Traveling back to ancient times begins with the use of stone tools

"How did grandma find my mother just based on an embroidery?"

Leng Ruoxue was very curious. There were not many embroiderers who could do double-sided embroidery, but there should not be few either.

"First, some canned strawberries. These were sent by your grandmother's family. Only our family and the Han family in Beijing have these canned strawberries. Other families rarely have them."

The aunt first found Leng Ruoxue and her brother and provided some canned food.

Haha, we eat it almost every day at home.

Leng Ruoxue and Leng Yuxuan didn't say anything and ate the canned food in silence.

"Speaking of which, it was your third cousin who did the work. He saw that grandma cried every day when she looked at a tattered handkerchief, so he thought of finding a similar one to cheer her up. He came to your glass shop and saw the two embroideries. Although they were not exactly the same, they were embroidered with the same things. He insisted on having them, so he went to your eldest uncle and got his name card."

"You may not know this yet, but when your grandmother taught your mother how to do double-sided embroidery, the double-sided embroidery contained the character "Yu" in your mother's name. It can only be seen when it is unstitched."

"After the embroidery was brought back, your grandmother couldn't help but tore it apart, and found two identical ones. As for this double-sided embroidery, you can find an embroiderer in the capital, but only your grandmother and your mother can do the one with words hidden inside."

Leng Ruoxue understood, does her mother know? She probably doesn't know, but she knows how to embroider.

"Back then, your mother was taken by your grandmother to visit the Han family's hometown. On the way, they encountered soldiers and bandits, and your mother got lost. We searched for her for many years but couldn't find her."

Hearing this, the old lady couldn't stop crying.

"It was a coincidence that two years ago, when the Han family was buying a maid, they happened to buy Wang Zhenzhu. Wang Zhenzhu used a double-sided embroidered handkerchief, and was reported by the maids in the mansion for stealing the master's things. When the masters were identifying them, a woman had seen the handkerchief used by your mother, so she sent this handkerchief to the capital with the mentality of giving it a try."

"That was the first handkerchief your grandmother taught your mother to make. It looked familiar. I took it apart and realized it was your mother's handkerchief. I asked Wang Zhenzhu where it came from and she said it belonged to her mother."

"When we asked about her age, it probably matched. But she said her mother and father were both dead, so we just thought she was your mother's child and took her in to raise her."

"We sent people to Wangjia Village, but everyone in the village fled, so we moved the grave that Wang Zhenzhu mentioned. The incident was never mentioned again. Only your grandmother would think of your mother every Spring Festival."

After hearing this, Leng Ruoxue finally understood. Did Wang Zhenzhu lie?

Not really, because Liu Ruxu at that time was really her mother, but Wang Zhenzhu’s mother really passed away.

Liu Ruxu's husband, Leng Zejin, whom the Wei family asked about, was dead at that time.

But Wang Zhenzhu didn’t say that her mother was her stepmother and her stepmother’s husband was her ex.

Sure enough, Wang Zhenzhu was brought over.

The old woman pulled open her sleeves and saw four or five gold bracelets on one hand.

Two thousand taels of silver notes and some loose change were found on his body.

Wang Zhenzhu’s explanation was similar to what Leng Ruoxue thought.

She thought that in a year of severe drought, Liu Ruxu and the other two had no money and were kicked out of the house, so there was no way they could survive.

Everyone in the village had fled to escape the famine, and her mother's grave had been moved. As long as no one found out, she could be her cousin in peace.

"Grandma, I really didn't lie"

Wang Zhenzhu still holds on to her fantasies.

"You bad man, bah. Back then, there was no good person in your Wang family. My mother and I did all the work. We were only given a bowl of wild vegetable porridge a day. My sister almost starved to death. My mother dug wild vegetables and ate them raw. When we were fleeing from famine, we were kicked out of the house."

Leng Yuxuan pointed at Wang Zhenzhu angrily.

"Even so, you snatched a mouthful of wild vegetable porridge from my sister, and falsely accused her of eating it secretly, and asked Mrs. Wang to beat her. Mother is not here, I beg you, none of you said a word to help us."

When the whole family heard this, they were heartbroken.

The eldest daughter of the Duke of Weiguo's mansion was reduced to such a state of misery that she had to eat raw wild vegetables, and was even driven out of her home while fleeing famine.

At this moment, all the male members of the Duke of Weiguo looked at Leng Zejin with a much more favorable attitude.

Although he was not a high-ranking official and was a little poor, he was much better off than the Wang family. Moreover, he was willing to accept her when his younger sister was getting married for the third time.

The Wei family has not attended the palace banquet since Wei Yu went missing, because their sister was lost at that time. The family could not put on a smile and attend the palace banquet, so they all stayed at home to accompany their mother.

So I don’t know about what happened between Leng Zejin and Liu Ruxu.

"The Master is Back"

A maid came in happily to report.

"This old man doesn't need to go out and drink to relieve his sorrow anymore"

The old lady finally smiled.

Leng Ruoxue and the other two bowed to their grandfather (father-in-law) again.

The family told the master what had happened again.

"Send this evil woman to Jingzhao Yin, how dare she pretend to be a member of my Wei family"

The old man was very happy when he knew his daughter was found, and he was unwilling to be polite to Wang Zhenzhu.

If she hadn't concealed it, he would have found his daughter earlier.

"Grandfather, this Wang Zhenzhu...should be sent back to Wangjia Village. If it weren't for her, we wouldn't have met. Besides, she is also from my fiefdom."

"manor?"

Everyone looked at Leng Ruoxue. Leng Zejin was wearing a military uniform, Leng Yuxuan had changed his clothes, and Leng Ruoxue was still wearing the big cotton-padded jacket her father bought for her...

"I am the Princess of Huiguo County, and my mother is Madam Anfu..."

Leng Ruoxue also realized that it was a bit inappropriate to say this in this outfit.

"It was the day before yesterday. My father had to go to the military camp for duty, so we went to Nanjing Village to buy a house. We didn't have any spare clothes, so we just bought two sets of clothes."

No one listened to her explanation, they were just shocked that she was conferred the title of county lady and her mother was Lady Anfu.

"Is the county lord so poor?"

The youngest, Wei Qinyu, couldn't help but ask.

Although he didn't look down on Leng Yuxuan before he confirmed his cousin, it was the first time he saw someone wearing a big cotton-padded jacket and wiping his nose with his sleeves.

In the capital, everyone is either rich or noble. Even commoners dress very elegantly, unless they are beggars.

"The canned strawberries you eat are sold by my family. The soap and toilet paper you use are also sold by my family. The glass you use... you haven't bought it yet. The glass in that glass shop is also from my family."

Leng Ruoxue took a look and found that the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion had not yet been installed with glass.

"Then why are you still wearing such tattered clothes?"

Wei Qinyu was still puzzled, and so were everyone. Each of these items were the hot-selling items in Beijing recently, so how could they not know about them?

"The day before yesterday afternoon, our family of four suddenly had a brain storm and drove a horse-drawn carriage out of the capital. We bought a farmhouse in the village and wanted to live a simple life. We didn't prepare anything and bought everything on the spot, including clothes, charcoal, oil, salt, rice, and bedding."

Leng Ruoxue was helpless and could only conclude that her family had lost their minds.

"Then my mother burned the rice and we didn't buy enough charcoal. My mother, my brother and I all got sick from the cold. We had no choice but to return to the capital..."