Chapter 1709 Surprise

On the second day after Changzhong's engagement, Zhulan received news that the old lady of the Luo family had left Beijing early in the morning with Ji Rong. It was said that the old lady took away a lot of luggage, and there were as many as ten horse-drawn carriages to transport the things.

Zhulan said to her daughters-in-law, "The old lady of the Luo family deliberately chose to leave today."

Zhao continued, "This old lady has put a lot of effort into Ji Rong. I just hope Miss Ji will not let her down."

Su Xuan, "The old lady of the Luo family is such a wise person. If Miss Ji can learn even 50% of her, she will be able to live a smooth life."

Zhu Lan didn't want to continue talking about Ji Rong. Instead, she looked at her daughters-in-law and asked, "Are you busy?"

Li and the others looked at each other, and Li said, "We haven't chatted with mother for a long time, and today we thought of it together."

They were the last to find out about my younger brother's engagement. They only realized they hadn't been with my mother-in-law for a while, but now she's here today.

Zhulan really doesn't need her daughter-in-law to accompany her. "Just go and do your work if you have something to do."

Li shook his head several times, "It's nothing serious."

Zhulan pointed to the roster on the table and said, "You guys are not busy, I am busy!"

She had done a lot of work to prepare for her son's engagement. Now that the marriage was settled, she had to deal with school affairs and write articles for newspapers.

Speaking of articles, Zhulan must be very proud because she has been asked by a newspaper to write an article. It is said that many students have signed a joint letter, hoping that she will write more articles!

When Li heard this, she stood up with a smile and said, "Mom, let's go back first."

Zhulan: "Go ahead."

At noon, Minghui came to the main courtyard. Zhulan looked at his clothes and asked, "Are you back from outside?"

Minghui, "Grandma, do you still remember Miss Shao?"

"Remember, I heard from the lady-in-waiting that she had completed her mission well and had been qualified for regular employment. Why did you mention her?"

Minghui sat down next to his grandmother and said, "She is very good. Four girls from her village have enrolled in school in the past few days."

Zhulan really didn't know that these days were Changzhong's engagement day. "Is there anything else?"

"She went from house to house to lobby and was scolded for it. If it were another girl, she would have cried to death, but she continued lobbying even after being scolded."

Zhulan was shocked. Miss Shao being scolded affected her reputation in the village. Her behavior would affect her future marriage proposals. Lobbying the girl to enroll in the school was not her assignment!

Minghui fanned his grandmother with a fan and asked, "Aren't you curious about how old the four girls who are enrolled are?"

"You know a lot."

Ming Hui gave a direct answer, "One woman is married and has children. The eldest son is five years old. Another is about to be engaged. The last two are eight years old."

Zhulan asked, "Married?"

"Yes, to get married."

Zhu Lan was excited. This was a breakthrough. "Okay, okay, Miss Shao is good."

Minghui said, "Grandma, Miss Shao has suffered a lot of injustice. How much salary do you think she will receive when she becomes a regular employee?"

Zhulan was very happy, "One tael of silver."

One or two taels of silver is not a small amount, and this is only given because Miss Shao persuaded the girls to enroll in school. Otherwise, it would normally be eight hundred coins.

Zhulan realized something was wrong, "Don't you think you pay too much attention to this girl?"

Minghui, "Sun'er just thinks Miss Shao is very smart."

Well, courageous, thoughtful, and resilient.

Zhu Lan asked, "Look, your uncle is already engaged, and you are not young anymore, do you want to marry him?"

"No, my grandson is still young, so it won't be too late to wait a few more years."

Zhulan: ".Okay."

She found that except for Mingyun and a few others, she seemed to worry less about the others? Each of them had big ideas.

Minghui left his grandmother and sat down next to the ice basin. "It's too hot today. It hasn't rained for more than half a month."

Zhulan, "You are sweating, stay away from the ice basin."

"My grandson is in good health."

Zhulan said: "It's already a bit dry near the capital."

If there is a drought this year, the colleges we have established will be affected. People depend on the weather for their livelihood, which is the most difficult thing.

Minghui stood up and said, "Grandma, Sun'er is going back to wash up."

He was sweating all over and couldn't stand it anymore.

Zhulan waited for Minghui to leave, then said to Qingxue, "Ask Minghui about his recent situation. Forget it, I don't care about this kid who has big ideas."

However, she is going to meet Miss Shao tomorrow, who has given her so many surprises.

In the afternoon, Zhou Shuren went home and took a shower without changing his official uniform. After he came out of the shower, he felt alive again. "It felt good."

"Stay away from the ice basin."

Zhou Shuren took a few steps back and said, "I have been slamming the table with the Minister of Industry all day. My old man is too greedy."

Zhu Lan laughed, "It's human nature. The Ministry of Industry provides the technology, so they naturally want to take the lion's share of the patent money."

"Bah! The Ministry of Industry was able to improve the technology with money provided by the Ministry of Revenue. It's impossible for them to take the lion's share now."

Zhulan handed Shuren the tea to relieve heat and asked, "Did you have any result from today's quarrel?"

Zhou Shuren's face twisted a little, "Shameless trick."

Zhulan was amused. "It seems that the Minister of Industry doesn't want to continue to take money from you."

Zhou Shuren snorted heavily, "If you have the ability, you can never use the Ministry of Revenue to get money!"

Zhulan winked at Qingxue, and Qingxue left. "Okay, let's have some cold noodles to cool off tonight."

Zhou Shuren no longer had much anger left. He didn't expect to reach an agreement in one day. If neither side gave in today, they would have to test the waters tomorrow. "It's really hot today."

Zhulan, the plump little old lady, couldn't stand the heat, "Yeah."

Zhou Shuren added: "The emperor suffered from heatstroke a few days ago and I don't know how he is doing now."

Zhu Lan was surprised, "You don't know either?"

"I haven't heard the emperor say that."

The Emperor has been in a bad mood recently. I don’t know if it’s because of the quarrels or because he’s worried about the Emperor Retired, who is already quite old.

Zhulan said, "We survived the last dangerous situation. This time, we just had heat stroke."

Zhou Shuren didn't think about it anymore and was waiting to eat the cold noodles. It was a pity that he couldn't eat too much at night. Eating too much cold noodles would make his stomach uncomfortable.

Before going to bed, a strong wind blew outside, and Zhulan lost her sleepiness. "Why is the wind so strong?"

Zhou Shuren frowned. The whistling wind sounded quite scary.

The couple lost their sleepiness. There was a strong wind for a while and they could hear the sound of tiles falling. When the wind died down, they heard thunder.

Zhou Shuren asked: "Is it going to rain?"

"Thank God, it finally rained."

Zhou Shuren couldn't sleep any more, and waited quietly. He didn't know how much time had passed before he heard the sound of rain. "It's raining, the grain production in the capital won't continue to decrease."

It has not rained recently, and the crops in the fields have wilted a lot. He is most afraid of a decrease in grain production, because grain is so important.

Accompanied by the sound of rain, Zhulan and her husband slowly fell asleep. The heavy rain had not stopped in the morning.

Zhou Shuren got up and saw that he didn't have to attend the morning court. He stood at the door and looked at the accumulated water in the yard. If it continued to rain like this, he would be worried about excessive rainfall.

Fortunately, the capital's drainage has been repaired and the drainage system is good. Well, the money invested in infrastructure every year is also very good.

(End of this chapter)