Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 248 Return to the Village
"I plan to live in the capital for a while, and I will return to my hometown with my family in a year at the latest. You can build a palace for me in my hometown to show off my power."

"As for the girls in my family, the world is like this, and it is harder for women, so I have to make more plans for them. I want to shamelessly ask for a reward for them."

"My youngest daughter is not your eldest brother's child. I would like to ask you to give her the title of county lady for your sister-in-law's sake. She has a quiet personality. When she was young, she blamed me for being harsh on her. I was afraid that she would be used to forbearing and would tolerate everything after she got married. If she could be given the title of county lady, her husband's family would be afraid to let her suffer any grievances after she got married."

"Shuangshuang is the only granddaughter in the family. I would like to ask you to give her the title of county lady. She is the eldest granddaughter of your eldest brother and a sensible and smart child. In our hometown, the title of county lady is enough. With her temper, no one will be able to bully her in the future."

"In the future, whether it's Jiye or one of your nephews who has a girl, after the child is ten years old, if she doesn't do anything to annoy you two, please also give my granddaughter, who I don't know if she has one, a favor and make her a county lady."

"As for Cheng Zhuo's grandchildren, I hope they can take the imperial examinations. If they still have no future when they are 20 years old, you can give them some idle titles such as marquis or earl. Just don't let people bully them. But if they don't learn well and become useless, no matter if they are your eldest brother's grandchildren, just let them rot in their hometown for the rest of their lives."

"As for fiefs, forget about them. Look at the princes and dukes of the previous dynasty. A good country has been divided into such a state. You are the emperor, and you must control your territory in your own hands. Now that we elders are still here and the children are not yet grown up, the relationship is naturally good, but who can be sure of the future?"

Ke Mucheng spoke very sincerely. As for daughters like Yang Xiu'e, as daughters of Lady Protector of the Nation, the protection Ke Mucheng could give them was enough.

They were afraid that if they were conferred the title of princess, it would feed the ambitions of their husband's family and their relatives, which would cause trouble for Yang Erzhu.

For these grown-up daughters, it is enough to give them some rewards to show the emperor's grace and favor.

Ke Xiuyu is too young and has not yet married, so Ke Mucheng has to be more partial to her.

There is nothing that can be done about this. Fingers are of different lengths and people’s hearts are always biased.

If this made Yang Xiu'e and her sisters unhappy, or if Yang Xiufang and her husband's family were unhappy, these unhappy people would definitely become a trouble for Yang Erzhu in the future if they really made them happy and satisfied.

All in all, life today is much better than it was at this time last year. If people don't know how to be content and grateful, no matter how much they are given, it will be useless.

"Thank you, sister-in-law, for considering me so much. You understand my difficulties and think of things I haven't thought of." Yang Erzhu thanked her sincerely.

"We are all family. I don't know the hardships you went through, but how could I not know how you have lived with your head hanging on the waist of your pants over the past year? Naturally, I hope you are well, hope the Yang family is well, and hope that this country is well."

The family dinner in the evening was very warm. I finally had the reunion dinner that I didn’t have during the Chinese New Year.

Yang Chuxue, who knew her life experience, was kept by Zhou Xiyan's side at night. The crown prince and the second prince also rushed back from other places to attend the family dinner, and they loved their sister Yang Chuxue very much.

When Yang Chuxue was sent away, the two brothers cried for several days. When they saw their grown-up sister, they almost cried again. Ke Muqing and his party stayed in the palace for seven or eight days before leaving. The imperial edict of reward had been issued, and the Zhaowang Mansion in the capital was still given to the Yang family. Although they were not given the title of county prince, letting the Yang family live in the Zhaowang Mansion was also Yang Erzhu's way of telling outsiders that this family was his eldest brother's family and also his family, the emperor's family, and he would never allow anyone to treat this family lightly.

But to Ke Mucheng's surprise, Yang Erzhu actually conferred the title of county marquis on Ke Xiucai.

Ke Muqing was the Lady Protector of the Country, Ke Xiuyu was named Princess Yukang County, and Yang Shuangshuang was named Princess Changping County.

Yang Chuxue naturally returned to the palace to reunite with her family. Now she is the only princess in the court - Princess Yongning.

Yang Erzhu's only daughter, Yang Chuning, was the Princess of Yong'an.

Although the two sisters are now a princess and a county lady, they still live together. Either Yang Chuning goes to the palace to accompany her sister, or Yang Chuxue goes out of the palace to visit her sister at Prince Chang's Mansion, and stays there for ten days or half a month, and then brings her sister back to the palace to live there for ten days or half a month. The two sisters still treat each other as sisters and are still as good as before.

Mr. Ke did not spend the New Year in the capital and took his family back to Wangshan Town. The Prince Zhao's Mansion had its own guards, and Ke Mucheng finally recommended Yang Yi and others to Zhu Er, sent them to the military camp, and let them earn a bright future for themselves, leaving Fu'er alone by his side to continue taking care of him.

But Fu'er had been freed from slavery and was no longer a servant, so Ke Mucheng treated Fu'er as having another child to take care of and let him learn literacy, housework, accounting and housekeeping with Ke Xiuyu and Yang Shuangshuang.

Ke Mucheng spent a happy New Year in the capital with the Yang family and rejected all the olive branches of marriage proposals from the court. In April after the New Year, he took the Yang family back to Wangshan Town when the spring breeze was the most comfortable.

The Marquis's Mansion was built in the county town, so Ke Xiucai moved his family from Wangshan Town to the city and also moved Wangshan Private School to the county town. The Lady Protector's Mansion was across the street from the Marquis's Mansion, so Ke Muqing and his party moved directly into the Lady Protector's Mansion when they returned.

This was a new house that Yang Erzhu ordered the Ministry of Works to build. It took a whole year to complete. The house is very grand and is not inferior to the Prince Zhao's Palace in the capital.

As the children grow up, they all have their own independent courtyards. Each one is more creative than the other and takes turns setting out fruits and melon seeds in their own courtyards to entertain their brothers and sisters. This big game of playing house is so much fun.

Ke Mucheng was very busy this time when he came back. He received this person and that person, and today he also received Yang Lizheng and his group.

"Mr. Head of the village, is everything good in the village?" Ke Mucheng asked with a smile.

"Good, everyone is fine. This year, our clan has added many children." Yang Lizheng said happily, "After we came back, our land was returned to us. The county government also found people to repair all the damaged houses for us. Those that could not be repaired were demolished and rebuilt. Last year, the weather was good and the fields had a good harvest. Every household in the village has enough food to eat."

"Knowing that you are back, I came to see you. If you want to return to the village someday, just let me know." Yang Lizheng said, "Your old house has been repaired, and you can go back and live there anytime."

"Then I will take the children back to stay for a few days in a few days. Otherwise, the children will go to school and I won't have time to go back." Ke Mucheng responded quickly.