"Mother, can we use the things the emperor bestowed upon us? Can we spend that money? Didn't the storyteller say that the things the emperor bestowed upon us should be kept as precious treasures?"
While they were gossiping, Lady Liu mentioned the cloth, porcelain, and silver that the emperor had bestowed upon them.
Before Yue Jiuyue could speak, Madam Liu continued speaking to herself:
"I never thought I'd receive an imperial edict from the emperor, even though it was for my mother-in-law, hehe!"
"Mother, you have no idea, right now the most talked-about thing in the surrounding area is our family! It shouldn't be just our town that knows, right? The emperor gave us a reward, the whole world should know about it, right?"
Wow! Our family will be famous all over the world! Maybe other countries will even hear about it! We'll be famous worldwide! Hahahaha!
Liu was so excited that she was completely overwhelmed. The Liu who used to cry at the drop of a hat had long since disappeared, leaving only the Liu in front of her, who was laughing triumphantly with her mouth wide open.
They've gone astray.
Liu has completely become arrogant.
She had no desire for the emperor's reward; she simply felt that it was an immense honor for her family to receive such a gift! She didn't become arrogant because she still had a little bit of self-awareness.
No matter how much the emperor bestowed upon her, it couldn't change the fact that she was a peasant.
Moreover, those rewards were all specifically given to her mother-in-law, and she didn't dare to have even the slightest improper thoughts, for fear of doing something wrong and having her entire family executed.
Storytellers always say this about emperors, like "His Majesty's anger can lead to the extermination of nine generations of his family," which is quite terrifying!
Liu Shi kept rambling on and on, using exclamation marks frequently, and making a lot of noise. Without Yue Jiuyue giving any response, she got excited about her own words.
"Oh my! Mother! Our family is all thanks to you! Oh my! Just think of that day, the whole village knelt down together to hear the emperor's reward for you, and those glittering silver ingots! My heart is still pounding with excitement! It's about to jump out of my throat!"
Liu patted her chest, as if that could calm her restless heart.
Yue Jiuyue sighed inwardly. She had been tormented by Liu Shi for several days. At first, her three sons helped her, but later those three unfilial sons took Xiaoman'er out to play, leaving her alone at home to endure Liu Shi's verbal bombardment.
It's not that she doesn't want to go out, it's already late October, and it's almost winter. It's really cold outside in the middle of the afternoon!
There is no greenhouse effect here. In late October in the north, the temperature is still relatively low, especially with a large temperature difference between day and night. It is even colder than the following December. Moreover, it is a dry cold, and there is not a single snowflake. Yue Jiuyue has to hug a hot water bottle to sleep at night.
"mother!"
The three adults and one child who went out to play have returned. The four children are still two miles away, but their voices have already come home.
"Mom! Look! We found a beehive on the mountain!"
Lin Chaobei proudly showed the basket to Yue Jiuyue, opened the lid, and inside were several gray beehives of different sizes, and below that were various medicinal herbs, all of which had been dug up a few months ago. He wondered if the three brothers had nothing better to do, because they had started digging for medicinal herbs on the mountain again these past two days.
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