Chapter 386: Smarter

Boss Zhou was relieved to see that his mother was fine, and saw that his mother had been looking at the port as if looking for someone, "Mother, are you looking for your second brother?"

Zhulan blinked, "I seem to have seen Wang Ru just now."

Boss Zhou was very impressed with Wang Ru. Well, he couldn’t forget it even if he wanted to. A lot of what he uses and eats now has something to do with Wang Ru. “Mother, didn’t she get kidnapped?”

He always thought that Wang Ru was dead, he was not stupid, Wang Ru had too many secrets, and people with too many secrets generally died quickly.

Zhulan naturally remembered, "I saw her just now, she seemed disfigured."

There was a long scar on her face, if Zhulan didn't pay too much attention to Wang Ru, she almost didn't recognize it, but she didn't know how this scar came from.

Boss Zhou looked at the distance between the deck and the port market, "Mother, did you read it wrong?"

Didn't they all say that your eyes are blurred when you get old? Mom must have read it wrong.

Zhulan withdrew her gaze, "Maybe."

Boss Zhou thought that Mother was wrong, he didn't believe that they would meet by such a coincidence, and Mother hadn't seen Wang Ru for a long time, how could Mother recognize Wang Ru?

Zhulan's intuition told her that it was Wang Ru. She didn't know what Wang Ru went through, and she didn't know how Wang Ru ran away, but from what she saw, she knew that Wang Ru was really smart. There was a boy who was four or five years older than Wang Ru Neng. The two of them were talking and laughing while picking out the homemade cloth with bamboo baskets on their backs. She could see that the boy's bamboo baskets were full of heavy objects. There are some fabrics in the bamboo baskets.

Wang Ru's smile was something she had never seen before, and the smile on her face came from the heart without concealing it.

Zhulan thought to herself, if she really did not admit the wrong person, it would be fine, as long as Wang Ru is willing to live a normal life and live intelligently in the future, the Zhou family and Wang Ru will not be involved any more.

The time for the ship to berth is over, and Zhou Er Er bought a lot of fruits and brought them up, "Mother, I tasted bananas, they were quite sweet, I bought some and brought them back, you can taste them."

Zhulan saw that the bananas were overripe. These overripe bananas were handled by the fruit merchant on the boat. Zhulan broke one and said, "Eat it too."

Two days later, Zhulan got off the boat. She sat on the boat for seven days and finally stepped on the ground.

Zhulan bought a lot of things. When she came, she took four carriages and hired two carriages for the return trip.

The further north you go, the colder the weather, Zhulan put on a padded jacket and cloak again, and many of the pears and other fruits brought back were frozen. Zhulan’s university classmates are from the north. It is also edible.

Qingcai was damaged a lot due to the cold, so he had to hurry back to the city.

Zhulan continued on his way. In the imperial palace of the capital, the emperor drank soup and listened to the news reported by the prince from various places. He had to read it at the end of each year, and there were information from officials big and small in every state.

The first contact with the prince, the prince suppressed the enthusiasm in his heart. This is already a secret that only the emperor knows. The collected information includes all the news about the violation of laws and disciplines by officials from all over the country. He dare not guess or think why the emperor let him contacted.

But I can't control my heart, isn't my father afraid that after he knows the weaknesses of officials from all over the country, he will win over the officials behind his father's back?

The emperor drank the decoction slowly, seemingly carelessly, but the emperor kept paying attention to the prince. The emperor hid the deep meaning in his eyes. When he read Zhou Shuren in Lizhou City, the emperor almost swallowed the water he rinsed his mouth.

The prince read it again carefully, and he did read correctly.

The emperor stretched out his hand, "Bring it to me to have a look."

The crown prince handed it to his father, and the crown prince thought to himself that he really convinced Mr. Zhou.

The emperor read it at a glance,

"Why do I think that our Master Zhou is too talented to be placed in Lizhou, and he cheated twenty thousand taels of silver with a few words, what a talent!"

The prince also thinks that he is talented. He is short of money as a prince. Don’t look at the clothes, they are all prepared in the palace. The furnishings at home are indeed antiques. Unfortunately, they are all rewards and cannot be sold. He can’t use the princess’s dowry, right? , I can't afford to lose this person, I finally got some income, barely enough to spend!

The money in his hand is still obtained from Yao Zheyu's hands. His father is not soft on Yao Zheyu, so he doesn't have to be polite. Compared with Mr. Zhou, Yao Zheyu is not enough. He thinks Mr. Zhou is even more cheating!

The emperor saw that the jade he rewarded was carved into jewelry by Zhou Shuren, and he thought about a prodigal, and thought that such a person was very good. According to the news from his investigation, Zhou Shuren really loved his wife, and he was more at ease when he had weaknesses.

In Zhoujia Village, Zhulan's new year gift to her hometown also arrived. Ma Eryue didn't go back to Li's house to meet her parents first, but went directly to the old house to meet the eldest lady.

After reading the explanation in her mother's letter, Xuemei hurriedly asked, "Is everything okay, father and mother?"

Er Yue said respectfully: "Master and Mistress are all well."

Xuemei believed that Ma Eryue would not lie to her, and did not look at the clothes and jewelry her mother gave her. Seeing that it was getting late, "Would you like to stay and rest, or go back to the house in Li's Village?"

Ma Eryue said: "The villain will go back to the house in Li's Village to see his parents, and come early tomorrow morning."

Xuemei said, "Then I won't keep you."

"yes."

Xuemei waited for Ma Eryue to leave, and let her daughter look at the two younger brothers. The annual gifts prepared by the mother were individually packed, and her family's Ma Eryue moved into the house.

Xuemei touched the silver in the box. She originally planned to look at the foundation and build a house in the next year, so the mistress sent the silver. She also thought that if it was not enough, she could sell one or two pieces of jewelry.

Xuemei missed her mother even more. Although her mother is not in her hometown, she still misses them all the time. She said it was the New Year's money, but it was actually a subsidy.

Xuemei took out the apples, some of them were frostbitten, Xuemei was going to eat them slowly at night, even the frostbitten ones, she took out the good apples and put them in the house to warm them up, and then gave them to the children when they were not cold.

After Xuemei packed up her things, Jiang Sheng came back with her son.

Jiang Sheng saw the carriage in the yard, "Annual gift from mother?"

Xuemei smiled and nodded, "Yes, they were escorted back in February. I have packed up our family's. The rest are the patriarch's family, the eldest sister-in-law's and second sister-in-law's family's family, the third sibling's family's family, and your family's.”

Jiang Sheng was stunned, but soon came back to his senses, holding his wife's hand, his mother-in-law was always thinking about his wife, and this year's Jiang family's annual ceremony was also for his wife's sake.

After the father-in-law became an official, the meaning of the New Year's ceremony became even more different. The Jiang family received the New Year's gift, not only to recognize the Jiang family's in-laws, but also to give the Jiang family a certain degree of protection. Ten miles and eight villages will not bully Jiang because of the Yue family's face. Home.

As for whether the Jiang family would use his father-in-law's reputation to do bad things, Jiang Sheng knew that he didn't have to worry about it after hearing what his wife said about the New Year gift to the Jiang family, as his mother-in-law had considered everything.

Jiang Sheng felt that his parents loved him the most because they married Xuemei for him, "Thank you."

Xuemei smiled, "My parents are also your parents, no need to say thank you."

Time passed quickly, Zhulan had passed through Chuanzhou and entered the boundary of Lizhou, Zhulan sent someone back to the government to notify her.