When Chen Ping'an returned home, he threw two taels of silver on the table in front of Liu Fangfang and rolled his eyes at her.

"Su Luo returned the money to you. Don't go crazy again in the future."

Liu Fangfang seemed to want to say something, but found herself unable to speak, and lowered her head, not daring to look Chen Ping'an in the eye.

"What's wrong? You were the one who told me to go to Su Luo for money, and now you're acting all aggrieved?"

Seeing Liu Fangfang's unpleasant expression, Chen Ping'an couldn't understand her; he couldn't fathom a woman's thoughts.

"I didn't mean it today. I was just influenced by other people's emotions. My sister-in-law said that Su Luo doesn't treat us like relatives. She said she would pay back the money to my sister-in-law instead of us."

Today, Li Fangfang went to the village to embroider insoles with others. Unexpectedly, Luo Mei was there too. She told her how Su Luo treated them and how she treated her own family. Li Fangfang already knew that Su Luo had returned the money to Luo Mei, but she was upset that Luo Mei spoke ill of her family in front of so many women.

They even said that if they didn't go and get the money back from Su Luo, then all these years they had been giving their sincerity to an ingrate. They also said that the whole family was stupid, and they went on and on.

Su Luo hadn't shown any intention of returning the money these past few days, which made Liu Fangfang increasingly uncomfortable. Her emotions were also stirred up by Luo Mei, which led to her arguing with Chen Ping'an when she returned.

Now that I've brought the money home, it feels a bit like a hot potato.

"Sigh, Xiaoxiao's mother, you should listen to your sister-in-law less in the future. Don't you know what kind of person she is? Look at what Su Luo's family has become, and she still did something like selling Su Luo."

My older brother is becoming increasingly incompetent; from now on, we should live our own lives and have less contact with her.

Liu Fangfang cried tears of grievance: "Xiaoxiao's father, I didn't mean to force you to ask Su Luo for money. I was just saying it in anger."

Chen Ping'an sat down and comforted her, "Just don't do that again next time. Su Luo returned the money to us on her own initiative. I didn't ask her for it back, and Su Luo didn't blame us. She even said that everyone should be well."

Hearing this, Li Fangfang felt a little relieved and secretly vowed never to listen to Luo Mei's instigation again.

...

Two days later, Su Luo went to check on the rice seedlings in the field. The seedlings had already begun to grow ears of rice. After Su Luo diluted the water in their field, the rice was growing very well. However, since it hadn't rained for a long time, the water in the field had dried up.

However, the rice ears have already grown, so the impact is minimal.

The eggplant seedlings by the tile kiln fence were also growing well. Su Luo pulled them all up and transplanted them into dry land. As long as she watered them diligently, they would grow eggplants to eat in about a month.

Zhao Ruyun was in good health and even came over to help Su Luo dig the ground. Su Luo planted the eggplant seedlings in the ground and covered them with soil by hand.

The ashes from the earthen stove at home were dug up and used as fertilizer. On this dry land that Zhao Ruyun left her, fifty eggplant seedlings were planted. If each seedling could grow up and produce more than ten eggplants, then it would be a good harvest.

"Luo Luo, there are so many seedlings left. We don't have any more land to plant them."

Zhao Ruyun felt sorry and regretful for these eggplant seedlings.

“Grandma, it’s not a pity that we have no land to farm. We can divide it equally, half for my uncle and his family to farm, and half for the village chief and his family.”

This is a new type of product. If we give it to them and they don't want it, Su Luo will have to throw it away.

"Alright, I'll take them to them in a bit." Zhao Ruyun counted the eggplant seedlings; there were still more than forty. She divided them up, giving each of the two families twenty seedlings.

When they returned to the kiln, Zhao Ruyun first gave half of the eggplant seedlings to Chen Ping'an and the others. Su Luo put her hoe and wood-chopping knife together, scooped up a ladle of water, and washed the mud off her hands.

"Su Luo, are you home?"

Outside the fence, the voice preceded the person. Su Luo recognized the voice as that of the village chief, wiped the water off her hands with a handkerchief, and went over to open the door for him.

When they came out, they saw that Wang Dayong had come with the village chief: "Village chief, Brother Wang, please come in and sit down."

Wang Dayong had a constant smile on his face the whole way, carrying two large bags of wedding candies wrapped in red paper to give to Su Luo.

"Madam Su, these are the wedding candies for my son's newborn. This largest portion must be given to you. I came here specifically to thank you."

Su Luo accepted the other person's good wishes: "Brother Wang, congratulations! How are your wife and Xiao Bao doing?"

When his wife and son were mentioned, Wang Dayong raised his chin high, raised one eyebrow and laughed arrogantly, the satisfaction emanating from him as if to say: My son and wife are doing well.

"Haha... This is all thanks to you, Madam Su! My son and daughter-in-law are both fine. That boy's cry is so loud, even the neighbors are saying he'll be someone important someday, hahaha..."

Su Luo poured honeysuckle tea for the two of them and invited them to sit at the entrance of the kiln.

"Su Luo, besides bringing you wedding candy, Wang Dayong also came to talk to you about his family's land foundation." The village chief was also carrying two bags of wedding candy, just like Su Luo's.

The foundation is a big deal. Su Luo stared at Wang Dayong and asked, "Brother Wang, do you sell the land at the entrance of your village?"

Wang Dayong chuckled and said, "Madam Su, my mother is old and can only live with me in the county now. The land in our old home is of no use to me anymore. But let me make this clear: you saved my wife and son, which is a great kindness to the Wang family."

You know I'm a businessman. I can't say I'm giving this land to you for free, but I, Wang Dayong, will sell it to you at a discount."

Su Luo never intended to use gratitude to coerce Wang Dayong, but if she could get a discount, that would be ideal.

"Then I thank you in advance, Brother Wang."

Wang Dayong took a sip of tea and said, "Madam Su, the village chief is here today, so I'll negotiate according to the market rate. I won't let you lose money."

“Dayong, just tell me, how much do you want to sell your land? Su Luo is genuinely interested in buying it,” the village chief said.

"Village chief, don't rush. We can't just talk nonsense here. Why don't we go and take a look at my old house together, and then we can talk about the price?"

You need to see the actual property before you can make a decision; buying land is no small matter.

“Brother Wang is right, why don’t we go take a look now?”

"Okay, let's go now."

Led by Wang Dayong and the village chief, the three arrived at the entrance of Daochangping Village, next to the main road. The first house they saw upon entering the village was Wang Dayong's.

Su Luo had been here many times, but each time she could only see it from the outside. She knew nothing about what Wang Dayong's house looked like inside.

Wang Dayong opened the courtyard gate and saw a large courtyard with three main rooms and two side rooms on the east and west sides, all of which were connected in pairs.

The main structure of the house is made of adobe bricks, and the rooms are quite large, with a courtyard of about 90 square meters in the middle.

"Su Luo, what do you think of Wang Dayong's land?" The village chief asked Su Luo in a low voice, standing behind her.

Su Luo nodded: "This is a good location."

The village chief then pointed to the two dry plots of land outside the door and said to Su Luo, "Those two plots of land outside also belong to his family, and he may sell them as well."