Chapter 78 Suspicion breeds fear
The outlook is somewhat worrying.
Zhou Lang further analyzed,
"Logically speaking, even if the orphan of the crown prince is rescued, he probably doesn't know his identity yet. He won't react when he hears about the reward for the orphan of the crown prince. He is a very calm person, unless..."
Lin Shiqi was in tune with what he had said and blurted it out.
"Unless he knows the other person's identity? But the prince's orphan who survived to the end and became the emperor cannot be someone who casually reveals his identity in front of strangers. How did he know it?"
Zhou Lang tapped his fingers lightly, "This is the intriguing part."
"He must have some secrets that he cannot tell anyone, and today he even suspected that our prescription was not obtained in a legitimate way." Lin Shiqi added.
Zhou Lang said, "Suspicion will lead to fear, which will make him afraid to act rashly and make him think twice before doing anything. It's not entirely a bad thing."
"Okay. We're not afraid of him."
After Lin Shiqi communicated with Zhou Lang, he suddenly felt enlightened.
Facing a powerful enemy, it is not a good idea to simply retreat and be submissive.
You should also let your enemies know that you are not so easy to bully.
She continued to run her tofu business.
Make more money and become stronger. By then, they will have money on their hands and will be more confident.
Just do it.
Expand the scale and make big deals.
"Let's go and talk to our parents about expanding the tofu shop..."
Came to the upper room.
Only Mrs. Zhou was there, but Old Man Zhou was not.
"Where's Dad?"
"He's in his precious grandson's room, asking about his well-being." Mrs. Zhou said sourly.
"My husband and I have something to discuss with my parents."
Lin Shiqi reported his intention.
Mrs. Zhou asked them to wait and she got up to find Old Man Zhou.
Without any formalities, he got down to business in just a few words.
Lin Shiqi said, "Dad, Mom, my husband and I have thought about it. Since we want to specialize in this business, we have to build a tofu shop. There are many people in our family, and it takes a lot of time to cook every time. Making tofu also requires a stove and so on, which is a conflict. What do you think?"
Mrs. Zhou nodded, "Indeed. The eldest daughter-in-law was in the kitchen today, doing this and that, and she spent a lot of time."
Old man Zhou was also considering it seriously.
Lin Shiqi said, "Xu's Company gave us a deposit of fifty taels, and we spent ten taels on buying beans, so we have forty taels left. We will give them all to my parents to help us build a tofu shop first, the sooner the better."
Mrs. Zhou took a breath.
"Forty taels! That's a lot!"
Then she said, "It doesn't cost that much to build a tofu shop. Only four or five taels of silver is enough, and it can be built solidly."
The house of Old Zhou's family was built by Old Man Zhou himself. Building a house in the countryside does not cost any money to hire workers. Even in the idle months, as long as you provide a full meal, many villagers will rush to help with the work.
The earthen bricks were made in advance, and the wood was cut from the mountains. It just took a lot of effort.
All the country folk have is the strength of a rake.
Now that the Zhou family has so many strong laborers, they don’t need to ask outsiders for help when building a house.
Lin Shiqi tried to figure it out, she didn't know the cost of building a house in ancient times, but now she listened to what Zhou Po said.
I have an idea in my mind.
"Well, Dad and Mom, can these 40 taels of silver build us a new courtyard? Isn't there an open space next to our house? Build us a new courtyard, make a few rooms for living, and then make side rooms, a kitchen, a tofu shop, and a storehouse. If my husband finds a good way to make money in the future, he will need space! Anyway, we have to do it once and for all, so let's build more..."
Old man Zhou hesitated, "If we use all the money to build the house, won't we use it as business capital? It will be difficult to distribute the money after building a new house..."
Mrs. Zhou thought much more simply. "Business brings in money every day. We make money as we work. We bought so many beans this time, and we can sell them for a lot of money. As for the house, why is it difficult to distribute it? It's the money that our fourth brother and his wife earned. They built a new house for them to live in. Who has the nerve to snatch it?"
Old Man Zhou said, "We really built a new house..."
You can reserve one room for Dalang.
The words haven't come out yet.
Mrs. Zhou blocked his mouth and said, "Old man, the new yard is mainly used for business. Dalang needs to study in peace, so it is not appropriate to be assigned there."
Old Man Zhou was speechless.
Mrs. Zhou spoke quickly, "We have built a new courtyard, and we haven't divided the family yet. Of the forty taels of silver, you two should keep twenty taels for yourselves, and if you hand in twenty taels, we will give you another twenty taels from the public treasury. This is the right thing to do! The courtyard will be given to you two to live in for the time being, and we will give the mute girl a separate room. The girl is neither too old nor too young, so we have to avoid suspicion and we can't let her come to our house and suffer grievances. As for how to divide it in the future, we will talk about it later. Old man, what do you think?"
Now, Old Man Zhou felt much more at ease.
“As it should be.”
The house belongs to Mr. Zhou, and he has the right to distribute it.
The fourth family paid half of the money and let them live there temporarily, which was fair to them.
We will decide how to distribute it in the future when the time comes.
In the future, if Dalang passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar, or gets married, he can also be allocated a room in the new house.
"In that case, now is the off-season for farming, let's hire someone to do it, and try to have our new yard completed before the New Year..."
Lin Shiqixiao and his wife had no objection either.
The old house was indeed a bit cramped.
It doesn't matter if I spend twenty taels to live in a new house but don't own the property.
Stay as long as you can.
No matter how partial Old Man Zhou is, he won't be too partial with Mrs. Zhou around.
If all else fails, when the time comes, they will have money in their hands, so they can just pay more and rebuild it. Old Zhou's family has many people, and Old Man Zhou is hardworking, so they don't need to worry about how to rebuild it, all they need to do is pay the money.
It's pretty beautiful, to be honest.
The advantage of having a large family like Zhou is revealed.
It can be said that Old Man Zhou is the most hardworking person in the Zhou family. It is no exaggeration. He has many skills and can do everything. Except for his partiality to the eldest wife, there is nothing else to say about him.
In the book, Old Man Zhou favored the eldest wife, but in the end he didn't get any benefits.
Because he always wanted superficial fairness and justice, he was partial to the eldest wife, and the people in the eldest wife still felt that they didn't give enough. In the end, the eldest wife broke off the ties with him. He tried his best to disagree, but the eldest wife insisted on breaking off the ties with him and no longer recognized him as her father and grandfather. He was devastated. He had worked hard all his life and had all kinds of hidden injuries in his body, but they all burst out all at once because of the collapse of his beliefs. He had no money to treat his illness, and was tortured by the disease. He was disheartened and hanged himself with a rope.
…
In this life, no one knows what his fate will be.
If all his hopes were not on Zhou Qinan, it wouldn't have come to that.
Gou Zhou Lang is also his son.
Maybe I can enjoy the blessing of dog Zhou Lang!
"Then I'll trouble you, Dad and Mom. We know nothing about building a house."
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