Reincarnation and Rebirth

Lying on the cold kang, Su Wan'er grew angrier the more she thought about it. She had transmigrated, yet nothing could be changed? The war was still going to happen, the people were still going to flee, and she couldn't leave the Su family. Was she really going to have to repeat the same thing? Let Zi Xingchen continue to be emperor, and then kill her and Xiao Yunting?

No, she had promised herself that in this life, she would not watch Xiao Yunting die a tragic death, and she would also avenge "Su Wan'er" and herself.

After some deliberation, Su Wan'er decided to use this time to earn some money. Combined with the money she earned from selling the Black Spirit Ginseng, she would first stock up on some warm clothing. The space had no shortage of medicinal herbs and food, but eating only vegetarian food wouldn't be enough. Hmm, she needed to stock up on some meat as well.

Oh, and we also need weapons, which can help Xiao Yunting rebuild his army in the future.

When you calculate it this way, that little bit of silver is simply not enough. What method can be used to raise more silver as quickly as possible without attracting attention?

Just then, I heard a noise outside, and it seemed like there was more than one person.

However, none of this concerned Su Wan'er; she continued planning how to earn money. Then she heard footsteps approaching the main room.

No, judging from the noise, it definitely doesn't sound like the Su family. Could it be that a thief broke into the house?

With that thought in mind, she quietly got up, nimbly leaped onto the roof.

Sure enough, two strangers entered the house, and there was a trace of a sleeping drug in the air. Su Wan'er held her breath, grabbed an antidote from her spatial storage, swallowed it, and waited to see what would happen.

"The eldest brother won't be fooled. This family doesn't look like they're rich."

"There's no mistake. Today they were selling perfume in town, supposedly for three taels of silver per piece. Later, our men followed them and saw them go to Chen's shop. When they came out, they had sold everything they were carrying, so they must have had some silver."

"That's only a few dozen taels, we don't need it. We might as well go to the Gou family in town."

"You don't know anything. Do you think it's so easy to steal from the wealthy families in town? A few dozen taels is enough for the brothers to eat and drink for a while. Besides, the eldest brother has already inquired and found out that the Su family is not exactly a kind family. They injured the second-in-command's family before. We're here to collect some interest. Oh, and we should leave some food for the old lady and the others later."

"Damn it, this family actually dared to bully the second-in-command's mother, just wait till I get my hands on them..."

"Don't cause any deaths."

"I understand. Today I'm going to empty the Su family's house."

Su Wan'er's eyes darted around. Judging from the information they had, the missing Su Yang must be their second-in-command. No wonder Su Yang was able to lead those people against the Purple Flame Army back then. It seemed that although they had become bandits, they were not without patriotism. Rather, they were forced into this situation by life's hardships.

Since that's the case, I'll help them out.

Su Wan'er took out a handful of silver needles as thin as hairs and inserted them into the sleeping acupoints of the Su family members, making it easier for the two men to search them.

Those two must have been experienced; they not only found a bag of silver that Old Lady Su had hidden in the cabinet under the kang, but they also found a large bag of gold and silver in an inconspicuous mouse hole under the kang.

"My God, the Su family actually has such a big bag of gold and silver hidden away."

"Hmph, no wonder the second-in-command said that the old man from the Su family is not a good person. Look at these things, they are all top-quality products. How could ordinary farmers like them have access to them? They must have come from an unknown source."

"Haha, now the brothers won't have to worry about winter clothes."

"Okay, let's go and move their food."

Move away? Su Wan'er was taken aback. They couldn't move everything away, or they would force Old Man Su into a corner and he might do something detrimental to their family.

So, when the two men had carried away nearly half of the grain, Su Wan'er deliberately made a noise to scare them away.

Watching the two figures leave, Su Wan'er suddenly understood.

They have a good saying: "The Gou family is rich and heartless. Why don't we learn from them? Instead of working hard to make money, we should just rob the rich and help the poor."

Looking up at the sky, it was not yet midnight, the time when people were in deep sleep. So Su Wan'er skillfully used her lightness skill to get to the town. Of course, that small city gate could not stop Su Wan'er now.

As the richest family in town, the Gou family's house was naturally the most conspicuous and the easiest to find.

Moreover, the Gou family had planned to go directly to the Su family to present the betrothal gifts after dawn, and several betrothal gifts had already been prepared in the storeroom.

Su Wan'er looked at the betrothal gift box tied with a big red flower knot, saw her birth date and time written on it, and saw the note next to it. She sneered. The Gou family was still plotting against her.

Why is the Gou family so fixated on me? It turns out they calculated that I have a peculiar destiny. Ha, they're like a toad trying to eat swan meat—their appetite is quite large.

Since the Gou family was not exactly a benevolent family, Su Wan'er could plunder them without any burden. In the end, apart from the bedding the Gou family used to sleep under, almost everything else, whether valuable or not, was taken away. Even the genuine and fake antiques on the display shelves were collected by Su Wan'er.

However, she eventually had a change of heart and left them about ten days' worth of food.

Looking at the dozens of thick, soft quilts, thick cotton-padded coats, and fur coats in the space, Su Wan'er felt it was far from enough. In her previous life, many refugees didn't die of starvation on their escape routes, but rather from freezing. This time, with so many quilts and coats, she thought it could save some people. However, it was still far from enough. Should she go to the magistrate's backyard again? Those who could collude with the Gou family were probably not good officials. Taking from the people and using it for the people shouldn't be unreasonable, right?

Without hesitation, Su Wan'er hurried to the magistrate's residence.

The magistrate's house wasn't as luxurious as the Gou family's, but Su Wan'er still discovered a secret room filled with gold bars and silver ingots.

"Damn corrupt official." With his lowly seventh-rank official status, he couldn't possibly have so much wealth. Su Wan'er accepted the gold and silver without hesitation, keeping only a portion of the grain as usual, and taking the rest, including bedding, cotton clothes, and other items for warmth.

After finishing all this, it was already late, so Su Wan'er rushed back to Suhe Village without stopping.

After thinking for a moment, she decided to go to Su Yang's house first. She saw that there was a small half-sack of brown rice in their kitchen, with a few taels of silver underneath. Su Yang must have told her not to give them too much, so as not to cause trouble for the grandfather and grandson. Su Wan'er noticed that the grandfather and grandson were still covered with thin and tattered cotton quilts. After thinking for a moment, she took out a very ordinary quilt from her space. It was probably the kind of bedding used by servants in the Gou family, but it was still much better than what they were using now.

Back at the Su family home, the courtyard was still quiet. Su Wan'er quickly went back to the kang (a heated brick bed) and pretended to be asleep.

She had only dozed off for a little less than half an hour when a shrill scream came from the main house of the Su family courtyard, waking everyone up.

"Dad, what's wrong with Mom? Could something have happened to her?"

As Su Youlu put on his clothes, he said, "I'll go take a look."