Huang Juan was moved by Shen Zhaozhao, “Since the Third Young Master’s wife insists, go report to the old lady first, and you can go directly to the flower hall later.”
Shen Zhaozhao nodded, watching Huang Juan's back gradually disappear into the distance, she rolled up her sleeves and jogged along the corridor.
The Zhan family's mansion was not very big, and after a brief walk, Shen Zhaozhao found the first target.
It’s not that the warehouse is too hard to find, it’s that the kitchen with smoke rising from it is too conspicuous.
It was not meal time, and there was a cook in the kitchen washing vegetables by the well in the backyard.
Shen Zhaozhao slipped in, took the chopping board, knife, bowls, and seasonings and put them into the space. He also took the big white steamed buns on the steamer and left, his eyes fixed on the big iron pot on the stove that was already shiny with oil and glowing blue.
Good pot!
Exile cannot change anything, but we must at least make sure we eat well.
If you want to eat well, you need pots, pans, and utensils.
When the cook returned to the kitchen with the washed vegetables, she looked at the empty stove and loosened her grip.
Clang——
"Where's the pot? Who the hell stole my pot?"
Shen Zhaozhao felt his way over there. Perhaps the Zhan family was about to be defeated, and there was not even a patrolling guard.
Soon, she found the storeroom, looked around, saw no one around, pulled out the hairpin on her head, picked up the lock and fiddled with it.
With a click, the lock opened.
Shen Zhaozhao slipped in.
The Zhan family’s warehouse is not big, with just a few large wooden boxes and a few shelves.
There were some cloths on the shelf, which did not look valuable, and there were some silver ingots and jewelry in the box.
Not a lot.
I think the Zhan family members are not greedy for money, otherwise they would have taken advantage of the war to levy heavy taxes everywhere, and this warehouse would not have so few things.
Based on the principle of not letting go, Shen Zhaozhao put several large wooden boxes into the space, then sneaked out of the warehouse and looked at the sky.
It's almost noon.
Only then did she straighten her skirt contentedly and go to the next yard with confidence.
It is better to move than to confiscate the house.
There was no one in the yard, Shen Zhaozhao didn't let anyone go and walked around them all.
In the flower hall, the old lady of the Zhan family was listening to Huang Juan describing the granddaughter-in-law who had just married into the family.
"Old lady, you didn't see that the Third Young Master's wife is very virtuous. She even helps the Third Young Master wash up in the morning.
When I came here just now, the Third Young Master's wife was worried about the Third Young Master staying alone in the room, so she insisted on going back."
Huang Juan spoke with great joy.
The old lady felt very relieved to hear this.
"That's good. She's a considerate and well-behaved girl," the old lady sighed, "I hope Nanxing can live well with Zhaozhao and recover."
She was worried that Shen Zhaozhao would not be willing to marry her, so it seems that her decision was absolutely correct.
The war took away her old man, her son and two grandsons. Only the youngest grandson Zhan Nanxing survived.
Because of the defeat, the Zhan family of Ruzhongtian became a rat crossing the street, and everyone wanted to kill them.
Zhan Nanxing's arranged marriage was also cancelled by the girl's family, and she was about to become the laughing stock of the whole city. Fortunately, Lord Shen married his daughter to her at this juncture because of their past relationship.
The old lady knew that she felt very sorry for the woman because of her family's situation, but people are selfish and she hoped that her grandson could continue to live.
For Zhan Nanxing now, death is easy.
Living is the difficult thing.
Shen Zhaozhao slid all the way to the flower hall, and as soon as he stepped into the hall, he saw several pairs of eyes looking at him.
“Zhao Zhao, come here quickly and let grandma take a look.” Old Mrs. Zhan’s eyes narrowed into crow’s feet, and she waved at Shen Zhaozhao happily.
The second sister-in-law, Guo, was born into a merchant family. She was frank and informal. She joked, "The third brother's wife is so energetic. On the second day of her wedding, she almost couldn't get out of bed."
"Second brother's wife, please watch your words." The speaker was the eldest sister-in-law, Lin, who was sitting on the chair with her back still straight. She glanced at Guo, who was sitting in an untidy manner and had no manners to control her words.
Then, he smiled politely at Shen Zhaozhao, “The third brother’s wife has come in, and we will be a family from now on.”
"Third sister-in-law is so beautiful," the youngest sister Zhan Zhiyao, who was only three years old and still a naive and romantic girl, sighed sincerely as her eyes fell on Shen Zhaozhao's jade-like face.
Shen Zhaozhao greeted the old lady with a smile, then stopped in front of a woman with a sad face, "This is..."
The two granddaughters-in-law kept silent, and Old Lady Zhan also picked up the teacup and drank tea tactically.
Zhan Zhiyao stood up a little awkwardly, stood behind the woman, and reminded her: "Mother, the third sister-in-law is here to greet you."
Yang sat there in a daze, and was reminded by her daughter, then she woke up as if from a dream. Without waiting for Shen Zhaozhao to serve tea, she hurriedly handed over a bracelet, "Poor child, I'm sorry to have delayed you..."
"Ahem," the old lady interrupted her with a sullen face and cleared her throat heavily.
"Zhao Zhao, this is your mother-in-law."
Shen Zhaozhao's eyes wandered among the widows in the room for a moment, with a slight smile on his face, he offered tea to Zhan Nanxing's mother, Yang: "Mother."
Yang was about to reach out to take the teacup when suddenly a servant stumbled in.
"Madam, it's bad, a group of soldiers came outside and surrounded our house!
They said they were ordered to confiscate the property!"
Clang——
Yang was startled and screamed, and the teacup fell to the ground and shattered.
"It's over, we're finished. What should we do? My husband is not around, so they come to bully us..." Yang was the first to burst into tears and collapsed on the ground.
"Shut up!" The old lady stood up, controlled her temper and scolded her daughter-in-law with a sullen face, and she herself walked out of the flower hall first with a cane.
Behind her, the other two granddaughters-in-law looked a little worried, but they were not panicked at all, and followed the old lady out of the flower hall.
Zhan Zhiyao couldn't ignore her mother, so she hurried over to support and comfort her.
땤Chen Zhaozhao turned his head and looked towards the gate.
Sure enough, the things in the dream, what are supposed to happen, will happen on time!
Fortunately, she had already emptied out the Zhan family's house.
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