Seeing Wen Rong coming over, Mingyun pulled his fourth uncle and turned into the jewelry shop. Bah, he didn't want to communicate with Wen Rong. Wen Rong treated him as an opponent, which annoyed him so much. He felt uncomfortable every time they met, but they met quite a few times because of the aristocratic family!
When Wen Rong saw Zhou Mingyun enter the jewelry shop, he paused, thought for a few seconds, and then turned around and left.
In the jewelry shop, Changzhi waited for the shopkeeper to take the bracelet and whispered, "He didn't catch up."
Mingyun: "Yeah."
Chang Zhi's eyes were full of smiles. His nephew was really annoying Wen Rong. "Why did he target you?"
Mingyun was also puzzled. He was not the top scholar, so he did not want to continue the topic. "Fourth Uncle, do you have enough silver?"
Chang Zhi patted his purse and said, "Don't worry, my purse has never been less than two hundred taels."
Mingyun, "..."
He shouldn't have asked, his fourth uncle has always had the fattest wallet among the men in the family!
After leaving the government office, Zhou Shuren went home and saw his wife facing the account book. "It's not time to enter the account yet, how can we reconcile the account book?"
Zhulan raised her head and said, "I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll check the account book."
Zhou Shuren washed his hands first. It was uncomfortable to wear official uniform in summer. "I'll go take a shower first."
"good."
When Zhou Shuren came out, Zhulan had already collected the account book. Zhou Shuren sat down and ate the iced watermelon. "It's great."
Zhu Lan glared, "Eating ice watermelon on an empty stomach, I see your stomach feels better again."
Zhou Shuren smiled apologetically, "I'll just eat one piece, no more."
Zhulan signaled the maid to take all the watermelons away, and then said, "Today, the eldest daughter-in-law asked for Yu Lu's dowry, and I also sent the dowry we gave to the eldest room."
Zhou Shuren finished eating the watermelon, wiped his hands and said: "In the blink of an eye, the little girls back then have grown up and are getting married every year."
Zhulan also sighed. When they first came, the two girls were cute, but now they are old enough to get married. "Next year, there will be Mingteng."
Zhou Shuren said, "It's not just Ming Teng. Jiang Du is not young anymore. The girl from the Jiang family is older than Jiang Du. If they don't get married, who knows what rumors will spread."
Zhulan rubbed her forehead and said, "Yeah."
The eldest daughter and son-in-law rarely stay in the capital, so she has no chance to have a good chat with her daughter about the child's marriage.
Zhou Shuren sighed, "Children are all debts."
A few days later, Xuemei's family was the first to return to the capital. Now the twins followed them everywhere, leaving only Jiang Miao and the youngest Jiang Lei in the capital.
Zhulan looked at her daughter, who had become much darker, and asked, "You still remember to come back?"
Xuemei smiled apologetically, "Mom, I brought you a lot of local specialties."
Zhu Lan snorted. The eldest daughter was getting more and more impatient. "What are your plans for Jiang Du's marriage with your son-in-law? The Jiang family girl is older than Jiang Du. We can't wait any longer."
Xuemei, "I was just about to tell you that Jiang Du's marriage will be arranged after the provincial examination. What do you think?"
Zhulan was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this a similar day to Yulu's?"
Xuemei nodded, "As you said, the Jiang family girl is older than Jiang Du, so we can't wait until the New Year. I was thinking that after the provincial examination, we will go back with Jiang Du this time."
Zhulan asked again, "Where's Mu'er?"
Xuemei really didn’t want to marry her daughter off. “Next year, you know Mu Chen, no, now it’s Mu Fan, he’s also participating in this year’s provincial examination, so that means next year.”
Mu Chen tried to change his name, but because it has the same pronunciation as the emperor's name, it was changed to Mu Fan.
In fact, our dynasty does not taboo these things, but the Jiang family is more cautious and simply changed them.
Zhulan, "When are you leaving?"
"It will take some time to prepare the betrothal gifts, and we will leave in about half a month."
"It just so happens that your second brother has also returned to Beijing."
Xuemei was surprised, "Second brother is going back to Beijing?"
"Well, about ten days."
Xuemei was also worried about her second brother. She had nightmares for several days because of Mingshan's death. "I came back at the right time. Now that my second brother is back, I'm not in a hurry to leave. It won't be too late to stay in the capital for a few more days before leaving."
"Just keep it in mind."
The mother and daughter were chatting, with Xuemei mainly talking and Zhulan being the listener. Xuemei talked about what she saw and heard along the way. Zhulan couldn't go herself, so she could only listen to the story. She was listening attentively when Qingxue came in.
"What is it?"
Qingxue said: "Someone from the Ran family sent a letter, saying that Master Yun is going to be a father again."
Zhulan heard this and said, "I felt something was wrong with Wan'er a few days ago. It turns out she is pregnant."
Xuemei happily replied, "There have been many happy events in our family in the past two years."
Zhu Lan asked, "When will the Ran family come back?"
Qingxue replied, "I'll be back in a while."
Zhulan signaled Qingxue to ask the doctor to come over, and then told Li the news.
At the Ran family, Ran Wan sat by the bed. Now that her grandmother was on the floor, she was lying on the bed instead. Ran Wan was still a little dizzy, and it took a while for her to feel better. "Grandma, I'm fine."
When Qi heard Wan'er fainted at the gate of the mansion, she was really scared. How could she still lie still? "You are such a stubborn child. I told you not to come back, but you still came back to be bullied."
She felt that Wan'er was angry, didn't get enough rest, and was pregnant, which was why she fainted.
Wan'er said, "Grandma, sister-in-law didn't mean it."
She was provoked and spoke without restraint, but she really didn't take it to heart. As a mother, she could understand her sister-in-law.
Qi, "I'll have someone take you back later. Don't come back unless you have nothing else to do."
Wan'er nodded. Now that she was pregnant, she had to take care of the baby in her belly.
Qi stared at her granddaughter's belly. She and the master were disappointed when Wen Yue was born. It was not because they didn't like girls, but because they felt that Ming Yun was the eldest grandson, and it would be better to have a son first. Wan'er's belly had been still for the past two years. If Yang hadn't vaguely said that having a child was a matter of fate, she would have definitely induced the birth.
Now, Wan'er is pregnant again. This child is very precious. Qi is no longer angry, but is filled with joy.
At the Ministry of Revenue, Zhou Shuren met the Crown Prince after finishing his work. The Crown Prince had not come often in the past two years, but he had taught the Crown Prince a lot. "Your Highness, I have met the Crown Prince."
The prince motioned Zhou Shuren to stand up, "Sir, I have a new master."
Zhou Shuren really hadn't heard the news, "Congratulations, Prince."
The prince was unhappy because he didn't like his master. "My new master is Lord Yan."
Zhou Shuren, "..."
Lord Yan, his surname and temper are the same, he is extremely strict about everything. He understands why the emperor chose Lord Yan.
The prince muttered, "Master Yan has a particularly bad temper."
Zhou Shuren, "I think it's okay."
The prince's eyes widened. He was being polite when he said "stinky". "Sir, you can't be my master?"
Zhou Shuren rolled his eyes in his heart. He didn't want to do that. It was fine like this now. "The Emperor has always believed that I have led Your Highness astray, and you know how much blame I have taken for Your Highness."
Don't you have any idea of what you have done? You have been testing the emperor's bottom line. Now you have hit the bottom line. You deserve it!
The prince touched his nose and said in embarrassment, "Father knows that."
Zhou Shuren snorted in his heart. He knew that he was wronged, but it was also true that they were taking the opportunity to exploit him. He suspected several times that these two annoying father and son were trying to trick him!