The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

Taoxia Pavilion.

Wang Hongxuan was curious, so he turned around and asked Manager Yun.

"What is the origin of the Lin family? What is the relationship between Miss Song and the Lin family?"

Manager Yun has been in Taoxia Pavilion in Cile Town for several years, and he can be said to have a pretty good understanding of the families on North Street.

"There's only one Lin family on North Street, and that's the Yuanwai Mansion. It seems their fake daughter, who was mistakenly adopted and raised for thirteen years, has the surname Song. Could it be Miss Song?"

Manager Yun’s words aroused Wang Hongxuan’s curiosity.

"What happened? Tell me in detail."

"The thing is like this..."

……

After Xu Qingye pulled Song Yuntang out of Taoxiang Pavilion and turned a corner, Song Yuntang smiled and shook Xu Qingye's hand.

"Why are you suddenly pulling me to run so fast?"

"I don't want you to worry about the Lin family's affairs." Xu Qingye turned around and looked at her, "But if you are worried, I can accompany you to visit the Lin family."

Song Yuntang shook his head.

"Maybe you think I'm cold-blooded, but I really don't care about them anymore."

"I'm not cold-blooded." Xu Qingye held her hand and continued walking forward. "After all, they've raised you for thirteen years. If they really cared about you, they wouldn't have left you alone before. It's only natural that you're feeling disheartened now."

Song Yuntang didn't say anything. She first pulled Xu Qingye back to Yujun Pavilion. Mu Dong gave her the income of Song Yuntang in the past few days after her marriage. In three days, the total amount was eleven taels of silver.

After getting the silver, Song Yuntang took Xu Qingye to a nearby pharmacy and got some medicine for Xu Yongwang.

Then she took Xu Qingye to the grain and oil shop.

"Shopkeeper, how much food do you have in your shop?"

The shopkeeper looked up and said, "That's a lot. Just the stock we have now is fifty stone of white rice, eighty stone of brown rice, twenty stone of glutinous rice, and fifteen stone of white flour."

"How much would it cost if I bought all of them?" Song Yuntang asked.

The shopkeeper looked at her in disbelief.

"Buy all?"

Song Yuntang nodded, "Yes, please, boss, please calculate it for me."

The shopkeeper didn't quite believe that she had the ability to buy the food in his shop, but he still did it for her.

"If you want to buy them all, I can give you a discount. The white rice will be 851 dan, and 50 dan is 42.5 qian of silver. The unpolished rice will be 500, and 80 dan is 40 liang. The glutinous rice will be 860, and 20 dan will be 17 liang and 2 qian. The white flour will be 15 dan, and 12 liang. The total will be 111 liang and 7 qian."

The shopkeeper was ticking away on the abacus so fast that you could almost see the afterimage.

Song Yuntang looked at the account on the abacus and said, "One hundred and ten taels. If the shopkeeper is willing, I will take all the grain in the shop."

The shopkeeper was shocked.

"Girl, do you want so much?"

"I run a wine shop, and I need a lot of food on a daily basis." Song Yuntang made up an excuse. This year is a famine year, and the demand for wine must be less than usual. When it comes to brewing wine, one must do it within one's means.

The shopkeeper understood and nodded, saying, "Okay! Miss, you bought a lot today. If it's not far away, I can have someone deliver it to your door."

"Not far, not far. Please excuse me, shopkeeper."

Song Yuntang can save himself the trouble by having the goods delivered to his door.

After paying the silver, the shopkeeper called the servants in the shop to start sorting the food.

"We still have some food in the warehouse of another grain store. If you don't have enough, we can transfer it here in less than half a day."

Song Yuntang thought about it.

"Boss, please give me another two hundred dan of brown rice and notify the delivery location today. I will come back to pay the money then."

The shopkeeper thought that the shop needed to purchase grain anyway.

Just two hundred dan of brown rice.

Even if she didn't buy it, it would only last for a few more days if it was kept in the shop, so I didn't ask her to pay a deposit and agreed to it right away.

"Okay, when we have enough, I'll send someone to notify the girl."

Two quarters of an hour later, a total of 165 dan of grain were loaded onto eight carts. Song Yuntang and Xu Qingye led the way. The carts loaded with grain moved out of Cile Town and headed towards Zhuangzi.

The cart was pushed onto the farm, and all the people working in the wooden shed came to help.

Song Jinsheng arrived a little late today. When Song Yuntang saw him, he was planting trees on the open space in the farm.

Perhaps because he was worried about pulling his ribs, he didn't work very fast.

"Second brother, you still need to heal your injuries and can't work." Song Yuntang stepped forward and snatched the shovel from his hand.

Song Jinsheng was not angry. Instead, he looked at her with a smile and then turned to look in the direction of Xu Qingye.

"Sister, is Xu Qingye treating you well?"

He has been very worried at home these days.

I’m afraid that Song Yuntang will be wronged if he goes to the Xu family.

"It's fine." Song Yuntang looked at the dozen peach trees that Song Jinsheng brought. "Where did you get these peach trees, second brother?"

"Zhuanzizhu and I dug it from the mountains. It's cool today, perfect for planting, so I brought it here for you."

Song Yuntang had said this many times in front of him before.

He had been taking this matter to heart for a long time. If he hadn't been injured, he would have dug more for her.

"Zhuanzizhuzi doesn't study anymore?" Song Yuntang asked.

"Yes, but Mr. Zhuang had something to do these past two days, so he gave them two days off." He pointed at the dozen or so saplings. "They dug these trees. It didn't take much effort on my part."

"Thank you for your concern, second brother." She looked at Song Jinsheng, "Have lunch and dinner at the farm before going back. I'll ask Tu Shi to buy a few pounds of meat later."

Song Jinsheng nodded and said hesitantly, "Tang'er, can I live in the granary with Tu Shi?"

"Both granaries are habitable. If you want to live here, there's room for you. Just ask Uncle Qiao and the others to set up a bed for you." Song Yuntang looked at him, "But why did you suddenly want to live in the farm?"

Song Jinsheng sighed.

"My mother arranged a marriage for me, but I'm not very happy about it."

Song Yuntang was puzzled.

"What kind of marriage?"

To put it bluntly, Song Jinsheng is a bit foolishly filial. If he wasn't particularly dissatisfied, he probably wouldn't object.

He even felt the urge to live in the manor, which meant he definitely couldn't accept it from the bottom of his heart.

"She's a year older than me, nineteen this year. Her age isn't a problem, but she's a child bride. Even though her husband left home four years ago and no one knows whether he's alive or dead, the family that raised her says she's innocent and treats her like their own daughter."

Song Jinsheng had a worried look on his face.

"I don't have high requirements. I just want to find someone with whom I can live a good life. It doesn't matter if the conditions are a little worse. If her ex-husband is sure he won't come back, then that's fine. But if he comes back to find her later, and there's an old relationship between the two of them, and they're attracted to each other again, what should I do? I always feel like it's not right."

If they get married, the couple will eventually develop feelings for each other as they get along.

He doesn't want to live in fear of loss.

Song Yuntang frowned.

"What did mother think? Finding such a girl for you?"

"Mother said that the girl's in-laws only want a dowry of three taels of silver. Perhaps because she's getting older and the fields haven't produced much this year, they're anxious to get her married off so they can earn some money to live on."

Song Yuntang held his forehead helplessly, feeling a little annoyed in his heart, and his tone was inevitably a little impatient.

"Didn't you give her the ten taels of silver the Huang family gave you as compensation? You also gave her all the wages you earned from working for me. It's over ten taels in total. Can't I find you a good wife?"

Seeing Song Yuntang's big reaction, Song Jinsheng suddenly regretted telling her about this.

He said cautiously, "We didn't harvest much grain from the fields this year, and we have to pay the land tax soon. I spent nearly four taels of silver on the piles and pillars a while ago. I have to set aside money for the midwife for my sister-in-law's birth at the end of the year, but my mother said we don't have much money left."