Chapter 321 Protecting Mother-in-law

Zhulan followed Zhou Shuren's gaze. The army was marching so fast that she could not see anything. She only saw the dust that was raised and the dust that filled her mouth.

Zhou Shuren lowered the car curtain, "I just seemed to see Mr. Zheng's eldest grandson, Zheng Hong, and Wu Chun."

Zhu Lan was excited, "Zheng Yang's brother Zheng Hong? And Wu Chun? Are you sure you are seeing things?"

Although she is not her biological aunt, her nephews have been very filial to her adoptive aunt in the past two years, especially Wu Chun. Every time he goes out to escort the courier, he will bring back some special products for his aunt. Even though the Zhou family no longer needs subsidies, this boy has been bringing things back. No matter what he brings back, it is Wu Chun's love.

Among the three nephews, ahem, Zhulan has had the longest contact with Wuchun. As her adopted aunt, she is most concerned about Wuchun. As for the other two, she just thinks they are young and should go fight, so she doesn’t care about them much in her heart.

Now that I heard it might be Wu Chun, my worries were put to rest, but then I became depressed again, "Wu Chun doesn't know we are in the capital, and we can't find him!"

Zhulan was depressed. The communication in ancient times was so primitive. If there were telephones, they could know each other's information with just one phone call!

Zhou Shuren smiled and asked, "Aren't you curious about why Wu Chun followed the army back to the court?"

Zhulan was happy for the Yang family and Wuchun. "Why should you be curious about this? Wuchun was a general under the Zheng family and should have continued to guard the border. He must have made a great contribution by returning to the capital."

This time, they captured a leader of a foreign tribe, and won another great victory. By now, the news has spread to the capital, and the foreign tribes in the northwest have surrendered.

Zhou Shuren held Zhulan's hand and said quietly, "You have done a great job by being able to follow me back to the capital!"

Unexpectedly, he helped the Yang family to get the opportunity, and the Yang family actually seized the opportunity. He was very happy in his heart, and Wu Chun did a great job!

The carriage stopped for half an hour before it set off again. The entire convoy was excited to see the army returning to the city. The dynasty had just been established not long ago, the bloodshed had not yet been cleansed, and the people were very brave. The first major battle since the establishment of the dynasty conquered the powerful foreign tribes in the northwest, which boosted people's morale. The cohesion of the entire dynasty became stronger and stronger.

When the convoy arrived in the capital, they did not see the returning army. They must have returned to the military camp near the capital to rest for a day and then return to the capital tomorrow.

Zhulan thought, that’s a good idea. She could go to the street to watch tomorrow. Who knows, Wuchun might be able to see them!

It was dark when they arrived in the capital, and it was dark when they returned to the house. Zhulan and Zhou Shuren bought a lot of food in Pinggang. Pinggang is a port with many merchants coming and going. Most of the guests staying in the inns are businessmen, and exchanging goods is very common.

Zhou Shuren and Zhulan met each other at dinner and tentatively asked if they could buy some. Because of the host's status, she actually sold some to Zhou Shuren out of face.

It is just the beginning of winter and the first snow of the year has not yet fallen. We can still see a lot of fruits in the goods shipped from the south to the north.

Zhulan was in a good mood for investing and was willing to spend money. She bought a basket of apples and pears each, as well as some southern persimmons, which were hard to find in the north. Persimmons were not afraid of freezing, so Zhulan bought two baskets. She even bought a basket of oranges. It was not that Zhulan did not want to buy more, but that the merchants did not sell more and were waiting to ship them to the north to make more money.

Zhulan also bought some fresh peppers. The peppers were relatively good during transportation, but quite a few of them were spoiled. It was a pity that we were not allowed to pick and choose, and they were only sold in one basket. Zhulan bought a basket.

Other dates and other things were not rare, as they were available in the shops in the capital, but Zhulan did not buy any.

Because we bought a lot of things, we hired an extra carriage.

Li stood at the gate and watched baskets of things being carried in, all covered with straw mats. Li was very curious, "Mom, what did you buy?"

Zhulan walked towards the backyard and said, "They are all fruits. Take some out and wash them and eat them after dinner."

Li just remembered that she didn't know her parents were coming home today, so she didn't cook any dinner for them. Although she didn't have to worry about the food going bad in winter, she still cooked a fixed amount for each meal because she found that since the Zhou family's meals came in, well, no one wanted to eat leftovers.

Li said, "Mom, please change your clothes and rest first. I will go cook two more dishes."

"Oh, I brought back a basket of fresh peppers. Let's make pepper fried pork and pepper fried eggs!"

Li was surprised, "Mom, do you have fresh chili peppers?"

When she first came to Beijing, she could still see fresh peppers in the market, but now she can no longer see them.

Zhulan nodded, "There should be a lot of bad ones. Let Xinghua pick out the good ones tonight."

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Zhulan returned to the room. It was a little cold in the room. This was because the people didn't know that she and Zhou Shuren were coming back. Zhulan thought that Mrs. Li was still considerate. If it were Mrs. Zhao or Mrs. Dong, they would warm up the small kang in the room regardless of whether she and Zhou Shuren were coming back or not.

Zhulan sat and waited for a while. Boss Zhou lit the small kang and the charcoal stove in the room. After waiting for a while until the temperature in the room rose, Zhulan changed her clothes.

Zhou Shuren waited for Zhulan to change her clothes, then stood in front of the window and opened a crack. "It's too dangerous to burn charcoal in the house."

Zhulan was also worried, "But there is no other way. It is too troublesome to rebuild now, and this house will be sold sooner or later."

Zhulan misses the air conditioning, the fire wall and the big kang!

Zhou Shuren was changing his clothes. There was nothing he could do but be more careful.

After dinner, Mingteng was the happiest. He got to eat apples in winter, which was something he could never have imagined in Pingzhou or his hometown.

Zhulan saw that Li had only washed apples and pears, "Where are the oranges and persimmons?"

Li exclaimed, "Those are oranges and persimmons!"

Zhulan was silent. That’s right, let alone Li. She has been here for almost three years and only saw Ju Zi when she came to the capital this year. Not to mention Li, ordinary people in Northeast China have only heard of her but never seen her.

Zhulan, "Well, go get some oranges and persimmons."

Li stood up happily. She was really enjoying herself following her mother-in-law. Oh, this was the orange the neighbor was talking about. Humph, she let the neighbor's wife show off, and this time she got to eat it too!

Li did not dare to take more, and only took five oranges and five persimmons. She originally wanted to take four, but four didn't sound good, so she took five.

Li thought to herself, her parents each got an orange, she and the head of the family got one, her younger sister got one, and the two kids got one. Now there is one more, well, she doesn't have to share one with the head of the family.

Zhulan saw that there were five oranges and five persimmons each, and she divided them exactly as Li had thought, with Li and the eldest brother each getting one orange and one persimmon.

Li grinned. She was getting smarter and smarter. She could even guess what her mother-in-law was thinking.

Zhulan was about to ask how to eat an orange, but Li took a bite. Zhulan said, "........."

Li said with a sneer, "Mom, oranges are not tasty at all. The neighbor's daughter-in-law lied to me. She said oranges are sweet and sour!"

Zhulan, "........She didn't lie to you."

In ancient times, there were no modern sweetening agents, so the taste was indeed sweet and sour. Of course, there were also good varieties that were not circulated on the market and were supplied to the palace.

Zhulan demonstrated how to eat an orange, "Peel it first."

Li, "........"

She embarrassed herself again, and embarrassed her parents as well.

Ming Teng was not polite to his mother at all and laughed out loud. Boss Zhou couldn't help laughing too, "It makes you impatient."

Li, "........"

Now even her son is bullying her!

The next morning, Zhulan took Li and a few others to the street early. Zhulan had come early enough, and the street was still crowded with people. She really wanted to go to the restaurants on both sides, but unfortunately they were basically all booked by the rich and powerful!

Li was very depressed. It was the first time she saw her mother-in-law so excited. Alas, the crowd was crowded and she saw her father-in-law was weak. Her father-in-law could not protect her mother-in-law. Only she could do it. "Make way, make way."