Su Qiuya is the daughter of the original wife. She doesn't like her stepmother and thinks she is a vicious person who only knows how to make things difficult for her. Her stepmother is the mistress of the house, and the servants in the house also act according to her stepmother's wishes.
This made Su Qiuya resent her stepmother. She used to like to tell her stepmother that a stepmother was just a concubine in front of the first wife. Although she seemed to value the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children when she was in her natal family, after she got married, she took her own side, believing that the people in the first wife's family were bad and that her stepmother was bad.
She didn't want her husband to be a bastard and Aunt Qing to be a concubine.
"Even if they hid the embroidery, we have no way to make them hand over the money." Liu Yanbo saw clearly that he was born out of wedlock, so how could he be qualified to ask the legitimate wife for these things.
"If they don't want it, then they won't live so comfortably." Su Qiuya said, "Don't forget, we still have to provide pension money."
Su Qiuya thought that her money didn't come from the wind. They worked hard to sell things in the town, while the people in the big house sat there and had a good time. The big house had a maid to take care of their food and daily life, and they lived much better than them.
If my family doesn't make a fuss, won't the other two families still be there? Won't the people in the other two families feel it's unfair and won't make a fuss?
Su Qiuya wanted to let others rush ahead and find the people from the Liu family's main branch.
You have to know that those concubines didn't have much dowry and their social status was not high. When Aunt Qing told them that the eldest wife might have hidden something else, they hesitated.
Just because they also hid things, and they didn't take out the things they hid and divide them, how could they always ask the eldest wife to take things and divide them? Besides, the documents had already been written, and it wouldn't be good to make a fuss now.
Liu's fourth house, after Concubine Qing said something to Concubine Chai, Concubine Chai came to find Concubine Zhao. The fourth house also lived next door to the first house, and it was possible that the fourth house had been jealous of the first house's things for a long time.
"Maybe, maybe they embroidered it behind the scenes." Aunt Zhao was different from Aunt Qing and Aunt Chai. She was a little timid.
When we split up the family before, it was also the people from the other two families who said that.
"How is that possible?" Aunt Chai didn't believe it. "How can they do any good embroidery? They must have hidden it and brought it out."
"How can we carry large pieces of embroidery? The officials have seen everything we brought out," Aunt Zhao said. "We kept those things close to our bodies."
Aunt Zhao didn't want to cause trouble for the eldest wife. It wasn't that she didn't want those things, but she probably wouldn't get them, and it would be embarrassing. They always tried to divide the eldest wife's things, which was not right. Illegitimate children didn't get so many things.
At first, Aunt Zhao thought she would get nothing, but in the end she was able to get some silver, which she already thought was very good.
"This..." Aunt Chai thought about it carefully and felt that it was right. Embroidery items could not be taken out casually, such as those screens. If something was missing, the officials would always see it.
If it were some handkerchiefs or something like that, it wouldn't matter, but how much are those things worth?
The more Concubine Chai thought about it, the more she felt something was amiss. Did the people from the Second House want them to rush in first and cause trouble for the First House? The people from the Second House were truly ruthless. Fortunately, she didn't rush directly to the First House.
"You have all built new houses, but the main house has not been built yet." Aunt Zhao did not let her son build a new house, but just wanted to wait for a while and still have to hold some money in hand.
Besides, since the second and third wives had moved out, the fourth wife would be a good fit there, as there were still a few empty rooms. She gave some money to the second and third wives, who didn't want to live too close to the first wife, so they sold the house to the fourth wife.
"As for eating meat, they eat a lot." Aunt Zhao said that the second and third wives cooked a lot.
Don't always focus on the eldest wife. They buy all that rice and flour because they have so many people. They also have children. Father and Mother Liu were once marquises, so naturally they can't endure hardship.
Aunt Zhao can fight for her own interests, but she cannot be used as a tool for nothing.
"That's right." Aunt Chai was quickly convinced by Aunt Zhao's words. "It's getting late, let's go back first."
Aunt Chai thought that she still had to talk to Aunt Qing to see if Aunt Qing wanted her to be the first to offend others.
"Have a safe trip." Aunt Zhao said.
After Aunt Chai left, Aunt Zhao's expression changed. Haha, did these people think she was easy to instigate and bully? She certainly didn't intend to rush to the eldest wife to show her courtesy, but she also didn't intend to always go to the eldest wife to ask for things.
Even if they left the Marquis' Mansion, there would still be a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, and no one would say that the eldest wife was being excessive.
Aunt Zhao knew Widow Zhang's family. She had heard that Widow Zhang was a very powerful woman. How could such a person actually go to the eldest wife's house to show her courtesy and ask her son and daughter-in-law to do more work?
Aunt Zhao thought she was no match for Widow Zhang, and she couldn't bring herself to do that. But she knew that avoiding any trouble was the best option. Who knows, the first wife might rise again one day, and even if she didn't, they wouldn't lose anything.
When Liu Yulian saw the white cotton in the yard, she felt very good. The cotton needed to be dried in the sun and the seeds removed.
Fortunately, no one from the main house had to do anything, so Liu Yulian handed all the work over to Widow Zhang's family.
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Liu Yulian was happy to give Widow Zhang some face. The important thing was that Widow Zhang was very smart and knew how to suppress others. Such a fierce person who also knew how to get things done, that would be fine.
"Are these all cotton?" Mother Liu was quite surprised to see the white cotton on the bamboo plates in the yard.
Even though Liu's mother had gone to the field to take a look, she still felt that the cotton was very different.
"Yes, it can be used to make jackets and quilts." Liu Yulian said, "The weather is getting cold. After drying it for two days and peeling the seeds, we can make it."
Liu Yulian peeled a ball of cotton, removed the seeds, and placed the small ball of cotton in Liu's mother's hand. "Feel it, is it warm?"
"It's warm, warm." Mother Liu said with a smile, "I was thinking those quilts weren't warm enough, maybe I should go buy some rabbit fur."
The quilts of ordinary people might contain straw or chicken or duck feathers, which were not that good. The rich families had furs and charcoal, but the winters of ordinary people were really hard to endure.
"I planted a lot of cotton this time, enough to make quilts. I will continue planting after spring." It is impossible for Liu Yulian to stop planting cotton. She has to add clothes and change quilts every year.
The more people in the family, the more cotton they need. Even if they don't need it, they can still sell it, so they won't lose money anyway.
"Okay." Mother Liu had no objection. "I didn't see this thing when I was in the capital. This cotton should be good."
"Yes." Liu Yulian nodded. "If anyone wants cotton seeds, give them to them. It's cold here in the winter."
"I wonder how your brother is doing." Mother Liu sighed. She thought of her son who had gone to the military camp. She wondered if the soldiers were well dressed. "I'll make two coats and send them to your brother."
Mother Liu thought she could hold on for a while. What was important was her son. "And your nephews and nieces, yours and your father's. As a mother, there's no need to worry."
"Enough cotton." Liu Yulian said, "I planted quite a lot."
The cotton produced by the system has a high yield, and with the addition of culture medium, more than one acre of land can produce thousands of kilograms of cotton, but these people may not need so much.
"We can still produce a lot more cotton." Liu Yulian said, "When the time comes, we can go to the town and open a shop to sell cotton."
"Such good cotton..." Father Liu came out, and the first thing he thought of was those people in the army.
Father Liu had been to the battlefield and knew how hard life was for those soldiers, especially in winter, which was really unbearable.
"Let your brother see that selling it to the military camp is a good idea," said Father Liu.
Liu Yulian understood what her father meant. Her father still couldn't let go of the military camp and was still thinking about serving the country.
"Sure, we'll keep about a hundred pounds for ourselves, and send the remaining half to my brother. As for the other half, we'll sell it in town." It's not that Liu Yulian didn't want to give it all to the soldiers. She was thinking that ordinary people didn't know the benefits of cotton, so how could those people possibly grow cotton?
In order to increase cotton production, the surrounding people must also know the benefits of cotton. If the surrounding people plant cotton, there will be more cotton to supply to the court.
"It's just that we don't have that many people, so it's not easy to make coats for everyone. I'll just make one for my brother." As for Liu Yulian's fiancé, she had already thought about it. "Just send the cotton over. When they see the cotton, they'll naturally know how to stuff it into the coat."
"Okay." Father Liu nodded. There were only a few people in the family, so how could they possibly make so many coats?
Father Liu knew that this was the end of his life. He was old and had been injured on the battlefield before, so he had no more skills. Now he could only look to the next generation and hope that they would get better.
"Auntie." Liu Yulian's little niece staggered out. She also wanted to see the white cotton.
"You can't eat it." Liu Yulian quickly took out the cotton that her niece had stuffed into her mouth. "This is not candy."
Liu Yulian wanted to wait until another day to see how to make marshmallows, as children should like marshmallows very much.
In the capital, the old emperor had received a memorial from General Xu, informing him that Liu Yanjing from the Jingning Marquisate had gone to the military camp. Liu Yanjing had also brought with him several prescriptions. These prescriptions were developed by the Liu family during their exile, and Liu Yanjing had specifically brought them with him when he joined the army.
"Marquis Jingning's Mansion." The old emperor ordered the Jingning Mansion to be raided. Occasionally, he would think of it and wonder if the Liu family would ever recover. Unless the Liu family could demonstrate their usefulness and be reused by the new emperor in the future.
The old emperor didn't think about whether the Liu family was hiding it. If the Liu family had those prescriptions long ago, then if they had taken them out earlier, perhaps they would not have been exiled.
When people are in desperate situations, they can always burst out with great strength.
The emperor was old and knew he could not hold on for much longer, so he also had to determine his successor.
"They are quite capable." said the old emperor, waiting for the new emperor to use them and give them gifts.
What else can the Liu family come up with?
The emperor was curious. Even though they had been suppressed to such an extent, all the good things were left behind.
"Your Majesty, Prince Su requests an audience." Just at this moment, a eunuch came to report.
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