Zhou Er Sao nodded repeatedly. The next day, Zhou Er Sao and one of Xu Zhi's stewards took a car to Tongzhou, and then took a boat from Tongzhou to Luzhou.

Xu Zhi needed Zhou Ersao to take over the bamboo paper workshop. Once Zhou Ersao had sorted things out in the capital, she would have to rush back to Lüzhou.

Meanwhile, Zhou Ersao returned home after a long journey. Zhou Erzhu was still at the workshop. Zhou Ersao went to the workshop with the manager. When Zhou Ersao said that the three of them were going to the capital to become the managers of a bamboo paper shop, Zhou Erzhu thought he had misheard.

After Zhou Ersao told him again, Zhou Erzhu realized that it was true.

Zhou Erzhu said with a troubled expression, "But I've just started working in this workshop. There are so many things to do in the workshop. If I leave, who will take over?"

Zhou Ersao glanced at him and said, "Didn't you see that I came back with the manager from the master's side? The master said that our family should go to the capital as soon as possible. The manager from the master's side will take over the workshop here first, and then a person will be selected from our village to be trained properly. Husband, let's hurry home to pack our luggage and then take our Gouwazi to the capital."

Zhou Erzhu hadn't actually planned to go to the capital. After all, this was where he had lived for over twenty years, and his parents and relatives were still there. The capital was a thousand miles away from Luzhou, and if he left, he didn't know when he would be able to come back.

Zhou Ersao had lived with him for several years, so how could she not understand his thoughts? She advised, "Husband, this is a rare opportunity. When I came back, the master told me that we should take Gouwazi with us and let him study at the clan school of the Marquis of Yongning. The clan school of the Marquis's mansion has hired famous teachers. How can our rural school compare? I'm not doing this for anything else, but for Gouwazi's studies. I also have to go to the capital. Our master has sent our bamboo paper to the palace. When we go, we will be the representatives of our bamboo paper workshop in the capital. In the future, we will have to deal with the palace officials. Husband, this is not an opportunity that everyone can have."

Upon hearing that they would be dealing with palace eunuchs, Zhou Erzhu asked somewhat fearfully, "Dealing with palace eunuchs? My lady, are we sure we can handle this?"

Suppressing her impatience, Zhou Ersao patiently said, "Why not? I only found out after I went to the capital that our master is no ordinary person. She's the daughter of the Marquis of Yongning's family, and I heard she even has some connections with the Emperor. My dear, our master thinks highly of us and is letting us go to the capital from this small mountain village in Luzhou. What could you possibly object to? Without our master, the two of us would be stuck here on Huitou Ridge, earning so little to eat all year round. Let alone sending Gouwa to school, it would be difficult to even find him a wife in the future, wouldn't it?"

Zhou Erzhu thought of the days he used to live and nodded repeatedly in agreement. Zhou Er's wife said, "That's it. Let me tell you, hurry up and pack your bags. I'll go back to my parents' home tomorrow to let them know, and we'll set off the day after tomorrow. The landlord has already prepared the shop and is just waiting for our family to get there and set it up. She's going back to Luzhou from the capital."

Zhou Erzhu said, "Then I'll go talk to my parents tonight. Once we leave, we'll need to find someone to take care of the house and the land."

Looking at the small courtyard that she and her husband had built together, Zhou Ersao said that they had separated from their family home shortly after getting married. They had put a lot of effort into building this courtyard, and the foundation of the house was built with bluestones that they had collected bit by bit from the mountain.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhou Ersao and Zhou Erzhu were busy, one preparing dinner and the other tidying up the house. Gouwazi, who had heard that his family was going to the capital, ran back from outside with his schoolbag on his back. Before he could even catch his breath, he asked his mother, "Mother, Mother, they said you're taking me and Father to the capital. Is it true? Is it true?"

Seeing her son covered in sweat from running, Zhou Ersao quickly grabbed a towel from the clothesline to wipe his forehead, saying, "Look at you, you could have just walked back and asked. Why did you run like that and get all sweaty? Yes, our family is going to the capital, and you're going to study at a school there. Our master said you should go to the clan school affiliated with the Yongning Marquis's residence. There are many renowned teachers there."

Gouwazi stared wide-eyed in surprise and said, "So it's true, Mother! How come it's just our whole family going?"

Zhou Ersao smiled and said, "Because the landlord thinks that Father and Mother are both capable people and can take good care of the bamboo paper shop in the capital, so she wants Father and Mother to go to the capital to look after the shop. When Mother comes back, the landlord has already rented the shop in the capital. It's a shop with a small courtyard. When we go there, we'll stay in that shop. Father and Mother will take care of the shop, and you can go to study, okay?"

It took Gouwazi a while to come to his senses. He nodded repeatedly and said "okay." Seeing that dinner wasn't ready yet, Gouwazi put down his schoolbag and said, "Mom, I'm going to go outside and tell them I'm leaving. I need to say goodbye to them."

Zhou Ersao nodded and said, "I brought back a few boxes of pastries from the capital. Take a few with you and share them with your friends. We don't know when we'll be back after we leave."

Gouwazi agreed, stuffed a few snacks into his pocket, and ran outside.

After dinner, the family of three carried two boxes of pastries and headed towards the Zhou family's courtyard. The villagers already knew that Zhou Erzhu and his family were going to the capital. No one expected that Zhou Erzhu and his wife would win the favor of their employer so much. Not only was Zhou Erzhu allowed to go to the capital to look after the shop, but he was also allowed to take his wife and children with him. This was an immense favor. People would stop and exchange a few words with them whenever they met them along the way.

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