Li Cuilan was the most beautiful woman in the village, and she was of marriageable age. She was also very eloquent.

Normally, whenever she says something like that, even young men in the village who aren't interested in her will find it hard to resist her charm and will obediently invite her to dinner.

Although she usually only wants ordinary food, not such expensive things as meat.

But the Liang family is so rich, didn't you see the meat laid out in huge platters?

She looked closely and saw that in the short time she had been speaking, Er Ya had eaten three pieces of meat!

Er Ya is just a little girl, not even Aunt Liang's biological daughter, yet she can eat so much meat.

Could it be that she's inferior to Er Ya?!

Hmph, speaking of which, this Er Ya is quite a troublemaker. A little brat who isn't even my biological daughter dares to eat so much meat. Once she enters the family, I'll have to teach Er Ya a lesson to make her behave and leave all the meat for myself!

However, she hasn't entered the door yet, so she should pretend not to know anything for now, lest Liang Dazhu think she's fierce and intolerant.

Li Cuilan clutched her stomach, looking pitifully at Dazhu, waiting for him to invite her to dinner.

However, unexpectedly, Dazhu didn't fall for her act.

"If you're hungry, just go home and eat. Why are you telling me this?" Dazhu looked completely bewildered.

Wan Shu couldn't stand it anymore and, suppressing a laugh, explained, "This is called hot pot, a new dish that I just invented."

Wan Shu's words gave Li Cuilan a way out, but she did not invite Li Cuilan to dinner, which shows her attitude.

Li Cuilan had never suffered such humiliation before. She couldn't stay any longer, gritted her teeth, and angrily turned and left.

As she walked down the street, Li Cuilan grew angrier and angrier, and tears welled up in her eyes.

As she cried, she continued to curse, "Wan Shu, you just wait! Once I'm in this house, I'll make Liang Dazhu kick you out, you stepmother! You're just a stepmother, we're not even blood relatives, what's there to be so smug about!"

Inside the Liang family courtyard.

Wan Shu watched as Da Zhu, who had chased away the people and continued eating without any guilt, couldn't help but ask.

"Why didn't you invite Miss Li to eat with you? Didn't you see she was so hungry she was clutching her stomach?"

Dazhu still looked completely bewildered: "She's not my family, why should I invite her to eat with me? She's really strange. We're not related, and she gave me a sachet, which is one thing, but she also acts like she wants me to stay for dinner. I really don't know what she's up to."

Of course they're after you!

This guy is a pure, 24K straight man, and even Wan Shu was speechless.

Dazhu, however, calmly reminded her, "Mother, we must be wary of her. I'll tell Baozhu tomorrow and ask her to keep an eye on things."

Liang Yaozu and Li Dagen are dead, and Li Chuanzong has been imprisoned. However, just in case, Wan Shu still hired Liu to help their hometown.

To prevent the remaining members of the second branch of the Liang family from having any wicked ideas.

After all, the fact that they could teach someone as heartless as Liang Yaozu shows that the people of the second branch of the Liang family are all bad.

Since the money has already been paid, and the price is the same whether you look at one place or two, Wan Shu has no objection to Da Zhu doing it this way, except...

Wan Shu couldn't help but sigh, "Da Zhu, I often doubt that you'll ever be able to find a wife."

Dazhu: "Why?"

Wan Shu opened her mouth, about to answer, when there was another knocking sound at the door.

"Could it be Li Cuilan again? She's so annoying, and even more suspicious than before. We have to get rid of her!"

Dazhu put down his chopsticks and got up with a look of disgust, but as soon as the door opened, the disgust on Dazhu's face turned into a silly grin.

"Auntie, Da Niu, what brings you here!"

His gaze lingered on Da Niu, a hint of nervousness in his eyes: "How come you've lost so much weight in just half a month? We're having dinner right now, why don't you and your aunt come in and join us!"

Sun and Da Niu exchanged a glance, did not refuse, and went into the house with Da Zhu.

Dazhu turned around and saw Wanshu. Only then did he remember the question Wanshu had just answered, and he hurriedly asked Wanshu.

"Mother, what were you trying to say just now?"

"It's nothing." Wan Shu looked at Da Zhu, who was staring at Da Niu and grinning like a silly dog, and couldn't help but laugh as well. "Mother was overthinking it."

Dazhu scratched his head, not understanding what Wan Shu meant. He didn't think too much about it and turned to go into the kitchen.

"Auntie, this stuff is meant to be eaten with the dipping sauce. There's some seasoning left in it, I'll go get some for you."

Upon hearing this, Da Niu quickly stopped him: "Brother Da Zhu, don't go and fight. We didn't come in here to eat, we came here to exchange money."

Upon hearing this, Wan Shu noticed that Da Niu was carrying a small bundle in her arms.

Sun took the bundle, opened it, and saw that it contained about ten taels of silver, as well as some items that could be sold for a price, but were not very valuable.

The total value is approximately thirty taels.

Wan Shu: "Auntie, what are you doing?"

Sun said with a hint of shame, "Sister Shu, you helped me solve such a big problem, I have nothing to thank you for, but I don't want you to suffer a loss, but..."

"The treasure bottle you gave them before, they sold it for a total of one hundred taels. After getting the money, Liang Yaozu started to live a life of debauchery, spending money like water. In addition, all the gold and jade on him were robbed. We emptied Liang Dagen's family's coffers and only found this little bit of stuff."

Erniu also looked ashamed.

"After that matter was over, we should have come to find you, Auntie, a long time ago. But we were afraid that the villagers would become suspicious and implicate you, and we also couldn't raise the money, so we didn't come."

“It’s been half a month since this happened, and we can’t raise the money anytime soon. We can’t let you wait around, so we thought we could take advantage of the Chaosheng Festival to get the money we had taken out earlier to you.”

After saying that, the two of them handed the bundle to Wan Shu.

Wan Shu refused to accept it.

“Big sister, Sister Sun, since I gave this treasure bottle away, I never thought of taking it back.”

A person of bad character would surely be overjoyed at this moment, happy that they don't have to pay back their debts and can even get an extra ten taels of silver.

Da Niu immediately looked anxious: "How can that be! You bought the vase yourself, Auntie! We're already very grateful for your advice, how can we let you suffer such a loss!"

Thinking of the Guanyin Bodhisattva who appeared behind Wan Shu that day, Madam Sun nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, we absolutely cannot let you suffer a loss and give us so much money for nothing!"

Wan Shu was very satisfied with their reaction and said with a smile, "Don't be in a hurry. I didn't intend to take it back, but I also didn't want you to get it for nothing. I have something I'd like to ask you for help with."