Chapter 1439: No Oil or Salt

Zhulan came back to her senses, "No need."

Qingxue returned to her seat, and Zhulan motioned for Qingxue not to stand, "You should sit for a while too."

Qingxue: "Yes."

Zhulan stretched out her hand to catch some rainwater, "There isn't much rain in the capital this year."

She had heard her eldest son say more than once that the food was not growing well. This year's food production had decreased, and there was also a war. Even if the country had surplus food, it would still take a few years to recover.

In the evening, Zhou Shuren came back and heard his wife sneezing. "Did she catch a cold?"

Zhulan said with a nasal tone, "Well, I went down and sat by the window for a long time."

Zhou Shuren knew his daughter-in-law was worried underneath her silence, "Have you seen a doctor?"

"I've seen the doctor, it's nothing serious."

Zhou Shuren motioned for Qingxue to go down, raised his hand and touched his wife's forehead, fortunately she was not hot, "Don't read today, go to bed early."

Zhu Lan nodded in agreement, "Do you know that the news of the war has spread throughout the capital?"

"Yes, we have arrested many people this afternoon, and they are now being interrogated in the Ministry of Justice Prison."

Zhulan sighed, "I heard from Changyi that the envoy of the embassy has already written a letter to the Ministry of Rites and is preparing to leave for home."

Zhou Shuren felt distressed, "If the tax revenue this year can be half of last year, I will be satisfied."

Zhulan, "You have to think about the gold coming in."

"We can't put all of them into the market. Hey, now they are envoys. Once the envoys from various countries leave, the foreign merchants will also return home."

"Those who stayed behind wanted to start a war and fight for wealth."

Zhou Shuren, "Oh, if you want to start a war for money, you have to see if I agree."

The next day, in Zhoujia Village, Jiang Miao had just woken up when several uncles came over. "Uncle, what's the matter with you coming to see me so early?"

Uncle Jiang Er coughed, and then Uncle Jiang Da spoke, "This is not a war. I have discussed with your uncles that we should go to the capital together. It just so happens that we have never been to the capital."

Jiang Miao, "Are you all going?"

Uncle Jiang looked a little unnatural. "Well, I think you are going back to the capital too. If we go together, we can take care of each other."

Jiang Miao looked at his second uncle, "Jiang Li's wedding day is coming soon, isn't Jiang Li getting married?"

Uncle Jiang, "Marriage, this is the second thing I want to tell you. Jiang Li's wedding date has been moved up. It will be in two days. After the wedding, she will go to the capital with us."

Jiang Miao touched the bracelet on his wrist and glanced at his uncle. It seemed that everything had been discussed. He smiled and said, "Who said I was going back to Beijing?"

Uncle Jiang was stunned, "You're not leaving?"

Jiang Miao shook his head, "No."

Uncle Jiang was anxious, "Are you crazy? Now the news has spread that the border can no longer be defended, and you still want to stay here?"

Jiang Miao's smile disappeared. "At first, there was a rumor that the King of Qin was assassinated and his life or death was unknown. But within two days, it was confirmed to be a rumor. The King of Qin is fine. How credible are these rumors this time?"

There are many reasons why she can't leave. She is the granddaughter of the Zhou family. The Zhou family is here. If she leaves, the Zhou family will be in chaos.

Members of the Zhou family will go to Beijing to look for grandpa. Not to mention how to arrange for the members, she is more worried that the emperor will think that it was grandpa who delivered some news. It is not easy for grandpa to be in the capital. There are too many people who are jealous of grandpa and waiting for him to make mistakes. What if grandpa is punished?

Therefore, she would not leave Zhoujia Village unless it was absolutely necessary. If she stayed, the Zhou family would be stable. Thinking of this, Jiang Miao looked at her husband, who supported her.

Uncle Jiang's face darkened. If Jiang Miao didn't leave, his younger brother wouldn't be able to welcome these uncles into the capital. His sister-in-law might even force them out of the capital. All his good plans ended up in vain.

Uncle Jiang coughed and said, "Miaomiao, you have never experienced war, so you don't know how scary women are, especially beautiful women."

Mu Fan interrupted, "It's not appropriate for uncle to scare my wife."

Uncle Jiang looked a little uncomfortable, and finally sighed, "There are more than 30 people in the Jiang family, Miu Miu."

Jiang Miao twirled the fan in her hand, not saying anything. "Uncle, I know how to count. My thoughts are my own. I have never hindered you uncles from going. If it is for the purpose of going to the capital, I cannot take more. I can still take out fifty taels. Just consider it as a gift from you uncles."

Mu Fan's mouth curled up and down as he admired the changed expressions on the uncles' faces.

In the capital, Zhulan really likes chatting with Guo, who is a talkative person.

Guo suddenly said, "I'm not afraid of your laugh. My boy took the token of exchange and refused to give it to me."

Zhulan also laughed, "You have to put it away carefully. If you lose it, you won't be able to replace it."

Guo, "Even if he lost the silver, he would never lose the token of love."

She was so lucky now that the King of Qin was fine and the matchmaker came to her house smoothly. If the war had started in a few days, the engagement would have to be postponed again.

This engagement was very low-key, and she felt that Yudie was wronged.

Zhulan laughed and asked curiously, "Has Yuanbo ever lost money?"

Guo covered her face with a fan and said, "I lost a silver seed. He searched for it all night. After he found it, he counted the silver several times before going to sleep."

Zhao really couldn't imagine that her son-in-law looked like a nobleman when he was counting money.

In the garden, Liu Yuanbo was happy about his proposal. He came to Zhou's house when Zhou Mingrui was in the academy. Before he got engaged, his purse was like a hole in the wall and he could never hold any money. After he got engaged, he finally stopped looking for him for tea and chat.

After walking for a while, something went wrong. Liu Yuanbo looked at Ming Jing who was entertaining him and asked, "Aren't we going to the lake?"

Ming Jing tilted her head, "Seven-year-olds cannot sit together. My sisters are by the lake, so we can't go over."

Liu Yuanbo, "......"

No, the old lady asked Mingjing to bring him to the garden because she wanted him and Yudie to spend more time together. They are already engaged!

Ming Jing blinked her eyes, "Is there something wrong with what Third Brother told me?"

Liu Yuanbo, "!!"

Yes, absolutely. He wanted to cheat his uncle even when he was not at home. Wasn’t his money wasted?

Ming Jing put his chubby hands behind his back and thought to himself, he had heard from his brothers that his future third brother-in-law was too stingy, and that wouldn't do. His brothers said they would make the brother-in-law more generous before his third sister got married.

Humph, humph, if you don’t please him, you still want to see the third sister? No way!

The quiet servant looked up at the sky. The sky was really blue today. Young Master Liu was so pitiful!

Zhulan sent Guo away and then realized that Liu Yuanbo hadn't seen Yudie. She pinched Mingjing's chubby face and said, "You are so naughty."

Ming Jing chuckled, "Grandma, I'm going home."

"Go ahead."

Guo knew that his son had not seen Yudie in the carriage, and after asking what happened, he asked, "You don't even know how to please a child?"

Liu Yuanbo wanted to vomit blood. Was that an ordinary child? He said nice things and gave gifts, but what was the result? When he arrived at the lake, Yudie had already left.

His eyes suddenly went dark. There were too many uncles and brothers-in-law.