Su Erlang said angrily, "Grandpa! Su Pangya is going too far!"

Old Master Su said coldly: "You should think about how to deal with the Zheng family when they come later!"

Su Erlang was stunned.

How could he forget that Feng Guaizi almost lost half his life in this blunder! If Su Pangya had ignored Feng Guaizi and let him be bitten to death by the big insect, or let Feng Guaizi freeze to death on the mountain, they might have been able to say that it was Su Pangya who beat him up and threw him to the big insect—

Put the blame on Su Pangya!

But Su Pangya saved Feng Guaizi twice——

What would Zheng Lanxiu think? She would only hate Su Jinniang! She hated Su Jinniang so much!

…

Su Jinniang was helped back to her room by her two brothers. Fang had gone to the fields and was not at home.

Su Yu Niang walked in with a cold face.

"Little brother, you go out first."

She said to Su Sanlang behind her.

Su Sanlang went out obediently.

Su Jinniang sat at the head of the bed in embarrassment, staring at Su Yunniang with red eyes: "Are you satisfied with harming me like this? How good it would be if you didn't go back to your parents' home! Why did you call Feng Guaizi here? Why did you call Su Pangya here? You could obviously stop Su Pangya...but you kept hiding in the room and didn't come out...you just watched me get bullied by her——"

Pah! Su Yu Niang raised her hand and slapped her!

Su Jinniang was stunned.

Su Yu Niang said word by word: "Su Jin Niang, if you do it again, I will shave your head and send you to become a nun."

Su Jinniang was stunned.

…

Su Xiaoxiao returned home.

Father Su saw that she was sweating and asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth: "I have fallen out with the old Su family."

This is a big deal, much more serious than falling out with the Chen family. After all, the Su family has a very high reputation in the village. If they are not careful, they may really be driven out of the village by the whole village.

Father Su's eyes were filled with horror: "Why did you fall out with them? There are so many people in the Su family! You didn't suffer any loss, did you?"

"No." Su Xiaoxiao said, "I beat them up."

Father Su was relieved in an instant and waved his hand: "Oh, it's okay then."

Su Xiaoxiao: “…” - Old Man Su told her not to worry about the affairs of the village and leave everything to him, so she could go to the capital to do business with peace of mind.

Su Xiaoxiao agreed: "Okay."

The three little ones also knew that Su Xiaoxiao was going on a long journey, so they came over with their little pillows to sleep with.

This time the rotation system obviously didn't work, as everyone wanted to sleep next to their mother.

Da Hu and Er Hu occupied the left and right sides of Su Xiaoxiao.

Xiaohu was no match for his two brothers, so he just gave up, threw away his little pillow, and lay across Su Xiaoxiao's head.

Su Xiaoxiao laughed so hard.

After sleeping like this all night, wouldn't she get a Little Tiger ice sculpture the next day? Su Xiaoxiao took Little Tiger into bed and put him together with Erhu.

Erhu is the most gentle of the three children. Xiaohu and Dahu would quarrel, and Xiaohu always lost.

The three little ones fell asleep.

"mother."

Ok, there is a fish that slipped through the net.

It’s Erhu.

Erhu moved closer to her, and his little hands fumbled around in his pocket, took out a small thing and handed it to Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao took it and asked, "What is this?"

"The talisman." Erhu said, "Granny Du gave it to me."

Mrs. Du is a fortune teller from the next village.

The three little ones would sometimes follow Niu Dan and the others to play near her house.

"Why did she give you this?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

Erhu thought about it and confessed honestly: "I exchanged it for a cake."

Su Xiaoxiao asked again: "What did Erhu change this for?"

Erhu remained silent.

The "talismans" of Goddess Du are also divided into grades. The lowest quality amulets are filled with wood ash and cost one penny each.

The one that Goddess Du gave to Erhu should be considered the highest quality one, as it contains a real copper coin.

The original owner had bought an identical one from Goddess Du, spending half a tael of silver! That Goddess was a big liar! Although Erhu exchanged for a cake, you should know that any cake from their family can be sold for ten copper coins. This is a sure win for Goddess Du.

In fact, Su Xiaoxiao probably guessed why Erhu wanted to give this to her.

She touched his little head and said, "Erhu, the witch is a liar. Mother doesn't need this thing and can come back safely."

The child's kindness is precious, but she must teach him some truths to prevent him from being fooled by the fortune-teller in the future.

Erhu paused and said, "Biscuits, expired."

Su Xiaoxiao: “…” - Before dawn the next day, Shopkeeper Sun arrived in a hired carriage. The driver was a former employee of Jinji, and he insisted on leaving with Shopkeeper Sun.

When Manager Sun was in danger, he didn't agree. But now he had Su Xiaoxiao, so he called the clerk over.

The guy's name is Xiao Wu.

"I can go to town by myself." Su Xiaoxiao said.

Shopkeeper Sun said with a smile: "Okay, creditor, boss, who would let you run away by yourself? Then I would be a shopkeeper in vain!"

Putting aside their past grudges, Manager Sun and Su Xiaoxiao are quite compatible when it comes to doing business - both of them are very courageous and pursue perfection in everything they do.

"Is Brother Su awake?" he asked.

"I'm awake and squatting in the toilet." Su Xiaoxiao said, "Just call me Ergou."

"Okay." Shopkeeper Sun agreed and said to Xiao Wu, "Bring Su..."

He paused, "Should I call you Miss Su or Miss Su?"

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at him: "What do you think?"

"Su...Miss."

He does have some ability to read people's expressions.

This time when I went to the provincial capital, I didn't have much luggage, mainly some ingredients for making snacks.

Shopkeeper Sun helped load the food onto the carriage. "I went to see Madam Wang again last night. Madam Wang said she could provide us with a kitchen. What do you think? Should we use her kitchen or find another small courtyard outside?"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "Just use her kitchen, it's convenient."

Shopkeeper Sun asked, "Aren't you afraid that others will steal your skills?"

Su Xiaoxiao said calmly: "Steal if you can."

Shopkeeper Sun hesitated for a moment and said, "That's right."

The chefs that Jin Ji invited from the capital city had to spend a lot of time and effort to prepare their dishes. How could one learn cooking skills just by watching them once?

…

Before leaving for the provincial capital, Su Xiaoxiao went to Doctor Fu's house.

"Is there anything I need to take? Like medicinal herbs or something?" she asked Doctor Fu.

Doctor Fu didn't have anything to buy from the capital city, but when Aunt Fu learned that Su Xiaoxiao was going to the capital city, she asked her son to give Su Xiaoxiao a can of health pills and asked her to take them to an old friend in Qingyun Temple.

It's really rare that Aunt Fu, with such a personality, still has old friends to keep in touch with.

At noon, the group boarded a horse-drawn carriage and traveled for a whole day, successfully arriving at the city at nightfall.

The atmosphere of prosperity is overwhelming, and the streets are busy with traffic, much more lively than Xinghua Town.

"Sister! There are so many people!" Su Ergou lifted the car curtain and looked at the endless stream of people, he was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Shopkeeper Sun said with a smile: "This is not even the busiest street in the city. We will pass by Biyun Street on the way to Wang's house. There will be more people there!"

Compared to Su Ergou's howling, Su Xiaoxiao seemed much calmer.

He asked, "Miss Su, have you ever been to the city before?"

It doesn't look like the first time I came to the city! "I've never been here before," Su Xiaoxiao said.

"Ah! Sister! What a big candied haws!"

Su Ergou wished he could stick his head out to take a look.

Shopkeeper Sun looked at Su Xiaoxiao, then at Su Ergou, and thought to himself, this is what it means to be worldly-wise! Your reaction makes me wonder if you have even been to the capital.

If possible, Su Xiaoxiao really wants to go to Beijing.

Unfortunately, it is very difficult to get a travel permit to the capital, and there is no scholar in my family who can go to the capital to take the imperial examination.

I'll take it slow for now and continue tomorrow morning.

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