"Mom, when you get to Xiao Yuanbao's house later, don't mention anything about asking her to be my concubine again. Just because of your words, I haven't seen Xiao Yuanbao for a year."
Liu Shu sat on the carriage and couldn't help complaining to his mother, Mrs. Xu, the county magistrate's wife.
Ever since his mother offended the old Bai family during the Lotus Festival last year, he has become the most unpopular person in the Bai family.
In the meantime, he quietly went to Shenshu Village twice. Once at the door of Bai's house, he was blocked by a white wooden board. He stood there for a long time without entering.
The second time I tried to stop Xiao Fuyuan from saying a few words at the door of the private school, but he was scolded by Xiao Fuyuan's second brother Bai Erzhuang with a gun and a stick.
He was so frightened that he never dared to come to the house again.
Today, his father was finally willing to take him to Shenshu Village, but he couldn't let his mother spoil his chance to meet Xiao Fuyuan.
When Mrs. Xu was revealed by her new son about the unpleasant events of the past year, she felt uneasy and said with a straight face: "Why are you talking to your mother? Look at how anxious you are, you don't have any generosity at all."
Mrs. Xu cursed and felt worried in her heart.
This time she followed Liu Hong to Shenshu Village, mainly to go to Lao Bai's house.
Why go to Lao Bai's house? He formally proposes marriage to Lao Bai's house and hires Xiao Fuyuan as Liu Shu's official wife.
Originally, she thought it was flattering for Xiao Fuyuan to be a noble concubine, but it was different now.
The fourth son of Lao Bai's family is studying at Huaishui Academy. Judging from his tendency to win two first places in a row, Bao Buqi will shine in the imperial examination.
Now, after winning over him when he didn't show up, he will have more help in the official circles of the Liu family and the Xu family.
The disciples and former officials of Huaishui Academy are all over the world, and the Xu family has been unable to get in, so they plan to tear a hole out of Xiao Fuyuan's fourth brother.
More importantly, she found out clearly that Xiao Fuyuan was the savior of the granddaughter of the Zhou family in Huaicheng, the daughter of the Marquis of Zhongjing.
Now Mrs. Zhongjing Houfu personally comes to express her gratitude and lives in Lao Bai's house. What an honor this is.
Mrs. Xu couldn't help but sigh in her heart that a small farmer could win the favor of the Hou Mansion. No one else was so lucky.
Now Lao Bai's family is no longer a poor and dilapidated farm family in Shenshu Village, but behind it is connected to the Zhongjing Hou Mansion and the Zhou family of Huaicheng Confucianism.
In addition, Xiao Fuyuan has her own good fortune, so she is barely qualified to be hired as Liu Shu's head wife.
She also wanted to write a letter to her natal family in Shu, and the marriage between Liu Shu and her niece was put on hold for the time being. She has a new plan, which is to use these connections to hire her niece to the Zhou family.
However, the appointment of Xiao Fuyuan as his wife was only the result of Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Liu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. She did not mention it to Liu Shu, and she even hid it from Liu Hong.
The excuse for coming to Lao Bai's house was to visit the wife of Zhongjing Hou Mansion.
What she was worried about was that she offended Mrs. Zhen during the Lotus Festival last year, and she didn't know how to mention it.
She was completely reluctant to ask a county magistrate's wife to lower her stature to please a peasant woman.
"Shu'er, when you arrive at Lao Bai's house, you are not allowed to make Xiao Yuanbao angry. You have to play with her and make her happy, do you hear me?" Mrs. Xu warned her son.
As long as the son and Xiao Fuyuan have a good relationship, the Bai family will not object to this marriage.
Liu Shu's eyes lit up. His mother had finally turned a corner and was willing to let him have contact with sister Xiao Yuanbao.
Liu Hong sat in the sedan with his eyes closed. After hearing Mrs. Xu's instructions to his son, he opened his eyes and said, "Madam, Shu'er is right. When you get to Lao Bai's house, you can no longer ask Xiao Yuanbao to be Shu'er." Such things as maid and concubine. I am not talking about you because of my husband, but Xiao Yuanbao is not something Shu'er can imagine."
Mrs. Xu sneered in her heart, no matter what, the Lao Bai family had not left the farm yet, and being able to marry an official family was already smoking in the ancestral graves.
But his face didn't show any signs of it, and he said calmly: "Don't worry, sir. Am I that stupid? I'm just a peasant girl, why am I still going out to make fun of you?"
Forget it, let me not mention the matter of getting married to the old Bai family for now. We will talk about it after we have heard from the Bai family.
When Liu Hong heard Mrs. Xu say that Xiao Fuyuan was nothing more than a peasant girl, he couldn't help but shake his head. After all, the woman was short-sighted.
"I'm afraid that after a while, her identity will change to the point that even I, the county magistrate, will have to salute her." Liu Hong couldn't help but said to Mrs. Xu.
Xu was puzzled: "How can she have such great ability?"
Just blow it!
Liu Hong ignored Mrs. Xu and opened the curtain to look at the scenery outside.
This year, the entire Huai City has suffered from a severe drought. Only the withered and yellow crops in Yangfeng County are green and have already formed ears.
That green crop is Yan millet. With these Yan millet, the farmers in Yangfeng County can survive.
As long as people can survive, there will be hope, and there will be no displacement or chaos.
And these are all the result of a few Yanshu seeds that Xiao Fuyuan picked up casually.
Without Xiao Fuyuan, how could Liu Hong sit leisurely in the carriage.
A few days ago, the prefect of Huaicheng personally praised him. Once this year is over, Liu Hong's official career will only get wider and wider.
Liu Hong was grateful to Xiao Fuyuan from the bottom of his heart.
The further the carriage went toward Nanguan Town, the better the millet grew. When we arrived at Shenshu Village, the millet grew even better, with each ear full.
Liu Hong was filled with joy after seeing it.
What is even more surprising is that the wheat in the village did not wither like elsewhere, but bolted. Although some fields did not bolt well, it was still possible to have a good harvest by visual inspection. Especially in the several connected fields at the beginning of the village, there is no trace of drought at all. The wheat ears are bowing their heads heavily, which makes people feel happy just looking at them.
Liu Hong sighed in his heart, it would be better if the wheat in Yangfeng County were like this land.
"Old Zhao, who owns this land?" Liu Hong couldn't help but ask when he saw several people standing beside the field, including the village chief Zhao Defu.
"Mr. Liu, you are here." Village Chief Zhao put out the pipe in his hand and trotted over to reply, "Mr. Liu, these pieces of land belong to Lao Bai's family."
Lao Bai's land?
Liu Hong's brows jumped.
Why is it that their land is like a paradise in the world, and there is no impact from the drought at all. Liu Hong couldn't help but think of the rumors about Xiao Fuyuan. A few days ago, the prefect also wrote a letter asking him about the rumors about Xiao Fuyuan's good fortune.
"Their land is growing so well?" Liu Hong asked casually.
Just as Village Chief Zhao was about to reply, Bai Dazhuang walked out of the ground.
"Mr. Liu, as long as you work hard and take care of your crops, the crops will grow well." Bai Dazhuang carried the hoe and then pointed to other people's fields and said, "Not only my family's land, but also the village chief's land is also good, and Xia's family's land is also good." The Qingpi family’s fields also have a lot of wheat ears.”
Recently, there have been more rumors about his sister in the village, and they have even spread outside. He doesn't want his sister's reputation to be exposed to the outside world.
But I have to say that my sister’s blessings and protection of the crops make my farm grow like this.
Village Chief Zhao thought to himself, just tell me nonsense, how come your family used to be the most diligent family in the village, but the harvest was the worst. Regardless of drought or flood, Lao Bai's family is the first to suffer.
It's not because of Xiao Fuyuan that the land at home is so good, even the drought has not affected it at all.
However, Village Chief Zhao did not refute Bai Dazhuang. After all, his land did grow well. He believed that his land was blessed by Xiao Fuyuan because it was close to the Bai family.
Since you get the advantage, you have to keep a low profile.
Liu Hong took a closer look at the crops near the Bai family's land and found that they were indeed growing well.
A bold idea arose in Liu Hong's heart.
(End of chapter)
