After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 121 Sanlang is gone
"Xiaoxiao, just call me Sanlang. I don't like that name; it sounds too distant."

Pei Yuan sighed, put down the broom in his hand, and went to Su Xiaoxiao, wanting to take her hand.

Su Xiaoxiao dodged him, so he had to explain, "A few months ago, I was wounded on the battlefield. My warhorse got spooked and ended up here, where you saved me. When I fell off the horse, I hit the back of my head and lost my memory. Until recently, when I was arrested by some officials, they actually recognized me and sent me back to the general's mansion. My family invited a royal physician to treat me, and my memory has been gradually returning."

Su Xiaoxiao knew that Pei Yuan was not lying.

However, it made her worry for nothing at the time. "Then when you came back, your memory had returned, so why did you pretend to have amnesia in front of me?"

This was what Su Xiaoxiao couldn't understand the most: "Are you just playing with me? Keep playing the amnesiac Sanlang in front of me, the Sanlang who can't do any martial arts, is it fun to make fun of me like this?"

This is what angered Su Xiaoxiao the most. You said you've already regained your memories, why aren't you staying at your general's mansion? What kind of person are you to come back here?

Pei Yuan sighed, "That's because... because I don't want to be a general, I just want to be your Sanlang for the rest of my life."

Pei Yuan's eyes reddened slightly as he spoke emotionally to Su Xiaoxiao.

However, Su Xiaoxiao still couldn't figure it out. She looked at Pei Yuan coldly, but at this moment she felt that Pei Yuan seemed a bit unfamiliar. He had a distant temperament, which seemed different from Sanlang's friendly demeanor before.

"You should leave. I feel uncomfortable with you around. That Tang Xiaoman probably won't give up so easily. If she keeps coming to see you, firstly, I'm afraid it will frighten the child, and secondly, I don't think it's good if the villagers find out. It could expose your identity. You should leave as soon as possible!"

There was a moment of silence outside the door. Su Xiaoxiao paused and then said, "And what about Tang Xiaoman, who's been bothering you? Didn't she say she was ordered to marry you? Aren't you going back and getting married already?"

Saburo remained silent.

After hearing this, Da Bao and Xiao Bao, though unaware of what was going on, quickly ran to Su Xiaoxiao's side to plead for Sanlang.

"Mother, please don't be angry. Let Father come in quickly, he's so cold outside."

Da Bao kept pleading for San Lang, but Su Xiaoxiao wouldn't let him into the house. She didn't know what she was thinking at the time, but San Lang's status suddenly changed.

From the Sanlang who used to surround her, to the high and mighty General Pei Yuan, Su Xiaoxiao couldn't accept that it was true.

Sanlang stood outside the door for a long time, until it got dark, before gently knocking on the door and saying, "Xiaoxiao, I know it was wrong of me to lie to you like that. I'm going back now, let's talk about this after you've calmed down."

As expected, it was General Pei Yuan. Su Xiaoxiao heard the sound of bells on a mandarin jacket outside the door. She didn't know which corner those people were hiding in, but as soon as Pei Yuan said he was going back, someone came to pick him up.

Su Xiaoxiao sighed inwardly, "He really does have the persona of a great general. Sure enough, he can just wave his hand and someone will come to fetch him back to his mansion. If he's so powerful, why is he still suffering here?"

With that stubborn streak, for some reason, Su Xiaoxiao didn't go out to take a look.

The sound of horses' hooves soon disappeared. Su Xiaoxiao looked up and sighed. She slowly opened the door and stepped outside. There was no sound outside.

It was empty, just like the emptiness in her heart. Da Bao ran out crying, and Su Xiaoxiao finally opened the door.

Da Bao ran outside only to find that San Lang was gone, but his clothes and other belongings—traces of San Lang's life in Su Xiao Xiao's house—remained. Seeing these, Su Xiao Xiao realized that San Lang had truly left them.

After Sanlang left, the house was indeed filled with less laughter, and Su Xiaoxiao also began to become quiet.

She knew that in this world, relying on oneself was better than relying on anyone else, so Su Xiaoxiao decided that she would continue to focus on her career.

When Sanlang was around, there were people helping her take care of Da Bao and Xiao Bao.

Now she has to take care of her two children, taking them to private school every day, and also running her jam business. She's so busy she's practically running herself ragged. She simply doesn't have time to think about Sanlang anymore, or about Pei Yuan going back to being the Great General.

Two busy months have passed in the blink of an eye, and it's the end of April again, the planting season in Baihua Village.

The workers in the workshop all took leave to go home and transplant rice seedlings. Sun took Su Xiaoxiao to their family's land to transplant rice seedlings. It just so happened that the land next to Su Xiaoxiao's house was left to her by her late husband, Liu Xiaoshu. It was her first time transplanting rice seedlings.

Before she had even planted one full square of rice seedlings, Su Xiaoxiao's back was already aching so badly she couldn't straighten up.

Sun found it quite amusing to see Su Xiaoxiao unable to straighten her back.

"What's wrong? Does your back hurt? Why don't you go and rest, I'll take care of you?"

Wang Er, who was standing next to her, also said, "Yes, Xiaoxiao, you should go and rest. We, your husband and I, can take care of things here."

Su Xiaoxiao waved her hand and said, "No, your family also has land to take care of. You can't neglect your own land just to help me. I just feel that if I keep working like this, I'll get a herniated disc sooner or later. I've come up with a good idea, why don't we give it a try?"

"What are some good methods?"

Mrs. Sun quickly asked.

The Sun family owns quite a lot of land, but they can't afford to hire help. Every year during the rice planting season, Sun is so exhausted that her back aches all day long, and her whole body feels like it's falling apart and she can't move.

She felt like her entire waist wasn't her own anymore, and she desperately wanted to know what Su Xiaoxiao could do to resolve this.

“We can stop growing rice here and grow some chili peppers, tomatoes, and potatoes instead. That would be better than growing rice.”

Upon hearing this, Sun laughed and said to Su Xiaoxiao, "My silly sister, what are you saying? If we don't plant rice, what will we eat next year? That won't do!"

“I know, I want to plant these on my own land. Since you don’t want to plant them, I can give you an idea. When you’re planting the seedlings, you can make this mold and throw the seedlings with soil still in the mold into the field.”

In fact, what Su Xiaoxiao was talking about was throwing rice seedlings, which would eliminate the need to bend over and make the whole person feel much more relaxed.

"I'll give the mold diagram of these rice seedlings to Brother Wang Er, and he can make them according to the diagram."

(End of this chapter)