Chapter 117: Lively

Zhulan was indeed a little tired. She didn't sort out the clothes in her bag and put them aside to be washed tomorrow. She didn't want to sort out the things she brought back from Pingzhou. She just wanted to rest for a while. She coughed and asked, "It's been a long time since I lay on the comfortable warm kang. I'll get some clean clothes out. Can you change and lie down to rest for a while?"

Zhou Shuren's face looked much better. He was really scared just now. At a distance of a few steps, he thought of many possibilities. If Zhulan was really in trouble, what should he do? They were one from the beginning, and no one could separate each other. Fortunately, Zhulan was fine. "Okay."

Zhulan took out clean clothes, and she and Zhou Shuren did not avoid changing, since they were both wearing underwear. However, Zhulan could not help but glance at Zhou Shuren. It turned out that she had unknowingly let down her guard against Zhou Shuren!

The two changed their clothes and lay down in the warm quilt to rest. No one slept. Zhulan was thinking about Zhou Shuren's nervousness towards her, and Zhou Shuren was thinking about Zhulan.

After dinner was ready, an hour later, the third son and the eldest son came back from school. Knowing that their father was angry because of the eldest sister-in-law's mischief, they did not dare to come to the main room.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren looked much better after resting. As Zhulan did not make any arrangements for dinner, Li did not dare to ask about it even though she had offended her father-in-law. However, she was not stupid enough to not know how to please him. The staple food was corn cakes, stewed fish with sauerkraut, and a bowl of dumpling soup made with white flour.

All night, Zhou Shuren didn't like his two daughters-in-law. One of them cried for the very first thing. They didn't mind it before, but now they do. What should they do if one of them howled for the very first thing and scared Zhulan into having a heart attack? The medical level in ancient times was limited!

Zhou Shuren's face turned black. Not only Li and Zhao, but the entire Zhou family didn't dare to say a word. In the past, they could say a few words during the meal, but today they were extremely obedient. The chopsticks didn't even touch the dishes, and they didn't dare to make any sound. Anyway, Zhou Shuren exuded the feeling that I'm unhappy, and no one can mess with me.

Zhulan was tired and wanted some quiet time. She suddenly felt that having a proper cold face was very important. She had been showing good looks too many times recently and everyone at home had become much bolder.

After dinner, Li and Zhao carefully cleared the table.

Zhou Shuren looked at Zhulan without blinking. Zhulan didn't help and said a few words to Xuehan, then followed Zhou Shuren back to the bedroom.

In the evening, Zhou Shuren came in with hot water. Zhulan wiped her body and changed into new clothes before Zhou Shuren came in. Zhulan was grateful for his meticulous care and wanted to chat with him for a few words, but the warm quilt was too comfortable. She fell asleep before Zhou Shuren finished washing up.

Zhou Shuren stood on the ground and watched for a while, then smiled with his tied face. Their quilts were all tangled together. What a stubborn person!

The next morning, Zhulan got up comfortably, but when she saw a pile of clothes, her good mood disappeared. She had to wash two large basins of clothes today. Oh, this was the nth time she missed the automatic washing machine with dryer!

For breakfast, Zhulan brought out food, which was rice porridge. The third son and the eldest son were studying at the clan school, and they had a half-hour break at noon and could come back to eat. They didn't need to bring any cakes or dumplings, so breakfast was much simpler.

After dinner, Li came to curry favor with her, "Mom, I see you have a pile of clothes to wash, I'll wash them for you."

Zhulan was at the top of the food chain when she came here. Before she came here, it was always Li and Zhao who did the laundry. But she had a little cleanliness quirk. She didn't like others touching her clothes, not even her own quilt. "No need. Just help me sort out the things I brought back."

Li had already seen the two boxes, but she was afraid of her father-in-law, so she didn't say anything and could only watch, "Okay, mother."

The two boxes that Zhulan brought back were not bought by Zhulan. She bought Lingqiao. Both boxes were prepared by Zhao Bo. Zhao Bo made a lot of money by helping to find a shop to buy furniture. Zhao Bo already had a family background and wanted to be on good terms with Zhou Shuren. Zhou Shuren gave him money to buy furniture, and Zhao Bo sent the prepared return gift to the inn.

Zhulan didn't know what was inside, so she opened the box and saw two cloaks. The cloaks were made of rabbit fur, and judging from the color, they were for Zhulan and Xuehan. Rabbit fur was not expensive, and two cloaks could cost three taels of silver. There was also some cloth inside.

The second box contained meat, including packaged marinated meat and some raw meat. Zhulan looked at it carefully and asked, "Beef?"

Li had never eaten beef, but had seen many kinds of meat. "Mom, it doesn't look like beef. It looks like roe deer meat, which my dad has hunted before."

Zhulan thought it was a pity, thinking it was beef. But she knew roe deer meat was delicious. In ancient times, there were many wild animals and no animal protection laws, so people ate a wide variety of wild delicacies. It's not like nowadays, as long as you can eat something, you can eat it until it becomes a protected animal. "You gave me a lot. I'll make roe deer meat dumplings for dinner."

Mrs. Li had been fond of meat for a long time. She had left two pounds of meat for her mother when she passed away. Also, because she had been very careful in Mrs. Zhao's care, she had not eaten meat in large bites for a long time. So she decided to eat with her mother at home.

Zhulan took out the packages of braised pork, which had been frozen outside for a day and a night to solidify. Zhao Bo packed eight packages as a return gift, each weighing one kilogram. Together with the more than ten kilograms of pork, the return gift was not light if you count the two boxes containing the return gifts.

The two boxes that Zhao Bo gave as return gifts were not the cheap ones Zhou Shuren bought. They were made of good wood. Although the two boxes were not big, they were exquisitely crafted and had carvings on them.

Li also took a fancy to the box and touched it vigorously with her chubby hands.

Zhulan, "........Wait for dusting?"

Li was too thick-skinned to notice the sarcasm, "Mom, these two boxes are really beautiful."

Zhulan rolled her eyes inwardly and distributed the items directly, "Don't worry about it. I won't give the two boxes to anyone."

Li took her hand back. If her mother wanted to give it to someone else, she could still try to persuade them. But if no one wanted to give it to her, she dared not say a word. "Mother, I will go cut the roe deer meat into small pieces."

Zhulan instructed, "One piece weighs about one pound."

"OK."

Zhulan waited for Li to divide the roe deer meat, then called Zhou Shuren out. Zhou Shuren went to see the clan leader with a bag of marinated meat and a pound of roe deer meat.

Zhulan asked the eldest brother to go with her to the clan leader's house to borrow a cow, and then come back to send two bags of braised pork and four pounds of roe deer meat to the Yang family, and then send one bag of braised pork and one pound of roe deer meat to the eldest daughter's house.

As for the hairpin, Zhulan was not in a hurry to give it to her, planning to wait until her daughter moved in.

Then he gave the cloak to Xue Han. Xue Han was a little girl after all, and she was reluctant to wear it. After putting it on, she was reluctant to take it off. She even walked around in the yard, and then quickly took it off and put it away.

Zhulan’s cloak is gray, and the rabbit fur is also gray. She likes Xuehan’s light green cloak with white rabbit fur more. She can’t bear to look at it, or she will be jealous!

Zhulan didn't care about Xuehan's dirty clothes. She always taught Xuehan to do her own things. Even if she was an old lady, she didn't ask Li and Zhao for help.

Zhulan was washing clothes all day. Washing clothes was a painful thing in ancient times. She was the eldest child in her mother-in-law's family, so there was always hot water and her hands did not suffer much. But for other farmers, it was basically their daughters-in-law who did the washing. They had to boil a pot of hot water all day long, and their hands were more or less frostbitten in the middle of winter.

By the way, there is soap in the fictional history, which surprised Zhulan. At least it doesn’t require wood ash.

The tooth powder from fictional history is also good. Although it is not as good as modern toothpaste, it is not bad. The Zhou family has always used tooth powder. After Zhulan came here, she knew that they only brushed their teeth in the morning, so she set a new rule to brush their teeth once in the morning and once in the evening.

While making dumplings at night, Zhulan heard the noise from Wang Laosi's house during the day, and then she remembered to ask Li, "What happened at Wang Laosi's house again?"