Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

After the palace banquet, Mu Jingfeng, Xu Mingli and his party left the palace together.

"Thank you very much, Duke!" Xu Mingli thanked in a low voice.

"Master Xu, you are too polite. I am just discussing the matter at hand." Mu Jingfeng replied in a slightly louder voice, and then whispered:

"Not to mention that Donglai is indeed from the Mu family army, Xu girl is my savior. For both public and private reasons, I will not sit idly by and do nothing."

Xu Mingli nodded and smiled when he heard this, then he said loudly: "No matter what, I still thank the general for speaking out for justice. My niece brought us some local specialties. If you don't mind, I will have someone send some over later as a thank you."

That was something Liu Xu prepared specifically for the Mu family, and there was also a letter specifically for Mu Lingxuan.

"Hahahaha, then this general would be disrespectful to refuse. I have eaten some before, thanks to General Zhongwu. I have to say that the food made by that girl is really good!" Mu Jingfeng laughed loudly.

They just need to know the relationship between the Mu family and the Liu family well. Even Xiao Yan only thinks it is because of Liu Donglai. Mu Lingxuan has been buying mushrooms from the Liu family, and they know each other well because they visit each other so often.

After all, Liu Xu gave him the impression of being a very outgoing person, otherwise she wouldn't have called him "little brother" as soon as she came, and she hasn't changed her words to this day.

[Liu Xu: Otherwise, should I call you a little beggar? Am I such a rude person? ]

So Xu Mingli found a legitimate reason to send the gifts, and the officials around him didn't take it too seriously.

However, after being filial, Liu Xu gained another impression in everyone's mind - "good cooking skills!"

Liu Dongzi returned to the Xu Mansion with Xu Mingli and lived in the courtyard that the Xu family had reserved for Xu Ruolan.

It’s not that the general’s mansion is bad. After all, when Xiao Yan granted the house, he also granted servants. The general’s mansion was originally the residence of officials who were previously exiled, so it is more exquisite.

But he really didn't want to entertain those officials who came to visit him, so he simply moved into the Xu Mansion. With the help of the Xu family's steward and two sisters-in-law, he was happy and relaxed.

It is already mid-May. The potatoes planted earlier in Liujia Village have begun to show some green leaves. These past two days, everyone is busy harvesting wheat. Corn and peppers can also be transplanted, so the entire Liujia Village is very busy.

Because potatoes and corn have already been harvested, and there is a lot of corn to be harvested this time, Liu Xu plans to plant them in every farm.

There are also the farms of the Chang family and Mu Lingxuan. Since they only grow dry land, almost half of them are left. Liu Xu took out three thousand kilograms and handed them to County Magistrate Qiu. He told him about the habits and planting methods of corn, and also informed him that the two kinds of corn had been sent to the capital.

County Magistrate Qiu was not displeased by the fact that Liu Xu and his colleagues reported it themselves. Instead, he was extremely surprised.

Not to mention that the Xu family was a high-ranking official in the court, so there was no need for them to tell him. Even if the Liu family gave it to him, he would be just a small county magistrate, and eventually these seeds would only fall into the hands of high-ranking officials, who would fight for power and make a lot of money from the people with these seeds.

It would never be like it is now, Liu Xu said, these seeds can be distributed to the people for free, but when the harvest comes, the people have to return her twice the seeds.

If it's really like Liu Xu said, let alone double, even five or ten times would not be a loss.

Liu Xu also asked County Magistrate Qiu that priority must be given to civilians, and that every household must have one, even if a household can only cultivate one and a half acres of land.

The first season was originally for everyone to save seeds, so that next year everyone would not only have enough seeds, but could also use them to exchange for some money.

If nothing unexpected happens, Xiao Yan will definitely promote corn vigorously in Dongsheng next year, so that all the corn in Qinghe County will be purchased by the court.

As for the potatoes, sorry, Liu Xu has to satisfy her own people first. She promised Mu Lingxuan that she would send the seeds to the northern border.

Just like the remaining corn seeds, she had asked Chang Yifei to send someone to the northern border, and also took along the planting methods and various details that she had copied.

As for the peppers, Liuxu did not give them away. As more and more peppers matured, Liuxu planned to build a cured meat workshop to make cured meat in winter and chili sauce in summer.

However, she planned to squeeze the soybean oil herself, because the price of soybean oil is not cheaper than pork nowadays. Especially during the national mourning period, the price of soybean oil has directly increased.

Moreover, Liu Xu discovered that it was not that there was no rapeseed in Dongsheng Kingdom, but that these people ate rapeseed seedlings as vegetables.

She plans to let everyone grow rapeseed this winter. Even if each household plants one acre of land, they can at least produce 100 kilograms of rapeseed oil next year.

But this year, we can only use soybean oil. Liu Xu had seen the oil press in his previous life, and based on the physics knowledge he had learned, he spent three days and finally drew the blueprint.

It just so happens that the eldest brother of the Chang family is now in the Ministry of Industry, hehe.

Liu Xu packed up the drawings and took Han Duoduo, Qiao Yun, Qiao Yu and He Lei to the provincial capital.

Chang Yifei went back to the city during the Dragon Boat Festival and has not returned yet. It is a good time for her to go visit her godfather and godmother.

She brought a few watermelons in the car, as well as the black orchid she dug from the mountain last year. This year, the plant was divided into four pots. She planned to give one pot to her godmother and continue to grow the rest.

Xu Ruolan also took out a set of glass-glazed wide-sleeved orchid-colored chiffon skirt that she had made herself.

This was a painting that Liu Xu had done a few days ago. As soon as she saw it, she thought of Su Bijun. She was busy during the Dragon Boat Festival and hadn't finished it yet. She could only give a set of nine pieces newly produced by the county embroidery house.

Liu Xu painted several pictures, and Xu Ruolan revised them and made several models. Liu Xu even jokingly asked Xu Ruolan to make ready-made clothes with them and sell them. Xu Ruolan was tempted, but she still needed to make some detailed plans.

When Liu Xu was leaving, she was seen by the two Dun'er. When they found out that their sister didn't take them with her, they started crying loudly. Scared, Liu Xu quickly closed the curtains of the car and told He Lei to leave quickly.

Looking at the carriage that hurriedly left and hearing the cries of her two sons, Xu Ruolan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

The two children are already nine months old. Although they cannot speak yet, they understand a lot.

Because Liu Xu would take time to play with them every day, the two little ones had a good relationship with their sister. When they saw their sister getting on the carriage, they cried loudly as if they knew that their sister would be away from them for a few days.

In the carriage, Liu Xu breathed a sigh of relief when she could no longer hear the crying of the two little ones.

"Yuandun'er's voice is so scary that it makes my ears buzz when I get close to him."

Qiao Yun burst into laughter when she heard this, "Miss, this shows that our Second Young Master is in good health!"

"I don't know how long the two young masters will cry this time." Qiaoyu looked worried. You know, when Liuxu went to the county town last month, the two children, especially Yuandun'er, whined for a long time before they were coaxed into crying.

The two little guys are the darlings of the family.

The Liu Xu family was very kind to their servants, so the servants truly considered themselves members of the Liu family and cared for the two young masters from the bottom of their hearts.

Among all these people, Dong'er was the one who loved the two children the most. Since Dong'er came, she had taken care of almost all the clothes, hats, shoes and socks for the two children. Even Xu Ruolan only made a coat for each of the two children during the Chinese New Year.

When talking about Dong'er, we have to mention her leg grafting.

The girl was coaxed by her little lady and was ready to knock her legs happily. However, although she took the medicine, if Han Duoduo and others had not reacted quickly when they helped, she would have been injured again.

After Doctor Meng reconnected her bones, Dong'er fainted. After waking up, she looked at her young lady with tears in her eyes and an accusing look on her face, as if she was saying that Xu Ruolan had deceived her. As for why it wasn't Liu Xu, it was because she couldn't bear to blame her young lady.

These days, Dong'er could only lie in bed to recuperate. With nothing to do, she frantically made clothes for Liuxu and the two duns, so the incident of Liuxu drawing clothing patterns came about.