Zhulan looked at Yao Zheyu's pale face and said, "Young Master's condition has not yet recovered. How about you rest for another night and leave tomorrow?"
Don’t let the illness get worse, or their kindness will be gone. This is the real world. Look at how miserable the hero is. There is a chance that he will die.
Yao Zheyu was in a hurry to return to Beijing. He regretted not waiting for his grandfather's team to pick him up. Worried about his grandfather's condition, he led his men back. However, he was ambushed on the first day. He realized that someone had deliberately exaggerated his grandfather's condition in order to lure him back.
Now he was afraid that his grandfather's team would fail to pick him up in Pingzhou and return to look for him. If they really missed each other, it would be even more difficult for him to return to Beijing. Although his grandfather had given him a lot of things over the years, the bulk of the money was still in his grandfather's hands. Not to mention the distant things, he must get his hands on the connections and list of confidants in his grandfather's hands and must not let his father get them.
He must go back to the capital, he must go back.
Yao Zheyu said: "Thank you for your kindness, Madam Xiucai. I have recovered a lot after a night of rest. As long as the car doesn't leak, my condition will not get worse."
Zhulan kept smiling, meaning that they should fix the donkey cart. The Yang family's donkey cart was not very good, only slightly better than an ox cart shed, and it was bound to leak.
Zhou Shuren said, "Young Master, go back and rest first. I will notify you when the car arrives."
Yao Zheyu thanked him and said, "Thank you for troubling Mr. Zhou."
Boss Zhou went to Sunjia Village and came back at noon. He not only brought back a cart and a donkey, but also brought back beef, and a lot of beef, almost ten pounds in size.
Zhulan looked at the beef and asked, "Where did your grandfather get the beef?"
Zhou Laodao said, "In Sunjia Village, the cowshed of Sun Sanwang's family collapsed and killed the cow. It happened to be the day when my uncle came to pick up my grandparents. My grandfather waited for the people from the county government to leave and bought 30 kilograms of rice in one go. These 10 kilograms are for my mother. I won't go to my grandfather's house today, but my uncle will send it tomorrow."
When Zhulan saw that Zhou Lao Da didn't take out any money, she knew that her parents had received the money to buy a cart and a donkey. There are not many donkeys in the Northeast, and they are faster than cows. Although they are not as good as horses, they are not cheap either.
After discussing it with Zhulan, Zhou Shuren took out twenty taels to buy the donkey and the cart. They wanted to give more but were afraid that their parents would not want it, so they finally took the market price.
Zhou Shuren asked the eldest brother to replace the car curtains with quilts because the straw curtains were too leaky. He also repaired the inside of the shed to make it less leaky.
Zhulan asked Li to prepare porridge and steamed buns. Then she took out an old quilt to flatten the interior of the car and covered the porridge jar and buns with a cotton coat. Only after everything was ready did she go to inform Yao Zheyu.
Finally, Zhou Shuren took out twenty taels of silver and gave it to Yao Zheyu with a painful look on his face. "Don't despise me, sir. I should have given more, but my family has just bought land and a house, and I just gave money to Yue's donkey cart, so I really can't give much."
Yao Zheyu was in a complicated mood. Although he hadn't seen how big the house was, he knew it was not cheap. How much money could a scholar have? Looking at Zhou Xiucai's sincere expression, the last bit of grudge in his heart disappeared. Zhou Xiucai was indeed upright and virtuous. "Yao will remember your kindness today. When Yao's matter is settled, I will thank you."
Of course I can only give him some money at most. Mr. Zhou has a good character, but he trusts people too easily, which is not good. I originally wanted to use Mr. Zhou to do things in the future, but now it seems I'd better forget it, so as not to implicate him.
Zhou Shuren covered his face and said, "Sir, I am ashamed to hear you say that. The land and the house are rare opportunities. I have exchanged all the gold ornaments you gave me for silver. I hope you won't blame me."
Yao Zheyu didn't take it to heart. He calculated in his mind that it was no wonder that Zhou Xiu had the money to buy land and houses.
Zhulan looked down at the snow at her feet. Life is not easy and it all depends on acting. Zhou Shuren's acting skills even fooled the male lead. To be honest, it's not easy for them either. The scheming male lead is not good. They have to control the degree, making the male lead grateful but not thinking about him. It's really a test.
Zhou Laoer had a blank expression on his face, but he was uneasy inside. His father was so powerful that he could even cheat the young master of the Marquis' Mansion without batting an eyelid!
Boss Zhou became even more excited, sweat broke out on his back, and he thought to himself, is there anything that my father wouldn't dare to do
Zhou Shuren and Zhulan saw Yao Zheyu off. The donkey cart left the village and sent away the big trouble. Zhulan felt that they should celebrate. They hadn't eaten wontons for a long time, so they decided to eat wontons tonight.
Yao Zheyu appeared suddenly and left quickly, without causing any trouble to the Zhou family. Ten days after Yao Zheyu left, New Year's Eve arrived.
This was the second New Year that Zhou Shuren and Zhulan celebrated in ancient times. They ate the same food as the first year, and still had hot pot for lunch, but it was more elaborate than last year and had more types of meat.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, we celebrated the New Year. With the experience of last year, we all prepared a lot of auspicious words. The situation like last year did not happen again. We had learned a lot and it lost a lot of fun.
This year's red envelopes are twice as much as last year, with each red envelope containing twenty cents.
After moving to Lijia Village, the red envelopes given out were no less than those in Zhoujia Village. There were more children in Lijia Village than in Zhoujia Village. Zhulan's family was a wealthy family, and it was the first year they moved here. After breakfast, the children came to the door. Fortunately, Zhulan had made preparations in advance, otherwise there would not be enough to share.
The children in Lijia Village were happy. Although there were many children in Lijia Village, it was also the poorest of the nearby villages. The children seldom ate candy, let alone saw a penny. One penny could buy two pieces of maltose!
The children in Zhoujia Village were unhappy because they lost the opportunity to make a penny.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xuemei and her husband came with their children, and Zhulan gave them red envelopes.
Zhu Lan waited for Jiang Sheng and Zhou Shuren to leave before saying, "You guys came early enough. Didn't you come from Jiang's house?"
Xuemei, "I came back on New Year's Eve, but there was something unpleasant. My mother-in-law was dissatisfied with the small amount of New Year's gifts we gave her, and she said a few harsh words to my husband, who heard it. We came back yesterday afternoon. By the way, my husband said he wanted to sell the house we were given to my eldest brother's family. My eldest son is getting married, and they are worried about where to buy a house."
"Jiang Sheng doesn't plan to go back in the future?"
Xuemei was happy. "Well, my husband said that he would buy a house in Zhoujia Village when he has money in the future. Selling the house will also give my parents-in-law some peace of mind."
She really didn't expect that her parents' family would be so prosperous that her husband's family would be so greatly affected. Her parents-in-law became somewhat unrecognizable. Maybe this was just the nature of her parents-in-law. If it wasn't for Boliang, how could they have tortured them in the first place
Xuemei and her husband came to pay New Year's greetings. They bought meat and made clothes for Zhulan and Zhou Shuren. When the couple returned to Zhoujia Village, Zhulan brought two pounds of mutton with bones, five pounds of pork, and a rabbit, enough cloth to make a set of clothes for the whole family. Finally, she gave Xuemei a silver hairpin with gems and a pair of silver earrings to Jiang Miao. The little girl had her ears pierced in winter, and by the time she found out, the little girl had already finished piercing her ears.
In modern times, she is afraid of piercing her ears, so she has no ear holes in modern times.
Xuemei didn't take the basket. "Mom, you and Dad have given us a lot of money this winter. These are too much."
Zhulan stuffed it into Xuemei's pocket and said, "It's not much. Compared to the New Year gifts I received, it's nothing. I won't be able to use much of it. Even if you get married, you're still my daughter. Your brothers and sisters won't be left without you. Take it now!"
Xuemei now understands her mother's feelings after returning from visiting her grandmother's house: guilt, gratitude, and a bit of powerlessness. She can't help her mother's family in any way, and the only thing she can do is not to cause trouble for her parents.