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Lu Huainian also looked at Ms. Yang. In fact, he already knew that she was the concubine where he "died".

He had been with her day and night for so many years, how could he not recognize her?

When they met in the capital, Lu Huainian already knew that she was Yang. Even if she put on delicate clothes and different makeup, he could not admit her mistake.

But that was not the time to recognize each other, because it might affect his son's future.

"She is Xiangxiang, right?" Lu Huainian looked at the little girl and said lovingly, "I am your grandfather."

The little baby blinked at him for a moment, then grinned at him.

Lu Huainian was overjoyed and quickly took out a box from the carriage and handed it to Chang An: "This is a meeting gift for Xiangxiang."

Chang'an was not polite, thanked Xiangxiang, and opened the box. Inside was a set of gold collars and locks, as well as a pair of dragon-shaped gold bracelets.

Seeing that Lu Huainian didn't pay much attention to her, Yang gradually relaxed and helped Jiang carry the things brought back from Chang'an as if nothing had happened.

Not long after, Lu Jingzhou came back from the government office and was not surprised to see his father arriving.

There is no better way to know a father than a son. He knows his father's thoughts very clearly.

He couldn't hide the fact that his mother was still alive, but it was not easy for him to reconcile with her.

"Do you want to live here permanently, or return to Beijing after a while?" Lu Jingzhou asked.

Lu Huainian sighed: "I want to live with you in the future."

The legitimate son Lu Yuanjin remarried, but to a merchant's daughter, she has never given birth.

The concubine Song Xiyue gave birth to Lu Yuanjin's eldest daughter, but the child did not please the Cai family.

Since the fall of the Qin family, the legitimate son Lu Yuanjin has also lost his position as a royal guard. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he has no hope. He spends all day doing nothing at home. After drinking, he either beats his wife or his concubine. It is really unseemly.

Now that Lu Huainian had resigned from office, he no longer wanted to live with his wife's family, so he went all the way to join his second son, Lu Jingzhou.

What can Lu Jingzhou say? He could only nod his head and said: "You may as well stay here and help your son take care of the wasteland from now on."

Chang'an wanted to turn this place into a land of plenty, so he had to find a helper. After all, his father had been a magistrate for many years, and he was also good at handling official affairs.

Lu Huainian smiled: "Okay. I only saw lush greenery here in Ansai along the way. The rest of the land was too desolate. I don't know why?"

"The northwest is droughty all year round. Only Ansai has a reservoir, and the water in the river does not dry out all year round. Naturally, vegetation flourishes."

Lu Jingzhou said ambiguously: "In the future, we will plant trees all over this place, which will not only protect against wind and sand, but also cultivate the fields."

Lu Huainian stroked his beard and nodded: "That's very good. Anyway, you will have to stay here for another seven or eight years. The trees will be shady by then."

The two father and son talked for a long time, until Changan came over and called them to eat.

There are no separate tables for men and women, and the family sits around a large round table.

Yang and Jiang sat together, not even daring to raise their heads during the whole process.

Lu Huainian sighed inwardly and could only pretend not to care and eat the food.

Chang'an also noticed her mother-in-law's discomfort, but she was just a daughter-in-law and it was not easy for her to get involved in their affairs.

Xiangxiang was held in the arms of the nanny. She stared at the table full of dishes with her dark eyes open, her little arms fluttering around, and her saliva flowing out.

As soon as the wet nurse came out of the living room, she started crying and looked at Chang'an with aggrieved eyes.

The wet nurse had no choice but to hold her and stand by the table and look at her mouth.

Little Shitou felt sorry for his niece's greedy behavior, and quickly fed her a mouthful of stewed eggs with a spoon.

After Xiangxiang finished taking a bite, she giggled flatteringly at her uncle. The laughter was so exaggerated and fake that it made people laugh.

"This child is so clever." Lu Huainian looked at her with interest, and his eyes towards his granddaughter became more and more kind: "She is exactly the same as Jingzhou when she was a child."

When Yang heard this, she felt sad.

Her Jingzhou had been smart and clever since she was a child, but she had to live in fear and trepidation in the Lu Mansion, walking on thin ice. When she thought about this, Yang secretly hated her.

Now the old man is actually embarrassed to bring up old things again. If she were not at her son's house at this moment and her in-laws were present, she would have wanted to put her job on his head.

Lu Huainian didn't know what Yang was thinking, but when he saw her lowering her head, he thought it reminded her of the past and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

I did love and pity Yang at first, not only because she was pretty, but also because she came from a family of officials, was well-educated and sensible, and was also very docile.

But he had to give face to his wife, and he couldn't let anyone tell the rumors about doting on his concubine and destroying his wife, so he turned a blind eye to many things.

This also caused Yang to complain a lot about herself, and she gradually became disengaged.

Now that he is getting older, he no longer cares about the rumors. He just wants to be reunited with the Jingzhou mother and son.

After eating, Song Erxiao rushed to the station with his guards, and Lu Huainian stayed at his son's place.

With nothing to do, Lu Huainian became Xiao Shitou's first teacher.

Speaking of which, Lu Huainian was also a Jinshi. His knowledge was very good and he was very experienced in teaching children.

But every time he struck up a conversation with Yang, Yang ignored him, which made him very depressed.

More than two years have passed and Xiangxiang is already three years old.

The Ansai area has also become a well-known prosperous place, a real land of plenty.

Nowadays, Ansai has abundant water resources, and every household has cultivated paddy fields and planted rice.

The rice yield per mu can reach more than 300 kilograms, which makes the people ecstatic.

The yield per mu is more than 300 kilograms. Even if it is rice, it is higher than the yield per mu in the Jiangnan area.

As soon as there was more food, people had hope and started doing various small businesses and handicrafts.

The lives of the people in surrounding counties and counties are not so good. They are still short of water. Even the best farmland yields only one stone per acre, which is one hundred and twenty kilograms.

Therefore, every time there is a shortage of food, the surrounding people will secretly come to Ansai with baskets to beg for food. The people of Ansai also generously give half a scoop of rice to the beggars.

This family had half a bowl, another half a bowl, and the begging baskets were soon full, so more and more people came to Ansai to beg for food, and some moved their families secretly to Ansai.

Just because Ansai advocates people to cultivate wasteland, whoever cultivates the land will own it.

Suddenly, there were thousands more people in Ansai, and Lu Jingzhou asked them all to go further west to open up wasteland and dig canals.

At the same time, each of them must plant twenty trees, otherwise they will not be allowed to stay.

Even with such harsh conditions, those people still stayed and divided the land on their own to clear wasteland and plant trees.

Because the trees they planted also belonged to them, no one complained.

However, these people would rather abandon the fertile farmland at home and come to Ansai to reclaim wasteland, which made the surrounding county magistrates quite complain.

Some officials submitted a memorial directly to the emperor, impeaching Lu Jingzhou for robbing the population.

After receiving the memorial, the emperor asked an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs to compare the amount of taxes paid by the prefectures and counties, and then smiled: "It's no wonder Lu Aiqing, his Ansai Prefecture's taxes are as much as those of two prefectures. People are also seeking profits. Those who avoid harm have no choice but to go there if they know where they can get enough to eat.”