My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 16 The reputation points in the space have increased again.

The implication was that they should bring out the remaining one hundred bags and place them at the entrance.

"Alright, please take care."

Cheng Ruoan followed the donkey cart, leaning on her cane. To accommodate her pace, Si Shaoheng also made the donkey walk slower.

The rice shop assistant watched the two figures disappear into the distance, wondering, "At that speed, will they really be back soon?"

Little did he know that after leaving the warehouse alley, the two of them, with their donkey cart, turned a corner and entered another deserted, dilapidated alley.

Cheng Ruoan touched the burlap sacks, closed his eyes, and the donkey cart was empty.

Si Shaoheng sat down next to her on the edge of the cart, closed his eyes, and his consciousness entered the space.

within the space.

Cheng Ruoan found the trolley for picking up packages in the villa, and she and Si Shaoheng hurriedly carried the bags of grain into the yard.

She complained, "Speechless. Every time I bring things in, I neatly stack them at the front gate of the villa. It's only a few meters away. Can't they even spare the space to move them inside the gate?"

Si Shaoheng speculated: "At first glance, the rules of this villa space seem a bit illogical, but in fact, they are the same as some of the living habits we had when we lived here in our previous life."

Cheng Ruoan paused in his work, and upon reflection, realized it was true.

In her past life, she was too lazy to change the permissions of the electronic butler, which led to the current space butler recognizing Si Shaoheng as having the highest authority.

Previously, no matter how much she stocked up on, she would never let the deliveryman bring the items into the villa's yard; she would simply have them placed on the open ground outside the villa.

She has some quirks; she doesn't like strangers entering her home, not even the villa's yard, as that's her private space.

As Cheng Ruoan thought about it, she became excited.

She grabbed Si Shaoheng's arm, her eyes sparkling: "Then do you think that if we upgrade this space to the highest level, we can go back to the modern world?!"

Si Shaoheng's expression suddenly turned serious. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "I'm not sure, but it's worth a try, however..."

Cheng Ruoan was overjoyed and didn't even hear his "but". She grinned and happily ran to the door to look at the screen of the electronic butler.

What Si Shaoheng didn't finish saying was that the two of them had been in a car accident and that's how they ended up here. According to the concept that Cheng Ruoan "explained" to him, this was a soul transmigration.

He felt that even if they went back to the modern world, there was a high probability that they would either be in a vegetative state or disabled.

"Wow, my reputation points have increased again?" Cheng Ruoan exclaimed in surprise.

Si Shaoheng put down the food bags and came over to take a look. Sure enough, the screen displayed "Space Master's accumulated reputation points have reached 20 points".

Cheng Ruoan asked in surprise, "I didn't do anything, did I? How come my reputation has increased?"

Si Shaoheng noticed the "New Details" option below and clicked on it.

Reputation Points Additions: 5 points for Space Owner's Contribution, 5 points for Space Owner's Family Members...

Cheng Ruoan hissed, "Could it be that I taught the old doctor how to make Chinese medicine granules, which is why the score increased by 5 points?"

"Very likely."

Cheng Ruoan also felt that this was the only possibility.

Surely the price increase couldn't be due to reselling glass cups?

If they just move things out of the villa and sell them, wouldn't that upgrade Kuku?

Cheng Ruoan pointed to the words "family contributions" and asked Si Shaoheng, "This must be because you did something at the county government office that earned you a raise, right?"

It wasn't that she looked down on the "family members" waiting outside the city gate; apart from her maternal relatives, the others all had their own ulterior motives and couldn't possibly do anything to benefit Cheng Ruoan's reputation.

Si Shaoheng gave a deep "hmm": "I have given the county magistrate the land deeds for the sixty mu of land that the Si family owns in Baihua Village."

Cheng Ruoan: ? ? ?

"12 taels for a mu of fertile land, 7 taels for a mu of poor land, a total of 570 taels of silver, and you just handed it over like that?!"

She couldn't believe that this was something Si Shaoheng, the business tycoon from her past life, could do!

"Have you forgotten that all those fields were destroyed? Now, holding those land deeds is just waiting for the imperial court's subsidies and for new land to be distributed to us so we can start clearing the wasteland again."

Cheng Ruoan choked up.

Obviously, in the end, all that will come is loneliness.

Judging from the way the magistrate of Qingshan County behaves, he probably won't even get a single tael of silver per mu of land after the subsidy is issued.

Moreover, if we start clearing the land again, it will take another three to five years for the land to recover...

“So it would be better to use these land deeds to ensure the safety of Liu Lizheng and Hao Village Chief,” Si Shaoheng continued. “I will be returning to Qingshan County to take the provincial and municipal examinations in the future. It would be more cost-effective to sell those worthless land deeds to the Lizheng and the village chiefs.”

What he didn't say was...

How big is the sales volume of this well-planned layout?

After leaving the county government office, he told the village head and several village chiefs that there might be a plague coming, and that they should take their families and leave Qingshan County to avoid the disaster.

If all these people survive, then his land deeds saved more than just a few of them.

Rather, it's the families behind them.

With such a heavy debt of gratitude placed on them, how could they not help Si Shaoheng if he wanted to do something in the future?

But Cheng Ruoan felt something was off: "Why do we have to come back to take the exam? Why not take it in Taiming Prefecture? Can't we register our household in the Si family's territory?"

Those arduous migrations with families, all to escape the plague?

"If we just want to avoid the plague, we can just find a secluded mountain village and stay there for over a year until it's over..."

Si Shaoheng glanced at her, "But a year is enough for us to do a lot of things."

Cheng Ruoan bit her lip, savoring the meaning of those words.

"That's true, I might become the richest person in a county in a year."

Si Shaoheng: ...

You are quite confident in yourself.

"Alright, then I'll leave the money-making work to you from now on. I'll just relax and enjoy being a kept man while I prepare for the imperial examinations."

Cheng Ruoan: ?

"I have never seen anyone who lives off a woman so self-righteously."

Si Shaoheng forced a fake smile: "You flatter me. My original self was the one who took advantage of your original self, but I'm different. I understand the ways male models work at clubs, and I'll take good care of you, this rich woman."

Cheng Ruoan: ?

"No, wait a minute, where did you find that out?"

"Your phone's search history, 'What should I be aware of when ordering male models at a club?'" Si Shaoheng glanced at her casually, then continued carrying the grain.

Cheng Ruoan: Hey!

She just searched it up, but she never actually went!

As for why they searched for that at the time... it was because the real heiress came back and went to "have a heart-to-heart" with Si Shaoheng, and Si Shaoheng actually had his assistant invite her into his office.

And they even drew the office curtains!

Cheng Ruoan will remember this for the rest of her life!

No, two lifetimes.

She would remember this for the rest of her life: Si Shaoheng was fine as a partner for survival in ancient times, but as a life partner? No way.

After the two moved their belongings into the yard, Cheng Ruoan was able to use her mind to control the process and put everything back in its place.

Si Shaoheng watched as the heavy burlap sacks floated up one by one and drifted into the villa's storeroom.

Even someone as composed as him couldn't help but be startled.

This is too fantastical...