Three days later, Zhou Lao Er came back from Sichuanzhou, Zhou Lao Er did not buy a house in Sichuan City, but bought a house near the orchard, a two-entry house.

The house was bought, and the Zhao family couldn't move there alone, so they had to wait for Zhou Lao Er to come back from Pingzhou before moving.

Early the next morning, Zhou Lao Er and Changzhi returned to Pingzhou.

Zhou Shuren sorted out the books for Xu Jinshi, and Zhulan added some fabrics to Xu Jinshi's wife, these two worried about Changzhi and worked hard.

As for Xuemei, this time Zhulan didn't bring anything back, but wrote a letter.

Zhou Lao Er left, the Fang family came to find Zhulan, and the Zhao family came with the Fang family.

Zhulan said: "Is there something wrong with my mother? ”

Zhou Lao Er was not at home, and Fang's family stayed at home, not to mention appearing in front of Zhulan, directly saying that he was sick and hiding in the yard, Zhulan knew that Fang's shame was wrong, and he didn't slap his face and ask a doctor.

Fang's family grabbed the handkerchief, her heart hurt, the Qian family sold some antiques, a total of 35,000 taels of silver on the account, she finally swallowed 30,000 taels of silver from the Qian family, and now she sent back 22,000 taels, the remaining 8,000 taels, and the 2,000 taels she saved by selling jewelry and antiques, she was a little resentful, and the corners of her mouth were very stiff, "I've been bothering for some days, and I'm here to resign." ”

Zhulan, "Where is my mother-in-law going?" ”

Fang Shi laughed dryly, "I'll go to the inn to live first, and then buy a house to live in." ”

She doesn't want to live in the Zhou family, her daughter has a lot of opinions about her these days, and her son-in-law is even more, now that her son-in-law is gone, it is better for her to leave early.

Zhulan wrinkled her brows, Fang's family went out to live in the guest house, and she didn't know that the Zhou family couldn't accommodate the orphans and widows' in-laws, "Steward Ding is familiar with Yaxing, and the mother-in-law doesn't have to leave in a hurry, and it's not too late to leave after buying the house." ”

Fang wanted to refute, but he didn't dare to say anything on his mother's slightly unhappy face, "Thank you, mother-in-law." ”

Zhao couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, this time she met with her mother, she found that her mother was really very childish, she saw herself from her mother's body, just as she looked at her mother, the Zhou family must also look at her like this, careful thinking is not atmospheric and can't get on the table, the more Zhao thinks about it, the more panicked his face becomes.

Fang's family couldn't stay any longer, she was angry in her heart, even if she didn't do it right, she shouldn't have sent back twenty-two thousand taels, "Mother-in-law, I'll go back first." ”

Zhulan looked at Fang Clan lightly, "Hmm." ”

Fang's turned around and left, Zhao's face flushed, she was too unfamiliar with her current mother, it was useless to fall on her in the past two days, and she also counted her husband, and her mother wanted to give them 10,000 taels, so that they could pretend to take the silver and send it back to the Qian family, she was shocked.

Yushuang saw that her mother was standing helpless, and secretly pulled off her grandmother's clothes.

Zhulan patted Yushuang's hand and said to the Zhao family: "Steward Ding is doing things well, you go and tell Steward Ding that he can do it in the afternoon, and you go to buy some food and vegetables and other household goods for your mother, which can be regarded as your filial piety." ”

Zhao looked at her mother-in-law in a daze, her mother was pointing at her, no matter how much her mother was, outsiders only looked at the performance of the Zhou family, "Mother, I'll go." ”

Zhulan waited for the Zhao family to leave, and said to Yushuang: "You have to remember to be a man, even if you don't want to, you have to take care of the overall situation and your own reputation." ”

Yushuang nodded and understood, grandma didn't like grandma, but for the reputation of the Zhou family, grandma still pointed out to her mother, she knew that grandma was weak, the Zhou family was an official family, and people were often willing to sympathize with the weak, especially when grandpa was in full swing, many people were willing to find fault with the Zhou family, and grandma couldn't find fault with it.

Yushuang understands yes, but she is a little aggrieved, especially as a grandmother who is the head of the house, "Grandma." ”

Zhulan smiled, it's still the child she taught, this is distressing her, but this child doesn't know, she has never taken the Fang family seriously.

In the afternoon, Steward Ding helped Fang's buy a house and a shop, Zhulan didn't wonder how much money Fang's money had, and didn't want to count it, Zhulan told Steward Ding to prepare some fabrics and furs for Fang's to send over, which was the Zhou family's intention.

Early the next morning, the Fang family took his son to buy the house, and the Zhao family also followed, taking away the Zhou family's heart and Zhao's filial piety.

On the second day, Sun brought Zhulan's sister-in-law to Zhou's house.

Zhulan asked, "Mother, is there anything going on at home?" ”

Sun smiled, "It's not spring, the weather is getting warmer, I can't stay at home anymore, so I'll come to you." ”

Zhulan smiled, "Mother, there must be something else!" ”

Sun was puzzled, "How do you see that?" ”

Zhulan smiled, "If you can't stay, Dad will definitely take you around the city, how could he let you come to me alone." ”

Sun smiled, "Mother and you are honest, you know the girl of Zheng Hong's family!" ”

Zhulan nodded, "I know, the eldest daughter of the Zheng family, a stable and well-accomplished girl." ”

Sun smiled and said: "It's good for you to take a fancy to it, I also think this girl is good, what do you think of her and Changzhi?" ”

Zhulan, "......."

She really didn't expect the old lady to come for Changzhi.

Sun didn't look happy when he saw his daughter, "Isn't it appropriate?" ”

She thinks it's quite suitable, she really likes the daughter of the Zheng family.

Zhulan explained: "Mother, let me tell you that even if Shuren is transferred to another place in the future, our family will not marry the Zheng family." ”

Sun asked, "Why?" ”

Zhulan thought about how to explain it more simply, "Now we all know that Shuren is the emperor's confidant, and if Shuren wants to go up, he can't marry the Zheng family." ”

Sun is an old lady who has little knowledge, and her eyes widened, "It will affect Shuren, then forget it, I didn't say it today." ”

Zhulan thought to herself, she just didn't want to scare her mother, in fact, to put it more simply, if Zhou Shuren wanted to retire safely, the Zhou family would not be able to marry the military general's family.

Especially Zheng Hong of the Zheng family, Zheng Hong is also the emperor's confidant at first glance, heh, the marriage of the two families plus the Yang family, the emperor is not happy to see it.

Old man Zheng is optimistic about Mingyun, but unfortunately Old Man Zheng didn't expect that Zhou Shuren would be treated by the emperor so much, the Zhou family received a blessing from the emperor, and the old man Zheng and Zhou Shuren never mentioned Mingyun's name in the letter.

Sun didn't dare to introduce blindly, and chatted with his daughter, "This time flies really fast, in a blink of an eye is a year, a few days ago I went to the city with your father, and saw many farmers buying seeds for spring ploughing." ”

The smile on Zhulan's face deepened, Zhou Shuren dug the ice cellar, and in order to dig it quickly, he hired Xu people, each person managed a lunch for twenty yuan a day, and worked for ten days in a row, and one person earned two hundred yuan.

There are a lot of strong laborers in each household, and there are two people in one household, and four or five people in a large number, and each household has an income.

Before spring ploughing, he got silver money, and he happened to have silver money to buy grain seeds, which were all calculated by Zhou Shuren.

There was still some silver money left from digging the ice cellar, and Zhou Shuren did not leave it in the account, and continued to hire people to repair the embankment, Zhou Shuren thought of the drought and floods.

The only thing that makes Zhou Shuren regret is that no one has donated silver, if he has silver, he still wants to build a ditch ten miles outside Xicheng!

(End of chapter)