Chapter 680 Giving All of the Zhou Family's Business to Yu'er
After searching the entire mansion, Manager Shang discovered that only an empty box remained.
Old Master Shang didn't even leave him an ordinary sandalwood table and chair.
Manager Shang immediately turned to Madam Shang and asked, "What about the silver we've been saving privately?"
Madam Shang sat on the ground, wiping away tears: "They're all gone, all gone."
Overnight, Old Master Shang sold off his property, dismissed his servants, and left with his silver, granddaughter, and third son to live in seclusion in another place.
Leave this merchant, which they have been longing for, to them.
It was as they wished, but unfortunately all that was left for them was an empty house.
Not long after, customers who were also in the tea business came to collect their debts. The shopkeeper had no choice but to mortgage his empty house.
Within just a few days, Manager Shang and his wife were thrown out of the mansion.
When the men sent by Zhou Ruiyuan arrived, Manager Shang was living with his mother in a thatched hut, drinking every day.
A once-prosperous merchant has become a drunkard.
The southern barbarian wanted to cooperate with the shopkeeper, but Zhou Ruiyuan's men caught him red-handed.
Zhou Ruiyuan quickly received the news, took the southern barbarian to the dungeon, and immediately informed Du Wanchun about it.
Du Wanchun laughed and said, "This man has a lot of evil intentions. Let's tell Aruo first and see how he will deal with him."
Aruo is now the king of the Southern Barbarians. Since he is their traitor, we should naturally deal with him first.
Zhou Ruiyuan took out paper and pen, wrote a letter, and looked at it in his hand. "In a little while, I will send someone to deliver this letter, and also send him a wedding gift."
Du Wanchun thought of Mianmian, "Just bring along the congratulatory gift that Mianmian prepared."
Mianmian and Aruo have a deep bond.
Now that he is the king of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, the two countries can naturally become friendly, and it can be said that the stability of the two countries can be maintained without spending a single soldier.
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded, "Alright, bring them all."
Mianmian's congratulatory gift was delivered to Du Wanchun yesterday.
Du Wanchun packed the congratulatory gifts and letter together and sent them to the Southern Barbarians by fast horse.
Two weeks later, Aruo received a congratulatory gift and a letter, and was very happy.
Among these gifts was a large mahogany box carved with wild cranes, which he immediately recognized as Mianmian's work.
He carefully picked up the wooden box and held it tightly in his arms.
He hesitated to open the box for a long time, holding it for who knows how long, before carefully placing it beside his bed and then opening the letter to read it.
After reading the letter, he immediately wrote back.
The first half of the letter was all greetings to Mianmian, but the last sentence to Zhou Ruiyuan was, "Do as you see fit."
With just four simple words, Zhou Ruiyuan immediately understood his meaning. Without waiting any longer, he sent men to execute the southern barbarian, leaving no future trouble.
The charge he was given to the public was assassinating the emperor.
The ministers had no objection to the decision.
After resolving the matter, Zhou Ruiyuan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went to find Du Wanchun.
Du Wanchun and Feifei were reading in the courtyard.
Feifei is now the same age as Mianmian, but he is very gentle. He has the composure of his eldest brother, but not as cold as him. He has the wit of his second brother, but not as noisy as him. He has Mianmian's intelligence, but not as lively and active.
He was gentle and polite, and always greeted people with a warm smile.
Despite his young age, he possesses a remarkable temperament, like a rare piece of warm jade.
"Father," Fei Fei turned around and smiled at Zhou Ruiyuan.
Zhou Ruiyuan came up behind Du Wanchun and asked, "You used to teach Feifei to read, and now Feifei is teaching you to read?"
Du Wanchun turned around and smiled, "It's your fault for not teaching me, so I had no choice but to ask him for help."
Zhou Ruiyuan sat down beside her and said slowly, "I heard from my second brother that the Zhou family's rice shop has been replenished with rice, so you don't need to worry about it anymore."
Du Wanchun took out her pen and wrote on the book, stroke by stroke, "Yan'er has already told me about this matter."
"They also said something even more important."
Zhou Ruiyuan asked in confusion, "What is it?"
Du Wanchun put down her pen and said slowly, "Yan'er is pregnant again."
Zhou Ruiyuan laughed: "This is great news!"
Du Wanchun continued, "It is indeed a joyous occasion, but my second brother is still haunted by the memory of Yan'er's difficult childbirth in the past, and he has decided to stay by her side. Therefore, he plans to hand over all the affairs of the Zhou family rice shop to Yu'er."
"Yu'er?" Zhou Ruiyuan muttered softly.
Du Wanchun nodded.
In recent years, Yi'er, as the crown prince, has been by Zhou Ruiyuan's side.
Yu'er, on the other hand, followed Zhou Feng to learn how to do business.
He could have been a carefree prince, but he couldn't stand being idle; he just loved making money and collecting silver.
Du Wanchun had no choice but to put him in the shop to train.
Unexpectedly, he has actually accomplished something in recent years. This trip to various places to buy rice was all arranged by him.
Zhou Ruiyuan stood up and decided to ask Zhou Feng in person tomorrow.
After all, Zhou Feng hadn't contributed much to the Zhou family's business over the years, and suddenly handing it all over to Yu'er was just too sudden.
The next day, Zhou Feng seemed to have known that Zhou Ruiyuan and Du Wanchun were coming, and had people tidy up the house well in advance.
Zhou Ruiyuan's trip outside the palace was an incognito visit and did not attract much attention.
But Zhou Feng remained very polite, bringing out the best food in his house to entertain him.
The two brothers hadn't sat together and chatted like they did when they were young for a long time. Zhou Ruiyuan dismissed the people in the room and poured Zhou Feng a glass of wine.
"How is your wife's health?"
He asked Zhou Feng.
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