The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

The Empress Dowager is an elder in the palace and not the original wife of the late emperor.

It was only after the death of the previous emperor's first wife that she was named empress.

As a stepmother, she coaxed the current saint into doing whatever she said and being obedient to her.

Even the fierce eldest princess couldn't do anything to her.

Such a person must be a very versatile and impeccable person.

Soon, the reward from the Empress Dowager was delivered to the house Zhou Yue temporarily rented in Beijing.

The house is not big, with only two courtyards.

Zhou Yue's money is now invested in various businesses, and he has no spare money to buy a house.

I had to rent a house temporarily. It was not easy to live in the capital. The annual rent for such a small house was eighty strings of cash.

At the request of the children, a sign was hung on the house to read Zhou's House.

Zhou Yue knew that this was the children's wish. They had actually been secretly trying to change their surnames. They wanted to be named Zhou.

Whenever people mentioned words like Ning's house, Ning's shop, Ning's enterprise, etc., Qing Mo found it irritating.

It was clearly the mother, Zhou, who contributed the most, but she could only be given her husband's surname.

Their father, Ning Yuancai, is now enjoying himself somewhere, but their mother is working hard for her children and has no time to rest.

So unfair.

However, the ancients attached great importance to inheritance. When it comes to changing one's surname, it would be difficult for even Grandpa Ning to pass the test, let alone others.

We can only think about it in the long term.

The old eunuch brought a group of people and rushed into the small courtyard of Zhou's house.

The people behind him were holding something in their hands.

Don’t these people know how to put it in a big box and then two people can carry it over?

So many people came to deliver gifts at once. It seems that if the gifts are not enough, they can make up for it with momentum, right?

Zhou Yue thanked him and, under the guidance of the old eunuch, looked at them one by one.

Sure enough, the old woman has all the good stuff in her hands.

There were two trays of jewellery, gleaming with gold and filled with pearls and jade, almost blinding my eyes.

There are also some medicinal herbs, but Zhou Yue has his own business of collecting medicinal herbs, so he is not very interested in this.

There are also some foods in the palace, various snacks, which look like they are either high in sugar or high in oil, or both.

Zhou Yue said he had no appetite, and thought to himself that when he had time he would make some snacks from his own home and send them to the Queen Mother to entertain her.

The last two trays, when one was opened, there was a large plate of incense with a unique aroma.

Zhou Yue hurried to check the seal, and found that it was actually produced by himself.

The Queen Mother may not know that this incense was a joint venture between her and the Saint.

The sage presented incense to the empress dowager as a token of her filial piety. The empress dowager thought it was good and gave it as a reward to the common people.

Well, it really is self-production and self-sales, forming a closed loop.

The last large tray looked light, but when I opened it, I saw it was a large tray of sanitary napkins.

Well, Her Majesty the Queen Mother is very thoughtful. These gifts are really complete and considerate.

Knowing that he has many women in his family, he uses this thing quite a lot.

These should be the Empress' gift to the Queen Mother.

Zhou Yue was helpless, and looked very surprised and happy, and asked Yang Mo to direct someone to take the gift.

The old eunuch saw that the family was dressed early in the morning and ready to go to work.

He didn't want to bother her any further and immediately said goodbye and left.

Time passed quickly and the Dragon Boat Festival was here in the blink of an eye.

It is natural for the whole family to reunite during the holidays. Zhou Yue arranged the staff in advance and doubled the wages for those who worked overtime on the holidays.

Then she took Yang Mo back to Yi County two days in advance.

Qing Mo, Sun and others were in charge of Yi County. They stayed in Yi County for half a day and visited Master Cui.

He also went to send holiday gifts to the village chief's two sons, Ning Yuanshan and Ning Yuanshui.

Only then did he take Sun, Qing Mo and Yang Mo back to Fenghuangtai Village.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Qian and Chunniang got up early in the morning. They added fire to the kitchen to boil the water to warm the cooked rice dumplings.

Zongzi is just the staple food, but other dishes also need to be cooked.

Ren Pingsheng knew that everyone was coming back, so he came down from the mountain and brought back some wild animals.

Today, Qian sent Tao Mo to the mountains to deliver a basket of rice dumplings and some other fresh vegetables.

Master Ren and Master Xu cook their own meals in the mountains, so their family basically doesn't have to worry about them.

Chun Niang told Zhou Yue about today's menu, and Zhou Yue nodded: "You and mother can decide. I just came back and I don't know what ingredients are at home."

Chunniang left happily.

Ever since Yuan Mo came home, Chun Niang's face has become brighter day by day.

Even little brother Ye doesn't like to cry as much as he used to.

Today is the reunion dinner, and not only Zhou Yue’s children have returned.

Even the three people from the second branch of the Ning family came to eat.

Before dinner, Mr. Ning took his son and grandson to the ancestral tablet in the center of the hall to worship.

After the sacrifice, Mr. Ning stood up, and his sons and grandsons behind him also stood up.

Old Master Ning glanced at Ning Yuande with some disgust.

It’s a pity that Ning Yuan was not there, and the thought flashed through the old man’s mind.

Then she sighed again, saying that it was just right that he was not at home, as seeing him made her feel unlucky.

Old Master Ning was just about to raise his leg to invite everyone to go to the yard for dinner - there were so many people today that the hall would definitely not be able to accommodate everyone.

We moved the tables and chairs to the yard so that everyone could sit around and enjoy their meal.

At this time, Sun secretly pinched Ning Yuande, who was startled and immediately knelt down in front of Old Man Ning and said:

"Dad, Dad, Dad..." He was so anxious that he stuttered.

"If you have something to say, say it now. If you have to fart, fart now. I'm not deaf. Why are you shouting so loudly?"

"Dad, it's like this..." Since Old Master Ning didn't ask Ning Yuande to get up, he naturally didn't dare to get up.

"I, I, my family wants to start a business of our own..."

"Oh? Did your sister-in-law and Qing Mo pay you too little? Or did they treat you unfairly in some other way?"

"No, no, I, I, we want to..."

Sun saw that Ning Yuandeloribaso couldn't explain it clearly after talking for a long time.

He quickly stood up, squatted down and saluted, saying: "Dad, we want to open a snack shop by ourselves.

Tao Mo is getting bigger and bigger, and we also want to send him to school for a year or two to see if he has the talent of Xuan Ge'er.

If he can study, his father and I only have this one child. We will support him in his studies even if we have to sell everything we have and tighten our belts.

If he is not that kind of person, he can learn a few words and do some accounting, and he can become a shopkeeper in the future, and he will not be deceived by others. "

When Mr. Ning heard the word "deceive", he snorted coldly and sat on the chair next to the eight-immortals table.

After a long pause, he said, "I know you are ambitious. I only ask you to help here. Even if I pay you a lot, it won't satisfy you."

These few words made Ning Yuande and Sun lower their heads.

They are not the kind of shameless people who are not afraid of boiling water.

They had done a lot of wrong things before. Ning Yuande was sneaky and broke his leg on purpose so that Yuan Mo could serve in the military in his place.

Sun always wanted to take advantage of this place and urged her son to come here to make money.

Fortunately, her eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Zhou, was very generous and allowed them to work in the shop because she had saved her children on a whim.

Not only did I learn a lot, but I also received generous dividends and wages.

It broadened their horizons and helped them learn a lot of skills.