Recaps

After rescuing Old Master Su from the mine collapse, Su Qiao concealed the truth about Feng Han and began planning ways to support her family. She left Old Master Su convinced that they should keep quiet and let her earn money through her own efforts.

• Su Qiao told her parents that the mine had collapsed and warned them not to ask about the dangerous lord involved, while Su Yaohui ordered the family to keep their distance from the incident.
• Su Qiao learned about her family’s poverty and the original owner’s history, then changed clothes and prepared to recover from her injuries.
• Physician Li treated Old Master Su and examined Su Qiao’s injured arm, while Su Qiao arranged for Zhou Lihua to pay for the medicine.
• Little Haozi explained how Su Qiao had freed him from the rubble and returned to rescue Old Master Su, who praised her courage and ordered the family to stay silent.
• Old Master Su’s family prepared a chicken for Su Qiao, and Ernie stopped resenting her after Su Yihe reminded her that Su Qiao had risked her life to save Grandpa.
• Su Qiao persuaded Zhou Lihua to wash her clothes, shared the chicken with her and Little Haozi, and warned them not to steal from others.
• Su Qiao told Old Master Su she would earn money through her own plans for household goods instead of relying on marriage, then revealed that Feng Han had survived the collapse and spared them.

While recovering at home, Su Qiao developed homemade tooth powder and toothbrushes and prepared to sell them through Su Yihe. Yuan Wu delivered rare healing medicine from Feng Han, and Su Qiao accepted it after discussing the gift with her grandfather.

• Old Master Su ordered Su Qiao to rest and keep the mountain incident secret, while she struggled with the lack of proper dental supplies.
• Su Qiao made a tooth powder formula and asked Zhou Lihua to collect bark for papermaking, while persuading her not to pursue a family split.
• Yuan Wu visited on Feng Han’s orders and offered herbs and silver, but Su Qiao refused the money and kept only the herbs she needed.
• After Su Qiao explained her reasons, Old Master Su let the family return to work and agreed Zhou Lihua could stay home to care for her.
• Su Qiao made tooth powder and toothbrushes with help from Su Yihe and Little Haozi, then showed the family how to use them.
• Su Qiao proposed selling toothbrushes and tooth powder in town, setting prices and planning to make the formula harder to copy.
• Yuan Wu returned with rare healing medicine from Feng Han, and Su Qiao accepted it after agreeing to tell her grandfather about any future trouble.
• Su Qiao found Ernie showing her brother how white her teeth looked after brushing.

Su Qiao revealed her strength, met Feng Han and his White Tiger, and challenged him over the mine collapse before selling homemade tooth powder and toothbrushes in town. She returned to Willow Tree Village after Imperial Guards drove away thugs, then confronted Xia Xiaodie over the Coal Mountain scheme.

• Su Qiao lifted and spun a millstone to prove her strength, then went into the mountains to gather herbs, vegetables, and bamboo shoots for her tooth powder.
• Yuan Liu brought Su Qiao and Su Dehong to Feng Han, where Su Qiao encountered his White Tiger in the peach grove.
• Feng Han questioned Su Dehong about the mine collapse, while Su Qiao challenged Feng Han over mistreating an innocent commoner and breaking his promise to let them go.
• Su Qiao thanked Feng Han for the medicine and agreed to make the White Tiger two meals of roasted meat before returning home with Su Dehong.
• Su Qiao prepared tooth powder and toothbrushes, then sold her goods in town with Little Haozi’s help, attracting eager customers and selling out.
• Feng Han bought a set through Little Liu and ordered Xiao Wu to watch Su Qiao and her companions.
• After 444 warned her that ruffians were following, Yuan Wu and two men in black drove them away, and Su Qiao returned to Willow Tree Village with her brothers.
• Su Qiao confronted Xia Xiaodie and warned that Xia Xiaodie’s family would face prison or execution if Su Qiao was punished over the Coal Mountain scheme.

Su Qiao turned her tooth-powder earnings into plans for new ventures, hunted a wild boar, and impressed her family with her strength in the fields. The Xia family feared the consequences of Xia Xiaodie’s role in the mine disaster and apologized to the Su family, while Su Qiao began plotting against Xia Xiaodie and declined Feng Han’s invitation.

• Su Qiao shared her tooth-powder earnings with the family, promised to visit the place her grandfather had indicated, and told Zhou Lihua to stop stealing vegetables.
• Su Qiao prepared to make paper from soaked bark, gathered resin and medicinal herbs on the mountain, and then went hunting for meat.
• Su Qiao killed a wild boar and carried it home, where she butchered and cooked it for her family and the harvest workers.
• Feng Han ordered his men to stop spreading rumors about Su Qiao, punished Yuan Wu for meddling, and showed that he valued Su Qiao despite her lack of interest in him.
• Su Qiao joined the wheat harvest and cut it so quickly that her family and neighboring workers stopped to watch.
• Old Master Xia blamed Xia Xiaodie for bringing danger to the Xia family through the mine incident, and Village Chief Xia confined her after learning she had met Zhou Tianyou.
• Old Master Xia sent cured meat and candy to the Su family as an apology, while Su Qiao learned Zhou Tianyou was destined to marry Xia Xiaodie and decided to separate them out of jealousy.
• Su Qiao gathered more herbs and met Yuan Wu and Yuan Liu, but refused Feng Han’s invitation to enter his carriage.