After traveling through time, she went to practice her way of making money

"Forget it, as long as you don't regret your decision today in the future." Xiao Ran paused thoughtfully, and then as if he suddenly remembered something, he said, "Go ask your cousin if there are any leftover zongzi at home?"

At this moment, after everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Buliu recalled the scene at that time: "Sir, you must have thought that the zongzi was extremely delicious, so you didn't eat it to your heart's content! I feel the same way. That Lord Chen was really stingy. He only gave two zongzi to each person. The most outrageous thing is that he looked like he was about to cry."

Xiao Ran couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and said while laughing: "How can it be so exaggerated? Even if my cousin's family is not as wealthy as those in the capital, it won't let us starve."

"Sir, you may not have noticed..." Bu Liu was about to continue speaking when Xiao Ran raised his hand and interrupted him.

Xiao Ran urged impatiently: "I know, go and ask if there are any more." He has never had any particular preferences for food, but today's sweet and soft rice dumplings really made him love them.

As expected, the result of the inquiry was that they were indeed out of stock. However, County Magistrate Chen told Buyou that these dumplings were not made at home, and he would send someone out to buy some back. In fact, Buyou thought that it was unnecessary to go through so much trouble, but since County Magistrate Chen insisted, he could only obey his wishes.

As a result, everyone in the Su family was exhausted, the children had already rested, and only Su Yu and Deng Xian were still doing the final anti-theft check. At this moment, there was a sudden and urgent knock on the door.

What made them laugh and cry was that the visitor turned out to be a servant of County Magistrate Chen. He said with a happy face: "My master tasted your rice dumplings yesterday and praised them highly, and said he wanted to buy some more."

Su Yu was embarrassed when he heard this. After all, he didn't have many zongzi left, but he couldn't refuse the other party's request directly. So he had to pick out 20 or 30 good-looking ones from the remaining zongzi and give them to the servant to take back to the county government.

After thanking Su Yu profusely, the servant hugged the pile of rice dumplings tightly as if they were a treasure and left in a hurry.

In fact, the number of zongzi left in the Su family was very few, probably less than a hundred. So the next morning, when Su Shikuan and others woke up, they saw an empty bamboo basket and panicked, thinking that their house had been robbed and half of the zongzi had been stolen by the thief. It was not until Su Yu and Deng Xian could no longer hold back and told the truth about sending zongzi to the Chen family last night that everyone suddenly realized what had happened.

Thanks to Xiao Ran and others, almost all of County Magistrate Chen's children and grandchildren were able to taste the delicious rice dumplings made by the Su family on the night of the Dragon Boat Festival. It must be said that the rice dumplings made by the Su family were indeed very popular and received widespread praise.

After enjoying the pleasure brought by the delicious food, Xiao Ran's thoughts drifted back to his own affairs. He had always been eager to go to the border to experience some hardships, but unfortunately, his father Xiao Dong always firmly opposed it. Despite this, Xiao Ran did try other ways, such as seeking the recommendation and support of the elders in the family, but in fact, everyone did not have too high expectations for this illegitimate son.

Whenever Xiao Ran became too stubborn to bear, his family would give him some small businesses to run without giving him any substantial help. The purpose of doing so was obvious - to keep him busy with trivial matters all day long, thus discouraging him from building a career and achieving something great.

However, the Xiao family had a clear rule: if a illegitimate child could really make outstanding contributions and achieve extraordinary achievements, then the family would come forward to ask for rewards for him and allow him to start a family and career independently. However, Xiao Ran's generation was large, and there were already quite a few legitimate children, so all resources naturally tended to favor those legitimate bloodlines.

Because of this, the Xiao family did not expect Xiao Ran to achieve anything great, and would rather see him be mediocre and do nothing. After all, they would rather support a group of playboys than let a bastard overshadow the legitimate descendants.

In fact, Xiao Ran had resentment towards his mother deep in his heart. He was angry why his mother had to follow Xiao Dong, causing him to become a bastard. After all, with his mother's talent, appearance and family background, she could have found a suitable man to marry.

He murmured to himself in a low voice: Is this how my life is going to be? I had no choice but to wander around in the scope they defined, and even though I was extremely unwilling, I had no choice but to submit.

At this moment, Xiao Dong, who was in the capital, heard about Xiao Ran leading his people to flee to Xuyang County. He tightly grasped the letter, slammed it on the table in anger, and ordered: "Quickly tell that Chen, if he still wants to get promoted in his career in this life, don't meddle in other people's business!"

Someone on the side consoled him, "Don't worry too much, sir. County Magistrate Chen really doesn't have the ability to accomplish this."

However, Xiao Dong was still furious: "Even if he can't do it, he still has to drive him back to me!"

The lady next to him said, "Husband, calm down. Ran'er is still young, why are you so angry? Since he has gone to his relatives' house, let him stay for a few more days. He can come back during the Mid-Autumn Festival so that the family can reunite!"

She was Xiao Dong's wife, Wang. Her every move showed the elegance of a lady from a noble family. After all, she gave birth to five children for the Xiao family. Even the youngest, Xiao Ao, was more than half a year older than Xiao Ran! Besides the youngest son, the other four sons had already started their own families. As a result, the love between her and Xiao Dong gradually faded. As for the other children of Xiao Dong, as long as they did not hinder the future career of her children, she would treat them as her own children and love them with all her heart.

"Don't favor him anymore. This boy doesn't need your care at all." Xiao Dong said with a cold face.

"How dare I say a lie, Master! Although the child is not my own, he is still your flesh and blood after all. As his mother, how can I ignore it? Your words make me so sad..." Xiao Wangshi cried and pretended to be aggrieved.

Actually, what Xiao Wang said was true. Firstly, Xiao Ran would not pose any threat to her beloved sons; secondly, even the beautiful Xia Hou Yan could not shake Xiao Wang's position in the Xiao family. Not only that, Xiao Wang even sympathized with this woman who was neglected and treated harshly by Xiao Dong!