Chapter 357: Broken Legs

Zhulan understood what was going on in her mind, but she was still angry. She had just arrived in Lizhou City and had just become an official. The era in ancient times when concubines were legal was really terrible.

Zhou Lao Da's face was also dark. If his mother hadn't said it clearly, he wouldn't have thought about it. He was still thinking that Ya Zi was thoughtful enough to know how many older children the family had confirmed to send.

Zhou Laoda pursed his lips. "Mom has been through a lot with Dad. Aren't these people hurting Mom? Wait, Dad cares about Mom so much. Dad will definitely remember this today!"

As soon as Yazi saw it, he realized that the compensation was useless, so he decided to go back and tell his boss and wait for him to come. After all, he had to obey orders.

Li followed her mother into the house. She no longer liked the maids. She was happy about her changed status before, but never thought that there would be dangers after the change of status. "Mother, can't we not have maids in our family?"

Zhulan was happy, "Don't worry, no one likes the boss right now."

The eldest son is good at nothing except being the eldest son. If it were the third son, Chang Lian, or the eldest son, Chang Zhi, someone would pay attention to him.

Li's heart tightened, "Mom, what do you dislike right now?"

"That depends on your father's official rank."

As he held a high position, even though Boss Zhou was good for nothing, many people still kept an eye on him.

Li was anxious, "Mom, what should I do? I'm not pretty, I have a loud voice, I'm fat, and I can't do anything except cooking. Has the head of the family already given up on me?"

No wonder the head of the family has been falling asleep so often recently. He hasn't had a good talk with her for a long time. Li got so nervous that she completely forgot that there was a shortage of people at home. Boss Zhou had to do the work of three people alone. He was simply too tired to have any energy left.

Zhulan, "........"

Li really understands himself, but he does need to solve some problems. Today it is Zhou Shuren, and in the future it will be his sons.

When Boss Zhou came in to get the silver, he heard Li saying this about him. Hearing Li's frightened voice, he felt very uncomfortable. He was just an ordinary person. He had never thought that his father's status had changed. He became the eldest master and despised Li. Li gave birth to children for him. He was a man with conscience. He made a note to have a good talk with Li in the evening.

Boss Zhou knocked on the door, "Mom, I'm here to get some money."

Zhulan forgot to take the silver when Li interrupted her. She took out two silver bills and handed them to the eldest brother. Although she didn't ask the price, the broker didn't dare to cheat the official. This silver was enough. "When you come back after exchanging the deed, go ask if there is anyone selling land and mountains nearby. Mother wants to buy some land and mountains."

Boss Zhou took the banknote and said, "Mom, I'll take note of it."

Zhulan waited for Boss Zhou to leave, and she tried to comfort Li, "Don't scare yourself. I'm telling you, there is no such thing as taking concubines in our family. If anyone dares to take a concubine, I'll have your father break his legs and kick him out of the Zhou family."

Li was spinning in a hurry and stopped immediately, "Mom, really?"

"When have I ever broken my word?"

Li grinned. Her mother-in-law always kept her word. As long as her mother-in-law said so, she would not be afraid of the head of the family having other intentions. "Mother, you are so kind."

Zhulan likes Li. Look, she is happy quickly. "Don't accompany me. Choose a few dishes for lunch and send them to the government office when the boss comes back."

Mrs. Li was a little embarrassed. "Mom, we only have bacon and sausage at home. We don't have any other vegetables. I wanted to go to the market this morning to see if there were any vegetables, but there was no one in the market."

Zhulan said, "Now that we have more servants at home, let Eryue take people to Chuanzhou to buy tomorrow."

Li stopped worrying about it and said, "Mom, I'm going to cook now."

"Wait a minute, kill two hens, and I'll get you some ginseng. One of the hens that's sent to the government office will be made into ginseng chicken soup, and the other hens will be made into chicken stewed with mushrooms, and we'll eat them ourselves."

Li was hungry. The journey was too hard. She had been thinking about the hen, but she didn't dare to mention it until her mother-in-law said so. Now that her mother-in-law wanted to eat, she drooled and responded loudly, "Hey."

Xue Han waited until her sister-in-law left, then quietly walked to her mother's side and hugged her waist, "Mom, don't be angry."

Zhulan smiled, still as considerate as a lady, "I'm not angry anymore."

It just happened too suddenly today and she couldn't control her emotions for a moment.

Xue Han bit her lip. Third sister-in-law's father still had a concubine, but the concubine had no children. She was nestled in her mother's arms. "Mom, has Dad changed?"

"will not."

Zhulan's tone was firm, not only because she and Zhou Shuren were tied together, but also because she believed in Zhou Shuren.

Xue Han listened to her mother's heartbeat and gradually felt relieved. Her father and mother had such a good relationship, so there would definitely be no one else. She hugged her mother's waist tightly and said, "Yeah."

Zhulan patted Xuehan's back, and after a while, she saw that the girl had fallen asleep in her arms. She touched Xuehan's little face, and saw that the girl was exhausted from the long journey. The baby fat on her face was gone, and the girl's facial features had grown more mature. Fortunately, the ten-year-old girl was not too heavy, otherwise she would not be able to hold her. She put Xuehan on the bed and covered her with a small quilt.

Zhulan curled her lips and said, "It feels really good to raise a child."

Zhulan still had work to do. She counted the money in the family and bought two houses in the capital, some jewelry and wood, spending 5,500 taels, which were recorded in the account. She also sold 40 mu of land in Pinggang for 4,000 taels and a house in the south city for 6,000 taels, which brought her to the account book totaling 10,000 taels.

The expenses for coming to Lizhou City included one thousand taels for a house, four hundred taels for a carriage, food, etc., and two hundred taels for the eldest brother. There was still twelve thousand six hundred taels left in the family, and more than fifty taels of change.

Zhulan was relieved to put down the account. The money seemed to be a lot, and she could spend it like water.

When Zhou Laoda came back, Zhulan asked him to keep his voice down. Zhou Laoda saw that his younger sister was sleeping in the parents' room. He thought that only his younger sister could have such treatment. He said in a low voice: "Mother, this is the indenture of the servant. The broker gave the lowest price to express his apology. With the money for exchanging the indenture, the total cost was only 150 taels, and there is still 50 taels left."

Zhulan hummed, "Have you heard about the land?"

Zhou Laodao said, "There are many people selling land nearby, but most of them are selling one or two acres of land to make money to live. The large tracts of land near the state capital have been bought up, but no one is interested in mountain land. There are quite a few mountain lands, and the price is very cheap, one tael of silver per acre, and if you buy 50 acres, you will get 10 acres of wasteland for free."

Zhulan wondered if the freed wasteland was counted as part of the 200 mu, so she waited for Zhou Shuren to come back and ask, "I know, you can get busy."

(End of this chapter)