"Quick, get on your knees and properly thank this... master. She saved your lives."
The man set his daughter down and spoke to her, then turned his gaze toward the other children behind him.
"And you lot! Don't you know how little you're capable of? Instead of fetching an adult, you recklessly jumped in yourselves. Did you really think you were that impressive?"
Heaven knew how terrified he had been when he hurried back to the village and saw those figures floundering in the river.
It was no exaggeration: after forcing himself to keep going long enough to pull them out, he had been trembling all over. He had rested on the bank for quite a while before recovering.
As soon as he recovered, he had his daughter and those little rascals change their clothes, then immediately brought them to thank Jiang Nuan.
On the way, the children had already learned that Jiang Nuan had saved them. Once they arrived, they knelt before her alongside the man.
"Thank you for saving us, big sister."
They were only a year or two younger than Jiang Nuan.
"Thank you for saving my daughter's life, Master. Please accept this little bit of silver."
With that, the man took out a money pouch that had clearly been patched over and over. Steeling himself, he offered Jiang Nuan all the silver inside.
He had heard that changing someone's fate came at a price. The master must have paid a considerable price to save his daughter from drowning. He could not afford to be stingy!
So he gritted his teeth and gave Jiang Nuan every bit of his silver.
Jiang Nuan took the silver and tossed it in the air, then tossed it back into his arms.
Through Guagua's gossip, she knew that this pouch contained