【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 235 Grandmother Jia 37

Honeysuckle was very thoughtful. After serving tea, she asked curiously, "How come Aunt Lan has time to come and visit me? Does the old lady have any instructions?"

"The old lady always talks about you, but I am not here today because of the old lady's request. I got some news from my hometown, and I thought I'd tell you." Lanhua took a sip of the fragrant tea, thinking that it was quite respectable to serve the eldest lady. She just didn't know whether the eldest lady would completely trust Rendong and the others. After all, they were given by the old lady.

"Oh? What's the news?"

Honeysuckle slowly took out a plate of fried cream-fried small pastries for her to taste.

"As you know, my parents and my husband's families both work on the farms of wealthy families. About ten years ago, when my husband was still alive, we were living there. I remembered that the Zhou family on the farm was quite respectable. I wanted to work with them to see if I could become a small manager. Later, I asked around and found out that it was the farm of the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion. Recently, my eldest brother came to see me and told me about this." Lanhua took a bite of a small noodle fruit and continued, "My parents sold me for money, so they no longer work as tenant farmers. Our family is getting better off. When we were preparing to buy land, we wanted to ask the Zhou family for mediation. Unexpectedly, some people said that the Zhou family had been wiped out long ago."

Honeysuckle widened her eyes, her heart in turmoil. Did Orchid know what she was talking about?

Outsiders all thought that they were maids given by the old lady, and the eldest lady would not completely trust them. In fact, it was not the case. The eldest lady's situation was not much better than the second lady's before, because the eldest lady's family and the lady's family of the neighboring Ningguo Mansion had too close a relationship with the former prince. After the new emperor ascended the throne, the Zhang family and the He family were not valued and gradually declined. If they had not had a daughter who married into the Duke's Mansion, their property would have been swallowed up long ago.

The old lady gave the six of them to the eldest lady to serve as a promotion for her, so how could she not use them? The dowry around the eldest lady, those who were redeemed were redeemed, and those who were not redeemed returned to the Zhang family to serve. The last two were given to the eldest master as concubines two years ago. The rest, including herself, were all given by the old lady.

That's why Ren Dong knew about the dispute between the first and second wives, and knew that the first wife had been looking for Zhou Rui's family. If the Zhou family died out, it wouldn't be right! Something was wrong!

"Oh, go ahead and check this out. I can't lie to you."

Lanhua finished her snacks and left quickly. Honeysuckle had no time to pack up and hurried to find Zhang.

Zhang's eyes flickered after hearing this, "You forgot that Wang's capable maidservant is from the Zhou family. She is so ruthless that she wiped out her entire family and still dared to employ her. Honeysuckle, go tell Aunt Li."

Honeysuckle took a deep breath and said, "I will go right away."

Yun Xi put the bait out and left it alone. She just played with Yingchun and Da Lianbao every day. Since she had nothing else to do, she went back to her old job and started drawing comic strips.

The day of the provincial examination soon arrived. This year's examination was slightly postponed for nine days due to heavy rain. The examination was divided into three sessions, each lasting three days, on August 18th, 21st and 24th respectively. Because it was held in autumn, it was also called the Autumn Examination. Candidates had to take the examination for three consecutive days in a small examination room, and the conditions were very difficult.

Her sons were promising, and she had face and someone to rely on. Therefore, Zhang personally supervised the kitchen to prepare dry food and prepare the finest pens, ink, paper and inkstone. Yun Xi said leisurely, "It rains a lot this year. Lanhua, go cut some oilcloth and bring it to the young masters."

"Yes."

Zhang was very nervous. "Mother, with the oilcloth, should everything be complete?"

Yun Xi looked at it and said, "Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, dry food, oil tea, leather, and oilcloth." After a pause, she added, "Bring ginger, cold medicine, and diarrhea medicine as well. Just in case, it might get cold. Bring a piece of leather to cover yourself with if it gets cold. Remember to have them bring their Western watches so they can tell the time."

Every member of the family has a Western watch bought from the system mall, which makes it very convenient to check the time.

"Yes, yes, you should bring some medicine."

Zhang went to find the court doctor and brought back the medicine to show it to Aunt Li before she felt relieved.

The next day, at the hour of Yin, the three handsome young men in the family had already dressed up, had breakfast, said goodbye to Yun Xi and went to the examination hall.

Zhang couldn't sleep, so she got up early, took care of the housekeeping affairs, and went to Rongqing Hall.

Yun Xi was still in a dream. She slept until after seven o'clock. She got up and practiced a set of Tai Chi first, then washed up and had breakfast.

"Big brother's wife, why are you up so early? You've done all the hard work you need to do, and the rest is up to the children." Yun Xi comforted him and said, "Let's have breakfast together."

"My wife is worried."

Zhang didn't eat much and felt a little restless.

"If you are nervous, go and inspect the shop in the manor. When you come back, their exams will just be over." Yun Xi waved her away.

This nonchalant look made Zhang feel a little relieved, and she couldn't help but start to divert her attention.

"I wonder how the disaster relief work is going, Master?"

"It should go smoothly." Yun Xi glanced at the screen and said casually.

Jia She started distributing porridge to relieve the disaster the next day. The court gave two solutions. The first was that if it rained in the drought-stricken area, food would be distributed to the victims and they would be allowed to return to their hometowns. If it did not rain, food would be distributed and the victims would be allowed to migrate to nearby areas that were not affected by the disaster and return to their hometowns after the drought was over.

So Jia She was extremely busy. On the one hand, he had to find someone to calculate the astronomical phenomena, and on the other hand, he had to arrange disaster relief so that the people could have something to eat. The porridge for disaster relief was very thin, but it made the victims who were at a loss feel at ease. At least the court did not give up on them.

"System, when will the drought in the Central Plains end?"

System: "In another half month, after the drought there will be a flood, and the victims still need to leave."

“Will there be a major epidemic after the flood?”

"If the victims had left early, there wouldn't be any plague." The system said, "But the lowly people in these six counties will be in trouble."

Yun Xi had no idea what to do. What good would it do if she reported it? Would the court arrange for the people to leave before anything happened? It was a huge project, and would the people be willing to leave?

However, the soft-hearted Yun Xi still found information for her son and reminded him. She also wrote in the secret letter that if these things really happened, he should be able to adapt to the situation and consider the people well.

After writing the letter, Yun Xi said, "Lanhua, ask Yingyi to come into the mansion."

"Yes!"

Ying Yi to Ying Twenty were her secret guards. Because they had good aptitude, Xiang Er taught them martial arts. It took them six years of study to become masters. They usually worked in her shop when they had nothing to do, and she would just notify them when there was anything to do.

The last time she went to the south of the Yangtze River, these people hid among her servants to protect her.

Soon, Yingyi avoided everyone and came to Rongqing Hall.

"Take this letter and these five hundred thousand taels of silver notes and go to Yunzhong County, one of the six drought-stricken counties in the Central Plains, to find She'er. Give the letter to Lord Bo, and the silver notes to Jiangnan to purchase grain. When I send a message, you can bring them to Lord Bo."