Do you think I have the ability to move a house this big?

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "When dogs fight, they all end up with a mouthful of fur. This couple is something else, they're actually fighting."

Nie Shi'an returned to his room and, while drinking, complained to his servant:

"For so many years, I have always listened to him, day in and day out, and I have never messed around outside."

That mistress was forced upon me; why can't she be more understanding?

The servant sighed and said, "Our family rose to prominence thanks to Madam. If it weren't for her, the Nie Family would probably be..."

Nie Shi'an roared angrily:

"She's the one who made her fortune. She just has a few stinking bucks. I've been acting like a grandson in front of her for years."

And that Zhou Wanwan, she's a scoundrel. If it weren't for her stirring up trouble, we wouldn't be in this mess now.

The servant asked in a low voice, "How about I find a few people to teach her a lesson?"

Nie Shi'an nodded and said, "Don't go too far. Teach her a lesson, give her a few slaps."

The servant turned and left. Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes and said, "This Nie Shi'an looks like a person, but he doesn't do anything like one. It's good that he doesn't act like one. He'll move his storeroom in no time."

That Madam Nie was even worse; she told her maid, "Go and take some food to those children."

The maidservant said, "You mean...?"

"Give them some laxatives!" Nie Shi'an thought that locking them in jail would keep them at peace.

"Heh, I will definitely not let her get away with this," Madam Nie said calmly.

Zhou Wanwan was speechless. What had happened all day?

She had no desire to have anything to do with the Nie Family, but Nie Family insisted on treating her as an enemy.

The maidservant slowly walked into the cell carrying several bowls of sweet soup, saying, "This is a sweet soup that Madam specially made for you. Please drink it quickly!"

Zhou Wanwan looked at the round-faced maid and said, "Are you sure there's only sweet soup in here?"

"Otherwise what? This is mung bean, lily bulb, and white fungus soup that Madam specially ordered the kitchen to stew for you!" The maid said arrogantly.

Suddenly, she felt something entangle her, and then she saw the bowl of sweet soup slowly floating towards her.

She screamed in terror, "A ghost! A ghost!"

The Old Scholar Tree stuffed both bowls of sweet soup into her mouth.

Then he followed her back to Madam Nie's place and stuffed the rest of the sweet soup into Madam Nie's mouth.

Madam Nie was sleeping when she was gulped down several bowls of sweet soup, leaving her completely bewildered. "What is this? Mmm..."

That night, Madam Nie and her maid stayed in the outhouse, the two of them looking at each other in silence.

The Old Scholar Tree was too busy to pay attention to them at all.

He directed his men to keep going in and out; that one night, tens of thousands of trees were mobilized.

Zhou Wanwan slept soundly until dawn.

When Nie Shi'an woke up in the morning, he found himself half in the water and half on the shore.

He rubbed his temples and said, "Could it be that I drank too much last night and slept here? But that's unlikely!"

He climbed out of the water and then realized something was wrong. This was the middle of nowhere, and it didn't seem like his home.

He couldn't help but look around, and the more he looked, the less he knew where he was.

Just then, the servant boy came in and said, "Master, something terrible has happened! Our house has been robbed!"

Nie Shi'an looked at him and asked, "Where exactly is this?"

This is our home!

Nie Shi'an glared at him and said, "Nonsense, don't I recognize my own home?"

The servant said helplessly, "It's true. Don't you recognize this pond?"

Nie Shi'an looked at the pond and thought for a moment before asking, "Is this the pond in our backyard?"

The servant nodded.

Nie Shi'an rushed to the front yard, only to find it empty, with only two outhouses, a dozen or so prison cells, and twenty or so servants' quarters remaining.

Madam Nie emerged from the outhouse, completely dumbfounded. "Where... where am I?"

The maidservant beside Madam Nie burst into tears. "Just one night of diarrhea, and our home is gone?"

Madam Nie looked at Nie Shi'an and said, "Just because we argued yesterday, you moved out of the house. How heartless of you!"

Nie Shi'an angrily shouted:

"What time is it now? Do you think I have the ability to move such a big house?"

Besides, where would I even move this family to?

Madam Nie wept and said:

"So what exactly happened? Who moved our family away? This house cost me over a million taels of silver."

And all my warehouses were full of treasures, I collected them for so long, and now they're all gone."

Nie Shi'an was annoyed by her crying:

"Men, investigate! This must be a premeditated and organized robbery; they'll always leave some clues."

That's a huge house, and it's entirely made of wood. How could an ordinary person possibly lift it?

"Wouldn't that mean we'd have to tear the house down piece by piece and move it?"

All 100-plus guards in the manor were mobilized, but after more than an hour, they found nothing.

Nie Shi'an sat down on a broken stool in anger and said, "Good-for-nothings! A bunch of good-for-nothings! We spend so much money to support you, and you're completely useless!"

Madam Nie hadn't had a moment's peace all night and was exhausted. She said, "Isn't there another courtyard house not far from us? Let's stay there for now!"

Nie Shi'an nodded helplessly and said, "Hurry up and tidy up that place. We'll stay in that courtyard tonight."

He suddenly thought of Zhou Wanwan and said, "Bring that brat along too."

Madam Nie snorted coldly and said, "You're quite nice to that brat."

"What can I do if I don't bring her along? This girl is spouting nonsense, saying she can grow several thousand catties of grain per acre. Shouldn't I take her with me?"

Madam Nie thought for a moment and said, "This really isn't your daughter?"

"It's really not," Nie Shi'an said firmly.

Zhou Wanwan was still asleep when, in a hazy state, she was picked up and moved to a different cell.

The conditions in this cell are much worse than before; it's basically a Little Black.

Nie Shi'an looked at her and said, "Stay here and reflect on your actions. Come find me when you've figured things out."

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "What do I need to reflect on?"

Nie Shi'an snorted coldly and said:

"If you don't know what to reflect on, it means you don't know where you went wrong."

You can stay locked up then; let's see when you behave.

Anyway, it only takes half a year. If your sweet potatoes really achieve a yield of several thousand kilograms per mu within half a year, I'll let you go.

If you don't meet the requirements, not only will you be unlucky, but your whole family will suffer too.

This is completely unreasonable.

Zhou Wanwan ignored him and, after he left, the Old Scholar Tree rearranged the room again.