This is a stream of running water that flows through several villages. People usually come here to wash clothes and rice.

It was only dawn now, but there were already many people washing clothes.

Everyone looked at Su Pangya carrying a wooden basin and thought they had seen a ghost! This lazy woman actually got up early to work one day? Was it because they were dazzled, or was the sun rising from the west?

No, Su Pangya must be here to extort money!

Everyone's eyes were filled with fear. Without waiting for Su Xiaoxiao to approach, they all picked up their basins and buckets and ran away! Su Xiaoxiao shrugged helplessly and found a place to squat by the river.

There was no industrial pollution in ancient times, the water was clean and crystal clear, and even the air we breathed was refreshing.

Su Xiaoxiao took out the clothes, spread them on a large stone, smeared soap nuts on them and rubbed them clean. Then she used a wooden stick to beat the soap nuts out of the clothes, washed them with clean water after beating them, and repeated this process.

After washing a basin of clothes, Su Xiaoxiao was sweating all over.

Su Xiaoxiao was walking back with the basin in her hand when she ran into Liu Shan's eldest daughter-in-law, Xiao Wu, who was walking towards the river with a basin of clothes in her hand.

Little Wu also saw her and was so frightened that she shuddered and the wooden stick in the basin fell, happening to fall at Su Xiaoxiao's feet.

Little Wu was frightened and wanted to pick it up but didn't dare to.

Su Xiaoxiao freed one hand, bent down, picked up the wooden stick and handed it over.

Xiao Wu quickly closed her eyes!

clang.

The imagined pain did not come.

Little Wu opened her eyes tremblingly, looked at the wooden stick in the basin, and turned back in disbelief. Su Pangya had already walked away without saying a word, holding her clothes.

“Just…just left like that?”

…

In the Su family, the three little kids woke up.

Su Ergou would sleep until noon, and so would Su Cheng. As for Wei Ting, he was a seriously ill patient and was still in a coma.

No one gave the three little kids clothes to wear, so they went down to the ground barefoot.

They walked around the house, but no adult could wake them up.

At this time, the sound of a child crying and chattering came from next door, and the three of them walked out curiously.

The Liu Shan family lived next door.

The eldest daughter-in-law, Xiao Wu, went to wash clothes, and the one who was shouting and yelling at this moment was Niu Dan, the son of the second daughter-in-law, He.

Niu Dan is seven years old this year and is the only grandson of the Liu family.

"Mother! Help me put on my clothes!"

"Okay, okay, wait a moment and let your father drink the medicine first."

Niu Dan's father sprained his waist while digging lotus roots in the fish pond a few days ago. The doctor prescribed some herbal medicine to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

The three little kids stood on tiptoe, lay on the windowsill, and stared at the family in a daze.

Niu Dan had already seen the three little kids and knew that they were the new burdens of the Su family. He looked down on them.

He stuck out his tongue in disgust: "Lie! I'll beat you to death!"

"Come down!" He patted her son's butt, pressed him to sit on the bed, and took clothes and put them on him one by one.

"Mom, I want to eat sugar-coated eggs!" said Niu Dan.

"Okay! I'll make it for you!" said Mrs. He.

There are many girls in the family, but she is the only one pregnant with a boy. The whole family spoils her. Not to mention one sugar-coated egg, they can afford two.

Niu Dan was holding the sugar-water eggs made by his mother, and eating them across the windowsill while craving for the three little kids.

When Su Xiaoxiao carried the wooden basin home, what she saw was the triplets staring at Niu Dan eating.

The three of them were barefoot and thinly clothed.

Su Xiaoxiao frowned, put down the wooden basin and walked over.

As soon as Niu Dan saw Su Pangya, he immediately lost his arrogance and turned around and ran away.

Su Xiaoxiao took the three kids home and dressed them in clothes and shoes.

The three of them were thinner than expected.

Judging from Wei Ting’s clothes and theirs, he doesn’t look like he can’t afford to eat. How come he is so thin?

"Are you hungry?" she asked.

The three little kids nodded.

Three little kids came in and stared at the eggs in the basket.

"Want to eat this?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

The three of them nodded.

Su Xiaoxiao made three sugar-water eggs, one for each person.

The fire had just been lit in the kitchen, so it was warmer than the main room. Su Xiaoxiao brought in some small stools and let the three of them sit in the kitchen to eat.

She went to Wei Ting's room and woke him up: "It's time to take medicine."

Wei Ting opened his eyes dazedly.

Su Xiaoxiao helped him up and fed him anti-inflammatory and hematoma-removing medicine.

Wei Ting didn't feel like eating for the time being and fell asleep again.

This scene was seen clearly by three little kids who were lying at the door and peeking.

They thought about the woman they saw next door this morning.

The woman fed medicine to Niudan's father, dressed Niudan, and made sugar-water eggs for Niudan.

Niu Dan calls her mother.

…

Su Xiaoxiao went to wake up Su Ergou and asked him to stay at home to look after the children and the patient as she had to go to town.

Although Su Cheng went to town yesterday, he was a grown man and didn't know how to budget his money. After robbing the membership fee, the first thing he thought of was not to buy rice and noodles for his family, but to buy snacks for his daughter.

Most of the money was spent on dim sum, leaving less than two hundred coins.

As the year draws to a close, prices are rising, and two hundred wen is barely enough for a family of three to eat, let alone four more mouths to feed.

You have to find a way to make money.

Just as I was thinking about it, a loud shout suddenly came from the front.

"Su Fatty!"

Hmm? The surname is He? He Tongsheng's real name is He Jian. He is the third of six sons in the He family.

After breaking off the engagement yesterday, Ergou said that he had fled to town. I didn't expect to run into him at the market entrance today.

Standing next to him were two young men dressed as scholars, who must be his classmates.

He Tongsheng came over angrily and said with great disgust: "Su Pangya, that's enough! Stop haunting me!"

Su Xiaoxiao frowned: "Do you think I came here to see you?"

He Tongsheng asked coldly, "Isn't it?"

"That's right." Su Xiaoxiao nodded and stretched out her hand lightly.

He Tongsheng retreated as if he were a snake or a scorpion: "What are you doing?"

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Dowry, you won't just regret the marriage and not return the betrothal gift, right?"

"you!"

"What do you mean by 'you'? I'm warning you, don't talk nonsense to me. If you go to a brothel to find a prostitute, you have to touch her twice before you pay. I haven't married you, and I haven't slept with you in my wedding night. Don't think you can deny me a penny!"

He Tong was so angry that he shivered!

This fat woman...actually compared him to a prostitute in a brothel!

So abominable!

Unfortunately, he had already spent part of the money! Su Xiaoxiao said calmly: "If you don't pay it back, we'll have to meet in the government office."

He Tongsheng gritted his teeth and said, "Aren't you afraid of being embarrassed by going to the government office for such a thing?"

Su Xiaoxiao asked: "What is face? Can it be eaten? Besides, aren't you the one who is embarrassed? You received the betrothal gift and you agreed to the marriage."

He Tongsheng blushed: "I was deceived by the matchmaker--"

Su Xiaoxiao looked at him coldly.

"You have read so many books on sages for so many years, but what have you learned? Even a country matchmaker can fool you. If you are not stupid, you will not be fooled by this!"

"I think you should stop studying! Go home and farm! The water in your brain might be enough to irrigate two acres of land!"

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