Early in the morning, He Xiyuan was still thinking about the dream he had last night. He couldn't let that dream come true.
When He Xiyuan and Liu Yanjing left, He Xiyuan walked in front of Liu Yulian and said, "I will be fine, I will live, I will work hard, wait for me."
"Yeah." Liu Yulian nodded slightly. After all, there was still time before she came of age.
Liu Yulian didn't say anything else. There was really no need for them to talk about this between them, after all, they were of different ages.
"Don't forget." He Xiyuan reminded Liu Yulian not to be with anyone else.
He knew it was a dream, but he felt that the dream was too real.
The main problem is still his family, it is himself. He Xiyuan saw that he was powerless to resist his family in the dream, so he had no choice but to cancel the engagement with Liu Yulian. Since the engagement was cancelled, there was no need for Liu Yulian to wait for him.
"I will try my best." He Xiyuan's eyes were a little red. He was not a very mature man yet. At most, he was just a young man pursuing true love.
When Liu Yulian saw this, a smile appeared on her face, and she felt like she was back in junior high school.
People in ancient times were very different from those in later generations. They married and fell in love early. Even if they didn't fall in love, they knew a lot at a young age.
"Okay." Liu Yulian said.
He Xiyuan and Liu Yanjing left. They were going to find He Xiyuan's uncle. They both wanted to join the army.
Liu Yanjing was reluctant to leave his two children, but he couldn't stay at home forever. If he stayed at home, his children would have to live like that for the rest of their lives. He had been the eldest son of a marquis, so he wanted to give it a try.
Of course the two children missed their father, and the daughter also cried.
Mrs. Xie just coaxed them more, as there were only a few of them at home. If Liu Yanjing didn't fight hard, his life would be like this.
At least Liu Yanjing brought Liu Yulian with him and took out several prescriptions and finished products. As long as General Xu's character was a little better, then General Xu would naturally take better care of Liu Yanjing.
"Aunt, when will Dad come back?" asked the little nephew Liu Qingyun.
"Come back when he's free." Liu Yulian touched her nephew's head. "Let's go eat some sweet cakes."
The second branch of the Liu family moved. They moved out from next door. They lived in the new house and didn't think about visiting Liu's father and others.
Su Qiuya believed that the people of the first house were bad, even if Liu Yanjing joined the army. On the battlefield, swords were blind, and who knew what Liu Yanjing would be like. If even the exiled could do well in the army, then no one would continue to be in such a miserable state.
In the past two weeks, the second house has made quite a bit of money and plans to continue making and selling things. They will then sell New Year goods during the Chinese New Year, which is only a little over a month away, less than two months.
Liu Yulian didn't care how the other families were doing, she just wanted to harvest the cotton in the field.
"Oh, we will make sure to pick all the cotton." Widow Zhang knew that the Liu family was going to hire people to pick cotton, and since there were many people in the family, she came here specially.
Widow Zhang was even happier because the wheat in her field was growing well. Some wheat had to wait until next year for harvest, but with the culture medium, the wheat was growing beautifully, and the ears were growing well, with many grains, indicating a bountiful harvest.
Widow Zhang was very happy. Fortunately, she had bought the culture medium. It would be nice if the wheat grew faster, but the most important thing was that the harvest could be larger.
However, some people in the village still don’t believe that the culture medium can increase wheat production, and they are all worried that it will only produce empty shells.
"By the way, there are seeds in it, right? There are plenty of people in my family, and they are all free." Widow Zhang thought that there were so many people in the family, and everyone needed to eat, so it would be practical to make more money during this gap.
Although Widow Zhang appears to have a good temper in front of the people from the Liu family's main branch, in fact, Widow Zhang's temper is not that good.
Some people wanted to take a few white cotton flowers, but were stopped by Widow Zhang with a stern voice.
In the fields, some people will inevitably be curious when they see the white cotton, and some people will want to pick one or two.
"What are you doing?" Widow Zhang was staring. If she hadn't had something suitable, she would have rushed forward with a stick. "It's surrounded by a fence, and you're still coming in to steal. If you want it, go plant it yourself next year."
Widow Zhang had heard that the cotton had seeds in it, and that she could plant them later. She touched the cotton and found it soft and warm.
It was a pity that she didn't know how good these cottons were at the time. If she had known, she would have started planting them earlier. However, she didn't have any seeds, so she probably had to ask the Liu family's eldest wife for some.
"This thing is very rare," said Widow Zhang. "Why, does your family need money to buy it? Do you have that much money?"
After the thieves left, Widow Zhang looked at her sons again and said, "You are idiots too. Can't you say anything when someone steals the mining? Do you still want to work and make money?"
Widow Zhang thought her sons were so useless, none of them knew how to be smart.
The people of the Liu family's eldest branch weren't good at rough labor, so they would definitely need to find someone else to do the work later. Widow Zhang thought that as long as she worked harder and didn't mess around, the people of the Liu family's eldest branch might still ask them to do work.
It’s great to get paid daily, and I don’t have to go to town to find work.
"You just don't know how to appreciate what you have. You are so stupid." said Widow Zhang.
Widow Zhang's sons didn't dare to say anything else, so they just worked hard picking cotton. They all thought cotton was soft and comfortable, and if possible, they would plant some so that their children would have warm clothes to wear in the winter.
When Liu Yulian came over, she heard Widow Zhang scolding the people in the Zhang family.
"Some of them will have to be picked in a few days, so it's up to you these days." Liu Yulian came to take a look at the cotton field. After the cotton was picked, she planned to plant some strawberries.
"No way, everyone has paid." This is what Widow Zhang thought. Whoever pays is the boss.
When Su Qiuya learned that the cotton in the eldest room was ripe, she wanted to go over and take a look. She wanted to see what kind of flowers Liu Yulian could grow. When she and Liu Yanbo saw the plump white cotton flowers, they were very curious. This thing was so weird.
"You can't pick them." Widow Zhang wondered what kind of people these were. They all liked to run into other people's fields and into fences.
Is it no use surrounding it with a fence?
After all, these people have never seen cotton before and are very curious about it.
Su Qiuya had always looked down on Liu Yulian, thinking that Liu Yulian treated her like a daughter of a marquis and asked her why she was cultivating flowers.
"This is a precious thing." Widow Zhang's eyes turned. Oh, isn't this the person from the second branch of the Liu family?
Widow Zhang had heard that these people, upon arriving, were clamoring to split up the family property. Even after the split, they were still worried that the first wife would take advantage of them. They built houses whenever they could, staying away from the first wife.
What's the matter? Now that you see that others are doing well, you want to make trouble again?
Widow Zhang said that on purpose. A few days ago, she heard people saying that Liu Yulian didn't know how to live, that she was stingy, and that she wouldn't even let her brother pick a flower and even asked for money.
Haha, farmers all know that flowers in the fields cannot be picked casually. But if there are only one or two, others will still think that the people of the Liu family's eldest branch are not good.
"You should pick flowers when they bloom, but you're still picking them now that they're ripe." Widow Zhang sneered, "As a brother and sister-in-law, instead of helping your sister, you actually bully her like this? I've really learned something new."
Su Qiuya's face looked very bad. She glared at Liu Yanbo next to her and asked, "Who is the person your sister invited?"
"Your hands are so rough." Widow Zhang said again.
"We just want to see if this fruit tastes good. If it tastes good..." Su Qiuya thought that if it tastes good and can be used as food, maybe she would be willing to buy some and make delicacies to sell, which would be considered as helping the eldest wife.
"What's there to eat? This is for making quilts and jackets." Widow Zhang smiled.
You know, Widow Zhang and others also thought that cotton was edible at first. Some people even secretly took a bite, but found that this thing was not edible at all.
"..." Su Qiuya looked at the white cotton. God knows how to make a quilt with this stuff.
"Let's go. Mother is waiting for us to eat." Liu Yanbo said. He had no intention of arguing with Widow Zhang. Arguing with a widow is not only difficult to win, but also easy to be accused of bullying a widow. "Tomorrow, I have to buy you a new quilt and two new sets of clothes."
"I work outside every day, why do I need so many new clothes?" Su Qiuya felt sweet in her heart when she heard her husband's words.
Widow Zhang thought these people were stupid and why were they showing off in front of her?
Liu Yulian watched from a distance and did not approach Su Qiuya. In fact, Liu Yulian did not understand why Su Qiuya and the others came over. Their eldest wife did not go to the second wife to ask for face as in the original novel, nor did they ask them to give some meat to Liu's father when they ate.
In the original novel, the second wife wanted to slap the people from the first wife in the face.
Now the people of the first house did not ask the people of the second house for help because of Liu Yanjing, and the people of the second house are still like this.
Liu Yulian thought that maybe the people in the second house didn’t want others to live better than them, so they wanted to suppress the first house.
Su Qiuya and Liu Yanbo were walking on the way back, and Su Qiuya was still thinking about the white cotton.
"Can that cotton really be used to make quilts?" Su Qiuya wondered.
"That's what they say, trying to trick people into buying it," Liu Yanbo said. "How could a girl who always stays in her boudoir know so much?"
"It must have cost a lot of money." Su Qiuya said, "We hired so many people..."
Su Qiuya wanted to set up a stall with her husband, as they were tired, but they didn't hire more people. And the eldest wife was unwilling to do any rough work, so they hired people if they could, or was it really that great to be able to embroider?
"Did they hide any embroidery?" Su Qiuya couldn't help but think so. What kind of beautiful embroidery could Liu Yulian make? Could it be that the eldest wife brought it from the capital?
If that's the case, the eldest wife is really scheming. She didn't even take it out to share when the family property was divided, but just hid it.
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