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

Chapter 264 Granny Liu Makes a Scene During the New Year

There's a saying, "Seeing a letter is like seeing the person," which probably means the same thing. Back then, there were no telephones, no voice messages, and certainly no video calls.

As Su Xiaoxiao read the words in these letters over and over again, it was as if Pei Yuan were right beside her, whispering these sweet nothings to her.

Pei Yuan's subordinate, Bei Yan, remained calm every day, helping Su Xiaoxiao chop firewood and clean the yard.

Su Xiaoxiao went to the neighboring area of ​​Beiyan, but An Yongshan has been missing these past few days. With the snow falling so thickly, he has completely disappeared.

Without even leaving a trace of footprints, this person truly came and went without a trace!

Su Xiaoxiao couldn't do anything about An Yongshan, so she could only pray that he would stop coming to their house, otherwise she felt that he was a potentially unsafe factor.

Recently, pig slaughtering has gradually started in Baihua Village. As soon as the twelfth lunar month arrives, the villagers of Baihua Village begin to help each other slaughter pigs.

Bei Yan had never experienced anything like this before. He was very curious to know how these pigs were killed. So, when he went to watch the pig slaughter, he was even invited by the villagers to their home for a meal of pork.

Bei Yan is doing very well in the village now; he's really popular with the locals.

During the meal at the villagers' homes, I also heard some stories about Su Xiaoxiao's past, how she taught those in the village who bullied her a lesson.

It was an incredibly vivid portrayal; Su Xiaoxiao was truly more fiery than a little firecracker, directly beating those who bullied her so badly they were scattered everywhere. It was a very satisfying story for everyone who heard it.

I never expected that my master would fall in love with such a fiery girl who wouldn't suffer any loss.

Bei Yan, having nothing better to do, went to drink at the east house, then went to drink at the west house, and finally returned to Su Xiaoxiao's house drunk.

The way he walked without walking in a straight line made Da Bao and Xiao Bao laugh so hard they almost went crazy.

"This Uncle Beiyan is hilarious! He actually dares to drink like that. Isn't he afraid we'll tell Daddy? Then Daddy will spank him."

Su Xiaoxiao quickly told Bei Yan, who was already completely drunk, to go back to his room to rest.

Taking the opportunity, Su Xiaoxiao told the two children, "Let me tell you, you are not allowed to imitate this strange uncle in the future. Drinking is not a good habit."

Bei Yan has been helping the villagers slaughter pigs these past few days, and they've given him a lot of pig parts as gifts.

It was all as a reward for his help. Looking at the pig heads and offal in the room, Su Xiaoxiao sighed, "We've got plenty to eat this time. We can't possibly finish it all!"

After all the pigs in the village had been slaughtered, Bei Yan began hunting in the mountains.

He really is skilled; he's quite an expert hunter.

The yard is full of wild rabbits, pheasants, foxes, and even wolves.

After skinning the rabbit for Su Xiaoxiao, the man put the rabbit meat in the water tank outside to freeze for the winter.

This person is quite good at managing his finances; he knows that it's much better to stock up on food for the winter than to have nothing to eat when the snow blocks the door.

So it seems like he has a lot of important business to do, but he's a heavy drinker.

Su Xiaoxiao was thoroughly fed up with this person, so she made an excuse, saying that Pei Yuan had sent a letter saying that he would be coming back soon and asked him to wait at the General's Mansion first.

Upon hearing this, Bei Yan happily bid farewell to Su Xiaoxiao and returned to the General's Mansion.

After the guards from the north left, the house became much quieter.

On this day, Su Xiaoxiao was teaching her two children to read at home. Her eldest son had made great progress in writing recently. After Su Xiaoxiao had just written a few words on the paper, she saw him continue writing.

Da Bao was writing carefully on the paper, stroke by stroke, looking very focused, which made Su Xiaoxiao very happy. If a person wants to accomplish great things, they must concentrate and not be distracted by other things.

Just as everyone at home was enveloped in a strong atmosphere of studying, a discordant sound suddenly came from the doorway.

“Su Xiaoxiao, get out here right now! You don’t care whether your mother-in-law lives or dies. It’s all because of you, you jinx, that you’ve ruined this family. My youngest son died because of you, and my eldest son went to jail because of you. Now this house doesn’t even feel like a home anymore. How am I, a lonely old woman, supposed to get through the New Year?”

When Su Xiaoxiao heard it was Granny Liu's voice, she was immediately in a real bind.

Grandma Liu speaks with a slight lisp, and it seems she's had quite a bit of alcohol.

She kept yelling outside the door, berating Su Xiaoxiao for what she had done.

She didn't dare to come over and bang on the door with stones, afraid that Su Xiaoxiao would come out and teach her a lesson, so she could only rely on her voice to shout outside.

Su Xiaoxiao could tell that it was another holiday, and Granny Liu was probably up to something.

No matter how you calculate it, all the wrongdoing and all the mistakes will ultimately fall on Su Xiaoxiao alone.

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at Da Bao and said calmly to him, "You stay in the room and write your characters properly. No matter what your grandma scolds you, just pretend you don't hear it, okay? Studying requires concentration and single-mindedness. The saying 'you can't do two things at once' is exactly this principle."

Da Bao nodded.

"Mother, I know."

After settling the two children in, Su Xiaoxiao calmly tidied her clothes and walked out of her house.

"What do you want?"

Su Xiaoxiao's meaning is, what else do you want this time? What do you want to do?

There were no other unnecessary words; Su Xiaoxiao only said this one sentence.

Grandma Liu looked very embarrassed. She had prepared a lot of high-sounding words to scold Su Xiaoxiao, but now she could not swallow them all.

"I……"

Grandma Liu was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and realized that it made sense; those old clichés had been said enough.

Instead of wasting time on nonsense, let's get straight to the point.

"The New Year is just around the corner, you have to give me some money for the holidays, right? If not, at least give me some meat, vegetables, and grain. You have so much stuff at home, why can't you just share some with me?"

Grandma Liu's words seemed reasonable, and she felt that Su Xiaoxiao should do what she said.

During this period, Grandma Liu's appearance did indeed change a lot.

She has lost a lot of weight and looks quite haggard.

She then started crying again: "That shameless woman Li Dongmei actually went to seduce men, she has no shame! She didn't prepare any New Year's goods at all. What will my children and I eat? We won't even be able to eat wild vegetables during the New Year. Won't we starve to death?"

Actually, Su Xiaoxiao wouldn't care too much if Granny Liu wanted to come over for something during the New Year.

I'll give it to them, since we have so much stuff at home anyway.

I couldn't finish it all myself, so I decided to give her some as a favor.

(End of this chapter)