An Dafeng chimed in to support him.

"Alright, second brother, you can rest now. I've eaten my fill. The harvest is plentiful, let's go back."

An Daliang, his face contorted with anger, glanced at An Dalin.

An Dalin, looking completely unimpressed, ignored An Daliang and lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed). He then called out loudly towards the outside, "Qiu Niang, come in and clear these dishes away."

"Yes, Father, you're here." Qiao Qiuniang responded and hurried into the inner room.

Anle looked at He Sanfeng, who was sitting firmly and showed no intention of getting up and leaving, and said with a smile.

"It seems that Third Grandma is not full. Eldest sister, bring this plate of stir-fried cabbage to Third Grandma so that she can take it back and eat it. We will make sure you have enough to eat when you come here."

Quietly smiling.

"Yes." She readily agreed, picked up a plate of cabbage, and handed it to Liu Xiufen. "Auntie, take this over there."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, both looking aggrieved, were pushed out of the house by a group of children.

As she pushed herself out the door, He Sanfeng turned back and shouted into the house, unwilling to give up.

"I'll come back tomorrow morning to talk about these two pigs. Don't you dare sell them."

I told you, the reason your family was able to catch so many wild boars isn't entirely because of my family's good fortune. If you sell them all, I won't stand for it."

After seeing off the families of An Dafeng and An Daliang, An Dalin got up from the kang (a heated brick bed).

"I made a whole tael of silver in town today!" he exclaimed, pouring out a pile of copper coins from a basket beside him.

"They've all been strung together and stored away for the kids to use in their studies."

An Mancang scratched his head and, unusually, grinned.

"No need, you can keep these for yourself."

“Grandpa, didn’t I say that what you earn is yours? Tomorrow, Dad and I will go to Tianxiang Restaurant and ask if you can still set up a stall with Third Brother.” Anle climbed onto the kang with a grin.

An Dalin patted Anle's head and sighed.

"I think the third brother's family is no pushover. This isn't over yet. They'll definitely come back tomorrow. We need to find someone to come and take them away first thing tomorrow morning. I'll take Yiwazi and set up the stall for another day." After saying that, she glanced at Qiao Qiuniang with concern.

"Qiu Niang, can you hold this family together? What will you do if the third son's family comes over again and asks you for help?"

Qiao Qiuniang twisted her fingers and bit her lip.

"Father, you keep saying you gave birth to Mancang and raised Mancang, how am I supposed to say that? I—"

An Ning's eyes darted around, and she grinned as she recalled Liu Xiaoqiao's demeanor when confronting her third grandmother and aunt.

“Grandpa, I think we should go to Grandpa’s house tomorrow and invite Auntie over to keep Mom company. I think Auntie and Third Grandma are afraid of Auntie. With Auntie there, Auntie and the others definitely won’t dare to do anything reckless.”

An Dalin thought for a moment and nodded.

"Sure, that's still better than your mother staying at home alone."

Qiao Qiuniang licked her lips and glanced at An Yi.

"Father, I think we should let the second son go with you tomorrow. The third son has already paid his tuition, so we should let him go to school tomorrow." We can't let this tael of silver go to waste.

"Ah, right, I forgot about that." An Dalin suddenly realized, and patted An Yi's shoulder earnestly.

"Yiwa, show some spirit and study hard."

Upon hearing that he could go to school, An Yi's smile stretched from ear to ear.

"Oh, Grandpa, don't worry, I will definitely study hard."

The next morning, as soon as they entered the town, An Mancang and An Le parted ways with An Dalin and An Ding.

"Father, you go to Tianxiang Tower, I'll go to the temple to offer incense to the gods."

An Mancang nodded solemnly and respectfully.

“I’ll go with you. We need to properly worship the gods. If it weren’t for their blessing, we wouldn’t have gotten these pigs and deer. We can also go to the temple and find the messenger there to have someone bring the deer to be kept there.”

Anle was taken aback. "Huh?" Send it to the temple to be raised?

Has his dad lost his mind?

Every part of a deer is valuable. Deer products have extremely high medicinal and health benefits, such as deer antlers, deer bones, and deer skin glue. These are all good products. Why should they be sent to temples?

But she couldn't argue with that; she was hunting in the name of divine favor, so how could she say no to giving it away?

Anle gave a stiff laugh and nodded awkwardly.

"Fine, fine." Damn it, all her efforts have just benefited the temple.

I followed An Mancang into Tianxiang Tower, settled the matter of the wild boar, and then went to the temple.

After offering incense to the gods and explaining the whole story to the deity's disciple, An Mancang, guided by the disciple, went to talk to the temple's messenger about the sika deer. An Le, preoccupied with his own business, went to the place he had arranged to meet Du Ruoyun to collect the half tael of silver.

It was the same place, and I arrived as promised, but this time I didn't see Du Ruoyun. I only saw the maid Xiaoju waiting there.

Anle ran over with her short legs, surprised.

"Why did you come alone? Where is your young lady? Didn't she come with you?"

Xiaoju rolled her eyes and curled her lip in disdain.

"My young lady doesn't have time to deal with a little kid like you every day. She's busy preparing for the old lady's birthday at home."

Anle blinked and pondered for a moment, then said, "Busy preparing for the old lady's birthday?"

"Yes, my young lady is busy embroidering longevity blessings for the old lady at home. She asked me to come over and settle the money from the day before yesterday with you."

Anle grinned, "Oh? So, your young lady is quite satisfied with the undergarments I gave her?"

"It's...it's alright." Xiaoju turned her face away, unwilling to admit it. She couldn't stand Anle's smug look, which seemed to have predicted her, but she still tossed the half tael of silver in her hand to Anle without fail.

Anle took the half-tael of silver that Xiaoju tossed to him, and tentatively asked, his eyes darting around.

Does the old lady in your household like sweets?

Xiao Ju looked bewildered.

How did you know our old lady likes sweets?

Anle blinked innocently and shrugged.

"Huh? I don't know, I just asked."

Hey, just what I wanted has come true! It's like a pillow being handed to me when I was sleepy.

She was just trying to test whether it was feasible, but unexpectedly, it ran right into her little scheme.

This is truly delightful.

"I have a delicious dessert here that can help your young lady please your matriarch."

Xiaoju's eyes lit up at the mention of this, but the light quickly faded as she looked at Anle with suspicion.

"Are you trying to rip off my young lady again?"