Expelled from the Duke's mansion, the fake heiress is richer than a country.

Yu Wanran and her father and son turned to look and saw that it was their neighbor, Aunt He, who liked gossip but was also quite kind-hearted.

Seeing that everyone was vying for the same item, Aunt Qing felt she would be missing out if she didn't buy it. She quickly said, "I asked about this piece of silk first! Yu Lao Er, could you reduce the price by another hundred coins, and I'll buy it?"

She could tell that Yu Wanran wasn't someone who was easy to talk to, so she stared at Yu Man expectantly, hoping he would speak.

But Yu Man was not good with words, and he wasn't stupid! He pretended not to hear and just kept his head down, carefully holding the silk, afraid that his rough fingers would scratch such fine silk.

Aunt Qing stomped her foot in anger, about to grit her teeth and accept the deal. Yu Wanran smiled and turned to Sister He: "Sister He, go home and get the money. This bolt of silk is yours!"

Aunt He beamed with joy.

He secretly thought to himself how lucky he was to have been so helpful that night, giving directions to the Yu family's daughter. Good deeds really do bring good fortune!

Aunt Qing watched the other person happily run home, and stomped her foot angrily! She was filled with regret and resentment.

Like Sister He's family, her family had a daughter who was about to come of age and would be getting married in the next year or the year after. She had originally wanted to get her hands on this red silk ribbon to make her daughter's wedding dress—how glamorous that would be! But her greed backfired, and she ended up benefiting Sister He instead.

She was so angry!

Watching her turn and leave angrily, Yu Man finally came to her senses and asked Yu Wanran.

"Ranran, aren't you going to keep this red silk ribbon?"

Yu Wanran shook her head.

How could she wear something that Xiao Yao had stepped on?

Even though she had to bow to Xiao Yao outwardly due to the constraints of reality, her pride remained.

"Third sister, you're so quick-witted!"

Yu Wenrong praised admiringly, "We never imagined that something we were standing on could be exchanged for money?"

If Ji Chunhua were here, she would have realized it too. It's just that men are indeed careless and don't think of that much in a moment.

Yu Wenbin's furrowed brows relaxed as he thought of the gift boxes: "Dad, let's find a way to sell those gift boxes. Then we won't have to worry about taxes this year and next!"

"Don't touch anything in those gift boxes except for the food!"

Before Yu Man could answer, Yu Wanran gently shook her head.

"The valuable items taken from the storeroom are recorded and marked in the Duke's mansion's accounts. Who would dare to buy them now? Moreover, it's best to keep them safe. Otherwise, if anything goes wrong, the Duke's mansion will hold us accountable, and we can't afford the consequences!"

The Yu father and son were dumbfounded: "There's such a saying?"

Why give it to them then!

They were a bunch of peasants, and they couldn't afford to wear Shu brocade clothes to work in the fields, so they had to be worshipped indefinitely.

"Let's leave this as part of Third Sister's dowry!"

Yu Wenrong blurted out. Before Yu Wanran could even glare at him, he ran off laughing. Yu Man and Yu Wenbin exchanged a glance, feeling much more relieved.

What they fear most is that Yu Wanran won't be able to accept the change and will come back and cause chaos. What will they do then?

It seems that Yu Wanran has adapted well, and the family is even more harmonious than before.

A short while later, Aunt He brought five hundred coins and handed them to Yu Man. Yu Man thanked her profusely and left with the soiled red silk. Yu Man gave four hundred coins to Ji Chunhua to keep, pocketed the remaining one hundred coins, and quietly gave instructions to the three siblings.

"You all eat first, I'm going to see your aunt. Don't tell your mother I took one hundred coins!"

Yu Wenrong looked displeased. After his father had walked away, he grumbled, "What's the point of looking at her? Whenever something happens, she'd rather kick our whole family into a ditch than let us get involved. Dad's always so naively kind!"

"Father is in charge, why should you interfere?"

Yu Wenbin adopted the air of an older brother and lectured his younger brother. He then glanced back at his wife and daughter, who had been cowering to the side without uttering a sound the entire time.

"Xiao Zhen, bring some food into the house and feed your mother first."

"Ai!"

Upon receiving the instructions, Zhu Xiaozhen quickly let go of her daughter's hand, went into the kitchen, and brought in a bowl of prepared food.

Yu Wanran...

Her sister-in-law and niece are like invisible people in the family!

At first, when she was selling silk, she didn't notice the mother and daughter sticking against the wall like wallflowers. Now that their father is gone, and until her older brother speaks up, she still doesn't notice the mother and daughter standing behind her.

Where did her martial arts-trained sense of vigilance go?

"Third Sister, come and eat!"

Yu Wenbin set aside a portion for his father, keeping it warm in the pot, and came out of the kitchen to call Yu Wanran. Yu Wenrong was already at the table, sitting properly with his hands at his sides, his eyes fixed on the food, staring intently.

"it is good."

Yu Wanran naturally took Yu Xiaoxiang's hand and led her to the table. Yu Xiaoxiang was short, slightly taller than the wooden table, so Yu Wanran picked a tall stool and lifted her up onto it.

The Yu brothers were quite surprised to see her actions, and Yu Xiaoxiang obediently held onto the hem of her clothes.

Yu Xiaoxiang's personality is just like her mother's; she never fights back when hit or scolded. Even when she looks up at people, she is timid and hesitant.

The Yu family was used to treating the mother and daughter like they were invisible, only remembering to look for them when they needed to assign them tasks. And on Yu Wanran's first day back, the little girl was already showing signs of clinging to her?

Yu Wenbin thought he was imagining things. He glanced at his daughter Huang Rongrong's head; then at Yu Wanran, who patiently took out a handkerchief and tied it around Yu Xiaoxiang's neck as a bib.

"Big brother, hurry up and serve the food, I'm starving!"

Yu Wenrong urged him on.

With his parents gone, the responsibility of distributing the food naturally fell to Yu Wenbin.

Yu Wenbin glared at his unruly younger brother. Holding a large ladle, he first filled the bowl in front of Yu Wanran with a full bowl of mixed grain porridge, then his brother, and finally himself, his wife, and their daughter.

Yu Wanran glanced at the table.

The porridge in her bowl was thicker and fuller; the brothers' porridge was thinner; and Zhu Xiaozhen and her daughter only had half a bowl and the bottom of the bowl.

She felt inexplicably sad.

"Big brother, I can't eat that much."

She stood up, took the bowl, and forcefully scooped some dry food for each of the two brothers. Then, she scooped a couple more mouthfuls into the bowls of Zhu Xiaozhen and her daughter. Holding the remaining half bowl, she picked up some cold dandelion salad from the plate in the middle of the bowl with her chopsticks to eat with her rice.

The Yu brothers looked at each other in bewilderment.

Yu Xiaoxiang lowered her head, clutching the small wooden spoon, hesitant to dip it into the bowl, and murmured softly, "Third Aunt, I can't eat any more..."

"Don't talk, eat quickly, it'll get cold!"

Yu Wanran picked up a dandelion and put it in her little niece's bowl.

Yu Wenbin noticed the timid look in his daughter's eyes and felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

"Eat up, your third aunt gave this to you. Eat up!"

Everyone buried their heads in the bowls, and with a series of slurping sounds, the food was devoured in a whirlwind.

As Yu Wanran ate, she pondered in her heart. The Yu family was in such dire straits; what could she do to improve their lives? In her previous life, she had been a merchant, accumulating a wealth of experience and knowing many trade routes.

But first, she needs to earn her first pot of gold before she can talk about further development. And she doesn't know if Xiao Yao and the Duke's Mansion will suppress her and the Yu family like they did in her previous life.

She ate her meal in silence.

A moment later, Zhu Xiaozhen came out of Ji Chunhua's room with an empty bowl and walked to the table. Looking at her bowl, which contained much more porridge than usual, she couldn't help but look up at Yu Wenbin.