After hearing the town magistrate's words, Li Daqing and the others stopped saying anything.

What they didn't know was...

No sooner had they left than An Wanwan called the town magistrate aside for a few words, after which he sent someone to secretly follow An Meili and the others.

An Meili and her group hired someone to give false testimony, so they must have been paid. Even if they paid beforehand, they couldn't possibly keep it all a secret forever.

It has to be said.

An Wanwan made the right move.

The town magistrate's men quickly overheard An Meili and her group's conversation and saw An Meili instructing her mother to give each of the villagers one hundred coins.

Li Qingmei felt heartbroken, but considering that she had just received ten taels of silver, she decided to exchange it for money to give to them.

However.

To Li Qingmei and the others' surprise, not long after they received the money, as they were giving it to the villagers, the yamen runners suddenly appeared and surrounded them.

Several villagers gave false testimony.

The town magistrate sentenced each of them to thirty strokes of the cane and half a month in prison.

An Meili hired someone to give false testimony, which was a heinous act. She is responsible for her own injuries, the money she was given before was taken back, and she was also sentenced to be beaten fifty times. Since she could not bear that much at once, the beating was split into two sessions.

An Meili almost fainted from anger.

Although Cui did not participate in hiring someone to give false testimony, since she, like An Meili, had no evidence to prove that An Wanwan and the others had harmed them, the ten taels of silver she had previously paid would be disregarded and taken back.

Despite this incident, it didn't dampen everyone's spirits for the banquet.

We'll see.

An Wanwan added a few more dishes, all of which were bought in town.

All of their uncles came, except for the youngest uncle, the others all brought their families.

Because their maternal uncle was born late in life.

His parents passed away before he got married.

After his parents passed away, he, who was naturally carefree, became even more unrestrained, and at twenty-three years old, he still hasn't married.

We ate.

While the other brothers were chatting with Su Yueniang and the others.

Su Shanjiang ran over to An Wanwan and handed her three small boxes: "Here, take these. These are gifts from your uncle to your children."

The three boxes contained round jade pendants.

It's of excellent quality and doesn't look cheap.

"Uncle, you've already given the gift..."

An Wanwan was too embarrassed to accept it again.

Su Shanjiang said with a stern face, "How can this be the same? The previous gifts were for your family, but this time the gifts are for Da Bao, Er Bao, and San Bao separately! Here, take them, or I'll get angry."

Since he had already said that, An Wanwan didn't stand on ceremony with him.

An Miaomiao really likes her little uncle.

Seeing how well he held the baby, An Miaomiao raised an eyebrow and said, "Uncle, when are you going to find us a wife so we can have a little cousin?"

"You silly girl, you're not getting any younger, when are you going to get married?"

Su Shanjiang replied casually.

She asked him, and he asked her—wasn't that a bit much?

Hey, their uncle is something else.

An Miaomiao raised her chin and said, "Uncle, I'm not like you. You're the elder, and I'm the junior. You're not even married yet, why should I be in such a hurry?"

"Little girl!"

Su Shanjiang tapped An Miaomiao on the head, then casually pulled a small item from his clothes and handed it to her: "What are you looking at? Here, this is a little trinket I bought when I went to sea."

An Miaomiao was somewhat surprised to see that it was a small alarm clock.

Su Shanjiang suddenly remembered that there was also An Wanwan. He quickly touched his body, but he had left in a hurry today and had not brought anything else with him.

He smiled and said, "Wanwan, this is for you. Your uncle will bring it to you next time."