Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Mu Lingxuan automatically understood that Liu Xu asked him to help find seeds of rare species as a tribute of plants and fruits.

Thinking that his family did receive rewards frequently, he nodded.

If Liu Xu knew, he would definitely praise him for being teachable. After all, the tributes from foreign countries are naturally all foreign species.

In the past, many good things came from abroad. Of course, there are also many that are already available in our country, but we have not discovered them yet.

But many of those things are in the mountains, so you have to go look for them.

Oh, right, the mountains!

"Brother Huaijin, have you ever seen or heard of something called yam?"

Mu Lingxuan thought for a moment and shook his head, then asked, "Is it a medicinal herb?"

Liu Xu pursed her lips in thought and replied, "You can think of it as such, but I prefer to say it is a kind of food."

Mu Lingxuan couldn't help but feel a little curious. This girl... seemed to know too much.

If you don’t understand, you should ask, “Girl, how do you know all this?”

Liu Xu was thinking about the habits and origin of yam. When she heard Mu Lingxuan's question, her heart skipped a beat. Then she raised her little face and smiled:

"Jayne told me! When I met him, he was buying food for his father's medical treatment. I felt sorry for him so I gave him some more money. He told me all this."

Anyway, Jayne had already left, and she didn't believe that he would find someone to verify the facts.

"You mean this yam as well?" Mu Lingxuan raised his eyebrows.

"Ah? You mean yam? That's not it. I saw it by chance in a miscellaneous notebook. It said it can strengthen the stomach and cure spleen deficiency, and it can also fill the stomach. Didn't our family not have enough to eat before, so I remembered all this." Liu Xu talked nonsense seriously.

Afraid that Mu Lingxuan would ask more questions, he quickly added, "It seems that the one that is long like a stick, and after peeling the skin is white inside, um, like white jade!"

Mu Lingxuan frowned when he heard this. He seemed to have eaten this thing before, but... "I seem to have eaten the thing you mentioned, but it's not called yam, but Yuyan. I don't know if it's the same thing."

Liu Xu blinked, "Do you feel full after eating it? Is it delicious?"

Liu Xu didn't dare to say more and could only ask tentatively.

Mu Lingxuan thought for a moment and said, "Well, it's soft and sticky. I only ate a little bit. I don't know if it makes me feel full! But it is said that this is available in Yongqing Prefecture, and it is dug in the mountains."

Wow, wow, that’s probably it. Wow, yam has such a high-sounding name!

"I'll ask someone to ask for you later to see if there are any seeds or something like that."

"Thank you, Brother Huai Jin!" Liu Xu originally wanted to ask him for some tubers, but was worried that he would ask again, so she changed the subject and asked about her father.

When she heard that Liu Donglai had been seriously injured before, Liu Xu couldn't help but think of her dream and sighed in her heart. Is this what they call a father-daughter bond?

"Has my father recovered now? Since he was injured so badly, he must be dead! He was incapable of moving before and hurried back. And you asked him to lead people to hunt today..."

She liked this cheap father very much. He was not only good to her and her mother, but also did not have the ancient people's problem of favoring boys over girls.

Whether it was the original owner’s memory or the time they spent together yesterday, she could feel the father’s deep love, so when she heard Mu Lingxuan say this, she became a little anxious.

Seeing that she was a little panicked, Mu Lingxuan quickly interrupted her and said, "Don't worry, she's almost recovered. My father's special military doctor was used, and the old mountain ginseng that was not used up before was used up by Mr. Shen."

"And on the way back, Uncle Liu was resting in the carriage at first. He only rode the horse after entering Qinghe County. And if Uncle Liu's injury had not healed, I believe Aunt Xu would definitely come to me today to beg for mercy."

Liu Xu blinked and said, yes, and her mother's posture today, ahem... I guess there shouldn't be any big problem.

"Okay, but Grandpa Meng will be here soon, so we need him to help check my dad's pulse. That way we can feel more at ease!"

"Yeah! But speaking of this injury, I admire Uncle Liu very much. He has made a great contribution this time. When I return, maybe my father will get a reply to the memorial he sent to Uncle Liu to ask for credit."

As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Xu and teased, "If nothing unexpected happens, you will soon be the daughter of a lieutenant general."

"Colonel? Is that a high-ranking official? How is that compared to a county magistrate?" No wonder Liu Xu asked this. Although her uncle was also an official, he was not as reliable as her biological father!

"A fourth-rank lieutenant general, a seventh-rank county magistrate! Moreover, Uncle Liu is now a fifth-rank captain!"

Hiss, his father has only been gone for half a year, right? No wonder they say that generals are promoted quickly! However,

"How did my father get promoted so quickly? There's a war in the North every day?"

Mu Lingxuan pursed his lips and replied, "In the past, there was indeed a small fight every three days and a big fight every five days."

"Uncle Liu is a natural born general. Although the people he leads may not necessarily kill the most enemies, they still kill quite a few, and the casualties are minimal. Didn't you notice that none of the people from your village who went there are missing this time?"

"Hahahaha, of course my dad is awesome! Humph, then I won't have to be afraid of Magistrate Qiu anymore!"

Bah, if that bastard girl dares to show off again, she will release her father, no, report her father's name. Who is not a girl from an official family?

"What? Do you have a grudge against the county magistrate?" Mu Lingxuan was puzzled. If he remembered correctly, that County Magistrate Qiu seemed to be quite good, right?

Liu Xu talked about the holiday with the Qiu family that day. However, Mu Lingxuan's focus was on the wrong thing.

"You said Aunt Xu is the sister of Xu Shilang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?"

"Yeah! Hehe, do you feel like you're looking at someone in a new light after three days of absence?" Liu Xu was a little cocky.

Mu Lingxuan glanced at her sideways, feeling a little depressed for some reason.

If the conversation hadn't come to this point, would she not have planned to tell him?

"Brother Huaijin, what's with that expression on your face?" What does it mean that he looks unhappy?

"Well, nothing, just a little surprised! By the way, does your uncle know about your grain seeds?" Mu Lingxuan changed the subject.

Earlier, he was still thinking about telling Uncle Liu and Aunt Xu about the grain planting later. The girl was still too young, and he was afraid that she would not know the importance of the matter and bring disaster to the family. In the end... I guess it is not necessary.

"Brother Huaijin, I know that discovering new crops to plant in the country is a great achievement. If someone finds out, it will be a disaster for our family, not a blessing. That's why I fenced off the area. I was planning to tell you when you came."

He paused, and seeing that the people around him didn't say anything, he continued, "A few days ago, Third Brother Chang brought Grandpa An to us, and we learned that Second Uncle is now the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. A few days ago, when Mother learned about the production of potatoes and corn, she was afraid that it would cause trouble if it was discovered, so she wanted to write a letter to Second Uncle to ask him to find a solution."

"I thought about it carefully again. The Mu family already has a very high prestige among the people. If we have one more kind of grain, I'm afraid that person will not be able to sleep well. So, after thinking it over, I asked my mother to send a letter to my second uncle..."

Liu Xu finished speaking and buried her head. Her mother was right. In terms of relationship, she was currently closer to Mu Lingxuan and Chang Yifei.