"If I want a son, it has to be my own son!" Magistrate Wang threw the child hard onto Chunniang, and the child cried loudly.

"Men, throw her out! If she dares to come back in, beat her to death with sticks!"

Chunniang was thrown out just like that.

Magistrate Wang pointed at Aunt Xiang's nose and cursed, "You're no better than me!"

Aunt Xiang shed a few tears of grievance and said softly, "Master is a weakling, he does whatever Chunniang says, but I just can't accept it!" "Don't say that the master never said such things to me when he was alive, Chunniang was outside at the time, how did she know about our private conversation?"

She is clearly framing me.

County Magistrate Wang thought for a moment, then helped Aunt Xiang up and said, "I was misled by someone's nonsense, and you have been wronged!" He was always concerned about his reputation and refused to believe that he had lost his fertility.

Aunt Xiang has been officially recognized as the wife.

When Zheng Si, who was helping sell rice in the county, returned, he embellished the story and told it to him, but he didn't know that Magistrate Wang couldn't have more children.

Chen Yu listened, completely stunned.

Isn't that County Magistrate Wang, who started out as a pig butcher, Xiao Fubao's biological father? He's supposedly forty-seven or forty-eight this year.

She had twelve daughters, but now only three are known to remain. Her eldest daughter married into a poor family years ago, and they haven't had any contact since.

At night, Chen Yu heard someone knocking on the door. She nudged Niu Da's arm and said, "Dad, do you hear someone knocking?"

Niu Da opened his sleepy eyes and said, "It sounds like someone is knocking on the door. Who could it be in the middle of the night?"

Shen Yu's heart tightened, and she said, "Could it be those bandits from before coming to take revenge?"

Niu Dadao: "It shouldn't be."

Chen Yu said, "Her father, take the knife with you, be careful!"

Niu Da grabbed a machete.

Chen Yu was completely wide awake.

Niu Da lit the lamp, opened the door, but saw no one. He only saw a money bag hanging in front of the door. He opened it and found that there were fifty taels of silver inside.

Chen Yu asked, "Father, you really didn't see her?"

Niu Da shook his head, "I didn't see it."

Shen Yu wondered, "Who could it be? Her father, do you think it could be Mo Xiaomei?"

Niu Dawo got into bed and said, "Why would she send us money for no reason?"

Chen Yu said, "She came to me the day before yesterday asking for water and borrowed fifteen coins from me, saying that if she were still alive, she would repay us! I hope that after she has reformed, she can have her own life."

After they went to sleep.

Because Xiao Fubao couldn't sleep, he pestered Xiao Heng to tell him a story, which was about the proverb "It's never too late to mend one's mistakes."

"Young man, even if someone makes a mistake, as long as no one is killed, shouldn't they be forgiven if they admit their mistake and correct it?"

Even saints make mistakes; it depends on whether it was intentional, whether it caused irreparable harm, whether the punishment was sufficient, and whether the repentance was genuine.

Xiao Heng said.

Little Fu Bao gradually fell asleep.

Magistrate Wang did not value his daughter, and because he had previously entrusted the daughter born to his mistress to Chunniang to raise, the eight or nine-year-old girl had developed a strange temperament, like someone who had a baby hidden inside her abdomen.

The little girl born to the mistress was five or six years older than Xiao Fubao.

Now, the brat has been handed over to Aunt Xiang to raise. Aunt Xiang only knows how to spoil her, so everything she eats, uses, and wears is of the best quality.

Even if she made a mistake, they would only protect her. Miss Wang was only nine years old, but she was already extremely domineering and vicious.

The second young lady of the Wang family bought a small jar of fruit juice and walked over, stepping on the feet of a girl who was only twelve or thirteen years old.

The girl said gently, "You stepped on me."

The second young lady of the Wang family turned around and said, "So what if he stepped on me? He's just a lowly commoner, what's so great about him?"

Those who come here to buy whole jars of juice, even if they are not rich, are certainly not poor. The young girls wear clothes that are not made of expensive materials, but they are made of jacquard fabric.

She was also wearing a pair of pearl earrings. Although they weren't expensive, pearls are never cheap.

"Whose daughter are you? How can you be so ill-mannered?" The girl stepped forward and said, "You stepped on my newly made embroidered shoes and got them dirty. I just wanted you to apologize. Didn't your parents teach you manners?"

“My father is the county magistrate of Niushan County, how dare you speak to me like that!” Miss Wang Er lashed out with her whip.

Xiao Heng grabbed the whip and said, "Fighting is not allowed in this shop! If you want to fight, go outside!"

As he spoke, he snatched the whip away.

This shop has only been open for a short time. If fights frequently break out, not only will it suffer losses, but its reputation will also be damaged. After all, no one likes to eat or drink at a shop where fights break out.

"A mere county magistrate? You're not even worthy to carry my young master's shoes. Who do you think you are? You have no manners at all. Come with me outside, and I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your parents." It turned out that the girl was a maidservant from a wealthy family.

Although she was a maid, the maids of wealthy families lived a more privileged life than the young ladies of ordinary families.

Xiao Heng kicked the two of them out.

The newly opened shop is called Qinxianglai, which is next to Weixiangzhai in the county. Business is pretty good every day.

The family counted their total income. The two grain shops could earn about two hundred taels of silver a year, and the fruit shop could earn about thirty taels of net money a month.

Wei Xiang Zhai earned the most, netting fifty taels a month.

One hundred taels a month.

The original capital of one thousand taels of silver in the family was not touched; the money to buy the shop was the money earned by Weixiangzhai.

In total, it amounted to 1,500 taels.

“Father, I heard from the clan chief that Village Chief Zhao came today. He wants to return the management rights of Guhu to the major villages, but the people from the clan all say that he should make up for the money he owes to the villages.”

Niu Cuihua said.

“To be honest, we’ve been too busy. He really didn’t take out the money for renting Guhu Lake this year!” Niu Dadao said.

“Her father, I think we should take advantage of this opportunity and lease out Guhu Lake. It’s only early September, so we can raise fish for another season,” Chen Yu said.

“That’s what I was thinking too! Let’s expand our house a bit more. I received a letter today; Ji Ninghai wants to send his two children to study here.” “The letter also included a banknote, which covers their living expenses.”

Sang Rong said, "More people have come to the house. It's going to be lively again!"

Sang Rong and her brother Sang Zhen arrived a month ago, but they didn't stay for free. Niu Da asked them to manage the ginseng planting, watering, and fertilizing.

They also helped take care of Niu Baolan and Xiao Fubao, and managed the house, providing them with food and lodging, and giving them only 100 coins of pocket money each month.

After finishing school, Sangzhen helped Niu Da farm.

"Since you're saying you're coming, even if we build it right away, we probably can't move in immediately. I think it would be better if Cuihua and Rong'er slept with Baolan, Meihua and Baozhu slept together, and Second Brother slept with Sangzhen and Sangyu together! That way, we can free up some rooms."

The female workers also each performed their duties.