Transmigrating into a peasant family to fight against the best, leading my parents to earn gold and

Chapter 80 We're Not Familiar

Clearly, he didn't believe it completely!

Shen Xiaotang slowly wiped the smile off her face and couldn't help but pout.

Okay, she put away her previous comments about the Xue family. People's personalities are different after all. Even siblings from the same mother can be completely opposite!

Young Master Xue bowed slightly to Shen Qingchuan, then, with a scrutinizing gaze, asked, "May I ask how you two managed to save my younger brother..."

Xue Ruifeng couldn't hide his excitement. He couldn't wait to see his parents and didn't want to hear his brother asking questions in a stern, scholarly manner, so he quickly interrupted.

"Oh, brother, don't worry. Uncle Qingchuan and Xiaotang are respectable people with legitimate businesses. Xiaotang's braised pig's trotters are delicious, it's a pity you don't have the chance to taste them. Where are Mom and Dad? Why haven't they come out yet? Did they go out looking for me and haven't come back yet?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Madam Xue wiped away her tears and cried uncontrollably. She was helped out by her maids and servants.

The expressionless servant who had gone to inform her was following behind her.

Madam Xue was dignified and virtuous, with an ethereal beauty, but perhaps because she was too heartbroken by her son's disappearance, she looked haggard, her face covered with both fresh and old tear stains.

The moment she saw her youngest son, her eyes lit up, and she immediately lifted her skirt and ran over to him, hugging him tightly and bursting into tears.

"Feng'er, my Feng'er, you're finally back! You scared your mother to death! I thought I'd never see you again. Those inhuman kidnappers actually kidnapped you to extort money. Your father even prepared the money and rushed there, but there was no one at the ransom place they specified. There wasn't a single person there... Waaah..."

"Quick, quick, let your mother see if you're hurt, if those thugs hit you, or if you feel unwell anywhere..."

Xue Ruifeng, who had been pretending to be strong, could no longer hold back his tears as his mother held him in her arms and burst into sobs.

"Mom, I'm fine, I'm not hurt!"

The mother and son embraced and wept bitterly, which moved everyone present to tears.

Shen Qingchuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He and his daughter had finally come to an end, and the child was now with her biological mother.

After the mother and son cried for a while, Madam Xue looked up and saw two unfamiliar strangers standing in the courtyard. Judging from their clothes, they seemed to be ordinary farmers.

She immediately took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, not wanting to lose her composure and manners in front of outsiders.

"I just heard from the servants that it was you two who brought my son back. I am so grateful to you both." She first bowed to Shen Qingchuan and his daughter to express her gratitude, and then gave instructions to the servants.

"Cui'er, quickly go and get them one hundred taels of silver as a token of our gratitude."

What?

One hundred taels? Silver?

Shen Qingchuan was instantly stunned. Madam Xue actually offered them one hundred taels of silver as a token of her gratitude.

That's too much! That's incredibly generous!

He had never seen so much silver in his entire life!

Seeing Shen Qingchuan's wide-eyed, incredulous expression, Madam Xue assumed he thought the amount was too small. She immediately said somewhat awkwardly, "You saved my son's life and went to great lengths to bring him back. Such a great favor, one hundred taels is indeed a bit too little. Let's make it five hundred taels. Cui'er, go quickly and fetch it."

Shen Qingchuan was simply too shocked by the sheer amount of one hundred taels; he didn't want to thank him for the money, nor did he think it was too little.

He realized that Madam Xue had misunderstood and quickly waved his hand in refusal.

"No, no, no... Madam Xue, you misunderstand. It's not that I think it's too little. I just didn't expect you to give so much silver as a thank you. We were just taking Xue Rui... Young Master Xue back on the way. There's no need for thanks. Now that we've brought him back, we should go back."

Upon hearing this, Madam Xue immediately became anxious. "You brought Feng'er back, so you are his saviors. How can you leave before even having a cup of tea? Hanxing, quickly arrange for the servants to treat him well."

Shen Xiaotang thought to herself, "So this young master of the Xue family is called Xue Hanxing. No wonder he's so cold."

Madam Xue looked gentle and kind, unlike Xue Ruifeng's elder brother, whose face was cold and aloof, acting like an adult, like Uncle Hat interrogating a criminal and judging a case.

"Madam Xue, there's no need to be so polite. We brought the young master back not for any reward. My father and I have important business to attend to, so we won't stay for tea. Our home is far away, and it's not safe to carry too much money on the road."

Madam Xue looked at the well-behaved little girl in front of her, whose words and actions were very proper, and who was even younger than her youngest son. The father and daughter were unmoved by the mention of several hundred taels of silver, which was truly admirable.

"It's alright, I can send servants to escort you back."

Shen Qingchuan and his daughter Shen Xiaotang both refused.

I just did a good deed on the side; there's no need for people to make such a fuss.

Madam Xue felt bad and wanted to insist, but the father and daughter firmly refused.

Helpless, she had no choice but to lead her two sons and several servants to see the father and daughter off at the gate. Xue Ruifeng smiled and waved to them before following his mother home to change clothes and wash up.

Outside the mansion gate, only Xue Hanxing remained standing in the same spot.

Shen Xiaotang climbed onto the mule cart and sat down. Her father then led the mule, preparing to leave for another place, but Xue Hanxing stopped him.

"and many more!"

Shen Qingchuan and his daughter exchanged a glance, somewhat puzzled.

The young master of the Xue family clearly didn't trust them; he probably suspected that they had ulterior motives for rescuing and bringing the person back.

But if they didn't accept the money as a thank you, wouldn't that settle the matter? Why did he stop them?

At this moment, Shen Xiaotang was also a little angry. It was one thing for her to be questioned by Xue Hanxing, since she was a child on the outside and could pretend to be thick-skinned, but how could her father, a grown man, be treated like this?

“Young Master Xue, we are just ordinary farmers. We were selling roasted sweet potatoes on the street when we saw your brother, who was starving and had made a mistake, being beaten. We helped him out and gave him a few meals. It’s nothing serious. We didn’t intend to extort money to get rich. We are poor, that’s true, but we also have a conscience and integrity. You may not believe us and think we have ulterior motives, but we haven’t accepted a single penny of your reward money. Doesn’t that prove our innocence?”

A sharp tongue and a sharp tongue mean you should speak up when you encounter injustice. A kind heart and a willingness to help others mean you can't stand being treated like this.

The mature-beyond-his-years Xue Hanxing's cool and handsome face instantly turned bright red.

He pursed his lips and said, "I'm sorry, I did have some doubts at first, but you didn't accept the reward money. I was just being suspicious. I... I stopped you to apologize, not to question your innocence or character."

He clasped his hands and bowed to the father and daughter, his attitude humble, unlike his previous aloofness.

"Thank you for rescuing my brother and bringing him back. If you ever encounter any difficulties in the future, you can come to our Xue family. My father and I will help you."

Shen Xiaotang snorted and immediately refused, "No need, we're not familiar with each other."