Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

For the next three days, Liu Xu prepared to go to town.

She, Liu Xing'er, and Liu Shuisheng took advantage of the time between grass cutting to pick a lot of mushrooms. Liu Xing'er dried them all and packed them up, filling a large backpack.

That afternoon, the three of them gathered at Liu Xing'er's house to discuss the next day's market. Yuyang Town has a small market every three days and a big market every five days. Tomorrow is the big market. From Liujia Village to Yuyang Town, there are still more than ten miles. If you walk, it will take half an hour. However, the second grandfather's family has a bullock cart, and Chen Lan is going to the city to sell embroidered handkerchiefs to fill the family expenses, so they can go with the bullock cart. However, Liu Xu must find a way to sneak away.

"Xing'er, Brother Shuisheng, I plan to bring the backpack to your house early tomorrow morning, and then we'll go early and come back early. We'll hurry to cut grass when we come back. At most, I'll go back late and my grandma will scold me." Liu Xu said to the two little friends.

"Are all three of us going? I don't know how to sell it." Liu Shuisheng scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

"I will sell it, and you two will follow me then. Besides, if you don't go, how will you know how much it was sold for? What if I hide it?" Liu Xu said jokingly with a smile.

"Tsk, are you still hiding it? What's the relationship between us? Even if I don't trust my brother, can I not trust you?" Liu Xing'er rolled her eyes.

"What, little girl, why don't you trust me? I'm your brother, why don't you trust me?" Shuisheng got furious when he heard what his sister said.

"Hahaha, thank you, my good sister!" The brother and sister's words made Liu Xu laugh out loud.

Liu Xing'er and Liu Shuisheng couldn't help but laugh. After a while, the three of them got back to the topic.

"It's settled then. The three of us will go together then." Liu Xu looked at the two of them seriously.

Liu Xing'er and her brother nodded in agreement.

"Wait until we come back, and we'll help you cut the grass. It won't be too late then! Otherwise, your grandma will let you starve again." Liu Xing'er couldn't help but curl her lips when she thought of Old Lady Zhang.

"Okay, then I'm welcome!"

After the three of them had discussed it, Liu Xu went home.

After dinner, the mother and daughter washed up and lay on the bed. Liu Xu lay on her mother's belly and interacted with her younger brothers and sisters. Xu Ruolan gently supported her belly with one hand and stroked her head with the other, with a gentle look on her face.

"Mom, I'm going to town tomorrow. If grandma asks about it, remember to cover for me."

After completing the routine prenatal education, Liu Xu lay beside her and said to Xu Ruolan.

"Are you okay going alone? How about mom go with you?" Xu Ruolan was a little worried.

"No need, Mom. It's rare that we have finished weeding the fields. You should just rest at home. Xing'er, Brother Shuisheng and I will go together. Uncle Shun and Aunt Chen will also go. Don't worry." Liu Xu comforted her.

"And since Uncle San said to drive the ox cart, we should leave early to avoid the crowd and come back early to cut grass at Beilinpo. If grandma asks you, just say I went to cut grass."

Hearing her say this, Xu Ruolan felt relieved and nodded in agreement: "Okay, then go to bed early tonight, and mother will call you tomorrow morning."

"Yeah, thank you, mom. You are so nice!" Liu Xu rubbed Xu Ruolan's arm.

Xu Ruolan laughed and scolded, "Weird girl!" and then they both fell asleep.

At the beginning of the next morning (around 5:30 in the morning), Xu Ruolan woke up Liu Xu, handed her a large pot of mushroom soup, told her to eat quickly, and went back to the kitchen.

Mrs. Zhang would take out the ingredients for breakfast every night before going to bed to avoid delaying breakfast. However, Xu Ruolan got up earlier today to cook an extra bowl of soup for her daughter. When Xu Ruolan finished making breakfast, Liu Xu had already packed herself up.

I said hello to my mother, and went out with the basket on my back. At this time, the sky was just getting light. It seemed that the people in the upper room were still not up.

When she hurried to Xing'er's house, she found that they had already packed up and were waiting for her.

"Xu'er, come up quickly!" "Sister Xu'er, come up quickly!" Liu Xing'er and her brother shouted at the same time.

"Xu girl is here, come, take it, sit in the back with Xing'er and the others and eat it later. Sit down, we'll set off right away."

Chen Lan handed a pancake to Liu Xu, stuffed it into her hand, and asked her to sit down.

"Ah, Aunt San, I've eaten, you can eat it!" Liu Xu was a little confused, but also a little touched.

"Just take it if I tell you to. You can eat it later after you've finished eating!" Chen Lan seemed not to believe her and looked as if she would not accept rejection.

"Just take it if my mother tells you to. She made a special portion for you. Look, we have some too. Let's eat together on the way." Liu Xing'er came over and spoke in a whisper, but in fact everyone could hear it.

"Is that so? Then... okay then. Thank you, Third Auntie, you're so nice!" Liu Xu felt warm in her heart and did not forget to distribute the Good Samaritan Cards on a daily basis.

"Be good and sit tight. Let's go. Xing'er and I will sit in the back, Shuisheng and your father will drive the car in the front, and Xu'er can sit in the middle." Liu Xu knew that Chen Lan made such arrangements because she was afraid that someone would see and tell her grandmother, and then she would inevitably be scolded.

"Okay, thank you, Aunt San!" Feeling a little sore in the corners of her eyes, Liu Xu wiped them with her hand, climbed into the car and sat down.

In this way, the group drove the ox cart out of the village quickly. On the way, they met two people by chance, both from a distance, and they greeted each other and left.

When they arrived at the town, it was already dawn. Chen Changshun first parked the ox cart, and then took a few people to walk into the town.

Yuyang Town is not big, but it is comparable to a county town. Because it is close to the Canglong Mountains, hunters from surrounding villages often bring fresh game to sell, so it is small but complete. There are four markets in the east, west and south.

Most of the people living in Dongfang City are scholars. The only bookstore and Songhua Academy where Liu Chengming works are located there. It is said that the dean is an old scholar.

Nanfang City is the wealthy area. The town's famous restaurants, silver shops, and clothing stores are all here, as well as the town government of Yuyang Town.

Beifang City is mostly populated by small merchants, grocery stores, wine shops, and cloth shops, all of which are located on this street;

The West District is relatively chaotic. Most of the people living here are ordinary people. Street thugs are also active here. Small businesses, markets, horse and carriage shops, and brokerage firms are mostly in this area.

There is also a clinic in the North and South Fang cities. Just like their geographical locations, Ruixingtang in Nanfang City generally only treats wealthy people, and the consultation fees and medicine costs are not cheap; while Anhetang in Beifang City is run by an old doctor who practices medicine to save the world. The clinic treats everyone regardless of their status, and the consultation fees and medicine costs are very affordable.

"Dad, take them to the market to sell mushrooms first. I'll go to the north to hand over the handkerchief and buy some things. Then I'll come to find you." Chen Lan was afraid of wasting time, so she wanted to act separately so that she could go back earlier.

"Third Aunt, we won't go to the market to sell, let's go to Nanfang City." Liu Changshun was about to agree when he heard Liu Xu's cute voice, but the meaning of the words made him a little confused.

Shuisheng and his father had the same expression, but Xing'er looked at Liu Xu with admiration, as if to say, wow, Xu'er is amazing, she sells everything in Nanfang Market.

"But there is no place to set up stalls in Nanfang Market. How do you sell your products?" Chen Lan was a little confused.

"Hehe, the mountain man has his own clever plan!" Liu Xu looked mysterious, which made Chen Lan burst out laughing.

"You girl! Okay, you guys go ahead. I'll wait for you on the ox cart after I finish buying. Come back quickly after you've sold your things. Dad, keep an eye on them and don't let them run around. There are many important people in Nanfang, don't bump into them." Chen Lan reminded them worriedly.

The group separated like this, and Liu Xu took the adult and two children with her familiarity and headed straight for the restaurant where her father used to sell game.