When Erhuzi saw Aunt Zhang looking over, he quickly nodded respectfully and then turned and left.
The reason why Erhuzi was so respectful to Aunt Zhang was because the ten catties of rice that the Huang family wanted were provided by Aunt Zhang. Otherwise, with his family's fortunes reduced to ruins, how could he have come up with that much rice?
It turns out that after Aunt Zhang chased Huang Zhaodi away with a broom, she was still worried that Huang Zhaodi would come back and cause trouble, affecting Da Niu and Er Yue's marriage.
So he went to find Erhuzi and learned that the Huang family wanted ten catties of white rice, so he agreed to marry Huang Zhaodi to them.
Despite this, Erhuzi's family couldn't afford rice, and coupled with Huang Zhaodi's previous insults, Erhuzi and his parents decided not to let Huang Zhaodi into their home.
At this point, Aunt Zhang offered to provide the rice, but on the condition that Huang Zhaodi not cause any more trouble in Zhushan Village.
When Erhuzi's family heard this, they realized they had gotten a daughter-in-law for free without having to contribute anything. All they had to do was keep her in line and prevent her from going to Zhushan Village. Naturally, they wouldn't refuse such a good thing.
Aunt Zhang watched Erhuzi leave quickly, her somewhat cloudy eyes flickered, and when she turned back and saw her silly son quietly taking Eryue's hand, her eyes immediately lit up with a smile again.
In fact, life in Zhushan Village is much better than in other villages. Now every family has built adobe houses. Although the rice that they exchanged for Han Yiyi with mushrooms has been used up, at least when they sell chili peppers, every family has some money saved up. They can buy some flour and wild vegetables to eat, so they won't starve.
In addition, looking at the sweet potato field, which is full of green, and thinking that it won't be long before we can eat sweet potatoes, I feel hopeful. So, the next month or two will not be so difficult.
After Emperor Beichen learned that the merchants were maliciously raising grain prices, he sent officials to investigate the matter.
Merchants who maliciously raised grain prices were severely punished and ordered to hand over large sums of money to replenish the national treasury and help disaster victims rebuild their homes.
Subsequently, Emperor Beichen issued an order requiring officials in various regions to strengthen market supervision and severely crack down on malicious price gouging. He also ordered the opening of granaries to release grain at affordable prices, alleviating the financial burden on the people, which ultimately eased grain prices.
However, given the severity of the floods, several grain depots were flooded. Therefore, although grain prices have been strictly controlled, there is still a situation of low prices but no grain.
Faced with this situation, Emperor Beichen had no choice but to exempt the people from taxes, hoping that the situation would ease after the late rice harvest.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Han Yiyi has been in Kyoto for almost two months.
For Han Yiyi, those two months felt like an eternity.
Back in Zhushan Village, when I had nothing to do, I could go to the back mountain to dig for wild vegetables and pick mushrooms. If there was any gossip in someone's house, I could chat with Aunt Zhang about it. But now, all I do is eat, sleep, and daydream. Well, sometimes I have to watch the two men bicker openly and secretly.
The two little ones are busy with their own studies and have no time to visit me. In the past two months, I can count the number of times I have seen them on one hand.
As they entered the courtyard, Zicheng and Zihui exchanged a glance upon seeing Han Yiyi sitting on the swing set, lost in thought. Their eyes darkened slightly.
In fact, the two little ones naturally wanted to spend every day with Han Yiyi. As the young master and young lady of the General's Mansion, they had so much to learn.
“My mother came to Kyoto for our sake, and she stayed in Kyoto because she was worried about our safety. But I don’t think she’s happy at all here.”
“Well, we’ve grown up now and don’t need Mother’s protection anymore. Why don’t we let Mother go back to Zhushan Village? Grandma Zhang will keep her company in Mali and make her happier. My great-grandfather said that if I study hard and become the top scholar in the imperial examination, Mother will be very happy. So, once we have learned everything that our teacher has taught us, we will go back to Zhushan Village together to be with Mother…”
Han Yiyi had no idea that these two little adults were planning her return to Zhushan Village. When she looked up and saw the two people coming in from outside the courtyard, her eyes lit up immediately.
"Zicheng, Zihui, you're here! Come quickly, let your mother see if you've gained any weight. What would you like to eat? Your mother will make it for you!"
"Mother, you should go back to Zhushan Village..."
"Yes, Mom, we feel you're not happy at all here, and we don't want you to be unhappy!"
Upon seeing the two children, Han Yiyi quickly stepped forward and embraced them, showering them with concern and care.
She knew that as children of the General's Mansion, they had a heavy workload of studies, so she usually didn't take the initiative to look for them. Just as she was about to get up to make them some food, she heard what the two little ones said, and Han Yiyi was stunned for a moment.
She came to Kyoto mainly because of her two children, and she promised them that she would always be by their side. However, she didn't like life in Kyoto, so she was often depressed.
However, in order to prevent the two children from noticing anything amiss, she would hide her emotions every time they came. She never expected that the two children would be so cunning and would even tell her to go back to Zhushan Village.
Han Yiyi was deeply moved by what the two children said, but she deliberately pouted and said...
"What's wrong? You two little rascals have grown up and don't want your mother around anymore?"
"Of course not. We wish our mother could stay with us all the time, but we want her to be happy every day even more."
"Yes, yes, we really want our mother to stay with us. Our great-grandfather said that we need to learn a lot of things so that we can become as capable as our mother and father when we grow up. We also want to be as capable as our father and mother. Our mother can save people, and our father can fight bad guys. We need to learn a lot of things, so we won't have time to spend with our mother!"
"Yes, when Mom was in Zhushan Village, she could chat with Grandma Zhang. Mom was happiest when she chatted with Grandma Zhang. We want Mom to be happy every day. When I become the top scholar in the imperial examination, we will go to be with Mom. At that time, we will never be separated again!"
Hearing the two little ones' words, Yun Xiao raised an eyebrow and thought to herself, "See? Even the two little ones know that their mother likes to listen to gossip, and that she is happiest when she listens to gossip."
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