Yun Changren was overjoyed. His wife was pregnant? He was going to be a father?
Before getting married, he never thought he would get married. After getting married, he tasted the sweetness of love and realized that happiness could be like this.
Now that he knows he's going to have a child, he suddenly stops envying Zhou Quan; he wants to have his own child someday too.
Xu Changhuan suffered from both illness and morning sickness for nearly a month, and Yun Chang served her personally in the mansion every day.
Xuanwu was in charge of managing things at the military camp.
Li Mai would also visit her sister-in-law from time to time, and she would give her a bowl of Lingquan water almost every day.
Yun Chang knew how precious this thing was and was very grateful to Li Mai. She paid for fifty acres of wasteland in the south of the town where she was expanding her land and gave it to Li Mai, so that she could see what she could do with it and make use of it.
That area had a small grove of trees and a small hill; after clearing those areas, the land was quite large. After buying it, he had someone mark the area, and once it was marked, he would hand it over to his sister.
Fifty acres is no small amount. After thanking her elder brother, Li Mai actually went to take a look and started making plans.
Finally, she decided that if she wanted to do business well in the future, she still needed to have her own base in this town, to concentrate all her businesses here, including the dyeing workshop, the spinning workshop, and the clothing workshop, and to completely establish the Li Family Trading Company.
However, this plan needs to be implemented gradually, and she currently lacks the strength to do so.
Such a large area requires a lot of money to build workshops, level the ground, and buy building materials. She still needs to work hard to earn money. She would be very happy if this area could be built within five years.
With a plan and direction in mind, she was ready to start striving towards that goal.
In late May, more good news came from the Zhou family: Xu Yue was pregnant.
Li Maike was overjoyed. It was great news; her sister-in-law was pregnant, and Yueyue was also pregnant. It was a joyous occasion for the family.
This time, Li Mai shared one bowl of the spiritual spring water that she drank three bowls a day with Xu Yue.
Although Xu Yue didn't know how good this stuff was, her sister-in-law said it was good for her health and the baby, so she happily drank it.
Moreover, Xu Yue discovered that after drinking it, she didn't experience morning sickness and acted as if she wasn't pregnant at all. She continued to go shopping and was full of energy all day long.
Shortly after her marriage, the Xu family gave all the cosmetics shops under their name to Xu Yue and Zhou Lin. Including Zhou Lin's furniture shop, the young couple now owns several shops. The money they earn is more than enough to support such a large mansion as the Zhou family.
Xu Yue would also give the two elders money or food from time to time, showing great respect to them, which made Zhao very happy.
She felt that she must have done good deeds in her past life to have met such sensible and capable daughters-in-law in this life.
Old Zhou couldn't stay idle in town, so he would occasionally go back to the village to stay for a while and tend to his land, which he mainly grew for his children to eat, such as corn and sweet potatoes.
Old Zhou bought some fruit trees on the hillside of his house, planning to give his children fruit to eat in a few years.
Apricots, peaches, crabapples, and pears each grew separately in the fields.
Of course, Old Man Zhou didn't have to lift a finger; a whole bunch of young people from the village came to help him.
Nowadays, everyone helps Zhou Quan with planting flowers or other tasks. Knowing that Old Man Zhou is going to work in the fields, they will definitely rush to help.
Seeing the improved environment in the village, the increasing unity among the villagers, and the better their lives are, Old Man Zhou feels very gratified.
Now that Zhou Chun and Zhou Shu, those two bad apples, are gone, these young people have no ambitions anymore. They are single-mindedly focused on following Zhou Quan and striving to live a better life.
Moreover, under the clan chief's arrangement, people took turns guarding the gate of Zhoujia Village. Everyone entering and leaving would be questioned about whose house they were going to and what they were doing. The whole village was united and prevented others from harming them.
As for Zhou Chun and Zhou Shu's children, they are now being raised in the Zhou family's ancestral hall, with two separate rooms arranged for them: two girls living together and two boys living together.
They went to the academy to study during the day and learned to cook when they came back at night. They also helped clean the ancestral hall and courtyard on weekdays. The ancestral hall paid for rice, cooking oil and meat for them.
Some were from their own clan, while others sent some food to the children.
As for Zhou Shu's parents, they were already struggling to make ends meet after their family was destroyed. In addition, Zhou Shu's in-laws had caused trouble several times, taking away everything that could be sold from Zhou Shu's family, but ignoring their two children. The two old people fell ill from anger and were barely surviving with the help of their daughter. Naturally, they could not take care of their two grandsons.
People sighed inwardly, knowing that anyone would feel distressed if they encountered such a thing.
Li Mai had heard about these things from Old Man Zhou when he returned. After hearing them, she could only sigh and hope that the four children could be taught to be upright by the clan elders and not become like their parents.
The current clan elders are all younger, around sixty years old. Those under seventy are no longer needed. These people are generally of sound moral character, and the clan chief and Zhou Quan discussed and selected them anew.
In the midst of all the hustle and bustle, the second day of June arrived, the 100-day celebration for Yanbao and Yubao.
Zhou Quan and Li Mai held a grand 100-day celebration, even more so than the celebrations for the third day and the full moon. It was also during the summer, and the entire mansion was decorated with various fresh flowers and fabric flowers, creating a warm and elegant atmosphere. This attracted swarms of butterflies that fluttered around, leaving everyone in awe.
At this point, Xu Changhuan was no longer experiencing morning sickness and came over to help early on.
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