Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Liujia Village became very famous in Yuliang Town for a while.

There was an endless stream of people trying to find out the news, but they were not allowed in, so they had to go back and ask the village chiefs.

For a while, the village chief Liu Dahai was very busy. He had to deal with the village chiefs and clan leaders from various villages for several days.

Especially those villages that have marriage ties with Liujia Village. Some of them originally thought that Liujia Village was poor and looked down on them, and were not very friendly to the girls or sons-in-law who left Liujia Village.

Now I wish I could worship these people as my ancestors, hoping they can help to say something good so that they can also have a bite of the broth.

With the previous experience of selling tofu, the girls of the Liu family became very obedient after being persuaded by their family with both soft and hard methods.

But some of the Liu family's wives were brainwashed by their natal families when they returned home, and they even thought of growing mushrooms.

Fortunately, the old village chief and the elders in the family always gave instructions and did not tell the method directly to others, but just came back to make a fuss.

In the end, after being scolded and analyzing the pros and cons by family members from the oldest to the youngest, they finally persuaded him to stop.

For this reason, the village chief of Nanpo Village was directly refused entry into the village.

The patrolling young Liujia said, "Our village chief said that the people of Nanpo Village are not honest and are trying to take our Liu family's livelihood through their married daughters. From now on, our Liujia Village will cut off contact with Nanpo Village."

Many people have come to Liujia Village these days. Upon hearing this, they all looked at Wang Youfu, the village chief of Nanpo Village.

Wang Youfu was both ashamed and annoyed, and cursed the people of Liujia Village and his daughter-in-law's family in his heart.

He kept apologizing to Liujia Village and said he would go back and talk to the family. This would never happen.

Even if Liujia Village is no longer available, he cannot let the village bear such a reputation, otherwise the unmarried girls and boys in their village will be ruined.

Who would want to marry a person who is always thinking about taking away the family's livelihood? Even if the family is poor, a broken home is worth a fortune!

Liu Xu didn't care about these things. She was busy applying fertilizer to the golden nuggets in the greenhouse.

Before, she asked the servants to collect the corn cobs, vegetable scraps, fruit peels and egg shells. At the beginning of the year, she asked Liu Cheng and several other families to make some liquid fertilizer, which came in handy now.

Egg shells soaked in vinegar are especially suitable for adding to potatoes at this time.

Liu Xu was very thankful at this time. She used to like to plant vegetables on the balcony. You know, this is a natural growth enhancer. She didn't believe that the potato yield would not increase.

Worried that they would water too much, or dilute the water too concentrated and burn the roots, Liu Xu took several of her maids with her to participate in the whole process.

However, halfway through the work, He Lei suddenly came to report that Mrs. Chen had passed away.

Liu Xu had no choice but to ask Wu Sangui to keep an eye on her while she went back to change her clothes and went to the main room.

According to local customs, when an elderly person dies, the filial son needs to kneel down at the door to ask relatives and friends to report the death. After receiving the gifts, the relatives will put down their work and go to help.

He Lei went to inform Liu Xu only after hearing the sound of firecrackers. The sound of firecrackers in the afternoon meant someone had passed away. Wasn't that the person who was in Liujia Village now?

Xu Ruolan also changed into plain clothes and waited in the house.

The two children were left in the inner room without being taken out. This kind of thing is not suitable for children.

Sure enough, not long after, Liu Dalang appeared at the gate of the yard in mourning clothes. Xu Ruolan and her daughter walked out, accepted the other party's kneeling greeting, and said that he would come to pay his respects the next day.

Chen's funeral lasted for three days. Although she had no biological children to see her off, her nephews gave her a proper funeral, so it could be considered a grand funeral.

"I originally thought that Grandma Chen wouldn't survive the Lantern Festival, but she managed to survive the first month of the lunar year." Liu Xu muttered after returning to the yard.

She had almost forgotten about it.

"You're just a kid, don't talk nonsense." Xu Ruolan scolded.

Liu Xu also knew that it was not appropriate to talk about this matter, so he kept his mouth shut.

Afterwards, Liu Xu heard that Liu Da Kui and his brother had discussed and decided to adopt the third child from the first wife to the second wife.

As for the land of Liu Wulang's family, half was left to the adopted son, and the other half was divided equally between the two brothers. It was managed by the clan leader and several elders, so it was fair.

From then on, the trouble caused by Liu Hehua and her son came to an end.

At this moment, they all forgot about Liu Laibao in prison, so that this man caused her a lot of trouble later.

Liu Xu handed over all the matters concerning the pig farm on the farm to Liu Ming. There were few people working on the project and it was still under construction.

Xing'er's house and the new yard have been built, but there are only about a hundred pigs. Fortunately, the weather in Yongshun Prefecture has not yet warmed up significantly, so the bean dregs can be stored for a few days.

Seeing that the two families raised so many pigs, Liu Dahai ran over to ask Liu Xu, "Xu girl, you raise so many pigs, can you sell them when the time comes?"

Liu Xu was practicing calligraphy in the study. Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment and said with a smile, "Grandpa, have you forgotten what we are going to do in the second half of the year?"

The old man blinked, then his eyes brightened and his face wrinkled a few more times, "Oh, why didn't I think of that!"

Then he asked, "If we raise all of them in our village, can we sell them all?"

Liu Xu put down the pen in her hand, helped the old man sit down, and then said: "Grandpa, there is more than just pork in the cured meat, chicken, duck, goose, fish, etc. are also needed. After all, there are not enough people in our village. Raising pigs is a hard job. When everyone comes to do these, will we not need our land?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Dahai immediately shook his head and said, "That can't be possible. Although we don't have much land, as long as there is no natural disaster, the grain we produce after paying the tax will be enough for the whole family to use. We can't afford to lose it."

"Of course not. Apart from those working in the workshop and studying, how many people are left at home in our village? We will need a group of people to make preserved meat in the second half of the year, and we also need to keep people to take care of mushrooms. Although the price of mushrooms will drop in the next few days, it is still a stable livelihood, isn't it?"

Liu Dahai seemed to be thinking about something. Liu Xu said, "The money earned from the cured meat will be shared by every household. Even with these, the money earned by one household in our village each year is equivalent to that of other villages for several years, maybe even more. A lot of people have come to see you these days, right?"

"You mean?" The old man understood.

"That's right. If all the money goes to our village, those people might think of doing bad things. It's better to give them some benefits. Tell them that after autumn, our village will start to collect chickens, ducks, geese and fish. They can raise more if they have the conditions."

Liu Dahai was about to nod when he heard Liu Xu continue, "Also, I am planning to build another workshop, but since our village has limited land, I plan to choose a location in another village. Please pass this news on to the village chief who has a good relationship with our village."

"Hmm? What are you going to do this time?" Liu Dahai was just curious.

Because he also knew that Liu Xu was telling the truth. There were few people in their village and not much land. Although there were some wastelands around, the village had new population every year. It would be impossible for them to have no place to reclaim the wasteland when they wanted to.

Liu Xu also took this into consideration, so she would rather buy land outside than touch the wasteland in the village.

Liujia Village is their ancestral home, but their family will definitely not stay in Liujia Village forever, but it is different for others.

"Hehe, let's keep it secret for now. You will know when the time comes!" Liu Xu said playfully.

The old man nodded his head and said, "Okay, I promise I can take care of it."

"Yes, remember to sign the document with them, so that they won't raise the price when the time comes. We will only charge according to the market price." She didn't want to argue with others about this matter when the time comes. After all, not every village is like their Liujia Village.