"Second brother, he... he didn't..."
Regardless of whether it was the Lunar New Year or not, Liu could not utter that word, for fear of bringing bad luck.
After all, many times, the things we say unintentionally are "good but bad," which is quite eerie.
"Second brother? Oh, yes, the eldest brother must have been thinking of the second brother, that's why he's howling so loudly."
After hearing Yue Jiuyue's explanation, Madam Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, it's not bad news.
Although there was no news, it wasn't exactly good news either.
The family went out to pay New Year's visits. Yue Jiuyue visited several elders' homes for a while, then returned home to wait for the younger generation to come and wish her a Happy New Year.
There's nothing we can do; she's from the grandmother's generation.
After wave after wave of younger relatives came to offer their New Year's greetings and left, Yue Jiuyue handed out red envelopes one after another. As darkness fell, Yue Jiuyue finally returned to her warm bed.
Socializing and such can indeed be quite tiring.
The next day was the day for married daughters to return to their parents' home.
The original owner only had four sons, so instead of waiting at home for her daughter to bring her husband back to her parents' home, Yue Jiuyue had to bring her two sons back to the original owner's parents' home.
Why are there two sons?
Of course, it's because the eldest son's family also needs to go back to Liu's maternal home!
Shanghe Village, Yue Family Residence.
The three daughters from the Yue family who had married off all came with their husbands and their unmarried children, which immediately made the already not spacious courtyard crowded.
The old lady, seeing so many people come to her house, didn't feel that her daughters were being filial. Instead, she felt that her daughters had brought their children to eat her food.
"It's the Lunar New Year, and you only brought such a small amount of stuff to visit your old mother, and you even brought a whole bunch of people, big and small, so that I wouldn't even get a bite to eat! I'd have to pay you a lot for the food, I really owe you so much!"
The old lady was throwing things around, making no attempt to hide her dissatisfaction.
The original owner's eldest and second eldest sisters remained silent, and their children also lowered their heads as if they hadn't heard anything, because what the old lady said was the truth. The reason they brought such a small gift and that everyone who could come came was precisely because they didn't want to suffer any loss.
Although, it wasn't them who held this mindset, but rather their respective elders.
They could tolerate it, but Yue Jiuyue couldn't.
"Mom, it's the New Year, and you're all falling and bruising yourself like this. Be careful, or you'll have bad luck all year round."
Yue Wu Shi: ...
This girl has truly escaped her grasp.
But considering that the third daughter had received imperial edicts and rewards from the emperor's eunuch, who was personally attending to the emperor, and was quite influential with the county magistrate, and that the emperor would reward her even more if the sweet potatoes were successfully grown, it was really not a good idea to offend this girl for the sake of her son and grandson.
So, Yue Wu's family quieted down.
The original owner's eldest sister's family, second sister's family: ...
Does the third sister's word carry that much weight?
Although they had heard that a person in Linjiagou Village who discovered sweet potatoes as a new grain was Lin Yueshi, their third sister, who had even gained the emperor's favor.
Regardless of whether such rumors are true or false, even if they are true, rumors that are linked to the emperor just don't seem very real.
Even though they did receive the sweet potato seedlings from their third sister and planted sweet potatoes together, they ate sweet potato vines and leaves, as well as sweet potatoes that were no bigger than a fist. They were indeed very delicious, and they were no longer hungry.
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