After picking up a lucky girl, all the beasts line up to come to your door

Mu Baobao screamed, ran quickly to Shangguan Quan and circled around him.

"Third Brother, where have you been? Where did the fish come from?"

The ground in the yard is paved with stones by the guards, so you won't get muddy or water when you step on it.

But the road outside was full of mud and water, and wherever you stepped on it, you would get dirty mud.

Shangguan Quan threw the fish to the guard beside him and went to the kitchen to wash his hands. "I had nothing to do this morning, so I went to the village and saw many people heading to the river."

"I followed them and saw many villagers picking up fish by the river. I picked up a big one."

Sang Ye's eyes widened, looking clueless. "Can you pick up fish by the river?"

Shangguan Quan came out after washing his hands.

He took the handkerchief handed to him by the servant and wiped his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "I don't know either. I just saw many villagers picking up fish by the river, and there were quite a few children among them."

"That's normal." Mu Baobao jumped back to the eaves. "After a heavy rain, there will be a lot of fish jumping out of the river in the village."

"Every time it rained heavily, grandma and the others would go to the river to pick up fish."

"For the villagers, fish is a good thing. They can be sold and eaten."

“It’s meat!”

Mu Pingping took over and explained in more detail, "Most villagers only eat meat a few times a year."

"How could the villagers not be happy to have a chance to eat meat for free?"

Sang Ye couldn't understand, "Pork costs more than ten copper coins per pound, how can the villagers afford it?"

This is what he learned on the road: pork costs more than ten copper coins per pound.

I know a little about Hua Yun.

Shangguan Quan didn't understand any of this. "Yeah, a dozen copper coins a pound is pretty cheap, why not buy some meat?"

Mu Baobao stared at the two of them with wide eyes, his little face full of shock, as if saying, "How could you say such a thing?"

Mu Pingping, "...you two seem to be feeling a bit like, 'Why don't you just eat meat?'"

"For you two, a dozen copper coins is too little even for a servant."

"But for the villagers, who work in the fields for years, a dozen copper coins is a lot of money."

He held up a finger and said, "For villagers who work in the fields all year round, earning a dozen or so taels of silver is already quite good."

"Most people can barely make ends meet at the end of the year, leaving them with very little money. How can they afford to buy meat?"

Sang Ye and Shangguan showed their guilt completely.

"We take things for granted. We haven't experienced the hardships of ordinary people, so we say such things."

"Yes. For us, a dozen copper coins are not even silver, but for ordinary people at the bottom, it is difficult for them to come up with a dozen copper coins."

This is why countless people want their sons to study hard and succeed.

For ordinary people, their sons’ education is their only chance to succeed.

Other ways to get ahead are almost impossible and more difficult.

Mu Pingping knew that these two people were not arrogant, nor did they look down on the common people. They were like that because they had not experienced these things.

"We are in the village now, so why not take a look around? You might find something great."

Sang Ye and Shangguan Quan expressed their gratitude.

"Master Sang, shall I take you to the river?" Shangguan Quan said with a smile. "There are still quite a few villagers picking up fish by the river right now."

Sang Ye was indeed very interested in this, so he took a few guards and went out with Shangguan Quan.

Because there was mud outside, everyone wore slim-fitting clothes and leather shoes so they wouldn't be afraid of the mud.

Mu Baobao was also interested in picking up the fish, but she decided to stay at home with her little brother because he was sick.

When Sang Ye and his companions arrived at the river, there were not many villagers left, and most of them were children.

Children between three and six years old, both boys and girls, are picking up fish here.

It is not safe for the younger children to come to the river, and the older children have to work in the fields.

Shangguan Quan told Sang Ye all this: "I also learned this from the villagers."

"Except for the very favored and very young children here, all the others have to work. They are never idle for a single day."

At that time, he was thinking that it was fortunate that he came from a wealthy family, otherwise he would not be able to survive a day like this.

Sang Ye also had a lot of feelings. At this moment, he finally understood what his grandfather meant by saying that he should go out more often and see more about the lives of ordinary people.

If he hadn't gone out and only read in books, he wouldn't have seen these things, and he wouldn't have understood many things.

Thanks to the baby, she was the one who brought him out.

"Did Baby's family live like this before?"

Shangguan Quan said, "I have asked the villagers."

"People in the village said Bao Bao's family lived a good life. Later, Bao Bao's family started a business, and their lives became better."

At this point, he lowered his voice and said, "I also heard from the villagers that the baby is not the Mu family's child, but was picked up by the Mu family in the mountains."

Sang Ye was very surprised and whispered, "Is this true?"

"Look at how the Mu family dotes on the baby, it doesn't look like the baby is not a member of the Mu family."

He had seen with his own eyes how much the Mu family doted on their baby.

Shangguan Quan said, "It should be true."

"The villagers said that the baby's biological grandmother and biological father came to her and wanted to use her for money, but they were beaten up by everyone."

"I heard from the villagers that the Mu family had too many sons and no daughters, so they were hoping for a daughter."

Sang Ye said "oh", big families also have this situation, if they can't give birth to daughters or sons, they will adopt one from the family, but they won't pick up one.

"Master Shangguan, don't mention this matter."

Shangguan Quan nodded to show that he understood. He was not stupid, so he would not mention it in front of Bao Bao and the others.

The two men stood there with their guards, attracting the attention of the villagers by the river, but that was all they attracted.

The adults and children by the river just did what they were supposed to do and didn't pay much attention.

For them, paying attention to the young masters of these big families will not allow them to have enough food to eat, so it is better to catch more fish.

……

Mu Baobao drank his fish porridge and leaned over to Hua Yun to read: "Second Brother, who wrote this letter?"

Hua Yun tapped her little head lightly and said with a smile, "Baby, this is not a letter, it's a visiting card."

"But, the visiting cards I've seen before are not like this." Mu Baobao looked at the letter in confusion.

Hua Yun explained, "This is a visiting card written in the form of a letter."

"Baby has seen it before. That's a more formal visiting card. This one asks the host for their opinion first, gets their consent, and then presents the formal visiting card."

Mu Baobao said with an understanding, "Second Brother, who sent this visiting card?"

"We just got back, so no one should send us a visiting card."

Hua Yun handed the letter to the guard and said, "It's from the local county magistrate."