Su Bai was feeding the rabbits when she heard this and snorted coldly, "What goes around comes around. These old man and old woman Xiao were wicked when they were young. It's already too good for them to just burn down their house in their old age."

Mudfish Mother nodded, "Sigh, who can argue with that? These are their own flesh and blood, and they'd love to eat their flesh and drink their blood. Who knows what kind of bad things they do all the time? Burning down the house is a small punishment, a good lesson..."

Su Hua raised an eyebrow. It was no easy task for a brick house to catch fire, especially since Xiao Jinyan and Hui Niang were always at home. It was too much of a coincidence that neither of them were home when the fire started.

Just then, bang bang bang—

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Qingdai's voice came from inside, "Is the young lady inside?"

Su Hua glanced at her clothes, and seeing that there was nothing wrong with them, nodded and said, "Come in."

Qingdai pushed open the door and softly reported, "Miss, the Liu family hasn't attacked the Xiao family these past few days. However, just now, Old Lady Xiao set fire to two of the houses in her family's house."

"It was Old Lady Xiao who burned it down herself?" Su Hua was somewhat surprised, then a thought struck her, "Which two houses did she burn down?"

Qingdai cupped her hands in greeting. "One room is a storage room, and the other is the main house of Old Lady Xiao and Old Man Xiao. I saw that she piled up firewood in the storage room and poured a whole jar of strong liquor in the main house. After the storage room caught fire, the main house burst into flames."

Upon hearing the news, the villagers rushed to fetch water to put out the fire, but because of the firewood and wine, the fire in the outhouse and the main house took a long time to extinguish.

Apart from the blue bricks of the walls, everything inside the house was burned to ashes.

Su Hua suddenly understood, then smiled and said, "This old woman Xiao is quick-witted."

Old Man Xiao and Qu Feiqing had given her all their letters, but now the house has been burned down. Not only can she not find the letters, but she can't even find their ashes.

When Old Man Xiao returned and wanted to cause trouble, he could only offer the excuse that retribution was inevitable.

Qingdai nodded. "That old woman was indeed shrewd. Before burning the house down, she deliberately dug a ditch between the outbuildings and the main house with a hoe. After digging the ditch, she poured a lot of water on the ditch and the walls. Even if the villagers didn't go to put out the fire, the fire wouldn't have spread to the other houses."

"Let her go." Su Hua nodded and pondered, "From today onwards, there's no need to stay at the Xiao family's place anymore. The Liu family shouldn't be targeting the Xiao family anymore."

More than ten days have passed since the servants of the Liu family captured Xiao Jinyan. If Liu Lin wanted to take action, he should have done so long ago and wouldn't have been dawdling until now.

In ten days, Zichen should have arrived in the capital.

I wonder when he will come back.

"Yes." Seeing that she looked dazed, Qingdai didn't disturb her any further, but simply refilled the cold tea on the table with another cup.

In the front yard, Mudfish Mother was chatting with Su Bai and a few others when she glanced out and caught sight of a slender figure.

"Hey, isn't this Meng Fu's wife? Has the verdict for the Meng family been handed down yet?"

When Su Bai heard that Liang Siyu had come again, she didn't even want to look at her and directly ordered Danfeng to send her away.

If he had only disliked Liang Siyu before, after learning that Su Sanhu had run away from home to go to Southeast Asia for her sake, his anger surged uncontrollably as soon as he heard those three words.

The son she carried for ten months was willing to risk his life for a woman like that; it's infuriating!

Liang Siyu stood outside the door. Seeing that Danfeng was about to close the door, she quickly spoke up, "Please wait a moment, Miss. The real reason I came today is to see Sister Hua'er."

Danfeng paused slightly. "What do you want with my daughter?"

Liang Siyu tightened her small bundle and said gently, "After today, I will leave Shanghe Village. Before I leave, I would like to thank Sister Hua'er in person."

"Thank you?" Upon hearing this, Danfeng turned to look at the backyard and met Su Hua's gaze.

Before she could reply, the girl had already pushed open the door and come out.

"Young lady, she just said..."

"Yes, I heard everything." Su Hua pressed her hand down, stepped out of the courtyard and walked towards the river. She stopped when she was almost at the riverbank and looked at the person behind her. "There's no one here. You can say whatever you want to say."

Liang Siyu shook her head and knelt down directly. "Siyu has come today to express her gratitude to Sister Hua'er for saving her life."

"What are you doing?" Su Hua frowned slightly, trying to pull the person up.

But Liang Siyu put her hands on her forehead, quickly kowtowed three times, and then stood up and said with a smile: "The county magistrate has sentenced the Meng family for murder and seizing the plan. Meng Yongfu was sentenced to death in half a month, and Meng Fu was sentenced to ten years in Gucheng to dig up the city wall for the crime of harboring a criminal. Siyu no longer has to be threatened by Meng Fu."

Therefore, Siyu has come today to express her deepest gratitude to Sister Hua'er.

Su Hua was somewhat surprised to hear this.

It was expected that Meng Yongfu would be sentenced to death, but it was somewhat unexpected that Meng Fu would be sentenced to ten years of digging up the city wall for harboring a criminal.

Liang Siyu smiled and took out a small cloth bag from her bundle and handed it over. "Siyu doesn't have anything worth giving, but this bracelet and hairpin can express my feelings. Please accept them, Hua'er."

Su Hua looked down and saw the bulging cloth bag and the coarse cloth dress she had changed into. She shook her head. "Actually, you don't need to thank me. I didn't put on that play for you."

Upon hearing this, Liang Siyu's face showed an almost imperceptible bitterness. She then handed the cloth bag forward, saying, "I know that Sister Hua'er didn't take action against the Meng family for my sake."

Regardless of the reason, I am glad that my sister Hua'er will not be held back by Meng Fu and will not suffer such a filthy end.

That night, I planned to kill Meng Fu and then take my own life. But you appeared at the crucial moment and saved my life. I, Siyu, will never forget this kindness.