Su Hua looked up and saw that her eyes were full of tears. She pushed the bag back and said, "I appreciate your kindness, but I don't need the bracelet and hairpin."

Seeing that she refused to accept it, Liang Siyu couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Is Sister Hua'er still blaming me? Unwilling to forgive me?"

"No, I have never had the right to blame you or forgive you." Su Hua shook her head, not dwelling on the matter, and looked up at the small bundle on her back, "Miss Liang, where do you plan to go after leaving Shanghe Village? Are you going back to Xiahe Village?"

Upon hearing the words "Miss Liang," Liang Siyu's eyes involuntarily reddened.

She smiled gently again, "If I don't go back to Xiahe Village, I'll just be married off again."

I just asked the village chief to help me write a divorce agreement. From now on, I am no longer a woman of the Meng family. There's an embroidery shop in the next county that's been recruiting embroiderers lately. I've always been pretty good at needlework, so I plan to try my luck at the embroidery shop this time.

After saying that, she was silent for a while, then said softly, "I probably won't be coming back this time. I would like to ask Sister Hua'er to tell Brother Sanhu that in this life, I, Liang Siyu, have wronged him. If there is an afterlife, I will repay him."

Su Hua's almond-shaped eyes deepened. "Third Brother is not in Shanghe Village right now. I will convey Miss Liang's words to him when he returns to the village."

After being brutally beaten by Su Baishi, Su Sanhu was sent to Tangshan Prefecture.

He is currently working as an assistant to Su Husheng at a branch of Su's Restaurant.

"Thank you, Sister Hua'er." Liang Siyu wiped her eyes.

After saying that, he shoved the small cloth bag into Su Hua's hand and ran away as fast as the wind, disappearing into the narrow path in no time.

Su Hua opened the cloth bag and looked at the silver hairpin and bracelet that were almost new inside. She couldn't help but sigh. Then, she emptied the silver hairpin and bracelet out, took out twenty taels of loose silver from her sleeve, and put them back into the cloth bag.

He summoned Qingdai and said, "Qingdai, once Liang Siyu leaves Qingshui County, find a chance to stuff this bag back into Liang Siyu's bundle."

"Yes." Qingdai took the cloth bag.

Just as he was about to turn around, he heard the girl instruct, "Also, please pass on a message to my second brother, telling him to bring Dong'er back with him when he returns. I have something to say to Dong'er."

The Meng family father and son have been sentenced, but the Meng family house has been preserved.

Dong'er has been begging in the county town for years, living a nomadic life. He can be considered one of the lowest of the low. If Dong'er is willing, she can help him settle down in Shanghe Village.

"Yes, I will do it immediately." Qingdai bowed and agreed, then leaped towards the village entrance.

Meanwhile, a hundred miles away, at Su Ji Restaurant in Qingshui County.

Su Erhu was standing at the counter, his abacus clicking away so fast it was almost sparking.

Ever since the Feng family mother and son caused trouble, the restaurant's business has become more and more booming. Many people from Tangshan Prefecture have come here because of its reputation, and membership cards have been issued one after another. The money box is full every day, almost comparable to the restaurant's opening day.

The man stopped what he was doing, looked at the numbers in the ledger, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Not bad, those two troublemakers from the Feng family are actually quite useful!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than another witty voice drifted from in front of the counter, "The master is absolutely right. How about I call the troublemaker to stir things up a couple more times?"

The sudden sound made Su Erhu's heart skip a beat. He raised his hand and covered the pointed-mouthed, monkey-faced man in front of him with a big slap, "You can scare people to death! Luckily it's broad daylight, or you would have scared my soul out of me."

"Ouch, boss, please have mercy!" Wang Ergou winced and rubbed his forehead, taking a step back with a grin. "I was just thinking that you were a busy person, boss, and I didn't want to disturb you!"

Su Erhu rolled his eyes at him, annoyed. "Stop with the nonsense, get to the point."

"Hey." Wang Ergou's smug expression vanished, and he pointed to the restaurant's entrance. "A girl of about fifteen or sixteen came in and asked if we needed to hire a waitress?"

"Little girl?" Su Erhu looked in the direction he was pointing.

Just then, a slender, graceful figure turned around, her face full of charm.

Su Erhu frowned slightly. "Go tell her that our restaurant is already fully staffed."

"The recruitment is full?" Wang Ergou was taken aback. "The Tangshan branch is opening in half a month. Aren't you looking for manpower these days, boss?"

Su Erhu waved his hand, "Hua'er said that when the restaurant hires people, we should first choose from our own village. We haven't even chosen enough people from our own village yet, so how can we let outsiders have a chance!"

Although restaurants hire staff regardless of gender.

But the girl outside looked so delicate and frail; she didn't seem like the type to be a waiter at all.

Moreover, to put it bluntly, the girl's eyes looked like hooks when she looked at people. He runs a legitimate business here, so hiring a female employee like that would just give people something to talk about.

"Yes, sir, I will refuse them right away." Upon hearing this, Wang Ergou nodded in understanding; he knew that it was best not to let the good stuff go to outsiders.

At the end of the alley, separated from Tongxin Alley by only one lane.

Huayi watched the figure turn back, a slight smile playing on her lips. "It's done so quickly?"

Fen'er shook her head. "No, the second owner of Su's Restaurant only glanced at me from afar and didn't even let me in. He said that Su's Restaurant was already fully staffed."

"He only glanced at you, and didn't even let you in the door?" Huayi's smile froze as she looked Fen'er up and down. "Does Su Erhu think you're too ugly? Didn't he fancy you?"

Fen'er's face darkened, and she turned and left, saying, "If Miss Huayi thinks I'm ugly, she might as well go herself."

"You little brat! If I hadn't shown up earlier, I wouldn't have needed to ask you to come." Huayi stomped her foot angrily, watching the retreating figure, then suddenly realized something was wrong. "You brat, you haven't done your job properly, so hurry up and return my ten taels of silver!"

As Fen'er walked to the alley entrance, she turned back and gave a sultry smile. "Miss Huayi, your words are too harsh! The gifts I received from my patrons in half a day at Cuihong Tower were more than this."

"The young lady in the painted clothes asked me to go to all this trouble, and I'm only accepting ten taels of silver, which is already out of consideration for your young lady."

"You damned vixen!" Huayi stared at the gleaming smile, her face darkening with anger.

The matter was not handled well at all, yet ten taels of silver were taken away.

Moreover, a woman from that brothel earns more in half a day than she, the head maid of the prefect's household, earns in two months. These dead men's money is just too easy to make.

Seeing that Huayi hadn't moved for a while, Xiangzhi glanced at the sky and reminded her, "Sister Huayi, this girl's plan didn't work. What should we do now?"

Hua Yi snapped out of her reverie, glanced up at the high rooftops of the alley next door, and thought, "If one plan fails, there's always another."