" Hey !!! This is your family's good news. I won't let you take my granddaughter to be tortured again. Besides, who doesn't know that your third son has never passed the imperial examinations three times? I also heard that your third son often gets drunk with scholars and fails the city examinations. Knowing this, do you still dare to find a matchmaker to ask for my good granddaughter's hand in marriage?"
" Oh, village headman, it's because my son failed the exam that he came back to live with me. Now, my eldest and second sons have all passed the exams. They send me monthly household expenses. I've already taught my third son that if he gets married, he must work hard to support his family. Village headman, won't you give my son a chance? Moreover, Su Su is at marriageable age. If my family doesn't come to ask for her hand in marriage, who would dare to ask for an orphan like her?"
" Phei !!! Do you think the two of us are stupid? Get out of my house quickly. Moreover, my niece is not an orphan. She always has a family waiting for her. They may have reasons and cannot come back to find Su Su. Don't pretend to be kind and mean to my niece. Get out !!!"
" Oh, why do you have to protect her like this, an orphan who no one cares about? It would be more useful if she married into my house."
" You … you are so thick-skinned. Get out of my house right now, or I will call the villagers to drive you out of the village and end this matter once and for all."
Yuan Ping, who was smiling heartily, still refused to get up from his seat as the village head and his wife had told him to. The matchmaker who had been hired was only sweating profusely. Didn't Madam Yuan Ping say before they came here that this child was an orphan? But the village head said that she still had a family. How could she ask for her hand in marriage? But Madam Yuan Ping refused to get up, so she had to continue sitting there, not knowing what to say.
Hearing her grandparents' angry tones, Su Su was afraid that they would be so angry that they would lose their health. Su Su hurried out of the kitchen after washing the dishes.
" What trouble are you doing here again? I would never marry into a family as bad as yours. Get out of my grandparents' house quickly, or I will cripple you to death."
After Su Su finished speaking, she released her Qi, pressuring Yuan Ping and the matchmaker until they almost vomited blood. They were all afraid of Su Su's ferocious expression, and they all hurriedly got up and crawled out of the village chief's house.
Su Su, who saw that the troublemaker was gone, sighed in relief and went to comfort her grandfather and grandmother with concern.
" Don't be angry, I don't want Grandpa and Grandma to lose their health over such a trivial matter. I promise that I will not marry anyone randomly until I find my family. If I still can't find them within two years, I will come back to take care of you."
Su Su had been coaxing and flattering the two old men until they stopped being angry about what had just happened. He Yang Bao and Song Yuan'er had also suppressed their anger that had flared up earlier for the sake of their precious granddaughter.
" It's good that you think this way, Su Su. Grandma wants you to meet your family first. If you need to get married in the future, let your family handle it. If you don't want to get married, just come back to Grandpa and Grandma here. Do you understand ? Also, don't go out before you leave us. I'm afraid that Miss Yuan Ping will use dirty tricks to force you to marry into her family."
" I know, Grandma. I promise you that before I leave, I will definitely not let them have their wish fulfilled. How could someone like Yuan Ping have the same good intentions towards me as you guys?"
" It's good that you think so, good boy."
The two old men admired Su Su for being so thoughtful. Then, the three of them went to the vegetable garden behind the house to help each other remove the grass from the vegetable plot. They chatted and worked happily. It had been a long time since Su Su had spent time with them. The three of them made the most of the good times before Su Su left.
For lunch and dinner, Su Su went to help her grandmother in place of her grandfather. She told her grandfather to wait and try the food she helped her grandmother cook, causing He Yang Bao to smile widely. It had been a long time since his granddaughter had learned to cook like a normal woman, apart from her going up the mountain to earn money every day.
After dinner, when Su Su had finished cleaning up the dishes, they sat down and talked before going to bed again, just like yesterday.
" Su Su, this is the money left over from seven years ago that you gave to your grandmother. Count it first and see if it's enough for the travel expenses."
" Grandmother, I have given you this money. Grandfather and grandmother need this money to buy food to nourish themselves while I am gone. Right now, I have enough money to buy a horse and provisions for the journey. There is no need to take out the money I gave you."
Su Su pushed the bill and the silver back to her grandmother with a smile. Now she had to lie again unwillingly. If she said she was hunting animals to sell, the two of them would have scolded her for doing something so dangerous. She wanted them to use the money instead of using it for herself. She thought of it as repaying their kindness for the hard work they had put into raising her.
" Hm ? Where did you get so much money, Su Su? Why doesn't Grandpa know about it?"
" How could the money I spent on climbing the mountain be used to sell rare herbs, Grandfather? In the four years I've climbed the mountain, I've earned thousands of taels of silver from selling herbs. I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys first."
" Oh, silly child. It's okay if you don't tell us. Since you want us to save money to nourish our bodies and wait for you, we will do as you wish. However, if you want to go buy groceries for your grandmother tomorrow, would you like grandpa to accompany you ?"
" Ah, Grandpa, can you walk? The distance is not short. Don't forget that you are not young anymore. I am worried."
" Hey !!! This kid, can't your grandfather see that he's still healthy?"
" Hahaha, I see, Grandpa. If Grandpa wants to go to the city with me, you can. Tomorrow, I will push the cart for you to sit in all the way to the city."
After reaching an agreement, the three of them went to bed with smiles on their faces. Su Su had intended to buy a lot of food for her grandparents from the beginning. As for the horse, it would be better for her to buy it on the day of her departure rather than buying it in the village. If others knew that she had money, it would be even more difficult to leave.
The next morning, after they had dinner, Su Su let her grandfather sit in a wheelchair while she would push him into the city herself. At first, He Yang Bao refused to get in the wheelchair. He was not disabled at all. However, with his granddaughter's persuasion and pleading, He Yang Bao managed to climb into the wheelchair as she wished. This made his wife, who was standing and sending the two of them off, laugh. They were just children playing. When Su Su saw that her grandfather was sitting properly, she pushed the wheelchair out of the house with a smile.