Chapter 673: Jade Pendant

Then he set aside three thousand taels, "These two thousand taels are for this year's household expenses."

Zhulan took out 2,000 taels from the remaining 12,000 taels and said, "Give this to the eldest brother to buy a house and a shop for Xuemei, and the rest is for ancestor worship."

Zhou Shuren looked at the last ten thousand taels and asked, "What are you going to do with this money?"

Zhulan pulled her hair down and said, "I haven't thought about it yet."

Zhou Shuren, "Then leave it alone for now."

Zhou Shuren then looked at the various boxes on the table and said, "I have saved a lot of things over the years."

Zhulan opened the boxes one by one. "Yes, this box contains the deeds to the shop, this box contains the deeds to the land and the manor, and the last box contains the deeds to sell the maids and servants."

Zhou Shuren pointed to the last box and asked, "What's in this?"

Zhu Lan opened it and said, "This is the most valuable jade pendant of the Zhou family when I first came here. My mother-in-law passed away without telling me clearly, so I have been keeping it carefully."

Zhou Shuren took out the jade pendant and looked at it. "I really didn't look at it carefully before. Now I see that this jade pendant is not something that ordinary people have."

Zhulan took it and said, "It's a pity that I didn't explain it clearly at the time. Now I can only put it in the bottom of the box."

Zhou Shuren saw Zhulan close the box, "It's getting late, let's go to bed early."

Zhulan was indeed tired today, having been busy all day. "Well, I'll have to ask a doctor to check on Suxuan tomorrow. She's almost eight months pregnant, so I have to be more careful."

Zhou Shuren was speechless, "You're always worried about me as soon as you come back."

Zhulan rubbed her shoulders and said, "I am born to worry. Okay, I will take a rest."

In the capital, the Emperor was receiving an urgent report from the northeastern border. The weather had just gotten a little warmer, but the foreign tribes could no longer hold back. A battle had already been fought, and the Emperor was very pleased with the victory of the soldiers of the dynasty. Now that the west was stable, they only needed to concentrate on the northeast. This time, the foreign tribes outside the northeast would be subdued.

The Queen came to deliver a midnight snack. "I heard the Emperor's laughter before I even entered the store. Is there any good news?"

The emperor looked at the time and asked, "Why haven't you rested yet at this hour?"

"I was thinking of Your Majesty and specially prepared a midnight snack."

The emperor pulled the queen to sit down. Now that his son was back, he and the queen had a good relationship. In the past, the queen would never prepare midnight snacks for him, let alone personally deliver them to him. "Sit down."

The Queen asked, "The Emperor hasn't told me what the good news is yet? Is it news about Rongchuan?"

The emperor laughed, "You know more about Rongchuan than I do. Don't think I don't know. You have new news about Rongchuan every day."

The queen missed her son so much that after seeing him, she couldn't suppress her longing for him. "I really hope Rongchuan can return to the capital soon."

The emperor held the queen's hand and said, "Even if the child comes back, you won't be able to see him."

The Queen stared, "Who said that? He is a Hanlin editor. If the Emperor can see him often, then I can too."

She had thought it all out. She would come from time to time to bring some snacks to the emperor. Anyway, with that fake Shen Yang on top, everyone knew that she was here to see Rongchuan.

The emperor guessed the queen's plan, and he was also happy that the queen came more often. "The good news just now was the war report. We just won a victory."

The Queen no longer cared about this. No one from the Ning Mansion would participate in the war, and she did not want the Ning Mansion to fight for military merits. The descendants of the Ning Mansion could not afford the losses.

The next day, the news of the war reached Jinzhou. After hearing the news, Zhulan took out the ten thousand taels of silver that she hadn't thought of. She believed that the imperial court would be the victorious side, but not everyone had confidence in the imperial court. Last year, many people moved to the central or southern regions.

Now that spring has arrived, a great battle must be won. Zhulan called the eldest brother over and said, "Here is 15,000 taels. 3,000 taels is for your eldest sister's dowry. 2,000 taels is for your eldest sister to buy a house and two shops. The remaining 2,000 taels is for the ancestor worship banquet. The last 10,000 taels, you give to Wu Ning, and let Wu Ning help buy the farm and land."

Boss Zhou took the money and said, "Mom, the price of manors in Northeast China is much cheaper now. Are you going to use this ten thousand taels to buy manors and land?"

Zhulan thought for a moment and said, "I'll buy half of the money for the farm and land, and the other half for the shop."

Forget about the house. The family has no intention of moving back to the border. They will sell the shop after the war is over.

Boss Zhou took it all to heart, "Mom, let's set off tomorrow."

"Well, you have to be careful along the way, especially when you go to look for Wu Ming. Shen Xing will follow you this time, so be sure to bring Shen Xing with you when you go to look for Wu Ming."

Boss Zhou is also afraid of death, "Mom, don't worry, I will be more careful."

He still has great blessings to enjoy, and he must live a long life.

Zhulan thought of Wu Ming. To be honest, Wu Ming had been the county magistrate for some time, but he had never been promoted and no one knew when he would be able to get promoted.

In the afternoon, Zhulan received a letter from Xuemei. After reading the letter, Zhulan really had no way to save her. Zhulan still wrote back, indicating that Xuemei should not worry about it, as the Zhou family could not take care of this matter.

I just happened to reply to some of the letters and give them to my boss, and I will leave tomorrow to take them back.

Boss Zhou returned to the yard and said, "Mother, quickly find all the money in the house."

Li was shocked, "What are you going to do?"

Zhou Laodao said, "Mother took out 10,000 taels and asked Wu Ming to sell the farm and the shop. I thought, we should buy some as well, but forget about the farm, just buy the shop."

When Li heard her mother-in-law's words, she immediately went to the bedside and rummaged through the box of banknotes. She took them out with great effort, "Fortunately, I have been thinking about my third brother and Rongchuan's imperial examinations. I haven't spent money on the dowry for my daughter yet. However, I spent a lot last year, and now it's all here, a total of 1,500 taels."

Zhou Laoda thought it was too little. "I don't think my mother has much money left. I just gave three thousand taels to my eldest sister to keep as a deposit. I can't ask my mother to borrow money."

Li, "Borrow money from your fourth brother's wife. She has money."

Zhou Lao Da was moved, "It's not easy for me, the eldest uncle, to meet the fourth brother's wife. I'll let you do this. We'll lend you two thousand taels with interest."

Li put down the box and said, "I'll go now."

Zhou Laodao said, "I'll go ask the second and third brothers to see if they are interested."

"You go ahead."

Li went to the fourth room. Su Xuan hurriedly supported her belly and stood up, "Sister-in-law, come in and sit down."

Li was afraid when she saw Su Xuan's belly and didn't dare to sit next to her. "Sister-in-law, please go slower. I feel nervous just looking at you."

Su Xuan was also worried when she touched her belly. There were small lines on both sides of her waist. Fortunately, her skin was not tight, so although there were some small lines, they were not obvious. Otherwise, she would have cried. "Sister-in-law, you came to me for something!"

Li was embarrassed. "Since my sister-in-law asked, I told her directly that I came to borrow money from her."

Su Xuan knew that her sister-in-law was very careful with her money and was not the kind of person who would spend money recklessly. "Sister-in-law, how much do you want to borrow? I'll give it to you right now."

(End of this chapter)