The new book of the burning prairie star

"Oh, tell me what grievances you have and do you need me to help you?" Liu remained calm and sat steadily on the armchair.

She didn't like this man. He was calculating and made her feel very uncomfortable. At the beginning, her elder sister-in-law sent him to her husband, saying that she wanted him to see the world in the capital and gain more experience with her younger brother so that he could take care of the family in the future. Her husband agreed on the spot without even asking for her opinion.

Unfortunately, Sun Xuanli didn't see that. In his eyes, Liu was always elegant and gentle, and spoke softly. She was completely different from his mother, who always made a lot of noise at home.

“Aunt, I was beaten by a bad guy today, look!” He cried and rolled up his sleeves to show Liu the wounds on his arms and back, which were all bruised and swollen. “Aunt, my body hurts so much now… wuwuwuwu…”

"Your uncle has gone to Beijing to report on his work. It will take quite some time before he returns to Guangping Prefecture. You are a smart child and you are prudent in your work. Your aunt likes you very much. But you are injured. Your aunt feels sorry for you and wants you to have a good rest and recover. I will send you back to your hometown in Jiahe County first. After you recover, you can return to your uncle and continue to serve him."

"Aunt..." Sun Xuanli was dumbfounded. How could things be different from what he thought? It shouldn't be this way. He has worked hard in Guangping Prefecture for many years. If he can't be sent back to his hometown, it will be difficult for him to come back in the future. "This injury is not a problem, aunt, I can..."

"Cai Ju, go pack up your cousin's things and bring the court doctor to treat his injuries on the way. We must set off for Jiahe County immediately. There must be no delay!" Liu ignored him, stood up and walked out of the side hall, ordering the servants to prepare the carriage.

Sun Xuanli knelt on the ground in a daze until two servants lifted him up from the ground and threw him into the carriage, and then the carriage set off.

Liu's way of rejection is like the drizzle in the spring breeze. Although it is not biting, it can make people deeply feel the firmness and decisiveness in it.

"Madam, please take a look. This is the account book left by our cousin." The accountant brought a stack of account books to Liu. Liu flipped open a page at random. Why didn't the account match? She was shocked. "Is this the original account?"

"Yes, ma'am!" Sun Xuanli had originally hired someone to do fake accounts for his uncle and his wife. This time when Liu checked the accounts, it was sudden and he didn't have time to ask someone to do it, so he exposed himself.

"What a good nephew!" Mrs. Liu was so angry that she almost vomited blood, but her years of political training made her smile. "I'll keep the account book here for now, you go down first." When her husband comes back from reporting on his work, she will have a good talk with him.

"My cousin has returned to his hometown to recuperate. The mansion cannot be without a manager. Liu Nanen, you will be the manager of the Xia Mansion from now on." Sun Xuanli has done so many things, and as his uncle's husband, it is impossible to hold him accountable. Servants with indentures are easy to send away. If they make mistakes, they can be beaten to death in front of the servants to serve as a warning to others! Therefore, Liu wanted to promote the sons of her family and could not let her husband appoint people based on personal relationships.

"Yes, ma'am!" Liu Nanen was very happy. He was a servant of the Xia family. His biological mother was Liu's personal maid Xu Hehua, who married Xia Zhaofeng's servant and gave birth to five children. He was the third child.

"I slept well!" Yang Biao woke up and tried to raise his hands high, but found that Qin Xiaoran was sleeping soundly with her arms around his, so he had to give up.

"Xiao Ran, we need to buy more sorghum to make wine. I don't have much money on me." When Qin Xiao Ran woke up, Yang Biao told her about his next plan. He spent all his money in the capital city, but didn't make any money.

"Whenever you go out in the future, remember to bring Xiaolian and the others with you!" Yang Biao was still worried about Qin Xiaoran's personal safety, and reminded her with concern.

"Okay, I understand!" Qin Xiaoran agreed, feeling very happy, but she didn't know where her happiness came from.

"Let's go and see which part of the house is suitable for steaming wine!" The two walked around the three-story house and finally decided to put the place for steaming wine on the west side, and use the side as a dyeing workshop.

"We need to dye all the cloth while the shop is being renovated." Yang Biao drew a line on the ground, "We need to build a wall here to prevent the cloth from smelling of alcohol when it is dyed in the future."

"How about we put the dyeing workshop in the east? Aren't you short of money?" Qin Xiaoran thought it would be better to save some money now, so that there would be no need to hire someone to build the wall. "The east yard is spacious, perfect for drying things!"

"Yeah, you have a point!" He walked forward and smiled as he pinched Qin Xiaoran's face. The child was chubby and really good-looking. "Why are you so lovable and cute!"

Qin Xiaoran blushed, but she didn't avoid it and let Yang Biao pinch her face.

"Let's go to the street to buy sorghum first. I also need to buy two more horses." After Yang Biao finished his fuss, he planned to find a broker and buy a few servants today. He needed more people to help with the work.

"Mother," Xia Weiwei was practicing calligraphy in her room. When she saw Liu coming in, she quickly put down her brush and stood up to greet her. "Mother, are you done with your work today?"

Liu hadn't been to her room for a long time, but she had already come twice today.

"Well, Weiwei, do you have someone you like?" Liu hesitated for a while. She knew that her daughter had exempted Yang Biao from the transfer tax today. This was nothing. The officials handling the matter would often collect one or two less purchase taxes, and everyone would turn a blind eye and let it go tacitly. The key point was that she heard that Yang Biao was good-looking, and she was afraid that her daughter would be fascinated by his good-looking face and affect the child's future marriage. The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became.

"Mother, are you talking about Yang Biao?" Xia Weiwei knew that someone must have told Liu what she had done today. There was nothing to hide, so she went straight to the point.

"Oh, so his name is Yang Biao, where is he from, how did you meet him?" Seeing her daughter's frankness, Liu felt inexplicably happy, knowing that there was no problem between them. She and her husband have been selecting a man for their daughter in recent years, and of course there are many people who come to propose marriage, but merchants will never consider it. Their children's marriage must at least be of equal status.

"Didn't I go to Xiangjia Town to play with my cousin in the summer? She was copying the collector's edition for my uncle. They were the five books that my uncle gave to my father last time!" When Mr. Liu sent Xia Weiwei back to the city, he gave the original collector's edition to his brother-in-law as a sign of his favor.

Xia Weiwei told Liu how she and Yang Biao met and got along with each other. After she finished telling him everything, she said, "This is how we are. Does mother have any doubts?"

"No more." Mrs. Liu picked up the words written on her daughter's desk, read them carefully, and smiled with satisfaction. "Well, the pen strokes are sharp, and you've practiced well!"

"Mother is free today, so Weiwei, please sleep with me!" Her husband had gone to Beijing, and there were many affairs at home. Liu hadn't held her daughter to sleep for a long time. She took the opportunity to chat with her daughter to see what kind of personality she liked in men.