Chapter 338 He Reads a Lot

Wu Ming handed over tea again, "Godmother, please have some tea."

Zhulan took it with a smile, "Godmother doesn't have anything to give you, but I know you're short of money, so there's some money in this purse, keep it."

Wu Ming, "......."

He swore that he would manage the family property well in the future!

He is indeed short of money now!

Boss Zhou felt his purse and found only two taels of silver in it. This was because he had arrived in the capital and knew many people there. Li gave him the money for the sake of Zhou family's reputation. Otherwise, there would only be a few dozen coins in his purse. It was a bit difficult for him, the cheap eldest brother, to give the money away.

Boss Zhou pursed his lips and said, "Mom, can you lend me ten taels of silver?"

Zhu Lan knew what Boss Zhou was going to do, and was happy to see Wu Ming's expression change, which made Wu Ming's head hot. It was right, "Okay."

Zhulan got up and went back to the house to get out ten taels of silver and handed them to Boss Zhou.

Boss Zhou took it happily, waiting for Wu Ming to call him "big brother"!

Wu Ming took a deep breath. He would never let himself be short of money again in the future. "Brother."

Zhou Lao Da was particularly happy, as he was the younger brother of the top scholar. He told himself not to get too excited, as his father had just passed the second place, and he should not stab his father in the heart. "Brother, I don't have much money, so take this money first. Although it can't help you much, it's enough for pocket money."

Wu Ming held the ten taels of silver, which was borrowed from his elder brother, and said, "Thank you, elder brother."

He really hoped that his elder brother wouldn't give it to him!

Then Zhulan called Li and Xuehan and asked them to bring Mingteng and Yulu in.

Wu Ming wanted to give Xue Han a gift as her younger sister, but Wu Ming was unwilling to use money as a gift, so he asked the servant to get the writing brush and ink he had kept and gave the gifts to the sisters.

Boss Zhou blushed, but there was nothing he could do, as the eldest son was the poorest.

Li pursed her lips. She had saved the extra money with great difficulty, and she would have to return it to her mother-in-law soon. Woohoo, the eldest wife was really poor. She felt that she could not just save the monthly allowance!

After Zhou Shuren and the others greeted each other, they waved their hands and said, "That's enough, get out now!"

Zhulan coughed, and Zhou Shuren shut up. Zhulan said to her husband, "Wait a moment. I'll write a letter back home."

Then he said to Wu Ming, "You should also write a letter back. It's a good opportunity to send the letter out before it gets dark."

Wu Ming stood up and said, "I will go back and write the letter now. Sorry to trouble you later, big brother."

Boss Zhou was very happy. The eldest brother of the top scholar would wake up laughing in his dreams. "No trouble, no trouble."

In a quarter of an hour, Zhulan finished writing two letters, one to Chang Lian and one to Chang Yi. Chang Yi mentioned Wu Ning's matter in the letter, and Zhulan said it was Zhou Shuren's idea.

Zhulan gave the letter to the boss, and went back to the room to find Zhou Shuren asleep.

Zhulan felt that today was a magical day, but Wu Ming became her godson, and her previous plans were dashed. Even if the second branch recognized Wu Ning as their godsister, as long as she and Zhou Shuren were alive, Wu Ming would not favor anyone.

The second room is still the weakest room!

In the evening, the whole family celebrated. Yang Zhumu drank a lot at noon and drank too much again at night. He did not return to his house in West City tonight.

After a night's rest, the carriage to pick people up arrived before dawn. Zhulan personally put on the court dress for Zhou Shuren. After Zhou Shuren put it on, Zhulan looked at him carefully and felt that Zhou Shuren's face looked more handsome!

After breakfast, Mr. Deng and his agent came. They congratulated her first, and then the agent explained his purpose. "Madam, someone offered six thousand taels to buy this house. What do you think of this price?"

Zhulan blinked her eyes. This price was higher than she expected. Sure enough, Zhou Shuren and Wu Ming plus one plus one was greater than two. However, Zhulan didn't want to leave a reputation of being stingy. This price was fine. Any higher would be bad. Although it was a pity, for the sake of reputation, Zhulan endured the pain and said, "The price is good, but we need some time to move."

Yazi didn't expect it to work in one go, and thought he had heard it wrong. He glanced at Mr. Deng, and when he saw Mr. Deng nod, he confirmed that he had heard it wrong, "In fact, the price of the house can still go up."

He also wanted to sell it on the sly. Yesterday, the news that the number one scholar recognized the number two scholar as his godfather had spread throughout the streets and alleys. The Zhou family will be very powerful in the future!

Mr. Deng felt complicated, he never expected that Mr. Zhou would become the runner-up, while his favorite brother Zhao almost fell out of the top three!

Zhulan smiled and said, "This price is fine."

It took Yazi a while to react. He no longer dared to look down on the wife of the runner-up. When it was such a great event, she could still think clearly about her reputation. There were really not many people who could do that. "Then I'll reply."

"Excuse me."

Yazi smiled flatteringly, "It's what a humble man should do."

Because Zhou Shuren was not there, Deng Xiucai and the other man left quickly. After they left, Zhulan looked at the gifts they brought. Yazi gave tea leaves and Deng Xiucai gave an inkstone.

In the past, I only gave favors to Mr. Deng and Yazi. This is the first time I have received gifts from them. The last time I was a tribute scholar, neither of them gave me any gifts.

Deng Xiucai is here because his cheap brother-in-law is a third-rank official, and the power behind Yazi is not small!

We received quite a few gifts yesterday. I gave half to Wu Ming and kept half for the Zhou family. It’s not easy to deal with the gifts this time. Now they are all targeting their family!

Zhulan looked at the gifts. There were many rare things among them, and she was reluctant to deal with them.

Zhulan focuses on the material. The Zhou family has an official, and she is an official's wife. The materials that she couldn't wear before, she can wear now. Yes, and the jewelry, things that she couldn't wear before, she can wear now.

In the court, Zhou Shuren was confused after hearing the imperial edict. That was not right. He had read a lot of books and had carefully studied the present and previous dynasties, two fictional dynasties. He clearly remembered that didn't the three people in the first class stay in the Hanlin Academy?

What did he hear?

I'm not on time today, I'll be on time tomorrow and ask for a monthly ticket~~~

(End of this chapter)