Upon hearing the sound, Su Sanhu immediately braced himself and ran towards the courtyard entrance.

But just as he reached the threshold, he stopped abruptly.

He hung his head listlessly.

They looked like pitiful little puppies.

"Ha! Miss Liang has finally decided to show herself?" Madam Su sneered, glancing indifferently at the doorway with her slanted eyes, without moving an inch.

She withdrew her gaze and said in a calm tone, "However, if Miss Liang has come to discuss the marriage of Sanhu, please go back. My Su family cannot afford a precious daughter-in-law worth twenty taels of silver!"

Upon hearing this, Liang Siyu's small face instantly turned bright red with embarrassment.

She gently bit her lip and said softly, "Aunt Su, I wasn't home today. I only found out when I got back that you and my sister-in-law went to Xiahe Village. I... I... can I say a few words to Brother Sanhu?"

As soon as the girl finished speaking, Su Sanhu's eyes suddenly lit up, and the melancholy that had enveloped him seemed to dissipate almost instantly.

He had assumed that she was present at the time.

It turns out that's not the case.

Despite his excitement, he didn't forget what Su Bai had just said, and with a quick turn of his toes, he walked to the woman's side.

"Mother, may I go out and talk to her for a bit?"

A wise child is better than his mother.

Su Bai glanced at Su Sanhu's expression and knew what he was thinking.

It's one thing to be mistreated by the Liang family elders just now.

But given his age, he wouldn't stoop to argue with a junior.

But it's absolutely impossible for her to marry Liang Siyu with twenty taels of silver.

Hua'er's things, she wouldn't allow anyone to covet them.

Moreover, both the eldest and second daughters-in-law were married off with a dowry of two taels of silver.

If twenty taels were really spent to help Su Sanhu get a wife, not only would the two daughters-in-law feel resentful, but even the two brothers, Su Dahu and Su Erhu, would develop a rift.

I might as well just wave my hand and ignore it.

"Hey!" Su Sanhu grinned and strode towards the courtyard gate.

Just then, a mountain breeze blew by, and Su Hua's small nose twitched.

A familiar scent wafted faintly from the doorway.

It smells somewhat like the lingering smell of ointment that Dr. Zhou wore when he visited Old Su's house yesterday.

Her brows furrowed slightly as her gaze fell on the girl's dress.

Aside from the few encounters in the original owner's memory, the first time I met Liang Siyu was in front of a snail stall in Cangwu Town. At that time, she was wearing a coarse cloth dress that had been washed until it was too faded to see its original color, and there were several patches on the dress.

I saw her again by the riverbank, beside the willow trees, in a long, pale yellow cotton dress.

If she wasn't mistaken, the sky-blue ruqun she was wearing this time was made of satin.

"Miss Liang, please wait a moment. May I ask where you were when my mother and sister-in-law went to Xiahe Village today?"

Upon hearing the sound, Liang Siyu paused in her steps as she walked out.

Then, she turned to look at Su Hua, her little face showing some confusion. "Yesterday I picked some wild ferns on the mountain, and I carried them to Cangwu Town to sell them early this morning. Why are you asking about this, Hua'er?"

After she finished speaking, she realized that Su Hua was calling her Miss Liang this time.

Instead of calling her Sister Siyu as before, a hint of disappointment flashed across his face.

"It's nothing, I just smelled the medicinal fragrance on Miss Liang and was a little curious." Su Hua raised an eyebrow, her tone very relaxed, as if she were asking what you ate today.

But Liang Siyu, who was on the other side, felt a sudden jolt in her heart when she heard this.

"The smell of medicine?" She subconsciously raised her sleeve and brought it to her nose.

I could indeed smell a very faint medicinal odor.

After calming herself down, she smiled at Su Hua and said, "Hua'er has such a keen sense of smell! I brought a lot of bracken to town today, and the rest were sold at the pharmacy. Maybe I picked up some of the smell, but I didn't expect Hua'er to be able to smell it."

Su Hua smiled and didn't say anything more.

After Liang Siyu and Su Sanhu walked out of the fence.

Su Erhu looked at Su Hua with a puzzled expression. "Hua'er, what medicine smell? I can't smell it at all. The only smells in this yard are the stench of pig offal and the fishy smell of loach and eel. There's no medicine smell at all."

After sniffing twice with his little nose, Su Dalang gave his second uncle a disapproving look.

"Second Uncle is wrong. There is clearly the aroma of steamed cured fish and white rice wafting from the kitchen in this courtyard."

Su Erlang nodded, "Yes, and there's also the stench of Xiao Hei's poop!"

Little Blackie, who was sunbathing with his eyes closed: "..."

It didn't poop randomly.

It was always covered up properly.

It has no foul odor.

“Yes, yes, Xiao Hei is right! Erlang was talking nonsense.” Su Hua looked at the little guy who looked aggrieved and about to cry, and quickly squatted down to hug him.

Gently pinching a little chubby paw and pointing it at Su Erlang, she said, "Talking nonsense will be punished. So, what should we punish him for?"

The slightly upturned tone at the end of the note startled Erlang so much that he stumbled.

She hurriedly touched it up, "Auntie..."

He had just uttered two words.

Then the girl's clear, melodious voice rang out again.

"How about we punish him by making him take the calligraphy to eat his fill?"

Upon hearing this, Erlang's surprise instantly turned to joy. "Good, good, good! I'll head over right away!"

He picked up this accent from who-knows-where, and while he spoke, he also gave an awkward and inappropriate bow.

After the ceremony, he seemed to be riding on wheels of fire, and in an instant, he was beside Mo Bao, and the two of them left the courtyard.

Dalang was dumbfounded. After he came to his senses, he immediately followed, muttering to himself, trying to maintain his usual composure, "This kid, what kind of horses does he know how to feed? I have to go and check on him!"

"Pfft..."

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