I started out with seven husbands, and I worked hard to support my family while crying.

Chapter 168: Why don't you go pick it up again?

Pei Yan's words were not only for them, but also a warning to himself to be more careful in his actions and to keep his identity as hidden as possible, without easily revealing anything.

After dispersing the people, Pei Yan changed into casual clothes and headed home.

Fang family courtyard.

This was a name Fang Xiaoxiao deliberately chose, with the intention of telling everyone that this was her territory.

In front of the stone table in the courtyard.

Fang Xiaoxiao lay on the stone table, her eyes fixed on Ouyang Tuoba in front of her.

Logically speaking, Ouyang Tuoba should have been on the boat at this time.

Who knew that this guy would have a stomachache and leave everyone else to go see a doctor.

She is very angry now.

What angered me wasn't that this guy abandoned the others and ran off the ship alone, but that he actually spent money to see a doctor.

This made Fang Xiaoxiao, who was skilled in medicine and sold pills, lose face.

If this gets back to other people, how will they view her?

Some say she's a vicious woman who doesn't even care about her husband's illness, while others question her medical skills and the effectiveness of the pills sold in her shop.

This could trigger a chain reaction, potentially leading to her store being unable to sell pills, resulting in a decline in business and reduced income.

Thinking of all this, Fang Xiaoxiao was furious and slammed her hand on the stone table.

"..."

It hurts.

She forgot that it was a stone table, not a wooden table.

Instead of producing a crisp, intimidating sound, it caused her hand excruciating pain.

Despite the pain, she slowly pulled her hand away from the stone table, gritting her teeth as she angrily rebuked.

"You, Ouyang Tuoba, not only abandoned your family, but you even went to see a doctor!"

Ouyang Tuoba was internally devastated at this moment.

The reason, of course, was that on the way back, he heard from his men that Erga and Sanwa had failed in their assassination mission and had died in front of a noodle stall on the main street.

The stall owner was a thin, small, and seemingly frail old man.

After the officials left, the old man patted his chest and said that he had encountered thugs who wanted to rob him and even kill him.

It's said that the old man accidentally killed someone in self-defense!

Listening to his subordinates' endless reports, Ouyang Tuoba almost vomited blood from anger.

Erga and Sanwa, they are his brothers from the same clan!

They died just like that; it's too easy for those two.

He had initially disagreed with letting those two come.

Especially Erga.

This guy is ruthless and cruel, and he has also abused many respectable women in his country.

Because of his position, he was unable to kill the guy himself.

Later, the older brother insisted that this guy come along.

As for Sanwa, he initially felt sympathy for him, since the other party was honest and kind.

But since getting together with Erga, he has done a lot of foolish things.

This is the thought.

Ouyang Tuoba's expression was also not very good, and he completely ignored Fang Xiaoxiao's words.

Fang Xiao's mouth was dry from talking, but she found that the person in front of her didn't react at all. Wasn't this treating her like she was invisible?

The more I think about it, the angrier I get, and the angrier I get, the more I want to talk about it.

"Didn't you hear what I said? Do you think you've grown wings and want to fly away?"

"Let me tell you, you signed a contract of servitude with me. If you want to fly away, you'll have to compensate me with fifty taels of silver."

When she brought He Jinnian and the others back, she made a contract of servitude in order to avoid losing money.

One clause in the indenture stipulated that if the second party wanted to leave in the future, they would have to compensate the first party with fifty taels of silver as compensation for the double blow to their mental and physical well-being.

Thinking about this, she suddenly felt a little better.

After all, who doesn't like to make money?

It costs five taels of silver plus five hundred coins per month, which adds up to seven taels of silver a year. Adding the previous five taels of silver, the total cost is twelve taels.

Earning 38 taels for 12 taels is a great deal no matter how you look at it.

Her words were utterly insignificant to Ouyang Tuoba. He could easily come up with five thousand taels, let alone fifty.

However, he cannot leave yet.

At the very least, he would only choose to leave after he found a way to kill Fang Xiaoxiao.

For Ouyang Tuoba, the thing he wants to do most right now is to kill her.

But he was unwilling to do it himself, and instead found it quite interesting to send someone to assassinate him.

As a member of the royal family, Ouyang Tuoba's mind was far beyond that of ordinary people.

Sometimes it's more fun to play tricks on others than to do it yourself.

Ouyang Tuoba reached into his robes and pulled out a piece of silver, smiling ingratiatingly.

"My wife, please don't be angry. What happened today was indeed my fault."

"However, when I went to see the doctor, I found ten taels of silver in his pharmacy, which I brought to give to my wife."

"..."

silver?

Looking at the gleaming silver, Fang Xiaoxiao instantly forgot her anger and instead chuckled and reached out her hand.

"Oh dear, what you're saying... what do you mean by filial piety? This is clearly household living expenses!"

"I spoke a little loudly just now, my husband, please don't take it to heart. After all, too many things happened today..."

As she spoke, she picked up the silver coin on the table, put it to her lips, and bit it to confirm that it was genuine.

Good heavens, he found ten taels of silver just from visiting a doctor. Could it be that Ouyang Tuoba is a person with innate great fortune?

You see, she had read in a novel that the protagonist possessed great fortune.

The protagonist, who is incredibly lucky, finds money on the street every day, which is truly enviable.

However, the protagonist is somewhat vulgar. As soon as he finds money, he runs to a brothel to listen to music, without thinking about his family at all, not even about buying some rice.

Criticisms aside, it's a novel after all, so it's normal for the author to be a bit vulgar.

But Ouyang Tuoba, who demands money, is a real person.

Ten taels of silver, if converted to modern currency, is equivalent to finding an ordinary person's annual salary.

Fang Xiaoxiao's face lit up with joy as she put the silver into her bosom. She then changed to a concerned expression, her little hands unconsciously rubbing it together.

"Tuoba, why don't you go out and see a doctor again tomorrow?"

"..."

As soon as these words came out.

This caused Ouyang Tuoba's heart to tremble involuntarily.

Is she trying to make me "pick up" more money tomorrow?

In an instant, Ouyang Tuoba realized that his actions just now were a mistake.

However, there is an advantage to this: it gives us a reason to go out.

In this way, even if Fang Xiaoxiao is killed, no one will suspect him.

After all, he went out to see the doctor "pick up" silver!

As the two were discussing, the courtyard gate was pushed open from the outside.

The person who entered was none other than Pei Yan.

He was dressed in a blue silk robe, which made him look both wealthy and lacking in gentlemanly integrity.

Coupled with his sculpted, handsome face, he was simply a rare gem.