Seeing that she refused to leave, Zhang Bin said directly, "Since you won't leave, then give me the silver. I'll put you in a pig cage and sink you in the river. After you die, I'll even erect a tombstone for you!"

After hearing this, Xiaocao felt it was ironic. Even strangers wouldn't be as cruel to her as her biological parents!

When Tong Wenyao saw this, she felt a little upset and called out to Dongzi, "Please give her ten taels of silver for me. Uncle Fu is old and it's late at night, and he's still dealing with this for them."

Dongzi took the silver from Tong Wenyao and turned to go to their side.

"My eldest brother is kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the girl wandering around penniless, so he asked me to send ten taels of silver over here." Xiaocao found it extremely ironic after hearing this. Her father wanted her to die, but the person who had plotted against her was willing to lend a helping hand and save her life!

"Hahahahahahahaha, I actually ended up like this!" She laughed towards the sky, and everyone took a few steps back to prevent her from going crazy and biting people.

Even Dongzi was a little timid. He had never met such a crazy woman before in the inn!

Despite this, he still suppressed his fear and handed the ten taels of silver to her. After completing the task, Dongzi quickly left here and returned to the carriage to report.

After taking the silver from the village chief and the ten taels of silver given by Tong Wen Yao, she stood up, dusted herself off, and said, "I will spend the night here today, and I will leave here early tomorrow morning!" She looked at the people present, trying to engrave their faces in her mind. As long as she becomes successful one day, her father, her mother, and Shen Tuzi will make them pay the price!

Dongzi took the carriage back to the workshop. After Aunt Shu opened the door, she asked her if she wanted to go to the newly built house to sleep. Tong Wenyao thought that she still had to drive the carriage there, so she thought about it and decided to give up. She asked Xing'er to clean the east wing and then went to sleep.

Dongzi drove his carriage over there to sleep with them.

Early the next morning, Dongzi drove over with a horse-drawn carriage and loaded the New Year goods he had bought in Cangzhou.

Tong Wenyao handed the household registration to Min Zhi and said, "If anyone among you commits a crime, all of you will have your household registration cancelled, so you must warn your brothers."

After hearing this, Min Zhi hurriedly said that he would definitely not do so.

After Tong Wen Yao said goodbye to Aunt Shu, she took Xing'er and Dongzi back to Changjiang Village.

We drove the carriage across the city and then rode towards Changjiang Village. It was snowing outside and the carriage had some difficulty driving. The journey that usually took an hour was dragged into two hours.

Back in the village, even the spicy noodle workshop had stopped working. Every household in the village was closed, and there was no longer the usual scene of children playing in the village. Tong Wenyao was sitting in the front of the carriage, directing Dongzi to drive the carriage to the end of the village.

From a distance, you can see two houses standing at the end of the village. The exterior walls are painted with cement, just like the villas in Changzhen Village, but now it is snowing and there are some snowflakes on the walls.

Tong Wen Yao told Dong Zi, "Which building are you going to with the carriage?" Dong Zi nodded in agreement and followed the direction Tong Wen Yao pointed. What surprised Tong Wen Yao was that the road had been paved with cement, and the entire ground was much smoother, so the carriage was not as bumpy as before.

You know, Tong Wenyao's butt has been enduring the bumps for a long time!

The villa was surrounded by a two-meter-high white wall. The main door was a double door, painted deep red and equipped with a bronze lion lock, giving it a solemn look. When they arrived at the door, Dongzi jumped off the carriage, picked up the lion's copper ring, and knocked on the door.

"A crisp voice came from inside,"Who is it?"

Tong Wenyao recognized Xin'er's voice and hurriedly called out, "Xin'er, open the door, I'm back."

"Yao, Yao'er? Quick, open the door! Yao'er is back." Cui's mother inside hurriedly called for someone to open the door. The person who opened the door was an aunt she had never seen before. After seeing her, she hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings, Third Miss."

Mother Cui's hearty laughter followed, "Yao'er, this is the wet nurse I bought from the county, along with two servants who do rough work, and a cook. Come over and meet the Third Young Miss!"

The aunt who was originally cleaning the room came over and saluted.

"Greetings, Third Miss. I'm Lan Cui and Lan Hua." The other one quickly put down the basin in her hand and said, "Greetings, Third Miss. I'm Xiao Hua." This one was the one who drove the carriage and took care of the flowers and plants in the yard.

The one who had just opened the door for her bowed again and said, "Your servant Lan Qiao greets the Third Young Lady."

Xin'er ran over and pulled her leg and said coquettishly, "Sister, why did you come back just now? I missed you so much."

Tong Wenyao tried to pick her up, but accidentally pulled the wound on her shoulder, causing her to grimace in pain. Seeing this, Cui's mother hurriedly called her in. Xiaohua saw Dongzi carrying things from the carriage in and said, "Come with me."

Dongzi had seen this kind of house in Changzhen Village before and had lived in one of them. He didn't find it strange, but after entering, he found that the decoration here was much better than the houses over there. It was as if the houses over there were not wearing fancy clothes, while the houses here were like wearing gold silk and satin. He was uneducated and couldn't describe the feeling.

Xiao Hua led the carriage and took him to a door next to it. After opening the door, he could directly pull the carriage into the yard. After entering the yard, Xiao Hua took him through the middle road between the two houses. There were three more houses behind.

"This is where the servants live, and over there are the guest rooms. I wonder if you bought it for the Third Miss, or if you're her guest?" Dongzi thought for a moment and then said, "The Third Miss is my boss, and I follow her orders!"

After hearing this, Xiaohua did not investigate further and directly moved the things to the warehouse. The warehouse was on the second floor. The first floor was the kitchen. There were extra rooms on the second floor for slaves of higher ranks to live in, and there was a separate staircase leading up to them.

Guo'er lives on the second floor. The other building is where the servants live. It is divided into two floors. The second floor is for women and the first floor is for men. Like the kitchen, there is a separate staircase to the second floor. There is also another building where guests live.

The two villas in the front yard were where the masters lived. The one on the left, or east, was where Madam Qian lived, and the one on the right was where Madam Cui lived. Tong Wenyao pulled Xin'er into the living room. The sofa in the living room was covered with white rabbit skin, so even if they sat on the chair, their butt wouldn't feel cold.

Tong Bo was teaching Wen Jiang calligraphy in the study. When he heard some noise, he looked out the window and saw Tong Wen Yao coming back.

Seeing Wen Jiang come up with something, Tong Bo hit him with a ruler, glared at him and said, "Finish practicing your calligraphy before you go out. Xin'er finished her practice early and went out to play, and you've only written less than half of it."

Wen Jiang looked a little aggrieved after hearing this, but facing the serious expression on her second brother's face, she didn't dare to act coquettishly or cutely, so she could only bite her lower lip and practice calligraphy.

When Qian's mother heard Yao'er coming back in the room, her face showed excitement and she hurried out of the room and walked downstairs.