Hearing the village elder's words, Da Han took out a blue ledger from his bosom and respectfully handed it to the village elder.
The villagers craned their necks to peer at the ledger, but since they were too far away, they could only see that it was filled with closely packed writing and couldn't make out what it said.
The village elder accepted the ledger, passed his walking stick to Da Han, and then shakily opened the book, his slightly hoarse voice echoing inside and outside the ancestral hall.
"April 23rd, Laoliu's house lost four taels of silver, two silver hairpins, a silver bracelet, and a silver collar."
"May 3rd, Ershuan's home lost one tael of silver and a silver bracelet."
"May 7th, Fugui House lost thirteen taels of silver, two silver hairpins, three silver bracelets, and a gold hairpin."
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With each incident the village elder read out, Lin Jiazhong's body trembled, and by the end, his face had turned completely bloodless.
