Li saw that her mother's face was no longer red, but the look she gave her was a little creepy. Li put down her fat hands, realizing that she had done something stupid again, and smiled ingratiatingly, "Mom."
Zhu Lan snorted coldly, "You said I haven't seen Zhao and Dong for a long time, why do I miss them so much all of a sudden?"
Li was in crisis, "Mom, what do you want to eat today?"
Zhulan kept smiling, "I want to eat you!"
Li looked down at herself, stretched out her arm and rolled up her sleeves in pain, "Mom, can you see the flesh on my arm?"
Zhulan rolled her eyes in her heart. Li was really amazing. Now he could reply to her words. Zhulan was angry and tapped Li's forehead, "You have learned a lesson!"
Li smiled innocently, "Mother taught me well."
Zhulan glared at Li. Li had a very good relationship with the young wife of the merchant family next door, and Li had learned a lot from her!
Li covered her forehead with her hands and saw her mother go out. She laughed and said that as long as her mother had her in her heart, Zhao and Dong should all stand aside!
Xinghua kept her head down. She used to think that the eldest wife was stupid, but now she felt that she was also a smart person. Although the eldest wife was easily confused in other aspects, she knew how to please her mother-in-law. This alone crushed the other two wives. No wonder the mistress only brought the eldest wife to the capital!
Two days passed in a blink of an eye. In those two days, Zhou Shuren recovered from his cold thanks to his strong physique, but Wu Ming's condition got worse. Fortunately, the imperial examination was over and Wu Ming had time to recuperate, as the results of the imperial examination would be announced in a month!
As for the palace examination, the time of it is not stable, but it is always in April. Whether it is early April or mid-April depends entirely on the emperor's wishes.
Zhou Shuren recovered and wanted to meet Zhao Bo, but just after he sent the message, he received news that Zhao Bo also fell ill.
The heavy snowfall during this examination really screwed up the candidates. Well, Zhou Shuren wasn't going anywhere and could only stay at home.
After waiting for another three days, Wu Ming's condition improved a lot. He just needed to take two more doses of medicine and rest slowly in the future.
Wu Chun's second letter also arrived, this time it was only a letter.
Yang Zhumu's eyes turned red after reading it. Zhulan sat beside him and looked anxious. Yang Zhumu wiped the corner of the letter before handing it to the girl, "Take a look."
Zhulan took the letter. There wasn't much in it. It mainly talked about the family assets purchased in Lizhou City, and then asked about their well-being. The person mentioned the most was Wu He. Wu He had recovered and was promoted to an eighth-rank military officer, but he was no longer in Lizhou City, but was stationed in a county town.
Yang Zhumu lamented that his son had a hard time. He had spent all the money he was rewarded with. "When parents come, we should set off. I should also make preparations based on the date."
"We do need to prepare. According to what Wu Chun said, Lizhou City is short of everything. Big brother, buy more seeds. Forget about rice. Buy more wheat and corn seeds. Oh, and buy more sweet potatoes and potatoes as well!"
Lizhou City is short of food, and sweet potatoes and potatoes are both good things.
Yang Zhumu's heart is not as careful as her sister's. "Please help me think about it. I'm afraid I'll miss something."
Zhulan said: "Okay."
After Zhulan and Zhou Shuren finished writing the list, they gave it to Yang Zhumu to purchase.
In Zhulan's memory, her original self didn't know how much wealth the Yang family had. Based on the luggage brought by her eldest brother, Zhulan guessed that the Yang family's wealth was not small.
As a daughter, Zhulan also bought clothes and other things for her parents.
Zhulan prepared clothes for her parents and found that Li was in a bad mood. "What happened today? Did the eldest brother make you angry?"
Li shook her head, "Mom, the Xu family next door is moving away."
Zhulan really didn't know that in February, she was busy with Zhou Shuren first, and then helped her eldest brother buy things. Mrs. Xu from the neighboring family never came to visit again. "Isn't their business in Beijing doing well? Why are they moving away?"
Li looked around and whispered, "Mom, Qi's father-in-law got the news that he was going to expand some port. They want to move there to occupy the space in advance, or to start maritime trade in the future. Mom, what is maritime trade? Isn't the sea all water?"
Zhulan's heart was soaring. Oh, this is really big news. She quickly pinched Li and said, "You take care of the remaining fabrics!"
Li touched her cheek and wondered why her mother-in-law was so happy.
Zhulan went back to the house to find Zhou Shuren, who was reading a book. Zhulan said excitedly, "Pinggang is expected to be expanded."
Zhou Shuren put down the book and said, "This is big news. Where did you get the news?"
"The Xu family next door is moving away. The Xu family's daughter-in-law is not on good terms with Li, so she secretly talked to Li about it and said she wanted to take the maritime trade exam."
Zhou Shuren thought that the imperial court was really short of money, and the people in the northwest and other places were all waiting for money and food to save their lives. "This is a good thing!"
Zhulan was calculating quickly in her mind, "Of course it's a good thing. Not only will the housing prices in Pinggang rise, but the land prices will also rise. We have 80 acres of land!"
After this investment, she planned to buy two or three farms, which would provide her with a stable income every year. She could continue to invest the remaining money. As for the upper bunk bed, Zhulan had not thought about buying one yet. It would be better to use the money in her hands to continue investing quickly, especially during the period when the court was constantly relaxing its policies towards merchants. As long as she caught the right opportunity during this period, she could make a fortune.
Zhou Shuren stroked his beard and said, "Let Eryue take Lichun to Pinggang to get information first."
"Yes, let them pay attention to the housing and land prices in Pinggang."
Zhulan didn't think about investing again. The well-informed businessmen all had backgrounds. Their family had nothing in the capital, so it would have been fine if they had bought in earlier. To rob now would simply be asking for trouble as their lives were too peaceful!
Zhou Shuren sent Eryue and Lichun out to do some errands. Without two servants at home, many things became more difficult to do. Even Boss Zhou had gotten used to ordering Eryue around.
Zhou Shuren was also a little uncomfortable, and he and Zhulan sighed, "It's easy to live like this, but I feel uncomfortable when I suddenly have no one to serve me. Let's buy another family after the results are announced."
Zhulan also felt that there were not enough people. She was going to buy a manor. The manor needed someone to manage things. People were needed everywhere. Zhulan sighed, "Our family needs a housekeeper, but a good housekeeper is hard to find!"
She observed Ma Eryue carefully and found that he was not smart enough and his abilities were limited. At best he could be the manager of the village.
Zhou Shuren didn't want Zhulan to worry about everything, but it was hard to find a good housekeeper, "Let's not rush and just take our time!"
"kindness."
Three days later, February came back with the beginning of spring. Although we didn't get the exact news, judging from the housing prices and the gathering of merchants, the Xu family's news was accurate.
Zhulan felt relieved, she just had to wait.
Time flew by and it was already the end of March. On the day of the announcement of the results, Zhulan and Zhou Shuren went to wait in a carriage before dawn.
There were many people who had the same idea. Zhulan's family's carriage arrived late. There were many carriages in front of it, and many guards surrounded the carriages. Well, there was no need to go forward and they could only wait by the side.
Zhu Lan held Zhou Shuren's hand tightly, "Do you think I should look forward to it?"