Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity
Chapter 299 Everything is OK
Zhang Shanfeng was particularly happy these past two days. There were banquets at home every day. He drank a little too much today. "My eldest grandson is very motivated. He passed the exam and became a scholar. He is better than those unpromising ones in my family."
"Your father is drunk, let him lie down on the kang for a while." Xin tried to smooth things over for Zhang Shanfeng, looking at her two daughters-in-law and said.
Fu and Liu didn't take it to heart at all. They were so happy that Xiaowen had a promising future. If Xiaowen continued to develop at this rate, he would definitely become an official. If he became an official, their children would not suffer any loss under his protection. After all, they grew up together. Besides, their family still relied on the Sheng family to survive. If it weren't for the Sheng family, their family would have been torn apart during the years of famine and war.
Zhang Qingnian quickly helped Zhang Shanfeng lie down on the kang.
When Zhang Shanfeng sobered up, the old couple sat together and chatted, "You've drunk too much, why do you say everything? There are some things that we just need to know in our hearts, there's no need to say it out loud and make our daughter-in-law worry."
"It's not easy for our daughter and other children to get through this. There's no need to create any grudges between them," Xin advised.
"If they dare to have other intentions, I can't let them off easily." Zhang Shanfeng said seriously, "I still have the final say over this Zhang family."
"But I still have one more thing to say. That group of people in the old Sheng family are not even worthy of carrying shoes for our eldest grandson. The words were on the tip of my tongue, but I swallowed them back."
"What you said is true, but you'd better shut up. No matter how true it is, you shouldn't say it. After all, our daughter and son-in-law are brothers over there. Don't say this and create a rift between our daughter and son-in-law..." Xin advised.
"Okay, okay, how could I not know this!" Then Zhang Shanfeng grinned, and fell back to sleep.
Zhang Shanfeng fell asleep, but Zhang came over and sat on the kang with her mother, chatting about family matters in a low voice.
"When I first told you about this marriage, it was because your father had saved Sheng Xuan's life, and your father-in-law was a sensible man. At that time, I saw that your mother-in-law was also very talkative, so she should be a capable person. Who would have thought that after you got married, you would be completely different. I originally thought that it was inevitable that you would suffer a little when you first got married, but as time goes by, people will see the good in you and you will get along with each other. Who would have thought..."
These were the words that Xin had buried in her heart. Now that Xiaowen had done well and passed the imperial examination and could support the family, she spoke out what she had buried in her heart.
"Now, you and Brother Xuan are doing well, and the children have grown up, become sensible, and have a promising future..."
"This marriage with the Pang family is the worst decision the Sheng family has ever made... It's really shameful enough..."
"That's because the old man is greedy for the little betrothal gift the girl wants. Xiaoyuan is so old now, it's time for him to get married..."
"It's because the old man is partial to her. He supports the eldest son of the first wife, her uncle and Sheng Hong, to study, which makes the family live in poverty..."
After a few busy days, Xiaolan's family can finally relax. In the past few days, people have come to congratulate Xiaowen, and the whole family has been busy.
"Dad, Mom, Big Sister, Xiaowen, there are some things our family needs to discuss." Xiaolan called the family together and then spoke.
"What do you want to discuss?" Zhang asked.
The whole family sat together, looking at Xiaolan, listening to what important matter she wanted to discuss, and why she wanted to say it in front of the whole family.
"I have actually planned this a long time ago. I always felt that the time was not right before, but now it is different. Xiaowen is a scholar, and my father is a seventh-rank agricultural official. Some things that were difficult for our family to handle in the past are now easy to handle."
"Second sister, what's going on?" Xiao Wen was completely confused.
Now that their family has two people of status, what they need to do is to adapt to the new status as soon as possible. Whether it is a farm, a shop, or a ranch, they must sell it as soon as possible and turn it into the status of the owner. Although Xiao Lan did this before, she just borrowed Shen Liu's power.
Now Xiao Lan is no longer afraid of not being able to subdue these people, because this is how the society is, with clear classes. No matter how capable you are, you cannot escape the class of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans.
"Also, we should hire a housekeeper for our family, and arrange for servants and lackeys to follow Xiaowen." Xiaolan said, "These people cannot be temporary or permanent workers. We have to buy out the indentures of these people and hold their indentures in our hands. Only then can I use them with peace of mind."
"Xiao Lan, are you saying that our family is going to buy someone?" Zhang said with her eyes wide open.
"Yes." Xiao Lan nodded affirmatively.
"In the future, there will definitely be a lot of people coming to our house... With so many people coming and going, it would be more convenient to have a housekeeper to entertain the guests. And when Xiaowen goes out, whether he goes to the provincial capital to study or goes out to meet guests, he should have someone to serve him and run errands, right?" Xiao Lan said.
Xiao Lan had thought about buying people for her family a long time ago, but she had never done it because her family was not of high enough status and she was afraid that she could not control these people.
At that time, although her family had some money, it was not legitimate to buy someone. It was not easy for their family to get to where they are today from an ordinary farmer. Although her family was rich at that time, they were only small-time rich. Although they had enough money to hire slaves, if they really did it, it would inevitably attract gossip. Now that Sheng Xuan has become an official and Xiao Wen has passed the examination to become a scholar, if her family does this again, others will only think it is natural, which is in line with their current status. And after they bought someone back, they had status to intimidate these slaves, and it was easier to manage them, and it was not easy for them to have illegitimate intentions.
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