Seven days later, at the end of the Si hour, when the sun was at its highest point in the sky, Old Madam Song finally fainted from hunger.
The top-floor room of the only restaurant in Oasis City.
"Young Master, Madam Song has fallen, as has Madam Yu."
Su Ning'an looked out the window and said, "Arrange for a doctor to see them. They can't die! Go tell the Song and Yu families that they are old and don't need to plant trees anymore, but the amount of trees they need to plant every day needs to be shared among other people."
"yes!"
"Also, after three months of work, each family will receive half a month's salary. As long as they exceed the daily planting quota, they can have a half-full meal at night. If they fail to do so, they won't even get any vegetable soup. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
"Okay, let's notify them."
Old Madam Song had eaten full meals for two days due to her illness, and she shared her portion with her two sons and daughters-in-law. On the third day, she did not have to go to plant trees, so she could only eat half full at noon, and only had a bowl of vegetable soup in the evening.
Looking at Song Heng, she saw that her son and daughter-in-law could still eat half full every night, but she was shameless enough to let her two daughters-in-law share their food with her.
The daughters-in-law were obedient at first or twice. They had nothing to eat in the morning, and their mother-in-law would take away the food in the evening, so they had no energy to complete the tree planting task beyond the quota. In order to have a half-full meal at night, Madam Song forced them to complete the task beyond the quota.
The two daughters-in-law refused to accept it!
The mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and three of them soon started arguing.
Song Heng felt angry whenever he thought of Yu Chengxin. If it weren't for his old wife marrying Yu into the family, the Song family would never have fallen to the point of planting trees in the Northwest Province!
His Song family will become an even more prominent family in Beiyi because of their good grandson, Prince Fu.
Song Heng stood on the side of his daughter-in-law. Old Madam Song was so angry that she could only watch them eat and she could only drink the vegetable soup!
Now she realized what it felt like to be hungry!
The news that Old Lady Song had quarreled with her daughter-in-law over dinner soon reached Baili Qingluan and her son.
Su Ning'an frowned, "How can Madam Song be so ungrateful? Not only does she not have to plant trees, but she can also eat half a full lunch every day, and even have vegetable soup in the evening. Mother didn't even have vegetable soup in the evening back then!"
Baili Qingluan said, "She... has never been hungry. She will suffer in the future."
"Mother, let's go back to the Imperial City tomorrow. I want to spend more time with my grandparents, and then go back to Prince Fu's Mansion in Beiyirong City, our home!"
Baili Qingyun smiled, "Yes! Our home, mother and son!"
"We still need to return to hand over those five cities quickly, and we also need to sort out all the miscellaneous affairs. This year, we will be taking the food and fiefs of these five cities! Once everything is clear, we can withdraw our troops!"
Baili Qingluan nodded: "After this matter is taken care of, your princess' mother will be giving birth soon."
"I don't know if Xiaowu is a boy or a girl. By the way, mother, is the lakeside dungeon in Prince Fu's mansion complete?"
"It should have been completed a long time ago. Song Linyuan and Yu Chengxin should have moved in."
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