He's gone to such lengths, how can he have the nerve to tell her she's changed?
"I hadn't even gotten up yet..."
“It’s all just an excuse.” Sun Xueyao directly exposed his little scheme. “You just think that if you don’t tell, your mother can continue to take advantage of our family.”
You're wavering between us sisters, isn't it all so you can make a choice?
That's just how Sun Xueyao is. When she's gentle, she's as gentle as water, but if you piss her off, she can say the most nasty things.
At this moment, she didn't care whether the other party was happy or not, and just said whatever she wanted.
"Xueyao, I'm really disappointed by what you're saying. I only let Xueyi down because I liked you. Since we're all family, there's no such thing as taking advantage of someone else."
Now our two families should work together to get through this difficult time. Don't worry, I will definitely pass the imperial examination. Let's just let this matter pass, okay?
Let's both avoid bringing this up again.
Sun Xueyao felt a little better after hearing this.
"That would be best. As long as your mother doesn't push her luck any further, I definitely won't say anything."
"You need to keep up the good work in the future."
Sun Xueyao also knew that the two of them could not break off their engagement. The previous engagement was already registered, and if they went to break it off again, it would be considered that they were breaking off the engagement frequently, which would cause a lot of trouble.
Besides, they both knew each other's weaknesses, and neither of them would feel at ease if they weren't together. In the end, Sun Xueyao still wanted to try one more time; she wanted to become a noblewoman.
"Okay, sure." Fang agreed, but neither of them was actually very satisfied with the other, though neither of them said it out loud at the time.
...
Sun Jin and Sun Xueyi went to school for three days and rested for one day. They worked very hard every day. Mo Yan was not idle either. She had to re-plan what to plant on the family's land and make reasonable use of each acre of land.
She discovered that chili peppers were used as ornamental plants in this dynasty, and tomatoes received the same treatment. Perfect, she took them back to cultivate them herself and grow them.
The chili peppers people talk about are actually dogwood, a dogwood that symbolizes "dogwood everywhere, but one less person."
They also found onion seeds being used as scallion seedlings, and sweet potatoes being fed to pigs. People fed the pigs the leaves, never considering that sweet potatoes were edible. It seems that people wouldn't eat what cattle, sheep, and pigs eat. [Fictional setting]
Upon seeing this, she bought the land where the sweet potato leaves were, dug them all up, and found that because they hadn't been tended to, and because the sweet potatoes weren't very big due to the times, they needed improvement.
Each family grows only a small amount, just enough to feed the pigs, and it's all right by the roadside; they want to grow proper millet on the land.
Mo Yan instructed Ren to find another sweet potato field like that and buy their sweet potatoes.
Many people were willing to buy it all, since it was originally meant for feeding pigs. Even if they bought it all, they would only get 500 jin (250 kg) for an entire county.
They didn't understand why the old lady wanted to buy it, since these were all brought from the mountains.
Mo Yan also went to the mountainous county and traveled to many places, finally discovering traces of rice cultivation.
The rice here isn't paddy rice; it's a different kind called millet, which is very small and doesn't taste as good as regular rice.
However, the rice didn't taste as good at this time, and Mo Yan still had a lot to do.
Sun Jin was also dragged into reading books and helping with research. When she learned that her grandmother wanted to study these things, Sun Jin became very interested.
"Grandmother, your grandson wants to go with you."
From then on, in addition to studying, Sun Jin also had to go to the fields with Mo Yan, go to the deep mountains, and go to hot places together.
Seed cultivation takes a long time, as does research, and it's also seasonal. If we wait until that season to conduct research, it could take many years. We can only find suitable places, and we'll go to any mountain or desert.
Mo Yan already knew how to do it, and with the right location and temperature, the research wouldn't be a problem.
While Mo Yan and her group were getting back on track, Sun Yue was in deep trouble.
Now, she looks nothing like a young lady anymore. She wears coarse clothes and has pawned all her jewelry to pay for Lin Xuan's studies.
She also has to do housework every day, cooking and washing clothes are all her responsibilities. As long as she dares to get close to Lin Xuan, the old lady will run out, just like a mother hen protecting her chicks.
"What's wrong with you? I've already said my son needs to study, he needs to study. Are you that desperate for a man?"
These words brought tears to Sun Yue's eyes. "Auntie, how could you say that?"
She went from a pampered young lady who never lifted a finger to someone who can do everything... How did she become like that?
"How else can I put it? How could a decent girl do something like this, offering herself up for someone else? If it weren't for the fact that you can still do some work, I would have kicked you out right away!"
The old lady's attitude was alright before, thinking that Sun Yue had money, but now that she has no money left, she naturally doesn't need to treat her well.
There's no need to treat her well if she's paying you to stay; it would be good enough if she were just a concubine.
"You... I and Young Master Lin are mutually in love..."
The old woman spat on the ground and looked at her with disgust.
"Pah! Even mutual affection requires social standing and the consent of parents and the words of a matchmaker. You're just an orphan, do you deserve it? If you want to stay, then stay put. My son will take you as his wife if he wants, otherwise get out!"
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