Chapter 194 Unharmed
Song Yuntang smiled and pointed to the wooden shed next to the courtyard.
"That's where the wine is made on the farm. They steamed three pots of grain a few days ago and it's fermenting now. Auntie has a really good nose."
"No wonder!" Zhang pointed to the other wooden shed and asked, "What's that used for?"
Song Yuntang looked in the direction of her finger.
"Over there is a simple factory building that makes bamboo can packaging." She said, looking towards the courtyard, "Aunt Miao, pack six cans of shampoo. I will take them away later."
Aunt Miao responded and went to work in the house.
After arranging things here, Song Yuntang went to take a look at the pepper seedlings planted by Fang Tianci and Tu Shi in the morning.
Both of them are good at farm work.
The soil in the field was turned over finely and flatly, and the spacing between the pepper seedlings was almost uniform. After a rough count, I found that one ridge was divided into three rows, with thirty pepper seedlings in each row. There were two ridges in total, with less than two hundred seedlings.
In addition to those planted in the courtyard and at home in Lushan Village.
If all of them can survive, the yield should be good, and there will be no problem supplying our own winery next year.
Later on, a large number of seeds can be saved and promoted in county towns and even provincial capitals.
"Aunt Miao, the seedlings planted today need to be watered in the morning and evening in the next two days. Please pay more attention. It's getting late, so I'll go home first." Song Yuntang said when he came to the gate of the courtyard.
Miao was preparing to cook at this time. After hearing Song Yuntang's instructions, she quickly responded, "Don't worry, young lady. I will ask Tianci and Tushi to water the trees early tomorrow morning. The shampoo water has just been put on the mule cart."
"Okay, you guys go ahead and do your work, I'm leaving."
"Hey, girl, take care."
Song Yuntang led everyone onto the mule cart, and Xu Wencheng drove the mule cart to Lushan Village.
Aunt Miao's family and Tu Shi were watching over the affairs of the farm, so she was not worried.
"Wencheng, go back and prepare some fodder. The mule has been busy all afternoon and must be hungry."
Xu Wencheng smiled.
"There is still some fodder left over from what Dad prepared at noon. The mules will have something to eat when they get home."
Yesterday I saw a mule cart carrying Song Yuntang’s things to his home, and I thought it was rented. Unexpectedly, my sister-in-law and eldest brother drove the mule cart back this morning.
When my father asked, he found out that it was my sister-in-law who bought it herself.
They immediately arranged a nest for the mule and prepared plenty of fodder for it.
Zhang had something on her mind. Thinking that it would be inconvenient with so many people at home, she lifted the bamboo curtain of the mule cart, looked at Xu Liangping and said, "Liangping, come in. Mother has something to ask you."
"Hey." Xu Liangping climbed directly into the mule cart and sat down opposite Zhang. "What does mother want to ask me?"
"What do you think, your cousin Xiaofang from your aunt's family?" Zhang asked directly.
Xu Liangping touched the back of his head and said a little embarrassedly, "I don't really have any ideas. It's up to my parents to decide."
Seeing that her son's answer was unclear, Zhang spoke frankly.
"Let me tell you the truth. I can't say I like Xiaofang, but I don't hate her either. But I'm not willing to let her marry into our family."
Xu Liangping blinked.
"Since mom doesn't want to, just refuse it."
"So this is what I meant when I asked you about your wishes. If you really like her and want her, after all, you two are living on your own, so I can accept it. But if you just treat her as a sister and have no other thoughts, I will ask someone to take a letter to your aunt to reject her request when I get home."
As she spoke, she glanced in Song Yuntang's direction.
"You've heard that your cousin's wife is a good doctor. Today, she said something in our house about cousins not being suitable for marriage. Mother even asked her about it. It's not just hearsay. After all, it concerns your future. Mother hopes you can consider it carefully."
Without thinking, Xu Liangping shook his head and said, "I have always treated my cousin Xiaofang as my younger sister. Before today, I never thought that my cousin would suddenly come to our house and ask for marriage. Since it is not suitable, mother can just help me reject it."
After hearing this, Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, I feel relieved when you say that." She glanced at the direction of the carriage curtain and said, "Go outside with Wencheng to drive the mule cart."
"good."
Xu Liangping responded and got out of the mule cart.
Zhang looked at Song Yuntang.
"Tang'er, don't take your aunt's words today to heart. When your aunt saw Qingye pass the exam, she brought gifts from her mother's home and wanted Qingye to register all the land of the Cheng family in his name."
"When Qingye passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, we hadn't yet separated. Your grandparents registered all the land in his name. After the separation, we didn't register it with the government. We took advantage of this loophole."
"Your aunt thinks that your parents-in-law and Qingye are biased because they help our family but not her."
"Qingye told her very clearly at the time that he was going to take the imperial examination and become an official in the future. This behavior was originally against the laws of Daxia. If he was criticized for this in the future, he would lose the big picture for the small."
"After your aunt went back, she was so angry that she brought Cheng Xiaoqian to Lushan Village when she came back. Xiaoqian was only eleven years old at the time. Your aunt wanted to leave her in your house for Qingye to be a child bride, but Qingye disagreed, and your parents-in-law were also unwilling. Anyway, this incident made everyone unhappy."
"She brought this up today probably to sow discord between you and Qingye. You must not fall into her trap."
Song Yuntang understood.
It turns out that Xu Cui has such a grudge with her family.
It seems that Xu Cui is not a good person either.
"Don't worry, Auntie. I didn't take her words to heart at all."
"That's good." Zhang was relieved. "I was afraid that you might think wrongly, so I told you the whole story. Qingye grew up under our care. He has been a quiet boy since he was young and is a very principled person. Now that he is married to you, you can live with him without any worries."
Song Yuntang nodded.
"Thank you, auntie."
"Oh!" Zhang was a little embarrassed, "Why are you thanking me? I didn't do anything. I owe all these years to Qingye."
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Mule carts are much faster than ox carts.
I got home in less than fifteen minutes.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard voices talking in the yard. It turned out that not only Xu Cuinian and her three children were here, but my grandparents had also come home.
Song Yuntang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It seems like there will be another farce today.
"Mom, we're back." Xu Wencheng shouted loudly as the mule cart stopped.
Hearing the noise, Jiang hurried to the door.
"Is everything going well?"
Xu Wencheng half-jokingly said, "Don't worry, mother. Your precious daughter-in-law is fine and unharmed."
Jiang glanced at him.
"You little brat! Isn't it because you've never driven a mule cart that I'm worried about?"
Song Yuntang got out of the mule cart.
"Mom, Wencheng drives the mule cart very well."
Xu Wencheng's mouth was almost stretched to the sky with praise from his sister-in-law.
Jiang smiled and said, "That's fine."
Seeing Song Yuntang was about to get off the mule cart, he stepped forward to help her.
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