It was too cold outside, so Tong Wenyao went to Qian's mother's room. Her aunt's room also had a living room and a bedroom. Qian's mother was sitting on a recliner reading a book, with Lan Qiao rubbing her legs. When she saw her daughter coming, she put down the book and said, "Yao'er, why are you here at this time?"

"Mom, I came to see you." Qian's mother stretched out her legs and asked Lan Qiao to bring a stool for her to sit on.

Tong Wenyao asked, "Mom, is your leg cramping? Let me give you a massage."

After saying that, she pulled the stool over and gave her mother a massage. Her mother was not wearing thick pants at the moment, and there was a stove in the room, so it was not very cold.

After washing her hands, she massaged her mother's Taichong acupoint. Her mother had some calluses on the soles of her feet, probably from walking too much during her exile. Tong Wenyao lowered her head and massaged her mother carefully, "Lan Qiao, go to the kitchen and get a basin of hot water. After the massage, you can soak my mother's feet to relieve some pain."

After hearing this, Lan Qiao agreed.

Lan Qiao was a wet nurse bought by the second aunt. Because she gave birth to three daughters in her husband's family, her husband's family took her away to sell her regardless of the fact that she had just given birth. It happened that the second aunt asked the traffickers to keep an eye on the wet nurse, so Lan Qiao came to their house.

After Lan Qiao brought the hot water, Tong Wenyao took out a bottle of scar removal cream from her sleeve and said, "Lan Qiao, this ointment can remove the scars on your neck. Apply it morning and night without getting wet."

Upon hearing this, Lan Qiao quickly knelt down and said, "Miss Third, this is unacceptable. I am a lowly servant, how can I use such an expensive ointment?"

Tong Wenyao directly pulled her hand over, put the ointment on her hand, and said, "Take it. I made this ointment myself. It's not worth much."

Qian's mother said, "Lan Qiao, take this and use it to whiten the scar on your neck. Otherwise, you won't be able to wear high-necked clothes in the summer."

Mother Qian's words moved her. Tong Wenyao pushed her hand away, and Lan Qiao kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Miss, for the medicine."

Lan Qiao's nose felt sore. Her in-laws treated her like a slave every day and beat and scolded her if she was not satisfied. They even sold her to a human trafficker after she gave birth to a daughter instead of a son. Fortunately, she was lucky enough to meet a good family.

Mother Qian did not stop Tong Wen Yao from delivering the medicine. In her opinion, this was a means of winning people's hearts. When she was taught these things in the capital, she was unwilling to learn. Now that she has arrived at the border, she has learned these things, which makes her feel a little distressed and a little relieved.

After a while, Xing'er came up and said, "Miss, the county magistrate's carriage is almost at the village gate."

After hearing this, Mother Qian glanced at Tong Wenyao and said, "Go and get busy. I'll be fine here alone."

Tong Wen Yao did not hesitate. She stood up, straightened her clothes, and then said goodbye to Qian's mother.

She asked the county magistrate to come here this time to promote the houses she had built. Yesterday, she also asked Xing'er to send invitations to many wealthy people in the county. However, most of them were arranged by Wu Zhu, and some of them accepted the invitations only after hearing that the county magistrate was coming.

Tong Wen Yao followed her second brother to the village gate. At this time, the gate was very lively. Many businessmen were talking to each other. Even her second aunt was there. However, her second aunt was talking to a woman. Tong Wen Yao looked at the clothes the woman was wearing and judged that she should be a shopkeeper or something like that.

At the village gate, many people would glance at the Tong family from time to time. Many people had heard that the Tong family had been ransacked and exiled a year ago, and now they were actually doing business.

In the crowd, the far-sighted Rong You saw that the road on the ground was different from what he had seen elsewhere. This road was flat and smooth, and its texture was hard, without any potholes. If compared with the compacted soil of the official road, this road was simply much better than the official road!

Rong You found a family that looked relatively honest and pretended to be curious and asked, "What kind of road is this in your village? It's different from the ones I've seen elsewhere."

Unfortunately, the person he was asking was Wu Feng, who had previously built a kang for Tong Wenyao. Upon hearing the merchant's question, he proudly replied, "This is cement made by the Tong family. They say that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. If someone's chickens run onto this road and poop, the adults will definitely catch the chickens and take them to the family to question them!"

Rong You was a little confused. It was just a shit, was it necessary to make such a big deal?

But he knew not to say it out loud, otherwise Wu Feng might have talked endlessly.

The people nearby also came over and said, "I heard that the Tong family is planning to repair the pit toilet in the spring. I don't know what they are repairing it for. If you want to defecate, just find a bush and do it."

Granny Sun also heard what they said and said disdainfully, "Oh, they really think the Tong family is still from the capital! They even built pit toilets for our village. I think they just have nothing better to do. If they are really rich, why don't they help us orphans and widows?"

After hearing this, Wu Feng rolled his eyes and said, "When the Tong family bought winter bamboo shoots, why didn't you go up the mountain to dig them? When buying peppers, why did you sell inferior ones as good ones?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Sun started cursing, "Wu Feng, you're in cahoots with Cui, aren't you? You're speaking for her like that."

After hearing this, Wu Feng's temper flared up. He ignored her completely and directly retorted, "Do you think I'm like you? I'm having affairs with everyone. Just standing next to you and talking to you makes me feel like the air is polluted by you."

"You, you." Granny Sun felt insulted. When she saw Wu Qing coming over, she collapsed to the ground and burst into tears. "Brother Qing, please help me! Wu Feng is bullying us, an orphan and a widow!"

Wu Qing was so furious when he saw this old lady Sun that he ordered her directly, "Old lady Sun, if you keep making trouble, go into the ancestral hall and kneel down!" The county magistrate was about to come, but she still didn't show any reaction. She really couldn't stand the good of their village!

The commotion here soon died down. Tong Wenyao and Tong Bo were at the front of the crowd, so they didn't notice this side. Grandma Sun looked at the Tong family with hatred in her eyes. Since the Tong family came, she had been having all kinds of troubles with her! She muttered that she must make the Tong family suffer retribution!

Rong Zhi saw this scene, with a smile on his face, watching everything with great interest. In his opinion, there would be such people in every group. If the Tong family could not resist the scheme of a small person, then the Tong family would not be worthy of cooperating with him. It would be best if the Tong family could not recover, and he would take the opportunity to get the formula of the cement.

But he ignored Wen Ziyu who was standing next to him, and he heard Sun Po Niang's murmurs clearly.

Wen Ziyu frowned and stared at Mrs. Sun, who looked a little crazy. When she turned around to go home, he followed her.

When someone from the same village saw Grandma Sun leaving, they followed her.