As soon as Zhulan finished speaking, Boss Zhou and Li Shi came back. Zhou Shuren stared at Boss Zhou and said, “There’s a shop selling buns at the corner of the street. Where did you go to buy the buns?”

Boss Zhou was no longer afraid of his father’s glare. He was confident this time. “Dad, the victory report came into the city before dawn today. People were talking about it on the street. We listened for a while.”

Zhulan suddenly realized, “I was wondering, why are there still sounds of firecrackers when it’s not a holiday today?”

Li Shi was so excited that she danced with joy, “Mom, there are so many people in the capital, it’s so lively, the streets are full of people.”

Zhulan held Li Shi’s hand and said, “Don’t shake it, or the buns will fall to the ground.”

Li Shi then remembered that she had been out for a long time, and her parents were still waiting for dinner, “Mom, we bought some buns, we can have breakfast now.”

Zhou Shuren asked Boss Zhou to call Wu Ming to come for dinner. Li Shi couldn’t stop talking. Before Wu Ming came for dinner, they all knew the news of the victory.

This was a great thing, which meant that the war in the Northwest was coming to an end.

Zhulan was both happy and worried. She was happy that the prices of the two courtyards were going to rise. But that shouldn’t be the case. She should say that the housing prices in the two courtyards were going to continue to rise. Since the war broke out, good news has been reported from time to time, and there has been no fighting in the Northeast, so few people left Beijing with their families.

The price of the courtyard that Zhulan bought had already gone back up in price. This great victory had subdued the foreign tribes and the dynasty’s fortunes had become even better. As the political center, the capital’s housing prices would surely soar.

Zhulan’s worry stemmed from her three zhízi. In the face of ruthless blades and swords, she had no idea how her zhízi were faring.

They had steamed buns and rice porridge for breakfast, but all the firewood at home was used up to cook the rice porridge.

Last night, Zhulan and Zhou Shuren wrote a list of what they wanted to buy. It was a very long list. They wanted to buy more firewood, rice, flour, and so on to store. Zhulan felt uneasy looking at the empty cellar and woodshed. She liked to hoard things, and the more she hoarded, the more at ease she felt.

Bowls, chopsticks, plates, etc. also needed to be bought. The merchants did not generously leave the bowls and plates behind when they left, and of course, Zhulan would not use them even if they had left them behind.

Zhulan’s home in the capital city was short of everything, including candles and lamp oil. She used up the last few candles to write a list last night!

Zhulan wrote a list of things that Boss Zhou needed to buy, and Boss Zhou went to buy food and firewood.

Li Shi was unwilling to follow the head of the family. She was timid in the capital. The capital was too big and there were too many people. She felt that it was unsafe to follow the head of the family. It would be more reassuring to follow her parents. “Mom, I will go with you.”

Boss Zhou was speechless. It was too obvious that his wife disliked him.

Ming Teng was brave enough to go with his father, “Dad, I’ll go with you.”

Li Shi glared at her youngest son, who was too noisy. “Stay at home. There are many beggars in the capital. Aren’t you afraid that you will be taken away?”

Ming Teng was a little scared. He knew that if he got lost, he wouldn’t be able to see his parents anymore. He hid behind his grandmother and said, “Then I won’t go.”

Zhulan supported Li Shi in scaring Mingteng. If he wasn’t scared, this kid would really dare to run around everywhere.

In ancient times, unlike modern times, where there were cameras everywhere if a child was really lost, there was a chance of finding it. But in ancient times, only the powerful and wealthy families could search vigorously, and even then they might not find him. For other families who lost their children, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack, there was no hope at all!

Unless the parents were very close, they could meet again, but unfortunately, the chances were too small.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren went to buy a horse-drawn carriage first. It was too inconvenient for the family to have no means of transportation. Mainly, the capital city was big, and walking was too slow.

After buying two horse-drawn carriages, the second yard was still too small, and there was still no place to keep horses, so the carriages had to be sent to a stable in the South city.

After buying the carriages, Boss Zhou took Ma Eryue to buy rice, firewood, etc.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren took Li Shi to buy other things. Zhou Shuren didn’t want to take Li Shi with him. If there were too many things to buy, they could have them delivered to his house, so there was no need for Li Shi to carry them.

It was a pity that Zhulan wanted to take Li Shi with her. Zhou Shuren was speechless. He found that in addition to being willing to bully Li Shi, Zhulan really spoiled Li Shi.

Zhulan listened to Li Shi’s chattering with smiles in her eyes. Oh, now that Li Shi was here, she felt that everywhere was interesting!

Zhulan had the idea of ​​going shopping, and she actually took action, “Stop the car.”

Zhou Shuren, “What’s wrong?”

Zhulan said, “Li Shi and I will get out of the cart to take a look. You can go buy some household items first. You can come here to pick us up later.”

Zhou Shuren, “.”

My wife was kidnapped by Li Shi? I’m so angry!

Li Shi shrank like a quail. She didn’t understand why her father-in-law glared at her when it was clearly her mother-in-law’s decision, and she couldn’t help but get closer to her mother-in-law.

Zhou Shuren stared at Li Shi’s fat hands. These fat hands were so bold that they actually hugged Zhulan’s arms and he wanted to chop them off!

Zhulan smiled and patted Zhou Shuren’s shoulder, “I’ll leave the rest to you!”

Zhou Shuren: “Yes.”

You must listen to your wife’s words. You must listen to her.

Zhulan and Li Shi got out of the carriage. After the carriage left, Li Shi let out a long sigh and looked around at the stalls on both sides. She instantly forgot about her father-in-law’s sharp eyes and excitedly pulled her mother-in-law, “Mom, look at how exquisite these lanterns are.”

Zhulan’s eyes were also very bright. She and Zhou Shuren didn’t have a good time shopping in the capital. Zhulan liked all kinds of ancient lanterns. The ancient lanterns were exquisitely made and had good meanings. There were not only bright red lanterns on the stalls but also lanterns of other colors. Zhulan wanted to take them home after seeing them.

Zhulan wanted to buy lanterns last, but lanterns were big and hard to carry. “Let’s go look at other things first and come back to buy them later.”

Li Shi’s eyes were full of excitement. Pingzhou City was also very lively, but it was nothing compared to the liveliness of the capital. “Yeah.”

Zhulan and Li Shi had a lot of fun shopping, which was completely different from the feeling of Zhou Shuren shopping. Women had so much in common when shopping, and their purchasing power was greater than the sum of one and one.

It could be seen from the fact that Zhulan and Li Shi were carrying things in their hands.

Zhulan bought rouge, some exquisite jewelry, sugar figurines, and paper cutouts. She basically bought one thing from every stall, and finally lanterns.

There wasn’t a single lantern in the houses of the capital. Unfortunately, most of the lanterns sold at the stalls were for children, and lanterns for house use had to be bought from special shops.

When Zhou Shuren came to pick up Zhulan, he was stunned when he saw the things on the ground. It seemed that they had bought a lot.

Fortunately, he had the shop assistant deliver the things he bought back to the house, otherwise, the carriage would not have been able to fit all of Zhulan’s things.

Zhulan got on the carriage. She was very satisfied with her shopping today and said to Zhou Shuren, “I forgot to write lanterns on the list.”

Zhou Shuren had a good memory and was used to remembering where he had been. “There is a lantern shop on the way home.”

Zhulan was also a little tired, “Then let’s go home.”

Zhou Shuren said “Hmm” sullenly. He was unhappy that his wife was not with him.

When we got back to the house, Boss Zhou had already returned. The firewood was piled up in the wood room. Zhou Lao said, “Dad, it’s getting late. Li Shi and I are going to buy vegetables and meat.”

He had already looked around and the vegetable market was not far away.

Zhulan took out some silver and gave it to the eldest brother. Zhao Shi didn’t come this time, so all the money currently used was hers as the housekeeper. Zhulan looked at Li Shi, thought about it, and decided to forget it. Xuehan should be in charge of the household money. Xuehan was not young anymore, and it was time for her to learn how to manage the household.

Zhou Shuren waited for Li Shi to leave, “Li Shi bought so many things, why is Li Shi so sad?”

After taking Zhulan away from him, Li Shi was still not happy?

(End of this chapter)

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