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

Song Yuntang shook his head.

"Young Master Gu is a promising young man. He passed the imperial examination last year and is now a Hanlin Academy student. With the foundation laid by Lord Gu over the past decade at the Imperial College, Your Majesty, whether out of respect for Lord Gu's years of dedication or for the memory of General Ge who died on the battlefield, will provide him with a good platform to realize his ambitions."

"As for Jiu'er, I wouldn't dare to say anything about other people's houses, but in our house, I will certainly not let her suffer any injustice."

Jinshu nodded with admiration on his face.

"Our son-in-law now holds an important position in the Hanlin Academy. I believe that the people in the Hanlin Academy will give him a good place, even if it means looking at the Buddha's face."

Song Yuntang smiled.

"That's it."

……

On the fifth day after Xu Yongwang and Jiang left, Xu Qingye asked for a long vacation from the court, and together with Xu Wencheng, he led his family back to Lushan Village to accompany Hu for the last time.

She was also asked to take a look at her granddaughter-in-law who had just arrived, and her two little great-grandchildren before leaving.

On the seventh day of the sixth lunar month, Hu died.

He passed away peacefully and his funeral was very grand.

Over the years, Xu Yuande and Hu have treated Nian'er well.

Hu's death made Nian'er so sad that she lost a lot of weight.

Song Yuntang didn't say much, just asked her to mourn.

Now that everyone has their own family, Nian'er doesn't want to take up the time of her cousins ​​and their wives, uncles and aunts. When she's in a bad mood, she'll go sit on the hill.

Looking at the scenery and feeling the mountain breeze will make you feel a little more relaxed.

When her grandmother passed away, she met Xu Cui again.

Ever since Cheng Fu took a widow home and Xu Cui was reluctant to part with her, Xu Yuande and Hu Shi no longer paid any attention to her.

She is not living well now.

Not only did she have to take care of the widow's children, but all the laundry and cooking work for the family also fell on her.

Because my parents don’t care about me now.

If something didn't go his way, Cheng Fu would either beat or scold her.

After Hu's funeral, Xu Cui found Nian'er and proposed to leave the Cheng family and live with her, but Nian'er did not respond.

Her biological parents were like nightmares to her.

She just wanted to get away.

Xu Cui regretted her decision and returned to Cheng's house wiping her tears.

Since the opening of Xinglin Medical Clinic in Anyang County, Xu Changgen has been bringing Dahuang there to help. He has been in contact with Nian'er for a long time, and they have become familiar with each other over time.

He, Xu Wencheng, and Xu Erniu are close friends, so he has always treated Nian'er as his sister.

Whenever I saw her going up the hill, I would bring some delicious food from home and at the beginning I would also pick some sour and soft fruits from the mountain for her.

"Try it. It's freshly picked from the mountain. It seems to taste good."

Nian'er took a bite and immediately forgot her worries because of the sour taste.

Seeing this, Xu Changgen just laughed at her.

When Nian'er saw his gloating look, she cried out of grievance the first time, but fell into his trap a few more times afterwards. She felt angry and amused at the same time. After spitting out the sour fruit in her mouth, she couldn't help but punch him a few times with her fist.

"I'm so sad and you're still bullying me. You deserve it for not being able to find a sister-in-law at the age of twenty-one."

Xu Changgen glanced in her direction and smiled foolishly.

"It's because I'm too busy."

"Isn't my brother Wencheng busier than you? He's even married..."

Speaking of Xu Wencheng, Nian'er felt both happy and a little regretful.

There are some happiness that people like her are not worthy of pursuing.

She had let it go long before this.

Seeing her expression, Xu Changgen couldn't help but ask.

"do you like him?"

Nian'er said frankly, "He is my cousin, of course I like him, just like Brother Qingye, Brother Liangping, and Brother Chengji. But they are all married now, so I can't get as close to them as before, so as to avoid misunderstandings from my sisters-in-law."

Xu Changgen kept looking at her while she spoke.

Seeing that she seemed to have only brotherly feelings for Xu Wencheng, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He mustered up his courage.

"Nian'er, you are eighteen now. You are unmarried and I am unmarried. We know each other well. If you don't mind, why don't you consider me?"

Nian'er looked in his direction in surprise, then turned as if she had heard a joke.

"I think Brother Changgen has heard about how the Cheng family sold me to Shili Village a few years ago, right?"

She laughed self-deprecatingly.

"My sister-in-law asked me what I thought about marriage before."

"But after that incident, I have no intention of getting married in this life. Brother Changgen, please don't make such jokes in the future."

She said, standing up.

"I have something else to do, so I'll go back first."

Looking at her thin and flustered back, Xu Changgen felt a little distressed.

Nian'er was sold to Master Lu from Shili Village by her biological parents, so he naturally knew about it. At that time, it was Wencheng's eldest brother, sister-in-law and two uncles who went to Shili Village to find her and brought her back.

After hearing about that incident, Nian'er was depressed for a long time before she cheered up again.

He and Nian'er spent two or three years together at Xinglin Medical Clinic, and he saw the little girl's understanding, ability, and kindness.

Being sold did not hinder him from liking her.

I didn't mention it to her before because she was young and I was worried it would scare her.

Seeing that she had finally reached adulthood and he himself was old enough to no longer withstand the pressure from his family to get married, he finally mustered up the courage to bring it up to her.

But I didn't expect to get such an answer.

But he still felt unwilling.

After sitting quietly on the hill for a while, he went to Xu Yongwang's house.

Xu Wencheng was playing with his two little nephews in the yard. The grape vines that Song Yuntang had dug from the mountains had already climbed all over the racks. The house had been renovated by Xu Yongwang and Jiang, and it was now large and spacious. The two puppies that the villagers had given them as a thank you had grown up.

These two puppies seemed to understand human nature. From the moment they saw their little masters, whom they had never met before, they began to wag their tails and lick them.

Yun Xiao, who was only one year and four months old and had just learned to walk, was licked by the dog. He was so frightened that he lost his balance and fell to the ground, crying loudly.

Afterwards, Xu Wencheng took him to play with the dog every day in order to train his courage.

Now I am brave enough to climb on a dog as soon as I see one. I will ride on its back, pull its ears and shout, "Gee! Gee!"

They were pressed down on the ground and couldn't get up.

Hao Ting, who was only three years older than Yun Xiao, was not much better off. He chased the dog around in the yard all day long. In the scorching heat, the dog was so tired that it was panting with its tongue hanging out.

Later on, whenever the two children were at home, the dog would hide under the car and would not come out.

No matter how the two children called them, they drooped their ears to cover their cochlea and slept leisurely. They only dared to come out and move around after the children had rested.

Song Yuntang was too lazy to pay attention to all this.

Being naughty is a child's nature. As long as they don't do anything that violates principles or harms others, she can turn a blind eye.

As for the two dogs, she couldn't take sides and could only let them fend for themselves.

However, Xu Yongwang and Jiang were so happy to see their two little grandsons playing mischievously that Xu Yongwang even bought a group of ducklings for the children.

Whenever Hao Ting went out, the little ducks would line up in a long queue and follow behind him, just like a high-ranking official on patrol.

The villagers were also very surprised to see this delicate and handsome little boy.

"Qingye's wife is really good at giving birth. Look at this child, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, he will definitely be a promising person in the future."