Chapter 1527 Persistence

Zhou Shuren went home from the yamen, but did not bring back the letter, and said after dinner, "I accepted Zhao Bo's letter today."

Zhulan hummed, "Say what?"

The letters between the two of them are getting less and less, mainly because Shuren is unwilling to reply.

"His youngest son is ill, and his wife brought the child to the capital to see a doctor, saying that she will come to visit the Hou's mansion."

Zhulan still remembered what Zhao Bo joked about when she wanted to get married, "Shouldn't you just bring your youngest son to the capital?"

"Well, counting the days, I will soon arrive in the capital."

Zhulan smiled, "It's a coincidence that Changzhong isn't at home."

The smile on Zhou Shuren's face deepened, "It's really a coincidence."

Zhulan said again: "By the way, the Wang family sent a post to Mrs. Li today."

"I heard that the Liu family has a lot of actions, and the Wang family wants to win over people."

"Hey, I heard from Xuehan that recently the emperor didn't go anywhere except the queen's bedroom. The emperor made it so obvious that he allowed the news to go out. Don't the Wang family understand what that means?"

Zhou Shuren fanned his daughter-in-law with a fan, "I understand, but it's still the same sentence, the emperor is in his prime, who can predict the future?"

Zhulan sighed, "The Wang family has worked with you before, so I have to give you some face, otherwise, I really don't want Li's to go."

"Just go sit and sit, just follow the crowd and not be singled out for problems."

"Well, I know that."

The next day, Boss Zhou didn't go out of the city, and came to the main courtyard early in the morning after breakfast, and said, "Mother, my son wants to choose a few more children from the family to go to Beijing."

Zhulan, "Didn't you bring back six, isn't that enough?"

Zhou Laodao: "Six people brought back by my son, my second brother fell in love with three, and he took them away directly. I don't have enough here."

"That's it, it's good that you know it in your heart. However, don't bring too many children from the clan to the capital. It will make the children of the clan fluctuate and make it difficult for them to study hard."

Zhou Laodao: "My son has written it down."

"Well, by the way, the duck you raised in spring is not too young now."

Boss Zhou laughed loudly, "It's really not too young, and it will be ready to eat in a few days."

Zhulan wanted to eat roast duck, but after being frugal, she became more hungry, "Okay, let's eat roast duck when we can eat."

Boss Zhou nodded. He raised many chickens, ducks and geese in the village, all for his family. Every family would eat the chickens and ducks he asked to raise,

He is very satisfied.

Boss Zhou asked, "Mom, is your birthday going to be a big one?"

Zhulan waved her hand, "Your father didn't do it, and I won't do it either. It's enough for the whole family to have a meal."

Boss Zhou is regretful but has no choice. Now that he is frugal, the banquets in the capital are much less. How can some adults in the capital be particularly good at performance.

In the fourth room, Yujiao pulled Fifth Sister who wanted to go back to sleep, "Fifth Sister, the cloudy day is not so hot today, how about we go to the street?"

Yuwen didn't want to go out, "Go and find Third Sister."

"Third sister and my sister are going out."

My sister disliked her for being too noisy, and she was afraid that she would not be able to come back after taking her out for a while, so it was useless for her to beg, my sister just didn't agree to take her out!

Yuwen got a little more energetic, "Why didn't you follow?"

Yujiao spread her hands, "My sister won't let me."

Otherwise, she wouldn't have come to look for Fifth Sister. Her sister asked her to practice the piano at home. She had already memorized the music very well. She didn't want to practice the piano. She wanted to go shopping.

Yuwen pushed Yujiao's hand away, "Don't, Fourth Sister won't let me, I dare not take you out."

Su Xuan heard this when she came in, "I just want to go to the shop, you guys will come with me?"

Yujiao was overjoyed, "Fourth aunt is the best."

Su Xuan smiled, "You girl has the sweetest mouth."

Yuwen, "Mother, I didn't agree to go with you."

"Objection is invalid, go and change clothes."

Su Xuan got angry when she saw her daughter's clothes. This girl wore very simple clothes in order to go back to sleep, and her daughter's thoughts were spent on being lazy.

It was already half an hour after leaving the mansion, Su Xuan and her party went to the shop first, and after seeing the steward, Su Xuan took the two girls shopping.

Yuwen followed lazily all the way, even if it was cloudy, the weather was a bit muggy, she hated shopping, she preferred to put a few pots of ice, and then sleep under a thin quilt.

Yuwen thinks that Yujiao is suitable to be a mother's child. Yujiao and mother are the two women who like to go shopping the most in the family. Looking at their family's shopping, Yuwen really doesn't want to move, "Mother, there is a tea shop in front of you." , I will wait for you in front."

Accompanied by Yujiao, Su Xuan spared her listless girl, "Go."

When Yuwen arrived at the shop, she chose a seat by the window. She ordered herbal tea and the girl fanned her. It was comfortable and instantly refreshed.

After a cup of tea, the sky began to rain heavily. Some pedestrians on the street had umbrellas, but most of them had no umbrellas and could only find places to hide from the rain.

Yuwen was worried about her mother, and then thought that her mother would not be able to get wet in the shop, so she sat down and waited with peace of mind.

"Miss Zhou."

Yuwen turned her head, "Young Master Ning."

Very good, the two of them were quiet after greeting each other.

Ning Ming came in to hide from the rain, and instead of sitting at the same table as Miss Zhou, he chose a table next to him and ordered a pot of tea. Ning Ming frowned, seeing that the snacks he bought hadn't been soaked, he had a smile on his face meaning.

Yuwen listened to the sound of the rain, "Hey, it's very hypnotic."

The girl stood behind the young lady to block her gaze, "When the rain subsides, the carriage will pick you up and you can go back home."

Yuwen, "Yes."

The heavy rain came and went quickly, and when the rain subsided, the Zhou family's carriage came, and Su Xuan had already brought Yujiao into the carriage.

Yuwen got up and nodded to Mr. Ning, then took the girl out, got into the carriage and left.

Ning Min felt a little headache when he thought of his mother's unyielding plan.

It rained several times in succession in the capital. The emperor had just finished saying that the rain this year was good, and there was no flood in the south. This year was a smooth year. As a result, an urgent report was sent to the capital the next day, and there was a plague of locusts in Jiaozhou.

The smile on the emperor's face disappeared, locust plague, let alone the emperor, Zhou Shuren also sighed, hoping that the scale of the locust plague was not large.

Going home at night, Zhou Shuren said, "Jiaozhou is a continent of grain, and the grain production of several major upper states ranks first, and the grain of the whole state, hey."

"It would be great if there were more chickens and ducks."

Zhou Shuren, "Because of the lack of food, most of the poultry have been killed, and there are not many raised this year. In addition, there is no way to raise large-scale farming now, even if every family has chickens and ducks, it is useless."

Zhulan, "I remember locusts can be eaten?"

"Um."

Zhulan, "Catch it, then dry it and mix it with cornmeal. Even if it's not for human consumption, you can catch it and feed it to chickens, ducks and other poultry."

Zhou Shuren smiled, "I have already mentioned it to the emperor."

"Just mention it."

The couple were worried that the locust plague would affect other states, and they were a little helpless.

Fortunately, the situation in Jiaozhou is not too serious. Although the grain production has decreased, some of it has been saved. Of course, it may be an exaggeration of the good news.

On this day, Zhulan saw Mrs Yu, she was very surprised, Mrs Yu was seriously ill, why did she come to the door in person.