A lucky little peasant girl is reborn and brings prosperity to her entire family.

Xie Youchang was startled and took two steps back: "What do you mean by this? Get up quickly."

Luo Jinyu knelt there, tears streaming down her face: "If you don't agree, I won't get up."

Xie Youchang's face looked very unpleasant.

Su Qiwei watched with great pleasure and joked, "Oh, Youchang, since the beauty favors you so much, why don't you take her as your maid?"

Xie Youchang glared fiercely at Su Qiwei.

Su Qiwei, the uncle, was all smiles and not angry at all.

“This involves officials; how can we treat it so lightly?” Xie Youchang said coldly. “Are you implying that I have abused my power? Do you know that this also violates the laws of the Great Yin Dynasty?”

Luo Jinyu trembled, tears streaming down her face as she looked at Xie Youchang with pleading eyes.

Many of the officials couldn't bear to watch.

Even Su Qiwei shook his head: "He has no sense of romance."

Xie Youchang took a deep breath and strode away.

Su Qiwei looked at Luo Jinyu and said gently, "Alright, little girl, get up. My nephew is a blockhead, so don't put your stress on him. Your godfather was arrested, but it's not like the house was confiscated, so there's no need to worry too much."

Luo Jinyu timidly shed tears: "Yes, sir."

In her heart, however, she was cursing, "You make it sound so easy!" Their household only managed to live comfortably in Qingjiang County thanks to Zhou Yi, their registrar. Now that Zhou Yi was exiled, how could she and Madam Xiao possibly survive?

……

Li Xiuli and the others were clearly very satisfied with the result. After thanking Su Qiwei, the upright and just official, they prepared to return to Zhaoyou Village.

After all, Grandma Hua's coffin was still at home, and they had to go back to prepare for the funeral.

Li Xiuli and Cheng's relatives left in a flash.

Tian Denghua also wanted to take Song Yanyan back with her.

Song Yanyan said, "Mother, wait for me a moment. I'll say goodbye to Lord Su before I leave."

Tian Denghua wholeheartedly agreed: "We are so grateful to Lord Su and his group today. They have been of great help, so it is only right that we say goodbye before we leave."

However, Tian Denghua and Song Yanyan did not find Su Qiwei, but only saw Xie Youchang standing not far away.

Song Yanyan stepped forward to express her gratitude and asked Xie Youchang to convey their thanks to Lord Su.

Xie Youchang seemed to want to say something, but seeing Tian Denghua also beside Song Yanyan, he ultimately just nodded politely: "...Okay."

On the way back to the village, Tian Denghua kept grumbling to herself.

Why did it feel like that official Xie was staring at her daughter with his eyes just now, as if he had something to say?

Tian Denghua couldn't help but chuckle as she watched her daughter, who was walking along and picking at the unmelted snow on the leaves of the roadside bushes.

With her daughter's silly and foolish appearance, what could Lord Xie possibly say to her?

She's probably overthinking it!

……

Zhou Yi and Zhao Ruanxiang handled the matter quickly.

After being flogged twenty times in the street, they were imprisoned and awaited official documents to be exiled to the southern border.

After Cheng Laoda divorced Zhao Ruanxiang, the Zhao family slunk away and kept a low profile, not daring to report to the authorities that they had been beaten by Li Xiuli and her group.

After giving Old Madam Hua a proper funeral, Li Xiuli specially brought generous gifts to thank Tian Denghua and Song Yanyan. She said that if Song Yanyan hadn't been clever enough to sneak out and invite the inspector over, she didn't dare to imagine what would have happened to Zhou Yi, given his despicable nature!

It's no exaggeration to say that Song Yanyan was their family's savior!

Li Xiuli praised Song Yanyan with a variety of unique compliments, making Tian Denghua secretly delighted, but she still put on a disdainful expression: "She's just a child, how can you praise her so highly? Be careful she doesn't become complacent if you praise her so much."

Li Xiuli hugged Song Yanyan: "Look at what you're saying, Yanyan is so good, what's wrong with me praising her a bit more?"

After a pause, Li Xiuli couldn't help but say, "Denghua, we've been best friends for so many years. I have a nephew on my family's side..."

Tian Denghua immediately understood the unspoken meaning in Li Xiuli's words.

She scolded, "You're saying this in front of the child."

Li Xiuli sighed, "Isn't it because Yan Yan is just too good? I'm afraid that if I don't speak up soon, Yan Yan will be snatched away. So I have to tell you quickly and reserve a spot first? ... Besides, with the way you treat Yan Yan like the apple of your eye, you would never agree to this marriage without Yan Yan's approval."

Li Xiuli put her arm around Song Yanyan and asked kindly, "Yanyan, do you remember the one I met at my house today, the one who was a head taller than you and tripped and fell in front of you?"

After Li Xiuli said that, Song Yanyan did indeed have a vague impression of it.

Today, a boy did indeed fall flat on his face in front of her, looking rather silly.

But that didn't stop her from feeling horrified.

—No, Auntie, she's only fourteen years old this year. In modern times, she'd have to go to jail to get married!

Song Yanyan gave an awkward laugh: "Auntie, I'm still young."

Li Xiuli nodded: "Yes, yes, Auntie knows that our Yanyan is still young. It's not like we're asking you to get engaged right now. Auntie just wanted you to develop your relationship as soon as possible..."

Song Yanyan was so embarrassed that she was digging her toes into the ground.

She changed the subject: "I just remembered, the chickens in the yard need to be fed. I'll go feed them!"

Song Yanyan ran away in a flash.

Behind them came Tian Denghua's reproachful voice: "This child."

Song Yanyan took off running as fast as she could.

She had never even considered getting married!

That's way too early!

As luck would have it, after feeding the chickens, Song Yanyan went out to play with her friends and saw everyone making suggestive winks at one of the girls under the big locust tree at the village entrance.

The little girl was a bit embarrassed and stomped her feet, saying, "If you keep doing this, I won't talk to you anymore!"

"What's wrong? What happened?" Song Yanyan asked hurriedly. "What happened?"

They burst into laughter.

The little girl who was being teased became even more embarrassed.

"Nothing's wrong. Dingxiang's mother has arranged a marriage for her!" The other children smiled and said, "Dingxiang is getting married. She's marrying her cousin from her maternal side. They've been childhood sweethearts, it's a perfect match!"

The little girl, Dingxiang, was so embarrassed by the teasing that she stomped her feet.

Song Yanyan was shocked: "Dingxiang, Dingxiang, how old are you?"

Dingxiang said shyly, "Well, I'm not young anymore. My mother said that she'll get engaged to my cousin first, and then I'll stay at home to work for two years. When I'm old enough, she'll marry me off."

Seeing everyone teasing Dingxiang, Song Yanyan suddenly realized that getting married at this age is the norm.

...Okay, fine.

Song Yanyan quickly adjusted her mindset.

Having spent so much time as a corporate slave in her previous life, Song Yanyan's ability to adjust her mindset is truly exceptional.

...We have no choice but to make adjustments, otherwise we'll be driven crazy by those awful clients sooner or later!

When Song Yanyan figured out that it was about time for her Aunt Xiuli to leave, she started walking home.

Before she even reached her doorstep, a stranger rushed up to her house, shouting, "This is Song Xingming's house?! Something's happened to Song Xingming!"