The peasant girl has a private space, and her husband is handsome.

Su Qianqian carefully put away the small box containing the diamonds, poured a cup of tea for Gong Yu, and asked, "How many days will Young Master Gong stay in Qinghe County this time?"

She felt that Gong Yu seemed to have lost weight, and that he must have had a hard time in Huainan. She planned to bring him some braised dried tofu and some beef jerky she made herself when he left.

Gong Yu seems to really enjoy drinking flower tea, so I'll pack up some more later.

When Gong Yu received the tea, he touched Su Qianqian's hand, and the warm, soft touch made his blood boil.

"I can stay for three days; I'll stay here tonight."

Su Qianqian thought that Gong Yu would live in the Meng family as before, since he was a close relative of the Meng family. She didn't expect that this guy would actually live in the backyard of Gu's house.

The backyard of the restaurant is usually occupied only by her, Xiangming, and Mo Xiaobei, and is also used to store many of the ingredients needed for the restaurant.

Xiao Bao has been staying at Master Liang's house recently, and is picked up and dropped off at school by two reliable servants she bought.

The Gu family and their uncle's family lived in the courtyard of the landlady in Plum Blossom Lane.

There are still two empty rooms in the backyard; they can be tidied up and made habitable.

Xiangming and Mo Xiaobei were originally given to them by Gong Yu, so they weren't outsiders.

"Xiangming, go and prepare a room for the young master. There are newly made bedding in the storeroom for him to use."

"Yes, young lady."

In the evening, Su Qianqian ate in the backyard, just the two of them, Gong Yu and herself.

After dinner, the two sat facing each other at the round table, one drawing sketches and the other processing official documents.

Inside the room was a bronze multi-branched lamp with three lamps on the base, illuminating the room brightly.

As the old saying goes, "A beautiful woman seen under the lamp is more captivating the more you look at her; each one is mesmerizing."

Prince Gong's jade-like handsome face looked as if it had been enhanced with a level 10 beauty filter under the lamplight, its gentle glow reflecting a soft luster, and every feature appearing to be exquisitely sculpted.

Su Qianqian sighed that Nuwa was a bit too biased when she created humans.

She sketched the slender-necked plum vase on the table and the beautiful woman holding a calligraphy brush opposite her.

Gong Yu suddenly looked up and said, "Girl, I heard you want to open a restaurant in Pengcheng. I've already captured all the bandits from Black Wind Village along the way, so you can go open a branch without worry. However, although those bandits seem fierce and ruthless, they are actually a group of starving people. I didn't kill them; I sent them all to the Pengcheng prison."

The flames reflected in Gong Yu's eyes, as if a whole dazzling galaxy was hidden within them.

Mo Xiaobei, who was guarding outside the door, complained: "My young master actually said so much at once. Is this still the young master who has always been aloof since childhood? It feels like he has been possessed by a monster."

Su Qianqian was overjoyed to receive a small box of diamonds from Gong Yu during the day, and felt she had to reciprocate with a gift.

She rummaged through the trunk and found the black fur coat that she had asked Manager Zuo to make. It was perfect for the cool evening.

Su Qianqian personally draped the black fur coat over Gong Yu's shoulders, and even tied the ties into a pretty bow.

I accidentally glanced at Gong Yu's ears and noticed that the tips of his ears were actually turning red. If I were to compliment him at this moment, he would probably be even more embarrassed.

"Your Highness, I think you look especially cool and handsome in dark-colored clothes."

It's really cool, mainly because fair-skinned people look good in any color.

As soon as Su Qianqian walked away to the restaurant lobby, Gong Yu instructed Mo Xiaobei, "Write a letter to the capital government and ask the sewing room to make me a few more dark-colored clothes."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Mo Xiaobei mentally ranted: "Your Highness, you used to love wearing white, and even your mount was a big white horse. Just because Miss Su said that dark color looks good, Your Highness has changed your mind? That's so indecisive!"

Please don't ask me to find a big black horse later. I've never seen a big black horse that's completely black. I've only ever seen big white horses and chestnut horses.

Moreover, the Crown Prince knew that Miss Su was too busy with her stunning beauty, so he specially arranged for the sewing room in the capital to help make her clothes. How considerate of him!

He even gave her such an expensive diamond to please Miss Su.

Those noble ladies in the capital don't understand you at all. They all say you're clueless about romance. But in my opinion, you're clearly very romantic.

The gift was exactly what Miss Su wanted.

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The second son's wife went back to Lotus Village during her break. Usually, she would be warmly welcomed when she returned to the village, but today she found that there were not many people at the village entrance, only two children playing in the mud.

"Little Stone, do you know where everyone in the village has gone?"

Little Stone looked up and replied, "They've all gone to the Fang family's wedding banquet. Fang Cheng passed the imperial examination and is treating the whole village to a big feast. It's so lively!"

The second son's wife was a little angry. The Fang family had swindled so much money from Qian'er's mother, yet they still had the nerve to hold a banquet! She had only passed the minor imperial examination; what was so great about that!

She deliberately passed by the Fang family's house and happened to see her son, Su Ronghua, coming out of the courtyard after a banquet.

The second son's wife grabbed her son's ear and said, "Su Ronghua, what are you doing going to the Fang family's banquet? I'll beat you to death!"

The Fang family is Qian Yatou's enemy, so they are also Niu Chunhua's enemy. No one in the family is allowed to associate with the Fang family.

After Su Lao Er finished eating and drinking, he walked out of the Fang family's gate and was slapped across the face by his wife.

This attracted many villagers to watch the spectacle.

Su Lao Er covered his burning left cheek. The pain was secondary; the most important thing was that he was very embarrassed to be slapped in the face by a woman in public.

He shouted, "Niu Chunhua, what are you doing? I just came over to congratulate the scholar, is it necessary to hit me?"

The second son's wife stood with her hands on her hips, behaving like a shrew.

"Pah! He's just a scholar, what's so great about him? Many successful candidates in the imperial examinations work under my Qian'er. Those successful candidates are very obedient, they dare not do anything against your will. Compared to successful candidates, a scholar is nothing."

Upon hearing this, the villagers suddenly felt that the scholar was no longer appealing.

So many scholars and officials actually help Qianya with her work. Qianya is truly remarkable.

Since the ultimate goal of the imperial examination is still to work for that girl, what's the point of being a scholar? It's not worth it at all.

The old village chief, a pipe dangling from his mouth, was lost in thought.

Recently, the village chiefs and neighborhood chiefs from the surrounding villages gathered for a meeting, where he received enthusiastic praise.

People starved to death in other villages, but not in Lotus Village.

So the other village chiefs and neighborhood leaders enthusiastically surrounded him, asking him if Lotus Village still needed people for land reclamation, and asking Gu Ji in the county town if he still needed people.

If Qian Yatou could send a scholar to assist Su Bing in managing the reclamation and farming, those village chiefs and neighborhood leaders would definitely be even more envious and jealous.

The old village chief grew increasingly smug.

He felt that he had a very accurate eye for people. Long before Qian Yatou opened a restaurant in the county town, he could tell that Qian Yatou was no ordinary person.

The second son's wife thought to herself, "I only said that a scholar was helping Qianya with her work, and I fooled you all."

If I told you that a small painting by Qian Yatou could sell for over a thousand taels of silver, it would definitely scare many people to death.

In front of Fang Cheng, the second son's wife kicked Su Lao Er and Su Ronghua in the legs once each.

She instructed the two girls, "Fang Cheng broke off Qian Yatou's engagement, so he is my enemy, Niu Chunhua's enemy for life. If you dare to associate with your enemy again, I will cut off your living expenses and let you starve to death."

Su Ronghua asked in a low voice, "Mother, now that you're working at Gu's Restaurant, could you talk to Qian-mei and ask me to work there too?"

Today, a matchmaker from Wangjia Village came and told him that if he could get a job at Gu's Restaurant, she would introduce him to a beautiful young lady as his wife. Su Ronghua was tempted.

Su Lao Er quickly said, "Me too! I want to go work for Gu's too. It's so prestigious to work with a scholar like him."

"Go to hell! You two are not worthy. Do you think I don't know you two? You're both troublemakers. Going to Gu's place will only make things worse for Qian."

"You two better remember this: Qian is destined for great things. If I find out you're plotting against her, I'll break your legs. Now get out of here and go home."

The father and son, Su Lao Er, shrank back in fright.

The two of them still depended on Niu Chunhua to earn a living, so they didn't dare to resist. With their heads hanging low, they obediently went home.

Fang Cheng watched Niu Chunhua's retreating figure, his hands clenched into fists.

Don't be angry, there's no need to get upset over what an ignorant woman said. Once he passes the imperial examination and becomes an official, he'll be fine. Then we'll see who dares to look down on him.