Madam Qin Dashao didn't expect her mother-in-law to ask this, so she answered honestly, "Yes."
"He must be the legitimate son of Duke Chengguo." Mrs. Qin said.
"Yes, the second son." Madam Qin said. It's just that the situation in the Chengguo Mansion is a bit complicated. He Xiyuan's biological brother was once injured and had problems with his legs, so he was sitting in a wheelchair.
The Duke Cheng's Mansion has not yet requested to appoint a crown prince, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Duke Cheng's Mansion intends to make He Xiyuan the crown prince.
Once upon a time, He Xiyuan's elder brother was such an ambitious man. He Xiyuan's elder brother was his brother from the same mother. He Xiyuan himself did not think about becoming a prince. He worked hard to study before, but now he has given up literature and turned to martial arts.
"He seems to have left the capital." Mrs. Qin looked at her eldest daughter-in-law. It was still uncertain what would become of the Liu family in the future.
Even though exiled people rarely come back, and rarely return to their original positions, the second son of Duke Chengguo seems to be treating his eldest daughter-in-law's sister well. Even though the Duke Chengguo Mansion didn't say much about this, there must be something behind it.
"..."Mrs. Qin Dashao didn't quite understand.
"I heard he might have gone to the northwest," Madam Qin said. "You're my son's wife, the future head of the family. You need to be cautious."
Madam Qin specifically said this to Madam Qin, so as to prevent her daughter-in-law from having any unintended consequences. At least the Qin family did not intend to let their eldest daughter-in-law die of illness. After all, the Liu family was only exiled, and the eldest daughter-in-law even gave birth to children.
Mrs. Qin doesn't want to change the mother of her grandchildren at will. A stepmother is still a stepmother after all, how can she be better than the biological mother?
In the Northwest Military Camp, Father Liu rode Master Zhang's ox cart to the military camp early in the morning.
He Xiyuan came out with Liu Yanjing. He Xiyuan stuck his head out to take a closer look and was a little disappointed. His fiancée didn't come with him, but that was normal. It was so cold, there was no need for her to come.
"Some of the food here was made by your sister." Father Liu looked at Liu Yanjing, "It's cold, so they can keep it longer."
Father Liu looked at He Xiyuan again and took out a copy for He Xiyuan.
"Here you go." Father Liu said, "I'm giving it to you by the way."
Father Liu really didn't want to say anything more to his future son-in-law. He was sending gifts to his son and He Xiyuan at the same time. To say he was dissatisfied with his future son-in-law was not the case. He was just a little reluctant to part with his daughter and was still thinking about the attitude of the Chengguo Mansion.
If the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion was willing to let He Xiyuan marry Liu Yulian, then He Xiyuan would have no need to join the army. To put it bluntly, He Xiyuan stayed here because someone in the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion was dissatisfied.
"Thank you." He Xiyuan hurriedly picked up the food and said, "Sister Lian's cooking must be delicious."
"Well." Father Liu said, "I'll go back after I get the things."
"Wait, take these back." When He Xiyuan was not training, he was bored and wove some things with the grass. "They can be given to the children to play with."
"..." Liu Yanjing looked at He Xiyuan. This guy was really troublesome. Was it for the child or for his fiancée?
Liu Yanjing believed that He Xiyuan wanted to give it to Liu Yulian, but it didn't matter.
In the village, Liu Yulian was looking at the children in front of her. When her nephew was sitting at the gate of the yard eating, he was seen by other children in the village. Some children were thinking about the food in Liu Qingyun's hand.
"Come, have some candy." Liu Yulian said with a smile.
Liu Yulian saw that these children were still young, so she didn't give them candy every time, only occasionally. The weather was cold, and the children's faces were frozen red, and some of them even had chapped cheeks.
"Thank you, sister." Those kids are quite cute.
"Sister, is Qingyun going to school next year? We can go to school together." A little kid asked directly.
Any wealthy family in the village would send their children to school. If the child's academic performance was poor, they would return to farming. If the child could continue studying, they would continue their studies and eventually pass the imperial examinations, which would improve the family's situation.
"Yes, I'll go to school next year." Liu Yulian said with a smile, "You should also study hard. In the future, you will be able to do many things and have plenty to eat."
"Yeah." The child nodded.
"Go home early. The weather is cold. Don't play outside for too long." Liu Yulian looked at the children. Some of them were not wearing clothes that were that thick and warm.
Liu Yulian couldn't bear to see these children suffer from the cold, but these children didn't feel anything at all and liked to run around and jump around. Running and jumping more would warm their bodies.
The children quickly dispersed, some went home, and some went to play somewhere else.
As luck would have it, when Liu Yulian turned around, she saw Aunt Qing. Aunt Qing was a very strong-willed person, as could be seen from the fact that she had previously asked her son and daughter-in-law not to rent the shop in the big room. She had only come to take a look after buying meat from the village butcher.
Qing Yi Niang knew that people were saying that the Second Wife's cotton was not good enough, so she burned it. Qing Yi Niang was too lazy to explain. Since the First Wife didn't ask, what was there for the Second Wife to explain?
At this moment, Aunt Qing saw Liu Yulian and simply smiled and said, "Your craftsmanship is quite good. The candies you make are also in strange shapes and look very beautiful."
Aunt Qing heard from her son and daughter-in-law that Liu Yulian opened a shop on market day and sold cakes and other things. Fortunately, the cakes sold by the first wife were different from those sold by the second wife. If they sold the same cakes, it would definitely affect the second wife's business.
The second wife should sell the delicacies first. The first wife shouldn't sell the same things at this time. It's almost Chinese New Year, and everyone needs to save money to have a good New Year.
"It just so happens that your second brother has rented a shop in town. If you don't go there, you can also sell the things on consignment." Aunt Qing said this deliberately. If the second wife helped the first wife sell things, then the first wife would owe the second wife.
"No need." There was no way Liu Yulian would ask the second wife to help sell things. She didn't make those things every day.
"Just tell me if you need anything." Aunt Qing said it so sweetly that no one who heard it could say that the people from the second house were not good to the first house.
"Of course." Liu Yulian knew that Aunt Qing was just talking, and she wouldn't really go to the Second House to sell things. "It's cold, and I don't like to move around. I can just go and sell things when there's a market. The shop is empty anyway."
"That's right. It's empty anyway. Selling things occasionally can fill the gap." Aunt Qing said, "You bought the shop, unlike us who rent it."
"It's good to be able to rent it." Liu Yulian said.
"I'll go back first." Aunt Qing deliberately lowered her head to look at the piece of pork belly in her hand. "Your second brother and sister-in-law have worked hard, I have to cook for them. I'll go to town in two days. I may not be back during the New Year."
"Oh." Liu Yulian didn't have any thoughts. The village and the town were close, so everything was fine.
Qing Yi Niang and Liu Yulian were of different generations, so they only chatted for a few minutes, not for a long time. When Qing Yi Niang was about to leave, she happened to see the vegetables in the yard of the eldest house. Even in such a cold day, the eldest house still planted vegetables.
Vegetables are particularly expensive at this time, but radishes and the like are cheap.
"The vegetables here are growing so well. How do you grow them?" Aunt Qing poked her head out.
"Culture medium." Liu Yulian told the truth.
“…” Aunt Qing thought it was better to forget it, as the culture medium also costs money.
The people in the big house like to make all kinds of things, and everything costs money.
After Aunt Qing left, Liu Qingyun tugged at the corner of Liu Yulian's clothes and said, "Aunt, I don't like her."
"If you don't like her, then you don't like her." Liu Yulian said, "She was your grandfather's concubine, and the family has split up. There's no need for you to like her."
When Aunt Qing returned home and saw Su Qiuya and Liu Yanbo, she said, "The eldest wife really wants money for everything. They planted those vegetables, and when asked how they planted them, they said they used culture medium. Everyone knows that their culture medium is sold for money."
"Mother, please don't go there too often, so you don't get bullied." Liu Yanbo said. His biological mother was a concubine. Even after the family split, his biological mother was still inferior to his mother. She was inferior before, and now it's inevitable that she still feels inferior. It doesn't feel right.
"Today, I was buying meat and just happened to meet him when I passed by." Aunt Qing said, "You should get ready in the next few days. It's better to celebrate the New Year in town than in the village."
Aunt Qing thought that everyone else was celebrating the New Year in the village, and their family was in town. "Maybe we should come back. Vegetables are cheaper in the village." Liu Yanbo said, "We thought that if we rent a shop, we would have to cook more things to sell. We could make breakfast in the morning and other food at noon."
The shops in town are not cheap, and if they only serve breakfast, it's not worth it. They used to sell until the afternoon, but it's different. Setting up a stall is not like renting a shop, so the cost is not that high.
"Okay." Aunt Qing nodded. "When the time comes, we can have them send it to town. That's fine too."
"That's what I think." Liu Yanbo and his wife have already made a plan, which is to do good business and have a good New Year.
In the Liu family's main house, Mrs. Xie steamed a few eggs so that Liu Qingyun and Xiao Liu Jianeng could eat more.
"Mom, use these cotton cloths to make two more sets of clothes for Qingyun and Nannan." Liu Yulian couldn't do without her own clothes. She used to wear clothes from the space, and now she can use them openly. She doesn't have to put the clothes in the space to dry, and she doesn't have to worry about being discovered by these people. "They are young, and if they touch water or get dirty, they need to change clothes."
For adults, two sets of cotton inner clothes are enough. Children have delicate skin, so cotton is better because it is not so rough.
"You are so good to them. Aren't you afraid that they will forget it when they grow up?" Liu's mother joked.
"No way." Xiao Liu Qingyun ran in, "Auntie is the best."
Little Liu Qingyun thought that their mother didn't want them and their sister anymore, and their father went to the military camp, so their aunt often made delicious food for them and gave them new clothes to wear. Of course, they would remember their aunt.
At this time, Aunt Zhao from the next yard was chasing her son and beating him. Her son actually took the quilt out to sell and said he got a good price. She was so angry that he was selling the only quilt in the house in such a cold day.
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