Seventy-four mountains and rain valleys owe it to come

  "Hmm... This year's newly arrived Wang family's eldest daughter, the two beauties bestowed by the Emperor last year, plus one or two concubines, should be a few, right?"

  I knew it was Zou Zhener who knew!

  During this period, in order to guard against Zou's tactics, Jiuniang had someone investigate the affairs of Zou and his family members. As a result, it was discovered that the Zou family wanted to attach themselves to the Wei Yang family, with the trump card being Zou Shi's elder brother, Zou Zhigui, a first-class university scholar, whose legitimate daughter, Zou Ling'er, was also Zou Zhen'er's older sister.

  The one who was initially prepared to climb up should have been Yang Guoyuan, the old fifth of the Yang family, but later somehow shifted the target.

  It's also true that compared to Yang Guoyuan who has no title and no achievements, Yang Guofeng's conditions are much better, even if he is no longer a young man.

  Now that they had this idea in mind, the Zou family naturally made an effort to find out about Yang Guofeng.

  At this moment, she felt a little sympathy for Zou Ling'er, a widow with so many concubines, it's not worth it...

  "As for these illegitimate children, I don't know." At this time, Zou Zhener said again.

  "Oh..." The sisters nodded in unison.

  "Hmm, and..." Zou Zhener was about to continue, and everyone immediately perked up their ears.

  "Seven... seven sisters..." But at this time, the little eleven who was sitting outside the pavilion facing several girls suddenly came out with a surprised cry.

  Everyone was stunned, and in an instant they all turned their heads back, and then they saw the Seventh Sister standing not far away on the Yong Road.

  She had only a simple bun on her head, without any pearl or jade ornaments. Her originally pointed face looked even smaller, with sunken cheeks and only a pair of big eyes left. She wore a light blue narrow-sleeved shirt that was loose on her body, giving people a sense of thinness and frailty.

  At this moment, they saw Seventh Sister, which was beyond the expectation of all the sisters, so all the sisters were stunned. Zou Zhener didn't recognize Seventh Sister either, and she just stared at her with wide eyes.

  In an instant, all around was left with a piece of silence.

  "Hmm..." Qi Jie was the first to smile and speak up, "What's going on? Not seeing each other for a few days and sisters don't recognize me anymore?" She said as she walked towards the pavilion.

  She took action, and her sisters were shocked again with wide eyes, because her left foot was limping.

  "Wooo——"

  No one spoke, but an animal did - the little Pomeranian dog Beibei that Liu Jie had raised, was now baring its teeth at Qi Jie.

  "What a lovely little dog!" Qī jiě's gaze slowly fell on the small white dog in front of her, and it was clear that she had been captivated by its charming appearance. Not only did she not mind the animal's impertinence, but she even took two steps forward towards the little dog while praising it.

  "Woof woof!" However, this beast seemed to have not felt Eldest Sister's friendliness, standing its fur on end and barking wildly, as if it was saying "You take one more step and I'll bite you".

  The sisters still looked at her coldly and didn't say a word.

  "Do you also look down on me?" Seventh Sister didn't dare to move forward anymore, and let out a sorrowful and self-mocking sigh.

  "Bei Bei!" At this, the other sisters were fine, but Liu Jie couldn't sit still. She stood up and first scolded Bei Bei, then turned to Qi Mei and said, "Seventh sister, what's wrong with you? Bei Bei just doesn't know you yet."

  "Sister Liu, this dog is yours... hmm, a purebred Bagel Hound, so lovely to play with." Sister Qi's gaze lingered on Sister Liu's face for a moment before she lowered her head and looked at Beibei again.

  "You've got a good eye for this, it's a big eater sent by Uncle, ordinary people can't buy it." The sixth sister heard this and immediately showed off with an excited face.

  "Really?" asked Seventh Sister, raising her voice immediately.

  "What's wrong now? I'm telling you..." As soon as Liu Jie heard this, her mouth opened immediately.

  It seems that no matter how long Qī Jiě (Seven Sister) has been dormant, she is still the one who understands Liù Jiě's (Six Sister) needs the most. With just two sentences, Liù Jiě seemed to have abandoned her previous prejudices against Qī Jiě due to standing on the side of justice and began chatting with her enthusiastically.

  The tenth sister couldn't bear it anymore, contemptuously curled up her lip and then looked at the ninth sister.

  The ninth sister smiled back at her and turned to look at the eighth sister.

  The ten sisters then also looked at the eighth sister with sympathy, who was once the target of the seventh sister's trap.

  But Ba Jie simply lowered her head.

  The tenth sister then angrily sighed and pursed her lips.

  The ninth sister saw it and couldn't help but shake her head in her heart, secretly laughing. It seems that people who grow up in adversity are always more intelligent and mature than those who grow up in prosperity.

  These ten sisters probably never thought that the person they pitied was actually the best at pretending!

  Those days, the eighth sister had already secretly passed on to her that everything was settled with the seventh sister, and she thought it should be that the eighth sister had revealed those methods used by Zou Shi in that private affair to the seventh sister.

  Of course she didn't know how this eighth sister was manipulated, but thinking about the eighth sister's steady temperament made her feel at ease.

  Are these seven sisters still dreaming of being a concubine? Or is this behavior at the moment for another purpose and plan?

  Thinking so, she couldn't help but look at the two people who were arguing about the dog again...

  " Ninth sister, do you want to go with us to play a game of Go?" But unexpectedly, she heard the tenth sister ask her.

  "Uh..." She hesitated for a moment before realizing that Tenth Sister and Little Eleven had already stood up, ready to continue the previous two's play plan.

  "No way, I've played for half a day, and I should get back to work too." Jiujie immediately shook her head with a smile at the two of them.

  The two of them stopped calling her after hearing this and left together.

  Watching the two of them leave, Jiu Si Er also stood up, preparing to go back to work. Fainting is not the same as dying, alas!

  But her gaze suddenly fell on Zou Zhener, who was looking at this and that with wide eyes, but didn't dare to say another word. Feeling a sense of regret for Sixth Sister's overbearing behavior, she softened in her heart and asked, "Zhen'er, do you want to come to my place and sit for a while?"

  "Alright......" Zou Zhener's face lit up as soon as she heard it, but a little later seemed to have thought of something and shook her head. "Thank you for your kindness, Ninth Sister, let's do it another day!"

  Uh...

  Looking at her, Jiu Si'er couldn't help but frown secretly in her heart, and it seemed that she really should have more contact with Zou Zhener. The reaction of the person involved is always the most reliable.

  But obviously Zou Zhener didn't want to get close with her, what can be done about it?

  Jiujie's gaze fell on the silent Ba Jie, and she couldn't help but smile secretly, but her face remained expressionless. She smiled at Zou Zhener again, "Xiaojiu is leaving first!" Then she turned around and went back into the house.

  After returning to the house, Jiu Si'er didn't immediately embroider, but instead let Qing Xiang go find Cui Mei and have her bring back a few pieces of soap from the shop. In the evening, she sent Qing Qi to deliver them to Zou Zhen'er.

  However, the soap was soon returned. Looking at the returned item, Jiuniang smiled and then sent someone to deliver it to Liu Jie, Ba Jie and Xiao Shiyi. Of course, the soap delivered to Ba Jie had been tampered with.

  Uh...

  It wasn't that she wanted things to turn out like this, but rather that the Zhōu family was too cunning. Under this white terror, she and Bā Jiě didn't dare get close or move around much, fearing that they would arouse the suspicions of the Zhōu family...

  In the following days, Jiu didn't have time to worry about these family matters again because her uncle sent someone with a message that some of the trees in the camphor forest she had bought were already showing white buds, which should be the season for picking wax flowers and collecting wax insects.

  There is no doubt that this process is extremely crucial!

  She naturally didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly went to see Jiang Shi, then through Jiang Shi contacted that Jiang Yu Xing, and together they took a walk in that piece of green forest.

  Fortunately, the people who brought them were not few, and Jiang Yuxing and Cui Mei, as well as several masters of the Jiang family, were all quite clever. In just one day, they arranged almost everything that needed attention in this process, as well as their plans for the near future.

  Although it was okay, there were many unexpected situations, especially when the ninth sister was also in the exploratory stage. I had only seen pigs run and had never eaten pork before, so this process was difficult and hard work.

  What's more, as the young lady of a noble family, she couldn't go out casually, which made her feel even more constrained and exhausted. Every day was either spent frowning over the manuscript or discussing and exploring with Cui Mei and Qing Yi.

  Cui Mei alone could not handle it, so she developed the green onion that had been used to help her parents with farming in their hometown of Zhuangzi.

  It's not bad, the little girl is indeed a talented person. In just a few days, she has basically mastered what she was taught, and Qingzhao is quite clever too, secretly teaching her aunt Wu what she had learned from her, which made her very pleased.

  Although Uncle's family was absorbed into the Jiang family after discussing this waxworm business with her and Jiang Yuxing, helping the Jiang family manage a newly purchased mountain forest outside the city, it was still not as good as mastering the technology themselves.

  She naturally also wanted to teach them, but being a woman in the boudoir, she was not her own master, and if it weren't for this Jiang family controlling her, where could she go freely? But how could the Jiang family that controlled her be willing to let her do so?

  As for this stepmother, she naturally did not dare to disobey her, as her own future was still in the hands of this stepmother!

  Time flies in busy and fulfilling days, after half a month of hard work, the mountain forest finally finished, although the white wax lost a lot due to not grasping the fire well, but fortunately the waxworms were managed properly, now they are all hung on the trees, and specially found someone to take care of them, believing that next year will definitely have a bumper harvest.

  "Miss, you've lost weight again. Look at this dress, it was just made a few days ago and now it's so loose on you." Looking at the pale yellow silk blouse with embroidered hundred willow pattern that Jiu Si Er had just put on, Qing Xiang couldn't help but furrow her brow.

  "It's okay, I'll just eat more and grow it back in a few days!" Jiuniang hastily said, not wanting to hear the nagging of this little girl who sounded like an old mother.

  "Miss..." Seeing her like this, Qing Xiang hurriedly wanted to say something.

  "Miss..." But at this moment, the door was hastily pushed open by Qing Tao, "I just heard Qing Xiang in Liu Gongzhu's room say that two days later, someone from the Wangfu will come to pay respects and the wedding date is set for the ninth day of the second month."

  "Oh..." Jiujier was taken aback.

  Qing Tao was about to say something, but Jiu Jie asked her a question that came out of nowhere, "Has Qing Zhong said when she's coming back?"

  Last month, the third sister gave birth to a son. Three days ago, the Wen family went to celebrate his full moon, but the ninth sister did not go because she was too tired and also did not want to go out with this Mrs. Zou, so she pretended to be ill and let Qingzhai go instead.

  But didn't expect Qing Zhi left and never came back, saying that her family picked her up because her mother was ill.

  "No, no one from the Zhuangzi came to deliver a message!" Qingtao shook her head.

  After hearing this, Jiuniang's heart suddenly skipped a beat for some reason, with an ominous sign of impending doom...

  ……

  Digression

  So busy...