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Yu Hongdou did not ask how Yu Sanlang rejected Gao Hongyang or what he said to the village chief.

By the afternoon, she was overwhelmed by the good news that came one after another.

Her fourth uncle's wedding date has been set for April 18th. Counting on her fingers, isn't it just four days later?

My eldest cousin Ginkgo was also successful in her matchmaking, and they will prepare for the wedding after my fourth uncle gets married.

Finally, I have to add one more thing: someone is actually arranging a marriage for her scumbag cousin whose child is still in his ex-wife's belly.

"When did my eldest sister go out?" Yu Hongdou squatted on the ground and asked her grandfather in a low voice, as she hadn't seen her eldest sister and aunt go out.

"No, your fourth uncle sent a portrait and a letter from the city." Old Master Yu spread out the herbs and said nonchalantly.

If Yu Hongdou hadn't seen his frown, she would have believed that the old man was so calm.

"Your uncle and aunt didn't agree with your eldest brother's matter. The girl on the other side has some problems with her legs and feet."

Grandpa Yu simply told his granddaughter the rest of the news to prevent her from following his heels like a little cricket.

Yu Hongdou nodded, and she said, who is so anxious?

Through her second aunt and second cousin, Yu Hongdou learned that many people were eyeing the four bachelors in their family.

Most of the families who are eyeing my eldest cousin are temporarily waiting to see whether the baby in Liu's belly can be born and whether it will be sent back after birth. Basically, those who have any dignity will not propose marriage at this time.

"Grandpa, most of the pepper and ginger planted in the village are alive." Yu Hongdou helped her grandfather sort out the medicinal herbs and started a conversation with him.

"Well, that thing is easy to grow. The climate here is good and most medicinal herbs are easy to grow." Old Man Yu nodded. This is not a rare thing.

"Then why didn't anyone think of planting it before?" Yu Hongdou was puzzled.

"You are not allowed to plant in the fields. If you plant on the mountain, it will easily be dug up by others. Not many people go to the doctor, so ordinary medicinal herbs are enough. Why bother to plant them? Only pepper and ginger are used in cooking. Who will buy them if they are only used to make medicine?" Grandpa Yu made a sharp comment.

What he said made a lot of sense. Yu Hongdou couldn't help but ponder over it. Then she thought of the four words "medicine and food have the same origin", and then she thought of the hillside that was allocated to her family.

"Grandpa, are the medicinal herbs grown on our own hillside considered wild or our own?" Yu Hongdou, who is illiterate about the law, is still not very familiar with the policies on land and forests.

"It's ours, but when I'm not watching, you can't sue others if they dig it up," Grandpa Yu explained to his granddaughter.

Why was it that the third son suffered a loss by choosing half a mountain and three acres of land? Because this half of the mountain was nominally the private property of the Yu family, but the imperial court had laws and could not dispose of it at will.

The Forestry Law stipulates that mountain land cannot be reclaimed, otherwise the offender will be sentenced to flogging.

When planting trees on the mountains, only one out of ten trees will survive as fruit trees. That is, only one out of ten trees planted will be a fruit tree.

Trees can only be cut down after being aged for more than three years, which means that trees planted on one's own mountain must be cut down after three years or even more.

Some trees had been planted on the Yu family's half of the mountain before, but most of them had been cut down for building houses and for the children and grandchildren to get married, and the remaining trees were all unripe.

So after Yu Sanlang got this half of the mountain, he would go there to chop branches and pick up some firewood every day.

At most, you can pick a handful of hazelnuts from the hazelnut vines on the mountain, and harvest the two surviving fruit trees in spring and autumn, one is a peach tree and the other is a hawthorn tree.

If the matter of Mr. Yu secretly transplanting medicinal herbs was really investigated, he would be criticized, but no one in the village cared and no one reported it.

"This mountain is not big to begin with, and there are many rocky areas on the ground, making it difficult for grass to grow. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been our family's turn." Grandpa Yu rarely complained.

When he settled down, he was also ambitious and wanted to buy more land so that his descendants would not have to worry about the future.

Later, I found that it is difficult for a single tree to support itself. Not to mention how to cultivate the land after buying it, even when you buy the land, people are reluctant to sell it to you because they see that your family has few people. They are afraid that after you die, the land will be transferred again and fall into the hands of outsiders.

Well, it seems that there is a reason why people in ancient times valued their descendants. Yu Hongdou understands but does not agree with it. However, given the social conditions of the time, she has never thought of fighting against it alone. She does not have that ability.

"Then I'll ask my dad to plant more pine trees. The pine scent smells nice, the pine needles can be soaked in water, and the pine nuts can be eaten in autumn." Yu Hongdou thought for a moment and the small hillside around her home seemed to be quite sparsely populated.

“It’s difficult to grow a forest of pine trees, and the wood takes a long time to mature, but your family has enough of it now.” Grandpa Yu agreed and began to think about where he could get pine seedlings.

While the grandfather and grandson were having a great time, Qian Sanmei, who was helping to turn over and carry the medicinal herbs, once again discovered the peeping from the eldest wife's side.

"Miss, the eldest lady of the master's family always looks at you and the old master through the window." After making sure that she was not being too suspicious, Qian Sanmei reported it to her young lady on the way back.

She always felt something was wrong. She was in her own home. If she wanted to hear or see something, she could just open the window or even walk out the door. Why would she have to peek and eavesdrop?

Yu Hongdou also had this question. She didn't understand why her elder sister was always acting sneaky.

She brought this question and the crossbow drawings to the second room.

"Why? I feel guilty!" When Hu Tao heard the question from her little cousin, her lips almost turned up to her ears.

"Why are you feeling guilty?" Yu Hongdou didn't understand.

"I'm afraid your grandfather will find out that some herbs are missing." Sun answered for her daughter, then sighed and continued.

"It's all your uncle and aunt's fault. In the early years, they stole the old man's medicinal herbs and sold them privately, and let the young Ginkgo keep watch. Over time, the child was raised astray." Speaking of this, Sun really despised her uncle and his wife. How could they be such parents?

At that time, the three families lived together, and all the herbs they collected were given to the old man to be processed and sold together.

Of course, if they came across more precious ones in private, they would keep them for themselves. The eldest son was lazy, so he picked fewer herbs on a daily basis. He would secretly pick some from the drying herbs and sell them for money when the old man and they were not paying attention.

Even if you dry the herbs, they will have a certain amount of residue. After a long time, it is inevitable that they will be discovered.

The old man was the first one to discover it, but the old lady didn't let him say anything, so he didn't say anything.

Later, the third brother found out about it and started to make a fuss. Only then did the eldest wife restrain herself. However, even so, some expensive medicinal herbs would always disappear out of nowhere.

"Uncle and aunt, you are really not afraid of cheating the children." Yu Hongdou didn't expect it was because of this.

It sounds like the eldest cousin seems a bit pitiful, but if you think about it carefully, whenever the eldest cousin shows up, there must be some unspeakable things happening.

For example, the "Little Green" mentioned by the second cousin before, and the matter where the eldest aunt suggested that the eldest cousin go and deliver meals to the three people from the Tan family.

Unfortunately, Yu Hongdou didn't have many opportunities to interact with this sister in her daily life, and didn't know her very well. She probably only knew that the eldest cousin was a bit of a green tea and white lotus person.

There is not much description of this eldest cousin in the book. Only in some scattered paragraphs it is mentioned that this eldest cousin was not very happy after marriage, but she did not suffer much because of Yu Silang and Yu Sanlang.

Later, she gave birth to a smart son who was good at talking and coaxing people since he was young. When the heroine came to visit after giving birth, he even thought about arranging a marriage for the two children.

However, these had little to do with the third room. Yu Hongdou just let it go after she finished gossiping. Her life was so smooth that she forgot about it. Things like being slapped in the face would come late but it will come sooner rather than later.