“…” Su Xueshu fell silent.

While he was in a daze, Su Ruyi strode away.

Back at the village entrance, the oxcart slowly carried her away.

She hadn't walked two miles when she saw a bullock cart in the village. It hurriedly caught up and quickly overtook her wobbling bullock cart.

Su Xueshu, along with seven or eight men, including middle-aged and young men, drove the oxcart at a speed faster than a horse-drawn carriage.

As the oxcart passed them, Su Ruyi heard Su Xueshu's anxious voice: "Fourth brother, hurry up! We have to catch the next bus! That little slut said that the eldest brother's wife's family knows about this too!"

Su Ruyi quickly lowered her head.

Fortunately, the group was focused on getting on their way, and the oxcart she had hired had a sunshade, so Su Xueshu and her companions didn't notice her on the oxcart at all.

She's taken care of things on her end.

Hopefully, the copper industry will perform just as well.

Su Ruyi rode in an oxcart back to the town's bus station.

Before even getting off the bus, I could see the group of people from Sujiazhuang, led by Su Xueshu, noisily boarding the bus to Haicheng.

Buses will only depart when they are full.

She quietly left the bus station and went to the supply and marketing cooperative across the street.

First, I used my sugar coupons to buy a pound of local specialty maltose. Then, I saw two jars of cream biscuits on the shelf that didn't require coupons and bought them. I also bought a few other small snacks produced and sold by the supply and marketing cooperative.

Although she has a food box in her space, she only eats one meal a day.

When you're out and about, you'll always need these things.

They asked for directions and went to the state-run vegetable market in the county.

Without meat coupons, I wandered around and found only pork bones that cost seven cents a pound without coupons. Although the bones had been trimmed, they weren't trimmed very cleanly.

She bought five jin (2.5 kg).

I spotted a large bone next to it that had been shaved clean; naturally, this one didn't require a ticket.

She asked and found out it was 30 cents a pound, so she bought eight pounds.

I also bought a lot of leafy greens and radishes.

It cost a total of 25.9 yuan.

Now that she has a kitchen in her space, it's always useful to keep some ingredients on hand.

Based on the freshness of the oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, the ingredients should also be able to be preserved.

I wandered around for about half an hour.

After putting everything into her spatial storage in a secluded spot, Su Ruyi saw the bus carrying Su Xueshu and his group drive away from afar.

She waited a few more minutes before returning to the bus station and boarding the next bus.

Just as Su Tong had calculated, Guan Yuzhu and his group arrived at the Su family courtyard before Su Xueshu.

The leader was Guan Yuhe's youngest son, Guan Guotao, one of the three major village bullies in Wang'ao Village.

This young man was big and burly, with great strength.

He raised his foot and, without saying a word, kicked the gate of the Su family's courtyard.