Years ago, the patriarch of the Lu clan came to ask Lu Bozhou to discuss the matter of sacrifice and invited Lu Bozhou to put the plaque of Juren into the ancestral hall.

Lu Bozhou refused.

Lu Bozhou said calmly, "My plaque for the title of Juren cannot be placed in a small clan temple."

The patriarch of the Lu clan was hurt by Lu Bozhou's words. He returned home and stayed indoors, and was sick for several days.

By the time he recovered from his illness, the New Year was almost here.

The head of the Lu clan went to Lu Ping again and said, "Bozhou doesn't recognize our clan. You will be the hope of our clan from now on."

Lu Ping smiled calmly:

"My eldest brother's father is from the big clan, and his grandparents are still alive. How could he put the plaque of Juren in the small clan's ancestral hall? What would the big clan think?"

Before the Lu clan leader could say anything else, Lu Ping had already left.

then.

The patriarch of the Lu clan is sick again.

After I recovered from the illness, the New Year was over.

Years later, the patriarch of the Lu clan announced his resignation and his son took over the position.

The changes in Xiaozong did not affect Li Jinglan at all.

She was happily preparing to build a house.

The street where the bamboo shop in the county is located has been completely cleared and the foundation has been laid.

Now the whole street is fenced off, and we are just waiting for the weather to thaw before we start building houses.

Li Jinglan took the opportunity to ask Zhao Zhengyi to ask the surrounding neighbors if anyone was willing to sell their house.

If you are willing to sell your house, come and sign an agreement with Zhao Zhengyi.

Those who don't want to sell will not be forced.

There is also a canned food store in Beijing, which opened before the New Year.

Li Jinglan gave the store a very intuitive name, "Lu's Canned Fruit Store".

Mainly engaged in canned vegetables, fruits, duck eggs and goose eggs.

The opening happened to be the Chinese New Year.

Business is booming.

Lu Guanyu won the first battle and was jumping for joy all day long.

Another batch of orders was placed in the village.

Now the villagers' enthusiasm for raising chickens, ducks and geese has also been aroused.

Some people even go to other villages to buy adult chickens, ducks and geese and bring them back to lay eggs to sell.

Taking advantage of the warm spring weather, Li Jinglan invited the old farmer to her home to talk.

Tenant Yang Laoshi told Li Jinglan about the things to pay attention to during spring ploughing.

Li Jinglan nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

When Lu Bozhou came back from the front yard, he happened to see this scene.

A group of farmers in cloth clothes sat around the steps in the yard.

Li Jinglan's face was smiling, and her smile was wide.

The sunlight shone on the green tiles above the eaves and fell into Li Jinglan's dress.

Lu Bozhou smiled slightly.

He remembered the day when Li Jinglan opened the door of the Lu family for him.

some people.

One glance, and it’s a lifetime.

"Then the spring ploughing matter is settled." After Li Jinglan and Yang Laoshi discussed it, they finalized the spring ploughing matter.

When she looked up, she saw Lu Bozhou and asked, "When did my husband come back?"

Seeing Lu Bozhou coming back, everyone stood up and bowed: "Greetings, Mr. Jie Yuan."

"I just came back and saw you guys talking." Lu Bozhou nodded at a few tenant farmers and walked to Li Jinglan.

He first reached out and touched Li Jinglan's fingers, which were a little cold. "The weather is still a little cold. Why don't you talk inside?"

Yang Laoshi interrupted, "We are very dirty, and we were afraid of disturbing the lady, so we specifically asked to talk in the courtyard."

"How can it be dirty?" Lu Bozhou turned around and looked at Yang Laoshi with a smile. "There is an old saying that the sky is father and the earth is mother. The sky is the father and the earth is the mother. You face the loess and your back is to the sky. You are in your parents' arms all day long. How can your parents' arms be dirty?"

"From now on, when it's cold and you want to talk to the lady, go inside."

After he said this, several tenant farmers present, including Yang Laoshi, burst into tears.

No one ever praised them.

Everyone despises them for being peasants.

Dislike them for being dirty.

But in front of Lu Bozhou and Li Jinglan, they received rare respect.

Watching Lu Bozhou talking with several tenant farmers, Li Jinglan smiled.

During the conversation, Lu Bozhou looked back at Li Jinglan and smiled back.

time.

As if frozen in a smile.

Cross the lush grass and flying orioles, cross the warm spring sun.

The good news that Lu Bozhou had won the first place in the imperial examination was once again posted on the door of the Lu family.

The entire Nanli County was in a carnival.

People kept coming to the Lu family to congratulate them.

When Lu Bozhou's article was passed to the palace, the emperor could not help but exclaim after reading it: "It's really good."

The emperor thought of the time when Prince Jin came back from Xishui Village a few years ago and praised Lu Bozhou's wife highly.

Arouse the desire to play.

It was the Queen who advised him, "There will be another palace examination in April. Wouldn't it make Lu Huiyuan uneasy if you go to Xishui Village at this time?"

"Why not wait until after the palace examination? It will be almost summer harvest time then, and you can go check out the harvest in the fields."

The emperor thought it made sense and gave up on the idea.

Just as the emperor and the queen were talking.

Li Fengxian gave birth.

The sound of the baby crying concealed Li Fengxian's haggardness and despair.

It's a boy!

When Li Fengxian heard the midwife say it was a boy, her last bit of hope disappeared.

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After all, she couldn't walk the path that Li Jinglan could walk.

When Xia's mother walked into the delivery room and saw her fair-skinned grandson, her face was full of smiles.

"Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for your hard work." Mother Xia was talking to Li Fengxian, but her eyes were only on the child.

Years ago, Li Fengxian seemed to have come to her senses after meeting Li Jinglan several times.

Never argue with Xia Jifang again.

He even took the initiative to find beauties for Xia Jifang.

Xia Jifang has been spending more and more time at home, and recently he has stopped associating with the boy named Hu.

Xia's mother checked Xia Jifang's homework and was very satisfied.

If Xia Jifang can continue to work hard like this, he will be able to pass the next provincial examination and become a scholar.

So she felt more sincere towards Li Fengxian.

Mother Xia gently patted the baby's swaddling clothes and said, "My dear child, your uncle is a top scholar in the imperial examination. You should also be like him and bring honor to our Xia family in the future."

Li Fengxian's yard was full of joy, but Meixiang's yard was filled with misery.

Wu Fangfei paced back and forth in Meixiang's room, her face full of anxiety: "What should I do? What should I do now?"

Meixiang's health had not been good to begin with, and she was able to hold on thanks to the tonic Wu Fangfei gave her.

A few days ago, Meixiang and Miss Ruyi met in the yard.

Miss Ruyi criticized Meixiang a few words.

Meixiang couldn't win the argument with Miss Ruyi, so she came back looking depressed.

I don't know why, but I had a miscarriage today.

"I'm afraid I'm about to give birth." Meixiang covered her belly, "Sister, please go find the mistress and ask her to find a midwife for me."

Wu Fangfei seemed to have just woken up at this moment and nodded vigorously: "Wait, I'll be there right away."

As she said this, she lifted her skirt and walked out.

Meixiang closed her eyes and felt the pain in her stomach as if it was being cut by a knife.

Gritting my teeth desperately.

"It hurts, it hurts so much!"

I don’t know how long I waited, but Wu Fangfei never came back.

Meixiang was in so much pain that she banged her head against the bed.

Until it was almost dark.

Wu Fangfei came back with tears on her face: "Good sister, I tried my best."

"Where is the midwife?" Meixiang looked at Wu Fangfei with difficulty.

Wu Fangfei secretly shed tears: "I, I have looked for it..." At this point, Wu Fangfei bit her lip, "My dear sister, please bear with it for a while."

"Is it because the mistress refuses to find a midwife for me?" Meixiang immediately thought of Xia's mother.

Xia's mother was always indifferent to her. Apart from caring about her belly, she ignored her.

Yes!

How many people would be interested in a maid like her who betrays her master?

Meixiang wished she could go back to the past at this moment.

When Xia Jifang pinched her face, she should not be shy, but resist fiercely.

"Madam, you have such a cruel heart. The baby in my belly is your grandson." Meixiang called out to Mother Xia and looked outside the yard with difficulty.

The laughter and joyful voices from Li Fengxian's courtyard could be heard faintly, making Meixiang dizzy.

By the time Xia's mother learned that Meixiang had given birth prematurely and sent a midwife over, Meixiang had already reached her limit.

"Madam, you have such a cruel heart." Meixiang murmured and closed her eyes.

"It's a girl." The midwife wrapped the baby up and congratulated Xia's mother.

Mother Xia simply glanced at the child and told the midwife, "Take the child to Grandma's room."

After hearing this, Wu Fangfei fell to her knees.

"Madam, Meixiang left a last wish before she died. If anything happens to her, she wants me to raise her child for her."

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In the Qing Dynasty, the book "A Brief Introduction to Vegetarianism" wrote: "Canned food is not fresh, but it can be used in times of need, such as winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, peas, chestnuts, cucumbers, water chestnuts, etc. It can also be used when vegetables are scarce."

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