The palace has been quite busy these days. The servants at home are also decorating the palace, and everyone is preparing for the wedding ceremony of the prince and princess.
The emperor sent people to bring wedding clothes and a large number of rewards. Because the emperor had just ascended the throne and had to deal with a lot of government affairs, Ye Shihan was also very busy. He had to tell the emperor everything that had to be handled in the court in detail.
Doudou and Liu Hai also went to the military camp, and they will probably be so busy in the future.
Su Mu'er chose a new little girl named Liu Ye in the palace. Although this girl looks ordinary, she looks very smart and diligent. Most importantly, she doesn't like to talk much. This is what Su Mu'er likes the most.
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The two of them were walking on the streets of the capital. She was going to buy some things. Since she had plenty of time, her steps were light and she was not impatient. Along the way, she chatted with Liu Ye about household matters.
"Liuye, where is your home?"
"Princess, this servant is from Sujiazhuang."
"Oh? Sujiazhuang, which is less than thirty miles away from the capital?"
"Exactly, it's the Sujiazhuang where the princess once opened a chicken farm."
Hearing what Liu Ye said, Su Muer's heart suddenly felt a little painful. That was the place where she had struggled for five years. It was the place where Doudou was born. It also held countless memories of her, her grandmother, her mother, and Yuan Min.
place.
So when she said this, she felt a little sad.
After pondering for a long time, she asked intentionally or unintentionally:
"Is Su Dazhou still managing the chicken farm? How is the business?"
After she left, she had given the chicken farm to Su Dazhou to take care of. She was anxious to get married when she came back this time, so she had no intention of going back to take a look. If she had the chance in the future, she really wanted to go back and take a look.
Liu Ye lowered his head and said sadly:
"Last year, the chicken farm encountered a chicken plague. Su Dazhou didn't handle it well. All the chickens died. The eggs they had promised to others were not fulfilled. For this reason, they lost a lot of money. I heard that Dazhou's family was in deep debt because of this.
Mrs. Zhou committed suicide by jumping into a river because she couldn't think of anything, and Dad Dazhou collapsed on the bed because of the fire. If Dazhou hadn't married a good wife, I'm afraid his Su family would have been broken up."
Speaking of this, Liu Ye shook his head helplessly, and Su Muer's brows furrowed even more.
"how so?"
Liu Ye continued:
"In order to let the people of Sujiazhuang live a good life, Dazhou thought that everyone would make money together, so he asked everyone to invest their money in his chicken farm. But who would have thought that the chicken farm would encounter a disaster like chicken plague?
The people in the village were concerned about the money he was going to invest, so Su Dazhou's house was almost emptied out. Hey, the world is really cold, why are these people so cruel?"
Speaking of this, Liuye lowered his head and continued with some embarrassment:
"My mother even went to his house and snatched a pot and a dustpan and came back."
Liu Ye's words made Su Muer's heart sink to the bottom. How could this happen?
"How is the Dazhou family doing now?"
"Su Dazhou now goes to the mountains to cut firewood and hunt for a living. His wife is taking care of the paralyzed Su Hongshan and their two children at home. They live in poverty. I heard that the children are often hungry and crying."
After hearing this, Su Muer felt that no matter how busy she was, she would go to Sujiazhuang to visit. After all, it was Brother Dazhou and Uncle Hongshan who helped her when she was in trouble.
Thinking of this, she said directly to Liu Ye:
"Go back home and arrange a carriage to go to Sujiazhuang."
"Princess, isn't this right? We still have a lot of things to buy."
"Do as I say, and bring more food for the house, including rice, vegetables, and oil."
Just thinking of the babbled children of the Su family and Uncle Hong Shan's hungry chest pressed against his back made her heart ache.
Seeing her resolute attitude, Liu Ye stopped speaking to stop her and followed her quickly to the palace.
Ye Shihan and Doudou were not in the house, so she explained to Butler Ding and hurried out with a carriage of goods and Liu Ye.
Walking on the way to Sujiazhuang, her mood was extremely heavy, even heavier than when they first came to Sujiazhuang a few years ago.
Uncle Hongshan is the patriarch of the village, and Dazhou is also young and strong. If she hadn't come here and handed over the chicken farm to them, maybe their family would still be living a comfortable life now and would not be in debt at all. Hongshan
My aunt will not jump into the river because of her unreasonable thoughts, and the two children at home will not go hungry.
The more she thought about this, the more her heart ached.
Liu Ye might have noticed her thoughts and had been comforting her since she was sitting in the carriage.
"Princess, don't be too sad. Later I will ask my mother to send Dazhou's pot back to others. Now that I can earn money by working as an errand in the palace, I will buy her a pot when the time comes."
Su Muer glanced at her and then asked:
"How much money did your mother invest in the chicken farm in Dazhou?"
Liu Ye pondered for a while, shook his head and said:
"I'm not sure, it's about a dozen taels. My mother is very cautious. When others invested before, she was worried that she wouldn't get her money back, so she refused to invest. Later, when she saw others making money, she spent all her money to invest.
As a result, I caught chicken plague and lost all my money. It’s actually not easy to talk to my mother. Although Brother Dazhou promised to repay the money to my mother, I don’t know when it will be repaid.”
After Liu Ye finished speaking, Su Muer didn't ask again. How could she not know that it was not easy for ordinary people to make some money? All matters had to wait until they returned to Sujiazhuang and met Su Dazhou.
Their carriage arrived at Sujiazhuang an hour later. When they passed by her family's ancestral house at the entrance of the village, they saw that it was still the same as before. The yard was still clean inside and outside, and there were no overgrown weeds. Dazhou must have been cleaning it.
Bar.
"Liu Ye, come with me to the backyard to take a look."
The backyard of the Su family's ancestral house was the former chicken farm. Liuye asked the groom to wait in the front yard, and she followed Su Muer to the backyard.
Su Mu'er was in front, and Liu Ye followed carefully.
There seems to be nothing unusual here compared to before, but it is a little less lively and a little more quiet. There is no one or a chicken here, and there are only a few empty chicken coops left.
Standing here, Su Mu'er felt a little melancholy in her heart. When she came here, she led her family's servants to build this place, but now it was empty. The more she thought about it, she felt a little sad.
Empty.
Facing the wind, she gently brushed her broken hair from her forehead, turned to Liu Ye and said:
"Let's go to Dazhou's house."
Liu Ye nodded, stretched out her hand and said, "Princess, please."
When she first came to this village, she was still the ignorant and fat Su Sanya who had just traveled through time. After all these years of hard work, she became Ye Shihan's princess.
Thinking about everything she had experienced over the years, she didn't know whether to be happy or worried.
She was able to achieve enlightenment with Ye Shihan after going through a lot of hardships, which was gratifying. However, the people in Sujiazhuang felt uncomfortable because of her rise from poverty to riches, and then from riches to poverty.
Walking in the village of Sujiazhuang, people with sharp eyes recognized her at a glance. In an instant, the news of Su Muer's arrival in the village spread throughout Sujiazhuang, and the people began to follow her route to Su Dazhou's house.
go.
The old house of Su Dazhou's family was the best at that time. Although it is not bad now, the dilapidated courtyard makes people feel a little chilled.
Liu Ye stood at the door and knelt down and said:
"The princess is waiting here. The servant will go in and report."
Su Muer waved her hand directly and said with a solemn expression:
"No need, I can just go in by myself."
After saying that, she crossed the half-open door and stepped into the courtyard.
The yard was quiet, but someone was talking in the house. Just as Su Muer was about to call someone, she heard the voices of people inside,
"Dad, if you drink this porridge, your legs won't be able to heal well without food."
"If you don't want to eat, let's give it to Dani and the little boy. If I live for one more day, I will be an extra burden on you, and I will starve to death."
"Dad, how can you talk like that? Isn't Dazhou leaving early and coming back late every day just so that we can have enough to eat? Don't think so wildly."
"Then I won't eat either. Let's go feed the two children. I'm not hungry."
"father……"
"Stop talking, look at those two kids chatting there, how can I bear to say it?"
"Dani, little boy, go and play outside."
After a while, the door creaked open. The two children were a little surprised when they saw Su Mu at the door. The people inside couldn't help but urge,
"Why don't you go play? Maybe your father will bring back a pheasant when he comes home tonight..."
Juanzi, the daughter-in-law of Dazhou, looked at the two children while talking. When she saw Su Muer, she was startled for a moment, and then she put the porridge bowl on Kangyan in a daze. Su Hongshan looked at her and was suddenly stunned.
Couldn't help but ask:
"Juan, what's wrong? What did you see?"
"Dad, it's... it's the princess... it's the princess who's here."
Hearing this, Su Hongshan couldn't help but stand up and look towards the door.
"Is it Sanya? Is it Sanya?"
Su Muer said as she walked into the house:
"Uncle Hongshan, it's me, I'm Sanya."
The moment she spoke, she saw Su Hongshan who was half sitting on the kang, and her eyes suddenly turned red.
This man used to be the head of Sujiazhuang, but now he collapsed on the bed and couldn't even eat a bowl of porridge.
Su Hongshan was even more excited and speechless when he saw her. He moved his body and then patted the kang next to him.
"Girl, sit down quickly, sit down quickly, I heard you are going to become a princess? Why are you here?"
Juanzi even wiped the round stool in the middle of the room with her sleeve, then raised it in front of her and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile:
"There isn't much decent furniture at home, Princess, don't mind it, just sit here."
Su Mu'er looked at her and chuckled. She suddenly admired the woman in front of her. She could still take care of Uncle Hong Shan even when her family suffered such a big change. It showed that this woman was a kind-hearted person.
She refused the round stool Juanzi brought over and sat directly on the Kangyan. She wanted to have a conversation with Uncle Hongshan.
At this time, the two children who had just gone out ran in excitedly.
"Mother, mother, come and see, there is meat, rice, and vegetables."
Juanzi looked at Su Muer in surprise, "Princess, what is this?"