SFS Chapter 194 Unscathed
Chapter 194 Unscathed
Song Yuntang smiled and pointed to the wooden shed next to the courtyard.
"That's where they make wine on the farm. They steamed three pots of grain a few days ago, and it's fermenting now. Auntie has a really sharp nose."
"No wonder!" Zhang pointed to the other wooden shed and asked, "What's that used for?"
Song Yuntang looked in the direction of her finger.
"Over there is a simple factory building that makes bamboo can packaging." She said, looking towards the courtyard, "Aunt Miao, fill six cans of shampoo. I will take them away later."
Aunt Miao responded and hurried into the house to busy herself.
After arranging things here, Song Yuntang went to take a look at the pepper seedlings planted by Fang Tianci and Tu Shi in the morning.
Both of them are good at farm work.
The soil in the field was turned over finely and flatly, and the spacing between the pepper seedlings was almost the same. I roughly counted and found that one ridge was divided into three rows, with thirty pepper seedlings in each row. There were two ridges in total, with less than two hundred seedlings.
In addition to those planted in the courtyard and at home in Lushan Village.
If all of them can survive, the output should be good, and there will be no problem supplying our own winery at least next year.
Later on, a large number of seeds can be saved and promoted in county towns and even provincial capitals.
"Aunt Miao, the seedlings planted today need to be watered in the morning and evening in the next two days. Please pay more attention to them. It's getting late, so I'll go home first." Song Yuntang said when he came to the gate of the courtyard.
Miao was preparing to cook at this time. After hearing Song Yuntang's instructions, she quickly responded, "Don't worry, young lady. I will ask Tianci and Tushi to water the plants tomorrow morning. The shampoo water has just been put on the mule cart."
"Okay, then you guys go ahead and get busy. I'm leaving."
"Hey, take care, girl."
Song Yuntang led everyone onto the mule cart, and Xu Wencheng drove the mule cart to Lushan Village.
Aunt Miao's family and Tu Shi were watching over the affairs of the farm, so she was not worried.
"Wencheng, go back and prepare some fodder. The mule has been busy all afternoon and must be hungry."
Xu Wencheng smiled.
"Dad prepared some fodder for lunch, and there's still some left. The mules will have something to eat when they get home."
Yesterday I saw a mule cart carrying Song Yuntang's things to his home, and I thought it was rented. I didn't expect that my sister-in-law and elder brother would drive the mule cart back this morning.
When my father asked, he found out that it was my sister-in-law who bought it herself.
They immediately arranged a nest for the mule and prepared a lot of grass for it to eat.
Zhang was worried and thought it would be inconvenient with so many people at home, so she lifted the bamboo curtain of the mule cart and said to Xu Liangping, "Liangping, come in. Mother has something to ask you."
"Hey." Xu Liangping climbed directly into the mule cart and sat down across from Zhang. "What did mother want to ask me?"
"What do you think, your cousin Xiaofang from your aunt's family?" Zhang asked directly.
Xu Liangping touched the back of his head and said a little embarrassedly, "I don't really have any ideas. It's up to my parents to decide."
Seeing that her son's answer was unclear, Zhang spoke frankly.
"Let me tell you the truth, I can't say I like Xiaofang, nor do I hate her, but I'm not very willing to let her marry into our family."
Xu Liangping blinked.
"Since mother doesn't want to, then just refuse."
"So this is why I asked you about your wishes. If you really like her and want her, I'm not against it. After all, you two are living your own lives, so I'm not against it. But if you just treat her as a sister and have no other feelings towards her, I'm thinking about sending a letter to your aunt to refuse her."
As she spoke, she glanced in Song Yuntang's direction.
"You've heard that your cousin's wife is a good doctor. What she said today about cousins not being suitable for marriage in our house, I even asked her specifically. It's not groundless. After all, it concerns your future. I hope you will consider it carefully."
Without thinking, Xu Liangping shook his head and said, "I've always treated my cousin Xiaofang as my younger sister. Before today, I never thought that my cousin would suddenly come to our house and ask for marriage. Since it's not suitable, mother can just refuse it for me."
After hearing this, Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Cheng, I'm relieved to hear you say that." She glanced at the carriage curtain and said, "Go outside with Wencheng to drive the mule cart."
"it is good."
Xu Liangping responded and got out of the mule cart.
Zhang looked at Song Yuntang.
"Tang'er, don't take your aunt's words today to heart. When your aunt saw Qingye passed the imperial examination, she brought gifts from her mother's family and wanted Qingye to register all the land on the Cheng family's side in his name."
"When Qingye passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, we hadn't yet split up the family. Your grandparents registered all the land in his name. After the split, we didn't register it with the government. We took advantage of this loophole."
"Your aunt thinks that your parents-in-law and Qingye are biased because they help our family but not her."
"Qingye made it very clear to her at the time that he was going to take the imperial examinations and become an official. This behavior was against the laws of Daxia. If he was criticized for this in the future, he would lose more than he gained."
"After your aunt went back, she was furious. When she came back, she brought Cheng Xiaoqian to Lushan Village. Xiaoqian was only eleven years old at the time. Your aunt wanted to leave her in your house for Qingye as a child bride, but Qingye disagreed, and your parents-in-law were also unwilling. Anyway, this incident made everyone unhappy."
"She brought this up today probably to sow discord between you and Qingye. You must not fall into her trap."
Song Yuntang understood.
It turns out that Xu Cui has such a grudge with her family.
It seems that Xu Cui is not a good person either.
"Don't worry, Auntie. I didn't take her words to heart at all."
"That's good." Zhang heaved a sigh of relief. "I was afraid you might misunderstand me, so I told you the whole story. Qingye grew up under our care. He's been quiet and principled since he was young. Now that he's married to you, you can live with him without worry."
Song Yuntang nodded.
"Thank you, aunt."
"Oh!" Zhang was a little embarrassed. "Why are you thanking me? I didn't do anything. I've been grateful to Qingye for all these years."
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Mule carts are much faster than ox carts.
I got home in less than a quarter of an hour.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard voices in the yard. It turned out that not only Xu Cui and her two daughters were here, but my grandparents had also come home.
Song Yuntang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It seems that another farce is inevitable today.
"Mom, we're back." Xu Wencheng shouted as the mule cart stopped.
Hearing the noise, Jiang hurried to the door.
"Is everything going well?"
Xu Wencheng half-jokingly said, "Don't worry, mother. Your precious daughter-in-law is fine and unharmed."
Jiang glanced at him.
"You little bastard! Isn't it because you've never driven a mule cart that I'm worried?"
Song Yuntang got out of the mule cart.
"Mom, Wencheng drives the mule cart very well."
Xu Wencheng's mouth was almost stretched to the sky with praise from his sister-in-law.
Jiang smiled and said, "That's fine."
Seeing Song Yuntang was about to get off the mule cart, he stepped forward to help her.