Chapter 96: Snow Plum

Zhou Shuren recalled carefully, "Is there?"

Zhulan felt balanced. It wasn't that she was cold-blooded. Zhou Shuren didn't remember it either. "Our eldest daughter, Zhou Xuemei!"

Zhou Shuren was stunned and slapped his head, "If you hadn't mentioned her, I would have really forgotten about her."

Zhu Lan laughed, "It's not your fault that you forgot about her. I only remembered her once when I first came here and passed by the children at home. The next time I remembered her was when I was giving Jiangnan a gift. I never thought about her at all."

Zhou Shuren frowned, "In ancient times, it was not easy for married women to return to their parents' home. As far as I can remember, Xuemei last came back in July."

Zhulan felt guilty. She and Zhou Shuren took over the original couple, but forgot about their eldest daughter. "Fortunately, the original owner had good taste in choosing a husband for the daughter. Xuemei's mother-in-law was sensible, and Xuemei's husband was the youngest son of the Jiang family, so she was more favored. Xuemei was not tortured, and her life was pretty good."

Otherwise, if life is really not going well, the couple will forget about it and they will feel uneasy.

Zhou Shuren recalled, "As far as I can remember, my eldest son-in-law Jiang Sheng passed the examination for a Tongsheng only last year, and he also failed the examination this year. He is 22 years old this year, three years older than Xuemei, so he is 190% related."

Zhu Lan nodded, "Yes, I'm twenty-two now. In my original memory, Jiang Sheng treated Xuemei well."

Zhou Shuren tapped his hands with the book in his hand, "In my original memory, Jiang Sheng had decent talent, but unfortunately his family was not well-off, he did not read enough and did not have a good teacher. If it were not for the Zhou family's books, Jiang Sheng would have had a hard time passing the exam to become a student."

Zhulan sighed. Jiang Sheng was the representative of a poor family. "The Jiang family had few relatives in Wangjia Village for several generations, and they had no clan. They could only rely on themselves. Jiang Sheng married late because he had chosen Xuemei early on and valued Zhou Shuren and the Zhou family's books. Otherwise, he would not have waited until he was twenty to get married."

Jiang Sheng's parents really worry about everything for their son!

Who made it so that there was no compulsory education in ancient times? It was difficult for poor students to go to school, and the education level was limited. Unlike the children of aristocratic families, who had no shortage of resources since childhood, if the elders in the family were officials who had passed the imperial examinations, and their enlightenment was from elders who had passed the Jinshi examinations, the advantage would be immediately widened. It was not uncommon for aristocratic families to have scholars in their teens, and a scholar in his twenties from a poor family was considered a genius.

Seeing Zhulan distracted again, Zhou Shuren shook the book to attract her attention and said, "My dear in-laws, you are indeed far-sighted, but it is difficult to pass the exam to become a scholar as things stand. The entire Jiang family's hopes are all on Jiang Sheng. It costs a lot of money every year, and the Jiang family has many sons. Jiang Sheng failed the exam twice, and his brothers can't wait any longer. As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. I think the Jiang family has a lot of contradictions."

Zhulan knew Zhou Shuren's analysis was correct, she sighed, and then thought of the jewelry Zhou Shuren brought back for the maids, she sat up and said, "You forgot to bring jewelry for the eldest daughter last time, and I was so focused on the fan that I forgot about the jewelry. You see, your granddaughter is already over a year old, give the remaining set of jewelry to her!"

Zhou Shuren felt a little uncomfortable. He really had forgotten about the eldest daughter. "The eldest daughter must have been teased by the sisters-in-law in the Jiang family. I remember there were silver earrings when we counted the assets last time. You can also find a pair for the eldest daughter. This year's New Year's gift should be more substantial. In addition to the gift for the eldest daughter, there should also be some practical gifts for the Jiang family."

Zhulan calculated, "The eldest girl and her parents-in-law will eat. The Jiang family doesn't have much land and they support Jiang Sheng's education, so they must be reluctant to spend money on food and clothing. Buy more pork and rice so that they can have a good meal during the New Year. The daughter-in-law and the children can also eat more. The day after tomorrow, let the second son inform Xuemei of the engagement and send it over."

Zhulan didn't dare to take more than what was given. She only had the memory of her original body and hadn't met her son-in-law in person yet. Anyway, she believed in her own eyes more. At least she would wait until she saw it in person before thinking about how to make up for it.

Zhou Shuren: "Yes."