With both witnesses and evidence present, it is impossible for Zhao Tianbao to deny it.

As the "local official" of Huaxi Village, although the village head has no rank, he is also a wise and capable elder elected by the local villagers. What's more, Zhao Tianbao's family is "notorious" and no one wants to protect them.

Originally, some villagers suggested that Su Qingluan open the small cloth bag inside and ask someone to appraise the value of the stolen brocade bag. If the amount exceeds a certain amount, then she would have to be reported to the authorities and the entire family might even be sentenced to exile.

Su Qingluan shook her head and said that it was not a very valuable item. If the other party had not made random accusations that would damage her reputation, she would not bother to care.

In fact, Su Qingluan was thinking of the object in the sachet. It was none other than the jade pendant given to her by the "young man" who was rescued by the Heimlich maneuver at "Hongfulou" after choking on a rice dumpling with glutinous rice.

Su Qingluan didn't have much experience in identifying jade ornaments, but she knew that such a delicate and smooth jade pendant with exquisite carvings was unlikely to be an ordinary item. She was afraid that it would be too conspicuous if she took it out, so she simply made a small matter out of a big deal.

Later, Su Qingluan deeply regretted her cautious behavior today - of course, that was some time later.

So, with the presence of witnesses and evidence, Zhao Tianbao was sentenced to be whipped fifty times in public at the village entrance.

Although Zhao Youde and Chen were both unruly, they did not dare to act rudely in front of the village chief - unless they did not want to stay in the village anymore.

However, because Zhao Tianbao was caught stealing this time, this family began to resent the Su family, especially Su Qingluan, but that is a story for later.

Su Qingluan didn't watch Zhao Tianbao being whipped with Su Guangfu. After all, she had been dragged off to cook for that middle school boy Xie Zian early that morning, and it was a long journey. Then, upon returning home, she ran into Zhao Tianbao's mess. Su Qingluan didn't even eat dinner and went back to her room to sleep soundly.

After waking up the next day, Su Qingluan felt that it was unusually quiet outside. She did not hear the noise of banging and clanging everywhere from the previous few days.

When I went out, I saw that it was raining, so I had to stop the work that I had planned to continue today.

Fortunately, the most important repairs to the roof and walls had been completed a few days ago, so today the Su family didn't need to stay in the house with containers like wooden buckets and basins to deal with the leaking rain.

Yang prepared both yesterday's dinner and today's breakfast. The two little brats didn't bother Su Qingluan early in the morning, so when she woke up, everyone was already sitting in the main room and halfway through breakfast.

"I'm so sorry, I got up late..." Su Qingluan felt her legs a little sore - she walked so much yesterday, and now the consequences of excessive exercise were showing.

Seeing that her eldest daughter still looked a little tired, Yang felt very distressed: "Have breakfast later to fill your stomach, and then go and rest for a while."

She thought Su Qingluan hadn't rested well because of what happened with Zhao Tianbao yesterday, so she waited until dinner and pulled Su Qingluan to her side to comfort her, saying, "Don't be sad, Daya. Since the village head has determined that the Zhao family kid has dirty hands, no one will believe his nonsense."

"What?" Su Qingluan didn't follow her mother's train of thought at all. She was still calculating how long it would take to get the shop and what kind of business the shop would be suitable for. When she heard what Yang said, she was stunned for a moment.

"Don't worry, mother will definitely find a good marriage for you!" Yang promised with a very serious expression.

"???" Su Qingluan's face was full of question marks. Did she miss some key information?

To prevent further misunderstandings, Su Qingluan quickly explained, "Mother, I'm not worried about that... I'm thinking about the shop."

"Shop?" Yang was stunned. "What shop?"

Su Qingluan thought for a moment, then called Su Guangfu over and told him everything that happened at Xie Zian's place yesterday. Then she placed the hundred-liang silver note on the table and said, "Here are the notes. You two don't have to worry about Mr. Xie deceiving me for the sake of the shop."

After all, the real benefits have been gained.

Yang looked at Su Guangfu, somewhat bewildered. Although Su Guangfu had no experience dealing with wealthy families, he was a more composed person. He didn't deny what Su Qingluan had done, but simply said, "Be cautious in everything. Don't just look at the benefits. Consider the cost. If anything comes up, be sure to tell your parents. They will definitely help you."

Although Su Qingluan was no longer at the age of "needing help from parents", Su Guangfu's words still made her feel warm.

"Dad, I understand."

After finishing the serious business, everyone started to chat about family matters.

Yang smiled and said, "You went to bed early last night and missed the Li family's wife. She brought some delicious food for the three of you!"

The daughter-in-law of the Li family is Sun Guixiang, who has always gotten along well with the Su family.

Su Qingluan also liked Sun Guixiang's straightforward and enthusiastic personality very much, so she also felt a little regretful: "I have been very busy these days and have rarely chatted with Aunt Li! What food did she bring?" It was probably just those little toys used to coax children at the market, Su Qingluan thought.

"It's bananas! There are still two left!" Yang said, smiled and turned to go outside. After a moment, she took two bright yellow foods in her hands, opened the curtain and came in.

Su Qingluan took a closer look - isn't this a banana?

Yang held the two bananas and sighed, "Although these bananas aren't very sweet, I heard that overripe bananas are difficult to store. I'm afraid this is the only way."

As he said that, he handed one to Su Qingluan.

Su Qingluan peeled off the banana, broke off a little bit and tasted it - although it couldn't be said to be unripe, it was obviously not a fully ripe banana. Although the skin was yellow, the flesh could not fully reach the soft, sweet and sticky taste. It was a bit hard and the sweetness was not that strong.

Su Qingluan rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "Mother, I've come up with a way to make bananas even sweeter. Why don't you call Aunt Li over so we can eat bananas together?"

Having said that, he turned and went to the kitchen.

One side of the kitchen was a bit messy. It was obvious that they were planning to expand and modify the layout. Some of the original shelves had been moved away, and a lot of miscellaneous items had been piled up.

Su Qingluan walked around the mess, took the iron pot and looked down at the stove - fortunately, although breakfast had been cooked, the fire in the stove had not completely gone out.

Su Qingli added some clean water to the bottom of the iron pot, carefully pulled the bellows to let fresh air into the furnace, and added some firewood to make the fire burn more vigorously.

When you are in a bad mood or physically tired, you naturally want to eat sweets!

Su Qingluan naturally understood that in this era, she would have to say goodbye to many Western-style pastries, but there were always other options - for example, now, she could make a candied banana to comfort her tired body!