Zhulan took Xuehan with her to the county. Since Li knew she didn't have to hide it anymore, she talked openly about what she was going to buy. She was determined to make the best mooncakes for the money.
Li wanted to continue asking her mother, but she stopped asking because she thought her mother's cooking was not tasty. As for why her mother knew about ice skin, she said it was because her mother read a lot of books and therefore knew a lot.
Zhulan wanted to explain it later, but after thinking about it, she realized that Li would automatically fill in the blanks, and it would be superfluous if she said anything, so she didn't explain. However, she would not bring it up again in the future.
It was cloudy and not hot anymore. There were a lot of people in the county, all taking advantage of the cool weather to go out for a walk. Zhulan did not accompany Li to buy glutinous rice flour, but took her daughter to the fabric shop. She promised to make clothes for Changlian. The house had run out of suitable fabric, and she could not make clothes just for Changlian. She could not favor one over the other among her sons, and all of them should feel the mother's love. A family is most sincerely maintained with feelings.
The shop assistants were all very sharp-eyed and knew who really wanted to buy and who was just here to take a look. As soon as Zhulan entered the door, she greeted them and said, "Please come in. We have some new items that only we have."
Seeing the clerk wanted to show her women's fabrics, Zhulan said hurriedly, "I want to make clothes for my son, and I want to see your blue fabrics."
The waiter turned around and said, "Please come this way. These are all fabrics for men to make clothes. The fabrics you want are all over here."
Zhulan wanted to make white clothes, but unfortunately people in ancient times were very particular about clothing and no one wore white, especially on important occasions. She had never seen a man in white in ancient TV dramas, and even cloth shops rarely sold white cloth. Zhulan chose blue and cyan cloth. Her clothes-making skills became more and more proficient, and it was not a problem for her to not embroider and make a few sets of clothes in a month.
She sometimes thought that if she could go back to the modern era, she could open a shop selling ancient costumes and make a lot of money.
Zhulan also selected the fabrics she was going to bring. Seeing Xuehan pick out some fabrics to make purses, she wanted to pay for them together. Xuehan stopped her and said, "Mom, I want to give my brother a gift too. I'll pay for these fabrics myself."
Zhulan smiled and said, "Okay, you pay for it yourself."
Among the several children in the Zhou family, this girl is the richest. During the New Year's red envelopes, she and Zhou Shuren would give some copper coins from time to time in Pingzhou. After coming back, her daughter started to have contact with Dong Chuchu again. Every time she invited Xue Han to go, Zhulan would give some silver coins. If Xue Han didn't spend it, she would give it back to her, and she didn't ask Xue Han to keep it for herself.
She calculated in her mind that this girl had at least two and a half taels of silver in her hand, not counting Rongchuan's money. This was a lot of money. She had heard from Dong Lin that Dong Chuchu received fifty cents a month. On average, Xue Han received more than Dong Chuchu every month.
After buying some fabric, Zhulan came out of the fabric shop and saw Zhou Shuren coming out of Ruyi Pastry across the street. Zhulan's attention was on Zhou Shuren. Hey, male protagonist, why did you go to the pastry shop instead of shopping around
Zhulan was the original heroine and brought her daughter with her. She didn't want to make a fuss and meet the hero. It was a good plan and she missed out on Boss Zhou.
Zhou Lao Da couldn't keep silent when he saw his father, that would be unfilial, so he quickly jumped off the ox cart and said, "Dad."
Zhou Shuren looked at Boss Zhou gloomily. He knew that the bad things would happen to Boss Zhou. Boss Zhou had already called for help, so Zhou Shuren couldn't pretend he didn't see it. "Yeah."
Yao Zheyu, who was about to get on the car, took his foot back. He was quite interested in Mr. Zhou. Since he met his family, he naturally wanted to recognize them and visit them more naturally, so that he wouldn't have to find an excuse to go to Zhoujia Village. He smiled and asked, "Mr. Zhou, is this your son?"
When Zhulan heard this, she had no choice but to step forward. It would be too deliberate if she hid with her daughter. She had to be more cautious with the scheming male protagonist. To be honest, she and Zhou Shuren really didn't want to have anything to do with the male protagonist. They had planned not to get involved in the affairs of the male protagonist and Wang Ru after going to Pingzhou, but the result was contrary to their wishes and they still ran into each other.
Zhou Shuren introduced, "This is my wife Yang, this is my eldest son Zhou Changli, my four sons are ranked by courtesy, righteousness, integrity and wisdom, and the one in front of you is my youngest daughter."
After a pause, he continued to introduce: "This is the young master of the Marquis's Mansion."
Yao Zheyu was surprised because Zhou Xiucai's wife did not look like the rural old ladies he had seen. He heard that she was almost forty years old, but she was well maintained and her temperament was real, like the wife of an official. His eyes fell on the girl, who seemed to be well-educated. It was a pity that she kept her head down and he could not see her face. Except for the eldest son, who looked like rural people, the rest of Zhou Xiucai's family members did not look like them!
After Zhulan greeted him, she said nothing and took her daughter to stand behind Zhou Shuren. It would be better to leave the male protagonist to Zhou Shuren!
After listening to the introduction, Boss Zhou was completely stunned. How could Dad be so powerful? Even people like him who didn’t understand knew what a Marquis’ Mansion was. Dad was going to heaven!
Yao Zheyu politely said to Zhou Shuren, "I just came here and wanted to go to the countryside. It's fate that we met by chance. Sorry to bother you tomorrow."
Zhulan, “… … ..”
The male protagonist really knows how to seize opportunities. It seems he will go to the market soon.
Zhou Shuren kept smiling, "It is an honor for me to have you visit my humble home. How can I say that I am disturbing you?"
I thought to myself, look at how polite she is, but due to her class status, it seems more like she is informing him. I was secretly happy that I had given my daughter an early engagement. Even if Wang Ru was not there, he would not have followed the plot. Not to mention the protagonist's family troubles, the protagonist is too scheming. The proportion of love for this kind of people is too low, so they are not good people. Novels are indeed novels. When put into reality and see the light, the beauty of their essence is gone.
Yao Zheyu said a few more polite words and got in the car and left. There was no need to go shopping today.
Zhou Shuren helped Zhulan get on the carriage. Outside was not the place to talk. "Let's go to the market."
Zhulan signaled to the boss to turn around and go to the market. Boss Zhou was dizzy and kept thinking about how great a blessing it was that the young master of the marquis's mansion was coming to visit their home. He cracked the whip very loudly.
There is only one market in the county. In summer, every farmer grows vegetables and takes the surplus vegetables to the county to sell. The market is very lively, but there are no new and exotic vegetables, only popular vegetables.
Zhulan and Zhou Shuren went to the hunter. Zhulan did not buy a pheasant because there was not much meat in a pheasant and it was dead and would not be fresh after one night. She bought a live wild rabbit and left quickly because there were several dead snakes on the hunter's stall. There was only one hunter today and she wanted to practice her courage so she went forward. It was already her limit that she could endure until the settlement.
She couldn't help but sigh with emotion. After Li's stimulation, she saw that the snake had become much stronger inside. Human potential is truly endless.
I went to buy another hen. In summer, butchers are not diligent in slaughtering pigs. If they are slaughtered every day and cannot be sold, the meat will go bad and they will be a loss. Even if they can be made into sausages, there were no refrigerators in ancient times, and the meat would be stale if left for a day. Generally, they would only slaughter pigs when there was a large order.
The meat stall in the market was closed today. I heard that pigs would be slaughtered tomorrow morning, so I had to come early tomorrow to buy some. Zhulan also bought a few big fish and a bucket. She would take them home to keep them overnight for use tomorrow.
There was nothing else to buy. When the oxcart was about to reach the county gate, Zhulan remembered that she had forgotten something. "Did you forget about Li?"
Boss Zhou hurriedly pulled the cow and came out. He had completely forgotten about his wife. "Li should still be waiting at the grain store."
Zhou Shuren looked up at the sky. This had nothing to do with him. He didn't even know that Li came with them.
Xue Han felt sympathy for her sister-in-law. Given how much she listened to her mother, she would definitely be waiting obediently!