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

Mo Xiaobei took a bite of the candied hawthorn; it was both sour and sweet.

I don't know if it's because I didn't spend any money, but it tasted much better than the food in Beijing.

Now that Miss Su has discovered us, there's no need to continue following her.

Mo Xiaobei returned to the restaurant with the candied hawthorns and reported Su Qianqian's whereabouts to Gong Yu.

"...Young Master, that's exactly how it is. Miss Su not only didn't spend any money on the clothes, she actually made a profit of eighty-one taels. You didn't see how angry that despicable couple was!"

Gong Yu never expected such an interesting thing to happen. This little girl is more interesting than anyone he knows!

This trip to Qinghe County was definitely worthwhile.

Mo Xiaobei noticed that the young master was actually smiling.

The young master has always been cold-hearted, but I never expected him to laugh now. His laughter is even more beautiful than a girl's. However, what Miss Su did was indeed quite funny.

Mo Xiaobei finished eating the candied hawthorns and found that the two plates of fish on the table were reduced to fish bones, with only a little bit of meat left on the fish tails.

The young master is extremely picky about food, yet he managed to finish two large fish completely, so the two fish that Miss Su sent must be very delicious.

Even a piece of meat the size of a fly's leg is still meat. Mo Xiaobei picked up a piece of fish tail meat with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth.

Holy crap, what kind of fish is this? Are the fish from Qinghe County really this delicious?

Even in the capital, I've never tasted such delicious fish. Is it true that free fish tastes better?

Mo Xiaobei looked out the window. Miss Su had gone out to run errands and hadn't returned yet. Miss Su's older brother, Su Ping'an, was selling fish, and business was booming; there was only one fish left.

"Your Highness, I think—"

Gong Yu interrupted Mo Xiaobei, "Go and buy that fish. If you can't buy it, you don't need to come back."

Mo Xiaobei jumped out of the window and, together with an old lady, caught the last fish.

The old lady got the fish head, and Mo Xiaobei got the fish tail.

How embarrassing! He's the inspector's right-hand man, yet he's been reduced to fighting with an old lady for fish. How shameful!

The old woman gripped the fish's gills tightly: "Young man, you wouldn't dare try to steal a fish from an old woman like me, would you?"

Mo Xiaobei gritted her teeth; she couldn't let the old lady rant about it anymore—it would be too embarrassing.

With a pained expression, he could only take out a silver ingot and stuff it into the old lady's hand, saying, "This silver can buy at least 100 fish."

The old lady happily took the silver and left. Good heavens, what good luck she had today! She actually ran into a complete idiot.

The fish only cost a few dozen coins each, but this dim-witted fool actually gave her a silver ingot worth 10 taels of silver just to snatch the fish!

The fishmonger probably couldn't sell that many fish even if he put all his fish together.

Buying fish actually made me rich? Who would believe that?

Su Ping'an was a bit simple-minded. Seeing that Luo Xiaobei had been swindled out of so much money by the old lady, he handed the last bunch of wild amaranth to Mo Xiaobei.

"Young Master Mo, these wild vegetables are for you."

Mo Xiaobei glanced at Su Pingan several times, feeling a bit confused.

How could such a clever girl like Miss Su have such a simple-minded older brother! He barely makes any money selling fish, yet he gives away such fresh wild vegetables for free!

Gong Yu returned to the Meng residence and heard from Granny Wang that Madam Meng had eaten Miss Su's fish for lunch. "...Young Master, it's strange, Madam usually coughs often, but she hasn't coughed since eating the fish at noon."

Gong Yu thought that his aunt was already on her deathbed, and since his aunt liked to eat this fish, he would give her the one he had just bought.

He then had Mo Xiaobei deliver the fish and wild vegetables to the main kitchen in the mansion.

On the other side, Su Qianqian bought a lot of things and hid them all in her spatial storage.

I bought several pairs of shoes just for my feet.

My feet feel much more comfortable after putting on the new shoes.

These are genuine handmade shoes. In the world before I traveled back in time, many handicrafts had not been properly passed down, and it was harder than climbing to heaven to buy such sturdy handmade cloth shoes.

Su Qianqian also bought a lot of grains, seasonings, and the like.

I bought things for the whole family.

The two large yellow oxen were also sold on the black market.

Come back fully loaded.

She guessed correctly; Fang Cheng indeed came to the Su family's house that evening.

Grandma Su was very hospitable to Fang Cheng and quickly made him a bowl of brown sugar water, not noticing Fang Cheng's disgusted look.

The old lady fawned over Fang Cheng mainly because he was now a student of the Imperial Academy and was said to be very learned, destined to become an official in the future.

The future officials will naturally need to be curryed over.

For the first time ever, the old lady lit two oil lamps, making the room brighter.

She directed her eldest son to move a bamboo chair to Fang Cheng's side, and even wiped it twice with her sleeve before politely saying, "Young Master Fang, please have a seat."

Fang Cheng was very satisfied to see that Old Madam Fang's attitude was respectful; this was the attitude that the Su family should have.

Fang Cheng brought the marriage contract that Sun had previously said she couldn't find. It was a yellowed piece of paper with red handprints from both sets of parents on it, and several holes were eaten by insects in the upper left corner.

When Fang Cheng saw Su Qianqian enter, he deliberately threw the engagement contract on the ground in front of her and said disdainfully, "Su Qianqian, you are vulgar and unworthy of being a good match. Our engagement is off."

The reason for announcing the engagement was twofold: firstly, to embarrass Su Qianqian, and secondly, to give Tang Yuerao an explanation.

He had kept his engagement a secret from Tang Yuerao when they were together, but now that she found out, she's making a huge scene and has given him the deadline to break off the engagement today.

So he went to great lengths, even driving back from the county town to this remote countryside late at night.

Gu was the daughter of a merchant and was literate.

The marriage certificate was made in duplicate, one copy for the Fang family and one copy for the Su family.

Madam Gu found her own copy and compared it with the original. "That's right, this is indeed the marriage contract in the Fang family's possession."

Now that things have come to this, there is no need to continue this engagement.

Madam Gu's eyes welled up with tears, filled with self-reproach. She blamed herself for being tricked by Madam Sun into getting engaged to the Fang family, which almost led to the death of her own daughter.

Fang Cheng felt even more smug when he saw that Madam Gu was crying.

Regret it now? Hmph, regret is useless now. You can cry all you want, the more miserable you cry, the better. Anyway, I'm not going back.

A poor peasant girl like you is not worthy of a noble scholar's status. If you had known this earlier and had taken the initiative to break off the engagement, I wouldn't have had to go through the trouble of selling you to human traffickers.

Unexpectedly, Su Qianqian took the marriage certificate, tore it to shreds along with her own, and smiled happily.

She wasn't the original owner of this body, and she had absolutely no good feelings towards Fang Cheng.

Su Qianqian tore at it with exceptional force, as if she were tearing apart an enemy.

This was completely different from what Fang Cheng had expected.

The third branch of the Su family is a sycophant of the Fang family, especially Su Qianqian, who is so infatuated with him that she's almost gone crazy.

Whenever he returned to the village, Su Qianqian would stick to his side and be reluctant to leave.

People's preferences don't change overnight.

As long as he finds an excuse to clear himself of the human trafficking allegations, Su Qianqian will definitely stick to him like before.

Therefore, Su Qianqian's smile was definitely fake.

Yes, that's right, that must be it.

The second son's wife witnessed Su Qianqian tear up the engagement contract. Her shrewd little green eyes blinked several times, and she secretly rejoiced.

Since the eldest son's wife wants to marry Yingxue, then wouldn't the second wife's family be able to find Fang Cheng to be their son-in-law?

We need to get Er Ya to be quick-witted and win over Master Tongsheng.

Looking at her daughter's tattered clothes, Gu felt a pang of heartache. How could she have been fooled by Sun's empty promises and given the money to the Fang family! She regretted it deeply.

She mustered her courage and questioned Fang Cheng: "Now that the engagement is off, shouldn't your family return the money you swindled from me?"

Fang Cheng remained calm and composed. "They said it was a scam, but have you ever seen a scammer return your money?" he said. "Auntie, everything requires proof. Please don't make baseless accusations."

Madam Gu was so angry that her face turned red. "A scholar, huh? He spent so much of her money and he still won't admit it!" she shouted. "Get out! Get out of the Su family!"

This was probably the most powerful thing the gentle Lady Gu had ever said.

Su Qianqian felt that Madam Gu was so thin that she looked like she could be blown away by a gust of wind, so she quickly stepped forward to support her. "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely make the Fang family pay back ten times what they owe us in the future."

Fang Cheng didn't forget to instigate and incite Old Madam Su, "Old Madam, I saw Qianqian in the county town today. She had a lot of money and bought a lot of things. Look at the shoes on her feet, they're brand new too."

Fang Cheng is a smart man and knows how to deal with the third branch of the Su family. He doesn't even need to lift a finger; just Old Madam Su is enough to make the third branch suffer terribly.

However, Su Qianqian was not afraid. She dared to show her money to Fang Cheng and Tang Yuerao, so she naturally had a plan.

Su Qianqian wasn't one to enjoy being tortured. Her feet were blistered from wearing straw sandals, so of course she needed to get new ones.

The room was brightly lit with many oil lamps, and the old lady and the others all focused their attention on Su Qianqian's feet.

Everyone noticed that the third wife's daughter was indeed wearing a new pair of shoes.

It seems that what Fang Cheng said—that this girl has a lot of money and bought a lot of things in the county town—is probably true.

The old lady's cloudy eyes suddenly brightened. She was the only one in the family who deserved new shoes and clothes; the other three wives were not worthy.

"Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, hurry up and search the woodshed. If you find anything good, I'll reward you."

The eldest son's wife and the second son's wife felt energized when they heard there would be a reward.

Su Xiaobao, with her small and thin frame, blocked the doorway to the woodshed: "Don't search us, you're all bad people."

Su Qianqian pulled Xiaobao into the yard. "Xiaobao, it's okay. Let them search. Only by searching themselves can they prove that the person surnamed Fang is lying. But if they don't find anything, I won't be lenient."

She's not stupid. The family hasn't separated yet, so naturally she wouldn't hide things in the third house. Let's see who has the ability to find them!

If I can't find it, don't blame me for going crazy and becoming ruthless.