Chapter 967 Chapter 967, Divorce
Looking at the endless fields in front of him, Rice Flower took a deep breath.
As early as when she bought Daoxiangcun, she had already planned to turn it into a grain breeding base in Xiliang.
Daohua gave the sweet potato seeds to Yan Shouhou and asked him to give them to the tenants to cultivate. She then took some tenants with her and went to the fields to plant dry rice herself.
Upland rice, also known as land rice, is drought-resistant and suitable for cultivation in dry land. This batch of rice seeds was cultivated after she came to Xiliang.
Xiliang is short of water and there are few fields suitable for growing rice. The staple food of the people is mainly wheat. Some people in Xiliang can hardly eat a bite of rice in their entire lives.
If dry rice can be promoted, it will solve the problem of people's difficulty in getting rice.
While the rice flowers were leading people to plant dry rice, the rice had already started playing with the tenant farmers' children.
Daozi is about to turn three years old, and it is the time when he likes to play with his peers.
There were only two children in the palace, Daozi and his wet nurse's daughter Qiaojie. This time when he went out, Daozi was very happy to see so many children of the same age as him.
"mother!"
In the afternoon, Daozi brought a group of children to the field to look for Daohua. He pointed out his new gift to Daohua and said, "Mom, look, these are the gifts they gave me."
Daohua looked at the fluffy yellow ducklings behind her son, smiled, walked over and asked, "They gave you gifts, have you given them gifts in return?"
Daozi was stunned for a moment, tilted his head to look at the rice flowers, then turned around and ran towards the farm. After running a few steps, he turned around and asked the other children to follow him, and did not forget to ask them to bring his duck.
Daozi led a group of children and hurried over, then hurried away.
Looking at the bright smile on her son's face, Daohua smiled and shook her head, then turned around and continued to watch the tenant farmers plant upland rice.
On the other side, Daozi led a group of children to find Guyu in the village: "I want cakes." Then he pointed to the children who followed him and said, "Gifts for them."
Guyu also saw the little duck and said with a smile, "They gave the little prince ducks. Is the little prince going to give them cakes in return?"
Daozi smiled and nodded.
Guyu smiled and said, "Please wait a moment, my young prince. I will get it right away."
Soon, Guyu brought two maids and brought over several plates of pastries, placing them directly in front of Daozi without interfering with how he distributed them.
Daozi first gave a piece of cake to each person, and distributed it around. When he saw that there was still some cakes left, he started a second round, and did not stop until all the cakes that Guyu brought were distributed.
"Eat it. It's delicious."
Daozi saved a piece for himself. After playing with it for a long time, he was tired. While eating, he said to Guyu, "I want some milk."
Guyu agreed with a smile and ordered someone to go to the kitchen to boil a pot of milk. He also asked, "Do you want to share the milk with them?"
Daozi looked at his new friend and said generously, "Here, one bowl for each of you."
When Rice Flower came back from outside, Rice was sitting in a row with the other children drinking milk.
"mother!"
Daohua squatted down and wiped her son's mouth which was stained with milk. "Did you have fun?"
Daozi grinned and said, "I'm happy. We'll play again tomorrow."
Daohua and her son stayed in Daoxiang Village for two days. After seeing that the dry rice and sweet potatoes were planted, she brought Daohua, who was reluctant to leave, back to the palace.
On the way back, Daozi snuggled in her mother's arms, looking at the distant Daoxiang Village with reluctance: "Mom, I'll come to visit you next time."
Daohua knew that her son had been having a lot of fun these past two days, so she kissed him on the cheek and said, "Okay, I'll bring you here next year."
After getting her mother's consent, Daozi smiled so hard that her eyes curved.
After a while, the rice suddenly stood up straight: "Duck, my duck."
Daohua hugged her son who wanted to get off and said, "Your duck mother has someone bring her to you. Sit tight."
Hearing this, Daozi breathed a sigh of relief in an exaggerated manner.
Seeing this, Daohua said unhappily, "Where did you learn this?"
The rice plant ignored the rice flowers and simply said, "I'm going to raise the ducks and have them lay eggs. When they do, I'll give them to Mom, Dad, my ancestors, my grandmother, and Grandpa Chu."
Daohua smiled as she looked at her son and counted the people on her fingers: "Daozi, you are really amazing. I am looking forward to eating your duck eggs."
Daozi puffed out her small chest and said domineeringly, "Okay."
After returning to the palace, Daozi no longer played with other toys. He took his little duck for a walk every day. The duck's calls could be heard everywhere in the palace.
Time passed quickly and it was May. Daohua had just instructed people to deliver the Dragon Boat Festival gifts to each household when Han Xinran came to visit.
"Sister-in-law, why are you here?"
Daohua looked at Han Xinran in surprise.
Han Xinran looked a little unhappy. Normally, she would have handed in a note in advance when she came to the palace. Although her elder sister and her husband were siblings, her elder sister was now the princess, so she couldn't be too ignorant of the situation.
But the message in the letter she received yesterday made her impatient and she couldn't wait to talk to her elder sister.
"Big sister, my fourth sister returned to the capital last month alone from where her fourth brother-in-law was exiled, and now she's making a fuss about divorcing him."
Han Xinran directly threw out an explosive piece of news.
Daohua was stunned for several seconds before coming to her senses. "Yan Yile wants a divorce?! Why? She was the one who insisted on marrying Fang Shuo back then. It's only been a few years, and she doesn't like him anymore?"
Han Xinran sighed, "Big sister, you came to Xiliang not long after Fourth Sister and her husband got married. You might not know much about Fourth Sister's married life."
"After my fourth sister married into the Fang family, her life wasn't easy. Madam Fang didn't like her and set rules for her in every way. And my fourth sister's husband wasn't a loyal man either. Not long after the marriage, he took in a concubine who was very doted on."
"You know Fourth Sister's personality. She's very strong-willed. How could she tolerate this? I often hear Second Sister's wife say that Fourth Sister is always angry with Fourth Brother-in-law."
"For this reason, my second brother's wife, my second sister, and I have all advised my fourth sister to be less stubborn in front of her brother-in-law and to lower her status, but she simply didn't listen."
"In this way, it will directly benefit that noble concubine."
Daohua listened silently without expressing any opinion.
In fact, there were signs of Yan Yile's current situation before she got married. Unfortunately, everyone advised her that the Fang family was not a good match for her, but she insisted on marrying into it.
Ultimately, Yan Yile was too self-righteous and thought she could handle the Fang family.
But marrying into a wealthy family is not that easy.
It is not impossible to marry into a wealthy family, but either the woman has to be capable enough to hold the man's heart firmly, or her parents-in-law are so powerful that they dare not have any bad intentions.
But it is obvious that Yan Yile does not have these two conditions.
Han Xinran felt a little uneasy when she saw Daohua didn't say anything.
In theory, the Yan family had already split up, and Yan Yile from the second branch had divorced, so she didn't need to worry too much about it. But the problem was that her elder sister was behind the engagement between Yan Yile and Fang Shuo, and the Fang family and the Han family were related.
She was really afraid that her in-laws would take their anger over Yan Yile's divorce out on her.
Daohua naturally didn't know what Han Xinran was thinking, mainly because she hadn't thought about it yet. Even if she had, she wouldn't say anything.
No matter what, everything that happened was Yan Yile's own choice, and she can't blame anyone.
(End of this chapter)
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