Chapter 262 Evidence

Zhulan looked at the return gift that Zhou Laoer brought when he moved into the house. The meat in the basket was mutton, all of which had been processed. The basket was full, almost the size of a whole sheep, including the bones and meat. There were also red dates and other foods that were all good for the body.

There was quite a lot of food, as well as two boxes. When the boxes were opened, there were a pair of ornaments and a painting. The large cloth bag contained two cloaks. Zhulan had gone to the leather shop many times and could tell at a glance that they were made of fox fur. Zhao was also holding a box in her hand.

This return gift far exceeds the value of what they gave!

The Zhou family was stunned. No matter what, they shouldn't have brought back so many return gifts!

Zhou Lao Da asked, "Second brother, what's going on?"

Zhou Laoer kept the secret and picked up the ornament. "Mom, does this ornament look familiar to you?"

Zhulan took the ornament and looked at it. "Isn't this similar to the pair of ornaments I sent over?"

The biggest difference is the color.

Zhou Laoer said, "Mother, the Yun family makes porcelain vases. Every year, they make a batch of unique vases and send them to officials of all ranks in Pingzhou. Butler Qian remembers them all. As soon as he saw the ornaments I sent, he knew they belonged to Lord Jiang's family. After asking why the ornaments were in our house, he was especially polite to us. That's why we have so many return gifts."

Zhao opened the box in her hand and said, "Mom, this is the dowry that Mr. Qian gave me."

Mrs. Zhao never expected that she would recognize a cheap father. She felt deeply moved that the housekeeper was indeed worthy of her status. She was valuable. Not only did he recognize her, but he also gave her a dowry. He was really calculating.

Zhulan took a quick look and found a pair of jade bracelets in the box, which looked of decent quality, as well as two gold hairpins and a pair of gold bracelets, which looked quite dazzling. Manager Qian invested because he saw the benefits, but she also had a rough estimate of the money in the manager's hands.

The Qian family must have a lot of money, and must have embezzled a lot of things from the host family. The calligraphy and paintings are the best evidence.

The dowry that the Qian family gave to Zhao was dazzling, but in fact it was a drop in the bucket for the Qian family. Qian Guan was calculating in his bones. He gave a decent return gift and acknowledged Zhao as his cheap daughter. In the future, if the Zhou family became prosperous, there would be a educated relative who would be good to the Qian family. If not, the Zhou family still had relatives in the official family, so they would not be badly off in the future. No matter how the Qian family calculated, they would not be at a loss.

Li stared at her brother's wife's dowry. Well, she used to be able to suppress her brother's wife, but now her brother's wife has more private property than her, and she has become the family's breadwinner. She didn't expect that her brother's wife would go out to find her relatives and also add to her dowry, which made her worry in vain.

Dong's frown soon relaxed. She despised the Qian family in her heart. The housekeeper of the Shangjia family was good at calculating even though he had returned to be a free farmer. Fortunately, the Qian family had a clear mind. At the same time, she despised the Qian family even more, which was a perfect interpretation of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

Boss Zhou frowned, he didn't like the Qian family. First they bullied his younger brother's sister-in-law, and now that he had someone to rely on, they compensated him with money. They were too profit-oriented.

Chang Lian considered things from his father's perspective. He thought that the Qian family's cheap relatives were troublesome and not relatives with whom he could have deep friendships.

Zhulan motioned for Zhao to put away the box, "It seems that your mother will be able to live a happy life in the future."

Zhao closed the box and said, "Yes, the Qian family's sons and daughters-in-law are all in trouble today. I promise that they will treat my mother like their own mother in the future."

Zhao thought of what her mother had said to her alone. Her mother was reluctant to leave her three-year-old brother because she knew that if she left, her brother would be a member of the Qian family and could not leave. Without his mother, the child would be worse than a weed. Her mother also thought about her and did not want to add to her burden.

Her mother always thinks about her children and never thinks about herself. When she thinks of this, her heart aches.

At the beginning, my father was a good person. He was good to my mother and to her. But the bad thing happened. One winter, my father injured his waist while trying to pull my mother out of the river. It would be difficult for her to have children in the future. My father was not good to my mother anymore, especially because the child she was pregnant with at the time died, and it was said to be a boy.

This was also because her mother was sold, and she was told not to hate. Her mother felt sorry for her father, and in the end just asked her to protect herself because her father had changed a long time ago. Her father sold her mother for the boy of the Zhao family. Later, she exchanged her for food, but her father didn't even look at her.

Zhao thought too much and her eyes turned red. She held back her tears. Her mother said that everything was fine now and the Qian family would respect her in the future. As long as her husband's family was better, her mother would live a better life.

Zhulan saw that Zhao was not in a good mood, so she said to Changyi, "You guys are tired all day, go back and rest!"

Zhou Laoer said, "Mom, let's go back first."

"kindness."

Zhulan said to Li: "It's very cold today. We can stew some of the rare mutton tonight. You can collect the remaining mutton and dates."

Li's stomach was no longer short of pork, but she still needed mutton. "Mom, it's getting late. I'll go cook now."

"Go ahead."

Mrs. Dong stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll help you."

Li smiled and said, "Okay."

She now likes Chang Lian's wife more and more, and teaches her a lot of lessons!

As for the remaining gifts, Zhulan looked at the bottles on display. What she got in return was not what Zhou Shuren liked. She calculated in her mind that Chang Lian had gone out to visit, and the family had given out a lot of things, and received some in return gifts. The third house also got a lot of things. The second house also gave out a lot when he recognized his in-laws, and received some in return gifts. Only the eldest house had received nothing.

Zhulan pointed at the bottles on display and said, "Boss, take these two bottles back and put them away."

Boss Zhou was stunned, "Mom, what am I going to do with it?"

Such a valuable item is better kept by your mother.

Zhulan was too lazy to explain, "I said I'll give you the house, so take it back!"

Zhou Laoda realized that his mother was seeking balance. She felt that the eldest wife was at a disadvantage, so she gave the bottle to the eldest wife. He realized that it was no wonder that the eldest sister never asked her mother for things and never looked down upon her every time she came back to her parents' home! It turned out that the eldest sister was the one who understood her parents the best. Because she did not fight, her parents were fair and would naturally compensate her. She had a good reputation and her parents still cared about her. The eldest sister was really smart!

Boss Zhou was looking at Chang Zhi. Chang Zhi looked as if he deserved to be the big brother. The calculating Chang Lian also had the same expression. Hey, he knew how to be the big brother in the future.

Boss Zhou held the box in his arms, feeling extremely happy. He had gained so much today.

Chang Lian and Chang Zhi didn't leave. They were waiting to see the paintings!

Zhulan saw that the two of them were staring at the painting, "Open it and look at it yourself, don't ruin it."

Chang Zhi was much faster than Chang Lian. "Mom, don't worry. I will be very careful."

Zhulan shook her head with laughter, and Changzhi became particularly active in calligraphy and painting.

Zhulan touched the fur of the cloak. These two cloaks were given to her and Zhou Shuren. Hers was fox fur and Zhou Shuren's was sable fur. They felt good to the touch and could not be compared with rabbit fur.

Zhulan hung all the cloaks in the closet. Thanks to Wang Ru, large closets are very popular now, and the Zhou family has also bought quite a few.

Chang Zhi and Chang Lian were looking at the calligraphy and paintings. Zhu Lan didn't know how to appreciate calligraphy and paintings, so she just took a quick glance and said, "Well, the calligraphy is not bad," and that was it. As for who signed the calligraphy, she didn't know who it was, but it should be a calligrapher from an imaginary dynasty.

Chang Zhi looked at it carefully, frowning, "Huh."

(End of this chapter)