General, madam called you to farm

by Usui Takumii

not mine, moonlight tea time.

5. 31 to 40

He drank so much medicine. He tried to swallow it but he vomited it again, which made him look very pitiful.

This was the scene that the man's personal servant saw when he came into the room.

The servant's expression changed, he stepped forward with a loud shout : "What are you doing? Let go of my young master!"

The anti-inflammatory drugs and anti-viral drugs had been consumed. Su Xiaoxiao was planning to feed him cough syrup as well.

She shoved the last spoonful into his mouth before the servant rushed over.

And then, she dodged to avoid him.

The servant threw himself into the empty air.

Without Su Xiaoxiao's support, the man collapsed onto the bed at a crooked angle.

The servant's expression changed again. He didn't bother to catch Su Xiaoxiao and turned his head to help the man lie down.

"Young master! Young master!"

The antipyretic medicine took effect, and the man began to sweat, making his whole body sticky all over.

The servant was even more flustered, after all his young master was still doing well before, how could he suddenly be sweating like this?

"Young master… Young master, what's the matter with you? Please don't scare me! Young master— Young master—"

"What happened?"

Dean Shen walked in in a hurry.

He had just finished the class, and as soon as he entered the yard, he heard Chang Ping's wailing.

Chang Ping was crying on the man's body. When he heard that, he turned his head and looked at Dean Shen with snot and tears: "Dean… My young master was harmed by someone…"

Dean Shen also changed his expression: "Your young master… was harmed by whom?"

Chang Ping raised his hand and pointed at Su Xiaoxiao, who was trying to stay low, "It's her!"

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

Chang Ping cried and said: "I've seen it all! Don't even try to deny it! My young master was still fine just now… It was you… you poisoned my young master!"

It was only then that Dean Shen noticed that there was a little chubby girl in the room. Looking from her clothes, it seemed like she was a girl from a village.

Although their academy was not an important place like the Yamen*, they also would not let anyone enter it casually, let alone this girl entering his courtyard.

*Yamen : government office in feudal China.

If it was really because of his negligence that caused something to happen to the young master, then even if he died ten thousand times, he would still have to bear the consequences!

"Who are you? How did you get in?" He asked coldly.

Su Xiaoxiao spread out her hands: "Just like this."

"Impossible!" Dean Shen dismissed it straight away. "You are not a student of the academy, nor are you a servant of the academy. It's impossible for the guard at the gate to let you come in."

Su Xiaoxiao said, "I came through the back door."

Dean Shen said without hesitation: "That's even more impossible!"

That old man had a worse temper than anyone else. Would he let a village girl into the academy for no reason?

Dean Shen said in a stern voice: "You'd better be honest and tell the truth. Otherwise I will have to send you to the Yamen!"

Chang Ping choked up and roared: "You have harmed my young master! You are so cruel! My young master has never offended you or bore any hatred to you! Why do you want to harm my young master! Tell me! Who sent you here!"

Su Xiaoxiao sighed helplessly, "I didn't harm your young master. I was saving him just now. He was coughing so hard that he was almost out of breath. His fever was severe too, and it would be very dangerous if it's not treated in time. If you don't believe me, you can touch him and feel it by yourself. Does your young master's fever get better now?"

Chang Ping touched his young master's forehead with his hand.

It was really not that hot anymore.

No, when people died, their bodies would also become cold.

This little fat girl had killed his young master!

"Stop making excuses! Somebody! Tie her up!"

"Don't tie her! Don't tie! Don't tie!"

Shen Chuan rushed in in a hurry, he stood in front of Su Xiaoxiao and gasped, "Listen to me, she is our own people… An acquaintance… There must be some misunderstanding…"

Su Xiaoxiao tilted her head and glanced at him: "Oh, Shen Chuan?"

Shen Chuan turned back his head and smiled embarrassedly, "Miss Su."

Dean Shen frowned and said: "Shen Chuan! What are you doing!"

Shen Chuan explained: "Dad! It was me who asked someone to let her in! I have already told Uncle Qiu and the servants in the courtyard!"

Su Xiaoxiao nodded. No wonder that she could come in so smoothly like that.

Chang Ping choked up in disbelief and said: "Young master Shen, my young master bore no grievances or enmities to you…"

Su Xiaoxiao: Here it came again. This servant's words, could he change it to another one?

Shen Chuan said firmly, "I won't harm your young master, nor will Miss Su. She just said that she was saving your young master. You have to believe her! She knows medicine skills!"

As he said, he looked into his father's eyes without hesitation, "Dad, do you remember what I told you before? The girl who saved the choking child in Jinji? That's her!"

After listening to his son's explanation, Dean Shen's expression turned even colder: "So you found a village girl to treat the young master? Do you still remember my warning? It's simply nonsense!"

"I…" Shen Chuan wanted to say something but then hesitated.

He didn't invite Miss Su to treat others. After all, he still hadn't had a chance to mention this issue with Miss Su yet.

But if he explained that right now, it would seem a bit…

Dean Shen said in a deep voice, "Shen Chuan! Get out of the way now!"

The servant outside the door was already in position, ready to rush forward and catch that little fat village girl at any moment.

Shen Chuan became anxious: "Dad, can you just trust me once…"

Dean Shen clasped his hands behind his back and said seriously, "I will say it again for the last time! Get out of the way! Otherwise I will tie you up together to the Yamen too!"

Shen Chuan groaned gloomily: "You still said that I was not an adopted child who was picked up by you. Is there anyone who treats his own biological son like this?"

Dean Shen was so angry that the corners of his mouth twitched.

Shen Chuan glanced casually at the door and said, "Young master Jing! You are here!"

The servant outside the door hastily bowed down to salute.

Dean Shen also subconsciously turned his head away.

"Miss Su, sorry to offend you!"

Shen Chuan grabbed Su Xiaoxiao's wrist in a snap, and led her towards the door.

"Damn unfilial son!"

Dean Shen was furious.

Shen Chuan pulled Su Xiaoxiao to run away, but no one expected that just after he ran out of the room, he retreated back in panic.

In front of him was a burly guard and a young man in brocade robe with a nine-section chain whip.

The young man's eyes were cold and his aura was strong.

Obviously, he was only 16 or 17 years old, but his stern murderous aura seemed as if a dagger-axe shined with golden light, and the horse was equipped with iron armor*.

*金戈铁马

Dagger-axe (Ge) shines with golden light, and the horse is equipped with iron armor (Metaphor of war) : it describes the majestic posture of a soldier galloping with a gun; a very powerful army.

It was as if he had killed people and drank blood.

The moment Shen Chuan saw him, he completely gave up resisting.

His mind was full of only one thought.

It was over, it was over.

His crow's mouth really made young master Jing come here.

It seemed that today he and Miss Su… were destined to have a hard time escaping.

Dean Shen was also surprised when he saw a young man in a brocade robe at the door.

Not only incompetent, but now this reckless kid also met Young Master Jing.

Young Master Jing was not easy to get along with. Although he looked young, he was merciless in actions.

Fortunately, this kid didn't really try to escape. He hoped Young Master Jing could see it for his own sake and forgive this brat for once!

"Young Master Jing— you came back just in time— Young Master has bore no grievances or enmities to others, but someone wants to harm him ah—"

Chang Ping began to mourn again.

The young man in brocade robe quickly glanced over the scene, paused for a moment on his unconscious cousin, and then turned to look at the stranger who appeared in the room.

"You still haven't let go of her yet!"

Dean Shen scolded in a low voice.

Shen Chuan was so frightened that he had already forgotten that he was still holding Su Xiaoxiao's chubby wrist.

But Su Xiaoxiao calmly took her hand away.

Dean Shen hurriedly said, "Young Master Jing, listen to my explanation, my son, he didn't mean to—"

Before he could finish speaking, Chang Ping interrupted him while crying: "She drugged the young master and almost killed him… It was your son who let her in… and you still dare to say it wasn't intentional…"

"This…" Dean Shen's scalp felt numb for a while.

There was a big misunderstanding. What should he do to protect his son?

Just at this moment, the shopkeeper of Rong En Tang followed with another doctor surnamed Yang sweating profusely.

They were originally coming with the young man in a brocade robe. But the young man suddenly quickened his pace, and they could not catch up. So they fell behind a few steps.

However, what did the servant just say?

There was someone who drugged the nobleman?

The shopkeeper of Rong En Tang stepped over the threshold and recognized the little chubby village girl in the room at a glance.

"It's you!"

"Shopkeeper Cao, do you know her?" Dean Shen asked.

Shopkeeper Cao looked at Dean Shen and said, "She is a little swindler. Last time she went to Rong En Tang to cheat, I found out in time and kicked her out! Dean Shen, how could she be here? What you said before… the one who drugged the nobleman… could it be that it was her?"

Dean Shen's expression gave Shopkeeper Cao the answer.

Shopkeeper Cao clenched his fist, pointed at Su Xiaoxiao's nose and said, "I see! No wonder the nobleman's illness has never improved. I bet that it must be because of you who have been playing tricks in the dark!"

Dean Shen was not happy when he heard this.

It was a few days ago that Doctor Dong treated the young master's illness. Didn't the shopkeeper Cao mean that this girl had been here several times? Was their academy so negligent in security?

Or, was it his son who sent this girl over every day to harm the young master?

Shen Chuan said with a chuckle, "Hey, surnamed Cao! Don't you make false accusations against others! It was your own medical skills that were not good enough. Why do you have to put the blame into Miss Su? Miss Su just came here today!"

This time, Dean Shen stood by his own son.

The young man in a brocade robe stepped forward.

He didn't say anything, but such a slight action actually intimidated everyone.

There was a sudden silence in the room.

Shen Chuan glanced at him boldly and saw him walking closer. Shen Chuan's breath stopped for a while and his heart was beating so fast.

The young man stopped in front of him.

He was so nervous that he couldn't breathe.

"Why are you here?" the young man in a brocade robe asked.

"I, I… I…" Shen Chuan stammered and didn't know how to answer.

"I'm here to find someone." Su Xiaoxiao said.

Shen Chuan was stunned, only then did he realize that the young man in a brocade robe was talking to Miss Su who was beside him.

"What did you give my biaoge* to eat?" The young man in a brocade robe continued asking.

*biaoge (表哥) : older male cousin via female line.

"Medicine," Su Xiaoxiao replied.

"Do you know medicine skills?"

"I know some."

"What's wrong with my biaoge?"

"Lung disease."

"Can you cure it?"

"Yes, I can."

"How sure are you?"

"If the patient has no other undiagnosed disease, I'm pretty sure I can cure him."

"Okay, you can treat him."

Everyone was shocked!

Su Xiaoxiao continued, "I don't want anyone to disturb me when I'm treating the patient."

Especially the one named Chang Ping, who was too noisy.

The young man in a brocade robe, said: "Okay."

"No onlookers are allowed."

"Okay."

"The treatment fee is very expensive."

"It's okay too."

Shopkeeper Cao's expression became very ugly: "Young master Jing! Don't let people deceive you! She is a liar!"

Shen Chuan chuckled and said, "You are the one who is a liar! You have received so much money from Young Master Jing, and in the end you treat him to be half dead half alive like this! What qualification do you have to say that others are liars?"

"You!" Shopkeeper Cao was choked and his face became red.

He turned to look at the young man in a brocade robe, "Young Master Jing, Doctor Yang is a famous doctor I have invited from Fucheng. Are you sure you want to let a little girl from the village treat the nobleman instead of him? I will say this upfront. If this girl treats the nobleman but makes his condition worse, our Rong En Tang will not deal with the consequences! It will be too late to come to our Rong En Tang by then!"

The young man in a brocade robe said expressionlessly: "Bai Ze, send the guest away."

"Yes!"

The guard called Bai Ze looked coldly at the two Shopkeeper Cao and the doctor, and said, "Please."

"Humph!" Shopkeeper Cao flung his sleeves and went out without looking back.

Dean Shen opened his mouth and said, "Young Master Jing, this is not a trivial matter. I hope you can think twice before you make the decision."

The young man in a brocade robe didn't answer him, but said: "With my biaoge's* current situation, I'm afraid that I will have to bother Dean Shen for a few more days."

*biaoge (表哥) : older male cousin via female line.

Dean Shen understood that he had made up his mind, he cupped his hands and said, "It would be my pleasure."

After leaving the room, Dean Shen frowned and looked at Shen Chuan, "Do you know what's going on? Young Master Jing seems to know that village girl."

Shen Chuan thought for a while and said, "Dad, when you say that, I remember that Young Master Jing was also in Jinji that day! So he should have seen Miss Su at that time!"

It was a bit of a pity to talk about what happened that day. He didn't actually witness the full process of Su Xiaoxiao's rescue with his own eyes. He went in the opposite direction to look for someone, only to see a fat village girl come out from Jinji. And after a while, Young Master Jing also came out.

Everyone was discussing that the young man in a brocade robe knocked down the crazy horse, and the fat village girl saved the choking child.

Inside the house, the young man in a brocade robe said to Chang Ping: "You can retreat first."

Chang Ping did not dare to disobey the young man in a brocade robe, and backed down obediently.

The young man in a brocade robe looked at Su Xiaoxiao and said, "Miss Su?"

He heard Shen Chuan address her like that.

Su Xiaoxiao hummed and turned her head to look at him: "Young Master Jing?"

She also heard others call him like that too.

"Jing Yi." He said.

"Su Daya." She replied.

There were some things that happened because of accidental factors. He wanted to avoid it at first, but it seemed that it was already destined mysteriously. God helped him to make a decision about the thing he was hesitating about.

"I will pay you the money for the last treatment." It was about her connecting his dislocated arm.

Su Xiaoxiao did not refuse.

Although she didn't take it seriously, for these people with great status, favors were the most difficult thing to repay. So it was better to give a sum of money for the treatment fee and settle this debt.

"Then I'm counting on you for my biaoge's illness."

"I will do my best."

Su Xiaoxiao had made the agreement with Jing Yi to come back tomorrow. After she left with the basket on her back, Jing Yi called Bai Ze.

"Go check her identity."

"Yes."

Su Xiaoxiao went to the outer courtyard to find Shen Chuan, she gave him the medicine that the patient needed to take, and carefully instructed the dosage and usage.

"I can't trust anyone else. So I can only ask you for this. In addition, this is a secret recipe passed down from my ancestors. So remember to keep it confidential for me."

"Don't worry, I will."

Shen Chuan received strange medicines.

"In return, these cakes are for you." Su Xiaoxiao took out fifty wife's cakes wrapped in bamboo leaves from her back basket.

"So, so much?" Shen Chuan was stunned. "I can't finish all of them!"

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said: "If you can't finish eating them, then you can give it to your fellow classmates for a taste. It is also necessary to have a good relationship with your fellow classmates."

In fact, it was originally intended to be given to the students of the academy for tasting. But now there was a great opportunity to sell the favor. So why not push the boat with the current?*

*To push the boat with the current (metaphor) : to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit.

In her previous life, she had always disliked her mother's tactful businessman behavior. But when she changed from a wealthy young lady to a poor village girl, she realized that to become a person who didn't bow down to others, money was required.

Su Xiaoxiao said, "The academy is too far away. I may not come to the academy to set up a stall in the future."

"Ah…" Shen Chuan was disappointed.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled: "However, if anyone wants to eat, they can pre-order it. As long as it reaches ten pieces, I will send it to you for free."

"In addition, since I considered you as a friend. For you, I will only charge 9 wen a piece for any reservation made by the academy."

Wow, he didn't have to go out and could get the cakes delivered, and it was also one wen cheaper. Thinking about it, it was really a bargain!

Shen Chuan immediately responded, "I will go and tell them right away!"

"Don't forget the wife's cakes!" Su Xiaoxiao reminded him.

"Oh, yes, yes!" Shen Chuan turned back with a smile, he took a lot of cakes, and dashed out.

Su Xiaoxiao went to the main gate of the academy.

Seeing her coming out from the inside, the page boy who had stopped her before was dumbfounded.

"Jie*!"

*Jie (姐) : Older sister.

Su Ergou trotted over and said, "Have you seen Shen Chuan?"

Su Xiaoxiao nodded: "I have seen him, and I also have given the cakes to him."

"Then we can go back now," Su Ergou said.

Su Xiaoxiao shook her head: "No hurry, let's go somewhere first."

The three-day period agreed with the doctor had arrived. She had to go to the doctor's house to pick up the ordered silver needles and medicinal materials.

"Do you know Chunliu Lane?" she asked Su Ergou.

"I know, it's not far from the market. From here to Chunliu Lane, it's about… three or four miles?" Su Ergou was not sensitive to numbers, so seven or eight miles was his own random estimation.

In fact, they walked more than six miles.

Su Xiaoxiao was sweating profusely with her fat little body.

Today's exercise was sufficient enough…

Chunliu Lane was an old alley. There were many cracks on the bluestone floor, and green moss grew in the cracks.

The two walked cautiously, and finally came to the door of a family with a wooden sign surnamed Fu.

"Knock on the door." Su Xiaoxiao said.

"Eii!"

Su Ergou was happy to be ordered by his fat older sister, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"Is there anyone?"

He shouted.

After a while, the door was slowly opened from the inside.

"Who is it?"

An old voice asked impatiently.

"Huh?"

Su Xiaoxiao blinked and looked at her in surprise.

She also saw Su Xiaoxiao, and her eyebrows twitched: "There is no meigan cai today!"

Yes, the granny who opened the door for them was the old woman who sold dry goods in the market.

Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help but sigh, the town was really so small… She actually met two 'acquaintances' in one day.

"Wait, how do you know my house?" the old woman asked with a frown. Su Xiaoxiao looked up at the door plate on the wall. It was the family with the surname Fu.

"Excuse me, is Doctor Fu there?" she asked.

The old woman snorted in displeasure, "Why are you looking for my son?"

"Mom! Does someone need to see a doctor?"

Doctor Fu came quickly with a medicine pestle. He was pounding medicine in the backyard just now.

"Doctor Fu." Su Xiaoxiao greeted him.

"It's Miss Su." Doctor Fu's eyes flashed, and he said to his own mother, "Mom, it's windy outside. You should go in and take some rest in the room. It's okay! I'll serve them."

The old woman pointed at Su Xiaoxiao and said to her son, "If she asks you for treatment, then you have to charge her double fees!"

Doctor Fu: "…"

Su Xiaoxiao: "…"

After the old woman entered the room, Doctor Fu led Su Xiaoxiao aside and said, "My mother doesn't know that I spent money on you to buy the Jinchuang medicine. So don't tell her. I have prepared the silver needles and medicinal materials ready. Wait a moment, and I will bring it to you right away."

—

While waiting for the medicine, Su Xiaoxiao took a look at the medicine cabinet of the Fu family. The medicine inside might not be very valuable, but all in a good quality. It could be seen that Doctor Fu's standard in medicinal materials was very strict.

He would not sell low quality products with the best quality prices.

The quality of meigan cai that the old woman sold to her was also quite good.

"Miss Su, sorry to have you waiting."

Doctor Fu handed a bundle of packages to Su Xiaoxiao's hand. "You can check it out first."

Su Xiaoxiao counted the medicinal materials, and there was no shortage of them.

She paused for a while, and suddenly said, "I have a few prescriptions here for treating difficult and complicated diseases. Do you want to learn them?"

Doctor Fu's eyes were gleaming brightly, he suddenly thought of something, and his face became serious: "Do I still have to buy the Jinchuang medicine?"

Su Xiaoxiao smiled: "No need, I will give it to you directly."

Doctor Fu: Why did I feel that you were not really that kind…

Soon, Doctor Fu understood that there was no such thing as a free prescription in this world, and there was a price.

—

In Xinghua Village, in the vegetable field of Old Li Tou's family, Mrs. Qian was teaching people how to farm.

The one she taught was none other than Su Cheng, the bully of the Su family.

Mrs. Qian said that she was definitely not short-handed.

She had swore in her heart before that she would never teach Su Pangya how to farm.

And it was Su Cheng who came, not Su Pangya, so he could be taught.

Well, it was definitely not because she was short-handed.

"This is a green onion, this is a small chive, this is garlic chives, and this is the garlic sprout you eat on a daily basis. The leaves of the garlic sprout are flat, and the green onion is round."

Su Cheng looked at the lush greenery with a dazed expression.

What the hell, weren't they all the same?

"You go pick some small chives for me," Mrs. Qian said.

Su Cheng decisively picked up a handful of garlic chives.

Mrs. Qian: "…"

The villagers who were watching the excitement on the field ridge almost burst out of laughter.

Su Cheng was the big bully in the village. He used to show off his might. When did he make such a fool of himself?

Su Cheng was so depressed, but he couldn't lose his temper— his big chubby daughter asked him to learn, so he had to study hard.

Of course, he didn't come alone to make a fool of himself. He also pulled a scapegoat* too.

*scapegoat : to serve as a sacrificial victim, to suffer for somebody else, to share somebody's fate.

"Son-in-law, come here!" He said to Wei Ting who was sitting on the ridge of the field.

Wei Ting pointed at his injured leg with the crutch: "Dad, my legs and feet are inconvenient."

It was rare for Su Cheng to not save his son-in-law's pride: "Actually, it's just because you don't know, right?"

Wei Ting: "…"

The price of calling father was a bit high.

There were more and more villagers watching, some of them partly came to see the father-in-law and his son-in-law both made a fool of themselves, and the other part were to appreciate Wei Ting's appearance.

For such a handsome young man, you couldn't find another one from all of the neighboring villages.

In the vegetable field of Old Su's family, someone also noticed Wei Ting.

"Mom, who is that person?"

Su Jinniang asked.

Mrs. Fang took a look and said to her daughter, "The son-in-law of the Su family!"

Su Jinniang lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "He looks… so handsome."

"Jie*, what did the doctor say to you in the room?"

*Jie (姐) : Older sister

On the way back, Su Ergou asked Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao gasped, "Before answering your question, I think we need to find an ox cart."

She had walked too much today, and her chubby legs could not move anymore.

Su Ergou hurriedly said, "Jie, just wait for me here. I will go to the market and hire an ox cart!"

This was the only way to go, her chubby body really couldn't stand the torture anymore.

Su Ergou went to the market. Today, Old Li Tou didn't come to the town. It was an ox cart from another village.

After that Su Ergou successfully forgot the topic he asked before.

It was afternoon when they returned to the village.

At the entrance of the village, several villagers were gathering water around the ancient well. When they saw Su Pangya and Su Ergou coming back from outside, they did not make a fuss over nothing* like a few days ago.

*make a fuss over nothing : being overly surprised at nothing remarkable.

This family seemed to have suddenly changed their characters, especially Su Pangya. The villagers also saw her go to the mountains to pick up firewood, and they also saw her go to the river to wash clothes. She even went out early and returned late all day long. It was said that they had gone to do business in the town.

"The last time I saw her riding in Old Li Tou's ox cart, she paid for it!", said Aunt Wu.

"I saw it too!" The Sun family's daughter-in-law said.

Aunt Wu said again, "Hey, what do you think…is going on? Why did Su Pangya seem to be a different person suddenly? It can't be because she is possessed by a ghost, right?"

"What nonsense! Have you ever seen a ghost who possessed a body like that?"

It was Mrs. Zhou who was speaking. She was a married woman in her early thirties, but she looked somewhat older than her actual age, like she was in her forty.

Aunt Wu, said: "Then how did she—"

Mrs. Zhou snorted, "What else can it be? Of course it's because they have such a good husband! If it was me who had such a handsome husband, I wouldn't be so lazy to work!"

The villagers burst into laughter.

They were all laughing, but Su Pangya's husband was indeed really so handsome. Just by looking at him could make people's hearts bewitched.

The Sun family's daughter-in-law said, "How come Su Pangya's life is so good?"

Mrs. Zhou said, "What's the use of a good life? A fresh flower stuck into the cow dung!* It's really a pity for that charming young man."

*A fresh flower stuck into the cow dung (idiom) : a beautiful or talented woman married to an ugly or untalented husband.

Everyone deeply agreed.

"I don't allow you to say that about my husband."

Su Pangya's sorrowful voice suddenly rose from behind the crowd. Then she looked up to the sky and sighed.

"If my husband is cow dung, then what about your man? Is it a cesspit?"

Everyone: "…"

Su Xiaoxiao, who successfully silenced the villagers, left in a good mood.

Su Jinniang came over while carrying a basket on her arm.

She called out everyone for the greetings. Seeing everyone's expressions who looked so bad, as if they had eaten bran and swallowed vegetables.* She couldn't help asking, "Is there something wrong?"

*to eat bran and swallow vegetables (chinese idiom) : means to eat rice bran and swallow wild vegetables. Describe the poverty and hardship of life. From Xu Guangyao's "Plain Fire".

Mrs. Zhou looked at Su Pangya's retreating chubby back and rolled her eyes coldly: "It's Su Pangya!"

"What's wrong with Daya?" Su Jinniang asked.

The old Su family was a family with good manners. Su Jinniang had never called Su Xiaoxiao the nickname Su Pangya like other people in the village. She always called her Daya.

Mrs. Zhou was swearing while talking: "She can't understand people's words. It was so obvious that she was the cow dung, but she really thought that she was the flower! I also don't know how much money they have spent to buy such a son-in-law to live in! She doesn't even think if she is worthy or not?"

The Sun family's daughter-in-law teased her: "She is not worthy. Do you think your daughter is worthy?"

The villagers laughed again.

Mrs. Zhou didn't have a good reputation in the village, as she liked to gossip and cause discord between people. But these women also liked to listen to the rumors she said. So while on one side they despise Mrs. Zhou, but on the other hand, they always talk to her.

She spat: "Pei, Pei, Pei! How old is my daughter?"

Aunt Wu laughed and said, "She's fourteen, so she can talk about marriage already. I'm just afraid that charming young man will look down on your daughter!"

Mrs. Zhou said, "If he looked down on my daughter, do you think that he would like your family? In my opinion, let's just stop arguing. Look around this neighborhood, only Jinniang is worthy of that charming young man!"

Su Jinniang blushed: "Aunt Zhou, please don't make jokes on me. He is Daya's husband. These words would not be good if it spreads out."

Aunt Wu seized the chance to retort : "That's right, you are thick-skinned and have no sense of shame. Don't get Jinniang into trouble! Jinniang is planning to get married now! Isn't that right, Jinniang?"

".…..Hmm." Su Jinniang responded vaguely.

—

At noon, the three little cuties ate another inedible meal made by Father Su. When they saw Su Xiaoxiao coming back, they threw themselves into her arms one by one. They were feeling so aggrieved that they didn't want to let go of her.

"Huh? Where's yeye*?" she asked.

*Yeye (爷爷) : paternal grandfather, a honorific title for a man of the same generation and age as one's grandfather.

"Farming," Dahu said.

"Daddy, also farming." Erhu added.

"En ah!" Xiaohu didn't have anything to add.

Su Xiaoxiao and Su Ergou didn't have lunch.

"Ergou, go to the kitchen and make a fire. I will go back to the room and change my clothes first."

She was drenched in sweat.

"Okay!"

Su Ergou hurriedly went to the kitchen to make a fire.

Su Xiaoxiao opened her wardrobe and began to look for clothes. After looking around, she found that there were not many clothes to wear. They were either too plain or too flowery, or too tight.

It was not easy for her to finally find the right size of clothes. Just as soon as she put it on, she bumped into Su Jinniang who was passing by in the doorway.

She looked at Su Jinniang in astonishment, and Su Jinniang also happened to be looking at her too.

Su Xiaoxiao's mind automatically flashes a sentence— 'it's not terrible to bump into someone who wears the same clothes, but it's embarrassing to see them look better than you.'

Neither of them spoke.

Su Jinniang walked away indifferently.

Su Ergou grabbed a roasted sweet potato and came to the hall: "Jie, Mrs. Wu sent the roasted sweet potato over. Do you want to have a snack first?"

After he finished speaking, seeing Su Xiaoxiao looking at the doorway, he also took a look at it.

"Oh, it's Su Jinniang."

Su Xiaoxiao wondered, "How come I'm wearing the same clothes as her?"

Su Ergou's expression was inexpressible: "Jie, have you forgotten that your clothes are all made according to Su Jinniang?"

"Errr… really?"

She didn't inherit this kind of memory ah.

Su Ergou groaned, "If Su Jinniang wears red, you also wear red. If Su Jinniang wears green, you also buy green. Even Su Jinniang's walking posture, you wished you could secretly imitate it a hundred times!"

Su Xiaoxiao supported her forehead with her hand: This was perfectly mimicking somebody but made a fool of oneself* ah!

*To mimic somebody but make a fool of oneself : imitate indiscriminately, and the effect is extremely bad.

It was no wonder Su Jinniang looked at her like that just now.

Su Ergou said weakly, "Jie, in the future, you should not learn from her again."

"I won't do that again." Su Xiaoxiao looked down at her clothes.

It's just that she didn't have any other clothes to wear. This one… just wore it first for now.

Su Xiaoxiao gnawed half a sweet potato and went to the kitchen to cook.

She sliced the sweet potatoes, put them in a salty batter with chopped scallions (green onions), and fried them in the oil pan until they became golden. The sweet taste of the sweet potatoes and the salty taste of the batter were perfectly blended together. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with the aroma of scallions.

There was a lot of batter, so she fried another plate of crispy meat.

The three little ones were guarding beside the stove.

While Su Xiaoxiao was frying, they were eating, their little hands and mouths were so greasy and busy.

For these children, this was probably the most satisfying moment of the day.

When it was time to eat dinner, the people who were gathering to watch the excitement in the field gradually dispersed. Mrs. Qian's oldest granddaughter and younger grandson came to call her to go back for dinner.

"I will return soon," Mrs. Qian said to her two grandchildren, and picked up two summer radishes that had been destroyed by Su Cheng from the ground. She peeled the skins and handed those radishes to them.

The two nibbled on the radishes while playing by themselves on the ground.

They were attracted by Wei Ting who was sitting on the ridge of the field.

First, it was because they had never seen Wei Thing before. And the second reason was because they had never seen such a good-looking person.

The children's eyes were straightforward and direct. If they wanted to look more, they would just look at it openly.

Wei Ting didn't mind either, and let the two children look at him wholeheartedly.

The little girl was called Qiuni. She was almost seven years old. She was shy and well-behaved; and the little boy was called Shuanzi. He was three years old, and was precisely at the age of a troublemaker who didn't give a damn about rules.

The little Shuanzi hugged Wei Ting's crutches and played with it. He took the advantage when the adults were not paying attention, then he dragged the crutches and ran away!

"You little bastard!" Mrs. Qian's complexion changed drastically. She raised her fist and ran to chase her grandson.

Little Shuanzi dragged the crutches while running around for several ridges between the fields, then he suddenly got into the Old Su's vegetable field.

Mrs. Fang helped to catch Little Shuanzi, and fiercely yelled, "You are so naughty! If you dare to run away again, I will catch you and sell you!"

Little Shuanzi struggled to jump out of her hand. He didn't want the crutches anymore, and ran towards Mrs. Qian in fear: "Nai!* Fang nainai wants to sell me!"

*Nainai (奶奶) : Grandma; Paternal Grandmother; term of address for an elderly woman; a honorific title for a woman of the same generation and age as one's grandmother.

Mrs. Fang was in a good mood and laughed, then she shouted to the panting Mrs. Qian, "Don't run anymore, I will bring him to you!"

Then she said to her daughter, "Jinniang, send the crutches over there."

Su Jinniang picked up the crutches on the ground and looked at the Li family's vegetable field nearby. Mrs. Fang meant to send those crutches to Mrs. Qian. After all, it was Mrs. Qian's grandson who caused the mess. So, she should be responsible for returning it.

But somehow, Su Jinniang saw at a glance a charming young man on the ridge between fields.

The charming young man was wearing ordinary clothes for villagers, which was made of inconspicuous materials. However, he sat there with a tall and straight posture, both of his legs were slender and long. And he was exuding a calm but special aura.

His facial features were exquisite and his side face was so perfect. Su Jinniang had never seen such a good-looking man.

It was just that she had no idea why he used the crutches.

"Why are you dazing? Go quickly!" Mrs. Fang urged.

Su Jinniang silently took the crutches and went to the Old Li's vegetable field. But instead of handing it over to Mrs. Qian, she returned it directly to Wei Ting.

"Thank you."

Wei Ting thanked her.

The voice was mesmerizing, with some innate distance and coldness.

A gentle breeze blew by, blowing a scent from his body.

He didn't have the stinky smell of the villagers' peasant on his body, only a faint scent of medicine.

Was he injured?

Su Jinniang glanced at his legs quietly.

"Jinniang!" Mrs. Qian taught her grandson a lesson and said with a smile, "You are planning to get married, right? I think the number of people who propose a marriage to you have almost broken the threshold of your Old Su's family!"

This was the big truth. Su Jinniang was the most beautiful and famous girl from all corners of the neighboring villages. There was no man who didn't want to marry her and bring her to his home.

Su Jinniang was inexplicably a bit embarrassed: "Not, not yet."

Mrs. Qian said, "Daya is the same age as you, and she is already married!"

Su Pangya and Su Jinniang had the same surname and the same age. One belonged to the bully Su family and the other belonged to the old Su family. So it was inevitable that they would be compared.

However, since childhood, Su Pangya had never won.

The children in the village were only willing to play with Su Jinniang. And Su Pangya had always been jealous and envious.

Later, Su Pangya began to imitate Su Jinniang. Unfortunately, she was fat and ugly. So no matter what she did, they looked different.

Mrs. Qian took Su Jinniang's hand and whispered in a low voice, "Don't worry, even someone like Su Pangya can find a handsome young man like that. So you will definitely be able to find a better one!"

Su Jinniang glanced nonchalantly at the handsome young man who was standing on the ridge of the field, but said nothing.

…

At sunset, Su Cheng finished his farming lesson for the day.

Looking at the vegetable field that had been ruined by him, Mrs. Qian was so angry that she glared at him viciously.

Su Cheng coughed lightly: "I will come back again tomorrow."

Mrs. Qian was going to explode from anger!

Came back again?! —

The two persons, father-in-law and son-in-law went back home.

Su Xiaoxiao sat on the small stool at the door, she was nibbling a grilled corn cob while looking the three little cuties poking at the ants' nest.

Su Ergou went to fetch the water.

"Daughter! I'm back!"

As soon as Su Cheng saw his fat daughter, the gloom of being tormented by the green leaves from the entire afternoon was instantly swept away.

"Dad." Su Xiaoxiao greeted him.

"Yeye!*" The three little ones also called out to Su Cheng obediently.

*Yeye (爷爷) : paternal grandfather, a honorific title for a man of the same generation and age as one's grandfather.

"Eii!" Su Cheng walked over with a smile on his face and squatted down in front of the three little ones. "What are you playing with?"

"Ants," Dahu said.

"Daya!" Su Cheng turned his head to look at Su Xiaoxiao, "Go help my son-in-law!"

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at him indifferently: "He has hands and feet, why do I have to help and support him?"

"Daya!" Su Cheng said with a serious face.

When it came to dealing with his son-in-law, Su Cheng always had special principles.

Su Xiaoxiao reluctantly walked toward Wei Ting. She curled her mouth, then she stretched out her two chubby fingers, fakely supporting him.

Wei Ting saw her disgusted appearance. The corner of his lips hooked, and he let his whole body pressed towards her arm.

Su Xiaoxiao was caught off guard and was almost trampled by him!

"Wei Ting!" She snapped.

Wei Ting took a deep breath and looked at Su Cheng with a pitiful face: "Dad, Daya is so fierce to me."

Su Xiaoxiao: "…"

Su Cheng's face darkened and said, "Daya, you can't bully my son-in-law!"

Su Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth because of the anger.

Ah, so you had learned how to snitch, right?

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "You can feel free to press your body in my arms, and you can blame it on me, if I can't handle the weight. However, just don't faint like last time."

After saying that, she did not forget to straighten up her small chest.

Come on, let's just hurt each other!

Wei Ting successfully remembered his experience, fainted in someone's arms, and his expression suddenly froze.

"Heh!" Su Xiaoxiao raised her triumphant little head and helped Wei Ting very gently, who was blushing, into the room.

…

The dinner consisted of crispy pork with peppers, fried eggs with fat intestines, stir-fried Chinese cabbage, white radish salad, and a pot of dough drop with vegetable soup.

A good combination of meat and vegetables nourishes the body. It was a nutritious meal.

No matter how fiercely Wei Ting and Su Xiaoxiao bicker with each other, he also had to admit that Su Xiaoxiao's cooking skills were superb.

Many dishes that he previously wouldn't touch at all, after trying for a few bites, he unexpectedly could not stop eating them.

Su Ergou took the last bite of his meal: "Jie*, what are we going to eat tomorrow?"

*Jie (姐) : older sister

Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment: "Pork brain stew?"

Wei Ting: "!"

At night.

Su Xiaoxiao came over to remove the stitches for Wei Ting.

The wound had healed beautifully, with only a faint line left.

Wei Ting had sewed it up before, but it wasn't as perfect as hers.

Of course, he was a man, so he didn't care whether it would leave the scars on his body or not.

He was simply wondering, how could a village girl have such excellent medical skills?

Su Xiaoxiao: "That.….."

"There's someone on the roof!"

Wei Ting covered her mouth with one hand, and extinguished the candles on the table with the other hand.

The room was plunged into darkness.

Su Xiaoxiao squatted on the ground, lying between his legs in a very strange position.

Su Xiaoxiao felt that this posture was strange and wrong.

She was surrounded by his big legs left and right, and even if she tried to move…

She couldn't move forward.

She wanted to lean back, and Wei Ting thought that she was about to fall because she couldn't stabilize her body, so he held her kindly.

Su Xiaoxiao: "…"

Su Xiaoxiao could only squat in that place.

All of Wei Ting's attention was to be on guard against the intruder on the roof. So he didn't notice their awkward position for a moment.

His first thought was that this intruder was coming for him and the children.

At that moment, the children were playing with Su Ergou in the backyard, and the yard was full of their laughter.

He was ready to kill this person tonight. But to his surprise, this uninvited guest on the roof showed no sign of attack.

He also did not feel any malice from the intruder's breath.

The intruder just stayed on the roof for a moment, and then left quietly.

It was very unlikely to say that the reason why the intruder didn't make a move was because he was alone and seemed to be afraid of him.

The children were right under the intruder's nose. If the intruder caught the children, it would definitely be too late for Wei Ting to rescue them.

So… just what the hell was going on?

Who was that person?

Was it aimed at him?

Su Xiaoxiao's little chubby legs felt numb because of squatting.

She was really uncomfortable, so she grabbed Wei Ting's arm, and used it to stand up.

Just at this moment, Wei Ting lowered his head and asked her, "Could it be aimed at you—?"

Before the words came out of his mouth, the corner of his lips touched Su Xiaoxiao's forehead.

"You kissed me?"

Su Xiaoxiao's eyes were wide open.

Wei Ting said without changing his face, "You bumped into me. Obviously it was you who took advantage of me."

Su Xiaoxiao straightened her waist and crossed her chubby waist: "My legs are numb, so I can't stand up. Who told you to suddenly lower your head?"

Wei Ting refused to admit even unto death that it was his own fault: "It's you who took advantage of me, you flirted with me."

Su Xiaoxiao gritted her small white teeth so hard that it made some noise.

"I'm flirting toward you, right?"

She laughed angrily.

Wei Ting snorted coldly.

Su Xiaoxiao became so angry and annoyed that she could do anything!

She squinted her eyes and suddenly leaned down. She slammed the wall on the bedside to surround him, and gave him a quick kiss on his face!

-Kabedon (in Japanese) : refers to the action of slapping a wall fiercely. Kabedon has a specific meaning that mainly has a romantic connotation. The word is used to describe a man who traps a woman between a wall and their own body by slapping their hand against the wall. Now although this sounds a little aggressive and odd this is actually seen as a romantic gesture meant to excite the woman. When kabedon is used towards another person for romantic purposes it is in no way expressed through violent intent as it is never physically touching the other party.

"This is what you call being flirtatious!"

She said mightily and domineeringly!

Wei Ting froze.

The mood in the room suddenly became uncomfortable.

Su Xiaoxiao felt the chill in the back of her head. She blinked and turned her head back slowly.

She saw Father Su, Su Ergou, Mrs. Wu and the three little cuties standing at the door dumbfounded.

Su Xiaoxiao: "…"

…

This storm was hard to be clearly explained.

Su Xiaoxiao remained calm and collected while standing up quietly. Then she put on an act and looked at Wei Ting's lapel: "I have told you that your injury is still not healed yet, you have to take it easy."

Wei Ting: ".….."

Everyone: "…"

Weren't you the one who should take it easy?

Su Xiaoxiao coughed lightly, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, she valiantly returned to her room!

After closing the door, she fell on the bed and covered her head with a pillow!

Aaaaahhhh! So embarrassing!

That night, the three little ones came to the east room again with pillows in their arms.

"Ergou, isn't your mattress dried?" Su Xiaoxiao asked Su Ergou who was in the hall.

Su Ergou said resentfully, "They peed on Dad's bed again!"

"Did you do it on purpose?" Su Xiaoxiao asked seriously.

The three little ones shook their heads cutely.

Su Xiaoxiao was skeptical, she hesitatingly carried the three little ones into the bed one by one.

—

The next day, when it was still dark, Mrs. Wu came over to help Su Xiaoxiao as usual.

When she rolled up her sleeves to wash meigan cai, Su Xiaoxiao noticed the scar on her arm with her sharp eyes.

"Your mother-in-law beat you?"

Su Xiaoxiao was not going to pretend that she didn't see it this time.

Mrs. Wu rubbed a handful of meigan cai, with some hesitation, but she said, "It's….. about the matter of yesterday morning."

Old Mrs. Wu scolded Mrs. Wu for taking the eggs back to her mother's house, and took out her anger on Mrs. Wu's two daughters. Mrs. Wu blocked them a few times for her daughters.

In her memory, this was not the first time that Mrs. Wu was beaten. However, Mrs. Wu had never complained outside. Su Xiaoxiao could always hear the beatings and scolding because she lived next door.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't rush to ask her if she had other plans in the future, but said: "Can you come over every day in the future?"

Mrs. Wu nodded her head.

The two families lived next door, and she didn't have to go far away. So it was no problem to come here every day.

Su Xiaoxiao took out the dough and said, "I will pay you wages on a monthly basis."

Mrs. Wu hurriedly said, "No need for the wages!"

Su Xiaoxiao said with a smile, "How can anyone hire someone to do work without paying them? After all, I'm not Zhou Bapi."

"Zhou… Pi? What do you mean?" Mrs. Wu didn't understand.

Su Xiaoxiao said, "You come here every morning to help me cook, which is very tiresome. If the business grows better in the future, it will become even harder. In addition, I will also have to ask you to help me look after the children from time to time. You also have two children yourself, so it's not an easy job."

Mrs. Wu said, "It's okay. Meizi can also help me to look after them too."

Meizi was the eldest daughter of Mrs. Wu. She was eight years old this year. She was well behaved and sensible.

The three little cuties ran around the village, and it was Meizi who always followed them all the time.

"What's more… Dahu and the others… are quite easy to look after."

This was not a lie. The three children had a strong sense of survival. They never went to dangerous places, and they would never leave the sight of Mrs. Wu or Meizi.

They didn't cry, didn't pee in their pants. They would speak when they were hungry and thirsty. And they would speak up when they want to relieve themself.

Although they often made the other children in the village cry, they never bullied Meizi and her younger sister.

"It doesn't matter whether Dahu and the others are easy or difficult to look after. You can't receive less wages." Sun Xiaoxiao said to Mrs. Wu, "For the time being, it will be 20 copper coins a day. When the business profitability improves in the future, I will give you more money."

Mrs. Wu was stunned.

"Twen… twenty copper coins?"

For a day?

Then just for a month, it would be half a tael of money ah!

She… she could earn more money than Liu Ping!

In addition to the wages, Su Daya also kept a portion of the cakes and pot-stewed dishes she made for Mrs. Wu every day. If Mrs. Wu went to town to buy them, it would cost a lot of money.

"There's no need to give that much…"

"If you think I give you too much, then you just have to do it well."

…

Because she was going to the market, Su Xiaoxiao went out earlier today. When she arrived there, Luo Dazhuang had just set up a stall and had not hung up the meat yet.

"It's so early." Luo Dazhuang said.

"How was the sale yesterday?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

"Here." It was all sold out.

10 catties of stewed pork, 20 catties of stewed ribs. It was 30 wen for a catty of stewed pork and 40 wen a catty for stewed ribs.

When he heard her pricing, he thought that she was crazy. This was a small town ah. Did she think it was the capital city?

And in the end, all was sold out.

"One catty of stewed pork was used for food tasting," he said.

He said that to express that he was absolutely never, deliberately stealing copper coins.

The revenue was one tael of silver and 70 wen. Luo Dazhuang took 20 percent, so Su Xiaoxiao got 850 wen in her hand.

The cost of the meat was 300 wen. The cost of labor and spices for marinade would not be more than 50 wen at best.

In this way, the net profit was half a tael of silver.

"It seems that working together with you is very pleasant."

She smiled, and took back yesterday's jars. Then she put three new ones on his stall.

"Please weigh this for me, 10 catties of fat intestines, 10 catties of pork thigh, 7 catties of pork head meat, and 10 catties of stewed pork shoulder."

Lou Dazhuang had confirmed that he got misled by Su Xiaoxiao's approach last time and calmed down. He weighed the stewed meat one by one, and it was slightly higher than Su Xiaoxiao's calculation.

Su Ergou patted his chest and said, "We will never cheat on you!"

"How much are you going to sell these?" Luo Dazhuang asked.

"Pork thigh is 30 wen a catty, as for the rest are 40 wen for a catty."

Luo Dazhuang was surprised: "Are you serious? You are going to sell pork offal at such a high price?"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "Things are precious because of their scarcity. My recipe and taste are worth the price!"

"Alright, then don't blame me if they are not sold."

Such expensive pork offal, it would be strange if people bought it.

Jinji.

Shopkeeper Sun also came early today. And at this moment, he was tasting the newly baked snacks with several cooks in the compartment.

"How is it?" Shopkeeper Sun asked.

Several cooks looked at each other and shook their heads.

It didn't taste right.

"It's too sweet," A cook surnamed Li said.

He was a senior cook in Jinji. He had been working in Jinji for more than ten years, so it could be said that his cooking skills were pretty good.

"Why does it taste so sweet this time?" Shopkeeper Sun frowned, "The last batch was tasteless and this batch is too sweet, so… there must be something wrong, right?"

Cook Li said, "I can taste the ingredients she used, but I just can't make it exactly like wife's cake."

The cook Wang on the side said, "The heat and the ratio of ingredients are also very important. Even small things can create a huge difference. Haven't our Jinji snacks been imitated by others all the time? Aren't they unable to make the same taste as ours?"

The rest of the people nodded their heads.

Shopkeeper Sun said angrily, "Our current problem now is that someone has made it! And it tasted better than Jinji! Didn't you hear what the customers said?"

"She didn't even imitate our pastries…"

A new cook said weakly.

"How could it not be an imitation!" Shopkeeper Sun glared at him.

The new cook didn't dare to say anything.

"She must have improved our recipe." Another cook surnamed Liu said.

Shopkeeper Sun said in a cold voice: "If she can improve it, why can't you do it as well? A few men can't even beat a little village girl. If words spread out, where can we put our face?"

Jinji was a long-established store. It wasn't right to say that the influence of wife's cake was too great to affect them. After all, that little fat village girl could only sell that much in a day.

But if you want to say that it didn't matter at all, he had heard the customers say repeatedly that their pastries were not as good as her wife's cake.

This was a disgrace!

"How about.….. we drive her away?" Cook Liu suggested.

"Do you think I don't want to drive her out?" Shopkeeper Sun rolled his eyes and said.

"She had saved our Jinji's guest, and now you want to drive her away. What will the guests think? Furthermore, she's not even at the main entrance of Jinji, and she's not blocking in the way or affecting the guests. So what kind of reason do we have to drive her out?"

Shopkeeper Sun was a bit treacherous. After all, he was a business minded person. He knew the importance of the shop's image, so he would not do anything that would ruin Jinji reputation.

"You guys keep working on the recipe, I will think about it again."

—

There was a long queue at the entrance of Jinji as usual, but soon, an incredible scene happened.

As soon as Su Xiaoxiao's wife's cake was put out, many guests who were queuing at Jinji moved to her.

So there was also a small, but long queue formed in her place.

Naturally, it couldn't be compared with Jinji, but for a small peddler who dared to sell snacks at the entrance of Jinji, it was a rare and unprecedented spectacle.

"Miss! Do you still have chestnut cakes today? I didn't eat any of them yesterday!"

A young man in the queue poked his head out and asked.

"Yes," Su Xiaoxiao's said with a smile.

Mrs. Wu went back to her mother's house and gave her mother the copper coins she earned from Su Xiaoxiao. Her mother knew that she was having a hard time at her in-law's house, so her mother refused to take it no matter what Mrs. Wu said. But Mrs. Wu persisted, so her mother gave in, and asked Mrs. Wu to bring back some chestnuts home. That was how Su Xiaoxiao got the chestnuts from Mrs. Wu.

"I want to eat the chestnut ones too!" A little boy said.

"Let's buy, grandma will buy it for you!" An old woman said dotingly. After that, she thought of something, and asked Su Xiaoxiao, "It won't be sold out before our turn, right?"

Su Xiaoxiao said kindly, "I made 40 chestnut cakes today."

20 red beans, 20 mung beans and 20 meigan cai.

The total of cakes she sold was 100 pieces.

The pair of Grandmother and grandson bought the chestnut stuffing as they wished.

To make a flaky cake with chestnut filling needs good cooking skills. Don't underestimate chestnut because it has some original sweetness, it wouldn't taste good without adding sugar. But if you put too much sugar, the sweetness from the sugar will easily cover everything, then it wouldn't taste much different from other sweet fillings.

Su Xiaoxiao had it just right, perfectly retaining the aroma and sweetness of the chestnut, with a touch of flaky pastry, crispy and glutinous, a combination which was sweet but not greasy.

"Grandma, delicious!" said the little boy.

The rest of the guests also praised her chestnut wife's cakes.

One hundred cakes were sold out quickly again.

Su Ergou muttered, "Jie*, I.….."

*Jie (姐) : Older sister

He still hadn't eaten any for the eating show* yet!

*Eating show / mukbang : genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience.

Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help laughing: "I have brought your share."

There were still other things to do today. She couldn't go back to cook at noon. So she brought food for herself and Ergou, and she also left the food she had prepared for Father Su and the others.

Su Ergou began to pick up his older sister's back basket.

This kind of feeling… it felt a little bit of happiness, just what was going on?

In the past, it used to be Su Ergou who always yielded for his older sister. Making people forget that he was also a child who needed to be loved too.

Su Ergou successfully found a bowl of wife's cakes.

"Jie, you eat this too."

"I want to lose weight, you can eat."

"Oh."

Su Ergou stuffed the cake into his mouth.

After packing up her things, Su Xiaoxiao planned to leave.

At this moment, shopkeeper Sun walked over in a leisurely manner.

With his hands behind his back, he looked like he was strolling casually in the garden: "Is it sold out?"

Su Xiaoxiao made sure that he was talking to herself, and hummed 'en' lightly, "It's sold out."

Shopkeeper Sun put on a fake smile and said, "You guys.….. always sell things near Jinji. Isn't it like stealing from our business?"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "If we, two villagers, can steal a business from your Jinji's, then isn't your jinji's business being too easy to steal?"

That was a slap in the face, wasn't it?

Shopkeeper Sun coughed a few times: "I see that you are a young girl. It is not easy to make a living with your younger brother. The weather will get colder and colder, and when it snows heavily, can you still open your stall to sell things? How about this, why don't you sell the cakes to Jinji?"

"Oh?" Su Xiaoxiao seemed to be a little surprised while looking at him.

Shopkeeper Sun raised his chin and said, "You sell ten wen for a piece, but I see that your cake is only worth three or two wen for a piece. Jinji will offer five wen for a piece, and it's 200 pieces per day!"

Su Xiaoxiao pulled Su Ergou and walked away without looking back.

Shopkeeper Sun: ".….."

Was he just ignored by a little girl? !

He was so angry that he stamped his feet with anger.

"Six wen! Six wen is good, right?"

"Seven, seven wen! It couldn't be more than that!"

"Alas— you can't sell it for ten wen, right?"

They went further and further away.

Shopkeeper Sun's heart was really determined!

"Why don't you make a price! You can also sell the recipe!"

Su Xiaoxiao ignored him.

She and Su Ergou went to the academy.

This time, they still went through the back door.

The gatekeeper was still the same old man.

But today, he didn't let them go easily. Instead, he glanced at the half-eaten cake in Su Ergou's hand and said slowly, "Give me one."

Su Ergou: "…"

—

Su Ergou didn't know that his older sister was coming here to treat people, he thought that they were coming to run some business in the academy.

"But jie*, our cakes are already sold out! It's just… there is only this much left in the bowl."

*Jie (姐) : Older sister.

He even ate half of it, and he also gave two pieces to the old grandpa just now.

Obviously he said to the old man that he can only take one, but he took two pieces!

He is so unreasonable!

"We're not selling cakes here today. We'll find Shen Chuan to get the order list, then we will return home to make the exact quantity of cakes as ordered, and send them over tomorrow." Su Xiaoxiao didn't explain it in detail, because Su Ergou won't understand complicated stuff.

"So that's how it is!" Su Ergou came to a sudden realization.

"In that case, we don't have to wait here to sell things. Jie! How did you come up with that?"

Su Xiaoxiao said awkwardly, "I just came up with that. Maybe… because I'm smart?"

Su Ergou: "…"

They went to Dean Shen's courtyard, and the servants had already been ordered to let the little fat village girl come.

"He is…" The servant looked at Su Ergou.

"My younger brother." Su Xiaoxiao said.

"Ah, please come in." The servant politely invited them to a nice room.

Actually, the Shen family was not considered wealthy and noble. But after all, they ran an academy, so the Shen were also considered a well-known family in the town.

The room looks meticulous and well designed.

For ordinary villagers who came here for the first time, they would usually be somewhat uncomfortable.

Su Xiaoxiao intended to let her younger brother relax, make himself at ease. But when she turned her head, she saw that Su Ergou had already fallen asleep on the chair without any care.

Su Xiaoxiao: "…"

Su Xiaoxiao went to the patient's room, which was next door.

Jing Yi was also there.

He just wiped his older cousin's sweat.

Sweating indicated that the high fever was subsiding.

"You are here," he said. "My older cousin's high fever keeps coming back over and over again. Why is he like this?"

Su Xiaoxiao said, "It is normal to have repeated high fever for three to five days. Did he eat something last night and this morning?"

Jing Yi nodded: "He ate a little amount of porridge."

Looking at his condition, then it meant that he was getting better. At least he could eat something.

The doctor from Rong En Tang had treated him for a few days, but without any improvement. But as soon as she came—

Jing Yi took a deep look at her and remembered Bai Ze's report last night: "She is a little girl from Xinghua Village, surnamed Su. She has a father, a younger brother, and three children at home. The three children called her father yeye* and called her brother uncle. So they should be her sons."

*Yeye (爷爷) : paternal grandfather, a honorific title for a man of the same generation and age as one's grandfather.

She already had three children, just how old was she?!

"Her husband—"

"Didn't come out from their house."

Anyhow, he was just a fellow villager, so Bai Ze didn't investigate further.

"Where is your master?" Jing Yi asked.

Su Xiaoxiao sighed, "My master is very low-key, and usually he won't let me say anything about him. But if you insist on knowing, I can reluctantly tell you. My master's surname is Fu, and he lives in Chunliu Lane. "

Bai Ze did say that after she left the academy yesterday, she went to the house of a doctor surnamed Fu in Chunliu Lane.

Fu.

Could it be the same Imperial Physician Fu from back then?

No, Imperial Physician Fu had already passed away many years ago, and the age also didn't match with that doctor.

"Why? You don't believe it?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

Jing Yi said lightly, "No, I just think that there are few doctors who are willing to accept female disciples."

Su Xiaoxiao spread out her hands: "Isn't that because of my extraordinary talent and exceptional body? After all, I'm a once-in-a-century rare genius!"

Exceptional body…? Jingyi looked at her little chubby figure, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Su Xiaoxiao said, "I'm going to start treating the patient. Would you please wait outside of the room?"

Jing Yi turned around and left the room, then he closed the door for her.

Then Su Xiaoxiao said casually, "By the way, if you want to know anything in the future, you can just ask me directly. You don't have to let people sneak around to climb the roof of my house."

Jing Yi clenched his fist.

Based on Bai Ze's qinggong* skills… Unexpectedly, he got discovered by a little village girl?

*Qinggong : is a training technique for jumping off vertical surfaces from the Chinese martial art Baguazhang. The use of qinggong has been exaggerated in wuxia fiction, in which martial artists have the ability to move swiftly and lightly at superhuman speed, and perform gravity-defying moves such as gliding on water surfaces, scaling high walls and mounting trees.

Su Xiaoxiao took a panoramic view of his reaction.

Very good. Last night, it was really him who did it.

Su Xiaoxiao walked over expressionlessly, and slammed the door like a bolt in front of him!

Jing Yi: ".….."

Su Xiaoxiao took out the first-aid kit bag from her small back basket. Su Ergou found this just now, but he didn't open the bag.

She took out the stethoscope and listened to the other person's heartbeat and breathing sounds. The improvement was not much.

"It seems that the effect of taking medicine is too slow."

Su Xiaoxiao decided to infuse him.

He woke up when she tied the tourniquet for the infusion.

He looked at Su Xiaoxiao in confusion and amazement.

Su Xiaoxiao said softly, "I'm the doctor invited by Young Master Jing. I'm treating you now. It may be slightly painful. But please bear with it."

The other party nodded, and obediently stayed still.

Doctors like obedient patients the most.

"Don't worry, I will be very gentle."

Then she punctured the needle…

This body did not have the muscle memory of her previous life. So her chubby finger pierced down according to the strength in her mind, but missed the vein.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at him resentfully: "Well, I might have to do it again."

The other party smiled weakly and gently, indicating to Su Xiaoxiao that he was all right.

Until the third time, Su Xiaoxiao finally got it right.

…

Jing Yi had been silently guarding the corridor.

Chang Ping was ordered to stay away from there, so he stood far away in the yard. While looking at Jing Yi resentfully, he was looking anxiously at the closed door.

Young Master Jing was really too much. What kind of status was the young master? How could he let a little village girl treat the young master?

If there was a problem, Let's see how Young Master Jing held the responsibility when he returned to the Capital!

The patient's mental state was not good, so he fell asleep again within a short time after the infusion.

In the middle of the treatment, Su Xiaoxiao came out twice from the room, mainly to see if Su Ergou had caught a cold.

Jing Yi asked the servants to bring the charcoal basin into the room.

Su Xiaoxiao finished an hour later.

When Shen Chuan came back from the class, he saw Su Xiaoxiao in the corridor.

"Eh, Miss Su, you are here!" He greeted her with a smile.

When he saw the young man at the side, he withdrew his smile, cupped his hands and said, "Young Master Jing."

Jing Yi nodded lightly.

Shen Chuan looked at Su Xiaoxiao and then at Jing Yi. It was so obvious that he had something to say with Su Xiaoxiao alone.

Jing Yi entered his older cousin's room with an expressionless face.

Shen Chuan smiled again, then he took out a note and handed it to her: "Miss Su, after tasting your cakes yesterday, everyone said that it was delicious! A total of 23 people have ordered, and the exact amount of cakes is written on the list! Originally there would be more than this, but I'm afraid that you can't do it!"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "Thank you."

Shen Chuan was very considerate. Based on her current staffing condition, it would be unmanageable If there were too many orders.

Shen Chuan said, "It's also convenient for me! As I don't have to go all the way to Jinji to queue up anymore! By the way, do you only sell your wife's cakes? Do you have any other snacks?"

"Yes." Su Xiaoxiao said.

Shen Chuan clapped the folding fan in his hand and said, "That's great. Your wife's cake is delicious, but if you keep eating them, I'm worried that the other students will get tired of eating them."

It was you who wanted to eat!

Su Xiaoxiao found out that the young master of this academy was really a foodie.

"By the way, about the patient, there is a type of medicine that he doesn't need to take anymore. As for the rest, you can continue to give him."

—

After explaining to Shen Chuan, Su Xiaoxiao woke up the drooling Su Ergou, and they left the academy together.

But who would have thought that they would meet an acquaintance at the gate of the academy.

Author's note : Can you guess who it is?

Su Xiaoxiao didn't recognize it at first sight, she only vaguely felt familiar. She didn't take it to heart, and walked past him with Su Ergou, who was still drowsy and confused.

The other party probably didn't expect that he would be so ignored by them. He frowned and said, "Su Daya! Su Ergou!"

Huh?

He could call their names, then did they really know each other?

Su Xiaoxiao stopped and turned around to look at him: "Who are you?"

Su Ergou rubbed his eyes, and focused his eyes to take a look at him. Then his body froze and he said, "Da biaoge*?"

*Da biaoge (大表哥) : Eldest cousin.

Biaoge (表哥) : older male cousin via female line.

Father Su was an orphan and had no sisters. The only one who could be called 'da biaoge' was that Xiucai* of the Chen family.

*Xiucai (秀才) : a person who has passed the county level imperial exam / scholar.

What was he called?

Was it Hao ge*? Or Yuan ge?

*Ge (哥) : Older brother.

No wonder that Su Xiaoxiao couldn't remember him clearly. After all, the original owner of her body didn't have much contact with this eldest cousin. Even if they occasionally ran into each other, he hardly talked to her.

Chen Haoyuan looked at them with a displeased face and said, "How could you guys be here?"

Su Ergou opened his mouth, and without waiting for him to speak, Chen Haoyuan's eyes fell back on Su Xiaoxiao's face, with some undisguised dislike and unkindness.

"Are you looking for me?" he asked.

What was this man talking about?

Su Xiaoxiao looked blankly at Su Ergou who was at her side. Her face was full of bewilderment, expressing how she could not understand what her eldest cousin was talking about.

"Do I know him well?" she asked in a low voice.

Su Ergou covered his mouth with his hand, and said in a low voice, "You used to like Da biaoge before. Did you forget? You even gave him a purse, but Da biaoge didn't want it."

"Isn't the one that I liked before was He Tongsheng?"

"He Tongsheng was after Da biaoge."

Su Xiaoxiao: "…"

The two siblings were whispering, and Chen Haoyuan frowned more tightly.

Su Xiaoxiao secretly clenched her little chubby fist.

—Just how many people did Su Daya like? And with these scattered memories, it was really inconvenient ah.

Chen Haoyuan said coldly, "I have heard about what happened between you and He Tongsheng."

It seemed like there was something in his words. Su Xiaoxiao looked at him strangely for a while before she finally understood what he was insinuating.

He thought she could not marry He Tongsheng, so she came to provoke him again.

Wait, didn't Chen Feng and Mrs. Huang told him that she already had a handsome husband, Wei Ting, after they returned to the village?

Even though Chen Haoyuan was a scholar and was born with a good-looking face, if you compare him to Wei Ting, he was not good enough, okay?

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at the baggage in his hand, and then she understood it.

Chen Haoyuan lived in the academy and only had one day off every ten days. He only had a day off today. So he still didn't know the things about Chen Feng and his wife who were causing trouble at the Su family's house.

Su Xiaoxiao laughed 'hehe' sarcastically and said, "Who said that I came to find you?"

Were all of the ancient scholars so arrogant and proud as if they were a noble? He Tongsheng acted like that, and Chen Haoyuan was also like that. Each and every one of them looked so full of themselves and condescending.

Chen Haoyuan said proudly, "You'd better not! Besides, the academy is not the place for people like you to come. So it's better for you to just farm in the village. If you have nothing to do, don't come out and make a fool of yourself!"

"What do you mean with people like us?" Su Ergou was not happy.

Ever since Su Xiaoxiao broke up with the Chen family, he didn't seem to be as afraid of the Chen family as before.

"You know what I mean with 'people like you'." Chen Haoyuan dusted off his spotless sleeves.

The meaning was very obvious. Two peasants who were digging the ground, being evil bullies, had soiled the holy land of the scholars!

"That's all I have to say. You guys should take care of yourself!"

After saying that, Chen Haoyuan flung his sleeves and left.

Su Ergou looked at Chen Haoyuan's back and scratched his head, muttering, "Jie*, why do I suddenly kind of want to beat him up?"

*Jie (姐) : Older sister.

Su Xiaoxiao: "Then you can go to beat him up?"

Su Ergou hesitated and said: "…I don't dare."

The last time when his uncle and aunt came to the house, he talked to his father the next day. After his father listened to what he said, his father didn't say a word, and just silently went back to the house.

He was not sure about his father's attitude towards the Chen family.

"Let's go." Su Xiaoxiao said.

"Jie*, are you not angry?" Su Ergou quickly followed.

*Jie (姐) : Older sister.

Su Xiaoxiao said calmly, "Why should we be angry? If he said we are that kind of people, then does it mean we are really that kind of people? You are still young now. In the future, you will meet many such people. If you want to care for each and every one of them, you won't be able to handle all. Unless he touches your cakes (dan gao)*, otherwise don't waste your energy (nei hao)."

*Touch your cakes: means touching your interests, taking away your money and rights, taking advantage of you.

What did you mean? Something with 'gao'? Something with 'hao'?

Su Ergou scratched his head: "Jie, are you going to make a new snack? Is it Ergou's cake?"

Su Xiaoxiao: "…"

Su Xiaoxiao ignored him, but Su Ergou continued to talk about the previous topic by himself: "Jie, when you fell in love at the first sight with He Tongsheng, I knew that it was because He Tongsheng was also a scholar. In fact… your heart still misses Da biaoge."

Su Xiaoxiao said, "I don't care about it anymore now. So how he thinks about me, I don't care at all."

She only cared about money. Just wanted lots and lots and lots of money!

Su Ergou nodded earnestly: "That's right too, after all you already have my brother-in-law now! And my brother-in-law is much more handsome than them!"

Even after being treated and labeled like that by Chen Haoyuan, there was no turmoil in Su Xiaoxiao's heart. It was just when she heard Wei Ting's name, she clenched her fists with a dark face!

How come it was that guy again?

So angry!

Today, Wei Ting was dragged by Father Su to learn farming with Mrs. Qian again.

The stitches on his wound were just removed, but he still couldn't use too much force. So Father Su still does the main work.

Looking at the vegetable field that was once again ruined, Mrs. Qian was so angry that she clenched her fists and trembled all over!

Father Su resentfully touched his nose and said, "It was you who asked me to pick it…"

Mrs. Qian gritted her teeth: "Did you pick it? It was pulling!"

And he pulled out all the roots!

Father Su muttered, "You said it could be pulled out…"

"The green onions can be pulled out! But who asked you to pull out garlic sprouts too?"

Mrs. Qian was so angry that her chest hurt!

Oh dear God, please just let this guy blackmail her! Just don't look for her to teach them how to farm!

The money they blackmailed was only a few copper coins, but teaching them how to farm would bring disaster to half an acre of her land ah!

"You! Come here!"

Mrs. Qian said to Wei Ting angrily.

Wei Ting sighed and limped over with his crutches.

There were more villagers watching today than yesterday, even people from the next village also came.

They came to see Bully Su farming the land, and also came to see the charming young man of Bully Su's family.

"Aunt Qian, drink some water first." Wei Ting borrowed flowers to offer the Buddha*, he brought her a bowl of water from Mrs. Qian's own basket.

*Presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom) : to win favor or influence using somebody else's property.

Mrs. Qian took the bowl and took a sip, and her heart felt a little much better.

She pointed to several green plants on the ground and asked Wei Ting, "What are these? Do you still recognize them?"

"Green onions, garlic sprouts, garlic chives, spring onions, radishes, and coriander." Wei Ting reported the names one by one from left to right.

"En, that's correct." Mrs. Qian was very satisfied.

She glared at Su Cheng and said, "It's still the young people who have brighter minds, just teach them once and they can learn it well! Unlike some people, who still can't tell the difference between green onions and garlic sprouts even after they have been told a hundred times!"

The Bully Su was making a fool of himself again!

The villagers really wanted to laugh so much!

Su Cheng's eyes looked around at the green plants, then with a swish of lightning speed, he suddenly changed the positions of the several green plants.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at Wei Ting: "Now, do you still recognize them?"

Wei Ting: "…"

Obviously they were such a good father-in-law and son-in-law, shouldn't they help each other instead of fighting?

On the other side of the town, Su Xiaoxiao was thinking about her conversation with Jing Yi. She was still uneasy and worried, so she went to Chunliu Lane again.

When Aunt Fu saw her, she arrogantly said: "Why are you coming here again?"

Su Xiaoxiao curled her lips: "Anyway, I'm not here looking for you to buy meigan cai."

Aunt Fu: "…" so angry ah!

Doctor Fu came out: "Mom—"

Aunt Fu angrily said, "I asked you to charge her double the consultation fee. Did you receive it?"

Doctor Fu said awkwardly: "Yes… Yes… I have received it.….."

She became his apprentice.

A nominal apprentice.

But he didn't dare to say the following sentence.

"Hmph!" Aunt Fu thought that she had succeeded in blackmailing Su Xiaoxiao. So she entered the house proudly!

"Jie*, I want to go to the thatched hut*." Su Ergou urgently wanted to pee.

*Jie (姐) : Older sister

*Thatched hut : toilet in ancient china.

"The thatched hut is over there." Doctor Fu pointed out the direction.

After Su Ergou went to the thatched hut, Su Xiaoxiao asked about the problem of the young man in a brocade robe.

Doctor Fu said, "There was someone who came, a young man with a sword."

Bai Ze, Jing Yi's guard.

Su Xiaoxiao pondered for a moment and asked, "Did he ask you about me?"

Doctor Fu said, "That's right. He asked me, who are you to me? I said you were my apprentice, then he also asked me who I am, after that he left."

She had guessed that Jing Yi would investigate her. Fortunately, she had made preparations in advance, otherwise she might not be able to explain her medical skills.

Next, she thought that Doctor Fu would ask her what was going on, who she was, where she came from, and why someone was investigating her.

Unexpectedly, Doctor Fu didn't seem to care about it. But he solemnly warned: "You must not tell my mother about this. The medical skills of the Fu family are passed on to men, and not to women. If she knows that I have accepted a female apprentice… even if it is only a nominal one, she will definitely be so angry that she will be hopping mad."

Su Xiaoxiao rubbed her chin and said, "Well, suddenly I feel like wanting to tell her."

Doctor Fu: "…"

—

The two siblings and the pair of father-in-law and his son-in-law arrived home at about the same time.

Everyone finished their day's work. They were working hard but they were happy.

—Mrs. Qian was unhappy.

She was almost tortured to death.

Su Cheng smiled all over his face and said, "My daughter! I'm back! My son-in-law is also back!"

When they got back home, they were a good father-in-law and son-in-law who loved each other!

The three little ones followed Meiji and Niudan to the village to play. Su Ergou went to call them home for dinner.

Su Xiaoxiao went into the kitchen and simmered Father Su's traditional Chinese medicine. While waiting for the medicine, she took the bone-strengthening granules from the pharmacy to Father Su's room.

"What is this?" Father Su asked.

Su Xiaoxiao said, "Bone-strengthening medicine."

"It… it looks like that…" Father Su had never seen such a strange medicine. "It costs a lot of money, right?"

"I met a good doctor and he sold it to me at a low price." Su Xiaoxiao said and handed him a money bag. "I have made some money from the business in the past few days. You can take these first."

Father Su refused: "I don't want it. You can take it and spend it yourself!"

Su Xiaoxiao said softly, "I already have it in my hand, and I also gave it to Ergou. Although it is not a lot, as long as we work hard to do business, it will definitely get better and better in the future."

Father Su's throat was swollen and painful again.

He held his daughter's hand, and held back the urge to cry with a great willpower. He choked and said, "Don't worry… Dad will also learn how to farm well…"

—

The Li Family

Mrs. Qian, who was holding a bowl to eat, shivered inexplicably—

Su Xiaoxiao hadn't given Father Su acupuncture and moxibustion for the time being. It was not the right time yet.

She went back to the room and took out the list that Shen Chuan gave her. She was intending to see how many cakes had been ordered, so she can decide how much dough she had to make tonight.

But when she saw the black and white writing in her hand, her expression suddenly became stiff for a moment.

She was illiterate!

To be exact, she didn't know the characters of this dynasty!

Moreover, the ancient characters were written vertically, from top to bottom, from right to left, without punctuation marks. So even if she wanted to guess it, it was really difficult to guess!

She was too careless!

If she knew it earlier, she would have let Shen Chuan read it!

The little fatty Su was irritable and scratched her head violently!

Just when she was going crazy inside, she turned her head and caught a glimpse of Wei Ting sitting at the door leisurely basking in the sunset, enjoying himself.

Su Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up and she strode over: "Wei Ting, are you literate?"

Wei Ting sat on the chair and raised his eyes slightly when he heard what she said.

The soft ray of the setting sun illuminates his deep eyes, reflecting his dazzling gaze.

Su Xiaoxiao swallowed her saliva.

Damn, the nympho problem of this body has returned again.

She hurriedly turned her face away, and said coldly, "I'm asking you something just now."

Wei Ting looked at the back of her head and said in a calm tone, "Yes."

"Really?" Su Xiaoxiao turned her face around and looked at him with sparkling eyes. "Then you can help me to read these words!"

"You are illiterate?" Wei Ting was surprised.

People who knew medical skills at least could read a little, except for some barefoot doctors who only knew a few local prescriptions. But it was obvious that her medical skills were much better than barefoot doctors.

"Is it strange for a villager to be illiterate? Will you read it for me or not?" Su Xiaoxiao shook the list in her hand.

Wei Ting asked with a smirk, "Is this your attitude of begging for help?"

Su Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth.

Wei Ting leaned back in his chair and said casually: "It seems that you don't really want me to read it for you, so let's just forget it."

Su Xiaoxiao glared at him angrily, she took a deep breath and smiled slightly: "My husband, you have been working in the field all day. It's really hard for you. Are you thirsty? Are you hungry? Let me pour you a glass of water!"

She poured a cup of tea carelessly.

"The tea is slightly cold." Wei Ting said.

"Wait!" Su Xiaoxiao went into the room and changed it into a cup of hot water.

"It's tasteless." Wei Ting said again.

"Okay!" Su Xiaoxiao took it and added some tea leaves.

The life of her family was hard, and the tea they drank was also old tea, which was unrefined and had an astringent taste.

Wei Ting took a sip and didn't want to drink any more.

"My husband, are you tired? Let me massage your shoulders!"

Su Xiaoxiao walked around behind him, stretched out a pair of fleshy chubby hands, and began to massage his shoulders and neck.

Wei Ting really enjoyed the feeling of someone trying hard to please him.

It was just that—

Her hand indeed massaged him very well. But after a while, it went into an inexplicable direction.

Wei Ting's body became tensed up and said, "Bring it here!"

Su Xiaoxiao sneered: This guy… he really thought that I couldn't control him!

There was an itchy spot on Wei Ting's waist, she had noticed it a long time ago.

Wei Ting pointed to the words on the list and read them to her word by word.

Su Xiaoxiao listened carefully and unconsciously leaned down slowly behind him, trying to remember the words he read.

A warm breath of young woman inadvertently fell on his ear, and Wei Ting's voice paused.

"Why do you suddenly stop reading it?" Su Xiaoxiao said.

Wei Ting continued to read.

The wind in winter was cold, and he was hot.

—

When Su Jinniang passed by not far away, she saw the ambiguous and intimate scene of the two in the sunset.

"That's all."

Wei Ting said coldly.

Su Xiaoxiao lay down on the chair, tilted her head, and looked at his perfect side face with a smile: "My husband, you are really amazing!"

Wei Ting looked calm and said in a disgusted tone, "You don't need to say it."

"Then I wouldn't say it!" Afterall, he had finished reading them!

Su Xiaoxiao grabbed the list with a swish, then she got up and went inside into the room.

Wei Ting said sternly: "The tea is getting cold."

Su Xiaoxiao returned to her usual self, and she didn't even turn her head back when she said: "Pour it by yourself!"

Wei Ting: "…!"