When Lin Xiaowan asked Liu Yanqing to drink less, Liu Yanqing replied, "It's such a happy day today, it's okay to drink a little more."

"Then don't hug your daughter." Lin Xiaowan said.

When Liu Yanqing heard this, he put down the wine glass in his hand.

"Don't hold your daughter today. Hold her another day."

"What are you doing on such a happy day? Come on, drink more."

"It's just one more day, come on, come on."

…

"I can't drink." Liu Yanqing said, "I still have to take care of my daughter."

Everyone thought that the child was just a girl. They all believed that girls would get married sooner or later, so there was no need for them to be so nice to a little girl.

But Liu Yanqing didn't think so. Wasn't his younger sister, Princess Rongning, also a girl? Perhaps the girls in his family were more capable. Even if they weren't, they could still marry into a good family.

Liu Yanqing thought it was not a loss. He did not spend a lot of money on his daughter, nor did he not spend money on his son, so he spent money on his daughter.

"You really value your daughter." someone said.

"This is my biological daughter. How could I not cherish her?" Liu Yanqing said. "How many children can we have in this lifetime?"

"It's okay, not too few. There are some with five or six at most." Someone answered.

Liu Yanqing was silent. He had thought that ordinary people didn't have that many children. After all, these people were monogamous. A monogamous couple certainly didn't have as many children as someone with three wives and four concubines, but that didn't mean monogamous couples had fewer children.

In ancient times, it was common for a family to have five or six children.

"That's fine." Liu Yanqing said, "Our family can afford to raise these children."

Liu Yanqing was willing to raise those children and let them study more, but he didn't know how many children he would have by then.

Alas, he just couldn't let all his children stay in the Marquis's Mansion.

Unless those children go there at intervals or separately, they are just going to participate in scientific expeditions or graduate school entrance exams.

Otherwise, if they sent all the children to the Marquis' Mansion at once, how would the people in the Mansion look at them?

Liu Yanqing thought a lot. He was already a father, so he had to pay more attention to these things.

"Time flies." Liu Yanqing sighed, "In the village..."

There were people teaching reading and calligraphy in the village, but Liu Yanqing didn't think their skills were that high. He wanted his children to have a better education, so they had to move to town.

It’s just that their things are in the village, and they will go to the town when their children grow up.

Liu Yanqing wanted to go to the town, so he didn't think about taking the children to the capital.

"Have some wine and eat some food." Liu Yanqing said.

In the capital, Liu's mother saw the letter sent by Liu Yanqing.

"The fourth daughter gave birth to a daughter." said Liu's mother.

"A daughter is not bad either." Liu Yulian didn't think having a daughter was bad. Whether to have a boy or a girl is not something a woman can decide. It doesn't mean that she can have a son just because she wants to.

In later generations, during the family planning period, when pregnant women checked whether the baby was a boy or a girl. If it was a girl, some people would abort the baby. This led to an imbalance in the sex ratio, with an excess of boys.

Liu Yulian didn't understand much about ancient times, but no matter in ancient times or later times, there were always men looking for several women.

"That's right." Mother Liu said with a smile, "They are still young and can continue having children. This is their first child. It might be a little harder for the older sister, as she might have to take care of younger brothers and sisters in the future."

The fourth branch of the Liu family didn't hire any maids or servants, so they had to take care of the children themselves. They were already being served by others, so they might be in a state of panic for a while.

After a while, Liu Yanqing and the others knew how to take care of the child.

"Didn't you go to the research institute today?" asked Liu's mother.

"No," Liu Yulian said, "I was sorting out some materials. I went there yesterday. I don't go there every day, so my brain needs a rest."

"Okay." Liu's mother said, "Those books of yours are also good. Let your niece read them someday."

"Read it, read as much as you can understand, and start with the simple ones." Liu Yulian said, "I'm not very good at drawing, otherwise I could draw some pictures."

By the way, you can draw comic strips.

Liu Yulian thought that even if she couldn't do it, there would always be someone who could.

There are so many people in the academy. Even if no one has good painting skills, they can find painters from the court or look for painters outside.

The institute also has funding, so they can find artists with good drawings and ask them to draw comic strips, paying them. It doesn't matter if the artist isn't from the institute; as long as the price is high, someone will do it.

After all, painting those kinds of paintings can also make you a little famous, even if they are not landscape paintings. There are always people whose family conditions are not so good, and there are people who are willing to paint.

"Painting?" Liu's mother was puzzled.

"That's right," Liu Yulian said, "Just by looking at the pictures, you can understand what they mean."

"What is it like? How to draw it?" Liu's mother was curious.

"You'll know once we find someone to draw it." Liu Yulian thought that people in ancient times didn't know what comic strips were, and children all liked to look at pictures.

Even though the printing technology in ancient times was not as advanced as that in later generations, people were still able to draw some simple paintings suitable for printing.

"I'll go find someone first." Liu Yulian stood up and ran away in a hurry.

Mother Liu watched Liu Yulian brush off her and leave. She smiled. Her daughter was just like that. If she wanted to do something, she would work hard to do it.

When He Xiyuan learned that Liu Yulian was looking for a painter, he volunteered. He could carve wood carvings and paint. He could even carve the pictures directly on the wood.

Liu Yulian and He Xiyuan stayed in the study. It was impossible for Liu Yulian to let He Xiyuan paint alone, so there had to be more people.

"You draw first, and I'll tell you what it's like," Liu Yulian said. "It has to be interesting, with some stories. You can anthropomorphize the objects and make them speak human language. For example, a little duck that can speak human language."

Liu Yulian took the paper and started drawing on it, but her drawing skills were too poor.

"It doesn't count." Liu Yulian quickly crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it away. "It doesn't count. Try again."

Liu Yulian drew a bubble on it. This time, she didn't draw a duck. She thought the duck pattern was too difficult, so she drew something else, such as a small fish, similar to two triangles, a small semicircle, a small dot, and a small circle. Okay, that's it.

"..." He Xiyuan looked at the painting drawn by Liu Yulian. He really didn't know what to say, "How did you embroider it?"

"Well..." Liu Yulian was a little helpless. "Actually, the patterns are all in my head. I can't draw the patterns in my head. When I embroider, I embroider according to the patterns in my head. There's a difference between embroidery and painting."

"Really?" He Xiyuan was a little skeptical.

"Yes." Liu Yulian said, "One holds a needle and thread, and the other holds a brush. They are really different."

"It can be a pencil." He Xiyuan said.

"That's different." Liu Yulian raised her voice. "Why, do you think I'm not good enough?"

If He Xiyuan dares to think she is not good, she will start to make trouble.

Liu Yulian glared at He Xiyuan and said, "Continue talking if you have the guts."

He Xiyuan didn't dare to continue speaking. He was afraid that Liu Yulian would be angry. He shouldn't have said that just now.

"No, you're good." He Xiyuan pretended to let out a sigh of relief. "It's okay. You don't know everything. There are things you can't do. So I can still do something."

"Just be happy." Liu Yulian said, "If I knew everything and was omnipotent, what would I need you for?"

"Yes, yes, yes." He Xiyuan didn't dare to say anything else. He had to coax Sister Lian. "Whatever you say, I will do it. In this way, we are a good match and can be considered harmonious."

Liu Yulian does know how to play the guqin. She likes the guqin and has studied it before. However, Liu Yulian doesn't play the guqin every day. Sometimes she gets busy and has less time to play. But she still likes to play the guqin to relax.

"Hurry up and draw." Liu Yulian said, "Now that we have pencils, more people should be able to draw."

Liu Yulian thought that there must be someone who, like her, did not like brushes so much and preferred simple pencils.

"Here, here, it needs to look better." Liu Yulian said, "Even simple lines can be drawn beautifully."

"Yes." He Xiyuan said.

"Draw well, aren't you good at it? You just said I can't do it." Liu Yulian remembered this, so He Xiyuan had to do the work well.

"I will definitely draw it well." He Xiyuan said that he didn't need any face in front of his fiancée.

"Why draw such a complicated picture? It won't be easy to print. It should be simpler." Liu Yulian said again, "Are you trying to show off your painting skills? Are you trying to make me look worthless by comparing me to you?"

"No." He Xiyuan said, "It's my fault. The drawing wasn't simple enough."

"Then keep it simple." Liu Yulian stared at He Xiyuan painting and continued painting.

He Xiyuan did not feel unhappy, even though he only produced two usable paintings in the whole day, but he knew what kind of paintings Liu Yulian wanted.

The most important thing was that the two of them were so close, he could smell the faint fragrance of Sister Lian and see her long eyelashes...

He Xiyuan felt quite good. He didn't think Liu Yulian was troublesome at all. Those paintings were difficult to draw. It was his first time, so he had to learn these things.

"That's it. Incorporate some simple knowledge so that children can understand it." Liu Yulian said.

"Yes, our children can understand it too." He Xiyuan said.

"..." Liu Yulian was a little shy. She wanted to step on He Xiyuan. Why did she say these words at this time?

"Get ready early." He Xiyuan said, "We still have a lot of time."

Will it be just in time? Liu Yulian couldn't help but think of this sentence.

At the Qi family, Madam Qi knew about the sale of maids in the Chengguo Mansion. She also knew something else, which was that those maids had been gossiping in front of Princess Rongning.

Madam Qi had no idea what those maids were gossiping about; she could only make a few guesses at best.

Mrs. Qi just felt it was a pity that her daughter could not enter the research institute.

"Princess Rongning's cousin is going to Hainan," Madam Qi said. "Everyone is wondering if she wants to control Hainan."

"I don't know." Miss Qi Er had no idea about this. She just thought that she couldn't enter the research institute.

"But what's so good about Hainan? Others are exiled there." Madam Qi said, "Before, the Jiang family was exiled to Hainan, and others were exiled there as well."

Madam Qi really didn't think Hainan was a good place, and Liu Yulian didn't arrange a better research team for Miss Xue Er, but instead let Miss Xue Er go to Hainan.

Princess Rongning is really a cruel person.

People outside say that the Liu family and Mr. Xue's family have a good relationship, so why was Miss Xue arranged to go to Hainan?

"It's a good thing you didn't go to the research institute," Madam Qi said. "She might assign you heavy, tiring, and dirty work to avoid suspicion."

Madam Qi could only comfort herself in this way, otherwise, she would always be sad.

"After you get married, it doesn't matter whether you apply to graduate school or not. The most important thing is to give birth to a boy." Mrs. Qi said.

"Yes." Miss Qi nodded.

Miss Qi Er herself was a bit of a follower, and she would just go with the flow, whatever her mother said. However, Miss Qi Er didn't like Princess Rongning very much. She thought Princess Rongning didn't know how to care about her relatives at all, even if it was just to let her go to the research institute to do trivial things, Liu Yulian didn't do it.

It's not that she has to go to the research institute, she just thinks Princess Rongning is not that good.

"Don't be afraid. Many girls didn't get into the research institute, but you can still get married with peace of mind." Mrs. Qi said.

The relationship between Liu's second house, Su Qiuya and Liu Yuqin was not so good, especially when Liu Yuqin became pregnant. After Liu Yuqin became pregnant, Liu Yuqin was more talkative and wanted all kinds of delicious food.

Su Qiuya has to run her business, so how could she have the time to cook so many dishes for Liu Yuqin? Didn’t Liu Yuqin say before that the food she cooked was not that delicious?

"If this goes on, will the business in the shop still continue?" Su Qiuya was very annoyed. Liu Yuqin always had various requests.

Because Liu Yuqin was pregnant, they didn't dare to say anything to her, fearing that it would irritate her. As soon as they said a few unpleasant words, Liu Yuqin started complaining about stomach discomfort.

"Let my second sister live in her own home." Liu Yanbo felt that he couldn't go on like this. He sometimes worked in the shop with Su Qiuya, and he could feel how hard Su Qiuya worked.

"Are you willing, second sister?" Su Qiuya asked.

"She has to agree even if she doesn't want to." Liu Yanbo said, "I'll go talk to Mom, and have her talk to my second sister. My second sister will listen to what Mom says. For my sake, she will still do it."

"I'm afraid they'll think I instigated you to do this again." Su Qiuya said, "They're like that all the time. I don't know how I can do those things anymore."

"It's not you, I have to do these things myself." Liu Yanbo hugged Su Qiuya, "It's hard for you."

When Liu Yanbo went to tell Aunt Qing that Liu Yuqin should move out, Aunt Qing's face immediately fell.

"Is this how you're going to treat your second sister?" Aunt Qing asked, "You know the Marquis' Mansion won't let your sister go back. And your sister is pregnant again, how can I let her live alone?"

"Then you can go and stay with her for a while," Liu Yanbo said. "After she gives birth and has recovered from the confinement period, you can come back. We can't let Second Sister support you. Our family will send you gifts and also give you some money."

Liu Yanbo took all these things into consideration and he just couldn't let Liu Yuqin stay here any longer.

"You..." Aunt Qing was helpless. Her son had said so much, but she opened her mouth but didn't say anything else. If she insisted on letting her daughter stay here, then their relationship would definitely not be good.

"When will we move?" Liu Yanbo asked.

"You have to talk to your second sister first." Aunt Qing said.

"Let's move in a few days." Liu Yanbo said, "My family has a business, and the yard here isn't very good. To do business, we live in the yard behind the store."

The yard behind the shop is not that big, but it’s just enough for them to live there since there are so few of them.

Liu Yanbo thought about how Liu Yuqin was tossing around, how the business in the shop was affected, and how Su Qiuya was very tired. Liu Yanbo felt sorry for his wife, and he couldn't let his mother and sister torment Su Qiuya like that.

"..." Aunt Qing is in a bad mood. Are they moving out in the next few days? Her son can't wait for them to move out as soon as possible.

When Liu Yuqin learned that Liu Yanbo wanted her to move out, she felt very complicated. Why didn't this brother stand by her? This brother was so ruthless to her. Was it because she was pregnant and she couldn't get married so quickly?

"Don't say those things and move out as soon as possible." Aunt Qing said, "I'll go over and take care of you for a while. Your brother said that it won't cost you anything, and he'll give me the money."

"That's fine." Liu Yuqin felt much more at ease when she heard Aunt Qing say that Liu Yanbo would give her money.

Liu Yuqin didn't want to spend more of her own money. When she first married into the Mei family, she didn't pay much attention to the money. This led to her constantly giving money to the Mei family. The Marquis's Mansion prepared a lot of dowry for her, and she gave a lot of things to the Mei family.

When Liu Yuqin and the Second Young Master Mei divorced, the Mei family didn't have much money, so how could the Second Young Master Mei return the things Liu Yuqin had given her? Liu Yuqin wanted the Mei family to return the things, but the Mei family refused to divorce her and refused to give her a divorce letter.

Liu Yuqin had no choice but to take those things back. This also led to Liu Yuqin being particularly careful with these money. She didn't want to spend too much money on Concubine Qing, and she was also afraid that Concubine Qing would live with her and she would not be able to provide for her in her old age.

Even though Aunt Qing treats Liu Yuqin very well, Liu Yuqin still has other ideas in her mind.

"Don't worry, you're a woman, and women don't have to support their parents in their old age." Aunt Qing said, "I won't let you suffer any loss."

"Mother, that's not what I meant," Liu Yuqin said. "I'm just worried about my brother and sister-in-law... I'm afraid they won't be filial to you. If I get married, I won't be able to take care of so many things. What will you do then?"

How could Liu Yuqin say that she was worried about Qing Yi Niang's spending money? Of course, she couldn't say that. She needed Qing Yi Niang at the moment, and she needed Qing Yi Niang to help her. There was also the child in her belly, and Liu Yuqin didn't want to marry with the child.

Because of this incident, Liu Yuqin resented Su Qiuya even more. She didn't like this sister-in-law at all. She thought that her brother was originally a son of a marquis, so why did her brother marry Su Qiuya, such a disaster.

"How about this, leave a maid here." Liu Yuqin said, "At least she can help a little."