Zhulan asked the eldest brother, "Have both farms been tidied up?"
Changli replied, "The weather has been good these days, and we are drying the grain. When the grain is harvested here, we will go back and process it."
Zhulan was doing the math in her mind. The three farms had a lot of food, and a large sum of money was earned. "You guys have worked hard, too."
Changli shook his head, "Mom, this is not hard work at all."
Zhulan smiled and said, "You just arrived, why not go to the fields? Go inside the farm and take a look."
Changli and Changyi had exactly the same idea. This Zhuangzi belonged to them, and they wanted to take a closer look at it.
Zhulan couldn't hold her son anymore, so she put him down and took him to the farm. "There are a lot of fun things in the farm. Mom will take you there."
Changzhong held his father's hand with his other hand and jumped happily, "Yeah yeah."
Changli picked up Minghui and listened to the housekeeper saying that several families had arrived. He said with a smile: "Son, let's go find your mother and sister."
Minghui had been having a lot of fun at the farm these days. When he heard his mother was coming, he clapped his hands and said, "Dad, hurry up."
"good."
Zhulan took her son back to the yard first, and the little guy was talking all the way.
Changzhong said happily: "Mom, Dad, I am also picking rice ears. I understand the hard work of farming."
He was exhausted after picking rice for only a short while. His elder brother said that picking rice ears was the easiest job and it was the farmers who had the hardest time.
Zhou Shuren touched his son's head, pleased that he had grown up. "So don't be picky about food in the future. Food is hard to come by."
Changzhong nodded, "My son must cherish food in the future."
He didn't tell his parents that after picking up rice ears, he couldn't get up the next day and felt extremely uncomfortable all over.
In the capital, at the Hanlin Academy, Chang Lian and Shi Qing were talking, "I've felt like you've been worried these past two days, but what's the big deal?"
Shi Qing's eyebrows were tired. "My mother-in-law caught a cold, but she didn't get better after taking medicine for two days. Instead, her condition got worse. I've been worried about her."
He was not worried, but rather puzzled. His mother-in-law was in good health, so why did she suddenly fall ill and couldn't get up
Chang Lian asked, "Is this the illness that the imperial physician is treating?"
Shi Qing, "The doctors in the capital and the imperial physicians have all examined it, but they couldn't find anything."
For a moment, Shi Qing let the secret slip, and when he realized it, he saw Chang Lian was already lost in thought.
Shi Qing frowned. He was anxious because he couldn't find anything. "I have something else to do first."
"good."
Chang Lian Shi Qing left, touching his chin. What did Shi Qing want to discover
Chang Lian missed his father and hoped that he could return to Beijing soon. After the major purge of the Ministry of Justice, the air pressure in the capital was very low and the wind and rain had never left.
Inside the palace, the emperor was in a good mood. It was more comfortable to strike first than to passively endure. As he got to know his opponent better, he also found out more about him. Over the years, he had been on guard against Yao Wenqi and kept a close eye on him. Yao Wenqi did not dare to move unless he was absolutely sure.
In fact, Yao Wenqi's plan was very good, but it went wrong from the beginning. The queen saw at a glance that her son had been replaced, and one wrong step led to another, until now, the two best moves, Zhang Jinghong and Shen Yang, had been ruined.
In addition, because of Zhou Shuren's unintentional discovery and Yao Zheyu's decentralization, Yao Wenqi failed several times when he tried to cause trouble.
The emperor was thinking about Jiang Huai. After Jiang Huai was cleaned up this time, he felt at ease. As for Yao Wenqi's partner, he was a fox and would reveal his tail sooner or later.
Time passed, and in a blink of an eye it was the day to return to Beijing. Not only Zhulan was reluctant to leave, but also Li and others who came to Zhuangzi were reluctant to leave. Zhuangzi was more relaxed, with no banquets and not so many rules.
Zhulan touched her son's head and said, "I'll bring you back in winter."
Changzhong held his mother's hand and said, "Mom, you must keep your word."
"Mom keeps her word."
When they got home, Mrs. Dong was waiting at the gate. Zhulan got off the carriage and said, "You are pregnant, why are you still waiting at the gate?"
Mrs. Dong smiled and said, "It is my duty to welcome you. Mother, I think you look much better than when you left. It shows that you are living a very comfortable life in Zhuangzi."
Zhulan touched her face and said, "This is from the hot springs. My skin has improved a lot after taking good care of it."
In addition, she has gained a lot of weight, and it feels particularly good to touch herself. She has also come to terms with it and decided to just get fatter.
Mrs. Dong supported her mother and said, "After I give birth, I will also live in the village for a few days."
Zhulan smiled and said, "Okay."
Each family then returned to the courtyard. Li returned to her room and took out the box containing the land and put away the deeds to the newly purchased land. "Although I didn't buy the shop, with these lands, I can have more income next year."
Boss Zhou looked at the deed in the box and said, "There's no need to buy more land. When the income comes in in the fall, we'll go to Jinzhou and buy a shop."
Li blinked her eyes. "I heard from mother that the land in Pinggang will be worth more money in the future. What do you think about us buying a shop in Pinggang?"
Boss Zhou frowned and said, "Most of the shops in Pinggang are controlled by the rich and powerful in Beijing. It's difficult for us to buy them."
As his father's status changed, he understood more and more, and the more he came into contact with the place, the more he realized that the capital was not a place that anyone could touch. Since the opening of sea trade, every inch of land in Pinggang was worth a lot of money. Not to mention the shops, even the nearby fields had been controlled by the powerful.
Li stopped thinking when she heard that. She didn't have the guts to cause trouble. "Then I'll listen to you and go to Jinzhou to buy it."
In the main courtyard, Zhulan had just returned and hadn't rested yet when someone came to visit her. Holding a visiting card, Zhulan saw that the person's surname was Wu and rubbed her brows, "Please come in."
Zhou Shuren stood up and said, "I'll go to the study first."
"good."
When Zhulan saw the person coming, she recognized her. It was the Second Prince's wife's sister-in-law, Wu Yun. Wu Yun was not alone. Zhulan was not familiar with the other one. She smiled and said, "Madam Wu, who is this?"
Yun smiled and introduced, "This is my sister-in-law from my mother's family, Liu, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites."
Zhu Lan understood, "Mrs. Wu, please take a seat, Liu Shuren."
The official rank of the Minister of Taichang Temple is third grade. This Liu is quite low-key. She has never seen him at any banquet she attended when she came to the capital. This is the first time she saw him today.
Liu smiled and sat down. "I have always wanted to visit Yang Shuren, but I never had the chance. I am here today thanks to my sister."
Mrs. Wu didn't invite her sister-in-law to come just to chat. She coughed and said, "Sister-in-law, let me tell you, Yang Shuren is very good at raising children, and the young ladies of the Zhou family are all good."
Liu really didn't want to help her sister-in-law find a match. When her sister-in-law married into the Wu family, it was not because her father-in-law wanted to marry into a rich family. Who knew that her sister-in-law had met the young master of the Wu family and why he came to propose marriage directly.
Over the years, the Yun family hasn't had much contact with her sister-in-law. This time, the sister-in-law spoke for the first time, and she really couldn't refuse, so she could only agree.
Liu followed her sister-in-law's words and said, "I've heard that the young ladies of the Zhou family are outstanding in everything, especially the eldest granddaughter. I've heard a lot of praise for her even though I rarely go out."