(￣︶￣) Yue Lingshan's Plan
Yue Lingshan moved quickly. Linghu Chong and the other Huashan disciples had only just finished lunch, and it had barely been a short while since a quarter past noon. While most of the Huashan disciples were taking their midday rest, she returned, carrying bag after bag.
As soon as she got back, she ran into her senior brother Linghu Chong, who was keeping watch at the mountain gate. He was lying on a large blue-gray rock beneath the shade of a tree, idly passing the time.
"Ah-ha!"
"Little junior sister, you're back?"
"That was quick!"
The moment he saw that his little junior sister, Yue Lingshan, had returned, Linghu Chong—who had deliberately been waiting there—hurried over to greet her. He even considerately took the bags from her hands.
"Here!"
"Little junior sister, come over here and rest?"
"It's nice and cool over here!"
With a fawning grin, Linghu Chong helped Yue Lingshan onto the large rock he'd just been lying on. Then, unable to wait any longer, he began rummaging through the oil-paper and lotus-leaf-wrapped parcels she'd brought back.
"So much stuff?"
"And you even got osmanthus cakes, your favorite?"
"Why did you buy so much?"
After a quick look, he saw that she'd bought even more than usual when she went down the mountain. Linghu Chong couldn't help feeling a little wistful—and grumbling to himself.
He knew she'd bought so much because she'd snatched his gold nugget last time! With that much money, she could probably buy ten times as much as all these bags contained and still have some left over.
Fortunately, Linghu Chong had just split a few taels of gold with Six Monkeys yesterday, so he wasn't short of money now. Naturally, he wasn't going to quibble over the cost with his