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

"Well, remember, you can't tell anyone, you can't tell outsiders. You must be very careful when using it, because if you are not careful, it will lead to the annihilation of the clan. There are elixirs in it, and the names are written on the elixir bottles. There are loyalty pills. When you pass it on to the next generation, you must tell them my instructions to you and give them the loyalty pills. Do you understand?"

"I understand. Don't worry, mother."

"Well, mother believes you can handle it. Xiaohui, Zhijuan, this is a gift for both of you."

As he spoke, he handed them two sets of imperial green glass head-pieces and one set of spring-colored head-pieces.

"Thank you, mother. Sister-in-law, you choose first."

"You choose first. I'm fine with either."

"No, you're the eldest sister-in-law, you choose first."

"You choose first."

"Okay, okay, both of you stop being so modest and draw lots."

Zhao Yuanzhen made two lots and asked them to choose.

Finally, Qian Xiaohui's is the imperial green, and Li Zhijuan's is the spring color.

Both were very satisfied.

The headpiece my mother gave me is not only beautifully designed, but also made of top-grade jadeite, large pearls and various gemstones.

It is really beautiful.

"Zijin, are you going to live in the academy or back home?"

"Mom, I'm staying at home. I should be back soon."

"OK, all right."

After thinking about it, I bought another pair of Saker Falcons for the Lingzhi Pills and Dali Pills.

"These two Saker Falcons, one for each of your rooms, will be convenient for sending letters in the future."

"Yes, mother."

Zhang Xinbai's was named Damao, and Zhang Xinnian's was named Ermao.

It’s easy to remember.

Zhao Yuanzhen was about to take Zhang Zijin's Guo Jing away, so he had to buy another one for Zhang Zijin.

After the family was arranged, Zhao Yuanzhen did not take any of the money in the house, but left it all to them, to be divided equally between the two families.

From now on, the capital and the Yellow River ferry will be given to Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian, and the Yangzhou Prefecture will be given to Zhang Xinshuo.

As for Yanshan Prefecture, it belongs to him.

Zhao Yuanlan has returned and she plans to visit her elder brother, sister-in-law and little nephew.

I don’t know what my nephew likes, so what gift should I buy for him?

After much deliberation, I finally decided to give the little guy a soft sword. As the saying goes, like father, like son. It is said that the little guy now also likes practicing martial arts very much.

The style of the soft sword is similar to Ziyou's, but the color is different. This one is sky blue.

A set of headgear was prepared for my sister-in-law and the Queen.

It’s just that the Queen’s set is exaggerated and bold in workmanship and shape.

The overall design is dominated by the phoenix element, symbolizing nobility and elegance.

Went to the general's mansion with gifts.

"Brother, when did you arrive in the capital?"

"I arrived five days ago, little sister. Are you back today?"

"Well, I came to see my sister-in-law and nephew."

"Little sister, long time no see."

"Hi aunt."

The little fellow greeted politely.

"Huanzhi, come here, this is a gift from your aunt, do you like it?"

Zhao Yuanzhen handed the soft sword to Zhao Tunan.

Huanzhi took it, opened it and found a soft sword in the long box.

I waved it a few times and I liked it very much.

"Thank you, auntie. Huanzhi likes it very much."

"Little sister, you spoil him too much!"

"No, this is what an aunt should do. Sister-in-law, this is for you."

"Thank you, little sister. It's really beautiful. I'm sorry for the expense."

When I opened it, I found it was actually a set of jadeite headpieces of extremely good quality.

This is something that is priceless and can only be encountered by chance.

"You are too polite, sister-in-law. As for this set, I will have to trouble my brother to help me deliver it to the Queen."

"Okay, don't worry, little sister."

Zhao Yuanzhen stayed for a while and then went back to find Butler Xiao.

Zhao Yuanlan took the headgear and went to the palace.

He did not send it directly to the Queen Mother, but went to the Southern Study to find His Majesty.

His Majesty had intended to reward me after I brought back the items used in the quarrel, but I had been hard to find and now that I had finally returned to the capital, I couldn’t miss her.

Sure enough, when His Majesty heard the news that Zhao Yuanzhen had returned, he immediately issued an imperial decree to reward him.

The first thing is that his official position was promoted.

She was previously a third-rank Zhenshu lady, and now she has been promoted to a first-rank Zhenfu lady and awarded a jade plaque.

Zhao Yuanlan was speechless when he saw the stingy reward.

Your Majesty is too stingy.

Emperor: There is no way. The national treasury is poor and Madam Zhen is so rich that she doesn’t care about these few things of mine.

His Majesty directly asked Zhao Yuanlan to announce the decree.

When Zhao Yuanlan left, Zhao Yuanzhen had not returned yet.

She is still with Butler Xiao.

This time the accounts are a bit old and the timeline is too long.

It's been more than four years.

The first is the Queen’s dividend, which is a total of four years and four months, almost three million.

Next came the dividends from Zhao Yuanzhen Glass.

The time is the same, and the dividends distributed over the past four years amount to more than 26 million taels of silver.

Zhao Yuanzhen took the banknote and was very happy.

I really like this feeling of sharing the profits.

It seems that we need to find a few more prescriptions that will benefit the country and the people for Your Majesty.

She went back happily and found Zhao Yuanlan waiting for her.

It’s better to wait for her with the imperial edict.

"Zhao Yuanzhen accepted the order."

Zhao Yuanzhen and her family members all fell to their knees.

[By the order of the Emperor, Zhao Yuanzhen understands the people's sentiments, punishes the good and eliminates the evil, is discerning, and has repeatedly investigated corrupt officials. She is specially promoted to the first rank of Lady Zhen and is granted a jade tablet. This is decreed.]

It's gone?

This reward is too stingy.

Speechless.

"Your Highness receives the order."

Zhao Yuanlan handed the imperial edict to Zhao Yuanzhen and pulled her up.

"Congratulations, little sister. Congratulations, little sister."

"Thank you, brother."

"We have two first-rank masters in our family. My parents in heaven should be very happy. I will go see them and tell them the news."

"Then I'll go with my eldest brother, and I'll go see my parents too."

Although she is not the original owner, I still have to go and see her.

"Okay, let's set off now."

The two bought some sacrificial supplies and went to the cemetery.

After burning some paper money, Zhao Yuanlan muttered to himself for a while, kowtowed and left, waiting for Zhao Yuanzhen.

Zhao Yuanzhen also bowed and muttered to herself for a while.

"Although I am no longer your daughter, I have taken good care of your descendants. Don't worry, I have paved the way for prosperity and wealth for many generations of your descendants. I will definitely make them all happy."

After saying this, he also kowtowed and went back with Zhao Yuanlan.

It’s getting late today, so we won’t go back to the village. We’ll go back tomorrow to pack up food and various items.

Oh, yes! We also need to prepare gifts for Zhang Sandao and Sun Zhangshi.

What to prepare?

After thinking about it, I remembered the jewelry I found in the pirate ship.

"Zhijuan, Xiaohui, come here."

"What's wrong, mother?"

"These are what I got occasionally. Take a look at which ones you like and pick some more."

"Mom, we have enough jewelry. We don't need it anymore."

"Yes, mother, you keep it."

"Don't be polite. There are several boxes like this. You can pick whatever you want. If you pick a few, you can give them to the servants as rewards if you don't need them yourself."

The ladies and mistresses of wealthy families would reward their servants with some jewelry.

"Okay, I won't be polite then."

"Then I won't be polite."

"You're welcome. Pick as many as you can."

"Thank you, mother."

In the end, the two of them picked out a few pieces of exquisite workmanship and took them themselves.

He also picked out some ordinary ones and planned to give them as rewards to his servants.

Zhao Yuanzhen saw that neither of them picked much, so she simply gave each of them 50 pieces.

These large boxes of mine must contain at least 1000 pieces, and these two people picked too few.

"Thank you, mother."

Both of them were very touched. Since they escaped from the famine, their mother had never treated them harshly and would give them any good things.

Needless to say, in terms of money, they have never been treated unfairly from the past to now.

It's jewelry. Basically, most of the jewelry in the jewelry box on my dressing table were given to me by my mother. And the jewelry my mother gave me were all carefully selected good things, and she would never just give them away casually.

Just like this time, the set of jade head-piece given as a gift must be worth tens of thousands of taels, and there is still no demand for it.

Things that grow so well in water are hard to come by.

Among the ladies and young wives in the capital, no more than five people can afford such a set of headgear, and when my mother gave me one, every one of them had one.

My mother is really good. She never sets rules for me and never causes trouble for me. It is really worth it to be her daughter-in-law in this life.

Looking at the two daughters-in-law with red eyes, Zhao Yuanzhen was a little confused for a moment. What happened? Why did they suddenly look like they were about to cry?

"You're welcome. We're family, why should we be polite? Why are your eyes red?"

"Mom, I'm fine."

"Mom, I'm just so touched. You're so kind."

"Oh, isn't this what I should do? You two have contributed so much to this family and have given birth to children for our Zhang family. If I don't treat you well, who can I treat well?"

These two daughters-in-law are quite sentimental.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Zijin came back.

"Grandma, grandma!"

"Hey, I'm here."

"Grandma, you're really back. I missed you so much."

"Grandma misses you too. She brought you a gift. Can you guess what it is?"

"I can't guess. Grandma, your things are things that others don't have. I really can't guess."

Forehead!

Why doesn't he play by the rules?

"Then what do you want?"

"Well, I want to continue exploring with grandma and finish the rest of the exploration."

After my uncle went to Yangzhou Prefecture, my adventure journey ended.

I still want to continue exploring and finish writing my own travel notes.

"Is that so? Then I'll satisfy you. I'll take you with me to Yangzhou Prefecture this time, and we'll continue to explore places we haven't explored before."

"Thank you grandma, you are the best!"

"You're welcome. Just write your travelogue well."

After everything was finished, I helped him to engrave the books and publish them.

"Don't worry, grandma. I will definitely write well. I'm still waiting for the book to be published."

Young boy with big ambitions.

Not bad!