If they were still in the capital, they would have frozen to death long ago with such thin clothing and bedding.

Madam Yu picked up Xiao Youran and kissed her on the cheek, saying, "Little Fu Bao, what should I do? Your fourth aunt likes you more and more!"

Zhou also stepped forward and gave her a big hug, saying, "I knew Xiao Youran was our family's lucky charm! With our lucky charm here, we can overcome any difficulty, no matter how big it is."

Jiang Youchen slowly got up from the ground, patted the mud and dust off his body, and stood silently to the side.

Xiao Youran suddenly felt a pang of heartache. She broke free from her aunt's embrace, ran to her brother's side, and gave him a thumbs-up, saying, "Brother is amazing too! It's the treasure you dug up!"

Madam Su came over from the side, hugged her son and daughter into her arms, and said gently, "You two are both my precious treasures!"

Jiang Youchen felt tears welling up in her eyes.

Mother, you finally remembered me, sob sob sob.

Zhou reported the discovery of a pile of silver ingots in the ruins to Old Madam Yun, and once that was known, no one pursued the matter further.

This is the old residence of the Yun family. Even if it was buried there by the Yun family ancestors, it is still of good use for them as descendants to dig it up and use it.

And they really do need this money right now.

So the next day, a group of people went to Wufeng County in high spirits.

The three women, Zhou, Yu, and Guo, along with Su and her two children, filled the car and drove out of the village.

Today, Xiao Youran changed into a peach-colored spring branch and cloud patterned jacket. In order to wear matching mother-son outfits with her mother, she specially asked her mother to also change into a peony embroidered jacket in the same color scheme.

The sight of the mother and child embracing is truly delightful.

The kitten kept meowing and wanted to come along, so Xiaoyou picked it up and took it out the door.

The three Zhou sisters-in-law adored Xiao Youran no matter what they did. One of them touched her cheek, another pinched her nose, and they would rub the top of her head from time to time.

But then the kitten would always bare its teeth at them, meowing.

Jiang Youchen quietly hid in a corner.

Are you a tiger or a cat?!

The car had only driven two steps when a girl's voice cried out in a desperate voice, "Father! Mother! Please don't sell me... I can work, I can take care of my younger brother..."

The Zhou family members exchanged glances, all showing expressions of reluctance and surprise.

This is the fourth or fifth one in the past few days, right?

As the carriage curtain rose and fell, everyone felt somewhat heavy-hearted.

Zhou sighed, "I never knew before that I would be able to witness the tragic scene of my clansmen selling their children during a famine."

Mrs. Yu added, "Yes, if it weren't for Xiao Fubao's arrival this time, we probably would have..."

Guo then affectionately patted Xiao Youran's head and said to Su, "Cousin, I really envy you for having such a wonderful daughter! I wish Xiao Fubao were our daughter!"

Madam Zhou also laughed and said, "Yes, it would be so nice if Little Fu Bao were our Yun family's daughter! Come, come, let your great-aunt hold her, let your great-aunt share in the good fortune so early in the morning!"

Little You Ran giggled and snuggled into her mother's arms.

“Now that we live together, aren’t we just like one family?” Mrs. Su hugged her daughter tightly and chatted and laughed with them.

Little Youran nestled against her mother, holding the kitten, and looked out the window. As they passed the mansion, they happened to see a carriage parked in front of it.

Wen Yuanbai was being helped onto the carriage by Steward Zhang.

Xiao Youran waved excitedly to her from afar, "Big White!"

Wen Yuanbai frowned, turned his head and cast an unpleasant glance at her, his aura both clear and cold.

Xiao Youran immediately understood the meaning in his eyes and chuckled, "Big White! Actually, you're the one everyone loves, flowers bloom when they see you, and cars get flat tires when they see you!"

Wen Yuanbai was still wondering what this meant when he suddenly heard the wheel under his feet "crack" and fall apart.

The entire carriage tilted to the side, and the coachman and bodyguard Nan Zhuo immediately jumped off the carriage, helped up his young master who had fallen to the ground, and stared in shock at the carriage wheels.

The little girl just shouted something like... "Cars get flat tires?"

Their car has an outer rim made of cypress wood and covered with metal plates, so... a tire blowout means the outer rim of the wheel bursts... does that mean?

Very well, the first fall has begun again.

Wen Yuanbai glared angrily at the carriage that had sped away in a cloud of dust. This little girl dared to shamelessly proclaim herself a lucky charm; in his opinion, she was simply a jinx.

Nothing good ever comes of it when I see her.

His aura grew even colder.

Actually, he's used to bad luck and has forgotten that he rarely encounters good things in the first place.

However, at this moment, Steward Zhang skillfully had someone pull out another carriage with an axle connected to it from the side door. He then skillfully had the carriage disassembled and fitted with the new carriage. In no time, the new axle and carriage were in place.

Butler Zhang expertly retrieved a set of clothes from a corner of the carriage. "Young Master, please—"

Wen Yuanbai's lips twitched violently again: ...

Well, the housekeepers were already used to his daily misfortunes and had them readily available.

...

Wufeng County is a humid city in the south. Although it is already December, the weather is still quite warm as long as the sun is out. You can get through the winter wearing just a thin cotton-padded jacket.

When Xiao Youran and her group arrived in Wufeng County, they sent Lao Feng straight to the cloth shop.

Yu and Guo were going to sell their embroidered handkerchiefs, while the rest of the group were going to buy some thick winter clothes and quilts. The cloth shop was their common destination.

Upon arriving at a cloth shop, the shopkeeper, a middle-aged woman, assumed that her esteemed customers had arrived when she saw the group enter, and greeted them with a cheerful smile.

What would you like to buy?

Just as Zhou was about to say something, Su pressed her hand down and said to Guo, "Third sister-in-law, why don't you take out our embroidery and let this shopkeeper take a look?"

Guo was taken aback at first, but then she realized that her cousin Su had been good at business since childhood and was naturally quite experienced in the business world. No longer shy, she took out more than a dozen embroidered handkerchiefs from her bundle.

With a smile, Madam Su said, "Shopkeeper, these are a few handkerchiefs that we embroidered ourselves. Would you mind accepting them?"

The shopkeeper's expression immediately changed when he saw that the customer wasn't there to buy anything. He picked up the embroidered handkerchief with two fingers, glanced at it casually, and said, "This kind of embroidery is really not very good. It's worth at most ten coins a piece."

Guo looked humiliated.

The embroidery of these noble ladies from a noble family could only be sold for ten coins a single handkerchief?

Madam Yu's expression changed. "Manager Luo, we paid you fifteen coins last month."

Manager Luo looked up at Madam Yu and recognized her. "Oh, it's you. It was fifteen coins last month, that's true, but rice was only twenty coins a dou last month, and this month it has risen to thirty-five coins a dou."