No one expected things to turn out like this. They had clearly planned it out, but what went wrong?

How could it have been messed up in front of the folks?

If Su Erlang had not been quick-witted and taken the responsibility on himself and Su Can, the reputation of the Su family would probably have been ruined.

Old Master Su sat in the main room with a grim face.

Su Can and Su Erlang looked uglier than each other.

Su Can was puzzled: "I just don't understand, Dad, didn't you send Yu Niang away? Why is she back again?"

This was also something that Old Master Su could not figure out. He saw with his own eyes that Su Dalang carried the person to the ferry.

It was at least 10 to 20 miles away from the village. With the little strength Su Yu Niang had just recovered from confinement, she might not be able to walk back until dark.

Su Jinniang walked towards her room silently.

"Stop." Old Master Su called her.

Su Jinniang turned around in fear, lowering her head and not daring to look at him: "Grandpa."

Seeing that she was obviously not feeling well, Mr. Su asked in a deep voice, "Do you know something?"

"I..." Su Jinniang bit her lip and whispered, "Su Pangya came to see me last night. She...she found the bundle and asked if I was the one who pretended to be her sister and went to her house to hide the bundle."

Su Can was horrified: "Why didn't you say so earlier!"

Su Jinniang said aggrievedly: "I was knocked unconscious by Su Pangya, and I went to find you when I woke up, but..."

But at the door of Xiao Su's house, Mr. Su didn't even give her a chance to speak.

If he had known this news in advance, Mr. Su would have stopped Su Can and his son from slandering the Su family no matter what.

That way the situation wouldn't have turned into what it is now.

Realizing that he had made a big mistake, Mr. Su closed his eyes in regret.

Su Can suddenly said, "By the way, Dad, Yu Niang is back, where's Da Lang?"

Su Dalang arrived home at noon. He was kicked into the water by the man in black who appeared out of nowhere. He drank a bellyful of ice water and nearly lost his life when he was dragged ashore by the boatman and his wife.

It's not that he couldn't swim, but it was winter and he was wearing such thick clothes that after being soaked by water, he felt like he was filled with lead and couldn't swim at all.

I thought I had suffered enough in the water, but it turned out to be just the beginning.

The couple complained that he had brought in someone he shouldn't have, and asked him to pay for their boat! How could Su Dalang have any money? The boatman couple refused to let him go, and threatened to arrest him and bring him to justice.

Su Dalang was so frightened that he lost his mind. Finally, under the "magnanimity" of the boatman and his wife, he signed an IOU and was released by the two.

When Grandpa Su heard this, how could he not understand that his grandson was being blackmailed?

What those two did was shameful. If they were reported to the police, they would have to spend the rest of their lives in jail!

As long as Su Dalang insisted that he did not know that person, the boatman and his wife could do nothing to him.

If it were Su Yu Niang, she would not have fallen for this trick.

Thinking of Su Yu Niang, Mr. Su felt even more upset.

"Da Lang, how much tael did they ask you to pay?" Su Can asked.

Su Dalang lowered his head: "Five, five hundred taels."

"What?" Su Can's eyes went dark and he fainted in the chair... ——When Su Xiaoxiao woke up, it was already noon.

She stretched and felt energized.

It’s not like she had stayed up all night before, but no matter how long she slept, she still felt a little tired after waking up.

She was absolutely sure that multivitamins did not have such an effect. Could it be the collagen peptide from last time?

From this point of view, it can not only enhance skin elasticity, but also replenish blood and qi and improve people's physical strength.

I have to admit, it works pretty well.

Small pharmacies are becoming increasingly rare.

As a hands-off boss, she feels less and less psychological pressure.

Mrs. Wu's monthly salary was one tael. She worked for half a month in the first month of the lunar year, and should have received five hundred wen, but she only received two taels.

Xiao Wu was dumbfounded.

In just half a month... I only earned two taels... This, this is too...

Su Xiaoxiao didn't tell her that there would be quarterly dividends at the end of March.

Liu Ping also made two taels of silver. He took on all the logistics and purchasing, as well as all the large and small carpentry work at home. He truly earned more by working harder.

Su Xiaoxiao went to the backyard, fetched a basin of water, and squatted on the ground to soak the jade.

Su Yu Niang came over holding her daughter who had just finished feeding. She looked at Su Xiao Xiao strangely and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Raising jadeite." Su Xiaoxiao said.

Su Yu Niang envied those who could squat with flat feet. She couldn't squat without standing on tiptoe and her balance was not good.

She found a bench to sit down and looked at the crystal clear jade pendant in the water. After Su Xiaoxiao's wearing and caring for it, the jade gradually regained its original green color and luster.

This is a piece of top-quality jade.

"Where did you come from?" Su Yu Niang asked.

Su Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows and said, "Didn't I tell you? It's a family heirloom."

Su Yu Niang expressed her doubt: "How can your family still be so poor even though you have this heirloom?"

Su Xiaoxiao said, "My father is reluctant to sell it!"

Su Yu Niang stared at the jade pendant, thought of something, and murmured, "My grandfather seems to recognize this jade pendant."

"Hmm?" Su Xiaoxiao turned her head and looked at her.

Su Yu Niang recalled: "The night I asked San Lang to send the jade pendant back to you, my grandfather saw the jade pendant and he had a strange expression on his face."

Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said, "This jade pendant was picked up by my father when he was a child. At that time, my father was still a cowherd in Yangliu Village. He should have never seen your grandfather, right? How could your grandfather recognize my father's jade pendant?"

Su Yu Niang asked, "Where did your father's jade pendant come from?"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "He himself doesn't remember. He has been wearing it since he can remember. He suspects he picked it up on the way to escape famine." - In the afternoon, Shopkeeper Sun came to the door.

He brought in a business.

"It's from the capital city!"

He said with a smile.

Su Xiaoxiao handed him a cup of brewed tea. He took it, took a sip, and almost spit it out!

Shopkeeper Sun's expression was indescribable: "Boss, what are you drinking?"

Su Xiaoxiao: "Oh, Houttuynia cordata."

Shopkeeper Sun was shocked. What grass? You want to give me grass to drink?

Su Xiaoxiao asked, "Is there anyone in the city who dares to invite me to do business?"

She has offended the governor, who is so stubborn?

Shopkeeper Sun brushed his sleeves and said, "Don't you see who is running the business? Am I, Sun Quan, such an incompetent person?"

Su Xiaoxiao: "Speak human language."

Shopkeeper Sun coughed lightly and said, "It's a funeral. No, no, it can't be called a funeral, it's ancestor worship, ancestor worship, you know what they mean, right? They... are coming back from other places to worship their ancestors."

There will be another one later

(End of this chapter)