Su Xiaoxiao brought Xiaohu over.

Poor little tiger only saw his uncle before going to bed, and didn't know that his mother had carried him all the way.

After getting on the carriage, Su Ergou tilted his head and fell asleep.

Wei Ting had to catch the car and couldn't hold the children, and Su Xiaoxiao couldn't hold three children by herself.

Su Xiaoxiao was thinking about how to solve the problem when she saw Wei Ting take out a blanket that he had placed in the car at some point.

He spread the blanket on the floor of the carriage: "Put it on."

Su Xiaoxiao: "Sleeping... on the ground?"

"Yeah." Wei Ting was very calm.

The blanket is thick and soft, and it doesn't look like it will keep the child from catching a cold.

Su Xiaoxiao thought about it, then gently put the three little ones on it. She also sat down on the blanket to prevent the carriage from shaking and the children from rolling around and bumping into things.

"Did you travel this way before?"

She asked.

She hired the carriage, but she didn't prepare the blanket. Seeing Wei Ting's familiar look, it was obvious that this was not his first time.

"Occasionally." Wei Ting said.

He whipped the horse whip and the wheels started turning.

Su Xiaoxiao touched the collars of the three little guys and found no sweat.

"Wei Ting." She said, "It turns out that there was a Sujia Village in Dongcheng many years ago. Later, there was a famine and the people in that village fled away."

Wei Ting said: "Do you suspect that your father is from Sujia Village?"

Wei Ting had already heard from people in the village about Su Cheng being stranded in Yangliu Village and becoming a cowherd.

Su Xiaoxiao said bluntly: "A little bit."

Wei Ting said nothing more.

…

The next day, Su Xiaoxiao went to visit Shen Chuan.

Shen Chuan's condition is much better than before, and it can be seen that he is trying hard to adapt to the life in Fucheng Academy.

He is a tenacious person.

After lunch, the group took a carriage back to Xinghua Town.

When they arrived in the town, it was already late at night. Su Xiaoxiao decided to visit Aunt Fu again tomorrow.

Two carriages arrived at the village one after another and stopped in front of Xiao Su's house.

Su Xiaoxiao woke Su Ergou up, and together with Wei Ting, they got off the carriage carrying the three sleeping kids.

Su Xiaoxiao said to Xiao Wu, "Xiao Wu, you go back first. I will go to the carriage shop tomorrow and take a carriage to town."

Xiao Wu nodded: "Okay, Boss, I'll leave first then."

"Sister, I'm going into the house too." Su Ergou was very confused.

"Go to Dad's room." Su Xiaoxiao reminded.

"Oh." Su Ergou seemed to be in a trance and walked slowly towards Old Man Su's room.

Su Xiaoxiao and Wei Ting also took the children back to the house.

Wei Ting led the horse to the backyard. The carriage was too big, so it could only be parked at the door.

It was okay to take a ride in an ancient horse-drawn carriage for a while or two, but a long journey like this for a whole day was really tiring.

After washing up, Su Xiaoxiao collapsed on the bed, unable to lift a finger.

She is a fat person with a lot of fat, which is shock-proof. Wei Ting and the other thin guys must feel even more uncomfortable.

“Wei Ting, ummm…”

When we have money in the future, we must build roads first. We don’t want bumpy dirt roads, but smooth cement roads. You don’t know how smooth and pleasant it is to drive on that road.

Wei Ting didn't hear a word clearly, and then even breathing came from someone's nose.

Wei Ting looked at the three children, one big and one small, who were sleeping soundly on the bed. He wondered if it was because they had been together for too long, but even their expressions when sleeping were exactly the same.

There was a hint of complexity in Wei Ting's eyes.

His leg injury has healed, and he has obtained the military token and the things in the capital. It is time to consider returning to the capital. —— Father Su was woken up by the three little guys.

"grandfather."

Dahu lay on the bed and called him.

"grandfather!"

"grandfather!"

Erhu and Xiaohu also lay down.

Father Su's eyes lit up: "Huh? You're back? Big Tiger! Second Tiger! Little Tiger!"

The three of them had dark faces.

Xiaohu pointed at himself and then at his two brothers beside him: "It's the small axe, the big axe, and the second axe! Grandpa, you've made a mistake again!"

"Ahem! I forgot to count the swirls." Su Cheng coughed lightly and asked, "Where's your mother?"

"Go to the kitchen and make pancakes." Erhu said.

Da Hu pushed a small box in front of him: "My mother bought it."

My daughter bought herself a gift again?

Old Man Su picked it up and weighed it.

Wow, it’s quite heavy.

Not tea.

Yes, I haven’t finished the tea I brought last time.

Old Man Su opened the box out of curiosity and found an exquisite white jade hair crown inside.

Old Man Su was a rough man. He was a cowherd when he was young and became a bully when he grew up. Even when he was a bodyguard for several years, he never wore such exquisite things.

"I'm not a town lord, why would I waste this money... Hey, if I wear it, wouldn't it be a waste?"

My heart aches and my eyes are hot.

Old Man Su carefully put away the hair crown, then went to the kitchen to see his fat daughter whom he had not seen for five days.

Is this an illusion? Why does it seem like my daughter has lost a lot of weight recently?

"Dad, you're awake." Su Xiaoxiao greeted him.

"Yeah, just woke up." Su Cheng walked over seriously.

"Do you still like the hair crown?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

Su Cheng said, "It's not easy for you to earn some money, why buy that thing? Country people don't like to wear that."

Country people seldom use wooden hairpins, and only wrap their heads with cloth strips.

Su Xiaoxiao cut a piece of ginger and said, "If others have it, my dad must have it too."

It was a very casual sentence, as if saying that the weather was really nice today, and it was perfect for picking some cabbage.

Su Cheng's heart was burning with anger.

"My daughter..."

“Don’t cry!”

Su Cheng held it back for a second——

After Su Xiaoxiao cut the ginger slices, she also chopped some chili peppers.

Su Cheng peeled garlic for her: "Girl, did anything go wrong during this trip to the capital?"

"You didn't beat anyone, did you?" asked Old Man Su.

"I didn't." Su Xiaoxiao said confidently.

Old Man Su was very relieved that his daughter had grown up and no longer beat people.

"Ergou beat him up." Su Xiaoxiao said again.

Father Su was shocked: "Who did he beat up? Could it be that young master from the prefectural government?"

"No." Su Xiaoxiao waved her hand. "We've already beaten Mr. Li. If he doesn't come to us on his own initiative, we won't beat him a second time. We are reasonable people!"

Father Su hesitated and said, "The one being beaten this time is——"

Su Xiaoxiao said calmly, "Oh, just a young master from the capital, from the Duke's Mansion."

Boom! Old Man Su fell down! ——Old Man Su went to teach his son a lesson angrily.

As soon as he reached the door, he saw Su Ergou grabbing a heavy bucket in both hands and getting off the carriage with great difficulty.

Liu Ping wanted to pick him up, but was rejected.

"There's water in here, it's easy to spill out, and the lid won't work. I can do it myself, Brother Liu, please move aside."

The fourteen-year-old boy was carrying a bucket that was heavier than a stone pier. His palms were red from being squeezed and the veins on his arms were throbbing.

"Dad!" Su Ergou brought down two buckets of water, looked up and saw his own father, and smiled innocently, "I got you mountain spring water from the city! It's so sweet!"

Stupid kid, who the hell brought two buckets of water from so far away——

Old Man Su felt a pang in his chest and clenched his fists.

...Forget it, I'll beat you up next time! During the few days in the city, the family business had not gone wrong. Little Wu became more and more adept at making dim sum, and with Little Zhao helping her, the output of dim sum increased immediately.

The household accounts were also kept by Xiao Wu.

It was her first time doing accounts and she couldn't write, so she used drawings instead, and she looked pretty good.

Su Xiaoxiao flipped through it and said, "You did a good job with the account."

It is clear that she is not as professional as Su Yu Niang, but for a beginner, it is already invaluable.

Looking at the number again, Su Xiaoxiao was surprised.

In the past, the net profit from making 300 pancakes could reach more than two taels. Adding the one tael from the braised meat business, the maximum profit for a day would be four taels. If the quantity was higher, it would not exceed five taels.

But what happened during the days she was away from home? Why did the profit double? There were still so many cakes -

Su Xiaoxiao exclaimed: "One hundred coins?"

There were several accounts where wife cakes were sold for one hundred coins each.

Who is so arrogant? Little Wu whispered, "Yes, it's the girl from Yihong Courtyard."

Su Xiaoxiao asked: "Are they interested in Li Xiaoyong?"

Li Xiaoyong is indeed a little handsome.

Xiao Wu said: "No, they are here for Uncle Su."

Su Xiaoxiao: “…”

…

Su Yu Niang returned to Xiao Su's house at noon the next day.

Su Xiaoxiao originally thought that she went out to "do business" in order to avoid suspicion with Old Man Su. After all, everyone in the family was out, and she was the only one at home with her old man, and she was afraid of gossip.

But who knew that this young rich woman was really going to do something big.

In the east room, Su Xiaoxiao was keeping accounts.

Su Yu Niang took a few gulps of tea and said, "I've been running so much these past few days that my legs are almost broken, my mouth is dry, and I'm almost dead from exhaustion. God helps those who work hard, and he has finally found out something."

"What did you go to check?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

"The Su family's background." Su Yu Niang said, "It has something to do with your family."

Su Yu Niang planned to set up her own business. In order to prevent the old Su family from interfering, she wanted to get hold of some leverage over the old Su family.

I originally just wanted to try my luck, but I didn't expect to get something out of it.

Su Yu Niang suddenly laughed sarcastically: "Do you know how much silver my great grandfather sold the jade pendant for?"

Su Xiaoxiao was quite considerate this time: "How much?"

Su Yu Niang stretched out a finger.

Su Xiaoxiao: "Ten taels?"

Su Yu Niang glared at her and said, "You're only selling this ancestral jade pendant for ten taels?"

Su Xiaoxiao said, "Isn't that a famine? The market is bad, and pawnshops will lower the price to the extreme."

This made Su Yu Niang silent. Yes, they could sell so much even in a famine year. If it wasn’t a famine year—

Oh my god, how valuable is that jade pendant!

She sighed: "That's true, but there will always be people who know the value of good things."

Su Xiaoxiao asked: "One hundred taels?"

Su Yu Niang said: "One thousand taels."

That was one thousand taels from thirty years ago. It was such a huge fortune, enough for a whole family to eat for several lifetimes!

The Su family spent less than a hundred taels to help the villagers.

What a crap eating bran and vegetables?

There are 900 taels of silver in the house, so we can afford to eat bird's nest every day! Thinking of this, Su Yu Niang felt really sick: "I have investigated the price and quantity of grain that year, and I have also bought the account book."

If the Su family had not been living on coarse food and putting on a show, perhaps no one would have said anything. After all, it was the money they earned from their sales, and they could spend it however they wanted. It was their freedom to take out as much as they wanted to help their fellow villagers, and no matter how much, it was a kind act.

"The old Su family doesn't care about people's affairs. Now there will be a good show to watch, but--" Su Xiaoxiao paused and asked, "You just said it is related to our young Su family, what do you mean?"

Su Yu Niang laughed, of course she was not laughing at Su Xiaoxiao, but at the shameless old Su family.

She took out a jade pendant and threw it on the table: "Here."

When Su Xiaoxiao saw the jade pendant for the first time, she subconsciously touched her neck and found that the jade pendant was still there and had not fallen off.

Then she picked it up and looked at it. No, it was not her half of the jade pendant.

Su Xiaoxiao took out her jade pendant and put the two pieces together to complete the pattern.

"A pair? Still not right, the texture..." Su Xiaoxiao touched the jade pendant that Su Yu Niang brought back, "Is it a replica?"

This girl has a very good eyesight. It took me more than an hour to identify it.

Su Yu Niang asked, "Is it a good imitation?"

Su Xiaoxiao touched the lines on the jade pendant and said, "It looks like real jade, but the quality is too tender. Is it colored?"

Su Yu Niang was surprised: "You also know this?"

Su Xiaoxiao said calmly: "It's okay."

I learned a little from Ms. Li in my previous life, but I can’t say I’m very proficient in it.

Su Yu Niang said, "If I hadn't seen your jade pendant, I would have been fooled and bought it as a real valuable thing. This is a replica of the jade pendant that the old Su family pawned. The original one is a pair with your jade pendant."

"Didn't you say that your father picked up this jade pendant when he was a child? My grandfather has seen your jade pendant. If it was originally from the Su family, my grandfather would definitely not allow me to let Sanlang return the jade pendant to you."

"Besides, I have never heard my family mention it over the years. The jade pendant that was sold was one of them. The other one was lost."

Su Xiaoxiao said thoughtfully: "It seems that the jade pendant that the old Su family sold back then was not a family heirloom at all, and it was also an item of unknown origin."

Picking up other people's things and selling them, and bragging that they are his family's ancestral jade pendants, is really shameless.

Su Yu Niang recalled: "My grandfather's reaction to your family was very strange. I suspected that he knew something."

(End of this chapter)