Chapter 174: Smart

Zhulan has never considered taking the eldest daughter and her family to live in Pingzhou. The eldest daughter has no family background and her income is unstable. She can only rely on her and Zhou Shuren in Pingzhou. Jiang Sheng is a strong person, and this is not good for Jiang Sheng. It will be too much pressure on Jiang Sheng and will affect his studies.

On the contrary, if the eldest daughter and the couple stay, they will have less expenses in their hometown. As long as Zhou Shuren gets up in the future, the couple will be able to gradually save a family in their hometown. With the help of the Zhou family, even if Jiang Sheng fails to pass the imperial examination, his life will be fine. It will be good too.

On the second day, the clan leader came to Zhou's house early in the morning. This was because Zhulan's family did not hide their visit to the county, nor did they tell Li not to tell anyone. Li happened to run into Sun showing off and was ridiculed by Sun. Li was angry and told everyone about the visit to the county grandfather's house. Everyone in the village knew that the Zhou family had hooked up with the county grandfather.

The clan leader had been smiling since he entered the yard. He looked at Zhou Shuren with satisfaction and said with some emotion, "Uncle will have to rely on my nephew more in the future."

After saying this, he sighed in his heart. The Dong family is a local family with prosperous branches. The county magistrate had run the family for many years when he was the county chancellor. Now that he has taken the position of the county magistrate, no one dares to mess with the Dong family. It was really beyond his expectation that his eldest nephew could have contacts with the county magistrate. He had always thought that it was a face-saving friendship, but he didn't expect that he would bring his wife and daughter to visit. He still underestimated Zhou Shuren!

What Zhou Shuren wanted was to let people know that with the influence of the Dong family, he would be protected by the local officials. Anyone who wanted to provoke him would have to think twice. He smiled slightly, thinking that the Zhou family would cling to him tightly in the future, and he would be able to slowly control the Zhou family in his hands. He needed people too much, but he was polite, "Uncle, you are embarrassing me by saying that. I rely on you more."

The clan leader's eyes deepened, he thought it was a mutually beneficial move, but he didn't expect Zhou Shuren had already run far away. It was only after the provincial examination that Zhou Shuren would take action. There is no free lunch in the world. Zhou Shuren invested so much in the early stage, and his plan was not small.

In the hall, Zhou Shuren and the clan leader were talking back and forth, and their words were all tentative. Zhulan and Zhou Wang were much more harmonious. Although they were of different generations, they could still get along well because they were both smart people.

Mrs. Zhou Wang did not ask about the county's situation. Instead, she was concerned about Zhulan's health. "Do you have enough honey? If not, I will ask your sister-in-law to go back to her parents' village and ask who has some."

Zhulan smiled and said, "Thank you, auntie and sister-in-law. These are enough to last for a while. I will trouble you again when they are gone."

Mrs. Zhou Wang said cheerfully, "It's good that you have enough. Be sure to let me know if you run out of food. There are many beehives at your sister-in-law's family home."

Zhulan said, "Yes."

After waiting for a while, many elders from the clan came, and Zhulan's house became extremely lively.

Wang Ru was not happy. Even though she had just received the money from Shi Qing, she was not happy. Wasn't Old Zhou a scholar? How did he get along with the county magistrate? The county officials were not as good as the current ones. The county magistrate was also a local emperor. The Zhou family had the protection of the county magistrate. She was jealous. The gap between Zhou Xuemei and her was getting bigger and bigger. The sense of panic in her heart was getting stronger and stronger.

Wang Erya and Wang Rong looked at Wang Ru's distorted face with sarcasm in their hearts. She didn't understand it before, but now she understood that Wang Ru was just jealous, jealous of Zhou Xuehan. If Wang Ru hadn't lost control and whispered about Zhou Xuehan just now, she still couldn't understand why Wang Ru was so angry when the Zhou family had become better.

Wang Rong lowered her head. She also envied Zhou Xuehan, but she was not jealous. She could only blame herself for being born in a bad family and not having a good father. She could only rely on herself.

The door opened, and Wang Xin came in with red eyes. Wang Rong frowned, "Sister, did the Qian family girl bully you again?"

Wang Xin held back her tears and said, "I wanted to boil some water for you, but the Qian family girl kicked me out."

Wang Ru clenched her fists. Because of her bad reputation, she stayed at the Qian family's house, and the girls in the Qian family would not contact her. They didn't say anything, but their eyes were full of contempt. The Qian family didn't dare to ridicule her to her face, but they always targeted her two sisters!

Wang Rong looked at Wang Ru with a different light in his eyes. "It's never a good idea to live under someone else's roof. Even if you give them a lot of money, they will think it's their due. It's better to go out and live on your own."

Wang Xin was so scared that she didn't dare go out, "It's dangerous to live alone."

Wang Rong curled his lips and said, "It would be nice if I could live in a place where scoundrels don't dare to go."

Wang Ru smiled, it was indeed a solution.

At Zhou's house, Zhulan saw off the guests and saw the door of Zheng's house next door. Zheng was seeing Wang Ru out the door enthusiastically. Zhulan had a bad feeling and felt that Wang Ru's visit was not a simple matter. She frowned and watched Wang Ru walking away. She was not mistaken just now, Wang Ru had a very proud look on her face!

Zhou Shuren also noticed it, "Go back, she is alone and helpless, she can't cause any big trouble."

Zhu Lan said quietly, "Wang Ru is not quiet, there must be something wrong."

Zhou Shuren paused, "When the enemy comes, we will stop them with soldiers; when the water comes, we will cover it with earth. Let nature take its course."

He found that the more deliberate one was, the more counterproductive it would be, so it was better to just follow one's heart.

"kindness."

The next morning, the Zheng family was particularly lively. Early in the morning, the sound of Zheng's command was heard. Li went to the Zheng family to take a look and came back quickly, "Mom, the Zheng family is moving. They sold the house to Wang Ru."

Zhu Lan had a wooden face. Wang Ru had really become a lot smarter. She lived next door to Zhou's house, and under the control of Zhou's family, no scoundrel dared to hang around the door of Zhou's house. In addition, it was just reported that she had a relationship with the county magistrate, so scoundrels dared not come even more. Wang Ru moved into Zheng's house, and scoundrels did not dare to come to the house. She was taking advantage of the shock of Zhou's family!

Seeing her mother's unhappy face, Li was smart enough to ask, "Mother, Wang Ru wanted to borrow our family's fame, so she bought the Zheng family's house?"