I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Su Mo nodded upon hearing this.

"It's alright, we can just do less tomorrow. Besides, it's not market day tomorrow, so there will be fewer people going to the city."

Su Mo paused for a moment, then continued:

"And tomorrow's sales might not be as good as today's, simply because Su Banxia is at home researching new products!"

Upon hearing this, Lin's eyes widened in surprise.

"What, Su Banxia really has the ability to develop new products? We can't fall behind her! You'd better hurry up and steal her secret formula, otherwise I won't be able to sell anything in the city!"

Su Mo sighed.

“I noticed that the material she used is not common, and it may be impossible to buy. I’ll think of another way. I’ll go to the city later to see if there’s anything suitable that I can use. Tomorrow, you should just sell candied hawthorns.”

Hearing this, Madam Lin could only shake her head helplessly.

"Sigh, your brain is not as quick as your sister's. If your sister had invited me to join her in the candied hawthorn business, I wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble."

Upon hearing this, Su Mo glared at Lin Shi and said unhappily:

“Now that we’re tied together, you’d better stop talking nonsense. Even if you go back to Su Banxia now, she definitely won’t accept you.”

Lin nodded silently.

“I know, how could I not know? From now on, we’ll fight Su Banxia to the death.”

Su Mo didn't want to say anything more and busied herself tidying up the candied hawthorns she would sell tomorrow.

Wei Kezhi had already prepared everything and was ready to set off, but he couldn't stop thinking about Su Banxia. So he instructed the man in black who was leading the way:

"On the way out, take a detour to Sujia Village."

The man in black naturally understood his master's meaning. It was already difficult enough that Wei Kezhi was willing to return to the capital with him, and now that he said he wanted to take a detour, the man dared not say anything more and could only nod in agreement.

When they arrived at the foot of Dwarf Mountain, they happened to see Su Banxia push open the courtyard gate and come out to throw dirty water.

Wei Kezhi looked at her deeply, wanting to call out to her, but ultimately held back. His fate was uncertain after this departure, and if he could live to see her again, it would surely be the time when he achieved great success.

Thinking this, Wei Kezhi murmured to himself:

"I hope you can wait for me to come back... If you can't wait for me... then you can find a good husband and live out your life well."

After saying that, Wei Kezhi looked at Su Banxia's departing figure, remained silent for a long time, and then turned around and left resolutely.

Su Banxia didn't know what was wrong; after returning home today, she felt uncomfortable in her heart.

"Perhaps I've been too busy these past few days and I'm exhausted. I need to get some rest."

So Su Banxia went straight upstairs and called out to Wang Guihua, who was busy downstairs:

"Mom, I'm too tired, I'm going to bed. Don't call me for dinner."

Wang Guihua looked up at Su Banxia and nodded:

"Okay, you should go back to your room and get some sleep. You've really worn yourself out these past few days."

As she spoke, Wang Guihua lowered her head, tears welling in her eyes, and wiped them away. Su Hanzhang and Su Shiyan were still ill and unable to work, so all the household chores had fallen on Su Banxia's shoulders.

Wang Guihua knew in her heart that her family was now entirely supported by Su Banxia alone. Although her daughter was capable, Su Banxia was still just a woman, and she shouldn't have to shoulder the responsibility of such a large family.

As her mother, she felt helpless and unable to help her daughter much. Now, all she could do was stay home and do as much physical labor as possible to assist Su Banxia.

Wang Guihua only hopes that Su Hanzhang and Su Shiyan will recover quickly so that they can also help out at home.

Speaking of Su Hanzhang and Su Shiyan's health, Wang Guihua suddenly remembered that the two taels of silver she took out when she went to Su Feng's house to break off the engagement seemed to still be in Su Mo's hands.

This money was originally intended by Wang Guihua to help Su Mo break off the engagement, and the remainder was to be used to buy tonics for Su Hanzhang and Su Shiyan to help them recover. Now, Su Mo has taken it all, and hasn't even bothered to give it to me.

Wang Guihua felt angry, not only because she felt betrayed by Su Mo, but also because Su Mo didn't even know to return the money to her.

So Wang Guihua put down her work and went straight to Su Mo's room.

"Su Mo, are you inside? Come out, I want to say a few words to you!"

As she spoke, Wang Guihua reached out and knocked on Su Mo's door. After knocking for a while and seeing that no one came out to answer, she went to the yard to look for Su Mo.

Seeing that she wasn't in the yard either, and bumping into Gou Sheng as he entered the house, he asked:

"Gousheng, did you see Su Mo when you put the vegetables out?"

After thinking for a moment, Gou Sheng said:

“I think I saw her go into the old Su family’s courtyard. The person looked like her, but I couldn’t see clearly, so I’m not sure.”

Wang Guihua nodded upon hearing this.

"Okay, I understand. You can go ahead and do your thing."

Gou Sheng responded and went to the backyard to help.

Wang Guihua felt increasingly uneasy, her heart pounding. Turning her head, she saw Su Banxia still busy with her business, and felt too embarrassed to disturb her.

So he went straight out of the courtyard to check if Su Mo was there.

But just as Wang Guihua reached the outside of the Su family's courtyard, she heard Su Mo's voice from inside.

"Third Aunt, hurry up and string the candied hawthorns, it's getting late, I need to get home soon."

Upon hearing this, Wang Guihua couldn't help but think of what Su Banxia had just told her: Lin Shi had also made candied hawthorns to sell at the market today.

She was puzzled, as she had lived in the same courtyard as Lin for decades and had no idea that Lin knew how to make candied hawthorns.

Now it seems that the more a traitor like Su Mo appeared in her own courtyard, the more she personally taught the art of making candied hawthorns to Lin Shi, and then let Lin Shi go to the city to sell candied hawthorns, thus outshining Su Banxia's candied hawthorns.

Thinking this, Wang Guihua felt a chill in her heart. Earlier, Su Banxia had said that Su Mo didn't need to help with the candied hawthorn business at home.

She also felt there was a rift between the sisters and wanted to mediate.

Unexpectedly, Su Banxia has such foresight. Knowing Su Mo's true nature, Su Banxia preferred to hire outsiders rather than her own sister when starting the candied hawthorn business.

Wang Guihua never expected that Su Mo would be so disloyal. She could only say that she hadn't understood her youngest daughter at all.

Thinking this, Wang Guihua grew increasingly angry. She stepped forward, shoved open the gate to the Su family's courtyard, and roared:

"Su Mo, get out here and let me see what kind of good deeds you've done!"