I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 947 - Chapter 947 Opening

Chapter 947: Opening Chapter 947: Opening Editor: Atlas Studios After the two children discussed it, they didn’t go out to play the next day.

Instead, they wrote a letter to Qi Xiuyuan.

The two of them wrote a few words each and told Qi Xiuyuan that they had voluntarily switched their seniority.

They urged him to listen to the opinions of the parties involved and not be stubborn.

Otherwise, they would be unhappy.

The two children used Little Bear’s messenger pigeon to send the letter.

In less than a day, it arrived at the palace.

When Little Treasure retrieved the letter and saw that it was for his father, he looked at it in surprise.

Seeing that the handwriting on it was neither Little Bear’s nor Fourth Uncle’s, and the tender handwriting, it was obvious that it was written by a child.

Feeling half puzzled and half curious, he took the letter to look for his father.

Qi Xiuyuan looked at the crooked words on the letter and the corners of his mouth twitched.

After closing the letter, he said to his son, who was craning his head to look, “Aren’t you going back to bring your younger brothers to the imperial garden to play?” Seeing that his father had no intention of sharing the contents, Little Treasure left regretfully.

Qi Xiuyuan immediately wrote a letter to scold Qi Haoran.

Now that the two children were still young, it was a good time to correct them.

Otherwise, when they were older, they would really not be able to switch back their seniority.

Being born earlier or later depended on the heavens.

Moreover, he had never seen anyone who dared to mess with the genealogical tree.

He’d thought that Qi Haoran would mend his ways after he lectured him in the palace last time.

He’d assumed that by the time the twins’ names were to go on the genealogical tree, they would’ve switched back to what it should be.

Who knew that something would happen to Zijin before the new year?

Then, they went to Guangdong, thus the matter of the twins’ names going on the genealogical tree was delayed.

If he had not mentioned it during the new year, Qi Haoran would have probably forgotten that his two sons had yet to be given proper names.

The two children were already so old, but their names were still not on the genealogical tree.

Yet, Qi Haoran didn’t seem at all anxious.

How ridiculous.

The seniority of the two children had to be changed back to the way it ought to be.

Even if Qi Haoran doted on his children, this was too much.

However, in the end, Qi Haoran did not manage to get them to switch back.

Doting on his children was one thing, but the most important thing was that he could not go back on his word in front of his children.

As a father, he had an image to upkeep in front of them.

How could he go back on his word?

Especially since the two children’s names included the words “Nuo” and “Zheng”.

Seeing that Qi Haoran was frowning, Mu Yangling couldn’t bear to make things difficult for him, so she suggested an idea.

“Don’t bother correcting the two little ones.

Just don’t show your face in front of Big Brother for the time being.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Without anyone reminding him, he’ll forget about it in time.

By the time this comes to mind, the two children will already have grown up.

We can just let Little Lion and Tiger Head pretend to be each other when necessary then.

Anyway, Big Brother won’t be able to tell them apart.” Qi Haoran blinked and whispered, “Will Big Brother fly into a rage if he finds out?” “It’s alright.” Mu Yangling patted his shoulder and said, “With you angering him from time to time, he’ll get used to it.

Big Brother might even be immune to it by then.” Qi Haoran pounced over and pressed her against the blanket.

He said fiercely, “How dare you tease me?

Watch how I deal with you.” Spring had just walked to the door when she heard the screams inside.

Stopping in her tracks, she heard the strange sounds inside and her face immediately turned red.

With a wave of her hand, she dismissed the servant girls and guarded the courtyard herself.

Qi Haoran fooled around with Mu Yangling for the entire afternoon.

After waking up, he went out to play with the children in high spirits.

Spring came in to report to Mu Yangling.

“Your Highness, the person we sent to Guangxi has returned.

He brought back three families.

Do you want to meet them?” “All pearl divers?” “Yes, their family head and ancestors are pearl divers.

It’s said that even their sons have started learning how to swim.

They’re willing to sell themselves as slaves to serve in the Prince’s estate.” Mu Yangling nodded.

“Since they’re willing, let them sign an indenture contract.

Arrange for them to stay in the servants’ room first.

They can come and see me after they rest.” Spring agreed.

As the ancestors of the three families were all fishermen, the three families knew each other.

Although they were selling themselves as slaves, they had fought tooth and nail to get a spot.

Although the Imperial Court had lifted the maritime ban, pearl mining had been prohibited since the Tang Dynasty.

As such, they could only go further into the sea to feel for the clams.

It would naturally be good if they could catch some and come back alive.

But if they died, their families would lose their pillars and could only live as slaves and maidservants.

This kind of life was ultimately unstable.

Therefore, when they heard that the Prince’s estate was looking for pearl divers, they tried their utmost to get a spot.

Although they were in Guangxi, which was a little far from Guangdong, they had heard of Prince Rong and Princess Consort Rong and knew that they were good-hearted people, just like the Emperor.

The Emperor had lifted the maritime ban and waived the poll tax on the fishermen for two years, while Prince Rong helped the fishermen fight pirates.

Meanwhile, the Princess Consort allowed the farmers to plant grains on credit.

They were all good people.

Wasn’t it a good thing to work as a servant in the residence of a kind family?

They’d even heard that there was rice for every meal.

When they came, the family heads were already prepared to go to the sea to pick pearls for the Prince’s estate and perhaps never return alive.

Who knew that, instead, they would be sent to raise clams and fish?

The three young men standing in front turned around and looked at their father.

They knelt down in front of Mu Yangling and said in shame, “Your Highness, we didn’t make it clear.

WaEUR”we don’t know how to raise clams and have never raised themaEUR|” With a smile, Mu Yangling asked, “Then do you know of anyone who raised clams before?” They looked at each other and shook their heads.

“That’s it.

This is just a fun project by the kids.

No one in the world knows how to raise them, so you have to figure it out yourself.

Your ancestors have dealt with sea clams, so you should know some of their habits.

Take your time to experiment.

One year, two years, ten years, eight years, doesn’t matter.

As long as the young masters are interested, help them raise these clams.

Try different methods.

Perhaps you might succeed one day.” The three young men only felt that the Princess Consort was so magnanimous to let the children go to such lengths just for fun.

The hearts of the three old men behind sank.

This meant that they would only be useful and be able to stay while the young masters were still interested in raising the clams.

Did that mean that should the young masters lost interest one day, they would be sent away?

It seemed that they had to take good care of these clams no matter what.

As for the women and children, they felt that only these young masters could go to such lengths just for fun.

Mu Yangling called the children over and let them meet each other.

Then, she let them stay in the residence for the time being.

When the houses at the aqua farm were built, those who needed to work at the aqua farm would stay there.

As for the women and children, they had to learn the rules first before being arranged errands in the residence.

When they heard that even an eight-year-old child had a monthly allowance of 200 copper coins, everyone’s eyes lit up.

They felt that they were really too lucky.

However, Little Bear and Little An couldn’t wait to ask the three elders questions.

They often consulted the fishermen, knowing that they could often get the correct answer from the elders.

As for how to open the clam, the three elders said that it would open upon scratching the clam shell.

The four children did not believe it and immediately pulled them to the aqua farm.

They picked up two closed clams from the sea and tossed them to the three elders.

One of the elders took it and casually picked up from the beach a sandrock as thick as a pinky.

Then, he scratched the clam’s shell twice, and the clam slowly opened its mouth.

The four children opened their mouths wide in astonishment, so surprised that they forgot to throw sand in.

The first to snap out of his shock, Little Bear picked up two round pieces of sand on the beach and threw them in.

When it felt the foreign object, the clam kept secreting liquid and slowly closed the clam shell.

However, there was always a crack, as if it wanted to expel the foreign object in its body.

The four children cheered.

It really worked!