Chapter 114 Looking for Opportunities
Seeing that her mother-in-law had spoken, Tong Shi couldn't stop her.
"Then go to the restaurant in front and find us later."
"Sister-in-law, why don't you go back to Xishui Village after dinner? I'll meet you there."
In fact, she wanted to go back with Li Wenjing so that she could have a chance on the way.
Tong was more than happy that Mu Yunzhao didn't go to dinner, since this young lady had paid for it anyway.
"Who said we were going to Xishui Village? You need to hurry. If you can't find us later, you'll have to go alone."
"Sister-in-law, the higher-ups have assigned us a place of exile. If we don't go, will our father be blamed if the court finds out?"
Mu Yunzhao asked.
She can't live on her own. As a weak woman, she can't survive in this world without a family.
She was going to Xishui Village, and the Mu family had to go with her.
The deposed crown prince was assigned there, so of course she had to go there too.
Mu's father frowned, as if thinking about something.
Thinking back to when the King of Qi summoned him alone in prison and spoke to him, he wanted him to monitor the deposed crown prince.
If he didn't go to Xishui Village, how could he monitor the deposed prince?
Thinking of this, Mu's father said, "Let's go to Xishui Village."
Tong was a little reluctant. Just as she was about to speak, she heard her husband, Mu Qin, say, "We will listen to our father."
She had no choice but to shut up angrily and glared at Mu Yunzhao.
"After helping Sister Zhang bury her aunt, I'll go to Xishui Village to look for you."
The Mu family continued walking forward, looking for a restaurant.
Mu Yunzhao came to Li Wenjing and Zhang Wanqing.
"Miss Zhang, I happened to pass by and saw you here. Is there anything I can help you with?"
Zhang Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then realized that she was the daughter of the Mu family.
"Thank you, Miss Mu. No need. Just a simple burial will be fine."
"It just so happens that I have nothing to do, so I'll stay and help Miss Zhang."
Zhang Wanqing was touched, "Okay, thank you Miss Mu."
When you are down, the most precious thing is that someone appears in front of you and gives you a hand.
Even if she didn't do anything, just stood next to me and said a few warm words, I still felt that she was a really good person.
Li Wenjing frowned, and seeing that Zhang Wanqing had already put her arm around Mu Yunzhao, he didn't want to chase her away.
The coffin arrived at the post station. Li Wenjing threw a bundle to Zhang Wanqing and said, "Change it, Madam."
Zhang Wanqing opened it and saw a set of funeral clothes and funeral shoes inside.
Zhang Wanqing was touched.
She was confused for a while because she had not yet accepted the fact that her mother had passed away.
But His Highness has thought of everything.
I even thought about the burial clothes for my mother.
After Mrs. Zhang Taifu was placed in the coffin, Li Wenjing made some inquiries and asked the staff of the funeral home to help pull the coffin to the foot of a mountain in the suburbs - to an ownerless field, where he buried the body and built a grave.
After the wooden tablet carved in the murder shop was erected, Zhang Wanqing finally accepted the fact that her mother had passed away and she cried uncontrollably.
Mu Yunzhao accompanied Zhang Wanqing throughout the whole process and tried to persuade her.
Looking at Li Wenjing again, he was burning paper money for Mrs. Zhang, thinking of the agreement between him and Lin Zhiyi, every time Mu Yunzhao came forward to talk to him, he avoided her.
Mu Yunzhao, feeling dizzy from the sun, advised, "Miss Zhang, please be patient."
Zhang Wanqing cried even harder when she heard this.
Her father is dead, her mother is dead, and she is left alone in this world. How should she live?
A month ago, she was the only daughter of the Prince's Tutor. No matter how many young men from aristocratic families wanted to marry her, she didn't like any of them.
In the blink of an eye, her father was imprisoned because of the emperor's anger, and she and her mother were also implicated.
Now she was not only the daughter of a criminal, but her body was also defiled.
What a twist of fate!
The more Zhang Wanqing thought about it, the sadder she became. No matter how Mu Yunzhao persuaded her, she refused to get up.
Later, Zhang Wanqing fainted from crying in front of her mother's grave.
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The Lin family rented a house.
Although it was also a rammed earth wall, it was much better than the thatched house that Muramasa had shown them before.
The yard is very large, with six northern rooms, five of which can be used for living, one is a living room, and there are three auxiliary rooms and a kitchen.
The room is adequate.
Since the man of the family went to work as a helper in another place, the wife and children also went with him. He packed up his few belongings and moved them into a spare room. He also gave the key to the house to his mother.
Originally, they wanted his mother, Aunt Du, to live there, but Aunt Du was living in the old house and did not move in.
However, she also often comes to clean for her son and keeps the house very clean.
Aunt Du didn't charge them much rent, knowing that the Lin family wouldn't be staying for long, so she only paid them twenty cents for three months.
Lin Zhiyi directly gave sixty cents according to the market price.
It's not that she has to give so much, but she doesn't like taking advantage of others or owing favors to others.
She has suffered many such losses.
Aunt Du refused to accept it, "My daughter, you don't have to give me so much."
"Auntie, please keep this money. It's yours. I didn't give you a penny more! If you're so polite, I won't dare to ask for anything in the future."
Aunt Du took the money and said, "Okay, since we live together, you can come to me if you have any problems in the future. I am not afraid of trouble."
Lin Zhiyi nodded.
I thought to myself that the villagers in this village are quite nice.
After Aunt Du left, Madam Song walked around the rooms and came back and said, "There are only three rooms with beds. How should we divide them?"
Lin Zhiyi said, "Mom, if you need any furniture, just go to the county and buy it."
Mrs. Song pulled Lin Zhiyi aside and said, "Zhizhi, the family always spends your money. I feel bad about it."
"What do you have to feel bad about, mother? All the money I spent was given by my parents, wasn't it? Speaking of which, the house the Qin family lives in was your dowry. You gave it to me as a dowry without saying a word. Now that the house has been sold, the money should be given to you, mother."
As Lin Zhiyi spoke, he wanted to take out some money.
Mrs. Song stopped her.
Lin Zhiyi still took out two hundred taels of silver and slapped it into Madam Song's hand, "Mom, spend it first, and ask me for more when you're gone."
The banknote has the name of the bank written on it. There are such banks all over the country. No matter where you are, you can go to this bank to exchange it for silver or copper coins.
The main reason is that she has space, so it's safer to put her here.
They had just arrived in the village and didn't know whether it was safe or not. In order to avoid being robbed by thieves, it would be safer to give the Lin family as much as they could spend.
"There's no need for so much. Madam Song only took a fifty-liang silver note and stuffed the rest back to Lin Zhiyi."
Lin Zhiyi held Madam Song's hand and said, "Mother, if you can't spend it all, you can give some to your eldest and second sisters-in-law. Your eldest sister-in-law has to take care of two children, and your second sister-in-law is pregnant, so they can't be without some money."
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