Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!

Chapter 617: Chapter 617 The more dangerous the place, the safer it is_1

Zhulan was a woman, and she wasn’t very familiar with Wu Yong. After learning that Wu Ming had chosen Wu Yong’s fiancé, she didn’t ask any further and let Wu Yong go to rest.

After Wu Yong left with Rongchuan, Zhulan sighed deeply, ”The children of those days are all about to start their own households.”

She almost forgot what the children looked like when she first arrived.

Lady Li, ”Having their own homes, they also have responsibilities, it’s their coming of age.”

”Yes, they have all grown up. Tomorrow Wu Yong is going to buy a house; go and tell the second elder to accompany Wu Yong.”

Lady Li, ”Yes.”

At dinner, Zhou Shuren took Wu Yong aside for a private chat in the study. After Zhulan had bathed her son and Zhou Shuren had returned, ”You talked for that long?”

Zhou Shuren casually took his son, wrapped in clothes, and tucked him into the quilt, ”We talked quite a bit, you know that the county where Wu Ming is located is near the border, and he has always been keeping an eye on the movements of the foreign clans. According to Wu Ming, even if there isn’t a harsh snow disaster this year, the border will not be at peace.”

”Ah, so that’s why Wu Ming had Wu Yong come here to Jinzhou Province to buy a house. He’s afraid of danger, so he arranged for his two younger brothers to come over.”

Zhou Shuren picked up warm little clothes to dress his son, who was trying to crawl out of the quilt, ”Yes, Wu Yong told me that you asked him to move into our house.”

”I thought since our two families have relations, and there’s plenty of room in our house, it would be easier to take care of them. But, hearing what you’ve said, if the An family is coming, it’s indeed better to buy a house. This way, when Wu Ning gets married, she can have an additional maternal home to return to.”

Zhou Shuren was a bit worried about Wu Ming, ”If there really is war, I don’t know if Wu Ming can protect himself.”

Zhulan paused in toweling her son’s head, ”He definitely can, Wu Ming is no ordinary person.”

Zhou Shuren said with a smile, ”Indeed, last year the imperial court received a large sum of Silver Coin, most of which was spent on the soldiers. Their combat strength is incomparably better than before.”

Zhulan saw Lady Li come in and lifted her plump son, ”I’m going to put him to sleep.”

”Good.”

The next day, the quick-witted Second Elder Zhou efficiently helped Wu Yong buy a house. The house had a two-entry courtyard, and since Wu Yong only brought a personal young servant and a horseman with him, there was a need for some settling in.

Lucky for Wu Yong, having Second Elder Zhou, who was well-connected in Jinzhou, although he didn’t succeed in the civil examinations, he had his own ways. Plus, with his identity as Second Master Zhou, he was familiar with all kinds of people in Jinzhou. He helped Wu Yong a lot with furnishing the house and other things, saving Wu Yong a considerable amount of money.

In one day, most of the items needed for the house were purchased, and quite a bit of money was saved.

At dinner, Wu Yong was extremely grateful, ”I am especially thankful to Second Brother today; I would like to toast to Second Brother.”

Second Elder Zhou was in high spirits; not only did he help heartily due to his mother’s instructions but he also did it to create good karma for his son, ”You’re being too formal; with the relations between our families, this is the least I could do.”

Elder Zhou watched Chang Yi; he just couldn’t learn Chang Yi’s smoothness. In the whole Jinzhou Province, Second Master Zhou’s name was well-known.

However, Elder Zhou looked at his grandniece Yushuang; Chang Yi’s slickness had some influence on her. They say daughters take after their fathers; he had heard his daughter talk about rumors that Yushuang was cunning. His daughter had even asked him to talk more with the second elder about it!

On Zhulan’s side, watching Wu Ning, her brother’s presence made a difference; Wu Ning seemed invigorated, her confidence radiated from within.

In the Crown Prince’s Residence in the capital, the Crown Prince and Third Uncle sat facing each other, ”Third Uncle, have you been comfortable living here these days?”

Ning Xu, with a bowl of wine in hand, ”Quite comfortable, although the Emperor still takes great risks, letting me stay in the Crown Prince’s residence. There are quite a few people keeping an eye on this place.”

The Crown Prince gazed at the bowl in Third Uncle’s hands, noting how difficult habits are to change, ”Who would have thought that Third Uncle is the very same Ning San from back then?”

Ning Xu stroked his own bushy beard, heaving a deep sigh, ”So close to home, yet unable to take a single step nearer.”

The Crown Prince felt uneasy, for it was the Ning family that had sacrificed the most for his father. It was rumored that his eldest uncle had saved the Emperor’s life; the Emperor had even drunk his uncle’s blood. The Emperor owed his life to the endurance and sacrifice of his eldest uncle. By the time his second uncle arrived, it was solely by his eldest uncle’s willpower that he protected the Emperor until he could rest easy upon seeing his second uncle.

Ning Xu looked at his nephew, the Crown Prince. When he had left, this little guy had been very young. Look at his profile now, he looks so much like the Emperor, ”Drink up.”

Time flew, and before they knew it, it was already late December. The snow that had stopped for a long time poured down as if the gates had opened, and it hadn’t ceased for a whole day and night.

The servants of Zhou’s residence had begun clearing snow since morning; without a few hours of clearing, thick layers of snow would quickly accumulate.

Zhulan warmed herself by the fire and said to her daughter, ”Count how much cotton we have left at home. Have the embroider make some cotton quilts in preparation. Also, take the cotton out of the clothes that you and Wu Ning have outgrown and use plain fabric to remake them.”

Xue Han replied, ”Mother, I’ll get to it.”

”Go on, I’ll notify your sisters-in-law on this side.”

”Okay.”

Zhulan sent Liu Ya to notify the other rooms and then stood up to search through her own wardrobe. She had a multitude of clothes; the numerous feasts had called for countless outfits, each of them barely worn. However, the luxurious materials made the clothes unsuitable for ordinary wear, so they could only be dismantled and remade.

Zhulan alone found four cotton garments, adding to Zhou Shuren’s collection to total eight; these were just from the past two years, with previous ones already taken apart.

After tallying up from each room, the most unworn cotton garments were found in the main house. Lady Li’s reluctance to discard items hadn’t changed—despite having given many to the Li family, there was still an abundance.

The second wife’s room had the least, as Zhao’s dexterity meant she had already altered any clothes that could not be worn.

Lady Dong from the third house was fond of order and had taken care of unwearable clothing well in advance, leaving only a few to be brought out.

Regarding the fourth house, the most luxurious within the family, they had no unworn clothing; instead, they brought out numerous new cotton clothes made this year.

Zhulan blinked at the fourth house’s clothing, ”Su Xuan, how many cotton clothes did you make this year?”

Su Xuan, a little embarrassed, counted on her fingers, ”Mother, my belly grows quickly, so I made cotton clothes according to the months to fit. You see, I couldn’t let Husband fall behind, so however many I made, he made the same. Not many, just twelve in total.”

Zhulan, ”.....”

True to the extravagance of Zhou’s residence! Unbelievable extravagance!

Lady Li was stunned and began to calculate with her plump fingers, ”Goodness, the amount of cotton clothes sister-in-law makes in one year is what I would make in three years!”

Lady Dong looked from the fourth sister-in-law to her eldest sister-in-law and began to feel that she was actually more surprised by the former, ”Eldest sister-in-law, perhaps it is time you changed your habit of saving things and not wanting to throw them away.”

Lady Li, with her face growing red, looked at the pile of clothes in front of her, ”I, I just can’t bear it.”

Zhulan fell silent; she had always wanted to correct this habit of Lady Li’s, but to no avail. However, Lady Li’s clothes would be of great help now.

Steward Ding came in, ”Mistress, a girl has fainted at the gate after knocking on the door.”