Wang Ru pinched her palms, her heart felt like it was burning with fire. Nothing had gone smoothly for her since she came to the ancient times. She had clearly read novels in which the female time traveler was always the protagonist, but she had always had bad luck. She could not just sit there and wait for death, so after much deliberation she decided on the Zhou family.
Wang Ru pinched herself, tears welling up in her eyes from the pain, and her embarrassed face looked pitiful, "Grandma Zhou, my grandma is afraid of you. You are the only one in the village who can save me. Please have mercy on me and save me. My grandma wants to beat me to death."
Zhulan pulled the corner of her mouth. Don't think she didn't see Wang Ru's little trick. She can pretend, too. "Don't cry, kid. Although Wang Zhang is worse than a beast, she dare not kill anyone. Killing someone will not only cost the life, but also affect the reputation of the entire Wang family. For the sake of reputation, Wang Zhang dare not do it."
Even though Wang Zhang either beat or scolded the maids, she would not actually kill them. The Wang family's grandsons were all getting married, and several granddaughters were also getting married. Even if Wang Zhang was being naughty, she would not dare to kill anyone openly.
Wang Ru quickly glanced at Zhou Yangshi. Is this what a simple-minded person would say? Her heart sank, and she knelt down, "Grandma Zhou, my grandma doesn't dare to beat me to death, but she dares to starve me to death. As long as she is not discovered, no one can do anything to her. Please be kind and save me."
Zhulan's heart skipped a beat. Now that Wang Ru had knelt down to her, she would become the person she hated the most. As long as Wang Ru became rich, she would definitely not want to face the one who had knelt down before her. She felt upset. She did not provoke others, but they insisted on approaching her. Her face turned cold, and she pulled Wang Ru up, "Look at you, child, you are talking nonsense. The whole village knows that San Ya has grown up and made a lot of money. Your grandma is the smartest. How could she starve you to death? Look at how pitiful you are. You must have scared yourself!"
Zhu Lan quickly interrupted Wang Ru and called out to the second brother who was chopping wood for the fire, "Second brother, go call Wang Lao Si. I don't know how Wang Lao Si is a father. Look how scared San Ya is."
Zhou Laoer had been listening for a long time. San Ya was just a nuisance. He was really afraid that his mother would give in and quickly dropped the axe. "I'll go right away."
Wang Ru was being dragged along with the hatred in her heart. She could see that the Zhou family was treacherous despite their honesty, so she had no burden in her heart when she was calculating. "Grandma Zhou, Xue Han is my friend. You are Xue Han's mother and you are the kindest person. You also know that I have made money. As long as you help me, I will bring out the recipe and we can work together. The Zhou family will take 70% and I will take 30%."
Zhu Lan sneered, thinking that your friend was really unlucky for the rest of his life. She let go of Wang Ru and said calmly, "San Ya, there are three scholars in our Zhou family. The Zhou family doesn't do business. Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans are the four major classes. San Ya doesn't understand. Grandma Zhou doesn't blame you. Don't say such nonsense in the future."
Zhou Shuren made up for the laws of the fictional dynasty and also gave Zhulan a lot of popular science. This fictional dynasty had clear regulations that merchants and their descendants were not allowed to take the imperial examinations, unless they donated 90% of their property and returned to their hometown to farm for three generations. Farmers who sold the output of their own land were not considered merchants, even if they were grain stores registered under the name of landlords, because the output was from their own land.
However, if one runs other businesses, he is considered a businessman. Even if it is a small business, such as a peddler on the street, he is still a businessman even if the cost is small.
The strictness of the imperial examination system had its roots. It was because the emperor suffered a lot from merchants when he rebelled. The merchants' pursuit of profit indirectly killed many soldiers. In addition, at the end of the previous dynasty, merchants bought official positions to make huge money, which accelerated the chaos and made people's lives miserable. When the dynasty was established, a group of merchants were severely dealt with. It can be seen that the emperor hated merchants and never stopped suppressing them.
The new dynasty set an example for its subordinates and blurred the boundaries between some businesses and farmers. Once the boundaries were blurred, anyone was directly judged as a businessman without any chance to explain. This made those who had education in the family dare not even touch these marginal balls.
Zhulan didn't think that Wang Ru didn't know. She knew that Wang Ru had been asking around in the past few days. This person was so cruel that he wanted to cut off the Zhou family's way to study!
"Mom, mom, I made it, haha, mom."