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

Fang Cheng has now given his younger sister, Fang Yingxue, to the contractor as a concubine.

He worked for the foreman, which was very easy; he was only responsible for small tasks like bookkeeping.

Although his wages were higher than those of his fellow workers, they were still far below his expectations.

He wanted to earn 80,000 taels of silver as soon as possible to pay back the money owed to Prime Minister Feng and Vice Minister Luo, so that he could participate in the imperial examinations normally.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even dare to show his face, for fear of being skinned alive by Prime Minister Feng's men.

To this day, he still can't understand why the 80,000 taels of silver notes he was carrying suddenly disappeared, leaving him to wander aimlessly.

He was unaware that his 80,000 taels of silver notes had been stored in Su Qianqian's spatial storage.

Fang Cheng's mother, Sun, returned to the rented courtyard with a vegetable basket. As soon as she saw her son, she brought up the matter of snake repellent powder.

"Snake repellent powder is incredibly expensive now; a small packet can cost several thousand taels of silver. I've heard that even if you have the money, you can't buy it anywhere. If I had the money, I'd like to buy a packet myself."

Mrs. Sun was afraid of the thought of sticky snakes, so she also wanted a packet of snake repellent powder.

That evening, Fang Cheng took two hundred packets of medicine powder home and stuffed them all into his mother Sun's hands.

"Mother, sell this snake repellent powder for one hundred taels of silver."

Mrs. Sun couldn't believe it. "My son, could this snake repellent powder be fake?"

In order to give his mother more confidence in selling, Fang decided to deceive her.

"Mother, it's all true. Now everyone in the capital knows that Su Qianqian made the snake repellent powder and is giving it away for free everywhere. I bribed a Gu Ji employee to steal these two hundred packets for me."

Fang Cheng inquired around and found out that the snake repellent powder was actually made by Su Qianqian.

He was practically driven mad with jealousy.

Su Qianqian grew up with him since she was a child, so it's impossible for her to have such abilities.

He felt that everything changed after he sold Su Qianqian to human traffickers.

Therefore, he guessed that the person who came back from the human traffickers was not the real Su Qianqian.

Su Qianqian is definitely a vixen now.

Su Qianqian can make money with snake repellent powder, so can he.

"Mother, you know I've never lied to you."

Mrs. Sun also thought that her son would not lie to her, so she thought it was real snake repellent powder. Her son was really capable, managing to get so much snake repellent powder by simply bribing a shop assistant.

Sun quickly grabbed a packet and stuffed it into the purse at her waist, thinking that with the snake repellent powder, she would never have to be afraid of snakes again.

We won't be afraid when the Western Xia Empress enters the capital.

"My son is really capable; our family is going to be rich now."

Fang Cheng urged, "Mother, hurry up and sell the snake repellent powder, lest Su Qianqian find out that I had someone steal her snake repellent powder."

"Okay, I'll go right now." Mrs. Sun packed the remaining snake repellent powder into a basket and went out into the night.

Because of the low price, Ms. Sun sold more than a hundred packets of snake repellent powder in one night, all of which were sold to her neighbors.

Everyone knew each other, so they still trusted the Sun family.

One of the young men, surnamed Qian, liked to go hunting in the mountains. The next morning, he took snake repellent powder and went to the mountains.

The snake wasn't driven away; instead, the man was bitten. Luckily, the snake wasn't venomous, or he might have died in the mountains.

Young Master Qian spread the word and led all the neighbors to the small courtyard rented by Mrs. Sun, where they blocked her way.

"Hey, you surnamed Sun, you dare to sell fake medicine? I'll beat you to death!"

Young Master Qian was furious. This snake repellent powder couldn't even repel non-venomous small snakes, let alone venomous ones.

"He's heartless, he deserves to be beaten to death."

Sun cried out that she was wronged, because she herself had kept a packet of snake repellent powder to use in order to repel snakes.

She couldn't believe that her son had given her a fake product, yet he had lied to her and said it was real.

Sun was quickly beaten black and blue, and unable to bear it any longer, she knelt down and begged for mercy, "Please, stop hitting me, I'll give you back the money."

Sun went inside to look for money, but to her surprise, she couldn't find it at all. She only found a letter left by her son.

Since Madam Sun couldn't read many characters, she quickly handed the letter to Young Master Qian.

When Mr. Qian took a look, he found that the letter was very brief.

[Mother, your son is unfilial. This money is very important to me, so I'll take it now and repay you when I've made something of myself.]

The neighbors all understood clearly that Sun's son had run away with the money.

That's a full ten thousand taels!

That damned son of yours!

Fortunately, the son ran away, but the mother is still alive.

The neighbors vented their anger on Sun.

Upon hearing what Young Master Qian read aloud, Madam Sun was heartbroken and could only kneel on the ground, enduring the beatings and insults from others.

That brat knew the snake repellent powder was fake, but he didn't tell her. Otherwise, she would have packed her things and run away long ago, instead of kneeling here getting beaten.

She truly regretted that she should have drowned her son in the basin when he was first born.

Soon, the angry women ripped Sun's hair off, tore her clothes to shreds, and left her covered in bruises.

He lay on the ground foaming at the mouth, it was unclear whether he was dead or alive.

The neighbors then dispersed.

On the other side, Fang Cheng, with over ten thousand taels of silver notes in his pocket, was full of energy.

Selling snake repellent powder is really profitable.

If he earns another 60,000 taels of silver, he can raise 80,000 taels and repay Prime Minister Feng and Vice Minister Luo.

Then you can participate in the imperial examinations without any worries.

With his talent, once he becomes an official, he will surely rise through the ranks and eventually become one of the highest ministers.

Fang Cheng secretly met with Luo Mingfang last night and gave her a silver bracelet.

Luo Mingfang not only refused to provide him to Minister Luo, but also told him a secret—Miss Murong Yan of the Murong family disliked Su Qianqian very much.

Therefore, Fang Cheng thought that perhaps they could join forces with Murong Yan to deal with Su Qianqian.

Fang Cheng learned from Luo Mingfang that Murong Yan was different from ordinary women. Murong Yan did not shy away from showing her face in public and often traveled around, saying that she was always looking for business opportunities.

Fang Cheng remained guarding the gate of the Murong family.

They waited until sunset before Murong Yan finally returned.

Unfortunately, the Murong family guards reacted quickly and arrested him before he could even speak.

The sticks rained down on him, beating him until his body felt like it was falling apart.

Fang Cheng shouted with all his might, "Miss Murong, I know everything about Miss Su."

Murong Yan heard Fang Cheng's words clearly and said to the old woman beside her, "Go, have the guards drag that young man over. I want to interrogate him myself."

The old woman whispered a reminder: "Young Master Changyu said that you should never bother Miss Su again."

Murong Yan slapped the old woman twice, saying, "It's none of your business, a mere servant, to interfere in the affairs of our mistress!"

Murong Yan was a time traveler, so there was no problem with the relationship between men and women. She simply had the guards put Fang Cheng into the carriage.

"Speak. Tell me everything you know about Miss Su. If you don't satisfy me, I'll have you killed."