【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

While the four children were arguing, Yun Xi shouted from the kitchen, "It's time to eat."

Each person had a bowl of thick rice porridge and a plate of fried cabbage with oil residue.

Lu Da hesitated, "It's winter now, two meals a day is enough."

Sitting in front of the stove to eat, Yun Xi raised her eyelids. "I know how much money we have at home. We can still make ends meet even with three meals a day. Also, don't go out and run around. I need to find out the true identity of Lu Zheng."

Lu Da was suspicious and took his younger brother and sister to the main hall to eat in silence. Lu Er had already brought Lu Xiaowu over. Before leaving, he glared at Yun Xi hatefully. Yun Xi was not willing to be outdone and raised the spatula in her hand. Lu Er ran away.

Lu Er: He who knows the current affairs is a hero!

Yun Xi didn't go to the main hall to eat. If she went, everyone would feel uncomfortable. It would be better to eat separately. There was delicious food in front of them and they couldn't waste it.

After lunch, Yun Xi looked at the sky. It was still gray and the snow was not heavy, so she prepared to go out again. She still couldn't get used to living in poverty. Who likes to suffer?

She always said she couldn't lose money on the missions, but how much money had she invested so far? Forget it, as long as she didn't invest more than the system's reward, it would be acceptable, Yun Xi thought optimistically.

This time, Yun Xi walked further and went to the government office to inquire about Lu Zheng's information before heading to West City. West City was much more prosperous and every shop was bustling with activity. It looked more lively than the deserted North City.

The cloth shop not only has cloths of various styles and patterns, but also has many gorgeous ready-made clothes hanging in the store, which are dazzling.

Yun Xi passed by the silks and satins and walked towards the coarse linen and cotton cloth area. The fabrics here were much more diverse than those in the North City fabric store, with various patterns and materials, orange prismatic patterns, pink peach petals, red peony flowers, emerald green bamboo patterns, ink-red dark patterns, etc. The fabrics included coarse linen, fine linen, pure linen, pure cotton, or a combination of the two.

Yun Xi still likes cotton cloth, which is warm to wear in winter, but you can also buy some cotton and linen cloth. This cloth is woven from a combination of cotton and linen yarns. Its advantages are comfort and breathability, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, anti-static, etc. It is very cool and comfortable to wear in summer.

"Waiter, I want a piece of green cotton cloth with a bamboo leaf pattern, a piece of azure cotton cloth with a white butterfly pattern, and a piece of pure brown cotton and linen." Yun Xi pulled a waiter, "and twenty kilograms of cotton."

The waiter nodded. "Okay, sir, I'll get the goods for you right away. Please wait a moment."

Soon, Yun Xi got what she wanted, a total of ten taels of silver, which was really expensive. No wonder poor people wear clothes that are new for three years and old for three years, and then mend them for another three years. The cloth is too expensive.

The wind outside suddenly blew stronger and stronger. People walking on the street seemed to be blown away. Yun Xi hurried home holding the cloth and cotton.

Walking to a street, passing by the back door of a wealthy family, suddenly, a person was pushed out fiercely, fell hard to the ground, and then with a "bang", the door closed.

Yun Xi looked at the old woman lying on the ground "blocking the road" and couldn't help but hesitate. The road here at the back door was very narrow, and she shouldn't have taken a shortcut to save trouble. Look, something happened!

"Old lady, please make way."

"No, no, that's not the prince, old lady, please listen to me." The old woman kept muttering something.

Yun Xi leaned closer to listen carefully to what the other person said. Her heart skipped a beat and she looked around. Seeing no one was around, she struggled to help the old woman up and ran home stealthily.

She is now very sensitive to this kind of thing. It is obvious that the five children in the family are not ordinary people. Combined with the novels she has read, this matter is very complicated.

It was already 2pm when we got home. The old woman seemed to be stupid, and she didn't know how to walk like a silly roe deer. She was almost dragging herself along.

The five children in the family were warming themselves by the fire in the main room. They saw her dragging a woman back and watched from a distance without approaching.

The kitchen was on the west side, so Yun Xi dragged the woman to the east wing. It was empty inside, but there was a door and a bed, so the blue brick and tile house was not that cold.

"Lu Da, bring these four benches over."

Yun Xi shouted.

Lu Da hesitated for a moment, then brought the stools over with his reluctant brothers.

Yun Xi put four stools together and let the old woman sit on them.

"Let's go, get out. Leave this place alone for now." Yun Xi led the five children to the main hall and waved them away. "Don't go near that old woman yet. I have something to ask her. Lu Da, take these two pieces of cotton cloth and cotton to next door and ask Tao Yao Niang to make them into quilts and cotton-padded clothes."

Lu Da lowered his eyebrows and said coldly: "How much?"

"Make four large quilts weighing four pounds, two sheets, six sets of cotton-padded clothes and six sets of unlined clothes. This piece of cotton and linen fabric will make two sets of unlined clothes for each of you." Yun Xi took out a string of copper coins from her bosom and counted out fifty coins and handed them to him. "This is the labor fee. We need it urgently. Please make it faster."

Lu Da took it silently and went out with the things in his arms.

Glancing at the four children who were watching from afar, Yun Xi ignored them and went straight to the east wing, saying calmly, "Have you had enough of acting?"

The old woman sitting there didn't move.

"Can you tell me what you mean? I know a family. All five of their children are extremely good-looking. Do you think an ordinary family can give birth to five handsome boys? Could one of them be the one you are looking for?" Yun Xi coaxed.

Only then did the old woman show any reaction.

"I'm Wei, the wet nurse of the young master of the Renyuan family. I suspect our prince is a fake. Do you have any clues? If you do, there will definitely be a generous reward."

Yun Xi avoided answering and asked instead, "Why do you have such doubts?"

"I didn't notice it before, until today when the prince came to his grandmother's house to play polo. He was sweating and went to wash up. Since he didn't bring his servant, he asked me, an old woman, to deliver his clothes. That's when I noticed that the koi birthmark under his armpit was gone."

"I never thought about it that way before, but once I started to doubt it, I realized that the prince looked nothing like Lord Renyuan and his wife, and they were also extremely mediocre. So I went to tell the prince's grandmother about this, but I didn't expect her to think I was crazy and send me away."

The old woman was in a trance.

"If he's not the Crown Prince, then where is the real Crown Prince? Woohoo, how can I be worthy of the deceased Lady Bo?"

"Don't worry, you can go find Uncle Renyuan and explain it to him. By the way, how old is your prince this year?" Yun Xi asked casually, testing him.

"The prince is fifteen years old this year and will be officially crowned next year. The uncle is not in the capital and he is guarding the border in the south. What should we do?" The old woman looked haggard and at a loss.

Fifteen years old, and Lu Da was clearly only fourteen? Was I mistaken? Or did Lu Zheng deliberately say he was a year younger?