Arriving at a stall selling toilet paper, Moshi bargained with the vendor and bought a bundle of toilet paper.

"Moxi, why don't you buy the kind of pre-cut toilet paper?" Su Xiaonuan knew that this was toilet paper used to wipe one's bottom, but the toilet paper she used at the Xiao family's house was all cut into small pieces. Moxi didn't want to buy ready-made toilet paper; it would be too much trouble to cut it herself when she got home.

"Sister-in-law, this is for when you have your period. How do you use it after it's been cut up?" Mo Xi whispered in her ear.

"This is terrible!"

Su Xiaonuan asked Xiao Moran to take the children shopping, while she took Moxi to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought two kilograms of white toilet paper, which she put in her basket.

"Thank you, sister-in-law!" Moxi had never used this kind of pure white toilet paper before. She knew that Lanyin used it, but she couldn't afford it. This kind of paper was several times more expensive than toilet paper.

"I'll buy more and keep some in the house. If you need any, just come to my room and get some. It's more hygienic to use this." Su Xiaonuan felt sorry for women of that era who used rough toilet paper during their periods; it really refreshed her understanding.

"Sister-in-law, you're so good to me." Mo Xi said, taking the money out of her pocket and stuffing it into her hand.

"Why would you give me money?"

"I sold the ten straw hats that weren't part of the plan at a street stall, but they weren't as expensive as your order," Xiao Moxi said happily. "Even at a low price, they're still more valuable than crops. I worked so hard to grow them, and they weren't even worth as much as the new straw hats you wove. I sold the ten for five yuan."

"You sold them?" Su Xiaonuan asked. "I was planning to keep them and wait for the second batch of orders."

Are you sure there's a second batch of orders?

“I reckon there will be more,” Su Xiaonuan said. “The businessmen who place the orders are from the city. Things that are worthless here can fetch a good price in the city. These businessmen are shrewd; they only want things that can make money. They won’t do business that loses money.”

“Only someone from a big city like my sister-in-law could make those straw hats. They’re so stylish that the girls in town bought them as soon as I put them on the market,” Moxi said. “They look so good with their dresses.”

"Are you envious?" Su Xiaonuan pressed her advantage. "Then you should study hard and take the college entrance exam next year. If you get into university, you can also become a sophisticated city girl in the future."

"Sister-in-law, do you think I'm up to the task?"

Just as Su Xiaonuan was about to answer, she saw Xiao Moran and her mother-in-law rushing over in a panic, each carrying a child.

The crowd on the street became restless, with many people stuffing the crops laid out on the ground into baskets and then rushing towards the bridgehead like a swarm of bees.

What happened?

"Come to the side, be careful not to get knocked over." Xiao Moran protected Su Xiaonuan.

"Mom, why are they all running towards the bridge? Is there something interesting to see?"

"I heard the police went to arrest someone," Zhang Yulan said. "The murderer in the case that was discovered in our village yesterday has been found."

"Let's go take a look."

Su Xiaonuan and Mo Xi looked excited; they were both interested in the matter.

They came to stop them, but they couldn't, so they had no choice but to run with them.

The mother and son had already heard that the murderer was Xu Honglin, Moxi's former blind date.

Su Xiaonuan was interested in the case, so she would definitely go and join in the fun.

Murphy was interested in the killer, and even said, "It's unheard of for a small place like ours to have such a heartless murderer. He ruined a girl and then killed her. Wouldn't it have been better to leave her alive? This woman was really unlucky to run into such an inhuman man."

Xiao Moran and his mother exchanged a glance, both still shaken. Fortunately, the marriage between Moxi and the man surnamed Xu didn't happen; otherwise, the girl who was killed would have been their Moxi.

The young man from the Xu family was having a sweet dream in bed. He thought that what he had done was completely undetected. He had killed the person at home and then transported the body to the hillside of Xiaolong Village to bury it. Moreover, he thought that since the girl was someone he had brought back from the county town and no one knew her, the case would definitely remain unsolved.

The further she pushed her way forward, the more information she heard. When she confirmed that it was indeed her blind date, she became afraid.

"Why aren't you leaving?" Su Xiaonuan pulled her.

"Sister-in-law, I'm not going." Mo Xi suddenly trembled all over, and the hand holding Su Xiaonuan was ice cold.

Su Xiaonuan had no choice but to lead her to the side and say to Zhang Yulan, "Mom, please take a look at Moxi. What's wrong with her? Her hands are ice cold, and her whole body is trembling."

"She's just scared." Zhang Yulan handed Guoguo to Su Xiaonuan. "I told you not to go, but you wouldn't listen. Now you know?"

"Know what?"

"Xiao Nuan, you really messed up Moxi's marriage last time. Otherwise, the person who was killed would have been our Moxi," Zhang Yulan said with lingering fear.

"So, the murderer is Moxi's blind date from before?"

“That’s right,” Xiao Moran said gratefully. “By a twist of fate, you saved Moxi.”

Su Xiaonuan turned to her aunt. "Moxi, you shouldn't be afraid, you should be happy. Such a vicious bad guy has been caught. We should cheer loudly. He's definitely going to die this time. He'll pay for his life. Xu's time to die has come."

“Yes, I should be happy!” Moxi smiled again, and his body wasn’t trembling as much. “Sister-in-law, you are so farsighted. If it weren’t for your interference, which prevented the Xu family from choosing me, I would be the one who is dead.”

"Haven't you all hated me for a long time?"

“Because the Xu family is well-off, we all hope that Moxi can live a good life,” Zhang Yulan said softly.

"Alright, it's all over now, Moxi. Through this experience, you need to catch up on your studies and take the college entrance exam next year. Happiness is not in the hands of others, but in your own hands."

"Sister-in-law, I'll do whatever you say. I'll catch up on my studies and take the college entrance exam next year."

"That's right."

Suddenly, the crowded people in front automatically parted to make way.

Everyone craned their necks to wait for the police to bring the murderer past.

Such a murder occurred in a small town, and everyone flocked to see what was going on.

As the handcuffed murderer passed by, Xiao Moxi grabbed a handful of someone else's vegetables to throw at him, but Su Xiaonuan stopped her.

"No! If he stares at you with those dead fish eyes, you'll have nightmares all the time."

"Sister-in-law, you described it so accurately. I've never been able to find the right words to describe the way he looks at people. Yes, it's exactly what you called dead fish eyes. It's so vivid."

Shh, don't talk.

Xu's parents chased after him, crying and wailing, their cries for their son were heartbreaking, but no one sympathized with them. Parents also bear responsibility for raising such a murderer son.

The family went to Xingwang Restaurant for a meal. The restaurant was full of people, many of whom were passersby. Since it was market day in the town, some people would buy some local specialties to take back with them.

Others would hear about a murder in the town, grab a meal, and inquire about the details, which would then become topics of conversation when they returned home.

"You're finally back." Li Yuehua greeted them, her gaze falling on Xiao Moran's strikingly handsome face. "You must be Xiao Nuan's husband, right?"