Time can make people forget many things, but it does not mean that some pains will not leave scars.
Lord Ouyang has children. He can't just consider the Huo family. He also has to consider his children. What if the Huo family hurts them? What should Lord Ouyang do?
The child is not Mrs. Huo's, so she doesn't feel sorry for him. But she feels sorry for her own child and will never let him get hurt.
Lord Ouyang can't let the child live outside anymore. The one who should live outside should be the eldest Huo.
"Madam, we still respect you. You should know why," Lord Ouyang said. "Because you belong to the Marquis's family, we have to be cautious and give you face. But... we are also human beings."
Lord Ouyang was not willing to let Da Huo come back and continue to cause trouble. Just because Da Huo was the daughter of the Bo family, did they have to have Da Huo and let Da Huo bully them at will?
Lord Ouyang doesn't want that, and he can't let Da Huo come back.
"If you don't want us as your relatives, then don't," Lord Ouyang said. "We don't have to be your relatives, and we don't have to do anything."
Lord Ouyang felt very hurt. Madam Huo did not consider other people's feelings at all. Madam Huo always thought about the eldest Huo family. But Madam Huo did not dare to let the eldest Huo family return to the Huo Bo Mansion. Madam Huo only knew how to make trouble for others.
Under such circumstances, it is really impossible for Lord Ouyang to think that Madam Huo is that good.
Lord Ouyang was willing to let Mrs. Huo in because he thought she wanted to visit the child born to Mrs. Huo. But Mrs. Huo didn't even want to see the child; she was thinking only of Mrs. Huo.
Mrs. Huo's face looked unhappy. Her son-in-law did not give her face and actually said such words.
Since Lord Ouyang refused to cooperate, Mrs. Huo had no choice but to leave the Ouyang family unhappily.
Mrs. Huo believed that since Lord Ouyang was a person of such low status, he should follow the opportunity she offered him and should not refuse.
Old Madam Ouyang came over only after she saw Madam Huo leave.
"Is she here for her daughter?" asked Old Madam Ouyang.
"Yes." Lord Ouyang nodded, "That's it."
Lord Ouyang was helpless about Mrs. Huo's behavior. He was not moved by Mrs. Huo's love for the eldest Huo family. He just thought that Mrs. Huo didn't consider others at all, only thinking about themselves.
Liu Yuqin was still in confinement after childbirth, but she was restless and wanted Su Qiuya to wait on her. But Su Qiuya couldn't possibly go there because she had to run her shop.
"Even if I asked her to come over for a few days, she wouldn't want to." Liu Yuqin thought that Su Qiuya's cooking skills were pretty good, so she wanted Su Qiuya to come over and cook for her.
There was no way Liu Yuqin would let Su Qiuya live a good life. She only said that because she needed it.
"She probably just resents me," Liu Yuqin said, "Why did I let her in in the first place? She's not a good person at all."
"This marriage was arranged long ago," Aunt Qing said. "How could a legitimate son possibly marry a merchant's daughter? So it's your brother, a bastard, who is the one to marry her."
Qing Yi Niang used to think Su Qiuya was good and that she knew how to do business. But there is no harm without comparison. When the eldest wife was so powerful, Qing Yi Niang felt that Su Qiuya was useless and that there was nothing good about her. She was too bad.
What’s the use of Su Qiuya knowing how to do business? Su Qiuya is not as good as Liu Yulian. Liu Yulian made her father’s title be restored, which is the most amazing thing.
"What life-saving favor? I arranged this marriage," Aunt Qing said. "I originally thought she had some money and a generous dowry, so your brother wouldn't have to worry about those problems. But in the end, it turned out like this."
Aunt Qing despised Su Qiuya and didn't care how much money she made.
In the shop, Su Qiuya was doing business, and she saw her childhood sweetheart coming into the shop.
Su Qiuya hadn't seen her childhood sweetheart for a long time. Her childhood sweetheart had gone out to do business and had not stayed in the capital.
"Long time no see." The childhood sweetheart's surname is Xing, and his name is Xing Hao.
Xing Hao was a handsome man, a few years older than Su Qiuya. The Xing family was also a merchant family, so the two families lived together.
Xing Hao hadn't married yet. He had once liked Su Qiuya very much and wanted to marry her. However, Su Qiuya was already engaged. Even though Madam Su had wanted to have the second daughter Su replace Su Qiuya, Madam Su didn't show it, so Xing Hao couldn't come to ask for her hand in marriage.
They couldn't let the Marquis' Mansion think that the young master of the Marquis' Mansion was marrying the girl chosen by Xing Hao, so Xing Hao could only hide his feelings in his heart.
"Back to Beijing." Su Qiuya said with a smile, "Sit down, sit down, I'll make you a bowl of noodles."
"No, I've eaten." Xing Hao said.
"Then eat some more and try my cooking skills." Su Qiuya said, "See if my cooking skills have improved."
"Where is your husband?" Xing Hao asked.
When the Jingning Marquis Mansion was in trouble, Xing Hao was not in the capital. He did not want to stay in the capital, a sad place, so he left the capital. When he learned that the Jingning Marquis Mansion was confiscated, he also wanted to go find Su Qiuya, but was delayed by some things.
"He is teaching." Su Qiuya looked at Xing Hao. She knew that Xing Hao liked her at first. She had also thought that if the marriage in the Marquis' Mansion was really snatched away, it would not be bad for her to marry Xing Hao.
Su Qiuya was thinking that unless she couldn't marry the son of a marquis, she didn't want to give up the good marriage to the daughter born to Madam Su.
At this moment, a young and beautiful woman walked into the shop, "Brother Hao."
"Why are you here?" Xing Hao frowned.
"I heard you were out, so I came." The young and beautiful woman walked to Xing Hao's side and took his hand. "Why didn't you tell me when you came out so that I could come out with you?"
“…” Xing Hao was not very happy, he looked at Su Qiuya.
"What are you looking at her for?" The woman turned to look at Su Qiuya, "So you're married, that's good, I thought my fiancé fell in love with you. If you weren't married, I would have to treat you as a concubine."
When Su Qiuya saw this scene, she knew it very well. Fortunately, she didn't think about He Li and being with Xing Hao.
"Everyone, sit down." Su Qiuya said, "I'll cook noodles for you."
"Do you have noodles? I don't like noodles." The woman asked, "Did you two know each other before?"
"Yes, I know him." Xing Hao said.
"As long as you two aren't together, that's fine." The woman said, "I even saved Brother Hao, and his family is very satisfied with me."
“…” Su Qiuya smiled. She didn’t think about being with Xing Hao.
Su Qiuya looked at Xing Hao, who didn't explain much. It didn't matter if he didn't explain, as he was indeed married.
"Hurry up and cook noodles. Brother Hao will have noodles and I'll have rice noodles." The woman said with a smile, "Your money will be needed."
"No charge." Su Qiuya said.
"Why not? This is a small shop that requires you to make things yourself. You probably won't make much money." The woman said, "If you could make a lot of money, you wouldn't have to do it yourself."
"What are you talking about?" Xing Hao stopped the woman, and then said to Su Qiuya, "She is just like that. She is still young. Don't bother with her."
She is still young... Su Qiuya wondered why she was more interested in the Marquis' Mansion. Another reason was that Xing Hao sometimes liked to smooth things over. Xing Hao was also relatively gentle with the Second Miss Su at the beginning, saying that the Second Miss Su was still young and was just a naughty little girl.
This made Su Qiuya feel very uncomfortable. She originally thought that Xing Hao was her childhood sweetheart, so Xing Hao should stand on her side.
However, Xing Hao did not stand by her side unconditionally. Sometimes he even told her not to worry about those things, saying that she would get married sooner or later.
"Not young anymore." The woman said, "You can get married."
"Yes, we can get married." Su Qiuya said.
"Don't pay attention to her. She's just like that. She always talks about whether the marriage will happen or not." Xing Hao said.
"I came all the way here for you, and your family said we should become in-laws," the woman said. "Why, don't you want to take responsibility?"
"What's there to talk about when there's nothing in the horoscope?" Xing Hao said.
Su Qiuya didn't listen to them anymore. She went to make food first. Xing Hao was still the same as before, always escaping.
When Liu Yanbo came back, Xing Hao was still there.
"Qiuya and I grew up together. I haven't seen her for a long time. She has lost weight." Xing Hao said this in front of Liu Yanbo.
After hearing this, Liu Yanbo thought that this person was too concerned about Xing Hao. The young woman was still following Xing Hao. She saw what Xing Hao was thinking, and she smiled and took Xing Hao's hand.
"Now that you've had enough, it's time to go. Your aunt is still looking for you," the woman said. "She wants to know when my wedding is scheduled."
Seeing that the woman next to him always said these words, Xing Hao simply took her away first to prevent the woman from saying things that she shouldn't say in front of Su Qiuya and Liu Yanbo.
"When we get married, you can come to the wedding." The woman said before leaving.
"Sure." Su Qiuya smiled.
Su Qiuya thought that no one could wait for her there. Others were just unwilling to give up, and Xing Hao just came to take a look. Xing Hao did not stop the woman from saying that. Maybe Xing Hao just wanted her to understand that without her, he was still very popular with women.
In a small seaside town, Liu Yulian packed her things and prepared to return to the capital. Fortunately, she didn't have that much stuff, so it was easy to pack.
Miss Duan Wu's brother had already returned to Beijing, but she had no plans to return. She planned to stay here, at least until the weather got a little cooler.
"If you can't bear it, go back." Liu Yulian said, "Just think it over."
"I can handle it," said Miss Duan Wu. "If I go back this time, people will say I gave up so easily, that I'm only suitable for doing odd jobs. I want to wait and see."
"Okay." Liu Yulian nodded. She did not ask Miss Duan Wu to go back.
Liu Yulian asked when she saw Miss Duan Wu coming over.
"This place is close to the capital," Liu Yulian said. "If you want to go back, you can do so anytime."
"You can go back anytime, that's why you need to be more restrained." Miss Duan Wu would rather hide in the quilt and cry than run back home.
If Miss Duan Wu went back, her sisters would laugh at her, and people outside would say that women should choose to marry a good man instead of going through so much trouble. She didn't think women couldn't do these things. What men could do, women could do too, and they could even do it better.
"Princess, I am not you." said Miss Duan Wu.
"What?" Liu Yulian was puzzled.
"I'm not that talented, not that smart, and I haven't read that many books before. Now I have to work harder." Miss Duan Wu envied Princess Rongning very much. She believed that many people envied her, and she also wanted to have such high talent, but she didn't.
There are geniuses in this world, but I am not one of them.
If she were that genius, Miss Duan Wu thought she would definitely study a lot of things, even if she was asked not to get married, she would still be willing to do so.
"Work hard." Liu Yulian said, "I'll work hard too."
"..." Miss Duan Wu suddenly thought of a sentence: I'm afraid that geniuses work harder than ordinary people like you.
Miss Duan Wu told herself that she should not think too much. No matter what happened to Princess Rongning, she had already been admitted to the research institute, so she could stay here and figure out those things sooner or later. There was no need for her to be overly sad or feel inferior.
When Liu Yulian returned, the people in the town gave her a lot of gifts, saying they were some local specialties for her to take back and try. Liu Yulian accepted some of the local specialties, such as dried fish and lotus seeds, but did not accept anything else.
It is not easy for these people to make money. Even if they have their own things, they can sell them for money.
In the carriage, Princess Zhaoyang looked at Liu Yulian, and she thought again of the people stuffing things into their carriages.
"You've only been here for a short time, and they like you so much." Princess Zhaoyang chuckled.
"Actually, they are all very simple and honest. As long as you help them do something, they will think you are good." Liu Yulian said.
In addition to giving those people tools for rubbing lotus seeds, Liu Yulian also made some other simple small tools and gave them several books on tree grafting.
The capital of the Daliang Dynasty was neither too far north nor too far south, but rather somewhere in the middle. If we compare it to later times, it would be somewhere in the area of Nanjing. It might even be slightly further north, as the two locations are not the same.
The territory of the Daliang Dynasty is different from the era when Liu Yulian lived. It is not the same planet.
Such places are cold in winter and sometimes snow.
"I heard that you spent a lot of money and gave a lot of gifts." Princess Zhaoyang said.
"It's not all my money; the research institute has the funds," Liu Yulian said. "I'm recording every penny. We have to let them know we're truly useful. Over a month ago, I told them about flower and fruit thinning and grafting, but they weren't very receptive. However, some families are still willing to give it a try."
"That's all because of you." How could Princess Zhaoyang not know what the people were thinking? They just felt that Princess Rongning would not deceive them.
Even though Princess Rongning rarely farmed, the people were willing to trust her because she was the one who developed the culture medium that allowed crops to produce high yields.
"It's good that someone is willing to give it a try," Liu Yulian said. "Grafting isn't something you can do on just any tree. It's so hot, so of course we can't do it. We'll tell them this first and give them some books, but they might not understand. We'll have someone explain it to them later."
"What grafting?" Princess Zhaoyang didn't quite understand.
"It's grafting different trees together, putting branches from other trees on one tree," Liu Yulian said. "This will help the trees grow better, but not just any trees can be grafted together."
"Can they do it?" Princess Zhaoyang doubted.
"So I told them, if they don't know how to do it, then don't try. Don't let the grafting fail and damage the original tree." Liu Yulian said, "Actually, this still depends on the people in the Ministry of Agriculture. They will find someone to do it. I'll just give them some advice."
Liu Yulian thought that if people were willing to listen to her, she could talk about it. Then, when others came back later, they would be more willing to believe her.
"You know I can't handle hardship," Liu Yulian said with a smile. "I won't keep doing those things. As long as I can research and apply the knowledge from the books I've read, that's it. For everything else, I still have to rely on everyone. I don't have the ability to do that alone."
Princess Zhaoyang looked at Liu Yulian and wondered why her father hadn't concealed what she had done from the world. Liu Yulian was a good person, and she hadn't tried to hide anything, so the royal family certainly shouldn't have caused her any grief.
Moreover, no matter how great one's reputation is, as long as there is no incompetent ruler in the royal family, Liu Yulian cannot use such a great reputation to rebel.
The people have more food and the imperial court's granaries are full, so who would still think about rebellion?
When Princess Zhaoyang came to the seaside, she went to the palace and met the Imperial Concubine. The Imperial Concubine wanted her to be nicer to Liu Yulian. People with great talent like Liu Yulian were not so stingy. Regardless of whether Princess Zhaoyang would have children in the future, if Princess Zhaoyang was more kind, her life in the Marquis of Jingning's mansion would definitely be easier.
"Your brother was supposed to come with us, but he couldn't come due to something unexpected," Princess Zhaoyang said. "I think it's just as well that he didn't come. We can have some fun and then go back."
"Yes, it's a good thing that father didn't come." Liu Jia said, "Father is very serious."
Liu Yanjing was already rather serious and possessed a certain fierceness during his time in the northwest. After all, he had been to the battlefield while still in the military camp. Even if it was a small battlefield, it was still a battlefield. After Liu Yanjing returned to the capital and went to the patrol camp, his aura had definitely taken on a more solemn and murderous air.
This made Liu Jia feel that her father had changed and was not as gentle as before.
"Then what? You don't miss your father anymore?" Liu Yulian raised her eyebrows.
"It's not that I don't want to." Liu Jia said awkwardly, "I just think my father is a bit fierce."
"He's not mean to you." Liu Yulian said.
"He was really mean. When I went out to play, he got mean to me and said I didn't study." Liu Jia pouted, "He said, 'You're like this. Don't even think about being like your aunt in the future.'"
Liu Jia imitated the role so vividly that both Liu Yulian and Princess Zhaoyang laughed.
"Then what did you say?" Liu Yulian had a bad feeling.
"I told you, no matter how hard I try, I can't be as good as my aunt. My father isn't as good as my aunt, so how can I be as good as her?" Liu Jia snorted. "He can't do it himself, and he wants me to do it. How can I do it?"
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