In Shiyuan Village, Lin Xiaowan thought to herself that she had been too indulgent with Liu Yanqing these past few days. Liu Fang from the third branch was getting married, so why was the fourth branch so indulgent with Liu Yanqing? A grown man who didn't work, but was out playing all day, not knowing how to support the family.
"Can we stop raising these geese?" Liu Yanqing thought they were too ferocious. "Why don't we just kill them and eat them?"
"Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat every day. When I ask you to work, you run away." Lin Xiaowan kicked Liu Yanqing directly.
"I'm not starving to death." Liu Yanqing muttered, "If I really starve to death, I'll go find my father."
"What are you looking for?" Lin Xiaowan grabbed Liu Yanqing's ear. "Have you forgotten how you treated them? Dividing the family? If it weren't for their ability, my eldest brother's legs would have been crippled long ago. You are not allowed to go."
"I didn't go there." Liu Yanqing said, "Who would dare to go there? It's so embarrassing."
Anyway, he would never go to the first room now, no matter how hard he tried.
Once when he went there, he saw his father holding a whip, and he was frightened on the spot. He was afraid that Liu's father would rush over and beat him, and he was so scared that he thought about whether he had done anything wrong in the past few days and whether he should hug Liu's father's thigh and cry.
"Can I have some wine?" Liu Yanqing asked.
"No." Lin Xiaowan rolled her eyes at Liu Yanqing. What was he thinking about? He was still drinking.
Wine is expensive, and the better the wine, the more expensive it is. Drinking? Why doesn't Liu Yanqing want to go to heaven?
"Who do you think you are? You're just an ordinary person with no real ability," Lin Xiaowan said. "You've bought everything in this house. Let me tell you, you're worse than a son-in-law right now. Do you understand?"
"Then I'm not a son-in-law." Liu Yanqing is not afraid of what others say. His wife is capable, how great.
Liu Yanqing hid behind Lin Xiaowan. He looked at the big white geese and thought that sooner or later he would stew this big white goose.
"What are you looking at? Go dig up earthworms to feed the chickens and ducks." Lin Xiaowan raised several chickens and ducks. Since they had come to the countryside, they had to do as the locals did. They couldn't just sit there and do nothing.
"I'll go right away." This wasn't the first time Liu Yanqing had done this. The first time Lin Xiaowan asked him to go, he was reluctant and refused to go. Then, he got beaten.
After being beaten, Liu Yanqing became much more obedient and did whatever Lin Xiaowan asked him to do.
In the capital, the Liu family's several married daughters had a much easier time thanks to their restoration of their nobility. However, there were still some minor issues, such as the fact that Madam Qin was currently looking at her illegitimate younger sister.
This illegitimate second sister is the daughter of Concubine Qing. She married into a good family and is the second legitimate son of Hanlin Mei.
To be honest, this marriage was not arranged by Liu's mother. She had originally intended to find other men for this concubine's daughter. This concubine's daughter and Concubine Qing both thought that the families Liu's mother had found were not good and that the men's status was too low, so they wanted this second daughter to marry someone of higher status.
Mei Hanlin's family was originally a poor scholar, and he had received help from others. He also arranged a marriage for his second son and the daughter of his benefactor.
When the Second Young Master Mei was engaged to the daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, the engagement had not yet been cancelled. Neither Mother Liu nor Father Liu knew at the time that the Second Young Master Mei's fiancée was somewhere else, not in the capital.
After the two families got engaged, the Mei family kept the matter under wraps. Last year, when the girl arrived, the Mei family claimed she was just a cousin.
At that time, the Liu family was busy with their own affairs and had no time to think about it.
After the Liu family's misfortune, Madam Mei had arranged for the cousin to marry the Second Young Master Mei, claiming she was to be his equal wife. The Liu family had lost their title of Marquis, and the cousin had plenty of money, so Madam Mei's position in the Mei family was effectively negligible.
Some time ago, Mrs. Mei was imprisoned at home, and the Mei family would not let her out. It was not until the Liu family regained their title that the Mei family dared not treat Mrs. Mei so badly.
But Mrs. Mei Er Shao already knew that the cousin was the original fiancée of Mr. Mei Er Shao. After becoming his concubine, the cousin had even told Mrs. Mei Er Shao about this matter. Mrs. Mei Er Shao ran to her husband to make a fuss, and her husband said that it was indeed the case.
That family sponsored the impoverished Mei Hanlin to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination. Mei Hanlin passed the examination and was admitted to the Hanlin Academy. His wife was reluctant to continue to recognize the marriage, thinking that the benefactor was just a merchant and that her son could marry a better girl. Mei Hanlin then gave in to his wife's advice.
"At the beginning, mother told you that the Mei family might not be so easy to get along with, but you didn't believe it." Madam Qin Dashao looked at her second sister crying and thought that her sister deserved it.
The family had said that the Mei family might not be that good, but the second sister was determined to marry into the family. These people believed that marrying the main wife would harm the daughter born by the concubine, and they refused to listen to Liu's mother's advice.
Liu's mother simply stopped interfering to avoid upsetting others.
"Mother didn't say that my husband has a fiancée." said Mrs. Mei Ershao.
"This happened so long ago, and the Mei family didn't say anything. They just exchanged tokens, so who would know?" Madam Qin was so angry at her second sister's words that she laughed. "There aren't many girls from other families who would be interested in him, yet you rushed up to him and even gave it to him privately."
Madam Qin Dashao felt angry. This second sister did not care about the other girls in the family at all. She did not consider that her actions would bring shame to the reputation of the girls in the family.
"That...that's because I'm young." Mrs. Mei said, "They made a concubine out of me and said I was seriously ill, so they asked her to leave."
Mrs. Mei Ershao felt very angry when she thought about this. If the Liu family did not restore the title, would they let her die of illness? Every time Mrs. Mei Ershao thought about this, she felt that her breathing was not smooth and she felt that those people were too shameless.
"Now, they have let me out, but I still have a concubine." said Mrs. Mei Ershao.
"What do you want me to do? Want me to go to your house and tell them you can't have concubines?" Madam Qin said, "Who in a decent family would have concubines? Concubines are just a thing created by businessmen. Did that concubine really attend any banquet? It was only your mother-in-law who took her there. She wouldn't even receive the invitation."
According to Madam Qin, the Mei family is just coveting the money of the concubine.
"If you are a little more ruthless, then divorce me." said Mrs. Qin.
"How can we get a divorce?" Mrs. Mei Ershao didn't want to get a divorce. "If we get a divorce, who should I marry?"
Mrs. Mei's eyes were red. It was difficult to marry into a good family for the second time, and she was not the eldest daughter of the Huo family.
"How should I know who you're marrying?" Madam Qin Da Shao became angry when she heard Madam Mei Er Shao say this. "Back then, you insisted on marrying me. Now you have to endure being a concubine. What if you have children in the future? So what? Are you going to let someone control you like that?"
"Let's wait a little longer." Mrs. Mei II twisted the handkerchief in her hand. She was reluctant to divorce.
"Then you just wait." Madam Qin Dashao was too lazy to bother with these trivial matters.
"..." Mrs. Mei Ershao looked at her eldest sister, wondering why her eldest sister helped her.
Madam Qin Da Shao thought she had no way to help her sister. She had already suggested a divorce, but her sister refused. The Mei family had already stepped on the Liu family's face, and the cousin had become a concubine. They had also said that anyone with a little bit of temper should divorce at this time.
If her parents' family really couldn't make it and she had nowhere to go, she would just stay here. The key point was that the Liu family had restored their nobility, and after the Second Young Master Mei's wife divorced, she could find an ordinary family to marry into and live happily together.
In the original novel, Su Qiuya and her husband later became famous for their culinary skills in the capital. Although Liu Yanbo didn't pass the imperial examination, he did become a juren. In addition, Liu Yanbo was quite intelligent, and Su Qiuya hooked up with some noble ladies. The Mei family finally let the second young master's wife go, allowing her and the second young master to divorce.
Even so, Mrs. Mei Ershao was still hesitant at first, and only agreed to divorce after some other things happened.
Now, the Mei family has treated Mrs. Mei, the second young master, better, so of course Mrs. Mei has other ideas.
"You decide for yourself," said Madam Qin. "If we really want to wait for Father and the others to come back, it won't happen so soon."
"Sister, can you write a letter?" Mrs. Mei Ershao was worried that her letter would be useless.
"How should I write it?" Madam Qin said, "To father, or to your good aunt?"
Madam Qin Dashao already knew that the other families were going to split up the family business, which almost left Liu Yanjing without money to treat his leg.
Under such circumstances, it was already very good that Madam Qin Da Shao was willing to take care of Madam Mei Er Shao. Madam Mei Er Shao also listened more to Aunt Qing when she was getting engaged.
These people just think that others will harm them. Madam Qin Da Shao also knows that these people think her marriage is good, so she thinks that Madam Mei Er Shao's marriage cannot be bad either.
A concubine's daughter is no match for a legitimate daughter, and her marriage will be different.
"What's the situation in the northwest? Haven't you written a letter to ask your mother?" said Mrs. Qin.
"..." Mrs. Mei hadn't written about it before. How could she write when she was trapped by the Mei family? Later, she was busy fighting with the concubine, and she had no time to write.
After Mrs. Mei left the Qin family, she felt uncomfortable because her eldest sister never went to the Mei family and didn't help her more.
Madam Qin Da Shao was too lazy to care what Madam Mei Er Shao thought. She couldn't care less. If she went there and the couple reconciled, it would be so embarrassing. Madam Mei Er Shao might really do such a thing.
In the northwest, the Liu family's eldest branch didn't pay much attention to Madam Mei, the second young master. At most, they sent some more things to Madam Qin, the first young master. But they only had so much stuff, and they couldn't send much.
How could Liu's mother care about the concubines' daughters? They were already married, so they should rely more on their husband's family. For someone like Mrs. Mei, who had done a lot of trouble before getting married, Liu's mother couldn't possibly think about what would happen to Mrs. Mei.
Someone like Madam Mei is a snob. Madam Mei's snobbery is somewhat different from that of the old lady of the Chengguo Mansion. The old lady is the type who is more concerned with the overall situation, while Madam Mei herself comes from a humble background and is a bit petty.
"I don't know if your elder sister is really living as well as the letter says." Liu's mother received letters from Mrs. Qin every once in a while. After reading the letters, she worried that her daughter was not living well, but her daughter always said she was fine.
"Eldest Sister might not have had a good life before, but she should be doing much better now," Liu Yulian said. "You know Eldest Sister's personality. She won't suffer any loss."
"That's right, she has a son and a daughter." Mother Liu put the letter aside. "Having children will make her stronger. With the family's title restored, her mother-in-law shouldn't be likely to treat her badly."
Even if the family's title was not restored, the Qin family would not make things difficult for Madam Qin because she had helped the Qin family to expand.
"Wait a few years, when you return to Beijing, you'll be able to take a closer look," Liu Yulian said. "You don't have to worry too much."
Just because Liu Yulian had read the original novel didn't mean she remembered everything. It was good enough that she could remember some of the content. In her memory, Madam Qin Da Shao should be fine, but Madam Mei Er Shao should be in trouble.
The second young master's wife is not living so well in the Mei family, and she also has a concubine. After the heroine Su Qiuya and Liu Yanbo arrived in Beijing, they learned that the second young master's wife was not living so well, so Su Qiuya suggested to Liu Yanbo that the second young master's wife should divorce.
Mrs. Mei Ershao was reluctant at first, or for other reasons, but in any case, she went through a lot of trouble and provided a lot of plot for the original novel.
Liu Yulian didn't know when the Mei family's concubine was made, and whether it was now. This second sister hadn't written them a letter or sent anything over, so Liu Yulian didn't think of interfering.
They have brothers who are born to the same mother, so maybe if they wrote a letter, they would be writing to Aunt Qing and the others.
Liu Yulian remembered that when they were in the capital, her second sister was very arrogant. Although she was a concubine's daughter, she wanted this and that.
"Third sister should be good too." Liu Yulian said.
"Your third sister didn't marry into a very rich family. The people in that family are of good character, so it's unlikely that they would divorce her." Mother Liu said. The third girl was born out of wedlock, but she was much more obedient than other illegitimate daughters.
The person Liu's mother found for the third girl was a distant relative from her natal family. That relative was a scholar, and his family was well-off, and his parents were not bad people. The third girl would marry him as the principal wife, not a concubine, and would be able to manage the household without having to look after her mother or the principal wife.
"You still have to call him cousin." Liu's mother said, "It's because after your third sister got married, she rarely went back to her parents' home and didn't cause trouble for them."
When the Liu family was confiscated and exiled, the third lady sent someone to deliver some gifts. However, she was pregnant and couldn't send them, so she asked her husband to do so.
"When we came, they also sent us some things." Liu's mother still remembered that she originally thought that the illegitimate third daughter was just like the second daughter, pretending to know nothing and not sending them anything.
"Well, then send her something." Liu Yulian nodded. "After a while, we'll have someone send the wine to the capital to sell. There are many people in the capital, so it can be sold at a good price."
"Okay." Liu's mother had no objection.
Liu Yulian's plan was to sell wine to merchants if they came. After all, transporting the wine to the capital would cost money. Liu Yulian didn't intend to profit from the difference, and the ancient roads were difficult to travel.
Why don’t game developers come up with a cement recipe?
Liu Yulian couldn't help but think how practical cement houses were, but in the game, no one actually used cement houses. Games also favored ancient styles and aesthetics. Even if the game planners had included a lot of useful tools, they were like culture medium, which disappeared after being poured into the soil.
Liu Yulian had studied math, physics, and chemistry before, back in high school. That was when she was most knowledgeable. But by the time she went to college and graduated a few years later, she had long since given all that knowledge back to her teachers.
What is cement? Liu Yulian knew it had to be mixed with sand, lime, and some other minerals. She didn't quite understand that. She wanted to research cement, but it was extremely difficult. She probably had to try various things.
As for glass, Liu Yulian also knew about silicon dioxide, also known as sand...
If there weren't game cheats, Liu Yulian thought it would take a long time for her to become rich, and she might not even know if she would ever become rich. It all depended on her luck and whether she could figure it out. Everyone knows about sand; there's sand everywhere. But what does that mean?
"The road to the capital is difficult to travel on." Liu Yulian sighed, "It would be better if it were a flat road."
For example, the culture medium produced in the game does not pollute the soil, but that is an idealistic thing. If we study cement, it may be a bit polluting, right?
Regardless of whether there is pollution or not, we must study it first.
Liu Yulian ran a hand through her hair. She realized she didn't really want to stay home all day. Even asking her to study cement was difficult. She knew that in chemistry books, some chemical formulas simply described high temperatures and a pointed triangle, while others involved electrolysis.
As for cement, it is more likely to be calcined at high temperature.
Sand, oxides, lime... these three are omnipotent, Liu Yulian slapped her head suddenly, why don’t you list the entire periodic table.
"It still needs to be straightened out." Liu Yulian said in a low voice.
"What are you doing?" Mother Liu didn't understand what Liu Yulian meant for a moment.
"Nothing." Liu Yulian didn't dare to say she wanted to fix cement. She really didn't understand. Her mind was a mess. If her high school teacher saw her, he would definitely say: "Let me test you. What? You don't understand? Go back and memorize the textbook. Oh, no, you are no longer my student."
Liu Yulian had dreamed countless times that she was taking the college entrance exam, or perhaps a monthly exam, or any other kind of exam. She had no idea how to answer the exams, so she told her dream teacher, "I've already graduated, I've become a big star, I don't want to write anymore."
Yes, she is a social slave in reality, but in her dream she said she is a big star, and many handsome guys like her, and there are luxury cars to pick her up. When she saw the luxury car in her dream, she found that it was just a paper car. Then, she knew it was a dream, and she wished she had magic to change the car into a better one quickly.
Fortunately, others don’t know the content of her dream, so it doesn’t matter even if she wants to become the queen.
"I just want to study more." Liu Yulian wants a chemistry teacher to be her cheat, wants off-field assistance, and wants to be able to contact her high school chemistry teacher.
"Find a teacher, or..." Mother Liu looked at her daughter and always felt that she should not have thought about going to any girls' school to study.
There were girls' schools in the capital, where girls mostly learned things like the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, as well as needlework. The rich and powerful would often hire maids from the palace and other teachers to teach their daughters.
Liu's mother once did the same thing and invited someone to come to her home to teach her daughter.
"Read more books." Liu Yulian decided to read more books and go to the bookstore to read more books. Maybe there were similar things in ancient times, but no one promoted them, so they were just recorded.
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