Just as Su Yueling thought, the news of Gao Lei's infertility spread throughout the city within a few days.
Everyone knew that his problem was brought from his mother's womb. Gao Lei had a high self-esteem and couldn't bear to be judged when he went out, so he simply resigned from his official position and stayed at home every day.
As for his original son Song Geer, in order to avoid the limelight, the Gao family sent Aunt Yan and Song Geer to Zhuangzi first. They planned to calm down for a while and then let Song Geer come back.
After all, the Gao family cannot afford to lose face like this.
They covered up this matter fairly well, and Su Yueling and the Queen Mother did not disclose the matter to the outside world. Outsiders thought that the child was Aunt Yan having an affair with someone else, and took it for granted that they were all sold together.
Many people lamented that Su Yueling could be said to be the benefactor of the Gao family. If she had not kindly invited an imperial doctor to treat Gao Lei, Gao Lei would have to help raise other people's children in his life.
Su Yueling felt the same way. But obviously the Gao family didn't think much of it. Until now, they didn't even come to say thank you.
Only Hu Guiyu gave Su Yueling a lot of precious red ginseng and snow lotus. She also said to tell her when she was done with it, and she continued to give it away.
Hu Guiyu's reputation in the capital has also undergone earth-shaking changes. Everyone says that she has suffered so much grievances over the years, and now she is still loyal to Gao Lei, and can be called a model of a good wife.
Apart from Hu Guiyu, the biggest winner is the troupe who caused all this.
Many people are willing to pay a lot of money to invite them to sing in operas.
Su Yueling didn't buy them. If they wanted to, she wouldn't stop them from making money.
This troupe sang a derivative story, so "Song Ying Joins the Army", which had been dormant in the original version, became popular again.
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Lushan Village.
In the past few months, Yuan Baoshu has been as busy as a bee at home.
The cloth in her cloth shop was so popular that no matter how much it produced each month, it sold out quickly, so Yuan Baoshu could only continue to recruit new people.
Nowadays, every household in Lushan Village has someone working in the cloth village and has a stable income. Moreover, if the quality of the cloth spun in Lushan Village is good enough, Yuan Baoshu is willing to buy it at a higher price than the market price. With spare money on hand, they
Therefore, they are willing to build new houses and purchase fields. Lushan Village can be said to have a completely new look and become the richest village in the vicinity. Many people from other villages are willing to marry their daughters to Lushan Village.
In their eyes, even if it is not as good as the county town, it is not far behind. It is an out-and-out blessing.
The unmarried girls in Lushan Village are also different from those in other places. Not only are they good at embroidery, but they can even read and calculate accounts and understand the law. Apart from their family background, they are not much worse than those young ladies from Yuanwai's family. Many of them are from well-off families.
Everyone is willing to hire such a daughter-in-law.
As for the Yuan family, it was a family that they could not even think of. No one dared to recommend their family like Yuan Baoshu. The biological sister of the Number One Scholar, the sister-in-law of the county owner... This identity was really hard to find in Dingnan Prefecture.
to match.
As the boss of Buzhuang, Yuan Baoshu was not complacent because of the change in her identity and her achievements. In Yuan Baoshu's mind, all her achievements came from her sister-in-law, and she was only able to do it because she listened to her sister-in-law.
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At this time, she temporarily put down the work at hand and followed Wu Shu to Dazhuangzi on the other side of Rizhuang.
Many seeds bought by my sister-in-law and merchants are planted on this farm. It is now the corn ripening season.
The tenant farmers on the farm have already picked half an acre of corn cobs.
The steward of Zhuangzi named He Man could not hide his excitement, and his dark skin could not hide the redness on his face. He stammered and said: "We originally thought that we would be satisfied if we could harvest one hundred kilograms from half an acre of land.
"I didn't expect that the corn picked from this half-acre of land would weigh more than 500 kilograms!"
If he hadn't weighed it himself and looked at the number again and again, he wouldn't have believed it.
Yuan Baoshu had worked in the fields before and was not the kind of person who knew nothing about farm work.
She couldn't help showing a shocked expression, "Is it just that half-acre that grows particularly well? Or is it the same for every piece of land?"
He Man said: "That half acre is already relatively ordinary. The corn seeds in the other fields are even fuller."
"Not only that, the potatoes are also growing beautifully."
It's just that he didn't weigh the potatoes. Instead, according to his master's instructions, he continued to cut the grown potatoes into pieces according to the position of the sprout eyes and continued to plant them.
Yuan Baoshu and Wu Shu didn't pay much attention to the potatoes. After all, the amount of potatoes was still a little small. They couldn't wait to see the picked corns. Yuan Baoshu bent down and picked up one of them, pushing aside the green leaves outside, revealing
The golden corn seeds inside were particularly pleasant.
"Is this delicious?"
He Man nodded vigorously, "We boiled one and tried it. It's very sweet."
"And this is very filling."
They only dare to taste one and don't dare to touch too many. These seeds are very precious. Who would have thought that the yield of this thing is so much higher than that of rice and wheat.
Yuan Baoshu said without hesitation: "Send all these corns to the capital. I will write a letter to my sister-in-law."
"Don't touch the corn in other places yet. You have to work harder during this period and send people to patrol day and night." She was worried that someone would pick it secretly. Although Yuan Baoshu felt that with her sister-in-law's prestige around here, she would do such a thing.
There are relatively few people. But don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst.
Yuan Baoshu added, "You have worked hard during this period. Tomorrow, everyone will go to the accounting office to receive three months' monthly payment."
When He Man heard this, a layer of joy appeared on his face with fine lines. Because he was diligent, careful and good at farm work, he was appointed as the steward of Zhuangzi, and he received five taels of money every month. For him,
It was already an unimaginable amount of money. I didn’t expect the master’s family to be so generous. It was not even the Chinese New Year yet, so they gave him three months’ worth of money as a reward. He would keep the money when the time came and use it to prepare his daughter for her wedding.
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Wu Shu said: "There are still four months until the Chinese New Year. If you do well in these four months, there will be another reward then."
After these two orders were issued, the whole Zhuangzi was as happy as the New Year, with a joyful atmosphere from top to bottom.
Everyone cheered up and vowed to work hard in the past few months and strive to get more reward money. Among other things, the Lord of Weiguo County was famous for his generosity around here.
The freshly picked corn cannot be stored for a long time, so Heman and the others dried the corn.
Yuan Baoshu knew that her sister-in-law liked to eat freshly picked corns, so she had several corn plants dug up and placed in flower pots.
The corn and Yuan Baoshu's letters were quickly delivered to the capital.