Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

afternoon.

The Liuxu and his family had finished their lunch and were resting in the yard when there was a knock on the door.

When Liu Xu opened the door, she saw Liu Dongcheng's family of five standing in front of her house.

"Xu girl!" Liu Dongcheng looked at the little girl in front of him who was frowning at her, his eyes flashed, and he called out gently.

"Is there something wrong?" Liu Xu asked coldly.

"Haha, is your mother at home?" Liu Dongcheng still had a gentle expression on his face.

"My mother is taking care of my younger brothers. If nothing else, I'll close the door!" After saying that, he prepared to close the door.

"Wait a minute." Liu Donglai raised his hand to hold the wooden door. Seeing Liu Xu's impatient face, he quickly said:

"Uncle came here today to apologize to your family. Uncle and your eldest brother were not at home before, so I didn't know a lot of things. Your grandfather told me in detail today, and I learned that you suffered so much injustice at home. Uncle was very ashamed and taught your aunt a lesson. Now I brought them here to apologize to you."

As he spoke, Liu Donglai stepped aside. Liu Xu saw Chen Shuman's half-swollen face at a glance. Seeing that there were villagers watching around, he raised his eyebrows and said calmly:

"Uncle, your teaching your wife a lesson has nothing to do with us. As for the apology you mentioned? Haha, if an apology is useful, why do we need the government? Our family of four was once on the verge of death because of your wife and children. Where were you at that time? Oh, you said you didn't know, Yuyang Town is only two incense sticks away from Liujia Village, and you have been back in the past few months, why didn't you mention the apology before? I just said yesterday that your family is not among the candidates for mushroom cultivation, and you came to my house today. What do you think we are?"

Liu Xu looked at the family of five outside the door with a sarcastic look on his face.

Liu Dongcheng was so confused by Liu Xu's words that he didn't know how to speak for a long time. Seeing this, Liu Chengming had no choice but to step forward and bow and say:

"Little sister, we are all family members connected by blood. It was my mother and her friends who went too far before. Please be magnanimous and don't take it personally."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xu sneered:

"Oh, you're telling me, a little girl who's less than seven years old, that adults are magnanimous. Liu Chengming, have you learned your sense of propriety, righteousness, and integrity?"

"Blood connection? When you were harming us, did you ever think about the fact that we are blood related? Are you happy to spend the money my father earned with his life? Forget about blood connection, if you had any conscience, you would not treat us mother and daughter so harshly after my father left!" Liu Xu scolded coldly.

Liu Chengming's face was red and blue, but before he could say anything, Liu Juaner jumped out:

"Bitch, don't push your luck. We've all come here to apologize to you. What else do you want?"

"Tsk tsk, look at you, and you're even apologizing. With the way you guys are doing, it's not too much to say you're here to cause trouble, right?"

Liu Xu sneered, and Liu Chengming even slapped Liu Juan in the face.

"Juan'er, shut up!"

"Brother, you hit me, you actually hit me?" Liu Juan screamed.

"How can you talk like that? This is our cousin. Come here and apologize to Xuer!" Liu Chengming took a few steps forward and wanted to pull Liu Juan over, but she pushed him away.

He looked at Liu Chengming with tears in his eyes: "If you want to apologize, you can do it yourself. I will never apologize to this bitch!"

Then she gnashed her teeth and yelled at Liu Xu: "Bitch, just wait for me. When we move to the county, I will make you pay!"

After saying that, she turned around and ran away, ignoring the ugly faces of Liu Dongcheng and Liu Chengming. Chen Shuman looked at her husband and son, stamped her feet, and ran away while shouting "Juan'er, Juan'er". When Liu Chengcai saw this, he naturally would not stay.

There were already quite a few people around, all pointing and talking at the father and son outside the door. Their faces were filled with shame, embarrassment, and resentment, as ugly as a color palette.

Liu Xu rolled his eyes and sneered:

"Okay, I know why you made such a fuss today. As I said before, I won't teach your family how to grow mushrooms. Just go now." After saying that, he closed the gate without caring about their reactions.

Liu Dongcheng and his son looked even uglier. Thinking of Chen Shuman and her mother and son who had already left, they felt a toothache and had to go back in shame.

But Liu Xu, who returned to the yard, frowned. She was still thinking about what Liu Juan said about them moving to the county.

It was originally a farmyard, small and not soundproofed, so the people in the house heard most of what happened at the door.

Seeing Liu Xu coming in with a frown on her face, Xu Ruolan stepped forward and pulled her over, asking in a gentle voice:

"Xu'er, what's wrong? Did they bully you again?"

Liu Xu then realized that she had entered the house. She looked up at Xu Ruolan and shook her head. Seeing that others were also looking at her with concern, she said:

"No, they can't bully me. I was thinking about something else."

"Mom, Uncle San, Aunt San, Xing'er, Brother Shuisheng, I was thinking about what Liu Juan said when she left just now. They were going to move to the county. I always feel that it's not right. You can all come and analyze it together."

"Are they moving to the county?" Xu Ruolan asked back.

Liu Xu nodded: "Yes, Liu Chengming asked her to apologize to me, she was not happy about it, so she said it in a fit of anger."

"Could it be that she was so mad that she said something nonsense?" Shuisheng said innocently.

"I think she might be jealous that Xu'er can make money by growing mushrooms, and she's so angry that she thinks it would be more face-saving to say this." Xing'er looked like this.

"No, her tone was very firm, and her eyes...how should I put it, it was as if she could see how miserable I was."

"She is thirteen years old this year. Could it be that the Chen family has introduced someone from the county town to her?" Chen Lan thought for a moment and said.

"That's possible. Maybe the family is well off, so she is so confident." Xu Ruolan nodded.

Liu Xu and Liu Changshun frowned in thought. After a while, they looked up at each other at the same time, both with frowns.

"Uncle San, have you thought about it too?" Liu Xu said.

"Let me tell you what I think first." Liu Changshun nodded.

"I guess it's probably related to mushrooms. Just yesterday, Xu said that her family was not allowed to grow mushrooms. Today, both her father and son came back and brought Chen and the others to apologize. It's probably to ease the relationship with you and learn how to grow mushrooms."

"Chen Shuman must have told him about the selling price of mushrooms. We just said that we would give priority to Zuiyunxuan and Mr. Song. But your uncle works at Bazhenlou, and Chen's father is the shopkeeper of Bazhenlou. He will definitely sell the mushrooms to Bazhenlou, and maybe even sell them to the county at a high price through Bazhenlou. As long as he builds a few more mushroom houses like we did, and the production can keep up, it will be easy for them to move to the county after this winter."

"Besides, we don't have extra supplies to other restaurants, so they can expand their network of contacts through mushrooms. Girl Xu, do we really want to also...?" Although Liu Changshun didn't finish his words, Liu Xu understood.

She shook her head:

"Uncle San, our mushrooms can be sold at such a high price because they are rare and valuable. If they were available everywhere, who would be willing to pay a high price to buy them?"

"And," she said, pausing. "I think, Uncle San, you think too highly of them."

Seeing the doubts on their faces, she said:

"On one hand, they have to work hard for a year to earn a few hundred taels, and on the other hand, they can get ten thousand taels at once. What do you think they will choose?"

"You mean..." Liu Changshun widened his eyes.

"That's right! I remember Shopkeeper Chang once told me that once someone knew that I could grow mushrooms, even the Chang family might not be able to protect me. Therefore, this method is definitely worth a lot. They will definitely find ways to get it. By then, Liu Chengming and his son will definitely maximize their benefits. They can get money and curry favor with the powerful. Do you think they will be so honest?" Liu Xu asked softly.

"This... is a signed document. If the time comes... not only will I be fined 10,000 taels of silver, but my clan will also be expelled." Chen Lan couldn't believe it.

"They have all tried to curry favor with the rich and powerful. What does a mere ten thousand taels of silver have to do with a farming family like the Liu family?" Liu Xu shrugged. It was not that she described them as such a bad thing, but they were indeed ungrateful people.

"If we had known... we wouldn't have accepted Mr. Song's batch, so we wouldn't have to tell the village..." Liu Changshun said in annoyance.

Liu Xu shook his head again:

"The reason why I chose to let the whole village plant it is, firstly, for the batch of goods from the military camp, and secondly, for my own selfish reasons. Once the news gets out, it will be easy to deal with my family or our two families, but in a village, those so-called nobles will always have concerns. We must go the public route. Moreover, I plan to hand over this recipe to the county magistrate next year. Only in this way can we absolutely guarantee the safety of the entire Liujia Village."

Xu Ruolan looked at her daughter who behaved so appropriately, with both pride and distress in her eyes.

Liu Changshun was also shocked by Liu Xu's meticulous thinking. Looking at his two children who were full of admiration, he suddenly envied Dong Lai brother...

"Xu girl, then, then what should we do now?" Chen Lan was frightened by what Liu Xu said, "It's easy to deal with them."

"Well... Uncle San and I are going to Zuiyunxuan tomorrow morning. Xuanyi is still waiting for news, and then we will talk to them about this. It concerns their interests, and I think they will intervene. But tomorrow, mother and Aunt San will have to trouble you to help prepare the things for the mushroom bed. Xing'er and Brother Shuisheng, you must pay attention to controlling the steaming time."

"Don't worry, it's no problem!" The brother and sister patted their chests and Xu Ruolan and the other two nodded in agreement.

"They will definitely not give up. If I'm right, my grandfather will definitely come later or early tomorrow morning."

"Mom, if Grandpa comes tomorrow, no one else is allowed to come in except him. And no matter what Grandpa says, you can't agree to it. Put everything on me. Otherwise, let him wait for me. My uncle and I will be back as soon as possible. Aunt, I'll have to trouble you to help stop them. There are things for making mushroom beds in the yard. My grandma and Liu Dongcheng's family must not be allowed in."

Hearing this, everyone nodded carefully.

Afterwards, they resumed their busy work from the morning.

It was not until the sun went down that Liu Changshun and his family packed up and went home.