Quickly wear a child: a beautiful woman with many children brings happiness

Qi Han was annoyed. He was talking to his father, but his elder and second sisters-in-law asked why they were interrupting him. They just kept silent when they didn't see their mother. They were so unruly.

Seeing his father Qi Hai's weathered face furrowed into a "川" shape, Qi Han knew that he was worried about the family's finances, but he still had to give gifts.

He said, "Wu Yong's sister is the county lieutenant's concubine."

Qi Hai pondered that if the third brother could rely on Wu Yong to get to know the county lieutenant, and then be appreciated by the county magistrate, and get to know people in officialdom in advance, his future career would be more secure.

I heard that the county magistrate came from the capital.

Qi Hai asked: "What do you want to give and how much silver do you need?"

Qi Han was delighted: "Wu Yong is good at drinking. I have found a wine brewing master who lives in seclusion in the city. I am going to spend five taels of silver to buy a pot of osmanthus wine as a gift."

"What, five taels?!" The second sister-in-law was surprised, "We don't have that much money at home. You still have to go to the provincial capital to take the provincial and imperial examinations next year. The food, drinks and travel expenses will all cost a lot of money."

The eldest sister-in-law also said: "We have to give gifts to our husbands during the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese New Year. It's not that we don't agree, but it's really too much trouble."

Don't you know how to earn money? Can't you hear that it's to get the county magistrate? Women are short-sighted and don't understand his lofty ambitions. There are four women in the family and a student. It's not that they can't support him. He has already saved enough.

Qi Han didn't dare say anything that would offend others, for fear that they would not give him money. His eldest sister-in-law embroidered at home, and his second sister-in-law helped in the kitchen at weddings and funerals. They earned more every month than his eldest and second brothers. The family was able to be exempted from corvée labor this year thanks to the money they earned.

Yun Qiao's eyes rolled around. She didn't know if the same thing had happened in her previous life, but her family must have a solution, so she didn't need to worry about it.

Liu frowned and looked at Yun Qiao who looked like she had nothing to do with the matter: "Yun, our family is in trouble now, you should take out your dowry first."

Mrs. Qi Da and Mrs. Qi Er looked at each other. Over the years, their dowry money had been almost spent under various circumstances, and now it finally came to the Yun family.

Yun Qiao was surprised, but she reacted quickly: "If Brother Han needs money, I will definitely not hide it. It's just the dowry money. I would have taken it out even if mother didn't ask."

Finally, Yun Qiao took out one tael of silver from her dowry, plus four taels from the public treasury, and Qi Han went out for a day to buy a bottle of osmanthus wine.

At night, Yun Qiao was lost in thought as she stared at the sweet-scented osmanthus wine on the table. Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind and she almost kicked over the stool: "Is the man selling sweet-scented osmanthus wine called Lao Kangtou?"

Qi Han looked at her: "How do you know?"

"I seem to have heard his name at the market. He's quite famous."

This is of course a lie.

In fact, it was my sister who had won the favor of Old Kangtou in her previous life and was given the skill of brewing chrysanthemum wine. For this purpose, my sister planted a large number of chrysanthemums. I even ridiculed her at that time, but I didn't expect that she would brew chrysanthemum wine and sell it in autumn. The chrysanthemum wine she brewed was clearer and more mellow than those sold on the market, and she made a lot of money from it.

Yun Qiao was extremely upset. How could he have forgotten about it?

That’s not right. Among so many people, why did Mr. Kangtou give the recipe only to my sister?

"Did something happen when you were there?" Seeing Qi Han's suspicion, her eyes flickered: "I saw that your shoes were wet when you got home."

"You're quite observant." Qi Han changed his opinion of her a little and said, "Old Kangtou's grain cart fell into the water. We went there late and the cart had already been pulled up. I pushed it and my shoes and socks got wet by the water on the grain."

"Didn't old Kangtou say anything?"

Qi Han stared at her closely: "It's only one tael cheaper, do you want to take back the dowry money?"

"No, no." Yun Qiao hastily denied it, feeling mixed emotions. How come her sister had such a good opportunity in her previous life, but now it's her turn, she has nothing? No, she has to think of a way.

At night, the love affair ended hastily. Yun Qiao tossed and turned in bed, feeling extremely irritated by the snoring in his ears. He secretly went to Xiaodu Village before dawn the next day.

Another month passed, Yun Yuan showed symptoms of pregnancy and stayed at home doing nothing all day. Even the work in the ear shed was forcibly taken over by Qi Sheng.

Because of the continuous inoculation of the mother strain, there were more and more mushroom sticks in the ear shed, and the Tremella fuciformis was harvested one after another. The two went from joy at the beginning to numbness later.

In order to dry the white fungus, Qi Sheng specially built a one-meter-high oven, burning firewood in the middle and separating the two sides with walls. The smoke would not penetrate into the white fungus, but the temperature would rise. It is specifically used when the weather is bad.

Tremella can be harvested until September. Every time the family stocks up 30 kilograms of dried goods, Qi Sheng will go out for a while. This cycle repeats itself. By October, Yun Yuan has nearly taels of silver in his account, and there are to kilograms of dried Tremella at home.

Qi Sheng was cautious not to sell it in nearby towns, but went to other provincial capitals, specifically looking for wealthy officials who had plenty of money. The period could be as short as two days or as long as five days. During this period, Yun Yuan harvested the Tremella herself, and no one in the village noticed anything unusual.

By October, the Tremella cultivation came to an end. Yun Yuan could have cultivated other mushrooms, but she was a pregnant woman and the family had enough money. Qi Sheng also had to take the exam next year, so she decided not to bother with it.

Next year she will cultivate morels and enoki mushrooms. She wants to cultivate all the mushrooms that can be cultivated and for which species can be found. She has already planned her route for this life, and she wants to be the mushroom king.

Something happened in the village during this period.

Yun Qiao was visited by people from Lao Kangtou's family.

The reason was that she ran to the place where Lao Kangtou lived alone before dawn every day to show her courtesy, sweeping the floor and cooking, and could not be driven away. Lao Kangtou was angry and ashamed. At first he was afraid that the matter would get out and his reputation would be ruined, so he concealed it. Later, he was so annoyed that he asked his descendants to come forward to help solve the problem.

Qi Han's family lost face, and Yun Qiao felt aggrieved. She risked being scolded by her mother-in-law every day to go to Lao Kangtou's house. She wasted several months and worked for nothing. She might as well have gone to the mountains to pick mushrooms early in the morning.

I heard that there are a lot of chicken mushrooms this year, and you can pick a whole bunch of them at a time. There are also matsutake mushrooms on the mountains, but I didn’t pick up any.

Yun Lan seldom came back from the academy. Yun's father's leg was not fully healed after all, but it was much better than the time he just came home. Yun's father was content and stopped making a fuss. He was quiet all day. Yun's mother did not dare to bring money back to her parents' home anymore because Yun Lan became much more indifferent to them and stopped bringing money home. Yun's father and mother were panicked.

There are always such strange parents: the better you treat them, the crueler they will be to you; but if you don’t care anymore, they will become cautious instead.

Yun Yuan had some money, and after discussing with Qi Sheng, she bought a two-story courtyard in the county town. It was not a good idea to work in isolation, so in November, Yun Lan, under Qi Sheng's persuasion, went to study at Songshan Academy in the county town.

In order not to disturb Yun Yuan and Qi Sheng's lives, Yun Lan lived in the academy and escaped from the uncomfortable environment in the town. His studies made rapid progress.

Occasionally, the two talked about Yun Lan during a night chat. Qi Sheng said that Yun Lan was highly valued by the teacher and had made friends with like-minded people. Yun Yuan was happy for him.

Yun Yuan was getting older and older, and Qi Sheng was worried about leaving her alone, so he bought two maids and four servants. For safety, he also hired two bodyguards who knew martial arts.

Yun Qiao found out that Yun Yuan had bought a yard in the county town long after she had moved out. He instigated the Qi clan members, including Qi Han's family, to make a fuss, using the excuse that Qi Sheng was adopted and asking him to hand over the remaining inheritance from his adoptive parents. In the end, the matter ended up in court.