"Of course I'm happy."

...

The three Su brothers returned very early today.

Only after asking did I learn that the county magistrate's wife had bought up all the braised meat they hadn't sold yet.

The family has been busy harvesting the melons in the field these past two days, and according to Su Muyao, half of the melons have already been sold.

The next day, the county magistrate's wife brought Li Yuanyuan to collect the melons.

The magistrate's wife heard Wanqiu recount everything that had happened at the Su family's place after she returned.

As the carriage passed through the village, everyone's eyes were drawn to it.

"The Su family is probably going to get rich, right? Look at the people who come and go with them, they all ride in carriages. This is not something that ordinary families can afford."

"Wasn't this just a matter of time? Who told Little Lucky Star to live in their house?"

Grandma Su was chatting with her two old friends at the gate when she suddenly saw a horse-drawn carriage coming towards her house.

The carriage stopped in front of Old Su's house, and a noblewoman stepped out.

After the lady came down, she carried Li Yuanyuan down. When Old Madam Su saw that it was Li Yuanyuan, she looked at the person who came and made a mental calculation.

This probably means the county magistrate's wife is really young.

"Madam, I apologize for troubling you. My daughter said that she and your granddaughter have agreed that I'm here to collect melons."

These are gifts for the children; they are just a small token of my appreciation, and I hope Madam won't find them offensive.

"Oh dear, we're all farmers, you can just call me old lady."

"Come on in, don't be so polite, come in and have a seat."

So, the old lady looked at the piles of gifts and didn't know what to do. What should she give in return for all the gifts the farmers had given her?

After Grandma Su finished speaking, she quickly led a group of people into the house, and many people from the village also came to Grandma Su's door to watch the excitement.

The maidservant who was fetching things said to Old Madam Su, "Old Madam Su, please don't be so polite. Our young lady and Miss Su get along very well. What's a little gift like this?"

"Oh my, young lady, you're making this old woman blush. Just call me 'old woman,' not 'madam.' We're just farmers, we don't have all those formalities."

"Yes, Grandma Su, Yao Yao is my best friend. You can't be polite with me from now on."

Under Su Muyao's guidance, Madam Su tasted all the fruits in the village.

After tasting them in late autumn, she exclaimed repeatedly, "These fruits are all delicious. If they were taken to the capital, they would be sold at exorbitant prices."

The magistrate's wife also saw the business opportunity and bought up all the fruit in the village at extremely high prices.

All the melons in Su Muyao's field were harvested, and she was paid one tael of silver for each melon.

The villagers were shocked; they never expected that Little Lucky Star could create something so casually.

If each one can sell for one or two taels of silver, there must be at least a thousand in this field. Wouldn't the Su family become rich overnight?

After the magistrate's wife left, the villagers gathered around Old Lady Su and started chattering amongst themselves.

"Hey sis, what's your muskmelon called? Do you have any seeds left? I'll plant some next year."

"If you have any extra seeds, sell some to me later."

The magistrate's wife accepted the fruit and quickly transported it to the capital to send a letter to her brother.

These fruits quickly became incredibly expensive in the capital. For example, the bright red apples were basically ten taels of silver each, and even then, it wasn't guaranteed that you could buy one.

Even the ladies of the palace were scrambling to buy these fruits.

That day, Su Muyao went to set up a stall with her grandfather, just like any other day.

After the stall had sold out of most of its goods, Old Man Su took Su Muyao to select ingredients for tomorrow, as usual.

Su Muyao looked at the pastry shop not far away again and again.

With sharp eyes, they spotted several new items. Old Man Su noticed that his granddaughter clearly wanted to eat them, but didn't say anything.

She's so well-behaved, I wish I could buy her all the good things in the world.

"Sweetie, you want some snacks? Grandpa will go buy some for you right away."

"Okay, Grandpa, buy more so that my brothers can try it." Su Muyao looked at her grandfather with bright eyes. Now that the family has money, they don't have to be stingy anymore. Since there is something she wants to eat, of course she will buy it.

Old Man Su stroked the little dumpling's little tuft of hair and said, "Good, good, good, I'll give you everything. Your grandpa will take out all his savings to buy it for you."

Su Muyao chuckled, "Grandpa, you still have a secret stash of money? You'll be in big trouble if Grandma finds out."

Will Grandpa's sweetheart tell Grandma?

"Of course not, hehe."

Didn't I know this old man well? He probably only had a few coins on hand, and the money to buy the pastries would definitely come from the public funds.

While the grandfather and grandson were playing and frolicking, they were completely unaware that they had been watched.

After buying the pastries, Old Man Su carried Su Muyao to the street to watch what people were doing.

Just as he was feeling happy, someone suddenly snatched the baby from his arms.

Old Man Su reacted quickly, rushing to grab the child's foot and sternly scolding, "What are you doing?"

The child trafficker hadn't expected the old man to react so quickly. He rushed to snatch the child and then shouted, "Help! Someone's trying to steal my child!"

Su Muyao felt a little pain from being grabbed, but she didn't scream.

At this moment, a woman carrying a basket asked, "What exactly is going on? Which of you is the human trafficker?"

Old Man Su anxiously explained, "I am the child's biological grandfather. This is a human trafficker. Can any of you help me go to the yamen and find the yamen runners?"

Old Man Su was now using all his strength and dared not let go, for fear that if he let go, the trafficker would be lost in the crowd with his little granddaughter, and then where in the world would he be able to find such a child?

Before the human trafficker could speak, a woman ran over crying and yelled at Old Man Su, "You human trafficker, you're crying 'stop thief'! You stole my daughter and tried to run away, but luckily my husband caught up with her. And now you're going to report me to the authorities!"

"Pah! You old geezer, let go and give the child back to me!"

After saying that, he went up to pull Old Man Su.

Su Muyao immediately yelled, "Grandpa, Grandpa isn't a human trafficker, you're the ones who are human traffickers!"

The trafficker quickly covered Su Muyao's mouth, saying, "Don't cry, sweetie. Daddy will take you back to find Grandpa right away."

Some people in the crowd noticed something was wrong and said, "This little girl isn't calling for her parents, but she's calling for her grandfather, and she says she's from his family. So she must be this old man's child."

"Who knows? We don't dare to get involved in these kinds of things," another person said timidly.

The woman who was pulling Su Muyao cried and sobbed, "This child was raised by her grandfather since she was little. This is the first time my husband and I have brought her out like this. She has been so frightened. She must be thinking of her grandfather at home."

The man next to him added, "Look at my girl's clothes, aren't they alright? And look at this old man covered in patches, how could he possibly be her child? He's a child trafficker."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked over and indeed saw that Old Man Su's clothes, while not exactly patched, had two patches visible.

In contrast, this little dumpling was dressed in fine cotton.