’re all under Senior Sister Zhang’s tutelage, it’s only right that we share as a family.”
Zheng Fa stared at the box for a moment, then asked, “May I ask, Senior Brother, how much does that book sell for in Jiushan Sect?”