Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Liu Changsun's home

Dong Bin drove the carriage in. After everyone got off, he asked Li Er to drive the carriage to the backyard. He asked the newly bought people to wait in the yard, and then went to find Liu Changshun to report.

As a result, I saw his master, his wife, and the young lady and master planting vegetables in the backyard.

Dong Bin was stunned for a moment, then smiled again, took a few steps forward and bowed,

"Master, Madam, Young Master, Young Miss, I have done my duty."

Liu Changshun's family was also stunned for a moment after hearing the sound, and then Liu Changshun coughed.

"Thank you for your hard work. Let's go and take a look." After saying that, he dropped the things in his hands and went to the front yard. Dong Bin wanted to remind him that his feet were muddy, but when he thought that their family was originally a farmer, he was relieved.

There were eight people, young and old, men and women, standing in the yard. Perhaps because they were in a strange place, everyone looked a little nervous.

The family of four stood in front, looking at these people. They were indeed chosen by the government and the staff. Even though they were dressed simply and even had mud on their feet, the expressions of these people did not change.

"Master, Madam, the two big guys at the back were slaves of wealthy families before. However, they followed their masters around all year round, so they know a little bit of boxing and are literate. The other six are one family. They were servants of officials in Yonghuazhou before, and were implicated and sold because their masters were convicted. I and Uncle He have questioned these people carefully, and we found that they are all dedicated people with no bad habits." Dong Bin said respectfully.

Liu Changshun nodded, and then asked several people to introduce themselves.

They had just finished their introductions when Liu Xu and the others came over.

"Ruolan, Xu girl, you are here!" Chen Lan greeted them warmly.

"Well, we heard from Uncle He that your new person has arrived. We have nothing to do, so we came over to watch the fun." Xu Ruolan said with a smile.

Chen Lan knew that she came here because she was worried about them, so she didn't expose it. She smiled and took Xu Ge'er from Qiao Yun's hand.

As for why it wasn't Hao Ge'er, that boy was too naughty, Qiao Yun couldn't hold him, so Xu Ruolan had to hold him. Chen Lan was also afraid of Hao Ge'er's voice, which could deafen her ears.

Liu Xu ignored them and skipped to Xing'er and Shuisheng, asking them quietly what was going on. Qiao Yun followed not far behind.

"These people were all servants before. The two tall ones can fight and read. Uncle Dong said the six are from the same family, and they are servants of the government. The girl is Wu Xiu'e, she is ten years old this year, and her brother is thirteen and his name is Wu Shitou. If nothing unexpected happens, these two will be given to me and my brother in the future."

Xing'er and Liuxu whispered to each other.

Liu Xu took a look and thought, well, this group of people looked pretty good. As expected, the wealthy families knew how to train their slaves.

Liu Changshun was giving a lecture, so they all stopped talking.

Dong Bin suggested that Liu Changshun give them a surname, which meant that they were all members of the Liu family from now on.

Liu Changshun thought about it and agreed. Then he arranged the work.

Dong Bin undoubtedly became the steward of Xing'er's family. The two tall men, Liu Fu and Liu Luhe, together with the family's son Liu Qingxiang, were responsible for the fire wall in the backyard and the security of the yard together with the previous three.

Liu Quan was the old man of that family. He and his wife Liu Feng were responsible for the chores in the front yard and the kitchen. Liu Qingxiang's wife Su He was a second-class maid before. She had assisted the housekeeper, Xixi, in managing the mundane affairs in the lady's courtyard. So she was responsible for following Chen Lan and naturally took her surname as well. The two younger ones naturally followed Xing'er and Shuisheng respectively.

Except for the old couple, all the eight people were literate and able to count. After seeing them leave, Liu Xu and her daughter followed Dong Bin to put away their things and soon went back to their respective duties. They finally felt relieved.

The two families returned to the living room and began to discuss moving and greenhouse heating.

Knowing that Xu Ruolan was planning to hold a house-warming party together with Liu Xu's birthday, Liu Changshun decided to arrange their house-warming party on the third day after Liu Xu and the others arrived, so that both sides could help each other.

Now their house is ready, and they decided to move in tomorrow. Liu Xu also told her uncle that he planned to demolish the old house and rebuild it, and add a mushroom house. Liu Changshun also had an idea, but he had very little money left, so he thought about waiting for Liu Xu to build it first, and then consider building the old house after they sent out the first batch.

After the matter was discussed and they exchanged pleasantries for a while, Xu Ruolan took the children back home.

After dinner, Xu Ruolan gathered everyone in the yard and talked about the move tomorrow. They didn’t have much stuff, so she asked Uncle He to arrange two or three people.

The next morning, the mother and daughter got up early, had a simple meal, harvested the mushrooms, watered them, added firewood, and started to pack up.

After a while, Uncle He came over with Liu Ming, He Lei and Yan Niang in a mule cart. Huanxi and Qiao Yun were afraid that they might miss something, so they followed.

The mother and daughter held the child while the others started to move things. The first thing they moved was naturally the grain. After paying the tax, they still had a lot left. Liu Ming carried two bags in each hand, while He Lei was younger and could only carry one bag. They soon finished moving, and Uncle He drove the mule cart to pull the grain over.

The remaining sundries and furniture, except for the new ones purchased later, were left in the house and taken out when needed urgently.

After arriving at the new house, Liu Xu stopped living with her mother. Xu Ruolan lived in the main room with her two children, while Liu Xu lived in the east wing with Qiao Yun and Huan Xi. Considering that she had to take care of the children at night, Liu Xu asked Huan Xi to live with her mother in the main room at night.

In less than one morning, they had packed up everything. Liu Xu naturally did not forget her orchids. She was still thinking about making some money in the future. But if she couldn't find someone who knew the value of the orchids, she would just keep them for herself.

After lunch, Liu Xu lay on the kang bored, thinking with his eyes closed.

Now villagers bring mushrooms every day, and the drying room in the backyard has also started. In the past three days, she has stockpiled more than 300 kilograms of dried mushrooms. The mushrooms in the backyard have also started to grow since yesterday, and she can harvest about 300 kilograms every day, which exceeded her expectations. She estimated that her uncle's harvest should be similar, which made her feel relieved. There is still half a month left, plus the ones sent by the villagers, 2,000 kilograms may be a little short, but 1,500 is definitely more than enough.

Just as I was thinking about it, Qiao Yun said that Uncle He was looking for her. She asked someone to come in. After Uncle He came in, he bowed and said:

"Miss, we are running low on firewood. Should we go chop it ourselves or collect it from others?"

Liu Xu was a little dumbfounded when she heard this. Yes, how could she have forgotten about this? Now the mushroom house doesn't need to be heated so high, but the drying house needs a lot of firewood.

"How many days can it last?"

"It can still burn for about three days!" Uncle He was also a little anxious. After being here for a few days, he naturally figured out the situation at home. He naturally knew that firewood was an indispensable thing for them and they had to prepare more. Otherwise, the mushroom production in the backyard would be greatly affected.

Liu Xu thought for a while, "We definitely can't buy much in the village right now, after all, everyone needs it. Uncle He, take Uncle Ming with you tomorrow to go to the surrounding villages to collect it. Three cents a piece, collect as much as you can, if there's not enough space in the old house, just prepare some more."

"Yes, miss." Uncle He responded and was about to leave, but Liu Xu called him again.

"Go ask Uncle San's family again. They must not have many left. Then the two families can go separately to collect them."

"Yes, old slave, go right away."

After Uncle He left, Liu Xu took Qiao Yun to the main house. Ever since the family hired servants, she no longer had to cook or do laundry. She felt that she was very free and could only play with her two younger brothers.

Now she still has more than ten thousand taels in her hand, but she actually feels like she doesn't know how to spend it.

When they arrived at the main room, Xibao and Huanxi were playing with the two little ones, and Xu Ruolan was sewing a quilt cover.

Seeing the catkins coming, Xu Ruolan asked casually while threading the needle:

"Have you tidied your room?"

"Well, mother, I feel so idle, what should I do?" Liu Xu lay on the kang with a look of despair on his face, muttering.

"Puchi, isn't it good to have some free time? Think about the time before we separated, you were content, right?" Xu Ruolan smiled and tapped her forehead.

"The firewood at home is almost used up. I'll ask Uncle He and the others to start collecting it from the neighboring villages tomorrow." Liu Xu sat up lazily and looked at her mother.

"Well, you can make the arrangements. How about your uncle and the others?"

"Also let Uncle He go and notify them." Seeing her mother busy with her hands, Liu Xu felt eager to try herself. But when she thought of the holes on her hands that had been pierced before, she turned her face away and went to take care of her brother.

Pinch this, squeeze that. Brother Xu was fine, he was still babbling happily with his sister, but Brother Hao was not so good, he probably felt hurt by his unscrupulous sister's pinch, he cried "wawu", and scared Liu Xu to quickly retract her hand.

When Huanxi and Qiaoyun saw this, they were stunned: it turned out that their young lady could be so childish.

When Haoge'er started to cry, Xuge'er was stunned for a moment and was about to cry. Qiaoyun saw this and she and Huanxi quickly picked up one of them to comfort him. Xuge'er was fine and didn't cry in the end, but his brother didn't agree and cried loudly. Huanxi was so anxious that she turned around in circles.

The little son kept crying, so Xu Ruolan naturally couldn't do needlework anymore. She quickly put away the needlework and held him in her arms. She coaxed him while glaring at Liu Xu in a reproachful manner.

When Liu Xu saw her mother looking at her, her face lit up.

"Well, um, Mom, I'm going to the backyard to take a look!" After saying that, he ran away.

When Qiao Yun saw this, she handed the child to Huanxi, bowed to Xu Ruolan, and quickly chased after her.

Aunt Lin and her friends were sewing clothes in the yard. They were surprised to see this, but didn't ask any questions.