Xia Yi no longer listened to her, and along with his wife, he sprinted towards the village. Because he ran too fast, he fell down with a big thud, making so much noise that even Manbao, who had run quite a distance, could hear it and felt a stabbing pain in her knee.
She groaned twice, withdrew her head from the window back into the carriage, and said to Bai Shan, "Tomorrow, let the guards go and urge Patriarch Xia to collect the past rents, as well as the rents Officer Xu holds, and have Patriarch Xia collect them. The land is 'leased' by him, so it's only right for him to collect them."
He took her land, yet couldn't even manage to accomplish the simple task of memorial sweeping, humph!
Bai Shan nodded with a smile, quite fond of her angry demeanor.
