Su Hua turned around and saw the man's anxious expression. She found it hard to connect him with the roguish look she had seen when they first met. Without keeping her in suspense, she said, "Don't worry, I don't do anything like murder or robbery. However, I would like to ask you to do something for me."

As she said this, she took out a silver ingot from her sleeve. "Here is a deposit of five taels of silver. I will pay you another five taels once the matter is settled."

The five-tael silver ingot was about the size of an egg, gleaming silver in the moonlight, making Wang Ergou subconsciously swallow.

At that time, Meng Yongfu asked him to steal the jade hairpin from Old Su's house, but he only gave him two taels of silver as a deposit.

You should know that the people of Shanghe Village can only save up two taels of silver at most from the beginning to the end of the year. Now Su Hua has given five taels in one go, and there will be another five taels after the matter is settled. This matter is probably not an easy one.

Thinking of this, he immediately restrained his urge to take the silver.

You can only spend this money if you're alive.

"Heh, you're quite afraid of your life these days!" Su Hua chuckled softly upon seeing this. "Don't worry, I'm just letting you play with Feng, the scholar from our village. It won't hurt you or break any bones, so you definitely won't suffer any losses."

"Play?" Upon hearing this, Su Ergou's guard did not lower in the slightest. "How does Grandma want me to play?"

As for Feng Zicai, he wasn't too surprised. Su Hua wasn't one to be soft-hearted. Feng Zicai had previously staged such a big show at the dilapidated temple, forcing the Su family to break off the engagement. Although the pretext of catching them in the act of adultery failed, the engagement ended with the Su family voluntarily breaking off the engagement.

But the daughter's reputation was completely ruined after the marriage, which had been arranged for her since childhood, was broken off.

It will probably be very difficult to find a good family to marry into in the future.

If it were him, he would have set the Feng family's old house on fire long ago; he wouldn't have waited until now.

But if Su Hua goes too far and gets burned, it's not a good thing. He needs to hear how she plans to play before deciding whether he can accept the five taels of silver.

Su Hua smiled and beckoned to him, "Come closer..."

The girl's cool words, carried by the mountain breeze, gently reached my ears.

Wang Ergou became increasingly alarmed as he listened, eventually breaking out in goosebumps all over his body. It took him a long time to recover his senses. "Are you trying to completely ruin Feng Zicai?"

"Heh!" Su Hua sneered, her eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

"What destruction or not, it's just a matter of retribution."

She originally planned to deal with Feng Zicai after finding the Red Cloud Flower, but since he was so impatient and kept coming up to her, she gave in to his wishes.

It's easy to kill someone, but to make someone watch helplessly as what they care about slips through their fingers, forced to live a life of mere survival, is what truly makes life worse than death.

Feng Zicai took the original owner's life and betrayed her sincere heart; he didn't deserve a good end.

Wang Ergou shivered at the cold light in the girl's eyes. After a moment of silence, he stammered, "Grandma, you have three older brothers. Why didn't you ask them for help with such an important matter? Why did you come to me instead? Aren't you afraid I'll tell Scholar Feng or the Meng family?"

"My brothers are all too upright; how could they be as suitable as you?"

Su Hua lightly dusted off her sleeves, her gaze falling on the man's legs, her smile deepening. "As for whether you want to find the Feng family or the Meng family, go ahead and do it. After all, you have legs, and it's your freedom to go wherever you want."

Halfway through her sentence, her voice softened further, "However, hands and legs, once broken, can be broken a second time, but whether they can be reattached is another matter. Moreover, I happen to know Dr. Zhou in this town. Whether he can reattach them is one thing, but whether someone will be there to do it for you is another."

Wang Ergou almost knelt down upon hearing the soft, melodious Wu dialect spoken by the speaker.

If someone else had said this, he might not have believed it, but Su Hua in front of him was truly capable of doing it.

When she cut off his hand, she didn't hesitate at all.

Moreover, he had heard from the villagers that Dr. Zhou had recently visited Su Hua in person, saying he wanted to learn medical skills. If she broke his hands and feet again, he was afraid he would be crippled for life.

"Well? What's your decision? Will you accept the five taels of silver or not?" Su Hua glanced at the starlight in the sky. It was time to go back. Otherwise, the old lady would probably nag for a long time if she didn't see anyone for a while.

"I'll take it! I'll take it!" Wang Ergou chuckled.

He quickly took the silver from the girl's hand, and even took a big bite of it.

Looking at the crescent moon mark left on the silver, his eyes crinkled with a smile.

Just as Su Hua said, this job doesn't hurt anyone, it's just playing around with that good-for-nothing Feng Zicai, and he can get ten taels of silver. If he turns away this business that's been handed to him, wouldn't he be a complete idiot?

With this money, he can go to the pharmacy and buy a few more doses of medicine for his mother.

As for the Meng family and Feng Zicai, he certainly couldn't tell them that ever since Meng Yongfu pushed him to be the scapegoat, he had hated the whole family, and he also had no good feelings towards this prospective son-in-law. If he was afraid of Su Hua, he hated the Meng family.

"Then I'll wait for your good news." Su Hua smiled and turned around after seeing that he had accepted the money.

After taking two or three steps, she paused again when she saw the clusters of green bamboo outside the courtyard. She said softly, "Aunt Wang's cough is a chronic illness. Instead of buying those medicinal herbs from the pharmacy and boiling them day and night, why not cut some bamboo outside the courtyard, roast it over a fire, and give her the bamboo water to drink? After drinking it for more than a month, her cough will be much better."