Since Su Zefan, the eldest son of the long house who had already passed the county examination, would take the prefectural and provincial examinations next year to become a scholar, the Su family could still be exempt from taxes and corvée labor. This was the very reason why Xiao Yang dared to make such a scene.,She tucked what was in her hands into her sleeve and looked back up at the hillside. Su Yunduo was still there, hiding things. Later, she would try to persuade Ningshi to go to the county town tomorrow. The things hidden on that hillside could bring some much-needed supplies to their impoverished home. A glimmer of hope flashed in Su Yunduo's heart.,Thinking of her bedridden scholar father, her weak pregnant mother, and her younger brother who was still young, Su Yunduo couldn't help but smile faintly at the thought that tonight she wouldn't need to drink water to fill her stomach and could sleep soundly without having to get up in the middle of the night to urinate.。