The Host is Clearly A Scumbag (Quick Travel)

The apprenticeship ceremony was set for the third day.

Since there were no male elders at home, Wang Zhi would accompany Mingting to the Su Residence.

After a night's rest at home, Mingting woke up early the next morning. He borrowed Jiang Xiucai's dream visitation again. He pointed to the east side of the main hall and told He Gu and Jiang Xiao'e that his father had buried gold there.

Wang Zhi took a hoe and dug about a meter deep.

Sure enough, he unearthed a wooden box containing ten neatly stacked gold ingots.

Jiang Xiucai had originally buried the gold as a contingency plan, not even telling his wife about it.

Who would've thought he'd pass away so suddenly without informing He Gu. In the original timeline, the money to be discovered by Jiang Meimei, who profited from it for nothing.

"Your father loved you very much."

He Gu now completely believes in Jiang Xiucai's dream visitation, otherwise, how would Mingting know about the hidden gold? He wasn't some treasure-hunting rat.

Originally, He Gu wanted to splurge on the apprenticeship gifts since they now had money, but Mingting stopped her.

He explained that he had already informed Su Hengzhong about their family circumstances during the apprenticeship discussion, and his teacher didn't care about lavish gifts, so a standard ceremony would suffice.

"That won't do!" On this point, He Gu was adamant, "Don't worry about it. Mom will make sure everything is properly prepared."

He Gu bought high-quality dried mountain goods, cured meats, and salted fish from the villagers.

Seizing the opportunity, she proudly showed off the silver earrings Mingting had bought her and told everyone in the village that her youngest son had apprenticed under an incredibly distinguished teacher.

By the time He Gu finished her rounds, the entire village knew Mingting was extraordinary and has become the student of a high-ranking court official.

For a time, everyone envied He Gu's good fortune in having such a remarkable son.

Jiang Meimei, who was locked up at home, learned the news and was so angry that she smashed a bowl.

After returning from town that day, Guihua told Jiang San about Jiang Meimei and Dahu's affair, and the two had locked her up, forbidding her from leaving.

Although they were a little worried about the Fox Immortal at first, Jiang San believed he was disciplining his daughter, and even if it was the Fox Immortal, it couldn't interfere with it.

After two days passed without any sign of the Fox Immortal, they grew even more convinced they were in the right.

However, this made Jiang Meimei's life miserable.

She had an unlucky constitution, so she had to consume her luck every day to offset her misfortune.

During these few days at home, she not only failed to absorb any luck, but also consumed several grids of her reserves. She was essentially living off dwindling savings.

Even though Jiang Meimei knelt and begged Jiang San for forgiveness, claiming her relationship with Dahu was innocent and pleading to be let out, Jiang San and Guihua remained unmoved.

They were determined not to compromise on this matter.

Over the past two years, Jiang Meimei had grown increasingly beautiful, with fair, delicate skin. She doesn't look like a girl who grew up in a farm family at all. The couple planned to marry her off for a high price!

Not to mention that now Jiang Meimei has learned to read with the Fox Immortal, ordinary village boys are even less worthy of her.

"Our Da Niu is destined to marry into town... No, into the county, to live as a wealthy lady!"

Jiang San was utterly convinced of this.

"Great Immortal, help me!"

Jiang Meimei had no choice but to ask for help from the system.

If she was locked up any longer, her luck would keep dwindling. Jiang Meimei didn't want to become the unlucky person she used to be.

If Jiang San and Guihua weren't her biological parents, she would've gladly drained their luck.

[5 grids of luck in exchange for one 'Absolute Obedience Talisman', valid for twelve hours.]

The system was exasperated.

But aside from helping Jiang Meimei harvest luck, there wasn't much else it could do.

Jiang Meimei was a native of this small world, and the system could only attach itself to Jiang Meimei and rely on her to gather luck.

It was essentially a stowaway, so it couldn't show up and do anything too extreme, otherwise, it would expose itself and be expelled by the small world's rules.

Jiang Meimei gritted her teeth and spent 10 grids of luck to exchange for two Absolute Obedience Talismans.

These two talismans, one was to deal with Jiang San, and the other Jiang Meimei planned to use on Mingting while he was home.

Having repeatedly suffered setbacks at Mingting's hands, Jiang Meimei had developed an obsession with him.

If she could control Mingting with the Absolute Obedience Talisman, Jiang Meimei swore she would drain every last bit of his luck!

The news of Mingting's apprenticeship had spread throughout the village, and even the clan leader came to inquire about it personally. This gave Mingting a deep understanding of the status officials held in feudal society.

For most people, the highest-ranking official they'd ever seen in their lives was the county magistrate.

Now, suddenly, a minister of the Ministry of Works suddenly appeared. This person is bona-fide a capital official. And in the eyes of the villagers, Su Hengzhong was a lofty and unapproachable figure.

Even though Su Hengzhong was in mourning at home, he was already the highest-ranking official the villagers could conceive of.

As a result, the Jiang Xiucai's family became the number one household in the village that no one dared to offend.

Mingting took advantage of his free time to go up the mountain. He wanted to up a ginseng root to include in his apprenticeship gifts. He didn't want He Gu to shoulder all the responsibility.

It was at this moment that Jiang Meimei appeared on the back mountain.

After using the Absolute Obedience Talisman to make Jiang San lift her confinement, she heard from the system that Mingting had gone up the mountain and immediately followed.

She has a system, and Mingting has one too. Fengtian had been keeping a close eye on Jiang Meimei and had already tipped Mingting off.

Mingting carefully wrapped the freshly dug ginseng root and tucked it securely into his clothes when Jiang Meimei appeared in his line of sight.

This kind of persistent nuisance, like a stalker, was truly disgusting.

"Brother Mingting, what are you doing?" Jiang Meimei walked over with a smile. Her right hand was hidden behind her back, clutching a small yellow talisman.