Aunt Qing thought she had caught Su Qiuya's handle and that Liu Yanbo would no longer stand on Su Qiuya's side. Who would have thought that Liu Yanbo cared so much about Su Qiuya, which made Aunt Qing look very embarrassed.
Liu Yanbo had said that, so Aunt Qing didn't want to continue pestering her. "Then wait a few years and see if she can give birth. Don't wait until later and regret it."
"Even if I regret it, I can always take another concubine later," Liu Yanbo said. "Don't worry about that."
"..." Aunt Qing was helpless when she saw that Liu Yanbo insisted on standing on Su Qiuya's side.
After Aunt Qing left, she still went to see Liu Yuqin. Sons are like that, forgetting their mothers once they get married.
When Liu Yanbo saw Qing Yi Niang leave, he went to follow Su Qiuya. He didn't chase Su Qiuya just now because he didn't want Qing Yi Niang to make a big noise and didn't want others to know about Su Qiuya's affairs.
When they got to the house, Liu Yanbo saw Su Qiuya sobbing over there. He felt very sad. Su Qiuya used to be such a strong woman, and she became like this now, which also had a lot to do with him.
"I'm sorry," Liu Yanbo said. "I'm sorry for putting you in a difficult position."
"Am I in a difficult situation?" Su Qiuya said, "I don't want to be separated from you either. Our family is like this, how can we have so much money to support others? After we returned to the capital, we didn't make as much money as we did in the northwest. There was not much left, as you know. Yes, my health is not that good, but..."
"Don't say anymore, I know everything." Liu Yanbo hugged Su Qiuya. How many women in this world can do what Su Qiuya did?
Liu Yanbo thought that he should not blame Su Qiuya. Su Qiuya did not tell him those things because she loved him.
When Aunt Qing returned to Liu Yuqin, she couldn't help but tell Liu Yuqin about Su Qiuya's faults.
"Your brother really only remembers his wife," Aunt Qing said. "A man who can't have children will definitely regret it in the future."
"Su Qiuya can't have children?" Liu Yuqin was shocked. "If she can't have children, why doesn't she help me raise the child? She also doesn't let my child call her mother. Haha, if she wants my child in the future, I won't give it to them."
Liu Yuqin rolled her eyes. She absolutely couldn't let Su Qiuya get away with it. The child she gave birth to wasn't Su Qiuya's, so she absolutely couldn't let her child call her Su Qiuya's mother.
Didn't Su Qiuya refuse to raise her child before? Liu Yulian sneered. Then she wanted Su Qiuya to raise the child, but let the child know who his biological mother was.
Liu Yuqin felt good about herself. She thought she was the most capable person in the world and she felt she could control Su Qiuya.
Su Qiuya didn't bother to care about what Liu Yuqin and Aunt Qing were plotting. She couldn't possibly raise Liu Yuqin's child anyway. Judging from the character of the Mei family and Liu Yuqin, she was afraid that the child was bad at heart. Why would she raise that child? She didn't want to cause herself any more trouble.
Liu Yuqin is a big mouth. After she found out, several other people knew about Su Qiuya and Gong Han the next day.
Within two days, many people in Beijing, whether they knew Su Qiuya or not, knew that Su Qiuya was in poor health and could not have children.
At the Su family, Mrs. Su heard the news outside. Oh, Su Qiuya finally discovered the problem with her body.
During those years, Su Qiuya always contradicted Mrs. Su, especially when Su Qiuya was young, which made Mrs. Su very dissatisfied.
So Mrs. Su was very nice to Su Qiuya on the surface, but she made some changes to Su Qiuya's diet.
Mrs. Su asked the kitchen to cook foods with cold properties, of course, there were also some other normal foods. Mrs. Su wanted to let Su Qiuya understand that it was not that she would not retaliate against her, but that some things did not need to be made public.
Mrs. Su had originally favored Liu Yanbo and wanted her daughter to replace him, but she didn't know the Marquisate was in turmoil, so she didn't let her daughter marry him. It was a good thing she didn't let her daughter marry him. Even if the Liu family regained their title, Liu Yanbo would still be cut off from the Liu family's eldest branch.
Su Qiuya could have had a happy ending with this marriage, but those people did that and ended up breaking off the relationship between the two families.
"Master." After Mrs. Su heard about Su Qiuya, she went to find Master Su. She couldn't let her husband think that she was hiding something from her.
"What's the matter?" Mr. Su was worried about Madam Su's brother.
"I just heard that Qiuya's health isn't great. She has a cold uterus, which is bad for having children," Madam Su said. "How did her health become like this? She wasn't like this when she was at home. Back then, her grandfather's family would have doctors come to see her several times a year."
Madam Su was very cautious in her work. She didn't eat cold foods all at once, but took them little by little. Over time, Su Qiuya's health became like that. Furthermore, she had been suffering during her exile in the Liu family, which was why her health collapsed so quickly.
"Heaven has mercy on her," Madam Su sighed. "Her life had finally gotten a little better, but now she's faced with something like this. I wonder what her in-laws will think. What can a woman do if she can't have children?"
"What can we do? We can just find a concubine for our son-in-law when the time comes." Mr. Su thought it was very simple. If Su Qiuya couldn't give birth, then he would find someone who could, and Su Qiuya would just take the child in to raise.
"Master, Qiuya is your biological daughter," Madam Su said. "Even your eldest son-in-law is still dependent on Qiuya for support. How can he take a concubine so easily? If he really wants to take a concubine, he should wait a few years until Qiuya recovers. Maybe she can still give birth."
"Then let's take care of it." Mr. Su had no objection. After all, it was his own daughter, so of course he had to wait.
Mrs. Su understood Mr. Su's thoughts very well. What she said showed that she cared about her stepdaughter and was magnanimous.
Mr. Su was very satisfied with what Mrs. Su said. He always felt that Mrs. Su was a good person. Look, Mrs. Su always cares about Su Qiuya so much.
If Su Qiuya were here, she would definitely be very angry.
People like Mrs. Su just like to put on a show so that others can't find fault with her.
In the northwest, before Miss Cen returned to the house, she heard laughter from inside. When she went over, she saw her husband flirting with her maid.
Miss Cen was very angry. She rushed in and slapped the maid.
"Why did you hit her?" Miss Cen's husband was dissatisfied. "She is just a maid."
"She is shameless, why can't we beat her?" Miss Cen was angry.
"Aren't the daughters of your Cen family said to be dignified and virtuous?" Miss Cen's husband said, "And gentle and generous. How dare you say that?"
Miss Cen's husband looked at the maid and said, "Okay, go do your work."
The maid glanced at Miss Cen and had no choice but to leave. There was a bright red slap mark on her face, and how could the Second Young Master be with her at this time?
When Miss Cen saw her husband leave so quickly, she felt heartbroken. How could she have married such a man?
In Shiyuan Village, Lin Xiaowan planned to hire someone to tend the vineyards. They'd planted quite a few grapes this year, and they could be made into raisins and wine, which was still very useful. The grapes they grew were also sweet, and many people loved them. The only problem was that fresh grapes were difficult to transport.
The county town has arranged for each village to build cement roads. Cement roads are easy to walk on, and with the addition of tricycles, travel will be much faster and smoother.
Even though it is still difficult for them to reach other places quickly, it is much better than before.
"Let mother take care of Baoer, you go to work." Lin Xiaowan felt a headache seeing that Liu Yanqing always stayed at home to take care of the children.
Liu Yanqing is not without hands and feet, he can also work. If Liu Yanqing is disabled, then Lin Xiaowan will let him stay at home.
"My daughter likes me." Liu Yanqing said, "I read to her and wash her hands. She..."
"Shut up!" Lin Xiaowan thought, who can't do these things? She can do it too. "You're a grown man, can't you be a little more ambitious?"
"If I raise a daughter like my younger sister, can you say I'm useless?" Liu Yanqing retorted.
"..." Lin Xiaowan looked around and picked up a wooden stick. People like Liu Yanqing deserved to be punished.
"I think I should set a good example for her. I can't always stay at home. I can still work in the fields." Liu Yanqing saw Lin Xiaowan's behavior and immediately admitted his mistake. "A man should be able to take care of children, study, and work in the fields."
"You're right." Lin Xiaowan said, you see, people like Liu Yanqing just can't stand being scared.
Widow Zhang saw Lin Xiaowan and Liu Yanqing coming out to work, and she greeted them.
"The weather is pretty good this year, but there's been less rain," Widow Zhang said. "The fields are short of water, so we have to carry water."
"That's right. I'm afraid there will be even less water in July and August." Lin Xiaowan was worried about this.
"That's not so bad. We have high mountains nearby with snow. In July and August, there's water there too," Widow Zhang said. "Those people who repaired the canal didn't finish it so quickly, but we're repairing it along the route, not just at the beginning or the end. So next year, we'll be able to use the water from the canal."
Widow Zhang had already inquired about it. The canal spanned a lot of land, passing through several counties and dozens of villages. Of course, such a canal was not easy to build. Those who had built canals in history, especially large ones, had spent more than ten years on construction.
Even though the canals here aren't that large, they still took a lot of time to dig. This was all thanks to everyone's concerted efforts, and mainly because everyone saw the good harvest and felt a sense of hope for the future.
Everyone is worried about what to do if there is a drought next year. In some places, droughts occur nine out of ten times, and water is more expensive than gold.
Of course, people in those places are even more anxious, while people in other places also hope to double their grain production. They also plan to grow more grain and wait to use the grain to sell for money to marry wives.
Everyone is more motivated, and with the use of □□, cement, etc., it is now much easier for them to dig canals than in ancient times.
"The grapes on the princess's farm are also growing well." Widow Zhang said with a smile.
"That's good." Lin Xiaowan nodded.
There were people in Zhuangzi who knew how to prepare culture medium, but no one was selling it. This was mainly because they didn't have enough raw materials to make it, and the price of the culture medium sold by the court was not high, almost at cost. If others sold the culture medium, they wouldn't make much money.
The court could barely break even by selling grain that way. However, the court did collect taxes, which boosted the people's grain production. Even if the court's tax increase wasn't high, fewer people couldn't afford it, so the court still collected a lot. The people didn't complain about the court collecting taxes.
"The grapes in your family are growing well too," said Widow Zhang.
"It's still a little bit worse." Lin Xiaowan said, "Not as good as yours."
"We have a large family," Widow Zhang said with a smile. "Thanks to the princess, the culture medium we use is made at the farm, and it just costs a little."
There wasn't that much culture medium produced on the farm, so it was only used by Widow Zhang and the others, and Lin Xiaowan also bought some from there.
Since Liu Yulian wasn't the one preparing the culture medium, it wasn't as good as when she was there. Others stopped watching Rongning County Lord's manor; if they wanted to buy culture medium, they went to the relevant departments of the court.
"I don't know how my little sister and the others are doing." Lin Xiaowan wrote a letter to Beijing, but she was too embarrassed to keep asking about them. Mother Liu wouldn't write so much in her reply. "But they should be doing well."
"It must be very good. People like the princess must have a good life." Widow Zhang said, "She has done so many good things, saving so many people from starvation. In the past, some families couldn't afford to raise their children and abandoned them, but now fewer people do. Even the girls in the family can eat more, so they don't have to be so thin as before."
The family didn't have much money and the food was scarce, so the people who worked ate more. The women in the family ate less because they also had to do some work, which made them thinner.
Widow Zhang is a woman, and she also feels sorry for women.
"By the way, a few days ago someone was talking about building a temple for the princess," Widow Zhang said, "It seems they've already chosen a site, and they're about to start construction."
"What?" Liu Yanqing was shocked. He had not interrupted just now, but when he heard this, he wanted to ask a few more questions.
"That's nothing. The princess has made such great contributions. They are all great merits." Widow Zhang said, "People like the princess will become immortals in the future."
"Really?" Liu Yanqing was surprised.
"Yes, that's what we say here." Widow Zhang nodded. "Every family has good things that they keep hidden. The princess has brought them out and asked us to learn from them. What a good person! If she doesn't become an immortal, who will?"
"..." Liu Yanqing was a little dazed. He felt that the burden on him had become heavier. Could he make his daughter become like his younger sister?
Lin Xiaowan glanced at Liu Yanqing. He looked so stupid and silly that it was really speechless.
Liu Yulian and her group came to the small village by the sea. The houses in the small fishing village by the sea were not that good. Some houses were built with stones, which were better at blocking the wind.
There were many people in Liu Yulian's group, and there were not enough houses in the village, so they had to live separately.
"I told you to stay in town, why did you come here?" Liu Yulian looked at He Xiyuan. The house they lived in was not that good. It was someone else's old house.
"Apart from the stronger sea breeze, there's nothing else here," said He Xiyuan.
"The sea breeze can be so strong that it can blow the house away." Liu Yulian didn't know if there would be a typhoon coming, so she asked the nearby villagers.
The villagers said that there are several very strong typhoons every year, but they don’t know when the typhoons will come.
Liu Yulian certainly knew that those people didn't know when the typhoon would come, and there was no weather forecast here.
"It's fine in town, but it's not that fast to go back and forth. It only takes about half an hour." Liu Yulian said.
"You don't go to town often." He Xiyuan still wanted to stay here and accompany Liu Yulian.
"You..." After hearing these words, Liu Yulian stopped talking about asking He Xiyuan to go to the town, "Then it's up to you."
"Well, you can see me when you come back." He Xiyuan chuckled.
Liu Yulian is just a little girl. Even if she has maids and guards around her, who can guarantee that nothing else will happen?
He Xiyuan still wanted to spend more time with Liu Yulian. He wanted to witness her growth.
There are people drying salt near the small fishing village, but the output is not that high and the technology is not that good.
When those people saw Princess Rongning and her group coming, they were all surprised.
The people of the small fishing village mainly rely on fishing for their livelihood. They have no land to farm, so they depend entirely on the sea for food. Almost every household fishes, and some families share a boat, while others have an entire family.
Their boats aren't all very large, but some are large enough for many villagers to fish together. Large boats allow them to reach farther, and they hope to catch more fish, particularly rare and valuable ones, further afield.
"A cement brick and tile house would be better." When Liu Yulian walked outside, she felt the strong wind outside. As expected, she still preferred to be in a place where the wind was not so strong.
Liu Yulian also thought that it was a good thing that she brought a lot of skin care products, otherwise, she was afraid that her skin would not be so good after hearing so much praise.
"It will be better." He Xiyuan stood beside Liu Yulian, "It's a little more humid here too."
"Yes." Liu Yulian nodded. "If I stay here all the time, I might get arthritis or rheumatism."
Liu Yulian thought about studying these things and preparing more medicines.
"Aren't we drying salt?" He Xiyuan wondered why they were talking about this again.
"It won't delay either." Liu Yulian blinked.
When they do things at the beach, they have to take various protective measures and can't just do it. Only when people are healthy can they do more things.
Liu Yulian cherishes her life very much. She came to this world not to make her life worse, but to make her own life better and the lives of others better.
The small fishing village had a strong fishy smell, which Liu Yulian did not like very much.
Liu Yulian thought that maybe she could stay here for a few days and then go back to the town.
Woohoo, she is indeed not a hardworking child.
Liu Yulian thought again, everyone has some fears, so it's normal that she can't stand the smell of fish. She's not a perfect person, she has flaws too.
"Let's go to town in a few days," said Liu Yulian.
"It's okay with me." He Xiyuan said.
"It's my fault. I can't hold on any longer." Liu Yulian wanted to cry. She overestimated herself and was guilty.
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