Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 322. Pregnant
Dongmei and Chunxiang shook their heads. It seemed that it was indeed true. The little master in the young lady's belly was so well-behaved. It seemed that the young lady had only vomited twice during her pregnancy and had no other symptoms.

Moreover, the young lady has a great appetite. She doesn't avoid foods she used to refuse, and she's become much more cheerful. It seems that pregnancy really isn't such a bad thing after all.

"If you don't understand, or if there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me or the other women," Granny Pang said, noticing their unease. "If both of you are pregnant at the same time, you can invite a midwife over together, which will save you a lot of trouble compared to others."

The two girls have a good relationship, and suddenly it seems to make perfect sense.

Bai Suihe waited until they finished speaking before saying, "Tomorrow, let Zhuang Datou and the others take the travel permits and household registration documents to buy the land first, so that it will be easier to settle down."

“No need to rush,” Dongmei quickly waved her hand, “Let’s wait until Miss has finished her postpartum confinement before we talk about it.”

“This silly girl,” Granny Pang patted Dongmei’s hand, “Miss wants you to register your household as soon as possible. When the child arrives, you will own the house and land together. This is a blessing brought by the child.”

Bai Suihe, “…” I really didn’t think that much about it. I just wanted to put everyone’s minds at ease as soon as possible.

When they looked up, they were moved to tears.

Bai Suihe swallowed her words again, "The two children are blessed..."

Upon hearing their mistress's affirmation, the two maids burst into tears, feeling that they had followed a good mistress who had even planned out their future for them.

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Liu Yun and the others tried several times to have a serious talk with Gu Kaiyuan and his wife, but to no avail.

With the Lunar New Year fast approaching, everyone is preparing for the holiday. They certainly can't travel at this time, so they can only follow suit and start preparing as well.

Back in the Gu family in Beijing, they only needed to say a few words and other things would be done by others. But it's different here; they have to do everything themselves.

This was only the beginning, and Liu Yun was already feeling overwhelmed. She didn't dare ask Xu Shuanghong for help, fearing that her so-called stepmother would take over the reins of the household.

There was nothing she could do but boss Gu Antong around.

Upon hearing that she needed clothes tailored, Gu Antong's face darkened. "Aren't there shops in the county town? Find the embroiderers there to make them."

Liu Yun brought out the cloth and threw it on the table. "That's much more expensive. We only have this much silver at home right now. I heard from your father that Lord Ming is getting stingier and stingier and is unwilling to give us any silver. We don't know how we'll manage in the future. We need to be more frugal."

Gu Antong, "What did Grandfather say?"

"What else could your grandfather say? Now we're waiting for news from the capital."

If you ask me, your grandfather shouldn't have been so stubborn; maybe we could have all gone back to Beijing for the New Year.

"You pick out your favorite color first, and let them choose the rest themselves and make them."

Gu Antong glanced at it with disdain, "It's all just coarse cloth, what's there to choose? If this continues, I'll start to feel like a country bumpkin."

Look at the colors they chose! It's all gray and blue, not a single bright color. If this were made into clothes and worn, I wonder how ugly it would look.

"It'll have to do. Most of the fabrics sold in the shops here are made from these kinds of fabrics. I even picked these out myself."

Gu Antong said, "How is that possible? Don't fabric shops have several qualities and grades of fabric?"

She's not easily fooled. She used to go shopping often, and some fabric shops treated her differently.

Liu Yun's face also tightened. "Since you know, why ask so many questions? Don't you know our status now? I'm no longer the young mistress of the Gu family in the capital. I'm just an ordinary commoner, an ordinary village woman. Do you think those snobbish waiters would introduce me to those fine silks and satins?"

Her tone was relatively mild, after all, she had been in this position for so long and was now able to adapt to her current status.

But the thought of those disdainful looks still made her feel uncomfortable.

I didn't want to bring it up, but I didn't expect to have my wounds reopened when I got back.

Gu Antong pursed her lips. "It's my daughter's fault, so I'll choose this cyan one."

She picked out a piece of fabric at random. With this color, what kind of nice dress could be made?

But now is not the time to think about these things. Having an extra set of clothes would be great. In this godforsaken place, we have to wear the same clothes for a long time before we dare to change them, otherwise we're afraid they won't dry.

"Keep these pieces of cloth. You can use them to make clothes for your brother, and I'll make clothes for your father." After distributing the cloth, Liu Yun carried it outside.

"Second sister-in-law, why don't you pick out some fabrics first? Dad said he'll get everyone a new set of clothes for the New Year."

Xu Yulan was initially overjoyed, but when she saw the fabric, her face darkened. "Is this all you have, sister-in-law?"

"That's all. If you don't want to, take them to the cloth shop to exchange them. There are plenty of fine silks and satins there. It just depends on whether you're willing to part with them."

Anyway, she bought them in proportion to her quota, so if she didn't like them, she could just deal with it herself.

"But this cloth is too rough, it can't even be called fine cloth." Xu Yulan said with disdain as she touched it. "Sister-in-law, now that you're in charge of the household, you can't treat us so poorly. Even if things are tough at home, can't we afford to buy a couple of bolts of fine cloth?"

Liu Yun sneered and took out her account book from her bosom. "Second sister-in-law, take a good look at how much silver we have left in my hands now."

If what you say is true, with all those demands, we probably wouldn't even have to make it to the New Year before we're starving.

"Such a large family to support, and no income at all. If you can provide what you want, I can give you the management rights."

When Liu Yun said this, she noticed that Xu Shuanghong and her daughter's eyes lit up, indicating that they had planned this all along.

However, this was a conversation between her and Madam Xu, and it seems that Madam Xu was also unwilling for Xu Shuanghong to take charge of the household.

Xu Yulan chuckled and quickly grabbed the ledger, flipping through it. "Sister-in-law, it's not that I don't trust you, but I'm just curious about what we've added these past few days?"

But when she saw the expenses and the remaining balance, her expression froze.

I used to think the housekeeper could make a little money out of it, but now that I see the small balance in the account, he really has no interest in it anymore.

With such a paltry sum, expecting to squeeze out more is already a mistake; it's good enough if they don't lose money.

She quickly tossed the ledger back to Liu Yun, saying, "This is too hot to handle... Sister-in-law, you've always managed your inner courtyard better than I have."

Liu Yun smiled and took back the ledger, pretending not to see Xu Shuanghong's outstretched neck. "It's not that I manage it well, but that I'm good at budgeting. If there's no income, we'll all suffer together."

Xu Yulan smiled ingratiatingly, "How could that be? I still trust my sister-in-law."

Liu Yun said with self-deprecation, "My second sister-in-law really thinks too highly of me. It's a pity I can't turn lead into gold..."

(End of this chapter)