Chapter 308 Testing Ability

Zhou Shuren went to the side room and knocked on the door. When Jiang Sheng came out, Zhou Shuren handed the blanket and diaper to Jiang Sheng with a dark face, "Are the child and Xuemei okay?"

Jiang Sheng's heart trembled. His father-in-law was in a bad mood. Recalling his mother-in-law's tired face, he understood why his father-in-law was angry with him. "The child and Xuemei are both fine. Dad, you and mom can rest assured and go to bed early!"

Zhou Shuren nodded, turned around and went back to the house. When he entered the house, he saw that Zhulan was already asleep.

Zhou Shuren blew out the candles and went to the kang. He pinched Zhulan's nose in the dark and said resentfully, "You really treat Zhou's children as your own!"

Zhu Lan couldn't breathe properly and slapped Zhou Shuren's hand away, mumbling in a daze, "Stop making trouble."

Zhou Shuren chuckled and hugged Zhulan. This guy is really too soft-hearted sometimes.

The next day, Zhulan didn't get up early. When she woke up, breakfast was already ready. Zhulan's legs felt a little uncomfortable because she stood for a long time yesterday, one and a half hours, which was three hours!

For breakfast, Li had rice porridge, cornmeal cakes, steamed egg custard, and two stir-fried vegetables. After breakfast, all the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar brought back from Pingzhou were gone.

Xuemei rested for a night, and in the morning she drank some rice porridge and ate five boiled eggs in one go. Xuemei's milk supply was good, and the two little ones were in good condition too.

Zhulan was sitting nearby, changing the baby's diaper and asked, "These two little guys are already nine months old, right?"

Xuemei hadn't really calculated it, so she calculated in her mind, "Mom, it's already been nine months."

Zhulan was relieved. She was not superstitious, but the memory of her original body was quite accurate.

Xuemei bit her lip and said, "Mom, I didn't expect them to be in such a hurry to get out. Thank you for your hard work yesterday."

Zhulan smiled and said, "They also know how to hurry up. They are both blessed."

Xuemei thought that her two children were indeed blessed. She felt at ease that the children were born in her parents' home. She felt especially at ease with her mother by her side. But she didn't trust her husband that much. Although her husband seemed very stable, he was always panicked every time she gave birth. This time it was two children. If she had really given birth at home, who knows what a mess it would be!

Zhulan put the children down. She didn't dare to use any force and moved very lightly. The two children were too young. "Just rest at home during the confinement period. If I leave, your second brother and his family are still here. Your second sister-in-law will take care of you, so I can feel more at ease."

Xuemei blinked her eyes, "Brother, are you staying in your hometown and not going back?"

Zhu Lan nodded, "Well, the autumn harvest is coming soon. He will come back to watch over the harvest, and Jiang Sheng only needs to take care of the 20 acres of land in Zhoujia Village. Jiang Sheng will also be able to take better care of you."

Xuemei had never thought that she would be pregnant again. Originally, they should have taken care of her mother's land. "If I wasn't pregnant, it would be great. My second brother and his family wouldn't have to stay."

Zhulan smiled and said, "Even if you weren't pregnant, your father would have let your second brother come back."

Xuemei is indeed one aspect, but Zhou Shuren arranged his sons in this way because he wanted to test the ability of the second son and Chang Lian to be the head of the family.

Xuemei felt that something was wrong. Although she did not see her sisters-in-law yesterday, she heard some noises in the house early in the morning. The second sister-in-law and the younger sister-in-law were very kind to the eldest sister-in-law. She did not forget the arrogance of her younger sister-in-law, but as a daughter who married out, giving birth to a child at home was already troublesome enough for her mother, so she decided not to ask or get involved.

Zhulan left the house, and Jiang Sheng came forward, "Mom, Dad is going back to Zhoujia Village, I'm going with you to get the baby's things."

Zhulan said, "Go ahead. I'll take care of Xuemei and the child."

Jiang Sheng bowed and said, "Thank you, mother."

Zhulan waited for Zhou Shuren to take Zhou Laoda and Jiang Sheng away, then called Laoer to come over, "You take Mr. Lu back to the county, and buy all the things that are needed at home. I will write you a list later, and you just buy according to it."

Zhou Laoer, "Mom, I'll go get the car first."

"Okay, I'll come pick up the order later."

"Why!"

Zhulan held the pen and thought, there were really a lot of things missing at home. My daughter was in confinement at home, so she had to sell pig's trotters, soybeans, and crucian carp, which were used to make soup and increase milk production. She also had to buy household oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, millet, rice, and flour. She also had to buy some pork ribs, roast chicken, and braised meat. Most importantly, she had to buy paper money and wine for tomb-sweeping sacrifices, and some fruit.

Although the fruits in the Northeast are either pear or hawthorn and are not particularly delicious, they are better than nothing.

Zhulan wrote as she thought, and filled a page with all sorts of things. Her handwriting was small, and she carefully counted the fifteen or sixteen items she wanted to buy.

Zhou Laoer came back and scanned the list. There were quite a few good guys. "Mom, I'm leaving now."

"kindness."

After Zhou Lao Er sent Master Lu away, several daughters-in-law of the Zhou family, Li went back to her parents' home, and Zhao was packing the second wife's luggage. The second wife had the most luggage this time, as they were going to stay in their hometown, so they didn't actually bring many things back, mainly clothes and quilts, and they had everything they needed for the house.

Zhulan was preparing to make small clothes with the remaining fine cotton when Mrs. Dong knocked on the door and came in, "Mom."

Zhulan motioned for Dong to sit down. "I know why you are here. You will go to the grave to pay your respects tomorrow. The day after tomorrow you and Changlian will go back to your mother's home to stay for a few days."

Dong was delighted, "Hey!"

She just wanted to visit her parents, and her mother-in-law actually allowed her to go back and live there for a few days. As long as she didn't cross her mother-in-law's bottom line, her mother-in-law was still generous to her daughters-in-law.

Mrs. Dong picked up the cloth and said, "Mom, I will help you sew it."

"No, just help me go check on your elder sister. If you need anything, just call me."

Dong put down the cloth, "Hey."

Zhulan was skilled at sewing. By the time Jiang Sheng came back with the ox cart, she had finished making all the clothes. Zhulan was very satisfied with Jiang Sheng washing the baby's diapers. Not to mention in ancient times, even in modern times there are many men who don't care about anything. She thought it was rare to have a Zhou Laoer in ancient times, but she didn't expect that Jiang Sheng didn't mind it, especially since Jiang Sheng was a scholar, which was even rarer.

Among the four sons of Zhou family, the eldest son is not the proactive type. He is capable of taking orders from Li, even if he does it behind people's backs. The second son doesn't care at all. As for Chang Lian, Zhulan can bet that Chang Lian will never do anything. As for Chang Zhi, Zhulan is really unsure, because this kid really cares about things that he cares about, and he won't pay attention at all if he doesn't care.

Jiang Sheng moved all the things the child used into the house. Seeing his mother-in-law holding a basin to wash the child's clothes, he quickly reached out and said, "Mom, just leave it to me."

He didn't dare to trouble his mother-in-law. His father-in-law's face was so scary that he was so frightened that he closed his eyes when he rested last night.

His father-in-law is now a successful man, and he might become an official in the future. He is really scared!

Zhulan watched Jiang Sheng take the basin away and fell silent. Zhou Shuren must have scared Jiang Sheng yesterday.

Jiang Sheng is a diligent and clean person. Zhulan sat on a chair and watched Jiang Sheng wash clothes. Jiang Sheng washed clothes very carefully. She would never wash clothes three times. She was used to washing twice and then rinsing them three times. But Jiang Sheng washed them three times and rinsed them three times.

Half an hour later, Zhou Laoer came back. All the necessary things for the household were bought. Zhou Laoer didn't buy too much. His parents said they would leave a horse carriage in their hometown. It would be convenient for him to go to the county with a carriage. If he needed anything, he could just go to the county and buy it.

(End of this chapter)