Beside the stove, Su Baishi had already set out bowls and chopsticks, and the two ounces of hot and sour noodles in the bowl were all eaten up without leaving any soup. "Hua'er, where is this sweet potato valley? Let's go up there and dig some more later."

"While the sun is shining brightly now, I can make a lot of sweet potato starch. With summer getting hotter every day, many people suffering from the heat will surely rush to buy it."

The others also wiped their mouths and stared intently at the girl in front of them.

Three scoops of sweet potato starch are hardly enough to eat.

Of course, we should bring back more so we can sell them and eat them at the same time.

Seeing this situation, Su Hua's lips twitched. "Sweet Potato Valley is inside Fuhu Mountain. If we walk up there, it will take at least several hours, and half a day to go back and forth."

I asked my eldest daughter to carry me to dig sweet potatoes, while you, Mom, stay home and make sweet potato noodles.

Just kidding, if the whole family went there, how would she possibly sneak out the mountain of sweet potatoes piled up in the space?

The extra thousand acres of land she now has are giving her a major headache.

No one else can get in, and she can't find anyone to help her with farming. The only people who can help now are Baihu's family, and she has to find a way to use up the sweet potatoes from before.

Danfeng was about to say that his lightness skill was no slower than Daniu's when he saw his young lady's gaze already looking over. "Shanghe Village hasn't been very peaceful lately. Qingdai is guarding the Xiao family. You should stay home and take care of things."

"Yes, I understand," Danfeng replied quickly.

Sweet potato noodles are delicious, but her purpose in coming to Shanghe Village was to protect the girl's safety; we can't put the cart before the horse.

Su Bai thought for a moment. Grinding sweet potatoes was no easier than digging them. It would be better to have Da Niu carry Hua'er to the valley, at least that would make things easier.

In the afternoon, Su Hua made four trips to the sweet potato valley and brought out two thousand catties of sweet potatoes.

The Su family members were sorting sweet potatoes in the courtyard. After washing them, they started cutting them into pieces and grinding them into powder. When one person got tired, the next person would take over.

There used to be a lot of newly made furniture in front of the courtyard, plus two thousand catties of sweet potatoes, and suddenly there was no place to even step. Seeing this, Su Bai decided to move into the new house next door.

The house with blue bricks and tiles was raised half a month ago, and the roof was completed ten days ago. Now that it has been aired out for ten days, moving in is not a problem at all. In Shanghe Village and the surrounding villages, people usually hold a banquet when the roof is raised, but they don't need to make a big fuss when moving into a new house.

Even so, when the villagers learned that the Su family was moving to a new house, they all rolled up their sleeves to help.

At that time, Su Baishi bought two mu of land from Su Chengde. One and a half mu of it was used to build a courtyard house. The men lived in the front courtyard, while the women lived in the back courtyard.

In addition to the bedroom, there is a kitchen, bathroom, toilet, utility room, and woodshed. There is also a large and bright study.

The walls of the room are covered with a layer of solid wood panels, which not only prevent dust from accumulating and make the room look clean and tidy, but also keep out snakes, insects, rodents and ants.

The half-acre front yard wasn't planted with vegetables; instead, it was lined with fruit trees of all seasons: peaches, pears, plums, oranges, pomelos, crabapples, grapes, apricots, bayberries, dates, jujubes, and even wild chestnut saplings dug up from the mountain.

We planted only a few of each kind, two of each. Many of the saplings are now in bloom, and small fruits are growing under the peach, plum, and pear trees. They will be ready to eat in another month or two.

As the furniture was moved in one by one, the empty house suddenly became much more lively. The mountain breeze carried the fragrance of flowers and fruits, making the villagers envious.

In a year or two, they might save up enough money selling vegetables and their children working at the restaurant to buy a spacious, bright brick house like this.

As the group was chatting and laughing, there was a sudden knock on the courtyard gate.

Immediately afterwards, a gentle, soothing voice rang out, "May I ask if Aunt Su and Sister Hua'er are here?"

Upon hearing this, Su Bai's smile froze instantly.

Looking up, one sees a pale yellow figure standing at the courtyard gate. The person has a woman's hairstyle, with her head slightly lowered and her hair half-tied up, the remaining strands of hair just enough to cover her face. If one is not familiar with her, one would not be able to guess who she is for a while.

However, Su Baishi knew from the voice that the person in front of her was Liang Siyu.

His slanted eyes turned even colder. "Our Su family territory is off-limits to the Feng and Meng families, and even dogs. Doesn't Meng Fu's wife know that?"

When the villagers heard that the visitor was Liang Siyu, they were all taken aback.

The Meng family and the Su family have a deep-seated grudge. Does the young wife of the Meng family come here looking for a beating?

Upon hearing this, Liang Siyu quickly looked up and explained, "Aunt Su, you've misunderstood. I've come today to ask you and Sister Hua'er for a favor..."

He was halfway through his sentence when he saw that the courtyard was full of villagers. He hurriedly lowered his head and swallowed the rest of his words.

In that instant, the villagers had already seen the swollen and red face and began to whisper among themselves.

"Oh dear, Meng Fu's wife's face...did Meng Yongfu beat her up again?"

"It shouldn't be. Meng Yongfu was beaten thirty times by the yamen runners. Now he has to walk with a cane. He looks so weak and frail that he can't even beat my big black dog. He probably has the strength but not the will to beat someone!"

"As the old saying goes, dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and rats beget sons who know how to dig holes. These past few days, every time I've passed by the Meng family's house, I've heard Meng Fu cursing. Who knows, he's probably taking his anger out on his wife because he can't pay his gambling debts!"

"That's right! Meng Fu, with his arrogant attitude, looks even worse than his father..."

As the conversation grew louder, Liang Siyu almost buried her head in her neck, and the fingers she used to brace herself against the door frame began to turn white.

Su Hua's brow twitched; she now understood why her third brother had suddenly decided to go to the military camp.

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