In the bookstore, they met on a narrow road, and Su Qiuya just felt unlucky.
Seeing that not many people were buying food at the shop, Su Qiuya simply closed the shop and went to the bookstore with Liu Yanbo, intending to buy some books for him. Su Qiuya thought that Liu Yanbo would have to study since he was going to take the imperial examination, so he had to buy some paper and pens.
After that, Su Qiuya and his wife met Liu Yulian and Liu Qingyun here.
"Little sister." Su Qiuya said, "Are you here to buy some books?"
"Yes, Qingyun will go to school after the New Year, so we need to buy some books." Liu Yulian nodded, "And pen, ink, paper and inkstone, all of which are indispensable."
"You are really nice to him." Su Qiuya said.
"Of course he should be treated better than his nephew," Liu Yulian joked. "Let him study more now so that he won't be a burden when he grows up and won't need our care."
Liu Qingyun stood obediently beside Liu Yulian. He still remembered the fierce looks of these people when they said they wanted to divide the family.
"Come, say goodbye to your uncle and aunt." Liu Yulian looked at Liu Qingyun, "It's time for us to go back."
"Second uncle, second aunt." Liu Qingyun spoke.
Su Qiuya looked at the backs of Liu Yu and Liu Qingyun leaving, and thought that only Liu Yulian and Liu's mother could make some embroidery, otherwise the eldest house would have run out of money long ago.
"See if there's anything you need." Su Qiuya looked at Liu Yanbo. "Next year, will you also have to go to the academy?"
"Let's wait and see after the New Year." Liu Yanbo said. The family was poor, and it would not be easy for his wife to do all these chores alone.
When Liu Yulian brought her nephew back to the shop, Liu's father had already bought a house. The house was in the east of the city, where people were richer and relatively safer.
It's a town, and the distance between east and west is not particularly far.
Besides, it would be nice if Liu's father could take Liu Qingyun to and from school.
The private school opened by Master Li was not too remote, as it was located close to the west of the city, so it was not too troublesome to travel to.
Even today, they had spent a lot of money, and their family had basically no savings. For people like them who were used to seeing thousands or tens of thousands of taels of silver, a few dozen taels of silver really didn't count as much.
Liu Yulian thought it was worth buying a house, as it would be most important for her children to study. If she lost her money, she could earn it again.
It was all gone in an instant. Mother Liu and Father Liu had never thought that money was so hard to spend before, but after being exiled, they felt that money was too difficult to earn.
"A penny can make a hero fall." Father Liu couldn't help but sigh.
"Just wait until the strawberries are sold." Liu Yulian didn't have any ideas. The money she earned was to be spent.
"Strawberries...whatever." Father Liu thought that it was not his own money, so why should he be reluctant to give it away? It was just that his daughter had worked hard.
In the military camp, He Xiyuan found that everything Liu Yulian made was delicious. The steamed buns had a milky taste and had been stored for a long time. The dried meat was also delicious.
"How come my little sister became your fiancée?"
"Yeah, yeah, we're not bad either."
"You are so lucky to have such a good wife."
…
After He Xiyuan distributed the food to the people around him, they all felt that He Xiyuan was very happy to have a fiancée who was such a good cook.
"She's neither your younger sister nor your fiancée." He Xiyuan said. He distributed some things to these people and kept the rest for himself.
He Xiyuan had initially been reluctant to give these men so much food, but his uncle was also distributing it. He understood that a little food would help them build closer relationships with these soldiers. Perhaps these soldiers would remain such lowly soldiers their entire lives, unable to rise to higher ranks, but in the barracks, it was better not to appear superior.
"Of course your fiancée is not our fiancée, but she can be our sister," someone joked.
"Go, go, go." He Xiyuan waved his hand.
He Xiyuan also found Liu Yanjing and pulled him to a corner, "From now on... can you please stop talking about Sister Lian and stop letting those pigs get caught up in it?"
"No," Liu Yanjing replied. He really hadn't said much about his sister. He hadn't come to the military camp to show off his sister, but to work hard to build merit and wait for the day when he could achieve great things. "Maybe it would be better if you could talk less about your fiancée."
"Why can't I tell my fiancée?" He Xiyuan widened his eyes.
"You said it, everyone knows your fiancée is fine." Liu Yanjing patted He Xiyuan's shoulder, "They all know your fiancée is my sister."
As for what those people said about his younger sister, Liu Yanjing didn't say much. He didn't have the time to talk about his younger sister. No matter how good his younger sister was, she was still his younger sister, and he couldn't ask her to prepare more things for these people.
“…” He Xiyuan felt something was strange.
Liu Yulian came to the pharmacy in the town specifically to buy medicine. She had to use some of the medicine to make pills to sell.
Liu Yulian didn't run a clinic herself; she just made some medicinal pills, but not a lot. She didn't go looking for wholesale medicinal materials, and at most she would ask the pharmacy if they could sell the herbs at a lower price.
"Will it be the same as last time, all packed separately?" asked the apprentice of the clinic.
"Yes, pack them separately." Liu Yulian nodded.
The people in the clinic didn't know what Liu Yulian bought these herbs for, but their business was not affected, so they just sold them to people who wanted to buy them.
"Why are you buying more?" The doctor at the clinic saw Liu Yulian buying more herbs. They were just ordinary herbs, and he couldn't figure out what Liu Yulian was buying them for. "Is your illness still not healed?"
"No, I'm just making some pills to sell." Liu Yulian didn't lie. "I've read some medical books, and the pills I made before were quite useful. I might as well make a few more to sell. It's so cold, and there are a lot of people suffering from typhoid fever and coughs, so it's a good time to sell some."
"To treat typhoid?" The doctor was puzzled. You know, typhoid is not that easy to treat. If it was easy to treat, there wouldn't be so many people dying from typhoid.
"Yes." Liu Yulian said, "We have several kinds of pills. Try them out. If someone buys them and they're useful, I'll sell them."
The doctor found it strange. In the past, it was usually people who picked herbs and sold them in the pharmacy. He never saw anyone come to the pharmacy to buy herbs and take them back to make pills to sell.
"Can I see the prescription?" the doctor asked, then felt something was wrong. If Liu Yulian was willing to let them know, then she wouldn't have to ask someone to prescribe the medicine separately.
"Okay." Liu Yulian nodded.
“…” The doctor was stunned. It was so easy.
Liu Yulian had no intention of keeping these basic prescriptions to herself; it would be great if she could save more people. Furthermore, those were recipes from the game, not something she had researched herself.
In the capital, the Imperial Hospital, based on prescriptions sent from the northwest, developed a remedy suitable for treating typhoid fever, as well as cough syrup. Honestly, these medicines were quite effective.
There was no queen in the harem, and the imperial concubine was in charge of it. She naturally knew that the pills produced by the Imperial Hospital were very effective.
When the emperor came to the imperial concubine, she said, "I've never seen them so capable before, but this year they are really capable, with so many useful things."
"They are capable, but this thing was not made by them." The emperor thought that the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau were all very good, but doctors like them who had inherited their skills from master to apprentice were sometimes not bold enough. If they were not bold enough, it would be difficult for them to make a breakthrough.
This is not the fault of those imperial doctors. As imperial doctors in the palace, how could they dare to prescribe medicine to their masters at will?
Therefore, some doctors among the people are actually very powerful.
The emperor has always known this, each has its own advantages.
"Then there is a recipe." The imperial concubine said with a smile, "The whole world belongs to the king. As long as the people in this kingdom have ability, the emperor will have someone to use."
The emperor felt very relieved when he heard the concubine's words.
"Some people are usually ordinary, but they can only become extraordinary when they are stimulated." The emperor picked up the teacup on the table and asked, "How do you stimulate them?"
"..." The imperial concubine had no idea how to stimulate them, so she just said, "These talented and ambitious people are not cabbages grown in the fields. Most of those who are mediocre have always been mediocre. If they suddenly become stronger, it can only mean that they were different to begin with."
The emperor nodded. That was why he didn't exile those people at random, but only exiled a few. Whether those people were capable or not would be known after a while. Those who were incompetent would be left like that in the future, basically useless.
"Your nephew is still in the northwest, right?" the emperor said. "Young man, it's good to know how to take responsibility. Where will he spend the New Year? At his aunt's house, or at his future father-in-law's?"
"I don't understand." The imperial concubine replied.
"It's just right. Prince Su is going there after the New Year. You should also prepare some things for Prince Su to take to his cousin." The emperor said, "Don't go to your future father-in-law's house empty-handed."
"Your Majesty is absolutely right. I should make preparations," the imperial concubine said hastily. "Xiyuan is very fond of his fiancée and hopes that they will finally get married."
The imperial concubine understood the emperor's intentions. It seemed that the Liu family was still quite capable. The imperial concubine thought that she should also give some information to the wife of Duke Chengguo. No matter what the old lady thought, He Xiyuan should not cancel the engagement and let them be together.
However, the old lady might not be so easy to talk to. The imperial concubine doesn't like the old lady very much. It's okay that she is snobbish, but the key is that the old lady likes to force others to do things according to her ideas.
In the village, Liu Yulian and her family returned home, and Liu Yulian planned to make dumplings for dinner. Compared to dumplings, she preferred flat meat, but flat meat was difficult to make. It required hammering the lean meat, which took a lot of time and effort.
Liu Yulian simply made crystal dumplings, ordinary dumplings, without making any special crystal dumplings or anything like that. They didn't go out to sell dumplings, the main purpose was to fill their stomachs, and that was enough. She didn't always come up with all kinds of fancy things like Su Qiuya did. Su Qiuya wanted to open a store, and Liu Yulian didn't sell food all the time.
Keep it simple so your hands don’t get frozen easily.
"It smells so good." Liu Qingyun stood at the kitchen door, tiptoed, and peeked in to see what was inside.
At this moment, someone knocked on the door and called out, "Liu family, is anyone there?"
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