Chapter 1493 Long Face
It was several days later when Zhulan got the Wen family's manor. She curled her lips when she got the deed, thinking that the Wen family must have emptied the entire manor.
Li looked at the amount of land on the deed and said, "This farm is not very big."
Zhulan pointed at the deed and said, "This is a new deed. The Wen family estate has been split into several estates."
She said that she would not give up the manor easily, and she could even think of splitting it up, which showed how unwilling the Wen family was.
Li was furious, "Is this still possible?"
"Of course you can. At first, they only said they would donate the farmland, but didn't specify how large the area was. If they weren't worried that it would look too ugly, they wouldn't be willing to give away these fields."
After that, he said to Steward Ding, "Take the deed and send someone to take a look. Come back and tell me."
Steward Ding took the deed and said, "Yes."
Zhulan was not too angry, after all, it was an accident. She looked at the list of orphans and said to the returning housekeeper Wang: "Send someone to check the children whose records are not detailed. We have taken in orphans. It's only been a few days and the child is already 150."
Butler Wang, "The old lady is short of staff."
If there were enough manpower, he would have checked it out long ago. This time he came back in person to find some manpower.
Zhulan pondered for a while, "You take ten people back."
"good."
After Butler Wang left, Zhulan took a pen and wrote a report to the Queen Mother, which she would do every three days. She also attached an account book. When the greenhouse was built, she would put the expenses in the bill in the propaganda newspaper and make it public so that no one could make a fuss about the account book.
It was an hour and a half later that the Queen Mother received the report. The Emperor looked at the list of orphans first and frowned. "Are there so many orphans near the capital?"
Including the orphans in Dongcheng District, there are more than 300 of them.
The Queen Mother sent the report over, "Yang said that some villagers let their children pretend to be orphans in order to save food. She has sent people to investigate. She also said that there are not enough people, so she asked me to apply for someone."
The emperor quickly read through the report. Yang's report was very clear and concise. He thought it was a pity. If it was a man, he would definitely be able to do something. "Well, I have some people who can be sent over."
"Your people are one in a million, and Yang is taking advantage."
The Emperor said again, "The Wen family is outrageous. They actually split up the manor."
Queen Mother, "The harem donated three manors, and the Queen donated two manors at once. Both are manors in good locations. Let's just give it up for the Queen's sake."
The Emperor snorted, "Who asked the Wen family to provoke Marquis Zhou? Marquis Zhou is very protective of his people."
"It will be quieter in the future. I am afraid that Lord Zhou will come to drink tea for free."
The smile on the emperor's face deepened, "Shu Ren's mouth is not to be offended."
At noon, Zhulan received Mingteng's letter home. She only read the letters Mingteng wrote to her, and sent the other letters to the main house.
In his letters home, Mingteng described the hardships of life on the grassland, the strong spring winds, the shortage of firewood, and the fact that a lot of livestock had died in a heavy snow some time ago. Mingteng mentioned that the division of the states was not going smoothly, the herders were too scattered, etc.
Along with the letters from home, there were five sheep and a lot of beef. The cattle were not oxen for farming, but grassland cattle. All of them died in the heavy snow.
The meat was not obtained for free, but was exchanged for food. Mingteng was very principled in doing things, and Zhulan was very pleased.
Zhulan said to Qingxue, "It's rare to have beef, you can take people to share it, give away some of what should be given away, and by the way, the Liu family is Mingteng's in-laws, so give two more sheep."
We still have sheep on our farm, so three will be enough.
Qingxue: "Yes."
Beef is a good thing. After it is divided and given to relatives and friends, everyone will be happy to receive it.
At the Wang family, Mrs. Tao said to her father-in-law, "You were still talking about beef a few days ago. Look, your father-in-law sent us some beef today. It weighs more than thirty kilograms!"
Mr. Wang, despite his age, has a very healthy spleen and stomach, and a nice set of teeth. "My in-laws are really generous. I have eaten a lot of their good food."
Goose, venison a few days ago, and now beef. The old man thinks that marrying into the Zhou family is the right thing to do.
Tao glanced at her two younger brothers and sisters-in-law. Her family was in decline, but she had a good granddaughter-in-law who brought her great honor.
As for my two younger brothers and sisters-in-law, their parents' families have never sent good things to us, especially in these days when everything is scarce, not to mention my younger brothers and sisters-in-law's daughters-in-law.
Tao smiled, "So let's do it tonight?"
The old man stroked his beard and said, "It's rare to cook the beef all at once. Cook it in several batches."
"good."
The old lady smiled and said, "Marquis Zhou and Lady Yang are both generous and capable. This is a good marriage."
The second and third wives looked unnatural. In recent days, they had been gossiping about Yang behind her back because of her job. Now, what mother said was a warning to them!
Tao's anger disappeared, and she was also shocked that Yang was doing this, but they were friends and had supported the donation a lot. The second and third wives were very dissatisfied. Donation was a matter for the entire family. If she donated a lot, the second and third wives would be unwilling. They didn't think about it. If her father-in-law didn't nod to the donation list, it would be useless no matter how much she wrote.
Tao sneered in her heart and said to her mother-in-law, "The private orphanage of Yang's family has been established and is now in good order. The orphanage is not far from Huguo Temple. When spring comes, why don't we go to Huguo Temple to pay homage to the Buddha and take a look?"
The old lady looked at her husband, and when he nodded, she smiled and said, "Okay, I'm curious too. I heard that a greenhouse was built."
Yu Lu knew this best. She had been back to her parents' home quite often in the past few days. When she saw everyone looking at her, she continued, "Yes, we built a greenhouse. Grandma said that some of the greenhouses will be used to grow early-season vegetables, and some will be used to grow off-season vegetables in winter. My father has trained many vegetable farmers, and he will go to the orphanage to share his experience when the time comes."
Mr. Wang sighed, "Your grandmother is also very generous."
All the families in Beijing grow off-season vegetables, and the Zhou family's vegetables are among the top ten. How many people would have thought that they have such experience in growing vegetables!
At the Liu family, Liu Yuanbo straightened up in front of his brother, "This is beef sent by the Marquis' Mansion, brother, this is good stuff."
Liu Yuanqing pulled the corner of his mouth. What did he say? Didn't he just tease this kid for being generous only to the future Yue family? "Yes, yes, your future Yue family will treat you well."
Liu Yuanbo smiled and asked, "Brother, what did your Yue family give you as a gift?"
Humph, every time he sends something to the Zhou family, my eldest brother would tease him, so my eldest brother would also send less things to his own Yue family.
Liu Yuanqing was silent. It seemed that the Liu family had always been sending things to the Yue family. He hadn't seen anything from the Yue family since the beginning of the year. He touched his nose and said, "My Yue family can't compare to the Zhou family."
How to put it, he married a woman of low status, and the Yue family is an upright family. Well, to put it bluntly, they don't have much property, and their most valuable thing is their collection of books. They really don't live a rich life. After these donations, the Yue family's life has become even more difficult.
My brother's future in-laws and his future sister-in-law have good family backgrounds and are really rich.
Guo knocked her son on the head, "Don't show off. Just say that you go to Zhou Hou's mansion more frequently than anyone else. How many times have you seen Yudie?"
Liu Yuanbo, "......"
His mother would hit him, and he tried many times to please his father-in-law, but as a result, he only saw Yudie a few times after the New Year!
On the contrary, he has met his future father-in-law many times. Now his scalp tingles just thinking about him!