I asked you to dig wild vegetables to pay off your debt, not go up the mountain to pick up money!

"What's wrong, Xiangxiang?"

Xiangxiang had said before that the system would only make this sound in emergencies. Her heart instantly rose to her throat, and she hurriedly called out for Xiangxiang to come out.

"Master, please look at the map, quickly!"

In the room, Song Dashan and Song Nian were talking to Su Chen. Qi and Second Aunt had already prepared the food and brought it to the table one dish at a time.

Taking advantage of this gap, Song An Ning quickly opened the map. After seeing it, he felt a chill running through his whole body.

Just now, she enlarged the map and marked the place Su Chen mentioned. Because she was outside, she didn't look at the zoomed-out map carefully.

The system gave her location as a small red heart. After zooming out the map, the straight-line distance between the small red heart and the exclamation mark was only a few dozen kilometers.

From her current location, over the back mountain and through the bamboo forest, there is the primeval forest.

And that place is just behind the primeval forest.

In other words, as long as she passes through the forest, she will be able to see her father!

So close, so close!

When everyone was digging bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, Dad was on the other side of the mountain.

Song Feng, who grew up in the mountains, must know this, right?

Home is on the other side of the mountain, and his family is waiting for him to come back.

However, he was trapped there and couldn't get out.

What kind of despair was that? Song Anning couldn't imagine it. She only felt as if a pair of large hands were squeezing her heart tightly, making it difficult for her to even breathe.

"Aning? Aning? What's wrong with you?"

After Song Dashan and the others said a few words, they saw Song Anning staring blankly at the empty ground with tears in her eyes.

"I got up early today and now I feel a little sleepy, hehe..."

Song An Ning immediately controlled her emotions and blinked at everyone, deliberately acting cute just to hide the sadness in her heart.

Song Dashan and Su Chen, one is an old man who has lived for more than 50 years and has seen everything, and the other is a smart man among smart men, how could they not notice that something is wrong with her.

Because there were guests present, Song Dashan could only smile and tap her forehead, and said to Su Chen lovingly and helplessly:

"My granddaughter is used to being casual, so don't mind it, Mr. Su."

"How could that be? Being casual and relaxed like this is the best."

Su Chen heard the politeness in Song Dashan's words and could only pretend that he knew nothing and change the subject.

After a while, all the dishes were served. Song Anning looked at the full table and raised her eyebrows.

Ten dishes! This is the highest standard for entertaining guests in Banyue Village! I don’t know where Second Grandma and Second Aunt found the ingredients, stewed chicken, steamed fish, cold preserved eggs, and even a wild rabbit...

Presumably, since she and Su Chen left, the whole family has been busy, preparing chickens, ducks, fish and meat all over the village, and buying all the best things they can think of.

After the meal, Su Chen didn't show any dislike at all and ate two big bowls of rice. He had never eaten the minced meat and eggplant strips before, and they were really delicious.

This was something Song An Ning specially asked Second Grandma to make before she left. She just briefly explained the method, but she didn't expect Second Grandma to have such good skills.

Only by letting Su Chen taste something he has never seen before can we better discuss business.

The first batch of eggplants in the field are ripe. She can take this opportunity to sell them tomorrow. She is such a clever girl.

Sure enough, after the meal, Su Chen pulled Song An Ning aside, touched his round belly, and said lazily:

"Name a price, little girl. Are you just waiting for me to ask?"

"Hey, Boss Su is really smart. Just like the chili peppers, 20 cents a pound.

How's it going? Not asking for too much, is it?

"Tsk, but what? If I'm not mistaken, there should be something else but it wasn't mentioned, right?"

Seeing the gleam in Song An Ning's eyes, he knew that this little girl would not do business that would lose money. She had an expression as if she knew everything and was as arrogant as a cat.

"Eggplant can only be grown in our village, you can't allow it."

"Why? With our relationship, if you don't give me the seeds, you..."

"Man, you have to learn to be content! Can't I just let you grow peppers? Stop being unreasonable, okay? I'm very busy."

Song An Ning acted like a domineering boss, with the corners of his mouth raised, showing three parts of coldness, four parts of ridicule, and five parts of indifference.

"..."

Su Chen also cooperated by covering his chest, pretending to be hurt, and said sadly:

"Okay, I know that the villagers are more important to you than me. I will be sensible."

After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed.

Song An Ning was really happy to meet such a funny guy like Su Chen. As smart as he was, he would respond to whatever Song An Ning said.

"Hahaha, no more fuss. It's only twenty cents a pound. I'll have someone come pick up the goods tomorrow morning and sign the deed for the land and eggplants while I'm at it."

"make a deal!"

The eggplant matter was happily agreed upon. It was already completely dark, and since Wang Qiuyue and her group had just arrived home, Su Chen didn't stay any longer.

When the Song family sent him to the village entrance, Zuixianju's carriage was already waiting there.

The carriage went a long way away, and Su Chen still had a smile on his face. This was the happiest day he had in recent years, no doubt about it.

On the Song family's side, Song An Ning first asked about the situation at Wang Qiuyue's yamen and why she came back so late.

After asking, I found out that the government office was in chaos and the county magistrate Zhu Yuan was seriously ill and could not get out of bed.

Their case was handled jointly by the county magistrate, county lieutenant and legal advisor, and it still depended on Su Chen's jade token, otherwise no one would receive them at all.

"Then what's the result?"

"After the County Magistrate has seen the jade token, things will be much easier. He Fangfang still has the contract with that family in her arms, all signed and sealed.

"With both witnesses and evidence, according to the law, He Fangfang was exiled two thousand miles, and Wang Qingshan received twenty lashes. However, the government refused to remove them, saying that Ping'an Town couldn't tolerate any disturbances. They simply ordered the village head to expel the family."

"That's good. It's the same as kicking them out. You can rest assured that you won't see them again, right?"

Wang Qiuyue sighed, and when she thought about how she felt a little soft-hearted when she saw Wang Qingshan being beaten, this tangled emotion stayed with her all the time.

She looked down on herself from the bottom of her heart. How could she be so cowardly? People have treated you so well, and you still dare to have such thoughts.

She knew that being so soft-hearted would harm her, A Sheng, and even Aning's family. She absolutely couldn't do that!

"Well, from now on, Ah Sheng and I are ready to live a good life with you."

"Well, our lives will get better and better.

By the way, Sister Qiuyue, this afternoon, I suddenly thought of something and wanted to tell you."

"Hmm? Tell me?"

Wang Qiuyue was a little confused. Why was Aning hesitating so much? It was not like her character at all.

"I want to change Ah Sheng's name."

"Change the name? To what?"

Song An Ning had wanted to talk about this for a long time. Wang Sheng was not young anymore, and the word "Sheng" would remind him all the time that his mother passed away because of his birth.

But the name was given by her parents, and she suddenly changed it. Isn’t it a bit inappropriate?

After what happened today, she dared to bring it up.

“Actually, I don’t think it’s very good either, but I don’t know what to change it to. You know, I can’t read.

But what good ideas have you come up with? Don’t keep me in suspense, tell me now.”

"Hehe, I'll make you anxious for a while, then I won't tell you..."

"..."