Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Liu Xu, in a happy mood, returned home humming a tune.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Liu Juan and her aunt, sitting under the jujube tree with a palm-leaf fan to enjoy the cool. I didn't see her grandparents and Liu Chengcai, so they were probably out for a walk.

There were figures moving around in the kitchen. No doubt it was her mother cooking dinner. These mother and daughter had had enough.

Seeing Liu Xu coming in with a basket, Liu Juan looked up and saw some old clothes. Her eyes turned and she said in a strange tone:

"Hey, Liu Xu, where did you beg for such a big basket of clothes?"

Chen Shuman also glanced at him and said nothing, but the sarcasm in his eyes was so obvious.

Liu Xu took a deep breath, didn't want to pay attention to them, and turned to walk towards their house.

She didn't want to care, but Liu Juan refused to listen.

"You stupid girl, I'm talking to you, are you mute?"

Liu Xu closed her eyes, and opened them again, with a cold look in her eyes, and said, "Those who humiliate others will always be humiliated!"

He quickened his pace and walked into the house without looking back.

"Mom, is this damn girl scolding me? I must teach her a lesson!"

Hearing Liu Juan's angry voice behind him, Liu Xu slammed the door shut and bolted it to prevent Liu Juan from rushing in.

After making sure it was safe, Liu Xu took off the top few pieces of clothing and found the bottom one, which contained cakes and copper coins.

He first took out the pastries and placed them on the small table beside the bed, then took out the bag of copper coins and spread them on the bed.

Looking at the strings of copper coins, Liu Xu's mouth almost stretched to the back of her head. This was the first pot of gold she had earned in this era.

I heard from my third aunt that sorghum now costs 3 wen per pound, brown rice costs 3 wen per pound, old rice costs 5 wen per pound, fine rice costs 7 wen per pound, and fine flour costs 8 wen per pound.

Even if she used all the money to buy fine rice and noodles, it would be enough for her and her mother to eat for several months. Even if they separated from the family now, she would not be afraid that her mother would starve. Just thinking about it made her happy.

There was a knock on the door, "Ding Ding Ding". Liu Xu was so scared that she quickly picked up her wallet and threw it under the bed.

"Who?"

"Xu'er, open the door, it's mother."

"I'm coming!" Patting his chest and taking a breath, Liu Xu ran lightly to open the door for his mother.

Xu Ruolan walked in, holding a wooden tray with two bowls of water on it, no, clear porridge with the bottom visible, and two mixed flour steamed buns.

Now that the farm work is done, given Mrs. Zhang's stingy nature, she has steamed buns for dinner, which means she has a change of heart.

The willow catkins flew over the tray in my mother's hand, put it on the small table, and then went back to bolt the door.

He leaned against the door to listen, then walked back with peace of mind.

Xu Ruolan was confused by her actions.

"Xu'er, what are you doing?"

"Hush, Mom, wait a minute."

She first took out the snacks she had hurriedly hidden under the quilt and asked Xu Ruolan to take them. Then she crawled under the bed and took out the package she had thrown inside.

Then dust off your hands and the package and open it.

Seeing the strings of copper coins spread out on the bed, Xu Ruolan's eyes widened and her mouth became an O shape.

After a while, she swallowed her saliva, looked at Liu Xu, and asked stutteringly:

"Xu, Xu'er, this is, this is the mushroom for sale?"

There was no way, she actually thought the same as Chen Lan, thinking that if they could get a few dozen or a hundred coins after all the tinkering, it would be a blessing from God. Who would have thought that there would be so much.

The mushrooms were picked from the mountains, and they didn't require any capital investment, so you could make a profit by selling them for a few cents. No wonder she was so surprised.

"Yes, mother, but this is only our share. Xing'er and the others have shared it all."

Then, as Xu Ruolan was sometimes surprised, sometimes confused, and sometimes nodded, Liu Xu told her mother everything that happened from their departure to the division of the money.

Xu Ruolan looked at her daughter with complicated eyes. She was relieved, proud, and self-blame. She didn't doubt that the person in front of her was not her daughter. Because the original little Liu Xu was very smart, but she gradually became silent and inferior after her father passed away.

She just thought that her daughter had become independent and strong after being beaten last time.

"Xu'er, my dearest child, it's all my fault. I'm incompetent and can't take good care of you, which is why you have to run around and work so hard at such a young age... wuwuwu"

Xu Ruolan reached out and gently hugged Liu Xu, burying her face in Liu Xu's neck and sobbing.

Liu Xu was a little confused for a moment, but then she reacted, stretched out her little hand, gently patted her mother's shoulder and comforted her:

"Mom, please don't say that. You love Xu'er so much. How can I blame you? And Xu'er doesn't feel any hardship at all."

Then Liu Xu seemed to remember something and said hurriedly, "Mom, you are pregnant now, you can't be so sad and worried, it's not good for the baby in your belly."

Xu Ruolan wiped her tears, nodded and said, "Mother knows, I just couldn't help it for a moment.

She understood her mother's self-blame.

Ever since her father passed away, her family has treated her and her mother even more harshly. Her mother is just a woman who was born and raised in the countryside, and even if she wants to change everything, she is powerless.

Liu Xu was worried that her mother would go back again, so she pointed at the pile of copper coins on the bed and said:

"Mom, look, we have so much money now, do you want to count it?"

Xu Ruolan was amused by her words and reached out to touch her forehead: "Puchi, you kid, you treat me like a child!"

Seeing her mother finally burst into laughter, Liu Xu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and forgave her. She really was not very good at comforting people.

"Hehe, mom looks so beautiful when she smiles!"

"You!"

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"Oh, by the way, mother, let's find a place to hide this money. We can't let grandma and the others find it. When we divide it up in the future, we can eat whatever we want and buy whatever we want."

Upon hearing this, Xu Ruolan frowned and thought for a moment, then reached out and opened the wardrobe, rummaged inside, found a wooden box, and handed it to Liu Xu.

"Use this to pack it up, and then find a place to bury it. That way, even if your grandma comes into the house and looks for it, we won't have to worry."

Liu Xu nodded and put the copper coins in with her mother.

Seeing more than a dozen bunches of willow catkins piled together, they took up half of the box. He muttered to himself that he had to find time to exchange them for silver, otherwise they would take up too much space.

After packing it, he found an old piece of clothing to wrap it up and threw it under the bed.

After doing all this, Liu Xu patted the dust in his hands and said with a smile:

"Mom, let's do this for now. I'll find a chance to dig a hole and bury it there. Hehe, by then you won't be able to find it even if you turn the house upside down."

Xu Ruolan smiled and nodded.

The mother and daughter were ready to eat. Liu Xu unpacked the snacks that Chang had given her, and the rich sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance filled the air. Inside the kraft paper, six pieces of beige pastries were neatly arranged, with a warm color and an alluring aroma.

"Mom, try it quickly, it's osmanthus cake." He reached out and picked up a piece, handed it to Xu Ruolan's mouth, and motioned her to eat it quickly.

Xu Ruolan took it and picked up a piece for Liu Xu as well.

"Mom only needs one piece. You can eat two more pieces. I'll save the rest for you tomorrow."

"No, mother. It's so hot today. If we keep it until tomorrow, it will go bad and it will be wasted."

Without further ado, he divided the remaining half in two and placed them in each of their bowls.

After the mother and daughter finished their heart-warming meal, Xu Ruolan let Liu Xu take a rest while she went to wash the dishes.

Liu Xu naturally disagreed. She accompanied her mother to wash the dishes, and then took the water that had been heated during the day and washed up simply.

After a busy day, the mother and daughter finally lay down in bed refreshed.

"By the way, Mom, I have signed a contract with Zuiyunxuan. From now on, Uncle Shun will have to deliver goods every three days. Since no one knows about it yet, I want to go in the afternoon as well. If we pick more and sell them, we can save more money. By the way, we can find out if there is any way to grow them ourselves." Liu Xu turned to look at his mother and discussed.

"Will this be too tiring for you? You're still so young." Xu Ruolan was a little worried.

"No, mother, I'm very motivated now. Let's save more money. When we separate in the future, Xu'er will take you to eat delicious food, drink spicy drinks, wear new clothes and wear gold and silver hairpins. I will let you live a good life like the ladies in the city, hehe!"

"You, what city lady? Mother doesn't care. Mother just wants you to be safe and happy."

Xu Ruolan laughed out loud at her daughter's amusement, and felt relieved when she saw that the child was indeed happy.

"Mom knows I can't stop you, but you must put your own safety first, understand?"

"Don't worry, mom. I'm just going to pick some mushrooms. It's okay. Besides, we have Xing'er and Brother Shuisheng." Liu Xu nodded in response.

Xu Ruolan gave a few more instructions out of concern, and after Liu Xu nodded in agreement, the mother and daughter fell asleep in joy.