Su Hua stared at her for a long time, knowing that she probably wouldn't get anything out of her today, and couldn't help but smile.

My fingertips tapped lightly on the small wooden box.

"Sister, is your husband home now? Tomorrow is Mother's birthday. Why don't I go and talk to him? You two can come with me in the oxcart later. The scenery in Shanghe Village is beautiful. Would you like to stay at his house for a few more days?"

“No, no need! Chunfu, he’s not home today.” Su Sui hesitated for a while before finally managing a smile. “You all go back first today, and I’ll go back to Shanghe Village with him tomorrow morning.”

Su Hua raised an eyebrow, her tone tinged with curiosity, "Where did my brother-in-law go? Did he go to buy more goods for the shop again?"

“Yes, yes!” Su Sui smiled, seemingly unwilling to say more, and simply said, “Business has been good at the shop recently, so he has been going to the prefectural city to purchase goods more often.”

As soon as she finished speaking, several customers came into the shop.

They seemed to be old neighbors from the neighborhood, asking Su Sui to help them carry lamp oil, bowls, and chopsticks.

Seeing that she was getting busy, Su Hua didn't want to stay any longer. She agreed to meet her at home the next day and then said goodbye and left.

As soon as he turned around, the smile on his face vanished, and his eyes darkened.

Xiao Jinhan, sitting on the carriage shaft, happened to see her suddenly furrow her brows. She then glanced at Su Sui in the general store but didn't say anything. She simply drove the oxcart more smoothly.

Inside the carriage, Chunhua cupped her face in her hands and gazed at Su Hua for a long time.

Then, he reached out his little hand, took a candied hawthorn, and held it to her lips.

"Auntie, have a candied hawthorn. It's sweet and will make you happy."

Su Hua looked at the candied hawthorn in front of her, which was only half left and still had a small tooth mark on it, and couldn't help but shake her head and smile, pushing it back. "I'm not unhappy, I'm just thinking about some things."

The candied hawthorns here come in strings of seven large, round hawthorn balls.

The little guy licked and nibbled all the way, finally managing to eat half of it.

She thought she was already quite frugal, but compared to this little girl, she was simply no match.

Chunhua put away the candied hawthorn, opened her mouth and licked the sugar flower lightly, then pointed to the general store that was getting farther and farther away outside, and said in a childish voice, "So, it's because Auntie is unhappy that Auntie is unhappy, right?"

"You know that?"

The little guy spoke like an adult, which made Su Hua chuckle.

When he saw Su Sui earlier, he thought that Old Wang's family might also be in the shop, so he didn't take the little girl down with him.

Surprisingly, this guy saw everything clearly from inside the car.

“Happiness makes you smile!” Chunhua smiled, pointing to the corner of her mouth. “Like my mother, she smiles every day at the Su family’s house, the kind of smile that makes her eyes sparkle. Just now, when my aunt smiled, her brows were furrowed, and her eyes were lifeless…”

Su Hua looked at the girl who was chattering away, and her worries deepened.

Yes, even a three-year-old can tell that Su Sui is unhappy.

How could she not see it clearly?

She remembered clearly that more than ten days ago, she and Su Dahu came to Qingyuan County and happened to run into Wang Chunfu, who was drunk and passed out in front of the oxcart. Wang's father said that he went to drink because the shop was not doing well.

But Su Sui just made it clear that the grocery store's business has been good recently.

Moreover, she had a shelf next to the counter where she was looking at the shop. Many of the items on it were only half or a little bit left. There was no dust on them, and they looked quite new, which meant that the goods had not been in stock for too long.

This shows that the father must have been lying at the time.

Drinking isn't a big deal, but the fact that Wang Chunfu was spotted early in the morning means he likely went out drinking the night before, and that his father was trying to cover it up is suspicious.

Could it be that Wang Chunfu has a woman outside the marriage?

Su Hua frowned. The Wang family had only had one son for three generations, and the old couple were eager to have a grandson. It was possible that they would do something unsavory in order to continue the family line.

However, while holding Su Sui's hand, she secretly took her pulse.

Judging from the pulse, there is nothing wrong.

There are absolutely no symptoms of infertility.

However, matters of the bed... seem a little too infrequent.

It can be said to be almost zero.

Su Sui was beautiful; both her figure and appearance were the kind of woman many men liked. Logically speaking, it's human nature to be attracted to food and sex, so Wang Chunfu wouldn't neglect the woman at home and go out to seek pleasure elsewhere.

Unless it's due to poor health or some kind of unrequited love.

It seems that when she sees the real person tomorrow, she should find an opportunity to investigate further.

After all, Su Sui had treated the original owner very well since childhood. Although the three Su brothers were also doting brothers, they were still men and it was inconvenient for them to do many things that women did. Su Bai had to take care of both the fields and the family, so there were always times when she couldn't help. Most of the time, it was actually Su Sui, the older sister, who took care of her.

Moreover, the dowry alone is a heavy burden.

If the Wang family really causes any trouble, she will definitely not sit idly by and let Su Sui suffer.

While Su Hua was lost in thought, she didn't notice that a blue cloth carriage was passing through the alley to the west.

The sound of horses' hooves echoed as they traversed the streets and alleys before finally stopping in front of a low-rise courtyard in the Xicheng District.

A slender, plump figure gracefully stepped down from the carriage.

She glanced at the two tightly closed doors and gently knocked.

"Knock knock knock..."

As soon as the words were spoken, a series of footsteps were heard.

Immediately afterwards, the courtyard gate slammed open from the inside.

A thin old woman dressed in a dark robe and wearing a blue-purple headband peeked out. Her cloudy eyes swept over the girl, and a smile instantly appeared on her lips. "What brings you here today, young lady?"

The girl chuckled softly, her voice gentle and soothing.

"I've heard that if any demons or evil spirits appear, all you need to do is go to Fairy Ma, and everything will be fine. Is that true?"