In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

Wang Tianci and Liu were sitting in the carriage, opening boxes one after another.

Look at the luxurious jewelry and heavy gold ingots inside.

I can't help but feel happy.

Liu picked up a hairpin inlaid with gold and jade and pinned it on her head.

After the farewell, Liu asked Wang Tianci:

"Hey~ God-given."

"Do you think I look good wearing this hairpin?"

Facing Liu's question, Wang Tianci slowly came back to his senses.

Looking at her quietly, Liu asked impatiently again:

"Tianci, tell me, do I look good wearing this hairpin?"

Faced with Liu's coquettishness, Wang Tianci couldn't resist and kept praising her.

After a long time, Liu snorted softly, temporarily avoiding Wang Tianci.

Wang Tianci reached into the small box and picked up a heavy gold ingot, feeling it was a little unreal.

Just these are worth fifty thousand taels of silver.

From now on, everything belongs to you!

Once they reach the southern border, he and Liu will buy thousands of acres of good farmland, hire people to cultivate it, and become a big landlord.

From then on, they stopped working and lived on collecting rent.

Every day when I have nothing to do, I take my wife to travel around the mountains and rivers. Just thinking about that kind of life is exciting and fascinating.

The other side.

Father and Mother Liu led the horses back to their own cart, tied the horses with ropes, and secured them in front of the cart.

The more I watch it, the more I love it.

"Such a good horse, I think I've only seen it in the Zou family in Beiyang County before." Father Liu said, gently stroking the warhorse's body, and he couldn't let it go.

Liu Hao on the side was running around the carriage excitedly.

There were bursts of loud shouts from the mouth:

"There's a carriage~"

"I'll never have to walk again."

Liu Shi looked at his third brother's childish appearance and smiled bitterly in his heart:

He is already a grown-up boy of thirteen or fourteen years old. When will he become a civilized man?

When I was his age, I had already taken over most of the farm work at home.

Thinking of this, Liu Shi looked at Liu's father and mother with a hint of reminiscence in his eyes.

Once upon a time, he was just like his third brother, spoiled by his mother and grandfather.

It was only later, when he grew up and worked in the fields all year round, that his younger brother Liu Hao won the love of his grandparents.

It’s not that I’m jealous, I just miss her a little.

If I hadn't been so sensible so early, I could have been a child spoiled by my grandparents for two more years.

Thinking this in his mind, Liu Shi helped his wife into the car.

But his car is not big.

There were a lot of items piled up on it.

After she sat down, it seemed a bit crowded.

Because she was pregnant, she couldn't curl up her legs, but she was worried about sitting on the edge, fearing she would fall and hurt the baby in her belly.

Among Liu's mother, Liu's father and Liu Shi, at least two of them could not go up.

You also have to walk on foot.

Seeing this, Liu Hao said to his sister-in-law:

"Sister-in-law, why don't you go to your brother-in-law's place?"

"Doesn't their carriage have room for three people?"

"It's a good thing the carriage isn't so bumpy."

When Liu Shi saw his brother suggesting that his wife go to his brother-in-law again, he immediately frowned.

The horses were given to their family because of the division of the family property.

Why is there no seat for my wife when I take the bus now?

Seeing this, Liu's father and mother looked embarrassed.

They felt guilty when they asked Liu Shi to borrow a horse from Shen Qian.

But Liu Hao was not there, and the two old people still had some shame and didn't dare to say anything.

As a result, Liu Shi not only caused his brother-in-law and mother-in-law to split up the family business, but also gave Ma Hai to Liu Shi's wife and sent her to her son-in-law's side.

Father Liu couldn't bear it and gave Mother Liu a look.

Seeing this, Liu's mother hurriedly said:

"Hi!"

"I'm just walking on the road with your grandfather."

"We've come such a long way, and we're not squeamish. We put the pregnant woman first."

When Liu Shi heard his mother say this, the dissatisfaction in his heart disappeared.

Turning to his wife, he said:

"I'll take you to your brother-in-law's place."

"A carriage is always less bumpy than our cart."

"I don't think my brother-in-law will refuse."

After Liu Shi finished speaking, he grabbed his wife's wrist and walked towards Wang Tianci's carriage without caring what his wife thought.

But after taking two steps, he saw Wang Tianci leading a carriage towards him.

When Wang Tianci saw Liu Shi, a look of joy immediately appeared on his face:

"Brother Liu Shi!"

"What are you doing with your sister-in-law?"

Faced with Wang Tianci's proactive and enthusiastic greeting, Liu Shi scratched his head awkwardly.

But with the previous experience, he said directly and proactively:

"Brother-in-law."

"The stroller I have at home is small and bumpy."

"I think your sister-in-law is pregnant and can't stand the bumpy ride, so I want to discuss it with you."

"See if you can let your sister-in-law stay in your carriage for the next period of time."

When Wang Tianci heard Liu Shi's question, he turned his head with some embarrassment.

It was obvious that he wanted to ask his wife Liu for her opinion.

He didn't even need to say a word, as his wife Liu, who heard the sound, had already stuck her head out of the carriage.

I said to my eldest brother who sent my sister-in-law over:

"Just right, I'm looking for my sister-in-law."

As she finished speaking, she had already gotten off the carriage and helped her sister-in-law into it.

Liu Shi breathed a sigh of relief after watching his wife get on the carriage.

He thanked Wang Tianci repeatedly.

Wang Tianci waved his hand generously:

"We're all family, brother, you're too polite."

As he was speaking, Wang Tianci led his horse to the vicinity of his father-in-law's house.

In the carriage, Liu pulled her sister-in-law to sit in the carriage. Liu could not hide her wealth at all, so she took out a box full of jewelry.

Open it in front of my sister-in-law.

More than a dozen pieces of jewelry were revealed.

Pick out a soft white jade hairpin and put it directly on your sister-in-law's head.

"Little sister, what does this mean?" Seeing Liu put the precious jade hairpin on her head, she looked flustered and asked softly.

"Of course it's a gift for my sister-in-law~" Liu said generously. When she thought of the conversation not long ago, her face showed a deep happiness:

"The jewels in this little box are gifts from heaven."

"Mom will be there later."

Liu seemed to be afraid that her sister-in-law would not accept it, so she quickly added a sentence.

Seeing this, my sister-in-law sighed and did not refuse.

But when she got off the car, she secretly put the hairpin back into her sleeve.

She wore coarse linen clothes.

Wearing such a precious jade hairpin on my head doesn't seem to match me at all.

However, after receiving the jade hairpin from her daughter, Liu's mother couldn't close her grinning mouth.

The smile is growing.

"My daughter is really filial. It's worth it that your mother loves you so much." Mother Liu praised her with all her might.

However, his younger brother Liu Hao also showed an excited look when he saw the jade hairpin.

Said to elder sister Liu:

"Sister, sister!"

"Is there no Haohao's?"

"Sister, brother-in-law, won't Haohao forget about it?"

Seeing her half-grown brother, Liu gently rubbed her temples and said:

"Yes, how could there not be?"

She had not originally intended to prepare it for Liu Hao, but since Liu Hao had asked her to do so, she had no choice but to give it to him.

As if to be fair, or perhaps out of a desire to show off, she simply took out two more pieces and gave them to her grandfather and eldest brother respectively.

After giving away all the jewelry in the box, there was only one piece of jade left, and the other jewelry together made up eight pieces. The five pieces that were given away were the most expensive jade pieces. Although there were many pieces left, their total value was probably not more than five thousand taels.

Thinking of this, Liu felt secretly distressed.

Before dinner started, three thousand young men gathered in front of Shen Qian.

They looked ahead, silently waiting for Shen Qian's response.

You know, after they joined the camp, they all heard that the legendary Fire Bull Formation that defeated the barbarians was created by this noble... princess during her inspection.

Following her, we can definitely defeat the barbarians.

"From today on, marching will begin with formation training. Each squad leader will be responsible for the soldiers in his platoon. If they fail to obey orders within seven days, the entire squad will be held responsible for one meal each day. If they obey orders within three days, each squad will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver."

"Yes!" The young men listened to Shen Qian's arrangements and responded in unison.

As a reward, just by obeying the orders, each person can get two taels of silver, which is equivalent to several months' food and salary.

Shen Qian looked at them and saw that they exuded a vitality that was completely different from that of the soldiers who were forcibly conscripted.

I thought to myself: If the imperial court trains new troops like this, there might be a chance to recover the northern border.

After arranging how to train the military formations, the heavily armored infantrymen who had been with Shen Qian before acted as instructors and started temporary training with the young and strong men.

Beside Shen Qian, a scout reported everything that happened on Wang Tianci's side.

Shen Qian sneered after hearing this:

"As soon as I arrived at my father-in-law's house, I paid over five thousand taels worth of protection money."

"Then I don't think you can make it to the southern border with these fifty thousand taels."

“Human greed is endless.”

At the same time, Shen Qian was also thinking. After all, this money was earned by her hard work. She couldn't just let her father-in-law's family get away with it. She had to find a way to put the money back into her own pocket.