Chapter 170: Master Dong

In the afternoon, Zhou Wang came and thanked Zhulan as soon as she entered the house, "Luckily, my nephew came to our house to talk today, otherwise we wouldn't have noticed the trouble. Auntie knows that you like to eat honey, so this is what your eldest sister-in-law got from her parents' home, and I brought you a pound of it."

Zhulan saw how generous Zhou Wangshi was, and knew in her heart that Zhou Wangshi must have gotten some benefits from Wang Laosi's family again, so she took the opportunity to take over, "Shuren was just chatting, or Auntie thought of it. It has nothing to do with us. Thank you, we are not responsible. But I won't be polite to Auntie for the honey, I am in need of honey for my health!"

Zhou Wang passed the basket over and said, "Your sister-in-law's family probably still has some. If you want to buy some, I'll ask your sister-in-law to go back and ask."

Zhulan has been without honey for a month, so she really needs to buy more. Unfortunately, honey is rare in the county, so she naturally wants to buy it when she comes across it. "That's great, I will definitely give you a fair price."

Zhou Wangshi smiled and said, "Okay, Auntie, I'll tell your sister-in-law when I get home."

Zhulan was delighted and asked Zhao to take the basket out to make tea and snacks for Zhou Wangshi. After Zhou Wangshi sat down, she asked, "Has the matter of Wang Laosi's family been resolved?"

Mrs. Zhou Wang was very fond of the baby and teased the baby. "It's solved. I specially reminded them. Wang Laosi and Mrs. Sun were very generous. Not only did they give me half a piece of cloth, but they also gave me five taels of silver. I don't want them to force it on me."

Zhou Wangshi didn't think there was anything to hide, so she said openly that Zhou Shuren's family was wealthy and didn't care about these things.

She felt justified in taking it, because her reminder not only saved the two girls, but also saved the reputation of Wang Laosi's family. Wang Laosi now had a son, and if anything happened to the two girls, Wang Laosi's son would not be able to hold his head up.

She saw clearly that Wang Laosi's family had been making sausages for less than a month, and now that Wang Ru had taken over, Wang Laosi pushed all the blame onto Wang Ru. In fact, it was indeed Wang Ru who had been doing the trading, and now the business had been divided up. Wang Laosi still had land but was a farmer. Wang Laosi hoped that his son would be able to study and learn to read, and his ambitions were quite high!

Zhulan waited for Zhao to bring tea, and then poured a cup for Zhou Wang herself, "Auntie, have some tea."

Calculating in her mind, Wang Ru first gave 40 taels to the Qian family and 15 taels to the clan leader's family in order to take over the inheritance, plus the 200 taels to Wang Laosi. Based on her analysis of Shi Qing, Shi Qing would not give Wang Ru too much money, and Wang Ru estimated that she did not have much money left!

Zhulan guessed correctly. The room of Wang Ru of the Qian family was the money Wang Ru had. She spent a lot of money to begin with, and this time she spent a lot of money on her single life. She only had five taels of gold, more than twenty taels of silver, and more than five taels of broken silver. Fortunately, the jewelry was worth a lot of money. She could build the house first and wait for Shi Qing's money to arrive.

Wang Ru put away the silver and suddenly laughed. She did not ask Shi Qing to help her set up a household registration for her daughter, because she knew that Shi Qing did not want to be left without anyone to control her. She deliberately took advantage of Shi Qing's absence to do it, waiting to see Shi Qing's expression when he found out.

This time the girl is alone, Shi Qing should not try to control her. He regrets that he was too stupid not to think about inheritance before. It is not too late now. It is a pity that she is too young to go out, and she is thinking about the male protagonist, so she can only stay in Zhoujia Village!

At Zhou's house, Zhulan chatted with Zhou Wang for a while, and then Zhou Wang said goodbye and went home. Zhulan saw her out the door personally, and just in time she saw two maids from the Wang family walking towards them with two bundles.

Zhou Wang squinted her eyes and asked, "Where are you two going?"

Wang Erya and Wang Rong looked at Zhou Wangshi gratefully, "We are going to look for our sister and plan to stay at Qian's house for a few days."

Mrs. Zhou thought Wang Laosi would hire someone to look after the yard after her suggestion, but she didn't think she was smart anymore, "It's getting late, you guys should leave quickly!"

Wang Daya Wang Xin, "We're leaving first."

Zhulan sent Zhou Wang away and stood still looking at the two maids. It must have been the second maid's idea. This girl was really smart. Not only did she avoid being exploited by Wang Laosi and his wife and seek protection, she also wanted to get money from Wang Ru. This girl knew that her reputation was bad, and she wanted to use Wang Ru as a springboard to find a way out for herself!

Zhulan is in a particularly good mood. Wang Ru is cruel, so don't blame others for plotting against her. There must be consequences for every action.

The next morning, after breakfast, Zhulan and her daughter dressed up. They were going to visit the county magistrate today. This was also due to Zhou Shuren's ability. Being a student on government stipend was one reason, and Zhou Shuren was also capable. If it were someone else, the county magistrate would not wait for him at home for a visit.

This time she only brought her daughter-in-law, because the county lord had an unmarried daughter-in-law in his family. As for the granddaughter, as she grew up better and better, Zhulan did not allow Yushuang to go out to play. Every day she was either learning needlework at home or learning to read with Xuehan. In the future, Zhulan would not bring Yushuang with her when they go out, because she was too beautiful and not auspicious.

Fortunately, although Yu Shuang is young, she knows a lot. Zhao has instilled danger in Yu Shuang. Before she came, the child always shrank her body and lowered her head. It was all because of Zhao's scare. She must also be sure that Zhao is a wise woman who knows how to protect herself.

The carriage hired by Zhou Shuren came to pick people up at home. When they arrived at the county government gate, it was the first time for Zhulan to see an ancient county government. It was not as magnificent as the ones she saw in TV dramas. There was a housekeeper waiting at the door.

This is to pick up Zhulan and Xuehan to go to the backyard, and Zhou Shuren went to see the county magistrate in person.

The backyard of the county government office is where the county magistrate's family lives. The two-story house is not as small as Zhulan's house. The yard is particularly large, with rockery and a small pond. Although it is a two-story yard, it is very exquisite.

Zhulan kept looking around with her peripheral vision. There were not many girls there. It was indeed as Zhou Shuren said, the county magistrate was a low-key person.

When they arrived at the main hall of the back house, the wife of Mr. Dong, Mrs. Dong Lin, was already waiting. Next to Mrs. Lin was a girl standing. She was good-looking and looked very old. She was Mr. Dong's daughter, Dong Chuchu.

Zhulan stepped forward and saluted, "Ms. Yang has met Ms. Lin."

According to the imperial edict of this dynasty, officials from the first to the fifth rank were granted imperial edicts, and officials from the sixth to the ninth rank were granted imperial decrees. The rank of the wife was based on the rank of her husband. The wife of the first rank in this dynasty was called the first rank lady, the second rank was called the lady, the third rank was called the shun ren, the fourth rank was called the gong ren, the fifth rank was called the yi ren, the sixth rank was called an ren, the seventh rank was called ru ren, and the county official was the seventh rank. Lin was a ru ren.

Lin took a look at the man as soon as he came in. She was very curious about Zhou Shuren, whom the old man favored, and even more curious about his wife. Now that she met him, she understood. No wonder the old man valued Zhou Shuren. His wife was not simple either. From her appearance to her demeanor, she didn't look like a rural old lady at all. She looked to be around 30 years old. If she hadn't known that she had given birth to six children and that Yang's grandchildren were all grown up, she wouldn't have believed that Yang was almost 40 years old.

Lin's smile became more genuine. "You look really young. If I hadn't seen you in person, I wouldn't have dared to recognize you!"

As she spoke, Lin stood up and pulled Zhulan to sit down.

Zhulan thought to herself, clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. Appearance is important at all times and directly affects the first impression.