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

"I hit you..."

Wang Qiuyue was a little annoyed after being teased by Song An Ning twice in a row. Just as she was about to pinch her again, she heard Song An Ning say:

"I'm going to hand over the preserved egg business to you. We need to expand the scale. Some details are hard to discuss here. Let's discuss it in detail after we get back."

After hearing this, Wang Qiuyue felt that she had lost her mind again. With Aning's personality, if it was a simple matter, she would just say it directly.

The two jokes were actually hints, why didn't she understand?

She slapped her head in frustration and decided to be more careful next time. Aning had more and more things to deal with, so she had to be smarter and not rely on herself alone.

After the ox cart entered the village, a group of people gathered under the big banyan tree, discussing how many pepper seedlings they planned to buy.

After seeing the stranger and the ox cart, everyone hurried closer to take a look.

"Is Aning going to town again?"

"Who are these people? They look unfamiliar, and they have families with them..."

Taking this opportunity, Song Anning explained with a smile:

"This is the person I hired to help me grow peppers. It's such a large field, I definitely can't take care of it by myself."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Just looking at these people, they were dressed in rags, but their temperament showed that they were not villagers. Would it be okay to ask them to manage the fields?

And the girl sitting in the back has scars all over her face and looks scary.

Seeing the fear of Xiao Yingchun in their eyes, Song An Ning explained again.

"Elders, do you still remember the family that came to buy Sister Qiuyue yesterday?"

"Of course I remember. They said it was the Wang family in town, but I've never heard of it. It's just that such a wealthy family, what they did is disgusting."

Song An Ning started the conversation, and everyone started cursing the Wang family.

"I only found out today when I went to town that the young master of the Wang family wasn't seriously ill at all. Instead, he contracted an incurable disease from a brothel. He's relying on his family's filthy riches to try to buy my sister Qiuyue."

"What? A disease? Oh my God, that's their own fault. They even dragged a good girl with them before they died. Aren't they afraid of being struck by lightning?"

"Luckily, Aning came back yesterday. Otherwise, Qiuyue would have dirty her feet every time she stepped into a family like that."

Everyone's anger from yesterday has not yet subsided, so Song An Ning took this opportunity to introduce the whole family clearly, which would also save a lot of trouble later.

She stirred the villagers' emotions at her own pace, but the Xiao family was confused. What? The Wang family also wanted to buy Miss Qiuyue? What was going on?

"This family's surname is Xiao, and they used to work for the Wang family. The older sister is called Yingchun, and the Wang family had taken a fancy to her and wanted to arrange a ghost marriage between her and the young master of that family.

This sister was also a strong-willed person. She scratched her face and forced the lady to give up the idea.

I was doing well in the Wang family, but I was kicked out just like that."

As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of the people around looking at Xiao Yingchun changed. Such a good child, yet she was treated so badly by the Wang family.

A fragile little girl was forced into this state! They all knew how important appearance was to girls.

"Oh, what a poor man."

"It's a good thing. Leaving that place where people are killed and following our Aning will be the right thing to do. Aning is a kind-hearted girl."

After the old woman said this, even she herself was a little bit unconvinced. All she could think of was the scene where Song An Ning threw Wang Qingshan away yesterday.

"Uncle Xiao is an expert at farming, growing vegetables and fruit trees. He used to manage a large farm with hundreds or even thousands of acres of land.

If anyone has any questions about growing peppers in the future, just look for Uncle Xiao Ming."

Song An Ning said so much, but he didn't mention a word about the fact that they were slaves who had signed a death contract.

He also emphasized Xiao Ming's strengths so as to prevent them from being looked down upon by the villagers.

How could the Xiao family not understand what she meant? After greeting everyone with a smile, they all looked at Song Anning with gratitude.

They deal with farmers all year round and know how powerful village rumors are. Things that didn't happen can be made to sound like the truth. Sometimes, words can become knives that can kill people.

"Aning, is this the housekeeper you hired?"

"Of course, it took a lot of effort to invite him."

"Then if there's anything in the future, I'll go find Butler Xiao. Hahaha, just don't be annoying..."

After everyone got to know this family, they felt more friendly towards the Xiao family, and the scene was very harmonious.

On the way home, Xiao Ming, a man in his late forties, thought of what had just happened and his eyes became red. He solemnly said thank you to Song An Ning.

The other people also lowered their heads. The grievances they had suffered in the past few days seemed to disappear in an instant after meeting Song An Ning.

From being a manager of a farm to being a slave with a death contract overnight, more than a month has passed, but the resentment in his heart is still there.

But Song An Ning gave them full respect. At this moment, the Xiao family members recognized this young master from the bottom of their hearts.

Especially Xiao Yingchun, she really wanted to shout: "I will follow you even if I die!"

After arriving home, Song Dashan and Song Erhe were sitting at the stone table in the yard talking. When they saw Niu Che and the Xiao family, they all looked at Song An Ning inquiringly.

Since they were all family, Song An Ning could only tell the truth and gave Song Erhe another tael of silver as the money for renting Wang Qingshan's house.

"You girl, you bought someone and two cows without saying a word..."

Song An Ning had just explained it in detail, and Song Dashan felt a little more sympathy for the Xiao family. Since they had already bought it, they might as well keep it. This way Qiuyue would feel more at ease in the future.

Song Dashan was about to talk to the Xiao family while leaning on the stone table when he saw several people kneeling on the ground and shouting respectfully:

"Grandpa is well!"

"..."

"!!!"

He never dreamed that one day he would be called "old man". This is unacceptable.

"What's this for? Aning, quickly get them to get up. It's not a festive occasion to perform such a big ceremony.

Since you are here, just stay here and help Aning with more work.

We are farmers, so we don’t have so much to say.”

"Yes!"

This loud answer made Song Dashan's heart tremble again. This was too scary. After they shouted at him like that, he didn't know which foot to take.

"Okay, get up quickly. We just met, so it's okay to just exchange greetings, but you don't have to do this in the future.

Come with me, let's settle down today and get familiar with the village. Just tell others that you are the ones I hired to manage the fields, and there's no need to explain anything else."

Song An Ning packed some rice and flour from home, and took a bag of dried seafood brought back from Linhai Town, and asked Xiao Yuanbao to carry it and walk towards Wang Qingshan's house.

When she reached the door, she saw Wang Qiuyue standing there in a daze, so she called her.

"Sister Qiuyue, are you going?"