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

Seeing that Su Mo agreed so easily, Lin nodded in satisfaction.

"Since that's the case, then I'll be frank with you. Even brothers need to keep clear accounts, don't you think?"

Su Mo didn't know what Madam Lin was going to say, so she could only nod and wait for her to continue.

“You made a lot of money while holding the initial capital, and we didn’t complain at all. Now that we’ve provided the initial capital, shouldn’t we get six parts and you get two parts?”

Upon hearing this, Su Mo clenched her fists.

"Third Aunt, you're not right about that. I'm the one who introduced you to this candied hawthorn business. If I hadn't made these candied hawthorns for you, you wouldn't have anything to sell, would you?"

Su Mo paused for a moment and continued:

"You only gave me two taels of silver, which is far too little. It's not enough for all the trouble I've gone through."

Seeing that Su Mo was unhappy, Lin immediately glared at her.

"Before, your third uncle and I only earned two coins together. Now that you're alone, we'll give you two coins. We, as your third uncle and aunt, have already done more than enough. Don't be ungrateful. If you really don't want to do this business with us anymore, then we won't hold you back. It's just a matter of taking out the skewered hawthorns and dipping them in white sugar. What's so difficult about that? I can just make them myself!"

As she spoke, Lin secretly glanced at Su Mo.

"Besides, now that you're living in the Su family's courtyard, you should pay some rent, shouldn't you? Your third uncle and I have never mentioned rent to you! Aren't we being kind enough? You're so young, how can you be so ungrateful?"

At this point, Lin slammed her hand on the table.

"Since you're so heartless, don't blame me for being ruthless too. If our candied hawthorn business deal falls through, then you'd better move out quickly. After all, you already agreed to marry Su Feng, so you might as well just marry him sooner rather than later and avoid suffering outside!"

Su Mo trembled upon hearing this. If she were to marry Su Feng, she feared she would be plunged into hell. Therefore, she had to arrange everything before the wedding to have the confidence to marry Su Feng and survive.

Thinking this way, Su Mo decided not to argue with Lin Shi anymore.

“Alright, Third Aunt, since you’ve brought this up, I’ll agree to do as you say. But you have to give me the money for this cost. I need to personally hand it over to Wang Guihua before I can settle this matter with her.”

Seeing that Su Mo had agreed, Madam Lin nodded. Now that Su Mo was living in the old Su family courtyard, she figured Su Mo couldn't cause any trouble. So Madam Lin took out two taels of silver from her bosom and handed it to Su Mo.

"Go and come back quickly, there's a ton of work waiting for you in the yard!"

Now that Lin was the one paying the money, she quickly adapted to the change in status, treating Su Mo like a hired worker and starting to boss Su Mo around.

Su Mo didn't think much of it. After all, Lin had treated her the same way when she was in the old Su family. Now that Lin was being too polite to her, she felt a little uncomfortable.

Su Mo took the money without hesitation and went straight to the courtyard on Dwarf Mountain. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Su Banxia and her fifth aunt making candied hawthorns.

When Su Mo lived on Dwarf Mountain, they would secretly do these things in the backyard behind her back. Now that she has moved out of Dwarf Mountain, they no longer hide it from her and have started to do things openly.

Su Mo found it somewhat amusing. He looked up and saw Su Shiyan coming out of the house, holding a new string of candied hawthorns, and saying happily:

"Little sister, these candied hawthorns you made are so delicious, I..."

Before Su Shiyan could finish speaking, he looked up and met Su Mo's dejected face, and his expression immediately turned sour.

"Didn't you sever ties with my mother? What are you doing in our yard now? Aren't you used to being Old Su's lackey? What are you trying to learn from us now?"

Su Mo felt a pang of heartache upon hearing Su Shiyan's words. This older brother had once protected her and called her "little sister" repeatedly, yet now he treated her so coldly.

Perhaps from the very beginning, she was not the one favored by this family. No matter what she did or how hard she tried, she could never compare to Su Banxia.

So he gave up on any ideas about the second wife's family, and simply stepped forward and said coldly:

“I’ve come to return the money today. Now that I see you’re feeling better and can walk around again, brother.”

Su Shiyan snorted coldly.

"You don't need to worry about my affairs."

After saying that, Su Shiyan turned and called to Wang Guihua inside the house.

"Mother, come out here for a moment, that person has come to return the money!"

Upon hearing this address, Su Mo couldn't help but give a wry smile.

A moment later, Wang Guihua came out wearing an apron. Seeing that it was Su Mo, she coldly said:

"You came."

Since no one in the courtyard welcomed her, Su Mo didn't want to stay any longer. So she quickly took out two taels of silver from her purse, walked up to Wang Guihua, and placed the silver in her hand.

"Here's your two taels of silver. I'm returning it to you. Now we have nothing more to do with each other."

After saying that, Su Mo glanced coldly at Su Banxia standing beside her, then turned and walked outside.

Wang Guihua stared blankly for a moment, holding the silver in her hand, then looked in the direction Su Mo had left, tears welling up in her eyes.

As if she were about to lose her balance, she suddenly fell to the side. Seeing this, Su Banxia quickly caught Wang Guihua.

Wang Guihua turned her head and met Su Banxia's worried eyes. Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably as she sobbed, "..."

"Banxia, ​​what sins has your mother committed? Why didn't she raise your little sister well? Why does she always have to go against me? Does she really want to sever our mother-daughter relationship?"

Su Banxia sighed helplessly.

"Mother, don't be angry or sad. Everyone has their own ambitions. We can't stop Su Mo from doing what she wants. Since she has such a big idea, let her go out and make her own way."

Hearing this, Wang Guihua turned to look in the direction Su Mo had left, and shook her head helplessly.

"What can a woman like her accomplish? She's getting married right after the New Year, and she's still not settling down. She even severed ties with her family before the wedding. If she marries into that family, she'll be bullied to death by that old hag surnamed Sun! She's such a foolish girl, I don't even know what to say about her!"

As she spoke, Wang Guihua raised her hand and wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes.

"So be it, everyone has their own destiny. Now that the child is grown up, she won't listen to anything I say. I'll just let her be. I want to see what she'll amount to!"