CHAPTER 20: CHAPTER 20: GOD-GIVEN TALENTS

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Shen He asked somewhat suspiciously, "This... Qinglan, where did you learn to hunt with stones?"

Without seeing it with his own eyes, Shen He still found it hard to believe.

Even before Shen Qinglan could answer, Shen Shan already said, "She said it was like this after she recovered from illness."

"She could do this after recovering from illness?"

Shen He was astonished.

Old Man Shen laughed heartily, "Our Qinglan is indeed blessed, isn’t she? A god-given skill, wonderful, truly wonderful!"

The others, seeing Shen Qinglan safe and sound and possessing a secret skill, were both happy and amazed at the same time.

Shen Qinglan noticed that apart from Zhang Xiaolian and her little nephew Shen Tao, and her second cousin who worked in town, everyone else was present.

She walked to the bamboo basket and took out two oil paper packages containing pork belly.

She handed one to her aunt Jiang, and the other to her third uncle Shen Tang.

After distributing the meat, Shen Qinglan said softly, "The money from hunting, I’ll buy more next time."

Aunt Jiang inspected the contents, seeing it was about three jin of pork belly, and quickly put it back in the bamboo basket with a smile, "Good child, we appreciate the thought, but your aunt’s family still has some. You should keep this to eat."

Shen Qinglan shook her head and once more handed the pork back to her, "It’s different."

Aunt Jiang was momentarily confused by what she meant by different.

Dong Yao explained helplessly, "She means, that’s yours, this is what she’s giving you; it’s different."

Shen Qinglan nodded.

Aunt Jiang took the meat with a bemused smile, "Alright then, our Qinglan is sensible now and knows how to respect her elders."

Shen Qinglan then took out one tael of silver and handed it to Shen He, "Medicine money."

"Medicine money?"

Shen He looked towards Aunt Jiang, who furrowed her brows and pushed Shen Qinglan’s hand back, "Silly child, that’s from your uncle and aunt, not a loan, no need to repay."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qinglan looked at Dong Yao and Shen Shan, and seeing them nod, she didn’t insist.

"By the way, Qinglan, how much game did you catch?"

Usually, Shen He could sell his game for just about one tael of silver at best, typically only a few hundred wen.

With everything Shen Qinglan had gathered this time, it would have cost at least one tael of silver, plus the tael she just took out, totaling two taels.

Earning so much in one go left Shen He a bit speechless.

Shen Qinglan said, "Wild boar."

"What?"

This time, the people weren’t just happy, they were shocked.

Thinking they hadn’t heard clearly, Shen Qinglan repeated, "I hunted a wild boar."

Shen Qinghe hurriedly pulled her over and asked, "Qinglan, are you alright?"

Shen Qinglan continued shaking her head.

Everyone saw that apart from being a bit unkempt and having some blood on her sleeve, she was perfectly fine.

Recalling how she had just carried a bag of dozens of jin of rice on her back without even getting winded, they were all dumbfounded.

A fourteen-year-old girl, altogether weighing less than eighty jin, managed to carry over a hundred jin of stuff and walked like a normal person—who would believe that?

Shen Tang asked, "Qinglan, did you have this strength... since waking up?"

Shen Qinglan nodded.

The crowd couldn’t help but gasp.

Shen He laughed, "Wonderful, with such strength and hunting skills, our Qinglan certainly won’t be any less than the boys in the future!"

Shen He was happy, but the others had perplexed expressions.

A girl being so strong, who in the future would want to marry someone like that?

Unless it was some weakling who didn’t want to work, but... could they marry Shen Qinglan to such a man?