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

Song Yuntang brought her parents-in-law and brother-in-law back to the farm, and Song Jinsheng immediately delivered the reply letter from Xu Qingye to her.

"My sister-in-law just came back and my brother has already sent me a letter? Let's see what he wrote." Xu Wencheng was full of curiosity.

Xu Yongwang slapped him on the head. "Why are you standing by while your eldest brother writes a letter to your sister-in-law?"

Xu Wencheng touched his head and walked to the other side of Song Yuntang, watching her unfold the letter.

However, there were only two words written on the letter paper:

【Know】

Song Yuntang blinked her eyes. She wrote on half a page about Lin Hongshen looking for her and told him to be on guard.

His reply was just two words?

Is he really very frugal with words, or does he have nothing to say to her?

A sense of loss arose in my heart for no reason.

At this moment, Xu Wencheng exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, why did my brother only write two words in the letter to you? It's such a big piece of paper, at least he should write more to save paper."

Seeing that Song Yuntang was not in a good mood, Jiang grabbed Xu Wencheng by the scruff of the neck and took him aside to "reason" with him.

Song Yuntang folded the letter and looked up at Song Jinsheng.

"Second brother, did you help me get the herbs back from the county town today?"

Song Jinsheng smiled and said, "How could I not pay attention to what you asked me to do? I saw that there is still some space in the granary, so I put all the herbs there for you."

Song Yuntang nodded. "I'll stock up on some food later. I don't know how badly the disaster is affecting other areas. The prices of grain in Cile Town and Anyang County have increased significantly. If we buy more food, we'll have to ship it in from other places. But the risks are huge, so I'm afraid we'll have to go together."

Song Jinsheng agreed, "That's for sure. When we went to the county town, the grocery store owner told us that the bandits in Funiu Village have been rampant recently. Many people's money and belongings have been robbed."

Song Yuntang touched his chin.

"The imperial court should find a way to suppress the bandits, right?"

Song Jinsheng said with great excitement, "The bandits must be suppressed, but I heard that the terrain of Funiu Village is special, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the mountains are steep and difficult to clear out. As a result, the county magistrate has only controlled the bandits in the mountains for many years and rarely sent them down to act. Now, seeing that the harvest is bad, they want to come down to collect the income."

He turned his head to look at the man beside him.

"Second brother knows quite a lot."

Song Jinsheng waved his hands. "Well, how would I know this? I just heard about it from someone else, and then I asked my brother-in-law about it, and he told us."

The expression on Song Yuntang's face returned to seriousness.

"In that case, let's wait a little longer to stockpile food. Maybe the bandits will be wiped out soon. Anyway, I don't have that much money on hand to buy food right now."

After paying the balance for the bricks and tiles, he still had ninety-nine taels of silver left.

I also have to plan for the shop in the county town.

Even though the harvest is not good, we still cannot delay making money.

"Sister, are you short of money?" Song Jinsheng asked.

Song Yuntang shook his head. "It's just that my expenses have increased recently. It's not a big deal. I'll keep the money for turnover."

Turning to look at him, "I also want to build a few adobe houses on the farm to raise pigs. Second brother, please help me keep an eye on this matter when you are free. From now on, the wages of the workers on the farm will be settled once a month. You can also talk to them."

Song Jinsheng nodded and said okay.

Thinking of Hua Jian Zui's incident, Song Yuntang added, "I think Changbairen is quite clever. Ask him if he's willing to work in the town's tavern. The pay there is a hundred coins less than making bamboo pots, but there are rewards for completing tasks in the shop every month. If you're lucky, working there for a month can be equivalent to working at the farm for two months, and he might even become the manager in the future."

Song Jinsheng said quickly, "He shouldn't refuse such a promising thing."

Song Yuntang smiled and said, "Second brother, please ask around for me. Maybe some people would be willing to take a stable wage of 900 wen."

"Okay, if he's willing, I'll have him go to town with Brother Fang and the others tomorrow."

"Leave it to my second brother. It's getting late, and we should go back to Lushan Village." Song Yuntang said, walking towards Xu Wencheng, "Wencheng, go and hitch up the mule cart. We're going home."

"okay!"

After being nagged by Jiang for nearly a quarter of an hour, Xu Wencheng felt overwhelmed. When he met Song Yuntang and heard her tell him to do something, he just responded and ran away quickly.

Jiang sighed and took Song Yuntang's hand.

"Tang'er, Qingye has been a quiet kid, so it's normal that there's not much in the letter. Don't think too much about it."

She knows her own son well.

He doesn't talk much and is always indifferent, but his eyes and behavior can't lie.

If he didn't love her, even if she really cured his illness, he would only compensate her in other ways instead of marrying her.

Song Yuntang pursed his lips and smiled.

"Mom, I didn't think much of it, don't worry."

Although I don’t know what Xu Qingye thinks, at least my parents-in-law are nice people and suitable for living with.

Moreover, Xu Qingye seemed to be quite considerate and tolerant towards her.

She figured it out.

Just live your life.

Most of the time, it’s enough to be satisfied. You can’t always demand perfection in everything.

Seeing Xu Wencheng had harnessed the mule cart, Song Yuntang hurried to the courtyard and picked up half a jar of sweet wine. The family got on the mule cart and went back.

……

As soon as she got home, Jiang suddenly felt something was wrong. After getting off the mule cart, she covered her stomach and went to the toilet.

After coming out, she pulled Song Yuntang to her and Xu Qingye's room, with joy in her eyes.

"Tang'er, I'm having my period!"

Song Yuntang smiled and said, "Now, the stone hanging in my heart can finally fall to the ground."

"Isn't it?" Jiang patted her chest and said, "I'm already old, and giving birth would be painful. If I really get pregnant, I don't know what to do."

Song Yuntang looked gentle.

"After your period is over, I will take care of you. Maybe you were too busy preparing for our wedding last month and you worked too hard."

"Let's talk about it after your period is over. I'll go cook first. We had a late lunch today, so let's have something simple tonight." Jiang patted Song Yuntang's hand and turned to go to the kitchen.

Looking at the busy figures in the kitchen, Song Yuntang smiled, sorted the herbs he had just brought from the farm one by one, and began to grind the herbs to make pills.

……

After dinner, it was already dark. After washing up, Song Yuntang lay in bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep. He took out the letter written by Xu Qingye from under his pillow, and could roughly read the two words on the paper in the moonlight.

Then I felt that my behavior was a bit childish.

He smiled helplessly, folded the letter again and put it back under his pillow, pulling the quilt over his chest.

I turned sideways and looked at the moon outside the house, and it took a long time before I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

The next day, Song Yuntang got up very early.

She didn't plan to go to town today. She wanted to try making dough with sweet wine.

If this business really becomes successful, maybe I can add a new recipe to the shop.

Add sweet wine to warm water, mix and knead the dough, then put it on the stove to ferment.

The fermentation time with sweet wine would be relatively long, so Song Yuntang was not in a hurry. He washed his hands and continued to make pills.

She was too busy these days and the stock of pills in the shop was almost depleted. She had to make some to replenish it quickly.

Xu Wenben originally wanted to help her. Just after he finished breakfast, Xu Erniu, who was about the same age as him in the village, came to call for help.

"Wencheng, there are lotus roots in the pond at the foot of the mountain near Dashan Village. We're planning to go get some to eat as a dish. Do you want to join us?"