A man like An Hongkang would never be nice to Madam Su. Even if Madam Su's son came to him, he would never return the money Madam Su gave him.
The only solution Young Master Su could think of was to ask An Hongkang to pay back the money. As long as An Hongkang paid back the money, Mrs. Su's problem would be much less serious.
"Silly boy," An Hongkang said, "your father did this because he saw your mother was old and no longer liked her. You want me to pay you back? What money? Does your Su family need this little money?"
"Short!" Young Master Su already knew that his mother had given An Hongkang nearly 100,000 yuan, which was not a small amount.
Young Master Su had previously thought that the money he had given An Hongkang was just a small amount, but he had never imagined that there would be so much money. What should he do? He didn't even have that much money on hand.
"Don't stay here," An Hongkang said. He glanced at the beauty beside him, letting her feed him wine. "If you stay here, be careful if your father finds out. He'll say you're just living a life of luxury at such a young age. And if he doesn't let you inherit the Su family fortune, what will you do then?"
An Hongkang wasn't afraid of Young Master Su. Once the money was in his pocket, it was his. He couldn't possibly give it away. Even if Young Master Su came over, even if Old Master Su came over, it would be useless.
He said he had spent the money, but who knows if he actually did spend it? As long as he doesn't admit it, there's nothing anyone can do.
An Hongkang thought Young Master Su was just too young, and he had to make him understand. This was the way the world was. Money given away easily couldn't be taken back easily, and the same would apply to Young Master Su's future business ventures.
"Go back, go back," An Hongkang said. "Some things are better left alone. Your mother is imprisoned, so think about how to please your father and don't let his affection turn to your half-brother. After all, you are still the legitimate son."
An Hongkang thought that Young Master Su might not give him so much money in the future, mainly because something happened to Madam Su. He had his own reasons for not being able to help, and An Hongkang naturally knew those things.
An Hongkang didn't pretend to go to see Master Su. At this point, they were already at loggerheads, so how could he talk about those things? Master Su didn't want An Hongkang to go there more often, so An Hongkang had no choice but to go there less often.
“…” Young Master Su was helpless.
After Young Master Su left the brothel, he was discovered by the Su family's servants. Those people were sent by Master Su. Bai Shi had always had people keeping an eye on Young Master Su. Knowing that An Hongkang was in the brothel, Bai Shi tried to lure Young Master Su there.
Didn’t Madam Su like to plot against others in the past? So the fact that Young Master Su is being plotted against now is also karma.
Su Qiuya didn't care about those things. She didn't care whether Young Master Su was framed or not. When she was in the Su family, she was also dealt with by Madam Su, so there was no need for her to care about Young Master Su's affairs.
If the Bai family wants to fight those people, then they can do so. It's impossible for the Bai family not to bring down Young Master Su, so it all depends on how smart Young Master Su is.
"The weather has become cold again recently," said Su Qiuya. She saw frost flowers when she got up early.
When there are frost flowers, it means it is quite cold.
Su Qiuya also bought clothes for Liu Yanbo, fearing that Liu Yanbo would be cold.
"If business isn't good, just stop," Liu Yanbo said. "Don't get cold. We have a shop and a farm at home, so we have enough to live on."
"It's enough to keep me going, but it's enough for me to use when I'm free." Su Qiuya said.
"Then close the door and research new dishes." Liu Yanbo said, "That's fine too. You don't have to be busy in the front all the time."
"Okay, then we'll close the shop for a while." Su Qiuya also wanted to have a good rest for a while and didn't think about working so hard. "I still have to send New Year gifts to my mother."
If they hadn't sent any New Year gifts, Aunt Qing might have something to say.
"Is my second sister engaged again?" Su Qiuya asked.
"They're talking about a marriage." Liu Yanbo said, "They don't have any children..."
"What do you mean? Doesn't it mean that the child is ours and we have to raise it?" Su Qiuya didn't want to be forced to have a child.
"No, they just said the child is a relative's child." Liu Yanbo said, "If the child is not ours, then it is not ours. Even if we have the money to raise such a child, there is no need."
"Yeah." Su Qiuya nodded slightly.
"Don't worry about it. Mom and the others aren't coming back for the New Year." Liu Yanbo said, "We'll just celebrate the New Year on our own."
"That's not bad." Su Qiuya said, "But will you feel a little lonely?"
"No." Liu Yanbo said quickly, "It's great just the two of us."
At the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion, Mother Liu was still wondering when Liu Yulian would come back.
"It will probably arrive in a few days." Princess Zhaoyang said with a smile, "Don't worry."
"I'm not anxious, but her cat should be anxious." said Liu's mother.
"That's right, the cat has lost a lot of hair, and Jia Jieer likes to carry it with her." Princess Zhaoyang said.
Liu Jia did not abuse the cat. The cat was very lively. It was just that Jia Jieer liked to stroke the cat's fur.
"She just doesn't like to keep a cat of her own. She only likes her aunt's cat." Liu's mother said, "Is Jia Jie'er doing well in school?"
"She's fine," Princess Zhaoyang said. "She even said she'd invite her friends home to play. It's impossible that she went to someone else's house without inviting anyone home."
"That's right, she's not that young anymore." Mother Liu sighed. The child is old now, and it's time for her to interact more with those people. "Just don't just think about playing."
"Even if she can only play, that doesn't matter." Princess Zhaoyang said, "Our girls don't need to work so hard."
"It's better to have some skills." Liu's mother said, "If something really happens, you can hold on."
Liu's mother thought that if Liu Yulian hadn't read so many books, she wouldn't be able to do those things. Liu's mother still hoped that these people in the family would read more books. If they really didn't have talent, it would be fine. But if they had some talent, they should learn more.
"The third house sent some things over. My third brother's wife gave birth to a child." Princess Zhaoyang said, "The child is quite cute."
Princess Zhaoyang went to see the child. She wasn't worried about the fact that everyone had children. She was a princess, and she could live a good life with or without children.
Feng Guanjing, the third wife of the Liu family, gave birth to a son, whom Liu Yanyuan loved very much. Aunt Chai valued boys more. If Feng Guanjing had given birth to a daughter, Aunt Chai would have said something else long ago.
"We've made so many clothes. When the child grows up, he won't be able to wear them." Aunt Chai valued her grandson, but she still felt that Feng Guanjing and the others made too many clothes for the child. "Didn't you say you didn't have money before?"
"Mom, this is your grandson." Feng Guanjing said.
"It's good that he has a grandson, but he has so many clothes that he can't wear them all. It's a waste." Aunt Chai said, "Adults are different from children. Adults' clothes can be worn for a long time."
"Your clothes... aren't they only worn for a year, or a few times? Don't you want to wear them anymore?" Feng Guanjing knew that after Aunt Chai came to the capital, she always liked to make clothes. They didn't let Aunt Chai make clothes, and Aunt Chai even scolded them.
The family didn't have that much money, and they had to support Aunt Chai because they were worried that she would make trouble.
Even though Aunt Chai was just a concubine, Feng Guanjing was still angry. Other decent mothers-in-law wouldn't make such a fuss, but Aunt Chai was.
Concubine Chai is Liu Yanyuan's biological mother, she always does this, she just wants to enjoy better things. Concubine Chai did not dare to go to the Jingning Marquis's mansion, and thinking about how well the wife of Jingning Marquis lived, she wanted to live a better life too.
Even if Liu Yanjing's wife is Princess Zhaoyang, Princess Zhaoyang may not necessarily respect Liu's mother. Aunt Chai just wants to be able to control her daughter-in-law.
After all, people like Concubine Chai still want to compete with others. If they can't win, they just think about it in their heart. She will torment the people around her and make Feng Guanjing's life difficult.
"We'll have children in the future," Feng Guanjing said. "These clothes aren't a waste. Besides, we didn't make them all ourselves. Some were given to us by others. We only make a few ourselves, so it's not a lot."
The Jingning Marquis' Mansion sent several sets of clothes to the child, in different sizes.
Feng Guanjing thought the people at Jingning Marquis's Mansion were pretty good. At least they would prepare so many things. Feng Guanjing was very satisfied. When they split up, they abandoned the eldest branch of the Liu family. At that time, the eldest branch of the Liu family was the most difficult.
Today, the people in the eldest branch of the Liu family live a prosperous life, but the other branches are not doing so well.
"Why did they send so many clothes? Why didn't they send more cloth?" Aunt Chai said, "It's good to send cloth. We can use it to make clothes in the future. We can make whatever clothes we want. The clothes they make will be outdated by the time your children wear them."
“…” Feng Guanjing thought that Aunt Chai wanted those cloths.
What's out of date or not? Ordinary people don't have so many concerns.
Feng Guanjing sincerely felt that Aunt Chai was a bit greedy, but Aunt Chai was the elder, so they couldn't say much and could only listen to Aunt Chai.
Fortunately, Liu Fang wasn't in the capital. If she were, there would be even more trouble. Feng Guanjing felt heartbroken when she thought of her first miscarriage. If only that child were still alive, that would be wonderful.
As for whether the child is a boy or a girl, it is not the most important thing.
"Forget it, let them give me whatever they want. I can't ask anything of them." Aunt Chai said.
"Yeah." Feng Guanjing didn't say much, she just looked at her child.
On this day, Su Qiuya came to see Feng Guanjing. Feng Guanjing had already left the confinement period after childbirth, and her baby was three or four months old.
Su Qiuya envied Feng Guanjing, who was able to get pregnant so quickly after her miscarriage, and gave birth to a son.
"You are a good-looking child." Su Qiuya said.
"All children are like this." Feng Guanjing said, "When you have children in the future, it will be the same."
"After having children..." Su Qiuya was silent for a while, "I don't know if I can have children in the future. If I don't have children..."
"It will be fine." Feng Guanjing comforted Su Qiuya, "Just take the medicine and recuperate."
Feng Guanjing knew that it was not easy for Su Qiuya to get pregnant. Even if it was not easy to get pregnant, she still had to take care of herself. As long as Su Qiuya took care of her body, everything would be fine.
"Don't worry, just let it go." Feng Guanjing said, "You are fine the way you are now, you can live a good life."
"If there are no children, that's not certain." Su Qiuya understood. She didn't believe that her husband didn't want children. Her husband must want children too, but he just didn't say it.
Liu Yanbo knew that her body was not in good condition, so he would say less and not put pressure on Su Qiuya.
Su Qiuya would think to herself, what should she do if she never got pregnant? There were a few men willing to adopt a child, and they all wanted their own biological child.
"Don't overthink it, it's possible." Feng Guanjing said, "Some couples have been married for ten years before having children. It's possible. Besides, you've only been married for a few years, three or four years? Wait a little longer, maybe in a few months, a year or two, you'll have a child."
"That's all I can think of." Su Qiuya sighed, "Children...we can't have them just by saying so."
"How's Second Sister doing?" Feng Guanjing asked, "Are they still giving you trouble?"
"They don't have the time to bother me right now. I just want them to stop talking." Su Qiuya said, "I heard that she's getting engaged again. She doesn't want anyone to know about her relationship with the Jingning Marquis Mansion, nor does she want people to know that her relationship with us is so bad."
Su Qiuya had heard from Liu Yanbo that Liu Yuqin was doing quite well in that small town. She had a little money, wasn't too hysterical, and was decent looking, so naturally, someone would be interested in her.
Those people didn't know what Liu Yuqin was like originally, and some even thought she was pretty good.
"It will be fine once she gets married." Su Qiuya said, "She won't think about coming back anymore."
"Yes." Feng Guanjing said, "That's the truth. If she gets married, then there won't be any problems."
Su Qiuya also hoped this, hoping that Liu Yuqin would live a peaceful life after getting married. If Liu Yuqin ran away, then Su Qiuya would not be able to live a good life.
People like Liu Yuqin don't care whether others are living well or not, she only cares about whether she is comfortable or not.
In Hainan, the rice stalks in some fields haven't been dug up yet, but some have rice ears growing on the stalks, though some are hollow and not fully developed, while others are still plump with grains.
Some children would go to the fields to pick up the rice ears, while others would go to other people's fields to pick them up. They would basically go to the wealthy families, because other people's rice fields would also be picked up.
Even though there are not many grains, for ordinary people, it means enough food to fill their stomachs and help them save some money.
When Miss Xue Er went to the fields, she saw some children picking up grains. She looked at the children and thought about how hard it was for them to work in such cold weather.
Even though the weather in the south is warm, it is still a bit cold here.
"Tell those children to be careful," said Miss Xue Er, "and don't let them go back too late."
"They came early in the morning, as soon as it was light and they could see," the maid said. "They just wanted to pick up some edible things to take back."
"Let them pick it up." Miss Xue Er did not stop the children.
The researchers at the research institute didn't stop them, after all, they didn't need the regenerated grains. The regenerated grains were few in number, not all of them were full, and many were empty.
But the children could still pick up the empty grains and use them to feed the ducks and chickens.
"I used to do this when I was little," the maid said. "Pick up more. If there's anything edible, eat it."
Don't underestimate that little bit of food. If there is no food at home, a few grains of food are important.
Many families don’t even have white rice to eat, and even drinking porridge is a luxury.
The maid had suffered before, so she thought these things were really good, especially when others didn't want those things, of course they had to pick some up.
"The fields here produce a lot of food." The maid continued, "They are all very happy."
"Why, have you ever been unhappy when you saw others before?" asked Miss Xue Er.
"Back then, people weren't so happy," the maid replied. "A good harvest is joyful, indeed. But if there weren't as many, everyone would worry about not being able to pay taxes or about not having enough food to feed their families. A year is really a long time."
Without food, they would find this year particularly difficult.
If there is enough food at home, they will not feel that the year is difficult and will feel that the year passes quickly.
"There will be more food in the future," said Miss Xue Er. "With so many people researching high-yield food, they'll eventually be able to find it."
"It's all good now," the maid said. "With the culture medium, the food supply will almost double, which is a lot. If we could have even more, everyone would be happy. But... we shouldn't be so expectant, and we can afford to wait."
In the past, many people were hungry and people could not afford to wait. At least now they have all kinds of things, they can improve the land and open up more fields to grow food.
Many families have several people at home, but they don’t have enough land, and the land is not good, so they can’t grow much food.
And now, with those good things, people can do more.
"We can't let them wait forever." Miss Xue Er thought that if they kept waiting, and the researchers also thought so, then they would not have that much motivation.
Miss Xu Er just wanted to work hard and figure it out quickly. They had to tell themselves that they couldn't keep putting it off. If they kept putting it off, others would just say they were just spending money and not doing anything.
As time went by, Liu Yulian and He Xiyuan returned to the capital. Their journey was smooth, and they didn't encounter any bandits. It was not known whether the bandits were fewer, or the bandits knew the identities of Liu Yulian and her group, or perhaps the bandits thought they had nothing to rob.
In short, Liu Yulian and her group had a smooth journey.
He Xiyuan first sent Liu Yulian back to Jingning Marquis Mansion, "I'll find you tomorrow."
"Take a day off first." Liu Yulian said, "Don't rush over here, or you'll get too tired."
"That's good, you should rest well too." He Xiyuan said, "You haven't had a good rest after running all the way."
He Xiyuan didn't feel that tired, he was just worried that Liu Yulian was tired.
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