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

When the Fang family mother and daughter saw that all the villagers stood up to greet Qianqian warmly, they felt very unbalanced seeing how popular Su Qianqian was.

Lately, the villagers have only been thinking about currying favor with that brat, and have forgotten that there is still a young scholar in the village.

She recalled how glorious it was when her son first passed the imperial examination; wherever she went, people flattered her.

Unexpectedly, everything changed after the Su family split up.

The once timid and incompetent brat from the Su family suddenly became aggressive and exceptionally good at making money, capturing the attention of all the villagers.

The villagers no longer talked about the young scholar during their leisure time, but instead kept calling her "Qian Yatou" (a nickname implying a shy, unassuming girl).

The phrase "Qian Yatou Chang" and "Qian Yatou Mo" are both inseparable from the word "Qian Yatou"!

Even her son, who was born a child, was treated like he was invisible when he returned to the village; it was truly hateful.

However, Sun also has something he is very proud of today, and he must let all the villagers know about it.

Madam Sun raised her chin and said, "It's true, my Cheng'er will complete the six betrothal rites with the county magistrate's niece in the county town today."

The villagers were most afraid of getting involved with officials, so they were greatly surprised to hear that the Fang family was going to get engaged to the county magistrate's niece.

The Fang family has actually managed to curry favor with the county magistrate; it seems they are on the verge of great success.

The villagers preferred Qian Yatou because they could earn money by following her and feed their families. However, they also decided to be very careful not to offend the Fang family.

Aunt Li found Madam Sun quite amusing. "Madam Sun, you are Fang Tongsheng's biological mother. If the county magistrate truly valued your family, why didn't he invite you both to the county town to witness such an important occasion as the engagement?"

This hit Sun's sore spot.

How can the groom's elders not attend an engagement? She only has one son, and he didn't even invite her. Instead, he held the banquet at the Tang family's house in the county town, which really saddened her.

I wonder if my son thinks I'm useless and shameful as his mother, which is why he won't let me go to the county town.

Fang Yingxue adjusted the fresh flowers in her hair and explained, "My sister-in-law said she'll come to the village tomorrow to support our Fang family."

After saying that, he gave Su Qianqian a malicious look.

Su Qianqian had a gut feeling that Tang Yuerao's visit to the village was probably not to support the Fang family, but to cause her trouble, since Tang Yuerao had suffered a great loss at her hands last time.

That time at the Guose Tianxiang clothing shop, Tang Yuerao was swindled out of several hundred taels of silver.

The second son's wife was also in the chat. When she learned that the Fang family had married the county magistrate's niece, her beady eyes gleamed with shrewdness. The Fang family was really something else; they had actually managed to curry favor with the county magistrate.

Therefore, she had to curry favor with the Sun family.

"Madam Sun, oh no, I should call you Madam, your son has married the magistrate's own niece. This is a life of natural happiness, something others can only envy..."

The second son's wife had a mouth sweeter than honey, praising Sun Shi to the point of ecstasy.

Su Qianqian didn't disturb the second son's wife, who was full of enthusiasm and eager to flatter him.

She went directly to the Su family's old house and saw the eldest daughter-in-law sitting in the courtyard under the bare old elm tree, basking in the sun.

The eldest son's wife was badly injured when she was hit by a wild boar in the mountains. Her head was wrapped in a white cloth with dark red bloodstains on it.

Upon seeing Su Qianqian approach, the eldest daughter-in-law immediately ran back into the house in fright.

Anyone who can hunt down the Wild Boar King can easily defeat her; she's definitely not someone to mess with.

Ever since the day she went missing, this girl suddenly became very capable, even more so than the men in the village.

Su Qianqian went to the second room but couldn't find Er Ya. She then saw that the woodshed where the third room used to live was locked from the outside. She went up and pushed it, but couldn't open it. However, she saw Er Ya through the crack in the door.

Er Ya sat on the ground, her hair disheveled and her eyes red and swollen.

I had just gained some weight after eating a lot a few days ago, but now I've lost it all again, and my head is drooping with a listless look in my eyes.

Su Qianqian took two packets of pastries and three wild apples she picked from the mountains from her spatial storage and stuffed them into the crack in the door.

"Sister Er Ya, you must eat something so you can have the strength to resist. Don't worry, I won't let you marry Mr. Zhu."

Given the help Er Ya provided to the third branch of the family before the division of property, we cannot simply ignore Er Ya's actions.

Kind people deserve to be treated kindly.

Er Ya shook her head, her voice weak, "It's no use. Even if you save me this time, it's useless. Grandma will still sell me again. There's no need to drag you down. I'm just a useless person. If I die, I die. Maybe I can be reborn into a better life in the next life."

Hearing Er Ya's desperate tone, Su Qianqian was afraid that Er Ya might do something rash, so she assured her, "Sister Er Ya, believe me, I will definitely introduce you to work at the Guose Tianxiang shop, and then you will be able to leave the Su family's old house."

Er Ya raised her head, and a light finally appeared in her eyes. "I believe, I believe."

She noticed it the last time she went to the county town with Su Qianqian to sell chestnuts.

The third wife's younger sister, Qian, is very capable. Despite the large size of Mengji and Guose Tianxiang shops, the managers all treat her with great courtesy, regarding her as an honored guest.

"Sister Er Ya, live well. As long as you're alive, anything is possible."

"Okay, I'll live well."

That evening, Madam Gu sat under the oil lamp sewing new clothes for Xiao Bao, murmuring, "It's been so many years since I visited your uncle. In previous years, your uncle helped us out with a lot of money and things."

Su Qianqian put the money bag containing the silver on the table. "Mom, take this money. Before we separated the family, Grandma wouldn't let you visit Uncle, but now that we've separated, you can do whatever you want. Mom, take some clothes and stay at Uncle's house for a few more days. You can also take Big Brother to the clinic to see a doctor about his leg. Maybe they can cure it."

Just now, Su Qianqian discovered that there were many torches in the mountains. She wondered if they were made by Gong Yu's men.

Before the group of men in black was dealt with, I felt unsafe living at the foot of the mountain and was afraid that my family would be in danger.

Sending the whole family to the county town, somewhere far from Tiger Mountain, is better.

"Mom, let's leave for the county town a little earlier tomorrow. Dad, you go too. We can ask Aunt Li and her husband to keep an eye on the land reclamation area."

Plans can't keep up with changes. Early the next morning, Su Qianqian's mule cart was stopped at the village entrance.

It was Tang Yuerao who accompanied Fang Cheng back to the village. The two had already completed the six betrothal rites in the county town.

Tang Yuerao specially sent a carriage to take Fang Cheng back to the village today, and she came along as well. She also brought gifts for the villagers as Fang Cheng had asked, intending to help Fang Cheng save face.

Tang Yuerao was dressed in a bright red ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), her hair was adorned with pearls and jade, and she wore the most expensive jade bracelet on her wrist.

This jade bracelet is emerald green with a hint of pale purple, making it very beautiful.

"Brother Fang, you're sure to be the most talked-about person in the village today."

"Yuerao is so thoughtful."

Fang Cheng recalled the cold reception he received when he returned to the village last time.

When he, a mere student, entered the village, he was treated like he was invisible by the villagers. Everyone was scrambling to learn how to climb trees like wild monkeys, trying to curry favor with Su Qianqian.

It was obvious that the villagers valued Su Qianqian far more than he, a mere student.

Now that the villagers know he's about to become the county magistrate's nephew-in-law, they'll surely start currying favor with him again.

Beside the willow tree at the village entrance, Su Qianqian's mule cart was blocked by three Tang family horse-drawn carriages parked there.

These three luxurious Tang family carriages have been parked at the village entrance for quite some time, all in an effort to attract the villagers' attention and give Fang Cheng a lot of face.

Fang Yingxue, dressed in her best, came over to greet her future sister-in-law.

She stood outside the car window, looking at Tang Yuerao with a fawning expression, "Sister Yuerao, the jade bracelet on your wrist is so beautiful."

Fang Yingxue had never worn a jade bracelet before, and she wished that Sister Yue Rao would give it to her.

Tang Yuerao knew very well that Fang Cheng's younger sister was particularly greedy. Whenever she said something was pretty, it meant she wanted to take it away.

She couldn't bear to give such a valuable bracelet to Fang Cheng's sister.

Tang Yuerao took out a pair of gold earrings and handed them to Fang Yingxue, saying with a look of disdain, "Take them, they're for you."

Fang Yingxue secretly complained to herself that Tang Yuerao was stingy, actually unwilling to give her the jade bracelet.

Fang Yingxue caught a glimpse of Su Qianqian's mule cart across the street out of the corner of her eye and immediately had an idea.

Her future sister-in-law was the county magistrate's niece, so manipulating a lowly peasant girl would be extremely easy for her.

Su Qianqian, just you wait, you're going to be in big trouble today.

If Su Qianqian were to break Yue Rao's jade bracelet, I wonder if Su Qianqian would be able to afford to compensate her.

Just thinking about it makes me really look forward to it.