She didn’t notice Zhou Shuren sitting aside at all.
Zhou Shuren, “It is not long since I returned, I saw that you were sleeping soundly, so I didn’t dare to move.”
As soon as he came in, he saw Zhulan sleeping with Ming Teng. The sleeping Zhulan was very soft, and the scene in front of him was very peaceful. It touched his heart, and he was very eager to have a child of him and Zhulan, whether it was a boy or a girl, as long as it was their child.
It was a pity that the current stage was only the initial stage, and it will not be too stable in the next few years, and the end point was too far away, but according to the plan, he was not in a hurry.
Zhulan woke up Ming Teng as soon as she moved. He rubbed his eyes with his chubby little hands, he suddenly woke up thinking about snacks, “Grandma, my stomach is empty.”
Zhulan grinned, “Okay, okay, grandma will bring you some Dessert.”
Zhou Shuren stood up, “Don’t get off the ground, I’ll go get it.”
“In the cabinet.”
Zhou Shuren placed a paper bag on the kang table, and Zhulan took out the egg tarts and cakes. Zhou Shuren squinted but remained silent. Zhulan left some for her and Zhou Shuren and put the rest back. When Ming Teng had dried off a bit, he wrapped himself in his own padded jacket and said to Zhou Shuren, “Take some snacks and take Ming Teng to the little girls’ room. Let the kids eat together.”
Zhou Shuren picked up Ming Teng with one hand, his arm was so heavy, the little guy was already fat, but he grew fat again when he came to Pingzhou. He went out with the snacks in the other hand, and he will come back soon up.
Zhulan has eaten the cake. The ancient sugar was not as good as the modern cake, and the taste was not as good as the modern cake, but it was not bad. “Try it quickly, it is not bad.”
Zhou Shuren liked sweets, otherwise he wouldn’t have bought so many snacks when he came back from Jiangnan. In modern times, he liked pastries. Why he liked sweets so much was because he couldn’t eat them when he was a child. It gradually became an obsession, “Not bad.”
Zhulan asked, “How was going to the academy today?”
Zhou Shuren took off his shoes and got on the kang, “I visited a few academies and they were all good. Mingyun, Mingteng and Rongchuan will come to enroll in winter next year.”
Zhulan asked, “What about Changlian and Changzhi?”
Zhou Shuren said, “Aren’t they planning to try next year? Let’s wait until they’ve tried, and then we can talk about it.”
The children going to the academy was a well-thought-out plan by Zhou Shuren and Zhulan. This year, Zhou Shuren became a xiucai, and next year, when Changlian, Changzhi, and Jiangsheng pass Tóngshì, the whole family would be moving to Pingzhou. Enrolling their children in the academy was not only about making friends and receiving a better education but also a way to ease the transition. It would help the children adapt better to social interactions, preventing them from feeling uneasy when they moved to a different place with a new environment.
Both Zhulan and Zhou Shuren were people who like to take one step and plan for the next ten steps, and they planned it all when they planned to buy a house.
Zhou Shuren leaned for a while and closed his eyes to rest. When he woke up, he took the jewelry he brought and went out to pawn. There were many pawn shops in Pingzhou, and he quickly came back .
This time, there were no valuable jewelry such as pearl necklaces, they were all old hairpins, and the color of the bracelets was not good. There was no need to pawn them carefully, as no one paid attention to these old jewelry. All the jewelry was pawned for less than two hundred taels. Zhou Shuren asked for one hundred and fifty taels of silver bills, and forty taels were exchanged for four taels of gold. The rest, more than eight taels was in form of broken silver.
Zhulan was worried about the silver bills, and planned to exchange them for gold little by little.
In the evening, there were still some bones left from the meat Zhao Bo bought, and Zhulan asked Li Shi to make the bone soup noodles, and Li Shi took her portion back home.
Zhulan couldn’t help but feel a bit bittersweet as she reflected on her life. In reality, when she compared herself to others, she had a pretty good social status. She didn’t have to worry about food and drink, had savings and a private stash, and even had Zhou Shuren as her support. Now, they had two properties and a shop, and she was at the top of the family’s food chain. She considered herself incredibly lucky.
People need to be content, and Zhulan was very content now.
She didn’t notice Zhou Shuren sitting aside at all.
Zhou Shuren, “It is not long since I returned, I saw that you were sleeping soundly, so I didn’t dare to move.”
As soon as he came in, he saw Zhulan sleeping with Ming Teng. The sleeping Zhulan was very soft, and the scene in front of him was very peaceful. It touched his heart, and he was very eager to have a child of him and Zhulan, whether it was a boy or a girl, as long as it was their child.
It was a pity that the current stage was only the initial stage, and it will not be too stable in the next few years, and the end point was too far away, but according to the plan, he was not in a hurry.
Zhulan woke up Ming Teng as soon as she moved. He rubbed his eyes with his chubby little hands, he suddenly woke up thinking about snacks, “Grandma, my stomach is empty.”
Zhulan grinned, “Okay, okay, grandma will bring you some Dessert.”
Zhou Shuren stood up, “Don’t get off the ground, I’ll go get it.”
“In the cabinet.”
Zhou Shuren placed a paper bag on the kang table, and Zhulan took out the egg tarts and cakes. Zhou Shuren squinted but remained silent. Zhulan left some for her and Zhou Shuren and put the rest back. When Ming Teng had dried off a bit, he wrapped himself in his own padded jacket and said to Zhou Shuren, “Take some snacks and take Ming Teng to the little girls’ room. Let the kids eat together.”
Zhou Shuren picked up Ming Teng with one hand, his arm was so heavy, the little guy was already fat, but he grew fat again when he came to Pingzhou. He went out with the snacks in the other hand, and he will come back soon up.
Zhulan has eaten the cake. The ancient sugar was not as good as the modern cake, and the taste was not as good as the modern cake, but it was not bad. “Try it quickly, it is not bad.”
Zhou Shuren liked sweets, otherwise he wouldn’t have bought so many snacks when he came back from Jiangnan. In modern times, he liked pastries. Why he liked sweets so much was because he couldn’t eat them when he was a child. It gradually became an obsession, “Not bad.”
Zhulan asked, “How was going to the academy today?”
Zhou Shuren took off his shoes and got on the kang, “I visited a few academies and they were all good. Mingyun, Mingteng and Rongchuan will come to enroll in winter next year.”
Zhulan asked, “What about Changlian and Changzhi?”
Zhou Shuren said, “Aren’t they planning to try next year? Let’s wait until they’ve tried, and then we can talk about it.”
The children going to the academy was a well-thought-out plan by Zhou Shuren and Zhulan. This year, Zhou Shuren became a xiucai, and next year, when Changlian, Changzhi, and Jiangsheng pass Tóngshì, the whole family would be moving to Pingzhou. Enrolling their children in the academy was not only about making friends and receiving a better education but also a way to ease the transition. It would help the children adapt better to social interactions, preventing them from feeling uneasy when they moved to a different place with a new environment.
Both Zhulan and Zhou Shuren were people who like to take one step and plan for the next ten steps, and they planned it all when they planned to buy a house.
Zhou Shuren leaned for a while and closed his eyes to rest. When he woke up, he took the jewelry he brought and went out to pawn. There were many pawn shops in Pingzhou, and he quickly came back .
This time, there were no valuable jewelry such as pearl necklaces, they were all old hairpins, and the color of the bracelets was not good. There was no need to pawn them carefully, as no one paid attention to these old jewelry. All the jewelry was pawned for less than two hundred taels. Zhou Shuren asked for one hundred and fifty taels of silver bills, and forty taels were exchanged for four taels of gold. The rest, more than eight taels was in form of broken silver.
Zhulan was worried about the silver bills, and planned to exchange them for gold little by little.
In the evening, there were still some bones left from the meat Zhao Bo bought, and Zhulan asked Li Shi to make the bone soup noodles, and Li Shi took her portion back home.
Zhulan couldn’t help but feel a bit bittersweet as she reflected on her life. In reality, when she compared herself to others, she had a pretty good social status. She didn’t have to worry about food and drink, had savings and a private stash, and even had Zhou Shuren as her support. Now, they had two properties and a shop, and she was at the top of the family’s food chain. She considered herself incredibly lucky.
People need to be content, and Zhulan was very content now.
