However, this happened more than once.
As their journey continued, Jiang Nuan discovered that whenever she was about to leave, there were always people pressing heaps of things into her hands.
They gave her all manner of things, from local specialties to gold, silver, and jewels, piling them onto her as though none of it cost a penny.
After repeatedly declining, she found that she simply could not turn them down and could only reluctantly accept.
[Host, I have reasonable grounds to suspect you're part hamster. Why do you love hoarding things so much?]
Watching Jiang Nuan happily clutch a heap of gold, silver, and jewels, Guagua became increasingly convinced that she was part hamster.
[To tell you the truth, I've been wondering the same thing! Just looking at these things makes me happy, body and soul.]
Jiang Nuan said this as she lifted her head from a pile of jewelry.
[These are for Mother, these are for my brother, these are for Fourth Brother, these are for my sister, these are for Sister Yun, these are for Xuexue, these are for Brother Chi...]
Based on everyone's preferences, Jiang Nuan picked out a selection of local specialties for each of them and sent them off.
A certain Mr. Chi had not originally been on the list. But at the beginning of her tour, Jiang Nuan had encountered people using his tiger skin as their banner to throw their weight around, so she decided to send him a letter along with the others to warn him about it.
Upon learning of this, Chi Hengji dealt with a group of people with thunderous decisiveness.
To express his gratitude, he sent Jiang Nuan a lavish gift.
Feeling rather embarrassed, Jiang Nuan sent him a gift in return.
She could hardly send a gift