However, even if he buys a house in the town, he may often return to the village to live, because next spring he plans to buy a mountain for planting.
The status of businessmen in this era was too low, and it was impossible for him to completely transform into a businessman.
After all, he still had to consider the parentage of his children.
Just like Du Qingliu and Zhao Baozhu.
One is the concubine of a poor scholar's family, and the other is the legitimate daughter of a butcher's family.
But a scholar's family, even if she is just a concubine, can still surpass the merchant girls in terms of status.
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In just a few days, the clothes were ready.
Naturally, I had to send it over, so I treated it as an early New Year gift.
There was no need to go to Zhang Dujuan's house, Yunfei subsidized her with money.
The other two families didn't treat them well, so he didn't buy any big gifts. After all, everyone knew that he was just a poor scholar.
Pastries, sugar, meat.
It would be great if the farmer's family can provide these gifts, plus two sets of new cotton-padded clothes and one set of old cotton-padded clothes.
In order to make it easier to sell tofu in the town, Yunfei bought a donkey cart.
Horses are too expensive and eye-catching, so I choose a docile donkey that can also be used for pulling horses.
At this moment, after he had set up the car, he laid soft cushions in the car and then helped Du Qingliu up.
"Slow down."
"Okay." Du Qingliu's face was a little pink. She had never tasted love before.
In this more than a month, I have tasted it.
At this moment, just being supported by her husband, I felt that my wrists were hot and my heart was beating wildly.
Now, because of her pregnancy and eating well, she has gained a lot of weight.
Wearing a light blue cotton jacket, navy blue cotton trousers, and a circle of white rabbit fur on the collar.
He held a Yuboshi in his hand to warm his hands.
This thing is valuable, but my husband bought four of them without any hesitation. No one in the family has one, except himself.
It's getting cold. Holding this in my arms makes my hands warm and my body warm too.
The embroidered shoes on the feet are also filled with a layer of rabbit fur, making them extra warm.
The donkey cart was driving slowly, Yun Fei was leading it.
Looking at the familiar paths on both sides of the road, Du Qingliu felt that this was the first warm winter she had experienced in her entire life.
Dujiacun was not far away, just next door, so the two of them arrived quickly.
The people in the village did not recognize Du Qingliu for a moment.
Seeing a stranger entering the village, an aunt came up and asked, "My brother and I don't know each other. Are you here to find someone?"
"Aunt Hua, I am Qingliu, don't you recognize me?"
Aunt Hua looked at her carefully and clapped her hands in surprise, "Ah, it's really Liu Yatou. We haven't seen her for a few months. Why has she changed so much?"
"You've gained weight and your complexion has improved. I see your husband's family treats you very well."
"Yes, my husband treats me well." Du Qingliu had never interacted with people in the village, so it was not surprising that many people did not recognize him.
After all, she has to do embroidery all day long, and she is a concubine, so how can she be qualified to show up in front of others often.
After exchanging a few words, they left, and Aunt Hua wisely did not waste their time.
Go back to gossiping with others.
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Du Xiucai's house is also a brick house. Although the family is poor, outsiders don't know it.
At least on the surface it looks like he is living a good life, but who would have thought that he is actually a place that deprives his concubines and concubines of their clothes and food rations.
Knock knock~~
As Yunfei knocked on the courtyard door, Du Qingliu's body began to tense up.
Yunfei immediately noticed her strangeness and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, meet your mother-in-law, and we will leave after giving you gifts. As long as I am here, I won't let you be bullied."
"Who is it?" The voice sounded like a young woman.
The door opened, and there stood a thin woman wearing old autumn clothes.
Du Qingliu stuttered and shouted: "Sister-in-law...sister-in-law."
"Are you...Liu Yatou?"
"Yes, sister-in-law, I'll go home and take a look."
"Okay, you wait a minute, I'll call my parents."
With a bang, the courtyard door closed again.
Du Qingliu's face turned pale in an instant. She understood what her sister-in-law meant, and she actually had to ask before she could confirm whether she would be allowed in.
Isn't she even qualified to return to her parents' home now?
She didn't understand. Did she do something wrong?
"Don't think so much. There are some things you can't force. You still have your mother-in-law."
"Yes, there is also a little girl..."
Yunfei always called Du Qingliu's mother-in-law.
It was this lady who became blind and worked day and night doing embroidery work to earn a poll tax for herself and her daughter.
To be honest, Du Xiucai had never raised his wife except for living in a woodshed.
She even made a lot of money from Du Qingliu and her mother.
His mother-in-law's embroidery work was different from Du Qingliu's. Her embroidery work was all big pieces.
Shops in town are clamoring for them.
Even though they made a lot of money, she and Du Qingliu were not even able to afford a full meal, and were always scolded by their mistress for being freeloaders.
After waiting for a while, the courtyard door opened again.
It's still that woman, Du Qingliu's legitimate brother's wife, Mrs. Wang.
Her eldest brother has one wife and two concubines.
The younger brother was born to another concubine, Wu Xiaoniang, and he also had a difficult life in this family.
As for the younger sister, she was born to the mistress. Like her full brother, she can rely on their mother to be favored in this family.
Because the mistress is the daughter of Du Xiucai's husband's family.
So for so many years, no one could get past her.
Even after all these years, Du Xiucai has not been able to go any further and still has not given up.
Naturally, I need to please my father-in-law, who is my wife.
However, his father-in-law only had a reputation as a scholar, but he was older and had more experience.
The couple was brought into the main room by Mrs. Wang. Du Xiucai was nowhere to be seen in the high position. It was his wife who entertained them.
Mrs. Du smiled and said, "Your father happened to go to a classmate's house today to discuss homework, so he was not at home."
"This is my uncle, right? He looks really talented. Our Qingliu family is really lucky."
At this moment, she also had some doubts in her heart.
Didn't it mean that the family this dead girl married was about to die?
The man I married is a scholar with little talent. Why doesn't this seem like him?
Du Qingliu was raised like a beautiful woman, with red lips and white teeth, and her clothes were nice and warm.
There were also the pair of silver bracelets on the wrists and the silver hairpin on the top of her head. Mrs. Du couldn't help but clenched her hands.
Nails dug into palms.
What a resemblance, very much like the charming girl she was when she was young.
If she hadn't beaten her to such an extent, she would probably still be able to dominate her man's heart.
It's a pity that I can't defeat her after all.
"I haven't had time to visit at home. It's getting cold now, and my wife misses her father and mother a little, so I just thought of taking her home to see them.
After all, if you are a few months older, it will be difficult to go out. "
Yunfei said a few polite words and handed over gifts before asking: "I wonder if Deng Xiaoniang is at home? My son-in-law wants to visit her."
(End of chapter)
