A renowned ancient physician transmigrates into the body of an abandoned woman, only to be sold off

The next day, when Song Zidong was about to go to town, there was an extra person on the oxcart—Song Ziyuan.

He packed his things today and planned to go back to the academy in town. It just so happened that Song Zidong had arrived this morning, so he could ride the oxcart with him.

Hu Cuicui and the others learned of this good news and came to the door to see him off.

Song Zhili also came to the door. After seeing Song Ziyuan and the others off, she simply turned around and went back into the house to call Xia Momo.

The two chatted online for half an hour. After hanging up, she went to the field to check on the growth of the chili peppers. Their chili peppers were planted earlier and had already produced green peppers, but they were still quite small.

She estimated that the green peppers would be ready in about half a month, but the red peppers would take a little longer.

She watered the chili peppers and returned to the yard, where she saw Sun Taohua talking to Hu Cuicui. Hu Cuicui saw her return and waved to her.

"Da Ya, you're back just in time. Tao Hua just told me she doesn't want to work here anymore. Do you think we should find someone else to come?"

Hearing this, Song Zhili was slightly surprised. Wasn't her family short of money? Why did she suddenly quit?

Ji Qingqing was just as surprised as Song Zhili; she couldn't understand why Sun Taohua suddenly said she was quitting.

Sun Taohua seemed to understand the confusion in their eyes. She touched her belly and said shyly.

“I’m pregnant, so my husband told me to stay home and rest during my pregnancy and not to come back here to work anymore.”

Hearing her say that, Song Zhili didn't know what else to say. Since the other person didn't want to work there anymore, she turned around, went into the house, took Sun Taohua's wages for the day, and came out to put them in her hand.

"Congratulations! Here's your pay for today. Take it and go home to take good care of yourself during your pregnancy."

Sun Taohua nodded gratefully and accepted the copper coins from the hand that was being given to her. "Thank you, thank you for taking care of me during this time."

Song Zhili shook her head and didn't say anything more. Hu Cuicui then called Song Zhili to the kitchen and whispered something to her.

“Da Ya, I feel something is strange. Who is Wu Jianguo? Even if Sun Taohua is pregnant, how could he let her stay at home doing nothing?”

Actually, Song Zhili couldn't understand it either, but since the other party had already made that decision, she didn't want to interfere any further; it was their own choice.

Ji Qingqing also came to Sun Taohua's side to inquire about the matter. Seeing that she was determined to leave, Ji Qingqing did not try to persuade her any further.

After lunch, Sun Taohua left. Song Zhili didn't say anything when she saw her leave, since she was leaving anyway, so she didn't care about working for half a day.

When they were having lunch, Song Zidong still hadn't returned, which Song Zhili found a bit strange. Usually, when Song Zidong went to town to deliver fish balls and fish, he would return before lunchtime.

However, it was already past lunchtime and he still hadn't returned from town, so Song Zhili was worried that something might have happened.

Not only did she think this way, but Hu Cuicui was also very uneasy. "Da Ya, why hasn't your older brother come back yet at this hour? Could something have happened to him? No, I have to go to the village entrance and wait there."

As Hu Cuicui spoke, she put down what she was holding and headed out of the courtyard. Song Zhili was also a little worried, so she followed behind Hu Cuicui, and the two of them arrived at the village entrance together.

The two women waited at the village entrance for about half an hour before they finally saw Song Feng's oxcart slowly approaching the village.

When Hu Cuicui saw the oxcart, she couldn't wait to go towards it. When the oxcart got closer, she saw that Song Zidong was sitting safely on it, and she was relieved.

"Boss, why did you take so long to get to town? Did something happen?"

"Mother, I'm fine. Little sister, would you like to get on the oxcart and go back together?"

Song Zidong did not answer Hu Cuicui's question, but instead told them to climb onto the oxcart.

Song Zhili noticed that Song Zidong's expression wasn't very good, guessing that something had happened that was inconvenient to talk about here, so she pulled Hu Cuicui onto the oxcart together.

Once they arrived home, Song Zidong pulled Song Zhili and Hu Cuicui to the main room.

"Little sister, today I heard Manager Xu tell me that other restaurants in the county town also have people supplying them with fish balls, but aren't we the only ones who make fish balls? We only supply Jixiang Restaurant."

Do you think someone stole our fish ball recipe, made them on their own, and sold them in the county town?

Upon hearing this, Song Zhili frowned. Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case. If someone wanted to sell these fish balls, wouldn't they sell them in the town first? Why would they go all the way to the county town to sell them?

After thinking for a while, Song Zhili finally figured out why: there was only one restaurant in the town, so there was no competition.

So the person who made the fish balls could only send them to the county town. However, only a few people in their courtyard knew how to make the fish balls. She glanced outside the courtyard.

Zhang, Zhao, and Song Fang were all making fish balls in the courtyard, so it couldn't be them. That left only Sun Taohua.

Just today, Sun Taohua came over and told her that she didn't want to work there anymore. It was hard not to be suspicious, but she only had suspicions and no real evidence.

"Brother, what did Manager Xu say?"

"Manager Xu didn't say much. He said he believed we wouldn't have done it. He just told me to tell you to be careful of the people around you."

He naturally understood what Manager Xu meant, and he guessed that the person selling fish balls in the county town must have learned it from their family.

“Okay, I understand. When you go to the restaurant tomorrow, tell Manager Xu that my fish balls are made with my own secret recipe. No one else can make them as well as we do. Tell him not to worry too much.”

"Okay, I understand, little sister. I will talk to Manager Xu tomorrow."

Song Zidong agreed, while Ji Qingqing, who was standing next to her, looked very ugly. Upon hearing this, her first reaction was the same as Song Zhili's: she began to suspect Sun Taohua.

Seeing that Hu Cuicui and Song Zidong had both left, she walked to Song Zhili's side and whispered in her ear, "What do you mean?"

"Little sister, do you think my cousin did this? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? She just said she didn't want to work here anymore, and then news spread from the county town that someone was selling fish balls."