Recaps

Su Qiao reconciled with Ernie after whitening her teeth and confessed that she had once taken Ernie’s embroidered purses to buy candy. To prove her claim that she could eat ten jin of pork, Su Qiao went to the backyard and prepared to lift a heavy millstone, despite her brothers’ warnings about her injured hand.

• Su Yihe guessed that Ernie’s teeth had become whiter, and Su Qiao confirmed the whitening while examining her.
• Ernie thanked Su Qiao and promised not to glare at or curse her, while Su Qiao admitted she had taken Ernie’s embroidered purses to trade for candy.
• Su Qiao claimed she could eat ten jin of pork in one meal, prompting the others to doubt her.
• Su Qiao led Ernie and Little Haozi to the backyard and pointed out the heavy millstone.
• Su Qiao crouched to lift the millstone, but Su Yihe and Su Yichen warned her that the effort could reopen her injured hand.

Su Qiao demonstrated her unusual strength by lifting a millstone, then claimed she had always been hungry to explain her past behavior. Her family believed her and pitied her, while Ernie offered to support her if she could not marry.

• Su Qiao lifted and spun a millstone to show her strength, astonishing Ernie, Su Yihe, and Su Yichen.
• Little Haozi asked how she did it, and Su Qiao said she had been born strong and had never eaten her fill.
• Su Qiao explained to 444 that revealing her strength would help clear her reputation and forestall questions about carrying a grown man home from the coal mine.
• Little Haozi felt sorry for Su Qiao, and Ernie apologized for having misunderstood her past actions.
• Ernie offered to earn money and secretly help Su Qiao if she could not get married, leaving Su Qiao confused as Su Yihe and Su Yichen pitied her.

Su Qiao’s siblings promised to work hard to get her more food and agreed to keep her appetite a secret so she could still marry. The next morning, when the family missed their trip to town for lack of tooth powder, Su Qiao went up the mountain to gather medicinal herbs and wild vegetables.

• Su Yihe, Su Yichen, and Little Haozi each promised to earn or find food for Su Qiao, and Ernie and the others agreed to keep her appetite secret.
• Su Qiao decided that if her siblings would not spread the secret, she could spread it herself.
• Su Qiao went up the mountain before dawn with her Back Basket because she lacked enough medicinal herbs to make tooth powder.
• Su Qiao failed to catch any rabbits and gathered fish mint, wild chives, wild scallions, and fern shoots instead.
• 444 offered to scan the area for game while Su Qiao continued gathering food.

Su Qiao gathered herbs, wild vegetables, and bamboo shoots while preparing to make tooth powder in a hidden cave. She left with her basket packed full of peeled bamboo shoots, while 444 urged her to return before her family worried.

• Su Qiao and 444 searched for herbs, vegetables, and prey, and 444 found a small stream.
• Su Qiao washed the herbs and went to a concealed cave, where she remembered she needed bamboo tubes to store tooth powder.
• 444 found a nearby bamboo grove, and Su Qiao dug up a large pile of bamboo shoots.
• Su Qiao cut bamboo stalks into tubes, returned to the cave, and processed the herbs.
• Su Qiao peeled the bamboo shoots, packed them into her back basket, and tied them down with vines.

Su Qiao returned from the mountain with bamboo shoots and learned that Yuan Liu had come to take the old master away. After changing and bathing at her leisure, she met Yuan Liu in the main room, where he said his master wanted the old master to go with him.

• Su Qiao returned to the Su family home carrying bamboo shoots and medicinal herbs, and Madam Liu told her that someone had come looking for her.
• Su Qiao learned from Xiao Si that Yuan Liu had come, then bathed and changed before meeting him.
• Yuan Liu told Su Qiao that his master wanted the old master to go with him.
• Su Qiao sat down, poured herself tea, and asked Yuan Liu why he had waited for her if he only wanted the old master.

Su Qiao accompanied her injured grandfather, Su Dehong, to meet Feng Han at his mountain residence. Feng Han had tea and pastries prepared when he learned she was waiting outside, while Su Dehong nervously waited to hear why he had been summoned.

• Su Qiao agreed to accompany Su Dehong, and Yuan Liu took them by carriage toward Guyin Temple.
• At Feng Han's residence, Su Qiao waited outside while Su Dehong entered to meet the Overlord.
• Feng Han let Su Dehong rise and sit, then ordered tea and pastries after Yuan Liu told him Su Qiao was outside.
• Su Dehong asked Feng Han why he had summoned him.

Feng Han questioned Old Master Su about the mine collapse, but Su Dehong denied knowing what had happened and pleaded for his granddaughter’s safety. Feng Han learned Su Qiao had entered the rear courtyard to play with Little White and went to find her, where she landed near the White Tiger.

• Feng Han asked Su Dehong what he knew about the mine collapse, and Su Dehong claimed he had been knocked unconscious and knew nothing.
• Su Dehong begged Feng Han to spare his granddaughter, and Feng Han noticed how strongly he wanted to protect her.
• Yuan Wu told Feng Han that Miss Su had climbed over the wall into the rear courtyard to play with Little White.
• Feng Han invited Su Dehong to follow him to the rear courtyard.
• Su Qiao jumped over the wall into the peach grove, and 444 warned her that Little White was a White Tiger as she rolled across the grass.

Su Qiao tried to sneak around the courtyard but was chased through the peach blossom grove by a playful White Tiger. She realized it belonged to the missing Male Lead and struggled to get away as she hurried toward the front courtyard.

• Su Qiao climbed over the courtyard wall with 444's help and tried to jump down.
• A White Tiger charged out of the peach blossom grove and repeatedly pounced at Su Qiao as she dodged and threatened it.
• Su Qiao asked 444 where the White Tiger came from and guessed that it belonged to her man.
• 444 urged Su Qiao to head for the front courtyard, but the White Tiger kept chasing her.

Su Qiao tried to sneak away from Feng Han’s courtyard after distracting his White Tiger, but Feng Han arrived and caught her with the animal. They silently sized each other up, leaving their first proper encounter unresolved.

• Su Qiao tried to train the White Tiger to lie down so she could slip toward the courtyard wall.
• The White Tiger stood up when Su Qiao moved away, and she tried to coax it back into lying down.
• Feng Han arrived with Old Master Su and called the White Tiger back to him.
• Su Qiao recognized Feng Han in his Imperial Guards robe, while Feng Han admired her beauty.
• Su Qiao and Feng Han stood facing each other in silence among the peach blossoms.

Su Qiao met Feng Han in the peach grove after being caught trying to escape, and Feng Han treated her with unusual familiarity. He left to wait with Old Master Su while Su Qiao was told to wash and change.

• Old Master Su urged Su Qiao to pay her respects to Feng Han, who told her not to be formal when they were outside.
• White Tiger ran over to Su Qiao, and she pushed it away while it kept nuzzling her.
• Feng Han smiled at Su Qiao and ordered White Tiger's keepers to take it away to be cleaned.
• Feng Han ordered palace maids to prepare clean clothes for Su Qiao, but she refused and fixed her hair herself.
• Feng Han left, telling Su Qiao he would wait with her grandfather in the outer hall, and Su Qiao silently resented his overbearing manner.

Su Qiao was summoned to meet Feng Han and worried that he had called her grandfather back after previously letting him go. She entered the hall and found Old Master Su unharmed, but Feng Han’s reason for summoning them remained unclear.

• 444 told Su Qiao he could not scan Feng Han, then checked his system defenses.
• Su Qiao followed two palace maids, changed into one maid’s clothes, and wondered why Feng Han had summoned her grandfather again.
• A palace maid brought Su Qiao to the outer hall, where Feng Han was drinking tea with Old Master Su.
• Feng Han invited Su Qiao into the inner hall and told her she did not need to perform formalities.
• Su Qiao tried to sit beside Old Master Su.

Su Qiao joined Feng Han on the brick bed to taste pastries while her grandfather worried about the impropriety. Feng Han ordered food for Su Dehong, but his reaction to two palace maids left the room tense as Su Qiao continued issuing requests.

• Feng Han invited Su Qiao to sit with him, and he insisted that she could do so despite Su Dehong's alarm.
• Su Qiao climbed onto the brick bed, tasted the Ruyi Cakes and Peach Blossom Cakes, and invited her grandfather to eat.
• Feng Han noticed that Su Dehong had only cold tea and ordered pastries for him.
• Feng Han redirected Yuan Liu to have an eunuch fetch the food, causing the palace maids to kneel and beg for mercy.
• Su Qiao asked for the palace maids to bring several more plates of pastries and millet porridge, while the eunuchs and guards watched tensely.

Su Qiao’s casual complaint led Feng Han to spare two palace maids, though she suspected they had broken one of his rules. She stayed to eat pastries and millet porridge with him, ending the chapter by criticizing the water in his tea.

• Su Qiao ate heartily and challenged Feng Han over whether he could afford to give her more food.
• Feng Han dismissed the two palace maids from the front courtyard and had them thank Su Qiao for pleading on their behalf.
• Su Qiao wondered whether Feng Han had overheard her complaint about palace maids serving in the temple.
• Four little eunuchs brought pastries and millet porridge, and Su Qiao began eating while Feng Han watched.
• Feng Han handed Su Qiao his teacup when she seemed to choke, and she drank from it before telling him the tea was fine but the water was not.

Su Qiao challenged Feng Han about why he was questioning her instead of pursuing his enemy, while he pressed her about her knowledge of tea and water. She suspected that a prince or The King was behind the attempt against him, and the chapter left their confrontation unresolved.

• Little Six wondered whether Feng Han was treating Su Qiao like a daughter, while Su Dehong resigned himself to whatever might happen.
• Feng Han questioned Su Qiao about how she could judge his tea and the water used to brew it.
• Su Qiao dismissed her knowledge as common sense and accused Feng Han of taking his anger out on an innocent commoner because he could not catch his enemy.
• Yuan Wu and Yuan Liu rebuked Su Qiao, and Su Dehong knelt to ask Feng Han to forgive his granddaughter.
• Feng Han kept his attention on Su Qiao as she concluded that she had guessed correctly and considered whether a prince or The King was trying to deal with him.

Su Qiao confronted Feng Han over threatening her family despite having promised to let them go. Feng Han was amused by her defiance, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Su Dehong urged Su Qiao to kneel and apologize to Feng Han.
• Su Qiao admitted she had overheard Feng Han promise to let them go and accused him of breaking his word after she had helped him.
• Feng Han threatened that her defiance could get her family killed, but Su Qiao said she was confident she could escape and would pursue anyone who harmed her loved ones.
• Feng Han laughed at Su Qiao's boldness and remarked that she did not seem like someone raised in the countryside.

Feng Han reassured Su Dehong that he had summoned him only because he wanted to see Su Qiao and receive her thanks for the medicine. The White Tiger then rushed into the hall, and Su Qiao hid behind Feng Han to avoid it.

• Su Dehong trembled in fear until Feng Han told him to stand, and Yuan Liu helped him back to his chair.
• Su Qiao asked Feng Han why he had summoned her grandfather, noting that Su Dehong had been unconscious and the mine collapse was not his responsibility.
• Feng Han explained that he had wanted to see Su Qiao after she declined his gifts and failed to thank him in person for the medicine.
• Su Qiao formally thanked Feng Han and prepared to leave, but he reminded her that she owed the White Tiger roast meat and pig's trotters.
• The White Tiger charged into the hall, and Su Qiao leaped behind Feng Han to hide from it.

Su Qiao avoided White Tiger’s enthusiastic pouncing at Feng Han’s residence and promised to make him two meals of roasted meat before leaving with Old Master Su. They returned home by carriage, where Su Qiao reassured her family that her grandfather only needed to rest.

• Su Qiao refused to let White Tiger pounce on her, and Feng Han ordered the keepers to take him away and clean his teeth.
• Su Qiao coaxed White Tiger into leaving by promising him roasted meat, then agreed to make him two meals after Feng Han pointed out she had promised twice.
• Su Qiao helped Old Master Su leave Feng Han’s residence, and Yuan Wu arranged a carriage to take them home.
• Su Qiao’s family stopped cutting bamboo shoots to greet them, and Su Qiao said Old Master Su needed to rest.

Su Qiao reassured her family that Old Master Su was all right after his meeting at Guyin Temple, then prepared to sell her homemade tooth powder in town. The chapter ended with Su Yihe worrying that the price was too high as they set up their stall.

• Su Qiao and the others helped Old Master Su settle onto the heated brick bed, and he agreed to rest another day before harvesting wheat.
• Madam Liu asked Su Qiao to call her when more bamboo shoots were ready to harvest, and Su Qiao agreed.
• Su Qiao finished making tooth powder from medicinal herbs and salt.
• Su Qiao, Little Haozi, and Su Yihe walked to town with baskets and winnowing trays.
• Su Qiao bought porcelain bottles and prepared the tooth powder for sale while Su Yihe urged her to lower the price.

Su Qiao had Little Haozi hawk her toothbrushes and tooth powder in the street, promising him a chicken leg if he did well. His lively sales pitch drew a crowd, and the chapter ended when someone asked whether the goods were really as effective as he claimed.

• Little Haozi asked Su Qiao if selling the goods would earn him a chicken leg, and she promised one if he did a good job hawking them.
• Su Qiao arranged the toothbrushes and tooth powder for sale, and Little Haozi confidently began reciting her advertisement.
• Little Haozi's dramatic pitch attracted a crowd of curious onlookers, while Su Qiao watched and let him practice selling.
• A passerby finally examined the goods and asked Little Haozi whether they were really as good as he said.
• Little Haozi claimed that Su Qiao and his Maternal Grandfather had made them from an Ancient Recipe and said they were better than versions sold in the capital.

Su Qiao and her siblings promoted their toothbrushes and tooth powder by showing off their white teeth and explaining how the products worked. Su Qiao set a high price for the limited stock and tried to persuade a skeptical customer to buy a set.

• Little Haozi showed off his white teeth and pointed out that Su Qiao and Su Yihe had equally white teeth from using their products.
• Su Qiao privately admitted to 444 that brushing several times a day had helped make the teeth white, and defended her sales pitch.
• Su Qiao went to the stall and offered a toothbrush and mint-scented tooth powder to the middle-aged customer.
• The man examined the toothbrush and smelled the powder, then asked Su Qiao how much they cost.
• Su Qiao priced a toothbrush at one hundred wen and a bottle of tooth powder at five hundred wen, and argued that the products were worth the price.

Su Qiao persuaded a well-traveled middle-aged man to buy her toothbrushes and tooth powder by emphasizing their quality, low price, and value as gifts. He bought three sets and paid her eight hundred wen.

• Su Qiao convinced the middle-aged man and the watching crowd that her toothbrushes and tooth powder were worth buying.
• Su Qiao claimed that products in the capital cost far more, and the middle-aged man confirmed her account despite knowing her tactic.
• The middle-aged man agreed to buy three sets, and Little Haozi packed them in cloth bags as gifts.
• The middle-aged man summoned his servant to pay Su Qiao eight hundred wen.

Su Qiao sold all her toothbrushes and tooth powder, while Feng Han noticed her stall from a restaurant and sent Little Six to buy a set. Little Six arrived too late, leaving customers asking when she would bring more.

• A middle-aged merchant paid Su Qiao for three sets and praised her business sense before leaving.
• Su Qiao sold the remaining toothbrushes and tooth powder to eager customers.
• Feng Han spotted Su Qiao's stall from a restaurant, and Yuan Wu confirmed she was selling dental-cleaning tools.
• Little Six asked Feng Han for permission to buy a set, then hurried downstairs after receiving his nod.
• Little Six found that Su Qiao had sold everything, while disappointed customers asked when she would restock.

Su Qiao sold all eighteen sets of toothbrushes and tooth powder, earning ten taels of silver and eight hundred copper coins, then went to buy food with Little Haozi. Feng Han examined a set bought at a high price and sent Xiao Wu to watch over the sellers so no one would rob them.

• Su Qiao reassured the customers that she would return in three days with more sets, then counted her earnings with Su Yihe.
• Su Qiao took Little Haozi to buy food while Su Yihe stayed behind to watch the unsold winnowing baskets.
• Little Liu discovered the toothbrushes and tooth powder had sold out and bought a set from someone else at a high price for his master.
• Feng Han examined the toothbrush and tooth powder, approved of them, and ordered Xiao Wu to keep watch over the sellers.
• Yuan Wu looked disdainfully at Little Liu, who wondered what he had done wrong.

Su Qiao, Xiao Hao, and Su Yihe headed home after selling their wares, sharing meat buns they had bought in town. When local ruffians followed them, Yuan Wu and two men in black drove them off, leaving the gang terrified of the men’s power.

• Su Qiao bought chicken legs, meat buns, and maltose, while Su Yihe sold the last of his winnowing baskets.
• Su Yihe refused a second meat bun so the family could have the rest, and Su Qiao gave Xiao Hao one more after he said he was still hungry.
• 444 warned Su Qiao that ruffians were following them, and she expected she might get a chance to earn more silver.
• Yuan Wu and two men in black blocked the ruffians and made them kneel at swordpoint.
• The ruffian leader fled with his lackeys and said the men were powerful enough that even the county magistrate could not offend them.

After Yuan Wu and his men drove off the thugs, Su Qiao returned to Willow Tree Village with her brothers. There, she warned Xia Xiaodie that if the Coal Mountain plot led to Su Qiao’s punishment, Xia Xiaodie and her family would also be held responsible.

• Little Boss warned his followers to avoid Su Qiao and her siblings after recognizing Yuan Wu’s group as Imperial Guards.
• Yuan Wu and his men drove away the thugs, and Su Qiao returned to Willow Tree Village with her brothers.
• At the village’s eastern end, Su Qiao encountered Xia Xiaodie, who asked if she was all right.
• Su Qiao threatened that Xia Xiaodie and her entire family would face prison or execution if Su Qiao was punished over the Coal Mountain scheme.