Poor couples have many worries, and the same applies to mothers and children. Liu Yanyuan was unhappy when his mother always considered marrying her daughter out.

"Pack up your things, we have to open the business again soon." Liu Yanyuan felt that it was difficult for him too.

After they returned to the capital, everything cost money, firewood cost money, clothes also cost a lot of money... The overall consumption level in the capital is much higher than that in the northwest. They were originally in a small town in the northwest.

"You are just like this." Aunt Chai was helpless. Whether in Jingning Marquis' Mansion or in this small family, Aunt Chai had no housekeeper.

After the family division, Aunt Chai had some money in her hands, and she was unwilling to give out more. She just asked Liu Yanyuan and his wife to do more things so that they could earn money to support the family.

Even though Aunt Chai spent money to buy the shop, she still wanted her son and daughter-in-law to pay her back some money every month.

Aunt Chai was afraid that her son would forget her after he got married, and that her life would be difficult in the future. So she had to save money and keep it in her own hands.

When they sent things to Liu Fang, they were bought by Liu Yanyuan and his wife, as Aunt Chai was unwilling to pay more.

In Aunt Chai's eyes, Liu Fang is Liu Yanyuan's biological sister, and Liu Yanyuan should pay the money.

"Let's wait until later." Aunt Chai couldn't insist. Between being poor herself and her son, she chose a poor son. Between being poor herself and her daughter, she chose a poor daughter. Besides, her daughter wasn't poor either.

The Zhen family still has a lot of money, and those people can still live well.

Since Liu Yuqin moved into her own house, Su Qiuya felt much more at peace. However, Su Qiuya and Liu Yanbo also became the subject of gossip. People said that Su Qiuya and Liu Yanbo were too cold-hearted, asking why they would kick their own sister out of the house.

Those people didn't want to talk too much about the Jingning Marquis Mansion, so they talked more about Liu Yanbo and his wife.

When Liu Yuqin was chatting with her friends, she also said something bad about Su Qiuya.

"My sister-in-law doesn't take me seriously."

"She's just like that. She only thinks about making money all day long. She's definitely from a business background."

"I don't count on her anymore. What's the point of counting on her? I'm afraid she'll even take away the rest of my dowry."

…

Liu Yuqin didn't care about Su Qiuya's reputation. She herself was not a good person. It would be strange if she didn't say anything about Su Qiuya.

Su Qiuya knew where the rumors came from. It was impossible for the people in the first house to care about their own family. Furthermore, the news was basically related to Liu Yuqin, and Liu Yuqin wasn't a very smart person, so it was easy to tell who spread the rumors.

This made Su Qiuya very unhappy, and when Su Qiuya and Liu Yanbo got together, Su Qiuya couldn't help but say a few more words, saying that Liu Yuqin's sister was useless.

"I think she just thinks our business isn't bad enough, and she's still saying that outside." Su Qiuya said, "She's pregnant, but she's not taking good care of the baby, and she's been making such a fuss."

Su Qiuya got a headache when she thought of Liu Yuqin. People like Liu Yuqin didn't commit any crime, they just said a few words about others. Such harmless words made people very disgusted.

"She is just like that." Liu Yanbo never thought his sister was so annoying before, but now, he feels that his sister does not know how to consider him as her younger brother.

The reason their family came to the capital was because of Su Qiuya making money.

Liu Yanbo thought that he was also a gigolo, so he was too embarrassed to do anything else, nor did he dare to provoke Su Qiuya's anger. As for Liu Yuqin, she didn't care about that at all.

It was obvious that Su Qiuya had done nothing wrong to them, but Liu Yuqin still made such a fuss.

Liu Yanbo was not in a good mood, and he couldn't do anything to his sister. The most he could do was to ask his sister not to bother with unnecessary things.

However, there was no way Liu Yuqin would listen to him.

"Don't pay attention to her." Liu Yanbo said, "She can talk as she pleases. Sooner or later, she will marry again."

"It would be better if she got married sooner." Su Qiuya wished that Liu Yuqin would get married sooner. By that time, Liu Yuqin would be under the care of her in-laws, and she would no longer be able to be so unscrupulous.

But with Liu Yuqin's personality, who would be willing to marry her?

In the northwest, Miss Cen was engaged to a wealthy young man from a small town. However, this young man was a dandy, and he liked beautiful women and often touched the maids. However, he did not do any other bad things outside.

The parents of this rich young man hoped that Miss Cen could take care of her. Also, Miss Cen came from a big family. It used to be a big family, but now it has declined, so that's fine.

Anyway, this rich young man is not the eldest son, so his parents' requirements for him are much simpler.

Miss Cen doesn't like her current fiancé very much, but she knows that no matter how dissatisfied she is, it's useless. If she doesn't want this fiancé, there will be others who will.

Many girls in the village wanted to marry into the town, even if they were rich and powerful. Some girls even wanted to be concubines to the men in the town. There were all kinds of people.

Since Miss Cen couldn't find anyone better, she could only choose her current fiancé and make do with him.

"You are getting married in a few days, so don't look so sad." Mrs. Cen San said.

Mrs. Cen San knew that her daughter didn't like her current fiancé, but there was nothing they could do. They couldn't find a better family for their daughter. In their current situation, they had no money and no power, so who would care about them?

"Mom." Miss Cen really felt that her current fiancé was not a good person.

"If you don't get married, it will be even more difficult in the future," said Mrs. Cen San.

"Can we wait?" Miss Cen said this at this time.

"No." Mrs. Cen San said, "The family has already accepted the betrothal gift. If you don't agree now, it will be even more difficult for you in the future. Others will think you are trying to cheat for the betrothal gift."

Mrs. Cen San would never allow such a thing to happen. Even if she wanted to, people from other branches of the Cen family would think they were crazy, and this would bring trouble to the entire Cen family.

The Cen family's life here was already difficult. They had to farm and submit enough grain to the court. Even though they now had culture medium, they had never worked in the fields before, so how could they have the ability to cultivate so much land?

But they had to farm. If they didn't hand over grain to the court on time, they would be punished more severely. They didn't want things to turn out that way at all. If possible, they all hoped they could open up more land.

They were a large group, and they couldn't just go find someone else to cultivate their land, as that would cost money, and they simply didn't have that much money. Otherwise, if they didn't harvest much food, they would lose all their money.

The Cen family had to work hard to do those things. They couldn't let a girl like Cen who didn't know how to do things stay at home forever. They didn't think of selling their daughter, which was already very good. Some people just asked for a high price for the bride price and gave their daughter very little dowry.

This time, Miss Cen had to marry even if she didn't want to. It can be said that Mrs. Cen San was quite capable. She even found a marriage for Miss Cen in the town, which would allow her to live a more affluent life.

But how the days will turn out depends on Miss Cen herself.

The other girls in the Cen family think that Miss Cen is lucky, and other people in the village also think so. Mrs. Cen San will make plans for Miss Cen.

In Shiyuan Village, Liu Yanqing went to the town and learned that a wealthy young man in the town wanted to marry Miss Cen. He really felt that some people did not have to pay any price for their mistakes, and someone like Miss Cen could still marry in the town.

"Do you think the man who married her is that powerful?" Lin Xiaowan sneered, "That family either didn't have good character, or they gave up their son because they knew how ridiculous he was."

A son with bad character, if he were to marry someone, he might end up making an enemy. Even a good girl from another family wouldn't want to marry such a man, otherwise why is that man still unmarried at such an old age?

Although it is common for men to get married at the age of 20, the fact that this man did not take the imperial examination or do anything else but waited until then suggests that he may have other problems, which may be minor or major.

Anyway, the girls in the town were unwilling to marry that man, so he went to find Miss Cen.

"Men are all lustful." Lin Xiaowan said, "Some dandy boys are just spendthrifts and lustful. I don't know what this young man is like."

"..." Liu Yanqing thought for a moment, "I'm not a playboy."

"A dandy boy usually has to be rich." Lin Xiaowan glanced at Liu Yanqing, "How much money do you have?"

"I... I don't have any money." Liu Yanqing had to admit this. "When I was in the Marquis' Mansion, I wasn't considered a playboy."

"Heh." Lin Xiaowan sneered. How dare someone like Liu Yanqing say no? "Back then, with such good conditions, why didn't you learn anything? Until now, you have achieved nothing."

"No, what are you talking about me doing?" Liu Yanqing said.

"Am I the one who said that? You said it yourself." Lin Xiaowan said, "You said you are not a playboy."

"..." Liu Yanqing was silent. It was indeed he who started speaking first.

However, he still felt that Miss Cen had slandered his younger sister so much, but she hadn't paid any price. Even if Miss Cen had reached this point, she could still marry into a wealthy family.

Lin Xiaowan's thoughts are different from Liu Yanqing's. Although Miss Cen is married well now, after a while, she will know how hard it is.

A woman in the backyard, with her man ignoring her, and other things going on, how could she not feel bitter? But people outside thought that this girl couldn't be living a bad life. Look, she has new clothes to wear and she has enough food and drink.

The outside may look bright and beautiful, but the inside may not be.

Lin Xiaowan thought that these men wouldn't think about these things, and many people didn't think about them either. Especially those who didn't have such a good life, they would say: What's wrong with her life? She has good food and clothes, so it's enough.

As for someone like Miss Cen, who originally came from a large family, she certainly didn't think she had a good life. When she returned to her parents' home, they couldn't say she had a bad life. The Cen family had to work hard to make money and farm, so they would say Miss Cen had a good life.

"It's pretty good, isn't it?" Lin Xiaowan said, "You all think she's doing well."

“…” Liu Yanqing felt something was wrong, but he didn’t know.

At Widow Zhang's house, Miss Lin San didn't interact much with the Lin family. Even when her sister-in-law was pregnant, she didn't plan to send more gifts. She was sold, not married off by her parents.

Miss Lin San thought again of how Miss Lin Da was beaten by her widower brother-in-law some time ago. She couldn't blame anyone else for this, as Miss Lin Da actually brought her stepson's food to her parents' home.

That was bought by the father for his son, not for Miss Lin.

If the widower had bought it for Miss Lin, then no one would have said anything bad about Miss Lin bringing it back to her parents' home. The key point was that it wasn't bought for her, so Miss Lin's behavior was considered stealing, not to mention that stealing from one's own family wasn't considered stealing.

The widower chased directly to the Lin family and beat up Miss Lin's brother. He said that if Miss Lin dared to bring things back to her parents' home again, he would kill the younger brother.

As a result, Miss Lin didn't dare to move.

"Do you have eggs?" Miss Lin Da didn't take anything from her husband's house, she just came to find Miss Lin San.

"No." Miss Lin San didn't know where Miss Lin Da got the shamelessness from, and she came over again and again.

"You have so many chickens at home, how come it's missing?" Miss Lin didn't believe it.

"All those chickens have the surname Zhang," said Miss Lin San, "not Lin."

Miss Lin San wondered what Miss Lin Da was thinking about, thinking about other people's eggs. "If you are capable, get pregnant, and ask your husband to buy eggs for you, you can get it. But..."

The widower probably didn't want Miss Lin to give the food to others. Of course, he wanted Miss Lin to eat it so that the baby in her belly could get better.

"you……"

"Don't take it from me," said Miss Lin San. "I still have work to do."

When Miss Lin Da saw Miss Lin San, she said, "I don't know where Fourth Sister has gone."

"Why do you care where Fourth Sister goes or what she does?" Miss Lin San said, "Even if Fourth Sister were here, she wouldn't give you these things. You're really amazing, using other people's things to prop up your own reputation."

"We are all sisters..."

"No, don't always say such things." Miss Lin San said.

In the capital, in the Eastern Palace, Chunlan, also known as the fourth Miss Lin, worked alongside the Crown Princess. Although she had never been to school, she worked hard to learn to read and write. Whenever she had free time, she would study.

She has to work for the Crown Princess, and the Crown Princess also takes her to work outside, so she should work hard.

Chunlan had no ambition to become the Crown Prince's concubine. She came from a poor family and had no powerful maternal family. The Crown Princess wanted someone to secure her favor, not her. She was just a nobody.

Chunlan can plow the soil and carry water. She can do a lot of things and is not afraid of hard work.

The Crown Princess also liked to take Chunlan out, and it was a coincidence that brought Chunlan to the Crown Princess's side. Chunlan was used by the Crown Princess, so she worked hard to strive to continue to attract the Crown Princess's attention in the future.

"We'll go to the farm later," a palace maid said to Chunlan, "get ready. We'll probably need to plant something by then."

"Yes." Chunlan responded.

Chunlan was quite strong, and she thought she could grow more things, so that she could be more considerate and not let the Crown Princess work too hard.

Coincidentally, the farm the Crown Princess was going to was the one belonging to the research institute, and Chunlan saw Liu Yulian when she went there. Chunlan had also met Princess Rongning before, and she thought that Princess Rongning had also worked very hard. If she had not experienced hardship, Princess Rongning would definitely not have been able to research so many things.

Even though Princess Rongning was weak and not good at farming, it did not mean that she did not suffer in other areas.

Chunlan is not jealous of Princess Rongning, she just works hard.

Liu Yulian saw the Crown Princess coming. She was holding a shovel in her hand and waved at her, "This way."

"How long have you been here?" asked the Crown Princess.

"I've only been here a little while." Liu Yulian said, "Look, those basins."

Liu Yulian had various pots made specially with small holes in the bottom to facilitate watering without accumulating water. The pots were placed on racks inside the greenhouse.

"Some have already sprouted." Liu Yulian said.

"Yes." The Crown Princess nodded. "That's pretty quick. Those potions are quite useful."

"Those medicines are used to promote rooting." Liu Yulian said, "The things here are pretty good. I have to go plant sweet potatoes later."

"Okay." The Crown Princess had no objection. She came here just to take a look at these things and try to grow one.

Zhuangzi also took care of some people, but not many. He mainly asked them to till the land and cultivate it according to the methods prescribed by the researchers of the institute, rather than letting ordinary people cultivate the land casually. Of course, the land used for research was different.

After reaching the clearing, the Crown Princess was about to use the hoe to till the soil, but Chunlan went straight ahead and started tilling the soil first.

"She is quite strong." Liu Yulian sighed.

"She is just very strong, so I will keep her by my side," said the Crown Princess.

The Crown Princess thought Chunlan did a good job, and Chunlan didn't complain. If it were other palace maids, they might not be so enthusiastic. Some palace maids were afraid that their hands would become too rough, and some wanted to become the Crown Princess's concubine.

"How's the comic strip you mentioned a few days ago?" asked the Crown Princess.

"Almost done." Liu Yulian replied, "I just need to find someone else. I can't always let... let others draw."

"Did you draw this for your brother Yuan?" the Crown Princess teased.

Liu Yulian didn't want to talk, and these people just knew how to tease her.

At the Chengguo Mansion, He Xiyuan was organizing the comic strips he had drawn, which he wanted to draw for his sister Lian.

"What is this?" He Xichen came to see his brother. His brother has been busy recently, and he didn't know what his brother was busy with, so he just came to take a look.

"Comic strips," He Xiyuan said, "Sister Lian and I agreed to draw a few short stories first."

"Not studying anymore?" He Xichen joked.

"No, I just drew it in my spare time." He Xiyuan said. He couldn't draw all the time, of course he also had to study. "This is just a model. Sister Lian needs to find other people to draw, so that we can draw more."

"I thought you were the only one drawing." He Xichen picked up the paper on the table.

"..." He Xiyuan thought that he would like to draw alone, but the comic strips were not just for Sister Lian to read, there were other people who wanted to read them.