Old Madam Shi has been in high spirits these past two days. Her grandson is the second top scholar after Shen Zhaoming, and now, at such a young age, he is highly valued by Shang Huaitang.
That day, the old lady looked at the people accompanying Shang Huaitang. Her grandson was the youngest. At such a young age, he had the opportunity to work with a local official, handling various affairs. There was so much he could learn. His grandson was doing a good job and had a bright future. It was a good thing, but this was not what made her happiest.
What made her most proud now was her granddaughter-in-law. After a lifetime of managing the Shi family's farmland and shops, she had finally found a reliable and capable successor. For the many grain farmers who relied on the Shi family for their livelihood, she had found a good leader for them.
So much so that the daughter-in-law who once deeply disappointed her now seems to be somewhat satisfied. After all, such an outstanding grandson is her son, and the particularly outstanding grandson-in-law was also the one that the daughter-in-law first chose.
After all the new rice from the Shi family was stored in the warehouse, the Rong family formally submitted a visiting card to the Shi family. Old Mrs. Rong wanted to bring her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to visit the Shi family.
Mrs. Shi received the invitation and replied happily. She also called her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law and said to them, "When everyone comes, be polite. Business matters are business matters. The Rong family is a grain merchant. It is common in business to buy from whoever has the cheaper grain.
However, the Rong family destroyed the only business contract between our two families. Let's hear what they say when they come this time.
What I mean is that our two families should quietly terminate this contract. From now on, in addition to supplying grain to Huaicang, if we have more land and higher production, we can also find other buyers ourselves.
As for Rong Li's little trick at the banquet earlier, I think my granddaughter-in-law handled it very well. We shouldn't touch a smiling face, so we won't mention it again."
The daughter-in-law nodded, having no objection. Sun Yannan, however, said, "I'm afraid it won't be easy. I feel like the Rong family rejected your invitation earlier, but are visiting again now. This might not be what we expected."
Mrs. Shi nodded and said, "Well, let's wait and see what happens."
Then he ordered someone to bring two sets of headgear to give to Sun Yannan. When Sun Yannan's mother-in-law saw them, she smiled and said, "These are the old lady's treasures. I have only seen them in previous years when I was helping to clean up."
Mrs. Shi smiled and said, "I will hand over the management rights of the Shi family and the farmland, farms and shops to my grandson's wife.
The things in the bottom of these boxes are my own belongings. I'm just saying today that part of them will be given to my granddaughter Shi Wei, so that I can add another box for her when she gets married.
I'll leave most of it to my grandson's wife. Yannan and Shiyue will have their own children sooner or later. I, an old man, may not have the chance to live with four generations under one roof, or to see my great-grandson grow up, but I'll also leave something for him to marry. As a mother-in-law, don't mind leaving it to Yannan. Ultimately, it's for the children.
However, the two items picked out today are a small prize for Yan Nan. She solved a big problem, so she deserves some reward. It doesn't matter how much, it will be in her hands sooner or later, I just want to be happy.
From now on, all housekeeping power will be transferred to Yannan, and I will no longer be in charge.
From now on, the management rights of the shops and farms will be handed over to Yanan. We don’t have many shops and farms, so I will manage them together with the previous thousand acres of fertile land. You can give me an account in a year.
After a year, I saw that there was no problem. Half of the remaining land of the Shi family, which is a huge amount, will be handed over to Yannan for management. I will take another look after two years. If there is still no problem, then two years later, that is, three years from now, the remaining half will also be handed over to my grandson's wife. At that time, all the land inside and outside the Shi family will be handed over to Yannan.
After three years, I, an old lady, will take a complete rest, grow flowers, drink tea and chat with old sisters.
I hope Yannan can quickly train his own team in the next three years. He will need a lot of people, and I will take over properly when the time comes. I won't say anything else. I think Yannan is a man of his own ideas."
After hearing these words, Yannan's mother-in-law Peng Jing felt sad. After all, she had become a marginal person who lived off others. She had opportunities, but she messed up. What else could she do?
But at least it was handed over to my daughter-in-law, so I have no complaints. My son and daughter-in-law are good, and I have someone to rely on.
Three generations of daughters-in-law were chatting here. Nanny Zhao took out the housekeeper's keys, the list of servants in the house, the personal indentures, the land deeds of the farm and shop, and the business deeds and handed them over to Sun Yanan.
Sun Yanan took a quick look and was shocked: This is what Madam Shi said about our family’s farm having “not many” shops.
Suddenly, a servant came to report: "The master has returned home."
Seeing her mother-in-law's face glowing, Sun Yannan happily asked the servant, "Did the master really come back on his own?"
Sun Yannan listened to this and suddenly thought, maybe in the past, when his father-in-law came back to the mansion, he would only come back for a few days when there was something going on? But now that he came back on his own initiative, it seemed like a rare and precious signal?
The servant was quite hesitant after hearing this, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally answered: "The master did come back by himself, but he didn't come back alone. He brought a woman with him, and the woman was pregnant."
Sun Yannan's mother-in-law, Peng Jing, looked ashen. Tears fell in front of her daughter-in-law. She said to her mother-in-law, Old Lady Shi, "He timed it right. He got the woman pregnant right away. He thought he didn't slap me hard enough."
Mrs. Shi sighed and said, "Don't rely on him now. Just live your own life. You can only think positively. The past has left a thorn in his heart. You and him can't go back to the past. It's better to think positively.
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