Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

Mo Jiu followed them all the way back to Xishan Village. When he saw the three of them living in a place that could barely keep out the wind and rain, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

He went to the village to inquire about the situation and got a general idea of ​​what was going on.

In the dead of night, just as Mo Jiu was about to return to report, a noise came from inside the dilapidated house.

Fang Yu got up and made sure that Li Shi and Fang Xin were sleeping soundly before she breathed a sigh of relief.

She is about to do something utterly heinous.

She found Fang Youfu's grave in the dark.

Mo Jiu, perched on a distant treetop, watched her bowing before the grave in the pale moonlight. He assumed she was missing her father and, fearing for her mother and sister's well-being, had come alone in the middle of the night to pay her respects.

Seeing her next move, Mo Jiu almost fell off the tree trunk.

I don't know where she got the hoe from, but she's digging up a grave! Yes, digging! A grave!

Fang Yu saw the jade pendant in Xiao Jingqi's hand during the day, and she didn't know where the intuition came from, but she felt that Fang Youfu's death was not simple.

The coffin was opened, and torches shone inside. The person inside had long since become a skeleton. After looking around, they found the jade pendant that had been placed next to the skeleton when it was buried.

The jade pendant, illuminated by the firelight, was so clear that even Mo Jiu on the tree trunk could see that it was exactly the same as the one in his master's hand.

Sure enough, Fang Yu plopped down on the ground, wiping the sweat from her brow. It seemed she needed to make a trip to the black market. If she could find those bandits from back then, it would be the best thing to avenge her father's short life.

By the time she had rebuilt the grave mound, it was already beginning to get light. Fortunately, the grave was located far away; otherwise, if she had dug it up today, the whole village would know about it tomorrow.

Halfway there, Fang Yu suddenly turned around and looked at the place where Mo Jiu was hiding. He only glanced at it before turning his gaze away and leaving with a half-smirk on his lips.

Mo Jiu's heart skipped a beat the instant she turned back.

On second thought, she was just a slightly bolder village girl; she probably wouldn't have discovered his whereabouts.

Li and Fang Xin were indeed sleeping soundly, and they only got up when Fang Yu made breakfast and called them.

Fang Xin sat up with a start, blinking blankly, "Sister, how did I oversleep?"

Fang Yu put down the basin of hot water: "It's okay, it's still early. If you haven't had enough sleep, you can sleep a little longer."

"No." Fang Xin stood up and helped Li Shi, who was also a little dazed, to her feet.

Seeing the breakfast on the table, Madam Li sighed and scolded, "Yu'er, next time if I'm sleeping too soundly, just wake me up."

Fang Yu simply pulled them down to sit and eat, then changed the subject: "Mother, we're going to Qingshan City later, why don't you come with us?"

Li shook her head: "I have a lot of laundry work that I asked your Aunt Jiang to help me with. You two sisters can go, and come back early."

As soon as Fang Xin returned yesterday, she went on and on about how they were selling barbecue. Li Shi wasn't worried about anything else, but she was afraid that the two unmarried women would run into bad people if they showed their faces in public.

Fang Xin said many reassuring things to put Li Shi at ease.

Manager Sun had already prepared everything and was just waiting for the two sisters to arrive.

It was lunchtime, and Tianxianglou was already bustling with customers.

Fang Xin never expected that the food she was already tired of would have such a big impact here.

Fang Yu had already seen that the lobby was full of customers, so without wasting any time, she rolled up her sleeves and started grilling meat.

She worked non-stop while grilling, and Fang Xin would occasionally wipe her sweat.

Standing at the window of the private room on the third floor, Xiao Jingqi looked down at her busy figure, unable to connect it with the person Mo Jiu had reported to her about digging up graves and opening coffins in the middle of the night.

Fang Yu looked up to wipe her sweat and saw him standing by the window, a folding fan gently waving in his hand. His fair skin exuded the gentle and refined air of a gentleman.

I must say, it's actually quite good-looking.

Fang Yu was busy until after 3 PM, and then asked Manager Sun to deliver the last of the food to the people upstairs.

After washing her hands, she took a handkerchief and wiped Fang Xin's sweaty face with it.

"Xin'er, stay here for a while. I'm going out for a bit and will be right back."

"Sister," Fang Xin grabbed her arm, "I'll go with you."

With the restaurant full of people and Manager Sun around, Fang Xin wasn't afraid. But it was a different story outside. Fang Xin was definitely worried about letting her go out alone.

"Don't worry." Fang Yu patted her head. "Can you count the money we earned today?"

Upon hearing the mention of counting money, Fang Xin became cheerful and relaxed: "Okay, then come back soon, sister. I'll be waiting for you."

Fang Yu was looking for people along the street, looking for places where beggars gathered. He wanted to go to the black market, and the simplest way was to ask them.

She spent just a few copper coins to find out the location of the black market where black market goods were sold, and she only needed to go out again at night.

Mo Jiu returned before Fang Yu and reported to Xiao Jingqi: "Master, that Miss Fang is scouting the location of the black market. She's a woman, even if she finds the bandit's trail, there's not much she can do, right?"

Xiao Jingqi disagreed: "Women are the least to be underestimated, especially a woman who carries the antidote with her."

Xiao Jingqi instructed, "Continue to follow her. If necessary, you can reveal some unimportant information to her. Perhaps she really can give us a different kind of surprise."

When Fang Yu returned, Fang Xin had already tidied up.

"Sister, I counted it. With the 10% of the profits from Tianxiang Restaurant given by Manager Sun, after deducting the cost, there are still two taels left."

Fang Xin became more and more excited as she spoke, and the light in her eyes grew brighter and brighter. She hugged Fang Yu's arm and said excitedly, "Sister, if we can earn two taels of silver every day, we can finish building the house before winter."

Fang Yu asked in a tone as if coaxing a child, "What does Xin'er want to eat today? Let's go buy it."

Fang Xin stopped herself just as she was about to speak: "Sister, we'll just buy some meat to nourish you and Mom."

Fang Xin always acts more like an older sister, always thinking about her family despite her young age.

Fang Yu knew that she was reluctant to spend money and wanted to save it up to build a house.

Fang Yu felt a little down and gently patted Fang Xin's head: "Xin'er, you must remember that in this family, I am the older sister. You are still young. You just need to be happy and joyful, just like your name suggests."

"Then let's go buy some meat, sister."

The two sisters left Tianxiang Tower hand in hand.

The streets, stretching as far as the eye could see, were teeming with people, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone brightly on every inch of Qingshan City.

To save time, the two sisters split up to buy what they would need for tomorrow.

Manager Sun originally said that these things could be handed over to them, but Fang Yu refused, believing that it was better to do some things personally.

After all, their relationship with Tianxianglou is not yet a true collaboration.

Fang Xin went to buy meat, while Fang Yu went to buy seasonings.