Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

When Liu Jiachang's family arrived, they saw the yard was bustling with activity. Even his eldest brother was carried out. I don't know what the eldest nephew said, but he had his usual smile on his face.

The couple looked at each other, their eyes a little reserved. Half of the people in this courtyard were strangers.

It just so happened that Liu Xu had run out of seasonings and was kicked out by her aunt, along with her mother.

As soon as I came out of the kitchen, I saw a family of three standing at the door.

Seeing them every year, they were familiar with each other. Liu Xu greeted them warmly, "Uncle Liu, Aunt Qiu, Xiao Yuanbao, come in quickly!"

Her voice attracted the attention of everyone else in the yard. The Liu family greeted them, and Xu Huairen and the others smiled politely.

Seeing the significant changes in the mother and daughter, Liu Jiachang did not shy away. He walked in and said with a hearty smile, "Xu girl has grown taller and prettier!" He then greeted Xu Ruolan, "Sister-in-law!"

"Sister Ruolan, Xuer, why don't you come to our house and stay here now that you are here?" Xu Qiu also greeted them generously.

"Brother Liu, Sister Qiu!" Xu Ruolan came forward with a gentle smile, and then explained, "I was a little rushed, so I didn't come to bother you!"

"Aunt Xu!" Yuanbao called out first. Xu Ruolan patted his head and praised him, "Be good, go play with your sister Xuer!"

The little guy nodded, and ran to the catkins with an accusing look on his face: "Sister Xuer, you lied to me. You said you would come to play with me in the summer. I waited for you for a long time and you didn't come. The loaches I left for you are all dead!"

Liu Xu looked at the little brat in front of him with a dull expression, and then...

She had no choice but to take the blame for the original owner's mistake, so,

"Xiao Yuanbao, I'm sorry, I wanted to come too, but my father passed away and I have to work at home, so I can't come to play with you!" Liu Xu said with a pouty mouth and tears.

"Where did Uncle Liu go? Did he run away with the vixen?" Yuanbao asked curiously.

Liu Xu was so angry that he became a pufferfish:...What a naughty child, your father ran off with a vixen!

Liu Jiachang almost tripped himself.

Other people in the yard: "Pfft" "Hahaha"

"Ahem, Yuanbao, what nonsense are you talking about, you little brat?" Ah Qiu pulled his son over and slapped him on the butt, while apologizing to Xu Ruolan: "Sister Ruolan, the child was just talking nonsense, I'm sorry!"

Xu Ruolan quickly stopped her, "Hey, sister-in-law, why are you hitting him? What does a kid know? He probably learned how to talk like that!"

really…

"Mom, why did you hit me? Yaya asked her mother why her father left, and her mother said that her father ran off with a vixen!" It was winter and people were wearing thick clothes, so it didn't hurt when they were hit. After Yuanbao was rescued by Xu Ruolan, he immediately ran behind Liu Xu and looked at his mother angrily.

"You stupid kid, what's the point of talking!" Xu Qiu was almost mad at her stupid son. Xu Ruolan held her back.

Yuanbao quickly shrank his neck.

Liu Xu took a deep breath, turned around and said to Liu Yuanbao with a fake smile: "Little Yuanbao, my father is serving in the army. He went to the northern border to fight bad guys. He is a great hero! Remember?"

"Ah? Oh! Remember, Uncle Liu is a great hero!" Liu Yuanbao nodded as if he understood.

"Be good! Come on, sister will take you to eat something delicious!" She hasn't eaten the osmanthus cake that her little cousin gave her earlier.

"Yeah!" Yuanbao happily followed Liuxu.

The adults introduced themselves to each other and sat down to chat.

During this time, Liu Xiumei came out to say hello and then went back.

Compared to the Liu family's lunch, the food was average, but the Liu family thought it was very sumptuous. There were braised rabbit cubes, stewed pork ribs with radish, cold chicken, roasted rabbit, and two small green vegetables. The meal was white rice, but unfortunately there was no wine.

Two tables were set up, and the farmers did not distinguish between men and women. Liu Ming and his friends sat at a separate table. Liu Laishun could not sit at the table, so Liu Xiumei and her daughter accompanied him, and Liu Fulin and his brother accompanied the guests. There was no rule of not talking while eating or sleeping, and everyone chatted while eating, which was very lively.

After dinner, Aunt Lin took Qiaoyu to wash the dishes. Liu Xiumei gave Liu Jiachang and his wife some instructions about the household and then began to pack up.

The three carriages were quite light. Two of them were directly covered with bedding, and were occupied by Liu Xiumei and her husband, and Liu Fulin and his sister, respectively. Xu Huairen and Chen Ming drove the carriages, while He Feng and his brother carried the Liu family's master and servants.

We set out at 3:00 p.m. and the journey was smooth. We arrived at Liujia Village at 12:00 p.m.

After the carriage entered Liujia Village, it went directly to the new house. Uncle He saw it from afar and came out with people to greet it. However, the one who ran the fastest was Qiao Yun.

The little girl was so happy that she stood beside the car before it even stopped, and shouted crisply, "Miss, Miss, you're finally back!"

Liu Xu felt like a wife welcoming her husband home from a long journey, and she couldn't help but shiver.

Qiaoyu went down first and helped Aunt Lin, Liu Xu and Xu Ruolan out again.

The Liu family members behind also got off the car one after another, looking at the house and servants in front of them, feeling a little restrained.

"Aunt, uncle, elder cousin, cousin, younger cousin, let's go home!" Liu Xu walked to Liu Xiumei and said with a smile.

"Oh, okay!" Liu Xiumei replied woodenly.

"Aunt Lin, have someone clean up the west room of the main house and let my aunt's family live there temporarily. Let my cousin live with my young lady for the time being!" Xu Ruolan said after thinking for a while.

"Yes, ma'am, I'll arrange it right away!" Aunt Lin responded and went back to the yard.

Then Xu Ruolan and her mother led the Liu family, who didn't know where to put their hands and feet, to the courtyard. Liu Laishun and Liu Fulin could only be held by Chen Ming and He Feng.

Ye Miaoyin, her daughter and Xu Hean were guests. When they knew they were back, they thought they still needed to settle down, so they didn't come out to disturb them!

After sending the person to the west room and settling him down, the servants left.

"Sister, I'm sorry to bother you two to live together for the next few days. Hongying will live with Xuer first. The workshop will be completed in a few days and the workers can move over there." Xu Ruolan said apologetically.

"What are you talking about! You call this a grievance? Then what is my eldest sister's house called?" Liu Xiumei said angrily.

"Xu'er, the bed in your house is so big. This one is enough for our family to sleep on. Why do you have another one?" Liu Fukang asked curiously, pointing at the kang.

"My little cousin, this is a Kang. We just heated it up. It will be warm soon. You can sleep on it tonight. It can accommodate five or six people. It is warmer than a bed! But if you are not used to it, you can sleep on the bed. It is already made up!"

"Second aunt, this room is big and the bed is big enough, I can just sleep here!" Liu Hongying suggested in a low voice after looking at the furnishings in the room.

Before Xu Ruolan could speak, Liu Xu pouted and asked, "Cousin, do you dislike me?"

"No, no!" Liu Hongying waved her hands quickly, "I just thought that there was room for everyone to sleep in the room anyway, I didn't mean anything else!"

"Hahahaha" Liu Xu couldn't help but laugh out loud when seeing her like this.

"You, don't tease your cousin." Xu Ruolan nodded her daughter's head and explained to her niece, "Hongying, ignore her. Second aunt lets you sleep with Xu'er for your own good. You are a girl, it is not suitable for you to live in the same room with your parents and brothers, you know? It is because other rooms in the house cannot be vacated for the time being, otherwise your brother and younger brother will also have to live in a separate room!"

"Hongying, listen to your aunt!" Liu Xiumei also advised. Her daughter had already been rejected for engagement once, and if word got out that she was living in the same house with her parents and brothers, it would be even harder for her to find a husband in the future.

"Oh, well, okay then!" Liu Hongying blinked, somewhat understanding and somewhat not understanding, but since her mother and aunt said so, she didn't say anything else.

"Wuwaaa...Wuwaaa..." Liu Xu was about to take them to the bathroom when she heard a child crying from the other side.

"Oh, mother, my brothers..."

"Xu'er, stay and talk to your aunt and the others for a while. I'll go take a look!" After saying that, Xu Ruolan hurried back to her room.

It has been almost a day since her two sons left her, so how could she not miss them? Although she asked Yue Niang to find a woman who had given birth in the village to help feed them today, she didn't know if the two boys were full.

"Xu, Xu'er, that, that baby?" Liu Xiumei widened her eyes and stared at Liu Xu blankly, with suppressed joy in her eyes.

Looking at other people, they had similar expressions.

Liu Xu: ...No way? Did her mother forget to tell her aunt about this? This is too outrageous!

Liu Xu slapped her forehead fiercely and said speechlessly: "Aunt, you guessed it right, my brother, a pair of sons!"

"A pair of sons! Good, good! Then, does your father know?"

Didn't she come back to quarrel with her mother before because her brother was sent to serve in the army before he was born? Now, even if... Bah, bah, bah, Donglai will definitely come back safely.

Liu Xu looked at her aunt crying and laughing helplessly, shrugged and said, "Same as you! Grandpa Meng said she got pregnant at the beginning of the year, and she was already more than three months pregnant when he found out."

Afterwards, Liu Xu did not take them to see the bathroom. Instead, she told them in detail how the eldest wife's family had harmed them, how they had instigated Mrs. Zhang to mistreat them, how the family was divided and how they had made their fortune, and what had happened to the eldest wife today.

When Xu Ruolan brought the two little ones over, she was met with the blaming eyes of her elder sister-in-law. She was stunned and looked at her daughter, but her daughter shrugged.

"Sister? Is there something wrong?" Xu Ruolan asked doubtfully while holding Hao Ge'er. Liu Xu took Xu Ge'er from Yue Niang and asked them to go downstairs to do other things first.

"You... you are really stupid for three years after pregnancy! Why didn't you write to tell me about such a big thing? And you haven't mentioned it to me from last night to today!" Liu Xiumei glared at her, then reached out and took Hao Ge'er from Xu Ruolan's arms, coaxing him gently:

"Hey, little darling, tell me, are you Xu Ge'er or Hao Ge'er?"

I don’t know if it’s because of his blood relationship or because Liu Xiumei’s smile was too gentle, but even though it was the first time he saw Liu Xiumei, Hao Ge’er, who was always very familiar with people, didn’t cry. He even greeted Liu Xiumei in a babbling voice.

Xu Ruolan also realized belatedly that she seemed to have really forgotten to tell her elder sister-in-law about the child...