Zhulan stood up and put away the needlework in her hand. When she came back, she glared at him and said, "Don't tease your son like that. You can comfort him if he cries."
Why doesn’t Zhou Shuren learn his lesson
Zhou Shuren watched his son slide his limbs like a little turtle, his eyes full of smiles, "Don't you think it's fun? It's so fun to lie on your back with your legs spread out."
Zhulan rolled her eyes in her heart. Although her son was easy to coax, he had a bad temper when he was angry. Zhou Shuren continued to coax his son to turn over. Zhulan was speechless. She would not coax him anyway.
With a cry, the little guy got angry, and lay on the ground in disbelief, crying so sadly.
Zhou Shuren laughed instead. That was enough. The little guy cried even harder. Zhou Shuren coughed and held him up for fear that the little boy would hurt his throat. "Okay, Daddy won't tease you anymore. Don't cry anymore."
Zhulan burst out laughing. Zhou Shuren was turning his son over and over, and his diaper fell off. This time, the little guy wet his pants and peed all over Zhou Shuren, almost on his face.
Zhou Shuren was stunned, then he gritted his teeth and looked at the brat who didn't cry, "Revenge."
How old is this!
Zhulan laughed so hard that her stomach hurt. She hugged the aggrieved little kid and said, "Hurry up, the quilt and mattress are wet. Go change your clothes."
Zhou Shuren poked his son's nose and asked, "How much have you peed on the bedding at home?"
The little guy was feeling aggrieved and was about to cry again. Zhu Lan glared at him and said, "You are teasing him."
Zhou Shuren went out with his teeth gnashed. He not only had to change his clothes, but also take a shower.
Liu Ya came in and changed the bedding, and Zhu Lan also changed her son's clothes. The little guy was dry and stopped crying. He lay down and played by himself. Zhu Lan laughed. Since she had a child, she had made a few more beddings at home. The child was too young and couldn't control himself, and often wet the bed.
Time flies. Zhulan doesn't know what Zhou Shuren investigated, and she doesn't have the time to ask. In the blink of an eye, the wedding day has arrived.
Wu Ning also came back before the wedding. She brought back gifts and also brought back a lot of things for Zhu Lan and Zhou Shuren.
Because Zhulan and Zhou Shuren were not young in ancient times, the gifts Wu Ming sent were mostly medicinal herbs. Many of Wu Ning's jewelry were bought by the Zhou family. Wu Ming was embarrassed, but the ginseng and deer antlers were all of the best quality.
The day before Changzhi's wedding, the bride was delivering her dowry. The whole Jinzhou was eyeing the county lord's dowry. Everyone knew that the county lord had money. The Su family had made their fortune with the emperor, and no one could count how much money was robbed during the war. All they knew was that the Su family had a solid financial foundation.
Even though a lot of land was given to the Su family, the Su family's wealth was still greedy.
Zhulan and her daughters-in-law were waiting early. Zhulan didn't think that the county lady would ostentatiously publicize all her background.
Li was very curious: "Mother, how much dowry will the county lady bring?"
Zhulan: "You'll know in a moment."
As soon as she finished speaking, the first load of dowry came into the yard. Zhulan did not buy any furniture for Changzhi's yard. These were all prepared by the county lady, who came to measure the dimensions early in the morning.
The bed, cabinets, etc. are all made of the best materials, but these are not the highlights. The highlights are the fields, houses and shops. What dazzles Zhulan the most is the jewelry, which is full when she opens the box.
Changzhi's yard was not small, but it still couldn't accommodate a total of eighty-eight sets of dowry.
Zhulan knew that the county lord had an idea in mind. Too little would not do. Everyone knew that the Su family had money. Too much would be ostentatious. For a second-rank official, eighty-eight would be just right.
Among the eighty-eight carriages, eight were for decoration, which was quite a lot, and the Wang family contributed two of them.
There are three copies of the dowry list. Zhulan has one, one is registered with the government office, and one is in the county lord's own hands.
The dowry was delivered, the furniture and beds were arranged, the red curtains were hung, the bridal chamber was decorated, and the dowry was locked up.
Zhulan brought her three daughters-in-law back to the courtyard. When there were no outsiders around, Li patted her chest and said, "Oh my goodness, eighty-eight, representing shops and houses, I haven't even counted them all."
Li was really enlightened. The jewelry in the dowry made her eyes hurt. She felt emotional that the county lady's dowry would belong to the descendants of the fourth wife in the future. The children of the fourth wife had won before they were even born.
Zhao was in a daze. This was only the dowry on the surface. She didn't know how much silver she brought privately. Zhao glanced at her sister-in-law. The pearl necklace on her sister-in-law's hand was given by the county lord!
Zhao thought to herself that she didn't know whether her daughter could catch the county lord's eye.
Dong was already under a lot of pressure because she had a county princess's brother and sister-in-law. After seeing the dowry today, the gap was so huge that she lost all motivation.
Xue Han was the calmest. She often went to the Wang residence, and the county lord did not shy away from her when dealing with the dowry list. She had some idea in her mind.
Zhulan finished browsing the dowry list. The list was detailed. There were five houses in total. One was a reward from the emperor, and one was a newly purchased three-story house. These two were both in the capital. There was also a house in Jinzhou where the county lord lived, and the other two were in the ancestral land.
The smallest house has three courtyards.
There are more shops, three in the capital, two in Jinzhou, two in Pinggang, and six in the ancestral land.
There are fields, a manor near the capital, a manor of 150 acres in Pinggang, and the rest are in the Su family's ancestral land.
Zhulan stared at the house in Pinggang. The county lord’s investment vision was exactly what she wanted.
Zhulan took a quick look at the other jewelry and slowly closed the dowry list. She couldn't count it carefully, as it would make her feel inferior. Wow, the Zhou family is still not well off.