Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 29
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Liniang's thoughts turned for a moment, and she remembered a small incident that several wives mentioned when she went to the Qin Mansion for a banquet a few days ago, so she had a plan in her mind.

"Husband, when my concubine went to a banquet a few days ago, I happened to hear someone mention that there was a lady Wu in the west of the city. I live alone in the courtyard. On weekdays, I often teach the maidservants of the rich family how to behave and earn some money to make a living. If we buy a few maidservants and send them to her for two months, when my younger sister moves in, we will directly ask Mrs. Wu to help send them. If you don't touch it, it won't cause any doubts. How about this?"

This idea is extremely well thought out, Xiao Heng of course agreed repeatedly.The two discussed adding ten beddings, a set of various household items, and some food, tea and the like. They gathered about two carts of inexpensive but extremely practical items, and the arrangement was considered complete.Seeing that it was getting dark, the couple got up and went to the dining hall to have dinner with their son.Liniang just smiled when she thought of her son's greedy face.Since having fragrant rice at home, Cheng'er loves it very much, and has to eat a bowl full before she is willing to put down her chopsticks.If this fragrant rice can be grown in the future, Baihua Kingdom will also have another kind of food...food? !

Thinking of the word "grain", Liniang felt a meal at her feet.No matter which dynasty or generation, food is the foundation of the world, and it has always been highly valued by the royal family.If my husband can really grow fragrant rice next year, once it is dedicated to His Majesty the Lord, His Majesty will definitely reward you.And at that time, the husband and she can avenge their shame, and let those who bullied them see how they returned to the Hou's mansion.Of course these are not important, what is important is that her Cheng'er...

Xiao Heng didn't know that so many thoughts had been going through his wife's mind in this short moment, so he pulled his wife in doubt, "Ma'am, why don't you leave? I'm afraid Cheng'er is in a hurry."

"Ah, the concubine just suddenly remembered something, which delayed my husband's meal." Liniang was pulled back by her husband, and continued walking as if nothing had happened.Xiao Heng thought of the concubine who was unappetizing just now, and asked her to discipline her well, not to be too lenient, Liniang nodded casually, if it was normal, she didn't know how happy she would be, that woman has always been her heart Thorn, but at this moment, her mind has already gone elsewhere.

She knew that her husband was unwilling to go back to that mansion. His biological mother died early, and now Mrs. Hou is a stepwife.He met her by chance when he was hunting back then, and because she looked exactly like his biological mother, he insisted on marrying her and returning home despite the objections of his grandmother and father. Although he knew it was difficult to make things difficult, he just endured it and did nothing.Later, the stepwife successfully gave birth to a son, and the situation in the mansion became more complicated.It happened that she was also pregnant, and when the stepwife found out about it, she provoked the grandmother to find out her little mistake, beat her child hard, and killed her.This time, Xiao Heng couldn't bear it any longer. He slapped his stepmother, scolded his grandmother and father angrily, and then left everything behind. He only took the little money his mother left him, and led her to the northernmost Kao City to settle down.

He was chilled by that mansion, and wanted to stay far away from those gossips and live here until his old age.However, she didn't want to do this. When she was punished by the stick, she had a way to ask someone to notify him, and the child could be kept, but she didn't do that.

That child was the price she paid for leaving the Hou Mansion, and it was also an opportunity to make her husband feel guilty and grab his heart.

Of course she succeeded, and now there is no one around her who can bully her and make things difficult for her.Although she was infertile for three years after coming here, she reluctantly took a concubine for her husband, but his husband treated her with no less affection. Ever since she became pregnant with Cheng'er, he never stepped into that woman's house again.However, she is still not reconciled, especially when she looks at Cheng'er, her son is the eldest grandson of the Hou's family, and when he grows up, he will take over the position of Marquis of Anguo. The son of a merchant despised by men.At this time, this fragrant rice is definitely a good opportunity, she has to think carefully, how can she persuade her husband to write a letter to the Houfu.

Liniang had something on her mind and had no appetite, so she ate some hastily.Waiting for husband and son to finish eating, send son to sleep.Only then did he and his husband go back to their husband and wife's inner room.Calling someone to bring in the bath water, she wiped Xiao Heng's back while thinking about how to speak.

Xiao Heng saw that she was absent-minded, and asked, "Madam, what's embarrassing in your heart?"

Liniang was worried about how to open her mouth, so she followed his lead and said, "Husband, how can I have any embarrassing things for myself, my daily life is nothing more than these trivial matters at home. My wife, it suddenly occurred to me that food has always been They are the foundation of the country. If my husband and sister grow fragrant rice next year, it will be a great achievement. However, if someone with a heart knows about it and uses it to attack Lord Hou, it will be a disaster. .”

Xiao Heng was startled when he heard this, and stood up abruptly from the barrel. "Yeah, why didn't I think of this." But after thinking about it, he sat down again with peace of mind. "Ma'am, I'm worrying too much. This is the first time my little sister has tried planting. Whether she can succeed is still in doubt. Even if it is really planted, it will be a matter of next autumn. At that time, it will be too late to tell my father. Now I will tell my father about it." My father mentioned that if it doesn’t work out, wouldn’t it be very disappointing.”

Liniang helped him pour a ladle of water on him again, "I just think that if you can't grow it, you have to communicate with Lord Hou first. Heart, isn’t it troublesome. Let’s let Hou Ye know about this first. As for whether he should report it to the lord first, or how to guard against political opponents, it’s up to him to decide. As long as we plant fragrant rice carefully next year, whether it will be successful or not There is no need to worry about success. Of course, the concubine is just a woman with little knowledge, so I still have to make up my mind for such a big matter."

Xiao Heng sat there, frowning tightly. He never liked these intrigues, if not, he would not have resolutely left the waiting mansion and established his own family.It is because there is too complicated, there is no mother and no home.However, if someone really wants to use the matter of planting fragrant rice to attack Hou Fu, this is not what he wants to see.I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, it is so difficult to do something good for the people.No wonder the little girl didn't want people to know that she was thinking about planting fragrant rice. These private matters were indeed beyond her ability to handle as a woman.No way, he had to write a letter to his father, but how could he get the little sister out?
Liniang knew that he had listened to her words, so she didn't say much anymore, but started to wash his hair slowly...

Half a month later, at the gate of the courtyard outside the study of Anguohou's Mansion on Ningle Street, Huadu.

Xiao An and Xiao Ning have been standing under the sun for more than an hour, and their expressions are a little sluggish. Beads of sweat are rolling down their foreheads like raindrops. They are really sunburned. , Even so, their eyes are still fixed on the surroundings of the courtyard door, paying attention to any disturbance, and they dare not relax in the slightest.

They have been working in the study for two years, and the Hou Ye has any rules and taboos, and both of them remember it well in their hearts.The most important and the most inviolable thing is that when Lord Hou invites the guests to discuss matters, they must stand at the gate of the courtyard and guard the door, and no one is allowed to come in.

However, in the past, at most half an hour, the discussion was over.But today is very special. First, the chief steward took a letter and a bag of things to report to Lord Hou.Then, within the effort of a stick of incense, several Qingke masters were recruited.Later, the chief steward mysteriously brought in a tightly covered pottery bowl, and the two of them didn't dare to take a closer look, but just smelling the fragrance, they salivated uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)