Chapter 90: Reconnection

Zhu Lan smiled and said, "In the future, we will have more interactions with our relatives, so we should prepare more presents."

Xue Han was stunned, "Mom, when did Dad say that?"

Zhulan pointed at the things in the box and said, "These things tell mother that your father wanted to make peace with the clan members, but we can't do it alone. There are too few people in our clan, and the clan cannot lose its roots."

Zhulan didn't expect to teach her daughter all at once, and she had to figure out many things on her own.

When she first arrived, she didn't have a strong belief in the ancient clan concept, and so did Zhou Shuren. They only wanted to rely on themselves for many things, but after the clan leader helped them get a way, they gradually came to understand and became more and more aware of the importance of the clan. Even if the clan did not have capable people, it could still be quite intimidating in the surrounding villages.

The original husband inevitably had the arrogance of a scholar, and with the resentment of the previous generation and no way to ease the situation, he gradually became estranged from the clan. Although she and Zhou Shuren had never talked about it, for Zhou Shuren and the children, she wanted to reconnect with the clan in her heart.

This time Zhou Shuren came back to pay a visit during the New Year celebrations.

It took half an hour to divide the things. She kept some cloth for gifts and for her mother's family, and it was easier for Zhulan to divide the rest according to the number of people. She gave the food to her mother and kept the rest.

The four boxes were not made of good wood. Zhou Shuren didn't want to show off his wealth so he didn't dare to buy good ones, but they were quite sturdy. Zhulan didn't keep any, Rongchuan had no boxes in his room so he moved one over, the old family had more people so they moved one over, Zhao had no dowry boxes so she moved one over, and the ones in the room were bought by the second son when he got married. As for the bad smell in the boxes, he had to deal with it himself.

Zhulan had been staying at home all winter, having not worked for a long time. She felt sore all over after tidying up for a while. Just as she was about to deliver the cloths to her second son's house, Li rushed in and said, "Mom, you are so diligent. I even came back to help you distribute them!"

Zhulan calculated the distance to her in-laws with a wooden face. Li went to her parents' house to get the money and then rushed back. She pointed to the largest pile speechlessly and said, "These are yours. Take them back when you come back. I also got a box. You can move it back, eldest brother!"

Boss Zhou knew what kind of person his wife was. He had never disliked her. He thought Li was pretty good. He smiled and said without any shame in front of his mother, "Mom, I have something to tell you. We want to go to the town tomorrow."

Zhulan also knew in her heart that there was money, and she wanted to give a gift to her elders to surprise them, "Okay, I got it."

Li was not busy moving the food to her own family. Instead, she smiled and said, "Mom, I'll send it to my younger brother and sister-in-law first."

Zhulan, "...Go ahead."

This is because he was afraid that she would give Zhao too many things and wanted to take the opportunity to send them over to have a look!

Boss Zhou blushed, lowered his head, and walked away quickly with the box. He had no idea what to do with his wife. On one side was his mother, and on the other side was his wife. Experience told him that it was better to run away as soon as possible.

Zhulan looked at the eldest daughter's capable appearance with an expressionless face. She really didn't realize that the eldest daughter had her own way of surviving the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Li happily went out with the cloth in her arms, and came back soon with a big smile on her face. She thought her mother-in-law was really fair. She had originally felt very painful about buying a silver hairpin after discussing it with the head of the household, but now she felt relieved and happily carried her own hairpin back to the house. She had to hide the silver quickly, as she felt uneasy leaving it outside.

At noon, Zhou Shuren woke up hungry. Zhulan asked Li to make chicken soup with ginseng whiskers and rolled some hand-rolled noodles especially for Zhou Shuren.

After lunch, the two sons who were studying looked at their father eagerly. They had been worrying about pens, ink, paper and inkstone all morning, but they didn't dare to go to the main room, so they didn't concentrate on reading all morning.