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

When the second son's wife heard the old lady's hysterical shouts, she said that once her leg was healed, she would personally go to Gu's shop in the county town to settle accounts with Qian Yatou.

Then go ahead, no one can stop someone who's eager to die.

Look at that old lady, she schemed her whole life, only to end up with nothing. What a tragedy.

The old lady's biggest mistake in her life was being too cruel to the third wife's maid, Qian. Otherwise, the old lady would definitely be living a very comfortable life now.

Judging from how Qianya helped Erya find a job in the county town, you can tell that Qianya is a grateful person. If the old lady had been a little nicer to Qianya in the past, she would be enjoying endless blessings now.

It can only be said that the old lady brought this situation upon herself.

The old lady took so much dowry money from the third wife's family, but instead of making good use of it, she only thought about scheming against the third wife's family all day long. She deserved this fate.

Therefore, the second son's wife deeply realized that the second wife must curry favor with Qian Yatou in order to have a good future.

She finally understood a principle: only money earned by oneself is true money.

Fortunately, we still have a lot of money left from the family division.

We need to make some good arrangements to make money work for us.

"Honey, go to the village and see if there are any hardworking people who don't have any work to do. Call them over to help us. We'll learn from our third brother—no, our third brother—and we'll learn from him to clear wasteland. We'll pay him the same wages as his family."

The second son is a lazybones, but his wife's words mean that he doesn't need to do anything himself; he can just be a supervisor, and he can still do that kind of work.

"Master, you should work hard and learn from your third brother to become a small landlord. Go and visit your third brother's fields first, learn from his experience, and if you see him, quietly tell him about the old house."

The words "landlord" ignited the second son's passion, and he immediately ran to the third son's wasteland to learn from him.

The story of Fang Cheng taking more than one hundred taels of silver from the old house was passed on by Su Lao Er, then by Su Bing, and finally reached Su Qianqian.

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In the evening, when most of the customers at Gu's Restaurant had left, Fang Cheng came in on his own initiative, carrying two bags of inferior osmanthus cakes.

Unexpectedly, before she could even confront Fang Cheng, he came to her door on his own initiative.

He was wearing a newly made sky-blue scholar's robe, and his face showed an expression of unparalleled confidence.

This person was also very pretentious, carrying cheap snacks in his left hand and waving a paper fan in his right, constantly waving the fan, thinking himself handsome and charming.

Last time, I put the folding fan he bought for sixty taels of silver into my spatial storage, but I didn't expect this guy to get another paper fan from somewhere. He's too good at showing off.

"Qianqian, I want to talk to you."

His eyes were full of deep affection, which made Su Qianqian want to vomit.

I have no idea what the original owner saw in this guy!

From the perspective of a time traveler, Fang Cheng is an absolute scumbag.

"Qianqian, actually I came to make up with you. I know you still have feelings for me, and I have feelings for you too."

"Once I pass the imperial examination and become an official, I won't have to fear a minor official like Magistrate Tang anymore. At that time, I can take you as my concubine and give you wealth and glory. You won't have to stay in this fly-infested restaurant wiping tables and sweeping floors anymore."

Fang Cheng even bit his thin lip after speaking. Who was he trying to seduce?

Su Qianqian was not the original owner of the body, so Fang Cheng's words did not cause the slightest ripple.

He completely ignored Fang Cheng.

Su Xiaobao, however, was eager to protect his sister, so he picked up the cheap snacks Fang Cheng had placed on the table and threw them out of the restaurant.

Inferior pastries were scattered all over the ground.

"Sis, that bastard said he'd promise you wealth and glory. We don't want Su Fugui and Su Ronghua. They're both bad cousins."

Xiao Bao's words successfully made everyone in the room laugh.

Mo Xiaobei, who was in charge of keeping watch, was furious: This scholar surnamed Fang dared to compete with the young master for someone, was he tired of living?

"Miss Su, I'll help you teach this scum a lesson."

Su Qianqian stopped Mo Xiaobei, "No need, I can do it myself."

She wanted to see what Fang Cheng was really up to.

Sure enough, Fang Cheng said, "Qianqian, I know you still care about me, and so do I. My feelings for you have never changed. The reason I broke off the engagement with you was because Tang Yuerao forced me to."

"I heard from my classmates that your flower tea is quite good. I can help you sell it in the capital. With my clever mind to help you, we will soon become the richest people in the Great Qi Dynasty."

Now I understand. It turns out that Fang Cheng came to Gu Ji's place because of the flower tea.

Unfortunately, Fang Cheng didn't know that a merchant from the capital had offered twenty taels of silver per package, but Su Qianqian refused to sell, saying that she didn't have enough stock and her own family didn't have enough.

The tea she asked the Meng family to send should be arriving in the capital soon.

If the tea were sold to the capital at this time, the tea given to the princess would not be rare enough.

Gu Ying never expected that this fair-skinned scholar would scheme against her cousin's flower tea. She picked up a tattered rag used for wiping the table and threw it at Fang Cheng's face.

"Hey, get out of here, you're not welcome here."

Gu Huai was busy in the kitchen when he heard that Fang Cheng had come looking for him, so he came out with a kitchen knife.

"Fang Cheng, I didn't even know you bullied my Qianqian before. Now I'm going to settle the score with you for what happened back then."

Fang Cheng valued his life above all else. When he saw the kitchen knife, his legs trembled with fear. "You, you mustn't lay a hand on me! I have official rank; hitting me will land you in jail!"

As Fang Cheng spoke, he retreated, only daring to shout back inside after he had exited the gate, "I... I will definitely not let you people off the hook if I become an official in the future."

After saying that, he ran away in a flash.

Su Qianqian followed him all the way and found Fang Cheng's residence.

Seeing that Fang Cheng was getting annoyed, she decided that this time she had to make Fang Cheng stay in bed for ten days to half a month and not be able to get up.

Fang Cheng's rented house had a shared outhouse.

While Fang Cheng was out using the restroom, she went inside and did something sneaky.

When Fang Cheng returned from the outhouse, he slipped on a puddle of oil as soon as he entered the house. His old wounds hadn't healed before he got new ones. His newly made clothes were stained with oil after only one wear and couldn't be washed clean, so he couldn't wear them anymore.

The worst part was that he was unable to move after falling to the ground, but his eyesight was still good. He had already discovered that the locked cabinet in the room was missing, where there was more than a hundred taels of silver that he had just obtained from Old Su's family.

How hateful! Who on earth was it? They stole that heavy cabinet in the blink of an eye.

Fang Cheng lay on the ground and cried out for help, which quickly attracted the attention of his neighbors.

He asked his neighbor to report it to the authorities, and half an hour later the government sent three constables, one of whom was Gou Dan.

Gou Dan and Fang Cheng have been mortal enemies since childhood, and he will never miss any opportunity to mock Fang Cheng.

"Hey, Fang Tongsheng, you're badly injured. Were you beaten up? Did you steal a chicken? Or pet a dog?"

"I... I fell down myself."

Fang Cheng felt terrible. He used to be the one bullying Gou Dan, but today he was the one being mocked by Gou Dan.

Dog Egg and Su Qianqian, you just wait. Once I pass the imperial examination and become an official, you'll both regret it.

After recording the lost items, the lead constable sighed and said, "There are no witnesses or physical evidence; I'm afraid we'll never get them back."

Fang Cheng was furious. He had traveled all the way back to the countryside and swindled more than a hundred taels of silver from the Su family's old house. Did he have it easy?

In the end, it all benefited someone else.

The neighbors all said that no one had carried the cabinet past. Fang Cheng was very puzzled. When did such a skilled thief come to Qinghe County? He could come and go without a trace.

In Qinghe County, camphor wood chests are the most popular way to store dowries.

Two days later, Madam Gu received a small box from her daughter. It was a small camphor wood box, about a foot square, which Su Qianqian had recently commissioned a carpenter to make.

"Mother, this is your dowry money. I've gotten it back for you."

She had already had the silver inside melted down by a silversmith, so there were no marks left and it wouldn't matter who came looking for it.

Meanwhile, Princess Zhaohua of the capital received a letter from Baozhu and immediately rushed to the Meng residence.

When the First Madam heard from her servants that Princess Zhaohua had arrived, she was extremely surprised.

It's almost dark. What urgent matter could Princess Zhaohua have that would cause her to come as a guest at this hour?

However, Princess Zhaohua seems to come over early every morning these days, and I wonder what is so attractive about that precious pearl.

I thought Baozhu was just as naive and innocent as her mother, but I never expected her to be so clever, able to make Princess Zhaohua unable to leave her side every day.

A few days ago, the First Madam sent a servant to Baozhu's place to inquire. They only found out that the Princess and Baozhu's conversation revolved entirely around that Miss Su who lived far away in Qinghe County.

She truly resented the lack of ambition among the legitimate daughters of the household. It is said that those near the water get the moon first, and even Miss Su, who lived far away in Qinghe County and had never met the princess, successfully befriended her. Yet, not a single one of the daughters in the household could even strike up a conversation with the princess.

"Manager Qian, you no longer need to report to me when the princess comes to visit the manor."

Anyway, she never got to use the tea, snacks, and meals she had arranged in advance.

"Yes, Madam."