Yu Youyao was a little at a loss. Although she sealed the county master and traveled in a luan car, there was no honor guard. The people did not need to kneel to greet her, they just needed to retreat to avoid collision.

Xie Jingliu, who was riding beside the car, smiled: "The three provinces of Liaodong have a history of bitter cold. The crops that the people can cultivate are limited, the food they can obtain is also limited, and the supplies are degraded. In addition, the gentry is in power, and the people are often clothed and hungry. "

"Xiangping was the first batch of beneficiaries of sweet potatoes. Everyone opened up wasteland to grow sweet potatoes, and sweet potatoes have become their staple food. The Wumu Palace has spared no effort to publicize your merits. The reputation of your living Bodhisattva was first spread from Xiangping City. , there are even people in Xiangping who built a shrine for you, cast statues, and worshipped you every day."

Yu Youyao suddenly thought that the original intention of her planting sweet potatoes was: Ander green vines are full of fields, there will be no famine in the world, and the people of the world will be happy.

Xiangping City did it.

When sweet potatoes are successfully promoted throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, there will be more people who will no longer go hungry.

The ancient city of Xiangping is very big. Yu Youyao opened the car window. There are many shops and small stalls along the road. There are also various stalls along the road. The street is patrolled by government officials from time to time. , The border residents are tall and strong, and their voices are loud.

Men and women on the street are magnanimous, walking freely, without any shyness.

Then there are young and beautiful women walking on the street, telling men to stare at them honestly, but they don't see any embarrassment. They even stare back confidently, and some even swear back, which usually provokes men to laugh and even brag. With a frivolous whistle, when others saw it, they all smiled kindly, without any malice.

Yu Youyao pursed her lips and smiled lightly.

The ancient city of Xiangping is the first county in Liaodong. The car drove in the city for another hour before slowly stopping.

Xie Jingliu rolled over and dismounted: "We're home."

Chunxiao and Xia Tao took the lead in getting off the carriage, and the curtain was raised around the corner. Aunt Xu followed, and Yu Youyao got out of the carriage, stepped on the footstool, and was helped by Aunt Xu from the carriage.

The climate in Xiangping is relatively wet and cold. It is already March, the weather is warm and cold, and it is a bit stinging.

Aunt Xu took a waist-length cloak handed over by her mother-in-law and tied it for Yu Youyao.

As soon as Yu Youyao looked up, she saw the big family in front of her. In front of the main gate, there were three steps and stepped up. There were two wooden pillars on the left and right sides. The gate was painted bronze, which looked simple and low-key. .

At this moment, everyone in the Xie residence was waiting at the door.

grandfather, grandmother.

The eldest uncle Xie Xun, the second uncle Xie Liao, and the third uncle Xie Chu.

The eldest aunt Yao, the second aunt Lin, and the third aunt Zheng.

The eldest cousin Xie Xingzhou, the second cousin Xie Linyuan, the fourth cousin Xie Yanqing, and the fifth cousin Xie Yunze.

Seeing Yu Youyao getting off the carriage, Mrs. Xie was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted, "Bring the brazier over and step over the brazier, so that you can get rid of your bad luck."

Immediately, the old woman shouted: "The brazier is here."

The brazier was placed at the gate, and Mrs. Xie hurriedly said: "My children and grandchildren will step over the fire and smoke, and the bad luck will go away with good luck; people who have a prosperous family business will not be annoyed, and the family will be harmonious and everything will be prosperous."

Yu Youyao picked up the hem of her skirt, raised her legs, crossed the brazier, and entered the door.

Old Mrs. Xie squinted her eyes, quickly picked up the willow branch, dipped it in pomelo peel water, swept her whole body, and asked her, "Is it clean?"

This is an auspicious ritual. It is done by the elders to ward off evil, avoid evil, and hide away. Yu Youyao hurriedly said: "Jing!"

The old lady Xie smiled deeply and asked again, "Is it auspicious?"

Yu Youyao said again: "Ji!"

The old man Xie said quickly: "The old man is still waiting in the main hall, go and greet him."

Yu Youyao went to the main hall surrounded by several cousins.

In the meantime, Mrs. Xie saw that Yu Youyao was walking differently, and quickly asked what happened.

Yu Youyao explained it with a good rhetoric with the third cousin.

Xie Jingliu helped, but Mrs. Xie didn't doubt it, she just felt sorry for her granddaughter, took her hand, and asked carefully about the injury on her foot.

Arriving at the main hall, Yu Youyao respectfully thanked the old man and kowtowed.

Grandpa Xie said quickly, "Get up, get up, you sprained your foot, and you're not done yet, but you have to be careful, our family doesn't care about these polite things."

The old lady Xie stepped forward and helped Yu Youyao: "Your second uncle and third uncle arrived in Xiangping in the twelfth lunar month. With the care of King Wu Mu, they bought this two adjacent three-entry houses in Xiangping City. The room is here, and the left side is reserved for you, and the people in the rooms in front of you have set up the yard early in the morning."

Yu Youyao's companion room came to Xiangping first.

"Can a three-bedroom house live in a three-bedroom house?" Xie's residence is in Quanzhou, but it has built a group of houses, and each room has a three-bedroom courtyard.

It's not that there are no bigger houses in Xiangping City, but because of the respect and decency, the houses of ordinary people cannot exceed three entrances. They are newcomers, and the ready-made houses are not perfect, and they may not be able to buy them with money. appropriate.

As soon as you enter the courtyard, it is an independent quadrangle courtyard. The main house has two floors up and down, and there are side rooms on the east and west sides. There are also large and small side courtyards.

The Xie residence does not accept concubines, there are not so many concubines and concubines in the family, there are only a few people in one room, and it must be more than enough to live in the courtyard.

Just with the Quanzhou Xie Zhai in front of the comparison, it is inevitable that there will be a gap.

Old Mrs. Xie also thought of the house in Quanzhou, and felt a little sad: "Enough to live, enough to live, the area in Liaodong is sparsely populated, unlike Quanzhou, where every inch of land is gold, the house occupies a large area, and the interior layout is also spacious, with many rooms and courtyards. There are also many, the first yard is as big as the second yard in Quanzhou.”

In the north, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the house is not expensive. The regulations of the house cannot be surpassed. The layout of the land, the home, and the number of small courtyards are exploited.

The house was picked with the help of King Wu Mu, but their family also liked the size of the house. Each yard had more than half an mu (460 square meters), and the family lived loosely, so they bought it.

Wang also smiled and said: "There is a big hill behind our house. When we bought the house, we bought it along with it. When our family settled down in Xiangping, the hill was leveled and a few houses were built. We just arrived. , The first days were definitely not satisfactory, but fortunately, the whole family is neat and tidy, which is better than anything else, and the days that follow will definitely be better."

Everyone in the family lives in the yard, but she lives alone in a big house, and Yu Youyao always feels that it is not suitable.

Lin held her hand: "In addition to being a girl from our family, you are also the master of Shaoyi County, who was proclaimed by the imperial court. You can live in the Wujin compound, and you can't find a more suitable house for you to live in. We will expand the adjacent yard when our family settles down.”