Chapter 85

85. Chapter 85 Thoughts

As Lu Qing sent Ma Gu away, he gazed at the two secret manuals in his hands, lost in thought.

Not long ago, Ma Gu had come to visit,

bringing with him some of his spoils from Happy Village, as well as two pieces of news.

One was that he had disposed of all the bodies in Happy Village and had made arrangements for the unfortunate girls.

This didn’t surprise Lu Qing.

During the day, he went out again and found Happy Village in ruins.

Ma Gu had not only disposed of the bodies, but had also burned the entire village down.

The other piece of news surprised him somewhat.

The Wei family had actually intervened to help him suppress the incident.

This meant that, for the time being, he didn’t have to worry about the Black Wolf Gang coming to the village to cause trouble.

“Wei family? This time, I owe them a favor,” Lu Qing thought to himself.

He could guess why the Wei family would help him.

It was simply because they saw his talent in martial arts and his potential to become a powerful warrior, so they wanted to make some early investments in him.

But understanding is one thing, and Lu Qing still remembered this favor.

After all, there are many people in this world who add icing on the cake, but few who provide timely assistance.

This time, the Wei family’s help in fending off the Black Wolf Gang could be called a timely help.

However, Lu Qing didn’t have the ability to repay this favor at the moment, so he could only keep it in mind for the time being.

“Ah Qing, are you home?”

Just as Lu Qing was lost in thought, a call came from outside the house.

Lu Qing recognized it as Uncle Zhang’s voice, put away the two secret books, and walked out.

“Grandpa Zhang, what’s up?”

“No, I saw you had guests, so I came to see,” Uncle Zhang said.

“Yes, but they just left,” Lu Qing replied.

He had wanted to invite Ma Gu and the others to come for dinner, but Ma Gu seemed to have other things to do and declined with a look of regret.

“By the way, Ah Qing, those people who just came looked familiar to me. Is one of them the same Uncle Ma from the market?” Uncle Zhang asked.

Uncle Zhang also occasionally went to the market and had a good impression of the person in charge.

“Yes, it’s Master Ma. I’m acquainted with him, and he sent me some gifts this time,” Lu Qing said without denying.

“It’s Master Ma!” Uncle Zhang was surprised. “Ah Qing, you’re becoming more and more successful. You can even make friends with such a big shot.”

In the eyes of an old country man like Uncle Zhang, Ma Gu was undoubtedly the most influential person in the area. After all, he was the one who could run a large market.

Lu Qing had never expected to know such a person.

Uncle Zhang was surprised and relieved.

“Master Ma thinks highly of me,” Lu Qing said with a smile.

“That would require your own ability, Ah Qing. Otherwise, even if someone approached him, Master Ma probably wouldn’t even look at them.”

Uncle Zhang shook his head, disagreeing with Lu Qing’s statement.

Although he had little experience, he knew that people like Master Ma, who seemed friendly to everyone, actually had very high standards.

They, the country folk, were simply not worthy of his attention.

Otherwise, every time there was a big market with so many people coming and going, it was not like Master Ma was so polite to anyone, let alone visiting in person.

“Let’s not talk about this, Grandpa Zhang, I’m about to cook, do you want to stay and eat with us?”

Lu Qing smiled and stopped talking about this issue.

“No, my family has made my share, I’ll go back and eat later. Actually, I came here this time because I have something else to tell you,” said Grandpa Zhang.

“What is it?” Lu Qing asked.

“It’s about these banknotes and this IOU.”

Grandpa Zhang took out several banknotes and an IOU from his pocket.

Lu Qing took a look and recognized them as the banknotes that Han Wu had taken out as a gift to give to him when he begged for his life, and the IOU signed by Xiaoyan’s father.

However, after he killed Han Wu and the others, he was eager to find Ma Gu to get information and didn’t pay attention to these little things.

“These banknotes were given to you by the villain of the Black Wolf Gang. Now they are returned to their original owner.”

Grandpa Zhang handed the banknotes and IOU to Lu Qing.

Lu Qing took a look at them, but only took the IOU and did not take the banknotes.

“Grandpa Zhang, I don’t want these banknotes. You can take them and distribute them to everyone in the village.”

“You don’t want them?” Grandpa Zhang was stunned.

You know, there were three banknotes in his hand, each with a face value of one hundred taels, which added up to a full three hundred taels of silver.

In other words, everyone saw with their own eyes how Lu Qing beat Han Wu and the others to death.

Otherwise, even the most simple-minded villagers couldn’t resist being tempted by these banknotes.

So much silver, and Lu Qing actually refused it?

“Grandpa Zhang, after this incident, I realized there was so much more to my parents’ deaths.”

“Now that I think about it, if it weren’t for the villagers’ help, Xiaoyan and I would have been captured by those Black Wolf Gang villains long ago.”

“And yesterday, if it weren’t for everyone’s desperate efforts to stop us, Xiaoyan would have been captured before I even got back.”

“We have no way to repay the kindness everyone in the village has shown us. Consider this a small token of your gratitude.”

Lu Qing had witnessed the villagers’ protection of Xiaoyan yesterday.

Even without the villagers’ intervention, with Xiaoli there, Han Wu and the others wouldn’t have been able to touch Xiaoyan.

But the villagers’ courage to protect Xiaoyan, even at the risk of their own lives, still touched Lu Qing deeply.

Moreover, after seeing Zhao Laosan, Lai Zitou and other unscrupulous scum who sold their daughters and sisters-in-law, he felt even more deeply the preciousness of the simplicity of the villagers in Jiuli Village.

Just a few hundred taels of silver is nothing to him now.

It would be better to distribute it to the villagers to improve everyone’s lives.

It can also be regarded as a reward for everyone’s care for him and Xiaoyan over the past few days.

Anyway, he is not short of silver now. What Ma Gu just sent over is far more than a few hundred taels.

“A Qing, what you said is going to make everyone ashamed.” Uncle Zhang sighed.

“Back then, if it weren’t for your grandfather’s leadership, most families in the village wouldn’t have made it this far. Speaking of great kindness, your grandfather truly saved everyone in Jiuli Village.”

“If that were the case, and we were still watching you and Xiaoyan being bullied by those evil people, how would we have the dignity to go downstairs and see your grandfather?”

“So, you should keep this banknote. We’re only doing what we should do.”

Seeing Uncle Zhang’s serious expression, as if not accepting the banknote would be putting him in an unfair position,

Lu Qing thought for a moment and finally pulled a banknote from his hand.

“Then, I’ll take the hundred taels, and the rest is my token of appreciation.”

Seeing that Uncle Zhang seemed about to say something, Lu Qing said directly, “Grandpa Zhang, with my current abilities, are you still worried that I won’t be able to make money in the future?”

Uncle Zhang thought of how easily Lu Qing had defeated those vicious Black Wolf Gang members yesterday, coupled with his status as a disciple of Doctor Chen and his friendship with Master Ma.

Knowing that Lu Qing was no longer the lonely and helpless boy

he once was, he could now stand on his own.

His future achievements were beyond their imagination.

Finally, he nodded.

“Okay, thank you on behalf of everyone.”

(End of this chapter)