But Li Yuan was a little strange. As far as she knew, Master Xu should have drugged Aunt Rou.
Logically speaking, she should be sick in bed now. How can she still have energy to hold a birthday party or something like that?
Could it be that Feng Qinglian from before was too weak to fight against Aunt Rou?
Thinking like this, Li Yuan didn't take it seriously.
She has no time to care about other people's backyard affairs.
Now that Xu Chongguang has decided to be a good official, and Master Bai has also chosen to be in the same boat as Brother Xie, Aunt Rou is nothing.
In the evening, Li Yuan and Mrs. Wang ate simply. They cooked sweet potato porridge with pickles, which was enough for one meal.
At this moment, there was another knock on the door.
Just when Mrs. Wang thought it was Aunt Rou who sent someone to cause trouble again, Li Duo's voice came from outside the door.
"Yuan Niang, open the door!"
"Nai, it's the eldest brother! He went to the upper reaches of the Liuyun River with Uncle Hua and the others before."
Li Yuan said this while walking, and when she finished speaking, she arrived at the door.
Li Duo was tired and hungry. When he saw Li Yuan opening the door, he asked, "Mother Yuan, is there anything to eat at home? Give me some quickly, I'm going to starve to death!"
"There's still some porridge, not much. You need to appease your stomach first, and I'll give you a bowl of noodles."
When Li Yuan has free time, she will make handmade noodles. When she is in a hurry to eat, and can be taken out by others, noodles are the fastest.
"Duozi!"
Because the sky had already darkened, Li Duo did not notice anyone else in the Xie Family Courtyard before he could light the lanterns.
As soon as Mrs. Wang spoke, he heard the voice and turned his head to look.
When he saw that he had no auditory hallucinations, a bright smile filled his face.
"Nai, you're back. How's it going? Is everything okay in Fucheng?"
Li Yuan left her grandparents and grandson to talk while she went into the kitchen to cook some noodles.
Because there are still charcoal in the stove and the water is hot, the noodles cook quickly.
Li Yuan laid down a huge bowl, and in addition, there were two poached eggs lying on it.
"Brother, come to eat!"
Li Duozheng was talking to Mrs. Wang about the dam. When he heard this, he said: "Milk, I haven't eaten at noon. I'm a little hungry now. Wait until I finish eating!"
"Um!"
This evening seemed destined to be uneasy.
While Li Duo was eating, there was a knock on the door of Xie's house again.
This time Li Yuan did not stand up and open the door in a hurry, but raised her voice and asked: "Who?"
"Scholar lady, the master of this slave is Aunt Han."
Li Yuan didn't know who this Aunt Han was for a moment.
Li Duo, who was still eating noodles, said, "Ms. Yuan, she should be the new concubine that County Magistrate Xu took in February."
Only then did Li Yuan realize who it was.
Aunt Han, whose full name is Han Sining, isn't it Feng Qinglian's newly changed name?
She has a cooperative relationship with their brother Xie. Is it because she is sending someone here now to deal with that Aunt Rou?
With this thought in mind, she went out and opened the door.
Standing at the door was a girl who was fifteen or sixteen years old and looked very ordinary.
When she saw Li Yuan, she saluted and said, "My slave sends greetings to the scholar lady. Aunt Han asked my slave to deliver this letter."
After finishing her words, without waiting for Li Yuan to speak, she handed the letter to Li Yuan and left in a hurry.
Li Yuan took the letter back to the hall and opened it on the spot.
There were only a few words in it, saying that Aunt Rou was acting like a demon while the adults were not around, and she would solve the problem.
Also, don't go to Aunt Rou's so-called banquet, don't spend money on gifts, and don't be afraid that she will blow the pillow, just pretend it didn't happen.
After Li Yuan read it, she said: "Master Xu, these two aunts are really interesting. They fight secretly and openly."
Mrs. Wang was affected by what happened in the Chen family. When she heard this, she curled her lips and said, "The concubine has been fighting like this even before the real wife came. She hasn't given birth to a child yet. If she does, she still doesn't know what will happen. This It’s just that there are too many women, otherwise there wouldn’t be such trouble.”
The old lady said, looking unkindly at Li Duo, who was still eating noodles.
Li Duo felt an inexplicable chill running down his spine. When he looked up, he saw his mother looking at him gloomily, and his heart tightened.
"Milk, what's wrong with you?"
Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth and said, "Duozi, let me tell you, no matter how rich you are in the future, you are not allowed to have concubines. Except for the wife of the Ming matchmaker, there can't be any messy people in the house. If you dare to mess around, I will Break your legs. Even if I die, I will crawl up from below to find you in the middle of the night."
Because it was already dark, Li Duo's pores stood up when his mother said this, and he was still in the mood to eat.
Fortunately, there were not a few noodles left at the bottom of the bowl, but there was still a mouthful of soup.
"Nai, don't worry, I'm not that kind of person, and I definitely won't do it."
"Our descendants will not be allowed to do this in the future. This will be the family rule of our Li family from now on!"
"Yes! I will never take a concubine and have children, unless the wife is over thirty and can't give birth!"
When the old lady thought about it, it seemed that it should be like this.
They get married in their teens and get married in their thirties, which takes more than ten years.
If she can't give birth, she can't be extinct, and so should she be a concubine.
Thinking about this, she said: "Sometimes the inability to have a baby is not necessarily a woman's fault, it may also be a man's fault. So if you are still unable to have a baby at thirty, you have to determine whose cause it is."
"Hmm, I'll write it down when I get back, and then pass it down from generation to generation according to family rules."
Li Yuan did not express an opinion on this kind of matter, and was even happy to agree.
Since ancient times, people have believed that having more children will bring happiness, but very few people have this idea.
But it’s good, she likes it!
After Li Duo finished his meal, he began to talk to Li Yuan about the dam upstream.
"Mother Yuan, the dam on the upper reaches of Liuyun River looks good from a distance and has no problems. Looking closer, it's the same. Uncle Hua and the others thought that maybe our worries were unfounded, but they thought it would be better to be more careful. So we divided into two waves and checked up and down for several days. Finally, we found a small crack in the middle. The crack was inconspicuous, and you couldn't see it unless you looked carefully."
"The gap is huge, I mean long?"
"Well, it's very long, and it's still upright. Once there is a continuous heavy rain and the river water surges, the area will definitely crack. Our Lijia'ao is in a low-lying area. Not to mention that the dam burst will submerge us all at once. Even if the river water flows back, we may Even our home was gone overnight. Uncle Hua said, we will go to Luyang Mansion when the sweet potatoes in the field are harvested. If there is no heavy rain and the land is not flooded, and our home and land are still there, we will wait until next year. Come back again. If it floods, Luyang Mansion will be our home from now on."
Li Yuan nodded: "Yeah! So why did you come here today to talk about this?"
"Yes and no! Uncle Hua asked us to inform everyone to go back. Tomorrow the whole village, including the girls who have been married in the past ten years, will go back to talk about this matter. The dam collapse is not a trivial matter. We must inform them and tell them about our decision to leave. . If they want to leave together, then they should take advantage of these two months to make preparations. If they don’t leave, then we will fulfill our responsibility to inform them. Whether they live or die afterwards, we will not be able to blame the clan members."
