Chapter 16 Instructor
"Young Master Li, have we retrieved the deeds already?" Chai Cuiqiao inquired.
"Yes, we have," he affirmed.
In the backyard of the Security Hall, Li Ang proudly placed the land and property deeds at the bottom of the wooden chest containing their belongings.
Just this morning, the boat owner Shade, whom Li Ang had cleared of parasites, had his brother deliver a hundred strings of coins.
Adding this to the hundred strings from the Pasture Supervisory Office and the outpatient fees collected recently, then deducting the costs for pure wine, cloth, and medicinal herbs, Li Ang still had one hundred and ninety-seven strings of coins.
He immediately took the money to the home of Ai Rong, president of the Xinglin Society, to reclaim the land and property deeds.
Chai Cuiqiao murmured softly, "Ai Rong gave up the deeds just like that? I thought they were going to play more tricks."
"Since the money’s all here, what excuse could they have? Even if this escalated to the officials, I’d be the one in the right."
Li Ang laughed. "At last, a troublesome matter has been resolved.
Right, today is the Dragon Boat Festival. I’ll visit Mr. Liu Xuan first to check on his son’s dislocated elbow. This afternoon, I’ll buy some zongzi and the ingredients for the Five Yellow feast to bring back.
You watch the house, and we’ll go watch the dragon boat races tonight."
"Watching dragon boat races? Yay!" Chai Cuiqiao clapped her hands excitedly. In Yizhou City, there were hundreds of shipyards, large and small, and countless businesses related to maritime trade. Every year on the night of the Dragon Boat Festival—the fifth day of the fifth lunar month—all the dragon boats would be adorned with small lamps. At the sound of a whistle, hundreds of boats would race fiercely, like shooting stars. The first to pass under Yizhou Bridge would be declared the champion.