Upon hearing this, Shi Lei paused slightly and said, "I also think the sooner the better. If the two are compatible, we can make an appointment. If they are not compatible, it won't delay either side."

"Then set a time, and I'll bring Li Qianqian over tomorrow as well. Wang Huiyi Clothing Shop has ordered thirty-two pieces of clothing this time, so Li Qianqian and Lu Xiaomei will have to get busy too."

Shi Lei pondered for a moment, then looked up at Xiaoyue and said, "How about this? When you get to town tomorrow, don't leave. We'll go to Lijia Village together the day after tomorrow."

Xiaoyue thought for a moment and said, "I'll come over tomorrow. Li Qianqian, Lu Xiaomei, Xu Fanyuan, Chunyue, Shuiyue, and Xiaodouding are coming. I have to stay at home, and there's also the mute's livestock that needs to be fed."

Seeing Shi Lei lost in thought again, Xiaoyue sighed and said, "We're still short-handed."

He immediately added, "The day after tomorrow, Xu Fanyuan and I will go to town early. You and Li Qianqian get ready, and let Xu Fanyuan watch the shop. We'll go to Lijia Village together. When we get there, we'll find Sister-in-law Ge and ask her to lead us to Li Qianqian's in-laws' house."

Shi Lei nodded again and said, "Yes, that's good."

Xiaoyue walked around the front and back yards again, and said to Shi Lei, "What have you been eating these past two days? Why haven't you cooked? The money I left you was for you to buy food."

Buy some rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and a water bucket..."

Before Xiaoyue could say anything more, Li Qianqian pulled her onto the donkey cart and said to her, "You're almost as old as an old woman."

Xiaoyue straightened her face and said in a serious tone, "Young people these days don't understand anything, it's really worrying!"

These words amused Xu Fanyuan, Gao Lei, and Li Qianqian, who were rushing to catch the carriage.

Gao Lei glanced at Xiaoyue out of the corner of his eye, and a bittersweet feeling welled up inside him. He made conversation by asking, "Your family is about to build a house, right? Since everyone in town is buying houses, do you still need to build so many?"

Xiaoyue smiled at Gao Lei and said, "Houses have many uses, so we need to build them." She replied casually without going into details.

After a long pause, Gao Lei asked again, "Are you still going to learn to read?"

Xiaoyue forced a smile, "I don't have time to learn."

There was nothing more to say. Li Qianqian leaned against Xiaoyue, feeling sleepy, when she heard Xu Fan say from afar, "Gao Lei, we've arrived at your house."

Gao Lei jumped off the donkey cart, and Xiaoyue breathed a sigh of relief. She nudged Li Qianqian and said, "Get up quickly, we're almost home."

When Xiaoyue arrived at her doorstep, she heard a commotion in the yard. She lifted the curtain of the carport and saw Lu Xiaomei and Chunyue blocking a group of people from entering the house.

Xiaoyue saw that standing opposite Lu Xiaomei was a man who was so thin that his head was stuck into a bamboo pole, and a slightly chubby man who looked like a butler, who was older than the man. Behind them were three servants.

Li Qianqian also saw the man who looked like a bamboo pole through the curtain that Xiaoyue had lifted. Her face turned pale instantly, and she pointed at the man, trembling all over, and said, "Father, that man is my father. She's going to sell me again."

Xiaoyue took a closer look and realized it was indeed Li Shuanshu, with a mouthful of yellow teeth.

Xiaoyue told Li Qianqian to sit on the donkey cart first, then came to Lu Xiaomei and said to Li Shuanshu, who was spitting everywhere, "This is my home. You are not welcome here. Get out of here."

Xu Fanyuan tied the donkey cart to the stake, then came to Xiaoyue's side and said to Li Shuanshu, "Uncle Li, you've trespassed on private property. The authorities can take you away."

Li Shuanshu, acting recklessly, started behaving arrogantly in Xiaoyue's yard, saying menacingly to Xiaoyue, "Xiaoyue, if you don't hand over my daughter, I'll have you killed!!"

Xiaoyue scoffed, shrugged, and said to Chunyue, "Bring Liang Qi here. I want to see what you can do to me."

She beckoned to Li Shuanshu again, and as Li Shuanshu was about to walk up to Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue kicked him three or four steps away. Then, she arrogantly shouted at Li Shuanshu, "If I hadn't bought Li Qianqian and Li Lei, you would have come back today to find their corpses."

You heartless, rotten father, how many times have you sold your daughter since she was born? You're nothing but a beast in human skin, and so are you all…”

Xiaoyue said to the people behind Li Shuanshu, "Li Qianqian is now my servant. I have a written contract of servitude. Get out of here. I don't care what you have to do, whether it's something respectable or something shameful. Get out of here."

The steward-like man, who was slightly older than Li Shuanshu, bowed to Xiaoyue and said, "Young lady, how much did you spend when you bought Li Qianqian? We'll give you double. Besides, if her father wants to redeem her, the officials have to allow it, right?"

"Alright, how much silver do you plan to use to redeem Li Qianqian?"

At this moment, Li Shuanshu, who had been kicked out by Xiaoyue, got up, rolled his eyes and said, "You're willing to spend money to buy servants, so you must just be trying to make a living. You've managed to trick Li Qianqian and Li Lei into your hands."

Before Li Shuanshu could finish speaking, Xiaoyue kicked him again and scolded, "If you hadn't sold the winter grain, would I have been able to buy their food? Now that you're broke, you're trying to take advantage of Li Qianqian."

The steward-like man then smoothed things over, saying, "Miss, listen to me, name your price, I just want to take Li Shuanshu's daughter away today."

Xiaoyue blinked her almond-shaped eyes, and a wicked thought popped into her head. She looked at the steward with a smile and said, "I don't want much, just 100,000 mu of fertile land, 100 shops on Chang'an Street in Longcheng, 100,000 taels of silver, and 10,000 catties of gold."

Hearing Xiaoyue's words, the butler was so angry that his nose twisted in anger. He said in a sinister voice, "It seems that unless you show some real skills, you really think the Peng family has no one to rely on?"

He waved to the three followers behind him and said, "Take Li Qianqian away from me."

The three of them went into the house to check on Li Qianqian.

Xiaoyue grabbed a shovel from the doorway and swung it directly at the butler-like man's head.

The man who looked like a butler tried to dodge, but he couldn't. He got a head injury and fell to the ground.

The henchmen stopped looking for anyone and went straight for Xiaoyue. Xu Fanyuan held a whip, while Lu Xiaomei went inside to fetch a pot of hot water. The two groups then faced off.

Liang Qi quickly ran over, saw the attendants, kicked them one by one, and said to Chun Yue behind him, "Tie them up and take them to the yamen tomorrow morning."

Seeing that things were not going well, Li Shuanshu tried to leave, but Liang Qi kicked him down again and said to Chun Yue, "Tie them up together."

The butler-like man said fiercely to Xiaoyue, "You better keep your dog head tied up properly. Next time I come, I'll take your dog heads."

Upon hearing this, Liang Qi suddenly gave a disdainful smile and said, "I'll send them all to the west wing of Old Ge's house. We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Xiaoyue looked at Liang Qi with a wronged expression, feeling a mix of emotions. She had said she would ignore Liang Qi, but whenever she had a problem she couldn't solve, he was always the first person she went to. She felt like she was trying to have her cake and eat it too.

So Xiaoyue followed Liang Qi out, gave him three taels of silver and told him to give it to Old Madam Ge. That night, she told him to have the west wing locked tightly. Suddenly, Liang Qi smiled at Xiaoyue and said, "I'm glad you can come to me when you need something."