Chapter 315 Sanni

This time there was no rush, and Zhulan could finally take a good look at nature. The autumn scenery in the Northeast is really beautiful. It is the season when the leaves are changing colors. The forest is colorful, especially the red maple leaves. The bright red is really beautiful. Zhulan collected quite a few.

Zhulan picked a lot of complete leaves, compressed them with paper and put them away. She had made specimens when she was a child. The conditions in ancient times were limited, so she also wanted to try making one. When she arrived in the capital, she wanted to make a maple tree herself.

Zhulan found a job for herself. Every time the convoy stopped in the wild, she would take Li and a few others to pick leaves. And they didn't just pick maple leaves, they would pick some beautiful leaves as well.

Zhou Shuren was happy that Zhulan had found an interest, and sometimes he would help her pick the fruits.

Zhou Lao Da was used to it. His father supported his mother in whatever she did. Zhou Shuren's behavior also let the newly bought servants know how high the status of Zhulan, the mistress, was.

Sometimes, Zhulan would also paint some pictures. During this trip to the capital, Zhulan didn’t feel tired at all.

Zhulan had a good rest every day and had things to do, so she didn't realize how much time had passed before she had already covered half of the journey.

The weather was good for most of the journey. It started raining this morning and it got heavier in the afternoon. There were mountain roads ahead and the escort was afraid of accidents based on his experience, so he decided to take shelter in a nearby village.

The escort leader was familiar with the village. It was a large village nearby with about fifty households. There were mountains and forests nearby, and there were many hunters here.

When the convoy entered the village, the escort had stayed here before and knew which house in the village had the most vacant rooms.

After listening to the escort's introduction, Zhulan's family did not choose the Rizheng family, but chose a hunter family. Zhulan wanted to see if they had any good furs.

Zhao Bo and Wu Ming chose a place with a simple population.

Zhulan's hired carriage arrived at the door of the house where she was staying. The family opened the door and welcomed her in warmly. The hostess said, "We just got married to a new daughter-in-law and built a few new rooms. They are now empty. Please come this way."

Zhulan held an umbrella and looked at the family. The family's surname was Liu, and they were a wealthy family in the village. They did have a few new rooms, and the roofs were covered with green tiles!

Zhulan said politely, "We are sorry to bother you by staying at your house."

Liu Zhang thought that wealthy families were all about being elegant. "Just call me Liu Zhang. There are four empty rooms in total. Firewood and everything is readily available. Madam, just tell me if you need anything."

Zhulan smiled and said, "Thank you."

Four rooms were enough. Zhulan and Zhou Shuren lived in one room, Li and a few girls lived there, the eldest daughter and the men lived there, and the remaining room was for the coachman.

As for the escorts, Zhulan doesn't need to worry about them, they will find a place to live on their own.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren entered the house. It was newly built and there was nothing in it. So they didn't need to move out and replace their own things. They could just use what they brought from home.

Li and Xinghua were busy for a while. The kang mat and quilt were ready. It was raining heavily outside and the quilt was a little wet.

Li put away the pottery jars, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, etc., and then went into the house and said, "Mom, you and Dad, sit for a while. I'll go borrow an iron pot and heat up some water to wash the dirty clothes."

Zhulan took out two taels of silver. You have to pay silver to stay at the hostel, one hundred coins a day, and you can use firewood and water as you like, but you need silver for other things.

Zhulan handed it to Li, "This money is for Liu Zhang."

Li took the money and said, "Mom, you should take a rest first."

Zhulan waited for Li to leave and said to Zhou Shuren, "It's good to be a mother-in-law. I didn't even have to ask for help along the way."

Zhou Shuren held up a handkerchief and said, "Your hair is all wet. Let me wipe it for you."

Zhulan sat down, feeling very happy. She really enjoyed the trip. Li took care of the meals and Zhou Shuren took care of her rest. All she had to do was to enjoy the sights and sounds!

Li came back quickly, "Mom, Mom."

Li rushed into the room and saw her father-in-law with a gloomy face. Then she saw her father-in-law combing her mother-in-law's hair and was stunned.

Zhulan was silent. Seeing Li's angry look, she gritted her teeth. The eldest couple was indeed more annoying than light bulbs as Zhou Shuren said. The atmosphere was so good just now. "What's wrong?"

Li didn't dare to look at her father-in-law who was still combing her mother-in-law's hair. She shrank her neck and said, "Mom, I saw Zhang Sanni. She is the new third daughter-in-law of this family."

Zhulan blinked, "Are you seeing right?"

Li said, "I was definitely not mistaken. When I came out of Liu Zhang's room, I bumped into Zhang Sanni head-on. She was dressed like a new bride!"

Zhulan thought that Li was surprised, and Zhang Sanni was frightened. However, this girl was amazing. She actually married herself off. She was quite good at choosing people to marry. "I know. If she doesn't tell you, just pretend you don't know her."

Li wanted to run away. She had never thought that her father-in-law would comb her mother-in-law's hair in private. He looked very skilled and had done it many times. She lowered her head and said, "Mom, I'm going out. Um, I didn't see anything just now."

After saying that, she quickly ran away. After she went out, Li patted her chest. She saw things she shouldn't have seen. No wonder the head of the family warned her that she must knock on the door before entering!

Li felt a little jealous again. After so many years of marriage, the head of the family had never combed her hair. Although they were both her father's sons, the second son was the most like her father and loved his wife. When Li thought that the head of the family only bullied her, she pursed her lips in unhappiness.

In the room, Zhulan tied up her hair. It was raining outside and the room was quite dim. Zhulan lit two candles and the room became a little brighter.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren changed their wet clothes. Zhulan reminded Zhou Shuren to watch the kang and not forget to turn over the wet quilt. She took the dirty clothes and went out to prepare to do the laundry.

Even though Xinghua was now at home, Zhulan insisted on doing her own laundry. Li wanted Xinghua to do the laundry, but unfortunately Zhulan didn't do it, and Li didn't dare to do it either.

The water in the pot does not need to be boiled, just warm water will do. Zhulan and Zhou Shuren do not have many clothes, and they did not move anything. The clothes are not dirty and are easy to wash. They are finished in a short while.

After hearing what happened to Zhang Sanni, Zhulan was really worried. Instead, Zhang Sanni in the opposite room was feeling very anxious.

It was all because after Zhang Sanni exchanged the deed, her luck was neither good nor bad. It was bad because she and Wang Xin, two other maids, went to exchange the deed. If they wanted to exchange it smoothly, they had to take money. When the two maids took the money and came out with the deed exchanged, they were also being targeted.

She didn't dare to stay in the city. She took the deed, shook off Wang Xin and ran away. She was not stupid. She was much better looking than Wang Xin. No one could be attracted by Wang Xin without makeup, but she was not so lucky. Fortunately, her current husband happened to go to the city to buy wild animals.

Later, he helped her. She didn't dare to leave alone. After several attempts, her husband knew that she was single and had no bad intentions. So she made up a story about her life, saying that she didn't want to go back to Zhoujia Village, and then she followed her husband back to the village.

She also successfully found an old woman without children as her godmother and got married successfully. Unexpectedly, she would meet the Zhou family again.

I overestimated myself. There are three chapters with 6,500 words. I have to wait for two hours for two more chapters. It's too late. I won't wait any longer. I'll read it tomorrow morning~~

Today is the last day of 2019, and next year will be 2020. I wish you all your wishes come true and everything goes well~

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