Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

After leaving Liu's house, the few of them went to the dental clinic that the Liu family often visited.

Liang Yaren and they were already old customers. When he saw them coming, he recognized Liu Xu at a glance.

After the two parties introduced themselves to each other, Liu Xu explained the requirements for buying people and asked the broker to send some people to Xu's house later.

Liang Yaren's heart moved. Wasn't that the house that a father and son with foreign accents bought from him a few years ago? They bought a lot of houses, but they didn't expect that they were from the family of Zuiyunxuan's young boss.

Although he thought so, Liang Yaren's expression did not change, and he sent the person out the door with a smile on his face.

After that, the father and daughter didn't spend much time strolling around, and they took Liu Ming and others directly back to Xu's house.

As expected, Liang Yaren was introduced by Wu Zhangui, and soon he came to Xu's house with more than 20 people.

The old lady had already gotten up, and she had the person brought into the main courtyard.

After careful selection, eleven people were left, three of whom had served as managers.

The rest were the cooks, guards and servants.

After paying the money and receiving the indenture, Liang Yaren took the rest of the people and left.

Except for a few managers, the rest of the people were handed over to Liu Ming and his wife to teach them the rules.

The three managers and Liu Ming were called to the study by Liu Xu, and Liu Donglai followed them.

The three men were named Zhou Huanian, 42, Xu Jiayin, 37, and Lan Weidong, 39.

"From now on, the three of you will live in the Liu residence in front. Uncle Zhou will be in charge of the shop, and Uncle Xu and Uncle Lan will be in charge of the several farms in the family."

"Yes, Miss!" several people said in unison.

"Uncle Ming, take them back to the Liu residence and tell them about the situation at home. I will go back to accompany my grandma and the others." After saying that, he took Qiao Yun back to the main house.

In the next two days, the father and daughter visited all the villages and shops in Qinghe County. Seeing that the people had good abilities, they asked Liu Ming to take them to the provincial capital.

The shops Xu Hean bought came in both large and small sizes. The larger one was perfect for a home textile store, with three doors, three floors and a small courtyard.

Liu Xu planned to push down the small courtyard at the back and rebuild it into a two-story building, half of which would be given to the embroiderers, with the downstairs for them to live in and the upstairs for them to work.

The other half is reserved for reception, not customers, of course, but partners and the like.

Liu Xu asked Chang Yifei for the decoration workers, gave them the drawings and then went back.

Chang Yifei came to discuss the cooperation on the home textile store with his godmother in the evening.

After much persuasion and being rebuked by Liu Xu countless times, he finally got 30% of the net profit. However, the shop was rented from Xu Ruolan, and it cost 20 taels a month.

Let Chang Yifei complain about her black heart.

"Third brother, this shop is my mother's dowry. Are you calling my mother cruel and heartless?" Liu Xu asked with a smile.

"How is it possible? My godmother is gentle and kind, generous and decent, dignified in manners, and elegant in temperament... Ten thousand words omitted here, how could she be so evil-hearted?" The whole room laughed at the flattery.

Chang Yifei complained about Liu Xu in his heart: "I'm obviously talking about you!"

Liu Xu understood the meaning in his eyes and rolled her eyes back.

On the evening of the 14th day of the first lunar month, Liu Donglai learned that other people had already arrived at Liujia Village. Because they were only transporting mushrooms this time, there were not many people.

Liu Donglai did not go back. Mu Lingxuan agreed that he would stay in the county town until after the Lantern Festival, and he would also come tomorrow.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.

The Dongsheng Kingdom attaches great importance to this festival, and Qinghe County is also very lively today.

Because the address left was that of Liu's residence, the family went there early in the morning.

The mansion was decorated by the servants and looked very festive.

Liu Xu took Yue Niang and the newly hired cook to make some snacks.

At noon, Mu Lingxuan and his companions arrived first, followed by Liu Changshun's family, Liu Xiumei's family, and Liu Dazhui's family, along with the old couple Liu Dashan.

Mu Lingxuan and his companions didn't think anything of it, but when the others came to Liu Mansion, they were shocked by the magnificent mansion.

In the main courtyard, Old Madam Xu and Xu Ruolan were playing with their two little kids in the yard.

Hearing the servant's announcement, Xu Ruolan said with a smile, "Please invite them in."

After a while, Liu Changshun and others were welcomed into the courtyard. Everyone greeted Old Madam Xu and Xu Ruolan.

Liu Changshun and others were even more delighted to see Liu Donglai coming back.

"Everyone is here, come in and sit down and have some hot tea." Liu Donglai greeted everyone warmly.

The companies are all familiar with each other and are good friends, so they won’t do anything fake.

"This yard is so beautiful. If you hadn't told me it was your house, I wouldn't have dared to step in." Zhuang Dani said without any shyness.

"Of course, look at what they've done. I have to tidy up my house when I get home. What's the point of looking at so much of it? What's the point of appreciating it?" Chen Lan took over the conversation.

Liu Shuisheng: "Mom, that's a feast for the eyes!"

"Oh, yes, it's a feast for the eyes."

"Look, it's different when you go to school. Tieniu will be sent to school in a few days, and I don't know if he can attend!" Zhuang Dani said worriedly.

Xu Ruolan comforted him, "Don't worry, this is just a private school. It's not as strict as you think. Don't scare yourself."

She only found out from her daughter that after the enlightenment age, one still has to take an exam to go to a private school.

If I had known earlier, I should have asked Uncle He to arrange someone to take time out every day to teach the children in the village.

"Yeah, don't worry. Aren't Tieniu and the others studying with Shuisheng these days? They should be able to cope with the enrollment." Chen Lan also said.

The men were also talking about their children going to school.

"From winter to now, every household has saved a lot of money, and every family can send at least one child to school. It's just that they had no foundation before, so I'm afraid not many of them can go in." Liu Changshun said and shook his head.

His family was lucky to have met Dong Bin, otherwise, Shuisheng would have to keep accounts like Dazhu's family, not to mention studying.

A few years ago, when Liu Dazhu was counting the accounts for Liu Xu, he carried a basket of sticks and stones, which left Liu Xu stunned.

Only then did he remember that no one in Dazhubo's family knew how to read and count.

Liu Xu had no choice but to simply teach the father and son how to calculate using correct numbers.

But at this moment, Liu Xu had already taken his friends to visit the garden.

When several people heard that Liu Xu was going to use the vacant land to grow vegetables, except for her die-hard fan Xing'er, everyone else had an indescribable expression.

Han Duoduo said directly: "Junior sister, there is not enough land at home for you to farm? Do you have to destroy this garden? Why don't you dig a pond to plant some lotus and raise some fish?"

"In summer, you can pick reeds and cattails. In autumn and winter, you can dig up jade knots. If the fish are big, you can eat them, too!"

Liu Xu's eyes lit up. Lotus vegetable? So lotus root is called lotus vegetable here!

"Senior Sister, is lotus root the same as lotus?" Liu Catkins asked ignorantly.

Previously, Zhu Jiacheng had planted water lilies in the pond for her. She asked him indirectly about lotus flowers, but Zhu Jiacheng said he didn't know. She thought that there was no such species as lotus in that era.

Han Duoduo shook her head when she heard that. "No, the lotus is the lotus, and the lotus root is the lotus root. Although the flowers of the two are similar, the lotus root is much larger than the lotus. Oh, I can't explain it clearly. The most important thing is that the lotus root flowers will grow lotus pods after they wither. The roots in the mud can be eaten after washing them. They are called jade knots."

Liu Xu thought to herself: As expected!

"Where can I buy lotus seeds?"

"You have to ask my junior brother for this. Lotus root is a tribute from Yongze Prefecture and is rarely seen outside. I also ate it when I was in the Marquis' Mansion, and I heard it from my senior sister." Han Duoduo shrugged.

Liu Xu nodded and prepared to ask Mu Lingxuan later.

They toured the mansion and returned to the main courtyard just in time for lunch.

There is a special dining room in the house, where everyone sits together and it is very lively.

After lunch, Liu Xu suggested that everyone take a rest and go to the street to see the lanterns in the evening to feel the lively atmosphere of the Lantern Festival.

Everyone readily agreed.