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

Su Qianqian spent money to hire two bodyguards to serve as martial arts instructors in Lotus Village.

Being a bodyguard is a dangerous job that puts your life on the line. Compared to being a bodyguard, being a martial arts instructor is much safer.

Therefore, the two masters were very grateful to Su Qianqian for hiring them and were determined to teach the villagers martial arts well.

After the two martial arts masters arrived in Lotus Village, they stayed in Su Qianqian's courtyard at the foot of the mountain.

Fortunately, Su Qianqian no longer needs to worry about her father living alone at the foot of the mountain in danger.

The news has already spread to nearby villages such as Niujia Village.

"Have you heard? I heard that it costs 100 copper coins a month to learn martial arts in the county town, but you can learn martial arts for free in Lotus Village."

"There are many benefits to learning martial arts. You can become a bodyguard or a bodyguard, and one person can earn enough to support the whole family."

"It was Miss Su from Lotus Village who paid for the master. Miss Su is such a powerful person, so the master she hired must also be extraordinary."

"Most importantly, if you learn martial arts well, you can be selected by Gu Ji to be a waiter. That would be really good, as the wages for Gu Ji's waiters are among the highest in the county."

Hearing that Lotus Village offered free martial arts training, people from the surrounding villages all flocked there.

The road to Lotus Village was bustling with activity like never before.

Don't ask where everyone is going; there's only one answer—Lotus Village.

From the very elderly to the most unruly children, everyone flocked to Lotus Village to learn martial arts.

For a time, Lotus Village became the most bustling and prosperous village among the dozen or so surrounding villages.

The old village chief stood not far away, watching the dark mass of villagers learning martial arts, feeling an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

Having lived this long, this is the first time I've seen Lotus Village so vibrant and thriving, even more lively than the town.

Who would have thought that all of this was because of a little girl?

The old village chief recalled the time when Su Qianqian was born, when a wandering Taoist priest with an air of otherworldly wisdom came and said that Qianqian was destined for great fortune, and now it seems that he was right.

The village chief of Wangjia Village stood aside and asked, "Brother, you're the most successful of all the dozen or so village chiefs here. I heard your son, Gou Dan, is a constable in the county town. He's really accomplished."

The old village chief spoke of his youngest son with pride: "My son, Gou Dan, recently captured a wanted criminal who had fled from the capital. The Ministry of Justice in the capital sent a letter asking if Gou Dan would be willing to take a minor official position in the Ministry of Justice."

Upon hearing this, Village Chief Wang and the others gasped in shock. It was incredible! Gou Dan was actually going to the capital to become an official.

"Dude, your dog is really something."

For the villagers in the surrounding area, the capital city was like paradise. Being able to work in the capital was something that the country folk never dared to dream of.

The old village chief chuckled foolishly: "Yes, it's all thanks to Qian girl."

His dog, Gou Dan, wrote in his letter that the wanted criminal from the Ministry of Justice was captured with the help of Qian Yatou's bodyguards.

Qian is Gou Dan's lucky star, and also the lucky star of their whole family.

The old village chief decided that he must offer incense to the ancestral tablets that evening, tell them about this momentous occasion, and let the ancestors share in the joy.

The old village chief reiterated, "Really, Gou Dan is just an ordinary person. He was able to go to the capital entirely thanks to Qian Yatou's help."

Niu Chunhua had previously spread the word about this matter in various villages, so the village chiefs all knew that Gou Dan's spot as a constable was obtained by Miss Su from Gu's family.

With that Miss Su around, Lotus Village is bound to rise to prominence. It's truly enviable. I wish our village could produce such a remarkable person.

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When Fang Cheng returned to the village, it was a bright and sunny day with exceptionally fine weather.

He was in a good mood, but before he even reached the village entrance, he heard a loud "humph hahaha" roar.

He was very familiar with that sound; it was the same shouts outside Gu's Restaurant every day—it was the people learning martial arts.

As he approached, he saw a dense crowd, numbering at least a thousand.

That brat Su Qianqian actually has such influence, gathering people from all around here together.

Damn!

This reminded Fang Cheng of the last time he went home, when the whole village was learning to climb trees. The whole village ignored him because they all wanted to learn how to climb trees so they could go to the mountains with Su Qianqian to pick chestnuts.

After escaping from the human traffickers, that girl became a completely different person, incredibly capable.

Fang Cheng looked at the thickest old elm tree at the entrance of the village. Winter was approaching, and the old trees in the village had probably grown new bark to keep warm, but the scene of the whole village climbing the trees was still indelible in Fang Cheng's mind.

The same scene unfolded once again, with all the villagers ignoring this scholar.

The last few times Mingming returned to the village, the villagers still called him "Scholar Master," but suddenly they treated him like he was invisible.

Don't these idiots have brains? Don't they realize what use is martial arts to a peasant who grows crops in the countryside?

Even if I were to actually work at Gu's Restaurant, I would only be a low-level waiter. It would be better to curry favor with this scholar, so that when he passes the imperial examination, he will surely reward his loyal followers.

Fang Cheng was very impatient with the humming and hawing sounds, because the noise was disturbing him, a scholar.

He found the old village chief's house.

There were many people sitting in the room, all of them village chiefs from various villages.

Fang Cheng slightly raised his chin, looking aloof.

As the future nephew-in-law of Magistrate Tang, even the most prominent families in the county town would respectfully address him as "Master Scholar." Yet these ignorant village chiefs didn't even stand up to greet him when he entered. Who do they think they are?

Fang Cheng made up his mind that once he passed the imperial examination and became an official, he would not give these people a kind look.

Fang Cheng was displeased, and his tone became somewhat harsh: "Old village chief, our village is full of farmers. We should focus on farming. How can we spend all day shouting about fighting and learning martial arts? Aren't we forgetting our duty as farmers!"

The old village chief was furious. Here he comes again, here he comes again. He's lost count of how many times this scholar has come to lecture him on how to be a village chief.

"Scholar Fang, I'm not trying to be mean, but your ancestors were farmers too. How can you be so unreasonable? Winter is almost here, it's not the farming season, everyone's just idling around anyway, what's wrong with learning martial arts? Why are you so hostile towards it?"

The old village chief finished speaking in one breath, then took a deep drag on his old pipe.

I really despise this scholar Fang. As a man of learning, he doesn't study properly and instead tries to curry favor with the powerful. He even broke off his engagement with Qian Yatou and chose to curry favor with the magistrate's niece. He'll regret it sooner or later.

A dozen or so village chiefs gathered at the old village chief's house. They were chatting happily, thinking that if their village could be selected by Gu's Restaurant to work as waiters next year, the whole village would benefit.

In that case, there will be no more starvation deaths next year, and the village chiefs won't have to worry about being dismissed.

Unexpectedly, the scholar Fang interrupted their conversation as soon as he entered the room.

What a pathetic scholar! He has no manners whatsoever.

The scholar was indeed remarkable in the past, but as Niu Chunhua said, the scholar and the licentiate were really nothing to Miss Su.

There was a large group of scholars and officials working for Miss Su and receiving wages. All of them had to obey Miss Su's orders.

Once the villagers are selected to work at Gu's Restaurant, they will be able to sit on equal footing with the scholars working there, so Fang Cheng's status as a scholar is really nothing special.

Village Chief Niu had a fiery temper. He stood up, pointed at Fang Cheng's nose, and said, "Scholar Fang, don't meddle in other people's business. Even if you are a scholar, you can't control the villagers' learning of martial arts."

Other village chiefs also stood up and criticized Fang Cheng for meddling in other people's business.

"Scholar Fang, everyone in Qinghe County is scrambling to get a job at Gu's Restaurant. If you don't let the villagers learn martial arts, you're cutting off their hopes of getting into Gu's and cutting off their livelihood. It's like killing their parents."

"Scholar Fang, you're meddling too much. If you have nothing else to say, get the hell out of here and go home."

Fang Cheng was so angry he almost vomited blood. He flung his sleeves and turned to leave.

On the way home, I clenched my fists, my anger reaching its peak.

These ignorant villagers! How dare they humiliate him like this! It's truly despicable!

Fang Cheng silently vowed in his heart that when he became successful in the future, he would never let go of these lowly people who had humiliated him.

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Early in the morning, Gu Yun, along with the pre-trained cooks and waiters, and Xu Ruoxuan, prepared to leave Qinghe County and head to Pengcheng.

The plan to open branch stores has finally been officially launched.

Su Qianqian handed the job posting she had written to Xu Ruoxuan and her cousin Gu Yun, and told them, "Remember to post it up as soon as you get to the county town."

The notice also mentioned recruiting people who knew martial arts, mainly because Pengcheng was very close to Huainan City. If a war broke out, the fact that the civilians knew martial arts could reduce casualties.

However, the possibility of the Prince of Huainan plotting a rebellion was a court secret, and she could not openly tell Xu Ruoxian and Prefect Xu.

Holding the job posting like it was an imperial edict, Vivian Hsu was overjoyed and could hardly contain herself. "Understood, Boss Su, I promise to complete the task."

Her father had been hoping that Gu Ji would open a branch in Pengcheng.

Dad's dream is finally about to come true; he must be laughing in his sleep.