Chapter 120 The marriage continues
Seeing that Zhou Yunshu had almost finished her arrangements, Shopkeeper Liang said, "Mr. Zhou, let's go back and pack up first."
"Okay, I've booked a table at the restaurant. Let's come over for dinner tonight."
Shopkeeper Liang smiled and said, "Don't worry, we won't be late."
After Manager Liang and Liang Lao San left with their families, Zhou Yunshu and the others also started packing their luggage.
backyard.
Li Jialan pushed Zhou Yunshu out of the dormitory when she wanted to take action, and refused to let her do it.
She usually has too many things to worry about, and Li Jialan doesn't want Zhou Yunshu to handle even these small things at home herself.
The bedroom on the right side of the main house in the backyard is occupied by Zhou Yunshu and Xixi, and the bedroom on the left side belongs to Li Jialan.
There are three rooms in the east and west wing of the backyard. The two rooms in the west wing close to the main house are for Wu Yue and Wu Gui to live with Yuan Ruo and An Sheng, and the remaining room is for Zhou Yunjia; the two rooms in the east wing close to the main house are for Fang Huiwen to live with Yuan Li and Yuan Yi, and the remaining room is for Feng Xujie.
Suddenly, the whole house was filled with the sounds of people packing up and washing up. Zhou Yunshu had nothing to do, so she decided to take the children around the house to familiarize them with the environment and not cause trouble for the adults who were packing up.
Although the house they bought only has two entrances, the front and back yards are very large.
The front and back yards were being cleaned up, so Zhou Yunshu took Xixi and the others through the corridor, walked through the Begonia Gate and headed towards the garden in the east yard.
At the beginning of winter, the garden at home was bare.
It's not because of the seasonal barrenness, but because the garden itself has not been well taken care of. It is not called a garden, but more like a piece of messy open space. There are not many flowering trees at all. Only the flamboyant tree with sparse leaves and a thick trunk against the wall is more conspicuous. What is even more conspicuous is the swing hanging on its branches.
"Mom, the swing!"
The newly appointed child king, Zhou Yunshu, brought Xixi and a few other little ones to the swing. She pulled the rough wooden rope of the swing with her hand, and after making sure it was strong, she handed the handkerchief to Xixi and asked her to go forward and wipe the dust off the swing.
After wiping, Zhou Yunshu looked at Xixi's eager little face, then carefully carried her onto the swing, looked at her excited little face, and slowly swung the swing rope.
Xixi was not a stingy person. After playing for less than a quarter of an hour, she got off the swing and let Yuanli, Yuanyi and others take over.
Zhou Yunshu withdrew her hand after seeing that they could climb up and swing by themselves.
She wanted to take a walk in the garden, and asked them to be careful when leaving, so she walked slowly along the stone path that could be seen to the end at a glance.
The garden was large and spacious. Even if Zhou Yunshu walked to the end, she could still see children playing under the flamboyant trees.
At the end of the garden, there was a wooden door on the east wall. Zhou Yunshu pulled out the bolt, pushed the door open, and faced the river that Manager Liang had mentioned before.
The river is about five meters wide and can only accommodate two small boats at most. There is a stone bridge on the street heading north. There is a tofu seller next to the bridge. Zhou Yunshu can smell the tofu from four or five meters away.
"Mother!"
"aunt!"
The children who were originally playing under the flamboyant tree ran to Zhou Yunshu's side. Seeing Zhou Yunshu standing outside the threshold, their little heads also popped out from the wooden door.
"Wow, it's a small boat!" Xixi ran out of the door in her pink dress, stood by the river and pointed at the small boat on the river in the distance.
"Nancy Zhou."
Zhou Yunshu frowned. Zhou Nanxi turned back happily, but was pulled back to the door by Zhou Yunshu in the blink of an eye.
Xixi looked up at her mother's serious face and realized that she seemed angry.
Is it because of myself?
"Mother?"
Zhou Yunshu rarely gets angry with Xixi, so at this moment Yuan Li, Yuan Yi and the other three all looked at the serious Zhou Yunshu.
Zhou Yunshu looked at Xixi and pointed at the river. "You are children. You can't get too close to the river. You can't play or fight by the river. If you fall in, you will never see your mother again, your family, or your friends again. Do you understand?"
Yuan Li, Yuan Yi, Xixi and Yuan Ruo all nodded. An Sheng, standing behind them, also nodded his little head.
Perhaps because he now had playmates of similar age around him, Ansheng was not as clingy to Wu Yue and Wu Gui as he was on Wolong Mountain.
"Just stand here and watch. After we finish watching, we should..."
Zhou Yunshu had just pulled the children outside the door in when she saw Uncle He walking across the stone bridge.
Zhou Yunshu looked at Uncle He who was leaving, and Yuan Li tugged at the corner of her clothes. "Aunt, is that Grandpa He?"
Zhou Yunshu looked at He Wenyuan's back and nodded. After his back disappeared into the street, she said to the children around her, "It's getting late. Let's go back."
Although it was unclear where He Wenyuan had gone at this time, since Zhou Yunshu had decided to treat him as one of her own, she gave him a certain amount of trust.
As the golden crow set in the west, the feast Zhou Yunshu had previously booked at the restaurant was delivered to her house.
There were four round tables in the front yard, and Zhou Yunshu didn't say anything polite.
We are all family anyway, so it is most pleasant to eat, drink and chat during the break. It is not too late to talk about important things after dinner.
After the meal, there is hot tea, cakes and sweet soup, which is perfect for chatting about future plans.
"Sir, it's almost the twelfth lunar month. What should we do next?" asked Manager Liang.
"We've been traveling so hard before, and now that we've finally settled down, we'll spend the New Year in Jiangzhong, and then discuss going to Dongchuan after the New Year."
After Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, Uncle He said, "I went to see some of my old friends this afternoon and asked about the current situation in Haizhou."
Uncle He's words successfully attracted everyone's attention.
"It's still the same as before. The government is powerful in northern Haizhou. The He, Wu, and Jiang families are all still the same. In southern Haizhou, there used to be a local tyrant named Cen who was the most powerful. But a month ago, the Cen family's fleet encountered a storm at sea and was destroyed."
"The Cen family has been divided up by other small local tyrants, and now is a time of chaos." Uncle He looked at Zhou Yunshu and said, "I heard that He Nianzhang intends to make Beichuan his sphere of influence after the New Year."
Zhou Yunshu held the red date and white fungus soup in her hand and said, "Although it's after the New Year, it probably won't be much earlier."
"The He family's passenger ship was hijacked earlier. It was clearly a major incident involving the future stepmother and the pirates colluding to murder their legitimate son. However, the He family suppressed the incident and even pretended that nothing had happened, allowing the marriage to continue."
Zhou Yunshu looked at everyone and said, "I suspect something big must have happened that we don't know about, which is why He Nian Zhang is so tolerant of the Jiang family."
"Marrying a wife, worshipping ancestors, and even this major event that we don't know about will take up the He family's time and energy. Beichuan won't be acquired so quickly."
Uncle He nodded and continued, "Before the New Year, we have to meet with the He family's head shopkeepers in various places to settle the accounts. After the New Year, we have to visit relatives and friends and pay tribute. It will probably take around March to finish everything."
"Of course, this assumes that the He family no longer has internal strife and that there are no other matters that interfere."
Zhou Yunshu nodded, "So, on the sixth day of the New Year, Uncle Yan and Uncle He, you guys go to Dongchuan to find a place to stay, and the rest of you will set off on the tenth day."
Yan Shilei and Uncle He nodded.
"Uncle He, take Wu Gui with you to collect information about various forces in Haizhou during the period before the New Year, and find out if anything major has happened." Uncle He glanced at Wu Gui, and they both nodded.
"Uncle Liang, I'll give you some money. Please help me find a few shops and houses in Jiangzhong."
"good."
"Xiao Jie, take Du Mazi and the hunting dog with you to inquire about the Feng family's rudder point in the river these days, find out about the Feng family's affairs, and find out the current attitude of the rudder point in the river towards the Feng family."
It’s the end of the year now, and someone from the Feng family will definitely come.
They had to find out what Feng Xujie's father's confidant meant before deciding whether to confront him head-on.
Du Mazi heard the words "Feng family" and looked at Feng Xujie silently, "I understand, Mr. Zhou. We will check it out tomorrow."
"Knock, knock, knock."
Zhou Yunshu and the others looked outside the door. Liang Laosan retracted his hand and said, "Mr. Zhou, a servant just came to the door and said he was from the He family."
He placed an invitation on the table in front of Zhou Yunshu and said, "Mrs. He wants to thank us for helping her on the cruise ship and invites you to a banquet at her mansion."
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