Meng Suihuan had no idea that because of what happened this morning, she had once again become the hot topic of discussion in the whole village.

“Ah, I didn’t expect Meng Suihuan to be capable. So many people caused trouble, but not only did she not back down, she handled it perfectly.”

“I never noticed before, but this girl really has a knack for business, especially with her accounting skills, fast and accurate!”

“Ah, if only Meng Suihuan were my daughter-in-law. She’s beautiful, eloquent, and most importantly, she can make money…”

“I think you’re not interested in her as a person, but in her money, haha! But honestly, if it weren’t for this girl, how could we turn our vegetables into money? They’d just go to waste.”

…

In the afternoon, Lu Miaomiao returned home from school and overheard a few aunts gossiping about her sister-in-law. At first, she thought they were badmouthing her sister-in-law and was ready to roll up her sleeves to argue with them. But when she listened more carefully, she realized something was off. These aunts weren’t saying anything bad, and there was even a hint of pride in their words.

Lu Miaomiao: “?”

She had just gone to school, so how did the tone of the conversation change so drastically when she returned?

Unable to resist, she asked the gossiping aunts what was going on. They all became even more excited and circled around her, talking for half an hour. By the time she left, her ears were still ringing with their chatter.

This was some serious need to confide! She didn’t want to hear it again, or she felt like she might go crazy. So, Lu Miaomiao ran all the way home, breathing heavily. When someone greeted her along the way, she just responded quickly and kept running, leaving everyone confused about what was going on.

She finally sprinted back into her own yard, her heart racing. Suddenly, a voice came from behind her.

“Why are you running so fast? Did the little yellow dog at the village entrance chase you?”

Lu Miaomiao reflexively took a step back, then slapped her chest, panting heavily, “Why do you walk so quietly? You almost scared my soul out of me.”

Meng Suihuan crossed her arms, looking at her with a half-smile, “Oh, should I go find a Taoist priest to summon your soul back?”

Lu Miaomiao: “… Are you cursing me?”

Meng Suihuan blinked, “I was trying to save you.”

Lu Miaomiao scoffed, “Thanks a lot.”

Seeing Lu Miaomiao puffed up in anger, Meng Suihuan felt a slight twinge of guilt. She had originally planned to give her a gift in the evening, but now, she figured it would be better to do it right away. It would help calm the girl down before she got truly upset.

In a lower voice, she called, “Miaomiao.”

“Don’t be mad, come inside. I have a little something for you.”

Lu Miaomiao snorted, turning her face away with disdain, “I don’t care!”

She didn’t believe that Meng Suihuan would give her something just out of kindness. She was probably trying to flatter her so that she could get her to say good things when writing to her brother. Hmph! She wasn’t going to fall for it.

Seeing that Lu Miaomiao didn’t move, Meng Suihuan walked straight into the house, adding slowly as she went, “Well, if you don’t want it, fine. As long as you don’t regret it.”

When these words left her lips, Lu Miaomiao’s attitude suddenly changed. After all, she had been in her room before. There was no big deal about going again. Moreover, she was curious if the “little thing” Meng Suihuan had mentioned was really as impressive as she said!

She finally convinced herself and happily followed her inside.

Once inside, Lu Miaomiao was shocked. This room was completely different from before. Not only was there a large mirror, but there were also four or five sets of clothes. There were several pairs of shoes, and even makeup products, many of which she had never seen before.

Lu Miaomiao was completely stunned, “Did you empty out someone’s store? How much did you buy?”

Lu Miaomiao counted with her fingers and estimated that it must have cost several hundred yuan! With how much she spent, could her brother afford it in the future?

She started to think deeply.

If Meng Suihuan knew Lu Miaomiao’s thoughts, she would probably roll her eyes. As a modern, independent woman, she could support herself just fine, without needing anyone else to provide for her. But Lu Miaomiao didn’t know that.

Meng Suihuan gave a casual glance and said, “This is just a normal thing.”

Was this really too much? Compared to the stuff she had before, this was nothing.

She went to the cabinet, rummaged for a while, and finally pulled out a bag.

She walked up to Lu Miaomiao, handing it to her.

Lu Miaomiao had been secretly glancing at the bag since Meng Suihuan started searching. When Meng Suihuan turned around, she quickly looked away, pretending to not care.

When Meng Suihuan offered her the bag, she didn’t take it immediately but cleared her throat and said, “This is something you want to give me, but don’t try to threaten me with it later.”

Seeing the look in her eyes, Meng Suihuan immediately understood. This girl loved to overthink.

Meng Suihuan nodded, “Relax.”

“I’m neither trying to flatter you nor your brother, so don’t overthink it.”

Lu Miaomiao blurted out, “How do you know what I’m thinking…”

“It’s obvious. I can tell at a glance,” Meng Suihuan shrugged with a teasing tone.

Lu Miaomiao: “…”

Meng Suihuan poked the top of Lu Miaomiao’s head and said, “And if you’re ever bored, you can read more books. Don’t always focus on me. It’s a lot of pressure for me with all your attention.”

Lu Miaomiao: “…”

She didn’t know how to describe her feelings anymore.

How could there be such a narcissistic woman? She had no idea how to spell the word “restraint”! And yet, she still had the nerve to teach her a lesson—how could she be any better herself!

When Meng Suihuan saw that she still hadn’t taken the bag, she stretched her hand forward again. “Come on, stop dawdling, my arm is getting sore.”

Lu Miaomiao snapped out of it, quickly took the bag, and wanted to open it, but she was afraid of revealing her true feelings. So she pretended to act restrained. “Thank you.”

Seeing the little girl who was clearly very curious, but trying to pretend she wasn’t interested, Meng Suihuan couldn’t help but tease her. “If you want to look, just look openly. I won’t laugh at you. But if you keep peeking like this, you’ll end up with cross eyes, and then you’ll have no one to cry to.”

This time, the little girl didn’t argue but followed the lead Meng Suihuan gave her. She couldn’t wait to open the bag. As soon as she saw the dress inside, her round, black eyes immediately lit up. Her tone rose several octaves, almost as if she was about to jump up in excitement. “You actually bought me this dress!”

The little girl lovingly touched it, then happily skipped over to the mirror, looking at herself from all angles. Meng Suihuan followed her with a smile.

This dress was one they had seen together when they went to the town last time. The little girl had lingered outside the shop, glancing at it several times. When they left, she even turned back several times, clearly reluctant. Meng Suihuan had already decided that once she earned enough money, she would buy it for her as a thank you.

Seeing the little girl so happy that her eyes were nearly squinting with joy, Meng Suihuan’s lips curved upwards. “I’m glad you like it.”

Lu Miaomiao, flustered and red-faced, sincerely expressed her gratitude. “I love it so much, thank you, sister-in-law! I feel like you’re glowing today, like a star. You look so beautiful, so beautiful.”

Meng Suihuan clicked her tongue, taken aback. This girl sure knew how to flatter her, every word hitting her right in the heart. As expected, this little girl, like herself, had a good sense of what to say to please people. She was quite a clever and cute little trickster.

While Meng Suihuan was praising Lu Miaomiao in her mind, she was also quietly calculating. Since her sister-in-law was so nice, she should help her out when she wrote her letter and say some good words on her behalf.

Later that evening, Meng Suihuan couldn’t resist checking her life points. As she did, she noticed something was off. “Huh?”

She mentally calculated and found the data didn’t match. Her life points had increased by eight days compared to before!

“System! System! Come out here! Why have my life points increased by a few days?”

Her earnings had been stable recently, so her life points had been increasing slowly, but this sudden increase of two extra days was very noticeable. She wondered if the system had added them as a gift.

Suppressing her excitement, she eagerly asked the system, “Please check this for me. What’s going on?”

The system checked the data and explained, “[Host, this is from other types of rewards, including human emotions, contributions… and public recognition, etc. Besides earning money, other types can also be exchanged for life points, though it’s much harder to obtain. That’s why I didn’t mention it to you before.]”

Meng Suihuan’s eyes almost sparkled when she heard this. She hadn’t realized there were other ways to earn life points besides money. This was great news!

“Tell me more about these other types of rewards! And help me check where these extra rewards came from today.”

The system explained it in detail. Meng Suihuan understood that, essentially, as long as others recognized her, she could earn life points. Today’s rewards mainly came from Lu Miaomiao and some of the villagers in Lu Family Village.

From Lu Miaomiao, it might have been emotional rewards—she felt that the little girl had begun to accept her from the heart. From the villagers, it was probably due to contributions and recognition. After all, her vegetable purchase had greatly helped the villagers, giving them considerable profits, making their lives better than before.

As for recognition, it was probably related to her actions earlier that morning, where people realized the benefits she had brought them. With the benefits involved, plus the significant gains recently, some people likely started to see her in a different light.

Meng Suihuan immediately had a new idea: she couldn’t just focus on making money. In the future, she could include others in the profit-making process when the time was right.

These days, Meng Suihuan felt full of energy, watching her life points grow steadily, and she was really happy about it. More importantly, her family’s meals had improved, and she no longer had to eat just vegetables. Life was feeling good.

But there was still the matter of the unsafe toilet in her house. It had almost caused her to fall earlier today. If she hadn’t reacted quickly, she could have ended up in a terrible situation. She couldn’t understand why such a dangerous structure still existed.

As she thought about it, a loud middle-aged woman’s voice echoed from outside the yard. “Meng Suihuan! You little brat, where are you hiding? Come out here and see me!”

Ugh. The familiar loud voice made her head ache. Annoying.

But she still went out; after all, if the woman kept yelling, her ears would hurt even more. There was no need to torture herself.

As soon as Meng Suihuan stepped outside, the woman rushed towards her at full speed. Meng Suihuan didn’t react at all, walking at her usual pace without even looking at her.

The loud woman, already angry, saw her attitude and got even more enraged. “You little brat! You think you’re all grown up now that you’ve gotten married? How dare you look at me like that! I’ll slap you to death.”

With that, she slapped at Meng Suihuan, but Meng Suihuan didn’t respond. Instead, she grabbed the woman’s wrist just as the slap was about to land and squeezed tightly. The woman immediately screamed in pain.

Meng Suihuan’s lips tightened into a straight line, her tone cold, “If you try this again, don’t blame me for being rude.”

With that, she forcefully shoved the woman’s hand away. The woman staggered and nearly fell.

As she regained her balance, she glared at Meng Suihuan with even more anger, her voice now louder than before. “You little brat!”

“You actually pushed me!!”

However, Meng Suihuan had already prepared. As the woman began to shout, Meng Suihuan covered her ears in time.

Once the woman stopped yelling, Meng Suihuan lowered her hands slowly, her voice calm, “You lost your balance. Don’t blame me.”

The woman was about to retort when Meng Weidong stepped forward to stop her. “Stop arguing over nonsense. Don’t forget why we’re here.”

Though the woman was still angry, hearing this, she gradually calmed down. After all, she hadn’t come here to argue or fight with this brat—there were more important matters to deal with first. Once this was done, she would get her revenge on Meng Suihuan!

Meng Suihuan, of course, didn’t know what the woman was thinking. But even if she did, she wouldn’t care.

Perhaps because the woman’s voice was so loud, the neighbors had gathered outside to watch. Meng Suihuan, unwilling to be treated like a circus animal, bluntly asked, “What’s the matter? Why are you looking for me?”

Meng Suihuan really had no idea why these two had suddenly come to yell at her and even tried to hit her. But to the loud woman, Meng Suihuan was just pretending, acting like she didn’t know anything.

The woman glared at her and said harshly, “What do you think we’re here for?!”

Meng Suihuan blinked, “So you’re here to take me to the hospital to check my brain?”

The woman: “…”

Meng Weidong: “…”

The loud woman was furious, but it wasn’t hard for Meng Suihuan to figure it out now. No wonder they came with such aggression—they were here to ask for money!

Actually, Meng Suihuan hadn’t been pretending to be clueless; in her previous life, she had only received money, never given any. She simply hadn’t thought about giving money to anyone.

But even if she understood now, she wasn’t about to give them anything. After all, from the original memories, these two had always been lazy and abusive, never treating her as a daughter. Even when she was sick, they never gave her a single cent for treatment.

Such scum asking her for money? Ridiculous!

Meng Suihuan stared at them with a half-smile and finally said slowly, “You want money?”

“Well, you’re probably going to be disappointed.”

“Because I have no intention of giving you any!”