Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Zhao Yuanlan looked at Yue Hongmian and saw that her expression was indifferent.

I know that my wife is still unhappy.

"Since Master Yue and Master No. 2 know that you didn't take good care of my wife for so many years, I hope that when your wives see my wife again, they will apologize and make amends. After all, although she is your sister, she is still the mistress of our General's Mansion. Our General's Mansion is not so easy to bully."

"Yes, yes, of course. Don't worry, General's brother-in-law. This kind of thing will never happen again. I have already warned them. If it happens again, I will divorce them directly. Don't worry, my little sister will not be wronged again."

Look, it’s just a matter of a word, but the eldest and second brothers allowed themselves to be bullied for so many years.

"Then you guys go back. I'm tired and need to rest."

Yue Hongmian spoke lightly. After hearing this, the two Yue masters looked unhappy, but they endured it, then said goodbye and left with a laugh.

"That's right, sister-in-law. If you are tougher, they will respect you, honor you, and protect you."

"Yeah, I get it, little sister."

"Well, you're pregnant, don't worry about these trivial matters, it's important to take good care of yourself. I'll send a cook over tomorrow to make you some of your favorite food."

"Little sister, you are so thoughtful. I was thinking about how to take good care of your sister-in-law. I feel relieved when you sent the cook here."

Zhao Yuanlan quickly expressed his gratitude.

"Well, I'll have Xin Bai bring it over tomorrow. Brother, I want to repair the road from the ferry to the capital. Please write a petition for me and apply to His Majesty."

"Okay, I'll write it in a minute, and we'll have the result tomorrow."

"Okay, sister-in-law, brother, I'll leave first. I still have to go check out the house."

"How's the renovation of the house going? When are you moving in?"

"We still need some furniture, flowers, plants, and trees, etc. It will probably take about a month. I'll tell my eldest brother and sister-in-law about the move."

"Okay, we'll go."

"Well, I'll leave first and come back tomorrow."

"Ah."

After leaving the general's mansion, Zhao Yuanzhen calculated the furniture that was missing in the mansion and where to go to the furniture store to order the furniture, as well as various flowers, plants and trees.

There are a lot of furniture in the halls, houses and courtyards of all sizes.

I went to the furniture shop and took a look. They had most of the furniture, but in insufficient quantities and needed to be custom-made. It would take more than 20 days to complete the order given the quantity she gave me.

She doesn't have that much time in the capital and can't wait.

After thinking about it, I decided to customize it in the system.

"System, can the interior furniture and decorations of the decoration drawings I asked you to draw before be customized?"

"Yes, host, but it will take time."

"how long it takes?"

"Host, it will take 5 days."

"Okay, then order all the furniture and soft furnishings, as well as the flowers, plants and trees."

Let's carry out the copying to the end.

"Yes, host."

Now the whole soft furnishing problem has been solved.

Since she had nothing to do, she decided to go see Zhang Xinshu. He hadn't had a day off recently and had no time to come back.

"Hello, Madam. Are you here to look for the young master? He hasn't come back yet."

"Well, go ahead and do your work. I'll wait here."

It was not until noon that Zhang Xinshu came back.

"Mom, you're here. Have you eaten yet?"

Zhang Xin sent him a message two days before the New Year, saying that his mother had returned. He has been busy recently and has not found time to go back to see his mother.

"Not yet, let's go and eat."

Zhao Yuanzhen took him to a big restaurant in the capital. Although he had been in the capital for such a long time, he had only been to a restaurant a few times.

The two of them ordered 6 dishes, as well as some snacks, candied fruits and desserts.

"It's not as delicious as what's made in the shop."

Zhang Xinnian commented.

Because he ate at the dessert shop, Qian Xiaohui gave the dessert shop a lot more food expenses so that they could improve the young master's meals. Therefore, the cook cooked different meals for Zhang Xinshuo every day.

"Indeed, the food cooked by the cook trained by your sister-in-law is still the best."

"Yes, let's eat in the shop next time."

"Well, when will you take a day off?"

"Tomorrow is a day off. I was planning to go home in the afternoon."

"Okay, let's go back together later."

"Good girl."

After the mother and son finished their meal and paid the bill, they rode their horses leisurely back to the village.

"Mother, Third Brother, you are back?"

"Well, let's have barbecue tonight. I haven't had barbecue for a long time."

"Okay, mother, I'll ask someone to kill a sheep and prepare some other ingredients."

"Okay, let's go."

After Qian Xiaohui and the others gave the instructions, they took the little ones to Zhao Yuanzhen's main hall.

"Come, let grandma hug you."

Zhao Yuanzhen picked up little Youyou and teased her.

"The house is almost decorated. Let's go take a look tomorrow, choose our own yard, and decide on some furniture and soft furnishings so I can order them for you."

"Okay, Mom, let's go together tomorrow."

"Well, does Zijin have to change colleges too?"

The college in the village is better than Qimeng. After studying for so long, it’s time to change colleges.

"Yes, I was just about to tell you this. Mom, which college is suitable for Zijin to go to?"

"I'm not familiar with Jingcheng College either. Let Xinshu recommend one."

Zhang Xinshu studied at the Capital College and now works as an official in the capital, so he is quite familiar with the capital.

"I recommend the academy I attended before. The teachers there are all talented and knowledgeable. The academy has a good atmosphere. With my teacher in charge, the academy's reputation is also much better."

Although their family can now enter the Imperial College, the atmosphere there is not good and Zijin is young, so his own academy is more suitable for him.

"Okay, then you can listen to me. I just don't know if Zijin can get in."

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. Zijin is talented and will definitely pass the entrance exam. I will take him to school tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. I'll talk to Zijin when he gets home from school in the evening."

Zhang Zijin is still in school now.

"Okay, sister-in-law."

The family sat together and chatted for the whole afternoon, and by the evening, all the skewers were ready.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked people to move all of this to the grape corridor and eat there.

The skewers are very well prepared, including various meat skewers, vegetable skewers, various pots, seafood, and pickles.

I grilled and ate at the same time, leisurely, and by the time I finished, it was almost 11 o'clock.

Smelling the barbecue smell all over our bodies, we all went to take a shower and get ready for bed.

The two cubs had already been taken away by Bai Zhi and Bai Wei to sleep.

Zhao Yuanzhen took out the seedlings needed for the rice fields in batches and put them into the warehouse.

What was taken out was today's planting amount, and a transport team was asked to deliver it to the village.

After the land has been prepared, we can start planting rice, so as not to delay the planting of next season's crops.

Next season Zhao Yuanzhen plans to grow beets to make sugar.

After arranging matters at the manor, the whole family went to the capital after breakfast to inspect the house.

Little Zijin, Zipei and Ziyou all went along.

"Hello, ma'am. You are here to see the house."

"Well, where is your shopkeeper?"

"The shopkeeper didn't come today. The house has been tidied up, so I was left here to look after it while we wait for you to come."

"Okay, then let's go check out the house first, and then we'll go to the shop to find your boss later. You've worked hard!"

Zhao Yuanzhen glanced at Zhang Xinbai, then took out five taels of silver and handed it to the servant.

The servant should not look after the house for nothing.

"Thank you, Madam. Thank you, Sir. I will leave now. Madam, please take your time to read it."

"Well, let's go."

Zhao Yuanzhen led everyone into Cheng Garden and began to introduce the purpose of each building, as well as the layout of the rooms and courtyards.

"This main courtyard will be my courtyard in the future. It will be called Xile Hall. Xin Shu will write the inscription and carve a plaque."

"Yes, mother."

"Well, you can choose the remaining courtyards by yourselves. After you choose, you can give them your own names and then you can write inscriptions and carve plaques."

"Okay, mother."

"Well, let's go and check out the yard. You can choose one while you're at it."

Zhao Yuanzhen and a few others walked over to look at each courtyard. When they were tired, they would take a rest on the corridors or verandas. After all, the house was so huge.

The three of them refused and were unwilling to choose first.

"Then let's choose Xin Bai Xiaohui first, then Xin Nian Zhijuan, then Xin Shu, and finally our little Zijin."

"Grandma, do I have to choose too? Don't I live with my parents?"

"You can live with your parents, but you also need to have your own yard. If you don't want to live there, you don't have to live there for the time being. When Ziyou and Zipei grow up a little bit, they will also have their own yards."

"Okay, grandma, I understand."

"Well, choose in order."

Seeing that their mother had spoken, several people stopped nominating.

Qian Xiaohui and Zhang Xinbai chose a courtyard behind Zhao Yuanzhen's main courtyard, on the west side, which was a house closer to Zhao Yuanzhen.

The remaining two people also chose two courtyards that were closer to Zhao Yuanzhen.

Xiao Zijin chose a yard that was closer to his parents and a little further back.

"Okay, now that you've chosen your yard, give it a name."

Zhao Yuanzhen is unwilling to give them names, so you can name them yourself.

Sitting on the porch, they were actively discussing what to name their yard.

It should be auspicious, pleasant to the ear, and have good meaning.

The first thing Zhang Xinshu thought of was to name his courtyard Qingfengyuan.

He hopes to live an upright life, be incorruptible in his official duties and be a good official.

Zhang Xinbai and Qian Xiaohui are quite down-to-earth people. They just want everyone to be healthy and happy, so they named their courtyard "Kangleyuan".

Zhang Xinnian and Li Zhijuan saw that everyone had gotten up, but they were still struggling.

After much thought, we decided to call it "Changleyuan".

Long lasting happiness, long lasting happiness.

"Okay, they are all good. They are all auspicious and nice-sounding courtyards. Zijin, what about your courtyard? What do you want to call it?"

"Grandma, I want to call it [Tingshuyuan], is that okay?"

"Yes, of course. What does this [Listening Academy] mean?"

"I hope I can read more, but the name 'reading academy' doesn't sound good, so I just called it 'listening academy'."

"Okay, our Zijin is really a good kid who loves reading. I'll ask your uncle to take you to the college for the entrance exam this afternoon so that you can read more books as soon as possible."

"Okay, grandma."

"Well, do you want to carve a plaque for your yard yourself?"

Zhang Zijin has practiced calligraphy for several years. Although his handwriting is not as good as Zhang Xinshu's, it is also very beautiful and has a lot of style.

"Of course you can. If you want Zijin or Xinshu to write an inscription on your plaque, just tell them."

"Okay, mother."