Su Li looked aggrieved: "Grandma, I told you before that digging for medicinal herbs can make money, but you wouldn't listen to my explanation and even scolded me for being selfish. What can I do?"

Su Zhen stood to the side, so angry she was practically grinding her teeth to powder.

They spend all day digging up useless weeds, and they actually manage to make money from it. It's like a blind cat catching a dead mouse.

Now, whenever Su Li goes out, everyone in the village praises her for being smart, capable, and honest. She's definitely doing this on purpose!

It's despicable that a country girl like her, instead of farming properly, comes up with all sorts of crooked and wicked schemes to gain fame and fortune!

Although she knew in her heart that it was her own instigation of her grandmother that led to this situation, Su Zhen still curled her lips and very righteously shifted the blame onto Su Li.

“Even if Grandma didn’t listen at the time, you should have tried to talk to her more often. She’s so busy every day, it’s normal for her to miss a word or two sometimes, isn’t it?”

"Now look what's happened! Our family has missed such a great opportunity to make money. What are we supposed to do? What will outsiders think of the Su family?"

Hearing Su Zhen's words only fueled Old Mrs. Su's anger, and she flared up instantly, pointing her finger at Su Li and scolding:

"You heartless bastard! You never think about your family at all, you're a traitor!"

Su Li ignored the old lady's frantic behavior, helplessly shrugged, and sighed:

"Grandma, I only wanted what was best for the family, but you just wouldn't listen. Now you see that everyone in the village is making money, isn't it a little too late?"

She calmly looked at the two angry people in front of her, as if an elder were watching a child throwing a tantrum.

Su Li admitted that she had expected this scene to happen. She had deliberately provoked the old lady so that the Su family would not get a share of the spoils.

So what if she's angry now? It's all her own fault anyway, what does it have to do with Su Li?

Why didn't she listen to me and speak properly?

"Grandma, don't be angry. Getting angry won't change anything. There are plenty of medicinal herbs around the village. Let's hurry up and dig some too!"

"I have to get back to work now, time is money."

As Grandma Su watched Su Li's retreating figure, she was so angry that she felt dizzy. The next moment, she felt the world spinning around her, lost her balance, and fell straight to the ground. Fortunately, Su Zhen caught her.

"Grandma, Grandma, are you alright? Don't scare me!"

Grandma Su was panting heavily, still muttering, "Quickly, get that jinx out of the Su family, make her get out..."

Su Zhen was both angry and resentful, but looking at her grandmother who was about to pass out, she felt genuine heartache.

She knew very well that her grandmother had always favored the second branch of the family, and if her grandmother were to get seriously ill from anger, it would do her no good.

Thinking of this, she patiently comforted the old lady.

In the end, she appeased Old Madam Su with a silver hairpin, claiming it was her mother's dowry.

Grandma Su knew that Madam Ma hadn't brought much dowry when she married in, but no matter what, the hairpin she received was genuine, so she suppressed her doubts.

As evening fell, in the second house, by the dim candlelight, Su Erbo's family was counting the silver they had earned from exchanging their spatial resources.

During this period, Su Zhen frequently visited Granny Cai in town.

Granny Cai was always efficient and clean in her work. She sold all the supplies she took out of her spatial storage, regardless of whether they were good or bad.

"Mother, it's three hundred and fifty taels in total! Don't count these odd amounts."

Su Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up, and even her breath seemed to carry a hint of sweetness:

"Hmph, that little hussy Su Yao is always showing off her embroidery needles in front of me. Everyone knows that her house in town is just rented, and her wedding dress is just a tattered piece of clothing. What's there to be so smug about?"

The corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up slightly:

“Dad, Mom, let’s work harder. Once we’ve saved up five hundred taels, we’ll go to town to buy a house. I’ve long disliked my uncle’s family’s haughty and arrogant attitude. They’ve only lived in a rented house for a few days. We have our spatial resources, so we’re not worried about not having ways to make money. I don’t want to live in the village forever.”

Su Qingtian was playing with his newly bought snuff bottle. The shopkeeper said that all the high-ranking officials and nobles in the city smoked this, but he didn't know if it was true or not. The palm-sized porcelain bottle cost a full five taels of silver.

Upon hearing his daughter mention buying a house in town, Su Qingtian frowned.

“Daughter, we farmers have lived in this village for generations. How am I supposed to explain this to your grandparents when you leave your hometown to go to town?”

"Oh, Dad! Look at this village, they work hard all year round, how much money can they make?"

Su Zhen was so anxious that she stomped her feet:

"Only by going to town can we have more opportunities, and maybe even meet some high-ranking officials and nobles. We have this treasure of spatial resources, wouldn't it be a waste not to use it? Besides, if I'm crammed together with a whole family, I have to be so careful when using my space. In town, I won't have to be so careful. It's a private house, how great is that!"

After a moment's hesitation, Ma casually spoke up to smooth things over:

“Honey, I think Zhen’er makes a good point. The fourth son is still bedridden, and continuing to live with him will only cause more trouble. Why not just move to town? Aren’t we easy to appease our parents?”

Life in the village was really too hard.

Since God has given their daughter this opportunity, this is God's chance for them to change their family's fortunes.

Moreover, once they move to the city, she won't have to serve her mother-in-law anymore, and she can even help her brother and sister-in-law from her own family. When the whole family is together, that will be true harmony and happiness.

Su Qingtian fell into deep thought.

Su Zhen stepped forward and took Ma's arm, feeling an uncontrollable sense of pride.

There's one more thing she didn't mention: she's a time-traveling woman from the modern world. Even if she gets married in the future, she'll definitely marry someone of exceptional talent and ability. If she doesn't have a few romantic courtships with princes and nobles, then she'll have come all this way for nothing...

However, Su Zhen was unaware that her unusual behavior had already caught Su Li's attention.

Su Li believed that some secrets should not be known only to her.

Today, Su Xiangsheng specially introduced his two good friends to his sister, namely Golden Egg and Little Tiger. After warmly welcoming them, Su Li directly confronted her brother after everyone left.

"Asheng, do you still remember when your second uncle pushed Dad off the mountain?"

Under the moonlight, Su Xiangsheng's smile gradually froze, and his heart pounded wildly.

Su Li stopped in her tracks, gazed silently into his eyes, and calmly spoke:

“At that time, only my second uncle’s family and my father went into the mountains. We all know who tore my father’s sleeve and who caused the injury on his arm. But why would my second uncle’s family kill my father? Have you ever thought about that?”

Su Xiangsheng was a clever child. Even if Su Li hadn't said anything, he had already noticed that something was wrong with his second uncle's family.

My second uncle's family of three never wore clothes with patches, and sometimes they would give my grandmother nice things. My second uncle doesn't work, so where does the money come from?

The family's money is all accounted for; Grandpa couldn't possibly use it all to subsidize Second Uncle.

Normally, Dad always respected Second Uncle, and they had always lived in peace. Why did Second Uncle suddenly turn against Dad?

They must have some unspeakable secret, and they're afraid their father will find out, so they did this...

“Asheng, I’ve only mentioned this to you. From now on, I need you to keep an eye on Su Zhen’s every move. We haven’t avenged Father yet…”

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