Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Liu Xu slept for a whole day and night, and woke up again early the next morning.

"Hiss" She probably scratched her back when she stood up, and she grimaced in pain.

At this time, Xu Ruolan came into the room with a bowl of medicine and porridge. Seeing that Liu Xu had stood up from her prone position, she hurried over. While gently putting the porridge and medicine down, she muttered:

"Xu'er, lie down quickly. Your injury hasn't healed yet. Why are you getting up?"

"Mom, it's just a little scratch, it's okay, I'm just tired from lying down!" Liu Xu said with a smile, enduring the pain on her body.

Seeing her forcing a smile despite being in pain, Xu Ruolan couldn't help but shed tears:

"You're still laughing, you silly girl. Are you trying to scare me to death? How can a weak little girl like you go to Zhongwei? If anything happens to you, how will I and your brothers survive? We are not without food, why do we need you to risk your life like this?"

When Xu Ruolan thought of how Liu Xu was carried back yesterday, covered in blood, she couldn't stop crying and her heart ached.

"It's also mother's fault. It's all because of me being useless. If I were a little useful, this family wouldn't need a six-year-old girl like you to risk your life!"

"Mom, mom, don't cry, don't cry!" Liu Xu was about to get up in a hurry, and Xu Ruolan hurried forward to stop her.

"Hurry up and lie down. The wound on your back hasn't healed yet! How can you be so brave? Such a big python... Woo woo" Xu Ruolan thought of the giant python in the yard again. She couldn't help but tremble and started crying again.

"Mom, mom, please don't cry, okay? Yesterday was just an accident. Xu'er was originally looking for snow fungus outside, and then she smelled a fragrance and was attracted to it..." She dared to say that if she said that she had planned to enter the middle area, her mother would flood the room today. What can she do? Just make it up!

"My daughter followed the scent and unknowingly walked to a shady slope. When she realized it, she had already entered the depths. She was also shocked. Just as she was about to walk back, she found the source of the scent. Her mind instantly remembered that it was the lotus orchid that she had seen before at the old immortal's place. Xu'er was greedy and started digging. As for the python, it didn't hurt me. I just fell headfirst when I saw it for the first time, and then I scratched my back. Later, I reacted as if I had suddenly been gifted with supernatural powers. Before it could crawl over, I picked up the hatchet and chopped it to death. Mother, do you think the old immortal was helping me?"

Amitabha, grandma, I had no choice but to use you as a shield, otherwise my mother would have fainted here crying today!

"Really?" Xu Ruolan's tears stopped instantly when she heard the old immortal, and Liu Xu's mouth twitched when she saw it.

"Yeah, it must be. Otherwise, look at my tiny arms and legs, how can I kill a giant python? I'm lucky enough that I wasn't swallowed!" Liu Xu nodded confidently.

"Pooh, pooh, pooh, what nonsense are you talking about? With the old immortal's blessing, how could you be swallowed!" Xu Ruolan said with a look of anger.

"By the way, Mom, where are the backpack and the snake I dragged back yesterday?" Liu Xu said nervously. Don't throw it away, it almost cost her life.

"The snake was in the yard. Your third aunt brought you back, and your third uncle brought both the backpack and the snake back for you. It was so big that it scared your mother. How dare you drag it back?" Xu Ruolan shuddered again when she thought of the giant python.

"Phew, it's good that it's still there, it's good that it's still there. Mom, that's a good thing, it's been beaten to death, it can't be wasted! I still need to take it to Zuiyunxuan to exchange for money today!"

Luckily her mother didn’t throw her away, otherwise all her injuries would have been in vain, hiss!

"Your injury hasn't healed yet, and you still want to go to Zuiyunxuan!" Xu Ruolan was furious when she heard that she wanted to go to Zuiyunxuan:

"Don't even think about going anywhere today. Just stay home and have a good rest. Does our family need that little money now?"

Emma, ​​my dear, you are a little swollen!

"Mom...snakes can't be released. If I don't sell it quickly today, it will be ruined! Then my daughter's hard work in dragging it back would have been in vain. And mom, I'm really fine, just a few scratches, not as painful as when I was beaten by grandma before!"

It weighs dozens of kilograms. It would be a shame to throw it away. Wouldn’t it be better to exchange it for silver?

"But, but Doctor Meng said you need to rest for a few days!" Xu Ruolan hesitated.

"Oh, mother, I'm just going to Zuiyunxuan. I'd like to ask Uncle San to take me there in a ox cart. I'm not going there on foot. Isn't it the same as resting? My bones are sore from lying on the bed all the time! Mother..." Liu Xu pulled Xu Ruolan's sleeve and said coquettishly.

Seeing that she did not seem to have done anything wrong, Xu Ruolan nodded hesitantly:

"Okay then, you can only follow your uncle to Zuiyunxuan, and you are not allowed to run around, understand?"

"Yeah, I definitely won't run around!"

"By the way, Mom, where is my backpack?" Liu Xu suddenly remembered the orchids and ginseng he had dug.

"It's in the living room!" Xu Ruolan saw her expression and knew what she was worried about:

"Don't worry, everything is in there. We have to thank your uncle for that. If he hadn't seen it, mom would have thought it was the grass you cut and poured it out to feed the chickens."

"By the way, how did you dig up that ginseng? Mom thinks it must be at least 70 or 80 years old!" Xu Ruolan remembered that she only said she found the lotus orchid and the python, so what about this ginseng?

"Well, this ginseng really depends on luck... this and that, this and that." Liu Xu told Xu Ruolan in detail how she dug up the ginseng.

After listening to this, Xu Ruolan looked at Liu Xu as if she wanted to say something but hesitated... This must be the legendary shit luck... Even if you fall down, you can get a 100-year life span, no one else can do that.

The mother and daughter chattered to each other as they ate breakfast.

Finally, the mother and daughter decided to sell the snake and ginseng first, and keep the orchid for now. Yuyang Town was too small and there were few people who knew its value, so they wanted to keep it at home and take it to the provincial capital to sell it later.

After dinner, seeing that Liu Xu was indeed fine, Xu Ruolan left her to wash and change clothes by herself. She washed the dishes and prepared to find Chen Lan to ask Liu Changshun to send Liu Xu to Xiazuiyunxuan. Unexpectedly, before she even left the yard, Xing'er ran in:

"Aunt, aunt, has Xuer woken up? Is she feeling better?" This girl really cared about Liu Xu. If Chen Lan hadn't forced her to eat first, she would have run over here as soon as she opened her eyes.

"Wake up, wake up, wash up!" Xu Ruolan looked at Xing'er lovingly, then thought of the ox cart and asked again:

"By the way, Xing'er, is your father busy today?"

"Ah, I don't know! I was in a hurry to come out just now and didn't pay attention! Auntie, is there anything I can help you with?" Liu Xing'er scratched her head embarrassedly.

"It's Xu'er. She insisted on going to Zuiyunxuan to deliver the snake. It's still hot today, and she's injured, so I wanted to ask your father to take her there!" Xu Ruolan took Xing'er's hand, looked at her and said gently.

"Is that so? That's okay. Auntie, please wait for me. I'll go back and tell my dad!" After saying that, Xing'er ran back again.

After an incense stick of time, Liu Changshun drove the oxcart with Xing'er and stopped at the door of Liu Xu's house. Liu Donglai was not at home, and he came alone to avoid suspicion, so he sat in the car and waited, while Xing'er ran in to call Liu Xu.

Soon, Liu Xu appeared at the gate of the courtyard, carrying a backpack and the rack with the snake tied to it, holding hands with Xing'er. Liu Changshun stepped forward to help carry the snake onto the cart, and then carried the two maids up, said hello to Xu Ruolan who followed, and drove the ox cart to the town.

We inevitably met villagers on the way. While saying hello, we also briefly mentioned our business of selling snakes.

"Xu girl, you must never be so reckless in the future. Have you ever thought about what would happen to your mother and your brother if something happened to you at Beilinpo yesterday?" Liu Changshun said seriously while driving the carriage on the road.

Liu Xu's family, not only did Liu Donglai save his life, but Liu Xu also took their family to pick mushrooms to earn money; just because he watched this girl grow up, he couldn't bear to see her get into an accident.

"I'm sorry, Uncle San, I know I was wrong and I will never do it again!" Liu Xu said guiltily.

Although she gained a lot from this trip, she also knew that if she had died in Shekou yesterday, her mother and brother would have been eaten to the bone by Liu Dongcheng's family.

Xing Er looked at her worriedly:

"Xu'er, are you really okay? You don't know, when I heard them say that you were covered in blood and on the verge of death yesterday, I was almost scared to death."

"Don't worry, I'm really fine. I just accidentally fell and got scratched, and the blood is all from the python." Liu Xu comforted.

Seeing her serious attitude, Liu Changshun stopped talking and asked:

"Xu girl, you said yesterday that we could build a house. Are you planning to use this snake and ginseng as a cover?"

He knew about the contract between Liu Xu and Zuiyunxuan, and they got a lot from selling mushrooms, so he naturally knew that this girl had a lot of money. It was just because they just split up, so he couldn't find a reason to take it out. Otherwise, who knows what would happen to his aunt and Liu Donglai's family.

"Uncle San is wise. When we return to the village, if anyone asks about it, you don't have to hide it. Just say that I not only killed a snake in Zhongwei, but also dug up an old ginseng. This way, not only can I explain the money for building the house, but also I can avoid someone who wants to take my money. I can say that I used it for building the house."

She didn't know when her father would come back, or even whether he would be able to come back. As an orphan and a widow, they would inevitably be targeted by the scoundrels in the village or outside. Saying this could at least avoid some unnecessary trouble.

Another thing is that mushroom cultivation must be expanded, and her house is too small and inconvenient. Thinking of this, she remembered that Xing'er's house was not big either, and couldn't help but suggest:

"Oh, Uncle San, would you consider building a house with me? When the weather gets cooler, mushrooms will definitely sell better. What we have now is definitely not enough, so we have to expand the scale. We also have to build firewalls and other things. If we build a new house, can we build it all at once?"

Liu Changshun did not respond immediately after hearing this.

His house is actually not much different from Liuxu's. Now Xing'er and Shuisheng live in the same house divided into two rooms. Shuisheng is already eleven years old, and will get married in two years. Xing'er can't wait for a few more years, so it is necessary to build another house. But...

"We have to build it, but... Uncle San used to work outside during the slack season, and he didn't earn much. He only saved some money from selling mushrooms with you in the past few months. If we rebuild it, I don't know if the money is enough! So, I want to wait until your house is built, so that I have a rough idea of ​​the amount. Besides, the mushrooms we grow will also start to produce, so it should be enough if we save some money by then."

Although there was more than one hundred taels of silver in the house, since he was going to rebuild it, Liu Changshun naturally wanted to build it better. Blue bricks and blue tiles were not cheap, and he was afraid that he would not have enough money.

"What's the big deal? Don't I have me? Uncle San, let's build it together. If it's not enough, I'll lend you some first, and then we can choose a new place to be neighbors!" Liu Xu continued to persuade. It's just money. She has it now. Since she came to this world, besides her mother, the ones who treated her the best were Xing'er's family. It would be great if they could live next to each other.

Xing'er's eyes sparkled as she looked at her father.

"Dad, let's build it, let's build it. I want to be Xu'er's neighbor. Then I don't have to travel so far to find Xu'er."

"You kid! Building a house is a big deal. Dad can't decide it alone. Wait until I go back and discuss it with your mother." Liu Changshun said with a smile.

"Xu girl, don't worry about this. I have to go back and discuss it with your aunt. If your aunt agrees, we will go to the village chief to approve a new piece of land."

Liu Xu understood that as long as Third Aunt agreed, she would not run away. She nodded happily immediately. Thinking that Liu Changshun was driving and couldn't see, she replied loudly, "Okay."

After that, Liu Changshun stopped talking and drove the car seriously. But the two little sisters behind him could not keep quiet and had already started planning what they would do as neighbors in the future.

The morning light was soft, the wild flowers on the roadside were covered with dew, the grass swayed in the breeze, and the leaves rustled, as if cheering for this beautiful day. The carriage slowly drove towards the town.