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The young ladies of the brocade also joined in.

Under the faint warmth of the sun, the little embroidery girls all had tender and childish smiles on their faces. They were like little flowers in a spring dew, and their hearts were brimming with joy for a carefree life!

Mu Rousang stretched her body and then threw the embroidery on the wooden seat. She stood up and straightened her back and said: "Cough, you guys are so free, how about I check to see if you guys have made any progress in embroidery?"

"Ah, no, miss!"

"Aiya, what should I do about this? I'm not familiar with the needlework that the first lady taught me!"

"Ah, ah, ah, girl, do you really check? Didn't I say that there will be another ten days? "

Mu Rousang deliberately said while holding back her laughter, "What else? I want to see if you guys are lazy. "

The courtyard immediately began to chatter, and the small courtyard was brimming with the feeling of spring.

Mu Rousang had only given the two embroidery ladies some pointers on their needlework before she ran over with her skirt lifted. She shouted from afar: "Lady, elated, overjoyed!"

When she heard this, she couldn't help but give him two white eyeballs. What kind of girl was so happy? It was just like when she entered a fruit store in her previous life and the Lady Boss wanted to recruit him: Look at beautiful girls, buy some pretty girls.

Don't worry, in the future, Young Master has already said that when you grow old enough to agree on the date of marriage, the date of marriage won't be long. I don't need to be anxious, I have never thought of leaving you, so it is for me to be worried too. "

Mu Rousang only said one sentence and she immediately replied back with ten. This caused all the embroidery ladies in the courtyard to laugh from side to side.

Chun Jing smiled as she laid in Chun Yan's arms. "Look at that! With Chunyi's thick skin, aren't you afraid that we'll tear her small mouth off in anger?"

Spring Breeze, who was sitting beside her, pushed her and said, "You're sitting up straight. If Aunt Liu sees you in a while, he'll have to teach you a lesson about sitting down. Miss has a good temper and likes to play around, how could I tear her little mouth?"

When Chun Jing heard this, he stuck out his tongue and sat up straight. He shouted towards Chun Yi who was in the yard, "You said it was a great joy and it took us half a day to get it out quickly. It also saves us from scratching ourselves like little cats."

Chun Yi smiled and said, "Isn't it the lady who teased me first? Just you wait. I'll tell you right away."

She then turned to report to Mu Rousang, "Miss, previously, it was the servant of Village Head Grandpa, who said that Village Head Grandpa had sent him to speak. The imperial government had already posted a notice saying that the canal would be repaired this autumn and winter, and the matter of the river construction would be distributed to the vassal lords.

Chun Yan also said, "Isn't it so? Let's see, our future Young Master's calculations are accurate, not the slightest bit off."

When Mu Rousang heard them praising Yang Zixuan, his ears flushed red. However, there was a hint of pride in his expression.

He then said, "Go get a wife and send a letter to your two brothers. Let them have a good time."

After Mu Jinzhi and Zuo Ren received the letter, they rushed back from the other side of the river, and just as they entered the door, they shouted: "Sister, this is truly a happy occasion!"

Mu Rousang stood up from the hallway in the main hall, and walked over quickly, saying with a smile: "Big brother is back, where's second cousin?"

Mu Jinzhi walked with her and said: "He is staying there to watch. He invited these bricklayers and no one else to watch."

Mu Rousang laughed and asked: "Today, I was standing outside the door and took a look. I saw many ash-grey stones on the ground, are the foundations ready?"

He nodded and said, "It's about time. The foundation is made of polished green stone, heavy and durable. Green brick is about to be laid on top of it. Your pine trees will be used soon."

"Even so, perhaps by the autumn, this market along the river will be built?" Hearing this, Mu Rousang was happy, with this city, the small mountain village became even more lively, the villagers no longer needed to wake up early to rush to the market.

"Mm. Next year, when the little mountain village blooms with red and green willow trees, it will be another time. At that time, the little mountain village will have a true foundation of ten thousand years." Mu Jinzhi was deeply moved. It was a pity that his parents had passed on early, so the two siblings could not show their filial piety.

Following the promulgation of the imperial edict, the small mountain village was still immersed in the joy of the day and hadn't recovered yet. However, the Jin king's next order woke everyone up.

Mu Rousang stared at the letter in her hand blankly. It was sent by Zuo Renyou herself.

"Miss?" Chun Yan and a few others who were standing to the side realized that something was wrong with her.

Mu Rousang rubbed her forehead and sighed, "Originally, building a canal was a good thing, but I never thought that it would turn out to be a bad thing!"

"Girl? Didn't they say that if we build a canal, our small mountain village and the surrounding small villages would all benefit from it? "I heard that many merchants have come to the Peace Town to settle down." asked Spring, puzzled.

Mu Rousang smiled bitterly, folded the letter carefully and said: "This is truly a busy year, Uncle wrote a letter saying that the Duke Jin felt that the warehouse was empty, and that due to the matter of the canals, he had spent a lot of energy to build it, so he decided to tax everyone this year!"

"What?" Level one? Even Liang Tian could use his fingers to calculate how much food was produced per mu. He also needs manpower, fertilizer, seed money, other than a family to chew on, the only thing left over from the end of the year is to burn incense! " Chun Yi said angrily.

Thanks to the blessings of the two of them, the family had become more prosperous this year. The older brothers took wives, the younger brothers and sisters went to school, and the family could also hire two permanent workers to help them with their affairs. As their mother no longer had to work in the fields, when they had time to look forward to the future, she would pour a bucket of ice water over her head.

"Don't forget that this is the Prince of Jin's vassal force territory. He said that raising taxes is increasing taxes. Alas, it's a good thing that it's only being added temporarily for three years. It's still considered good. I'm afraid that other states might add more!" Mu Rousang only felt that the entire sky was covered by a haze, it was so heavy that it made it hard to breathe.

"Miss, I'm afraid this canal construction will require the forced recruitment of laborers!" Aunt Liu's expression was a little unnatural, no one knew what he was thinking.

Forced labor? Mu Rousang was startled, she was afraid that at that time, she would be full of grievances and lament!

"Forget it, there's nothing we can do about it, there's nothing we can do about it anyway, we just have to deal with it. Uncle said in his letter that the small mountain village doesn't need to worry about this labor, he just told our brothers to stay in the small mountain village and only return to the Shu City after the harvest, at that time, we would also have to clean up everything."

Aunt Liu was the most experienced, she quickly asked: "Miss, are you going to the capital?"

Seeing that the situation in the imperial court is still unclear, Uncle is afraid that he will not be able to settle down in this position. He has requested for the imperial decree to be issued after the end of the year and has returned to the capital to continue his duties.

Mu Rousang was still far away in Jiangnan, and adding to the inconvenience of the letter, it was unknown whether or not he had received Zuo Renyou's letter from home.

Aunt Liu frowned slightly, her lips moved but she did not speak in the end. She knew that since Mu Rousang had already set a marriage, she would definitely not seek Su Ruirui for help.

Fortunately, there was still some food left in their pockets, so they could afford to keep working. Even with the help of the taxes and fees, they still had a decent amount of time to live, so the Village Head had already sent people to collect the silver long ago.

Although Mu Rousang had a lot of land, but since her brother had the status of a raising child, she had no other choice but to take the silver and pay taxes. She was the first one to take the silver after sending off Chun Yi.

"Miss, I heard that officials are chasing after people to collect taxes!" Chunyi puffed up her cheeks and was beating up the girls.

She and Chun Ran were the most dissatisfied with the matter of the tax increase.

Mu Rousang frowned as sshe looked at Luo Zi who was beating her up, and said unhappily: "You have a grudge with Luo Zi! You're trying to pull me down, how are you guys fighting me like this? " After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Your family must have more than ten acres of land. I'm afraid the harvest this year will only be enough to cover their bellies."

There was no other way. The Jin King was still able to restrain himself. He heard that there were already people fleeing into the provinces.

Chun Yan also sighed and said, "Do a good job and end up like this. I heard from a merchant from the village that some of the state's fugitives were caught by officials and beaten to death."

Mu Rousang was also helpless as she said, "Could it be that the world is filled with kingdoms? The Emperor's original intentions should be good, it's just that it's been misunderstood below."

The Aunt Liu said from the side: "This servant has been living in the palace all year round, but has never heard of what has happened outside. I'm afraid that even the Emperor has been deceived by someone."

looked at the vines by the side of the west wing where they had crawled all over. He put down his needle and said: "Look at these grapes, xanthium flowers are blooming, no, let's move, take a pair of scissors and cut off some unnecessary flowers and young vines!"

The girls in the courtyard and the embroidery ladies replied immediately to him. They went to the small piece of grape field to pluck the vine.

In the past, she and Su Ruirui had been busy working together under this grape arbor, and did not know his identity, making him look like a laborer in command, walking around in circles. Initially, she had wanted to see him with that broken ice face of his, but who would have known that they would have such a bad fate?

After Mu Rousang was busy doing her work, she did not return to the provincial capital. Instead, she called the other three to continue staying in the small mountain village, and when she had nothing to do, she called for the peach blossoms and phoenix hairpins to sit under the golden osmanthus tree. She did not care about the weather outside, she only guarded this small courtyard house that was constantly busy.