Ma Tiannian's knees buckled, and the pain in his ankle made him lose his balance, causing him to fall to his right.

The railing of the small bridge was only half a person high, which was completely insufficient to support Ma Tiannian, who had lost his balance at that moment, so Ma Tiannian simply flipped over!

All of this happened in the blink of an eye; the angle at which Ma Tiannian fell was exactly as Su Yun'er had imagined.

The bridge is not high above the frozen water, and there is a thick layer of snow to cushion the fall, so no one will die from the fall, but it can still hurt people and serve as a lesson.

From under the bridge came Ma Tiannian's cries of "Ouch, ouch!"

Su Yun'er stood by the bridge and looked at Ma Tiannian lying in the snow, his face full of pain, his nose seemed to be broken, and half of his face was covered in blood.

"Serves you right. This time it's just a fall, but if you dare to mess around again, I'll break your arm." Su Yun'er snorted and ignored him, continuing to do her own thing.

When she returned from the meat stall, her basket was filled with pork, beef, lamb, and chicken, so heavy that she couldn't lift it. She had to find a rope to tie to the basket and pull it along like a sled.

Back home, the little trees and grass, unusually, didn't run out to play, but instead played with the snow inside the main house.

After chatting with Old Lady Chen, Su Yun'er learned that He Liu had come today with news that the dock would be opening in a couple of days because several official ships had arrived and needed to be loaded and unloaded as soon as possible.

The government required that the grain transport work be completed before the end of the year.

So He Liu came specifically to tell Su Yun'er whether she should continue setting up her stall before the New Year.

Su Yun'er naturally chose to set up a stall, since she could earn money for a few more days, and who would turn down money?

Thinking of this, Su Yun'er couldn't help but shake her head and laugh at herself. When did she become such a money-grubber?

In the two days before the dock reopened, Su Yun'er cooked delicious food for everyone every day. When the sun was out, they would bask in the sun, and when the sun wasn't out, they would stay indoors and sleep. She lived a blissful life for a few days.

The kitten, Gai Xue, has become bolder these past few days.

On the first day, although he could be teased by the cat toy, he didn't dare to go too far from the table where he was hiding, and at night he only dared to sleep in the corner under the table.

By the second night, it was already daring to jump on Su Yun'er for food.

Su Yun'er prepared a lot of chicken for him, including chicken breast, chicken thigh, and a few chicken hearts.

Gai Xue would always stare longingly at the meat in Su Yun'er's hand. Su Yun'er wondered if she was seeing things, but she seemed to have seen Gai Xue's eyes were wet, as if she was crying and begging for food.

Cats love to sleep, especially during the day when they're energetic at night. Old Mrs. Chen once angrily complained that the cat wouldn't sleep at night, would come and play on her kang (heated brick bed), and would even suddenly jump on her, startling her awake several times.

With no other option, Su Yun'er had to temporarily move to the right-hand room of the main house. When she went to sleep at night, she would close the door to the left-hand room of Old Mrs. Chen and only allow Gai Xue to move around in the right-hand room.

The little trees and grass also wanted to sleep with Gai Xue, so the mother and her two children slept together in the right room. Fortunately, the kang (heated brick bed) was big enough for them to sleep comfortably.

However, on the second night after they slept together, the little tree and grass were too sleepy to stay awake.

After being woken up by Gai Xue yet again, Xiao Shu yawned and cried, "Mom, why doesn't Gai Xue sleep at night?"

Little Grass was also drooping with sleepiness: "Mother, how can I get Gaixue to sleep?"

Su Yun'er, still half-asleep, watched the energetic kitten chasing the flickering shadows of the lamplight on the floor, leaping and bounding about. She yawned wearily, "Don't let him sleep during the day, ah (yawning)..."

Under the sleepy gazes of the mother and her two children, Gai Xue jumped onto the table.

"Meow~~"

The mother and her two children fell backward at the same time, groaning, "We can't do it anymore, we're not as energetic as a cat."

To help Gaixue adjust to the time difference, the little trees and grass took turns playing with him during the day. Whenever they saw Gaixue trying to lie down and sleep, they would wake him up.

Finally, night fell. Gai Xue curled up in the corner of the kang (a heated brick bed) and slept soundly. That night, the mother and her two children finally got a good night's sleep.

After several days, Gais finally understood that humans need to sleep at night.

It's time to set up the stall again.

He Liu and Su Yun'er carried the cart they had set up their stall to the old spot on the dock, one pulling and the other pushing.

Su Yun'er stood there, shading her eyes with her hand as she looked at the dock, where thick snow covered everything.

"What a pity. We finally got a merchant ship, but it was blocked by heavy snow in the blink of an eye. It seems that we will have to wait until after the New Year to get another merchant ship."

"That's right, our business was so good that day. If the dock hadn't been closed, we might have been able to earn in one day what we used to earn in ten days."

"Alright, Auntie, you can't rush things. Let's conserve our energy and wait until after the New Year."

"What do you mean by 'haste makes waste'?" This was the first time He Liu had heard this saying.

"It means that you can't be too hasty in doing things, you have to be patient, otherwise you won't get anything done."

"Tofu, hey, Yun'er, you can make tofu too, right? I think I ate it at your house the other day."

"Yes, it's very easy to make. Auntie, would you like some?"

"I want to eat it, can you make it?"

"It's simple."

Although we didn't come with a wooden box for pressing tofu, we can still make it without it.

Su Yun'er found a clean, finely woven gauze, soaked it, and placed it in a bowl. She scooped in a few spoonfuls of tofu, tightened the opening of the gauze, found a suitable utensil, pressed the gauze ball on top, and waited for the water to be squeezed out so that the tofu would solidify.

While waiting for the tofu to set, Su Yun'er and He Liu began preparing for the business opening.

"Mountain and River's Daughter-in-Law".

A familiar voice rang out, and then Aunt Song entered through the tent door carrying a basket.

"Shanhe's wife, busy at work? He Liu is here too." As soon as Aunt Song came in, she looked around and praised, "You've done a really good job here, it's clean and warm. And it's quite a large place."

"Aunt Song, is there something you need?"

"Nothing much, just came to see how your little business is doing. I also brought you some things."

As she spoke, Aunt Song took out a package from her basket and wrapped it in a lotus leaf.

Once opened, it contains some sticky, pinkish-white or purplish-red stuff.