Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Speaking of Liu Dashan and his wife, even though they don't look that great now, when they were young, they were famous for their looks in the surrounding villages. The three children they had after marriage were even more outstanding than their father.

The eldest daughter, Liu Xiumei, was not as beautiful as a flower, but she was a beauty in the village. Not only was she pretty, but she was also very skillful. Otherwise, the widower Liu would not have given her 15 taels of betrothal gifts. Although she was marrying off to a distant town, the girls and boys in the village would only give 5 or 8 taels at most, and some would only give 2 or 3 taels.

Not to mention the third brother, Liu Donglai, he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a tall stature, and was a great person. Since he took over, whenever anyone in the village had any problems, they would find him and he would enthusiastically help as long as it was within his ability. He was a recognized good guy in the surrounding villages, so Zhang was often criticized for her harsh treatment of him.

The eldest brother, Liu Dongcheng, had a handsome face. He looked gentle and elegant because he studied in the academy in his early years. However, Liu Xu knew that he was a hypocritical person. Although he did not pass the imperial examination, he also found a job as an accountant in a restaurant in the town. His wife, Chen, was the daughter of the restaurant owner. Because she was a local and had a rich dowry, the already partial old woman Zhang became even more partial. After the two got married, Liu Dongcheng rented a small courtyard in the town on the grounds that Chen Shuman was not adapted to the countryside. It can be said that the couple rarely came back once a decade, and the housework basically fell on Liu Donglai and Liu Dashan. It was not until Chen Shuman gave birth to her eldest son that the shopkeeper Chen was afraid of being criticized, so he let Chen Shuman take the child back to the countryside to live permanently. After that, Chen Shuman gave birth to a son and a daughter one after another. In addition, she was sweet-mouthed but vicious and calculating, so old woman Zhang became even more partial. Compared with their family of five, Liu Xu's family are simply their slaves, even worse than slaves.

Liu Dongcheng's eldest son Liu Chengming was born smart. In addition, his maternal family lived in the town. When he was six years old, Liu Dongcheng sent him to Songhua Academy in the town for enlightenment. He only returned home during holidays on weekdays, and spent most of his time in the town. Even when he returned home, Old Lady Zhang treated him like an ancestor. Not to mention working in the fields, she probably wanted to serve him with clothes and meals. He considered himself a scholar and looked down on Liu Xu's family. He felt that his uncle's family was just mud legs and was not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with him. He completely forgot that if it weren't for his uncle, his father and he would be where they are today? A complete ungrateful bastard! But he was so gentle and refined outside, even more so than his father.

Last year, Liu Chengming, who was only fourteen years old, passed the county examination and became the only student in the village. For a time, he was the most famous person in the village.

Their daughter Liu Juan is twelve years old this year. Chen Shuman thinks that her daughter is beautiful and will definitely marry into a wealthy family in the future. Therefore, Chen Juan has never been asked to do any work since she was a child. She is obviously a peasant girl, but she is raised like a city girl. She stays in the house all day long and says to others that she is learning embroidery. She is so white. Liu Juan also thinks that she is superior to other girls in the village, and treats Liu Xu and her daughter like slaves all day long.

In Liu Xu's words, she is not destined to be a lady but has the diseases of a lady.

Not to mention the younger son Liu Chengcai, who looked fair and cute. But he was actually a naughty child, always making troubles for Xu Ruolan and her daughter who were doing housework.

But after all, she was only five years old. She was somewhat frightened when she thought about how she had caused Liu Xu to fall to the ground with blood all over her head after being beaten by her grandmother. Now she had been following Liu Juan timidly like a quail.

Because of the big incident today, although Zhang and Chen were talking dirty, they did not dare to stop Xu Ruolan from serving food to Liu Xu. Under the mockery and abuse from her mother-in-law and her sisters-in-law, Xu Ruolan carefully took the porridge back to her room.

In addition, Doctor Meng had given his instructions, and Liu Xu seemed to be still in a coma. After Xu Ruolan came in, he said a few words in the yard, and then he calmed down.

Liu Xu was "seriously injured" in public, and Xu Ruolan had to take care of her, so the mother and daughter stayed at home and rested for two days.

Zhang was angry and felt that she had to do housework at home. Every day when the rooster crowed, she would run to call Xu Ruolan to cook and clean the yard... I don't know what she was thinking, there were so many things to do at home, as if she could do more when she got up...

It was another day, and the sky was still pitch dark. Zhang's shrill cry rang out outside the door again. Xu Ruolan had no choice but to get up and cook and clean the yard.

Liu Xu was actually woken up by the noise, but her mother asked her to sleep a little longer. Lying on the bed, looking at the cramped room, and thinking about how the old woman and Chen Shuman had been ordering her mother around in the past two days, Liu Xu felt angry: Damn it, I must find a way to leave this house.

She turned over and got up, looked at the patched linen shirt at the head of the bed, sighed, put it on quickly, simply tied her hair into a bun, and walked out the door.

In the yard, when she saw her mother Xu Ruolan's belly that was bulging like a small hill, she thought that her mother was about to give birth, and would have to stay in confinement. If she didn't find a good place to live...she had to bear it for now and wait until she found a place to live.

Moreover, in this era, if parents say that they will not divide the family, if their children propose to divide the family without reason, they will be considered unfilial. In Dongsheng Country, unfilial is a serious crime. If it is reported to the government, the lighter punishment is to be beaten with a stick, and the heavier punishment is to be sentenced to exile. Therefore, she had to wait for the right time. After thinking this through, Liu Xu decided to stay at home for the time being.

The wound on her head had scabbed over, and she was no longer dizzy. Looking at the sky, it was about 7 o'clock in the morning. Liu Xu stretched lazily. Looking up inadvertently, the green mountains not far away were like dark green, rolling and undulating, like a natural ink painting. The light morning mist covered the mountains and fields like a veil, making everything look so hazy and poetic. A few rays of golden sunlight tried hard to penetrate the morning mist, casting mottled light and shadows, adding a bit of agility and vitality to this quiet picture.

Liu Xu took a deep breath, and the fresh air instantly filled her lungs, making her feel like a new person. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "This ancient pollution-free air is still good, it smells so comfortable."

She just stood there quietly, looking at the beautiful scenery before her. For a moment she was a little dazed, as if she had become one with this beautiful ancient rural scenery.

Before she could feel it carefully, her grandmother Zhang shouted at the top of her voice: "Silly girl, now that your wounds have healed, why don't you go and pick grass for the pigs! All you know is to be lazy and eat for free all day long!"

Liu Xu curled her lips, lowered her head and rolled her eyes, then pretended to be submissive and replied, "I know, grandma, I'll go right away."

"Hurry up, the pigs are going to starve to death because of you! If you can't beat them enough, don't eat them!" said old lady Zhang viciously.

Liu Xu didn't say anything. After simply washing up, she walked out carrying a large backpack that was not much shorter than her.

Passing by the kitchen door, Xu Ruolan handed her a mixed flour steamed bun.

"Xu'er, hold this cushion, don't look back and faint again."

Old lady Zhang saw this and was about to stop him, but when she heard the words "he fainted again", she quickly retracted her foot. She muttered unwillingly: "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat. You just eat and don't work all day long. I'd rather raise a pig than a pig!"

Liu Xu ignored her, took the steamed bun from her mother's hand, and went out to the foot of the mountain.

Seeing that the backpack was almost as tall as her daughter, Xu Ruolan felt sad. She took a deep breath and walked towards the field. It was hot, and there were a lot of weeds in the field. She had to pull them out quickly to avoid affecting the harvest.