After Zhulan met with everyone, they all sat down. This year, she met with all the female relatives. Zhulan smiled and said, "I don't know what you all like, so I prepared some for you. Sorry for the trouble."
Tao looked at the table in front of her, which was well prepared. "Ren Yang really doesn't look like she was born a military commander."
Zhulan knew that what Tao wanted to say more was that they were born into a farming and reading family. It was a pity that the Yang family became military generals, but military generals were also vulgar in the eyes of some people. "I didn't understand it before, but my biggest advantage is that I love to learn."
Tao realized that Yang was difficult to deal with. Yang's straightforwardness and lack of pretense would make people feel good about her. Tao pursed her lips and knew in her heart that she couldn't watch the show today, and she didn't need her daughter to suppress others anymore.
The banquet ended very quickly. These people felt that there was nothing to watch, so after sitting for a while, some people suggested leaving first, and many of them left one after another.
The wives of officials who left all came from powerful families.
Zhulan was not completely without gain. Although everyone left, one could tell from their attitude and reasons when they left that some of them were not willing to do so.
Zhulan has a good memory and recorded everything basically without any errors.
She can't find out anything in one go, she needs to attend a few more times. I didn't see her play today, and she didn't talk much with others, so she got too little useful information.
Probably because they see that Zhulan is not rude, no one has invited Zhulan yet. Zhulan touched her belly regretfully, knowing that she wouldn't be able to go even if they invited her for a while.
Fortunately, Zhou Shuren didn't want Zhulan to be tired, so he didn't want to play slowly. He slowly conquered her, fought back a few times, and then prepared to rush one by one.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day for Dong and Chang Lian to consummate their marriage, and the courtyard of the third room was newly decorated.
The family had dinner together in the evening. Chang Lian and Dong were very embarrassed. After a good-natured laugh, they left with red faces.
The next morning, while having breakfast, Zhulan looked at Dong and could tell at a glance that there had been a change in her. Dong did not dare to look Chang Lian in the eye and kept her head down while eating.
Zhulan sighed, youth is so good.
Dong's mouth was full of sweet smiles, and Li laughed, "Mom, my third brother's wife is laughing silly."
Dong, “… .”
Zhulan, "... ..."
Li hurriedly explained, "Third sister-in-law, I don't mean anything else, I just am."
Well, there is no need to say anything to Li. Dong stood up and walked out with a blushing face. She was just being shy.
Zhao smiled and said, "Third brother and his wife have a really good relationship."
She has been through it, she understands.
Li fell into memories. It seemed that her marriage with the head of the family had never been sweet. At the beginning, the head of the family even disliked her for being fat!
Li's face turned pale and she gritted her teeth as she went back to settle the score with the head of the household.
Zhao looked at her sister-in-law and didn't understand why she was angry. Did she offend her sister-in-law
Zhulan knew Li. She didn't know what Li was thinking about. She was a little tired. "You all should go back too."
In Zhoujia Village, Xuemei took a long time to come back to her senses after reading the letter from her mother's family. She called out to her daughter, "Daughter, stay home and look after your brothers. I'm going to the clan school to look for your father."
Jiang Miao asked worriedly, "Mom, what did grandma write in the letter?"
Xuemei said happily: "Good news, very good news, your grandfather has been promoted to prefect."
She really didn't expect that one day she would become the daughter of a prefect.
Having said that, Xuemei went out with the letter.
At the same time, the family of Patriarch Zhou also received Zhulan's letter. Patriarch Zhou fainted without catching his breath. Zhou Wangshi was frightened and called an old doctor from the village. Only then did the patriarch come to his senses.
Zhou Wangshi, "You really scared me to death. If anything happens to you, I'll see what I will do."
Patriarch Zhou didn't have much strength in his hands. "I've been in poor health in recent years. I'm getting old."
He was so overjoyed that he couldn't bear it, but luckily it didn't pass. Fortunately, he still wanted to live a few more years to see his grandson and borrow his light.
Chief Zhou smiled and said, "What a great joyous event."
Zhou Wangshi already knew what was written in the letter from her grandson. It was indeed a great joy. She sighed in her heart, "It's only been a few years. It feels like a dream."
Patriarch Zhou looked at his grandson. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, his grandson was going to take the provincial examination. The current grandson was far behind. He coughed and said, "Your uncle has become the prefect. Please congratulate your uncle on my behalf."
He didn't ask Zhou Shuren to stay in Ming and Qing dynasties, he just asked for some guidance.
Ming Qing responded excitedly, "Yes."
Zhou Wangshi also smiled, "Look how excited you are."
Ming Qing smiled foolishly. He really admired his uncle and regretted not asking for his uncle's advice before. This opportunity was so rare.
At Xuemei's house, Jiang Sheng came back and kept turning around, "Wife, let's go and congratulate father-in-law. According to the date, when we arrive, mother will be giving birth."
Xuemei, "I've always been thinking about you. It was too far away before, so I couldn't do anything but worry about you. Now you're much closer, and I can't rest assured unless I see you with my own eyes."
Jiang Sheng said: "The clan leader will definitely send someone, so we can go together and have someone to accompany us on the road."
Jiang Miao couldn't help but interrupt, "Mom, what about us?"
She didn't want to go back to her grandmother's house. Her grandmother was so scary to her. It wasn't that she was bad, but that she was too good. She also didn't like her cousins. When she was young and ignorant, they cheated her of her jewelry. She didn't fall for it, and instead they said she was stingy.
All her jewelry were given to her by her grandmother, and they are all sets. She hasn’t cried yet!
Xuemei looked at her daughter and son. Her parents must miss their children too. In the children's worried eyes, she said, "We will all go."
In Jiang Du's heart, his grandfather was the most powerful. All his classmates in the clan school admired him very much. Now that he could see his grandfather, Jiang Du ran out quickly.
Xuemei was stunned. "Where did he go?"
Jiang Sheng knew his son well. His son had been asking about his father-in-law. Jiang Sheng smiled and said, "He is looking for the best calligraphy to show his father-in-law."
Xuemei smiled and said, "This kid is too impatient. We haven't left yet."
In Jinzhou City, the mood in the Zhou family was not pleasant. Zhao's pregnancy was really full of troubles. Today, the embroidered screen hit her waist and she had another miscarriage.
The doctor prescribed medicine to preserve the pregnancy and said, "The pregnant woman's condition is not very good. The baby may be born prematurely at any time. Prepare the midwife first."
Zhulan counted the days and found that Zhao was more than half a month earlier than her. She was almost eight months old and Zhao was more than eight months old. Zhao was first nervous and then suffered from the long journey by boat and travel, and now she was hit. She was really afraid that something might happen to the child and Zhao.
When Zhulan went to bed at night, she had a dream, but her identity had changed. It was now as if she was about to give birth prematurely, but she couldn't give birth no matter what. Finally, everything went black before her eyes and she knew nothing.
Zhulan woke up in the middle of the night with a start, and Zhou Shuren woke up with a start, "What's wrong?"
Zhulan paused for a moment and said, "It's okay. I just had a nightmare."
Zhou Shuren breathed a sigh of relief, as if nothing happened. These days, not only Zhulan had nightmares, but he also had nightmares. He silently calculated the days and fortunately, after a few more days, the child was born.
Zhulan had just laid down after a while when Mrs. Song said outside the door, "Madam, the second wife is about to give birth."
Zhulan, "... ..."