The eldest sister-in-law became rich by farming in the mountains

She immediately cried out in surprise, dropped the spatula, rushed over, and gave Yan Yunlan a big hug.

"Great, you didn't drown!" Xu Yingtao said happily.

Yan Yunlan pushed her away with disdain: "You smell like cooking fumes, don't get close to me."

Xu Yingtao wanted to hug Xie Bai again, but she held back.

No matter how excited we are, we must not forget that this is an ancient time when physical contact between men and women is not allowed.

She looked at Xie Bai with a smile: "Why are you here too? Are mother and A-li and the others all okay?"

Xie Bai's eyes were full of smiles, and he replied, "Everything is fine at home."

Then, he took the initiative to introduce Cui Yunsheng who stood up: "Sister-in-law, this is Mr. Cui, the prefect of Nanshao Prefecture, and also our uncle."

The restaurant owner nearly fainted when he heard this.

He had previously thought that this young lady named Xu was a thief.

Xu Yingtao immediately put away her impropriety and bowed solemnly to Cui Yunsheng: "Thank you for your help, uncle."

Cui Yunsheng smiled and said, "You don't have to thank me. If you want to thank someone, go back and thank your master. He sacrificed his official career for you, and in exchange for the downfall of the Ning Wang family."

There was a loud "bang".

The restaurant owner lost his balance and knocked over a wooden barrel beside him.

He was terrified. It was over, all over.

Wangjiang Tower is the property of Prince Ning’s Mansion. If Prince Ning falls, how can they survive?

Where did this Madam Xu come from?

However, before he could think more, his eyes rolled back and he fainted completely.

Although the Ning Prince's Mansion did go bankrupt later, the business of Wangjiang Tower became more and more prosperous.

Many people in the city heard that the owner of Wangjiang Tower had changed from Prince Ning to the newly appointed Xiangjun by the emperor.

Some people also heard that Xu Xiangjun raised the money to buy Wangjiang Tower by selling a large bag of jewelry.

There are many different opinions as to what is true and what is false.

When Xu Yingtao and her companions returned to Nanxi Village, they found several officials and a matchmaker tied up and unconscious in the house's side room.

When Jiang and others saw Xu Yingtao return safely, they cried and laughed, and then they talked about the origins of these eight people.

These eight people were originally sent by Prefect Wang to force Jiang to sign a divorce letter. According to Xie Bai's instructions, on the sixth day after his departure, that is, after the official who went back to the city to get the token returned, the villagers planned to feed them knockout drugs to delay time.

However, the villagers never expected that the official would be in a coma for several days before waking up after accidentally eating poisonous fungus.

Although he failed to return on time, Village Chief Zheng and the villagers did not hesitate and immediately added knockout drugs into the meals of the remaining few people. They fed them this for a full seven days.

Until Xu Yingtao came home.

Xu Yingtao stood there for a long time.

It was early July when she left the village, and now it was almost August.

During this more than half a month, whether it was her own family, her master's family, Uncle Cui's family far away in the capital, or even the guards of the Cao Gang, everyone was working hard for her, and everyone was trying their best to rescue her.

She was so touched!

Then she turned around and hugged Xu Youqian and rubbed him, but this fat chicken was heartless and just ate and slept.

Not worried about its owner's safety at all.

Xu Yingtao personally went to the village to thank every villager who had contributed.

You know, if Magistrate Wang had not lost his power this time, all of them who dared to poison the officials would have been arrested and beheaded.

They are risking their lives to help her.

We must raise wages! We must raise wages!

Now that she has returned safely, there is no need for those servants and matchmakers to continue drugging them. They can just wait for them to wake up on their own and then send them away.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Yingtao washed herself carefully and then took Xie Bai to Yan's house.

Except for the day she became their apprentice, this was the second time Xu Yingtao kowtowed to Yan Heng and his wife solemnly to express her gratitude.

On the way back, she learned from Xie Bai that she had been sold, and from Yan Yunlan, she learned the reason why her master left the court.

Xu Yingtao was shocked at that time.

Be nice!

The current Grand Tutor was a high-ranking official with great power, and the emperor almost regarded him as his father.

What good fortune had struck her?

After the shock, she felt extremely guilty when facing her master and his wife again.

She was afraid that her master would scold her for being too scheming and not doing anything without benefits, and that she approached the couple just to curry favor with them.

She was even more afraid that her master would not scold her, because that would mean that her master and his wife were completely disappointed in her.

Moreover, in order to save her, the master once again plunged into the sad place that made him suffer, which made her feel even more guilty.

Even though her initial intention in approaching the Yan family was impure, after spending time together later, she had already regarded this family as her closest relatives.

However, if you approach someone with impure intentions at the beginning, even if you pour your true feelings into them later, the friendship will be hard to restore to its pure state.

She knew she was wrong, but she didn't know if it was too late to repent.

Yan Heng laughed at her: "Why are you kneeling? I heard from Yun Lan that you turned the state capital upside down and managed to escape on your own. You are obviously a monkey, why are you pretending to be obedient now?"

Xue Qingqiu also laughed at her: "What are you afraid of? Your master has devoted so much effort to saving you, I'm afraid he will be even more reluctant to punish you in the future."

Xu Yingtao suddenly felt her eyes filled with sadness.

It was still the same familiar tone as before.

The master and his wife did not blame her.

Xu Yingtao was most afraid of others crying in front of her in her life, but at this moment, she couldn't stop crying no matter what.

"Master, Madam Master, I know I was wrong." She kowtowed to them again.

Xue Qingqiu quickly helped her up and said softly, "No one blames you. We are happier than anyone else that you can return safely now."

Yan Heng also nodded and warned: "The imperial decree from the capital will probably be issued soon, and we will have to leave this place by then. I have nothing to leave for you two. There are twelve boxes of books in my study, and I will leave them all to you and Xiao Bai. You must cherish them."

When Xu Yingtao heard this, she immediately held back her tears.

If we calculate based on a box of fifty books, the average price of one book would be ten taels of silver. Even more than that, for Master's collection, a hundred taels of silver per book is not expensive.

These were not just twelve boxes of books left for them; they were actually leaving behind a treasure trove.

Even if she can't continue her business in the future, she can sell these books and she may not be able to spend all the money in three lifetimes.

Fortunately, Yan Heng didn’t know what she was thinking, otherwise he would have fainted.

Xie Bai was completely shocked.

It is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son, not only because of poverty, but also because of the lack of book resources.

Many rare books were firmly controlled by prominent families and would never flow into the hands of the common people, which meant that the path to imperial examinations was doomed to be extremely difficult for common people.

Owning these books means that he has more resources and opportunities than others.

The two of them, each with their own thoughts, bowed deeply to Yan Heng to express their gratitude.

Yan Yunlan was trying to trick Xie Li: "Ali, can I take you to the capital?"