Chapter 2047 Going on a Long Trip
He immediately coughed lightly, walked forward and pulled him, saying, "Mingxue, there are several big shopkeepers coming up ahead. Come with me to take a look."
Xiang Mingxue and Zhou Lijun are already engaged, so naturally they can no longer talk about their own things. So now Xiang Mingxue has to call Zhou Silang "Fourth Uncle".
Although he always chose not to call him that if possible, Zhou Silang adapted well. After the two families became officially engaged, he changed the way he addressed Xiang to Mingxue, which was particularly smooth.
Zhou Silang dragged Xiang Mingxue to the front to entertain the guests and prevented him from getting too close to Zhou Lijun.
But this was impossible because they had already decided to go to the grassland after the wedding.
The summer harvest was over, and Xiang Mingxue had bought a lot of grain and porcelain from Fengzhou and other places, plus some cloth. He brought quite a lot with him this time.
Zhou Silang prepared a lot of tea, tea bricks, porcelain and cloth. There were also a lot of goods, more than last year, so Zhou Lijun still followed them into the grassland this year.
Zhou Lizhong had just gotten married, and Zhou Lijun had handed over the accounts of Putun Zhitian to him. He also had to record the data of the experimental fields, so he would not go to the grassland this year, but Zhou Liwei would go with him.
Because of this, Zhou Erlang and Feng Shi, who wanted to arrange a marriage for him, became anxious. Zhou Lijun, who had originally wanted to shift the blame, calmed down and said to his parents, "My brother has a crush on someone, but her family is powerful and he hasn't earned anything yet. She probably doesn't like him."
Feng: "Who doesn't start a family first and then build a career?"
She said, "When he gets married, he will naturally have a family business."
Zhou Lijun said, "Mom, this is just a lie to fool the child. I can't even earn enough to support the family business by myself. How can I earn enough to support the family business with one more person, or even two more people?"
"If you don't believe me, ask my father: was he richer before or after getting married?"
Feng looked at Zhou Erlang.
Zhou Erlang immediately said, "I am the richest now."
"That's because we've all grown up. Not only Li Wei and I, but even Li Ru doesn't need you to support us anymore. You can still get some money from us every year. How can you not make money?"
Zhou Lijun remembered something and asked, "Mom, I'm getting married. Where's the dowry money you said you would save for me?"
Feng: ...
Zhou Lijun looked as if he understood everything, and then for some reason Feng suddenly felt guilty and dared not mention Zhou Liwei's marriage again.
Zhou Erlang thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. If we don't come during the twelfth lunar month, they will definitely go home. We can talk about marriage then."
Zhou Lijun got married in the twelfth lunar month, and Zhou Silang and his wife had also returned from the grasslands. If they had gotten married in the capital, Zhou Erlang and his wife would definitely have come to the capital.
It would be even better if I could go back to my hometown to get married.
In fact, not only Zhou Erlang and his wife, but also Old Zhou and Qian felt that they should return home after getting married.
Although the wedding banquet in the capital was quite lively, they didn't know anyone there, so they decided to hold it back in the village.
Old Zhoutou discussed with Zhou Dalang, "Let's wait until Erya gets married and return to the village. When the time comes, let Datou bring his wife along, and we'll set up a few tables of wine. We have to tell the villagers about such a big event as the wedding."
Zhou Dalang agreed. He also wanted to go home during the Chinese New Year this year. He missed home after being away for more than a year.
Manbao heard this and whispered to Baishan, "If you can pass the imperial examination this year, will you get home leave?"
Bai Shan nodded, looked at her and asked, "Why, do you want to go home?"
Manbao nodded and whispered, "I'll try to ask the Imperial Hospital for a family visit leave when the time comes."
Bai Shan said: "I'm afraid it won't be easy."
It’s not easy to invite her, she also wants to go home.
The next day, the bride came to recognize her relatives. With a blushing face, she went to the lobby with Zhou Lizhong. The Bai family was also there. Liu Sanniang had been reminded of this before, so she also prepared their recognition gift.
Manbao's gift was the same as Zhou Dalang and Qian's, a pair of shoes and a set of clothes.
Manbao had received many gifts such as shoes from her relatives, but this was the first time she received clothes from her elders. She was very happy and after taking them home, she put them on and showed off to Bai Shan and Bai Erlang.
Not to mention Bai Shan, even Bai Erlang was a little jealous. After some thought, he found that apart from his own son and daughter getting married in the future, only his eldest brother's son would have the possibility of receiving such a recognition gift.
Not to mention Bai Shan, he is the only one in his family, and the only time in his life he has received such a recognition gift from his own son.
After the recognition, Liu Sanniang officially joined the Zhou family. She did not have to live in the palace because she was married and could apply to the Imperial Medical Bureau to live outside.
Then he could travel back and forth between the Imperial Medical Office and his home every day.
She is still an assistant doctor in the Imperial Medical Bureau. She has almost finished learning the courses of the Imperial Medical Bureau. Now the teachers only give small lessons to the twelve students. There are only four days of classes every ten days, and the classes only take up half of the four days, so they still spend most of their time in the palace.
The advantage of this is that Manbao knows more about the news outside the palace and the situation at home.
When she returned to the palace to work, Liu Sanniang told her, "Fourth Uncle and the others will be leaving early tomorrow morning."
Manbao was slightly surprised and asked, "Aren't you going to wait until I rest before leaving? There are still three days left."
"The Imperial Astronomical Observatory said it would rain in a few days, and it seemed like it would last a long time, so Fourth Uncle and the others decided to set off early."
Manbao then said, "In that case, I'll prepare the medicine for them. Come to me before you leave the palace this afternoon to get it."
The reason why they had to wait until Manbao had rested before setting off was, firstly, they had to see him off and meet him, and secondly, they had to wait for the pills and other things that Manbao had prepared for them.
Every time they go out, Manbao will prepare some pills for them and also pack some medicinal herbs for them to take with them in case of emergency.
This time, Manbao also prepared medicated plasters for them. Of course, they didn't prepare them pre-mixed, but boiled the ointment and handed it directly to Liu Sanniang. "Lijun and Liwei are both smart. Teach them how to mix the medicated plasters later. If they can't remember, just write the dosage on the jar. This thing is very useful, just as good as the pills we make."
Liu Sanniang agreed, carried a bundle of things out of the palace, and took them back to pass on to Zhou Lijun and others.
By the time Manbao left the palace, Zhou Silang and his companions had already set out for three days. The family had already gotten used to their absence, and even Zhou Erlang and Feng Shi had accepted it well, and then planned to go home.
Zhou Erlang said, "It's almost autumn harvest time at home, and it's definitely not going to work for the third brother and his wife alone. Dad, I think I'll be back in a couple of days."
Moreover, after winter comes, the medicinal herbs need to be harvested, and he also has to start selling them. Both raw and dried medicinal herbs need to be processed. Zhou Sanlang definitely cannot do these things, so he has to go back.
Old Zhou also knew this, so he waved his hand and asked Zhou Wulang to go back with them. He said, "Find a larger caravan to follow, it will be safer."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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