Su Hua shuddered, her almond-shaped eyes instantly widening from half-closed to round and bright.
The man was seen pulling at cucumber vines with one hand and peering through a crack in the fence with the other, his body half-leaning against the wall, looking just like Old Wang next door trying to steal cucumbers.
Su Hua's lips twitched as she watched. This Wang Ergou, he wouldn't come even when the door was wide open, but he always had to climb over the wall.
They truly never take the conventional path!
She glanced at the little girl beside her who was already snoring softly, gently tucked the thin blanket covering her, and then winked at the two little ones on the ground before stepping out of the courtyard.
Once he reached Wang Ergou from behind, he pulled him down from the fence. Then, before Wang Ergou could speak, he pointed to the hillside behind them and said, "Let's talk over there."
Wang Ergou, who was climbing with great enthusiasm: "…………"
He knew she was strong, but he didn't know she was this strong.
Lifting a 140-pound man like that is like lifting a little puppy; it's just too damn creepy.
Back when he climbed over the wall to steal the jade hairpin, Su Hua broke his wrist with one kick. It seems she had already shown mercy and weakened him. If she had used the same ferocity she showed today, he would probably have been left with only one arm for the rest of his life.
After a moment of thought, Wang Ergou looked up and saw that Su Hua had already walked quite a distance ahead. He didn't dare to delay any longer, so he glanced around and quietly followed her.
Between the small hill behind the Su family's house and Fuhu Mountain, there is a small valley.
A person standing in the valley can be seen from below, but can clearly see the people below.
Su Hua stood in the middle of the ravine, watching Wang Ergou slowly climb up. In his hand, he was holding a cucumber vine tightly, on which were two cucumbers as thick as a child's arm.
As soon as the man climbed up the slope, he met the girl's clear, bright eyes.
Seeing her look at his right hand, his face immediately turned red, and he opened his mouth to explain, "Grandma, please don't misunderstand, I didn't steal this cucumber. I accidentally grabbed it when you pulled me down from the wall, it really wasn't stolen..."
As he spoke, he quickly handed over the cucumber along with its vine.
Honestly, no matter how bold he was, he wouldn't dare to lay a finger on the Su family. He was only lying on the fence because there were villagers building houses next to the Su family these past few days, and he didn't want to be seen.
After all, what they did wasn't exactly something respectable.
To avoid being discovered, he deliberately took a longer route from the foot of the mountain.
"Look at you, it's just two cucumbers, consider it a gift for you to eat." Su Hua shook her head.
If this face hadn't remained unchanged, who would believe that this was the same person who had his hand broken but still looked fearless?
Her family grew cucumbers quite well. The cucumber trellis on their two-acre plot was covered with vines, and every vine was full of cucumbers. Sometimes, when they couldn't finish them all, Su Dalang and his friends would take them to their playmates in the village to exchange for snacks.
Upon hearing this, Wang Ergou stopped explaining and immediately grinned, saying, "Hey! Thank you so much, Grandma! It just so happens that we didn't grow any cucumbers this year, so thanks to you, Grandma, I can take some home for a treat!"
Su Hua ignored his joking manner and, after he finished speaking, went straight to the point: "You've come today because you have good news to tell me, right?"
"You're amazing, Grandma. I haven't even said a word, and you've already guessed pretty much everything." The man chuckled and immediately gave the girl a thumbs up. Then, he lowered his voice a few notches.
"The thing my great-aunt asked me to do a few days ago has been accomplished!"
Su Hua raised an eyebrow, signaling him to continue.
Seeing that she didn't react, Wang Ergou wiped his mouth and a hint of interest appeared on his face. "I must say, the people who can pass the imperial examination are really smart. Even though there was a big carrot dangling in front of them, they still managed to dawdle until last night before taking the bait."
However, as the old saying goes, good things come to those who wait. Not only did Feng Zicai start frequenting gambling dens himself, he even brought a big fish with him.
Grandma, why don't you guess which one this big fish is?
As he spoke, he couldn't help but stare intently at the girl in front of him, trying to find a look of curiosity or surprise on her face.
After all this time, I've never seen her have any major emotional ups and downs.
Unexpectedly, almost as soon as he finished speaking, Su Hua's lips curled up, and her clear black and white eyes turned to the large blue-brick and tile house in the center of the village at the foot of the mountain. She whispered two words: "Meng Fu".
Upon hearing this, Wang Ergou jumped up from the spot.
Looking at her with a face full of astonishment, "Aunt...Grandma...Grandma, how did you know that Feng Zicai took Meng Fu there?"
When he saw Feng Zicai drag Meng Fu away, he was so surprised he could have swallowed an egg. Considering the relationship between the Su and Meng families during this time, he couldn't stay in the county any longer and rushed back to tell her the good news, just to make her happy.
But Su Hua's nonchalant attitude was rather strange.
Could it be that she already knew beforehand?
Su Hua withdrew her gaze, a hint of a smile appearing in her almond-shaped eyes. "How much wealth can a poor scholar have? Even if you squeeze it all dry, there won't be much left. Since you've gone to the trouble of setting up this scheme, you'll naturally be waiting for the big fish to come."
Looking at the girl's harmless appearance, Wang Ergou suddenly felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet to his chest.
After swallowing hard, she forced a smile and said, "Did you plan this all along, Grandma?"
Su Hua remained noncommittal: "It can't be said that everything was planned perfectly. It's more like we set up the trap and invited the victim into it."
In the original owner's memories, although everything about Feng Zicai was full of romantic moments, she also learned from it that the man was quite clever and would not miss any opportunity to use anyone around him.
The Su family was still of some use to Feng Zicai, which is why he never broke off the engagement during those years.
Now that he's entered the gambling den and doesn't even have enough silver to place a bet, he'll naturally try to find a way to get more money, and the first family he can think of is the Meng family.
Of the five members of the Meng family, Meng Yongfu was shrewd and not easily fooled, Meng Chengshi was in the Qingshui County prison, Meng Yun'er was not valued by her family and lived far away in the prefectural city, and Liang Siyu was a newlywed who had not yet established herself. So, only Meng Fu, the landlord's foolish son, was the most suitable to be used.
Of course, even if Feng Zicai couldn't drag Meng Fu down with him, she would never let the Meng family off the hook.
Those who harmed the original owner must all pay the price.
Although Wang Ergou didn't know all of Su Hua's considerations, just hearing that she had included the Meng family in her plans from the very beginning instantly increased his wariness of her.
It's fortunate we didn't offend that person to death back then, otherwise we wouldn't even know how we died!
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