Zhulan drank a bellyful of tea, and her waist was uncomfortable sitting. She stood up. She really needed to exercise. “I’ll go over and take a look.”

Li Shi hurriedly followed, her heart was so excited, her mind was full of so many gifts, “Mom, there are so many gifts, they must be worth a lot of money!”

Dong Shi looked at her sister-in-law. She was the only one in the family who dared to be so close to her mother-in-law. People with a simple mind were really good. She was actually a little envious of her sister-in-law who could say whatever she wanted!

The gifts were piled up in a room in the front yard. Ming Teng did not follow them to the restaurant, but was guarding the door of the room!

Zhulan, “.”

She didn’t even need to guess to know that it was Li Shi who asked him to guard the house. What a fool! The door of the house was locked. Who were you guarding against?

Ming Teng saw his grandma coming and jumped down the stairs happily, “Grandma.”

Zhulan touched Ming Teng’s forehead and said, “Go play!”

Ming Teng also wanted to see the gift, but when he saw his mother glaring at him, he shrank his neck. Since his mother couldn’t win the argument with him, she would hit him. She would never say a word if she could only hit him. He was quite afraid of his mother’s fat slap, which really hurt. “I’m going to go play now.”

Zhulan reminded everyone to be careful and then went into the house. The house was originally empty, but now the floor was filled with gifts.

The gifts from neighbors were usually cloth and cakes, while the fancy ones that were obviously worth money were given by merchants. These merchants were very direct in giving gifts, and Zhulan liked gifts whose value could be seen.

Zhulan saw the gift list written by Changlian and said to Zhao Shi: “Bring it here so I can see it.”

Zhao Shi picked up the gift list and handed it to her mother-in-law. She glanced at it. Her father-in-law became rich on the first day after he passed the imperial examination. No wonder they say that the successful scholar becomes wealthy while the underprivileged scholar remains poor. How much silver will all of this cost?

Zhulan looked at the valuable items on the gift list. The merchants were really generous. Some gave precious ink, some gave calligraphy and paintings, and some gave gold and copper coins directly. There were also many bottles. Zhulan liked the furs the most. There was a fox fur, several mink furs, and a wolf fur.

This was the Northeast. People liked to give leather as gifts. The colors of these leathers were all good.

Zhulan touched the fiery red fox fur and loved it so much that she thought to herself that she would give the fox fur to her daughter as a dowry in the future. This was a rare and good fur.

Li Shi also liked it very much. She touched it again and again with her fat hands, thinking about it very much, “Mom, the fox fur is so beautiful.”

Zhulan: “Yeah.”

It was not that she was stingy, there was only one fiery red fox skin, and it would be bad to give it to any one of the three daughters-in-law. So it was better to leave it to her daughter. It was a pity that she was a mother-in-law, and she couldn’t use the fiery red fox skin. Woo, she likes it too!

Li Shi held the fox skin with both hands this time, “Mom, you always say that my face is white, do you think I am suitable for red?”

Zhulan laughed in her heart, “No, your face is not white.”

Li Shi was stunned, “Mom, why did you say that?”

Zhulan pulled the fox fur over, “Your face is too big.”

Zhao Shi was really afraid that her mother-in-law would give the fox fur to her eldest sister-in-law. She had experienced more deeply these days how much her mother-in-law favored her eldest sister-in-law. She and Dong Shi were in dire straits, while her eldest sister-in-law was fat and happy and smiled every day. After the strong contrast, she knew that her eldest sister-in-law should not be offended, because her mother-in-law liked her the most.

When Zhao Shi saw that her sister-in-law realized that her mother was mocking her, she couldn’t help but curl her lips. Her mother-in-law’s partiality still had a bottom line. It was good to have a bottom line. She was afraid that her mother-in-law would always favor her sister-in-law!

Dong Shi also liked fox fur. She wanted it too. She didn’t have such good fur yet. She thought to herself that her sister-in-law was really shameless!

Zhulan gathered all the skins together, leaving only one fox skin for her younger daughter, one of the three mink skins for her older daughter, and one of the remaining two for herself and Zhou Shuren, as well as the wolf skins for Zhou Shuren to sew a mat and not give any to anyone else.

Zhulan and several daughters-in-law sorted the gifts. This time, Zhulan did not distribute things to each room. People should not be spoiled all the time, otherwise they will lose their minds. Zhulan only took out two kilograms of cakes for the children to eat, and sealed the rest.

Li Shi was a little dumbfounded. Why didn’t her mother give them anything? But her mother had just scolded her, so she didn’t dare to ask.

Zhulan locked the door and took the key herself. “This room will be the warehouse in the future. Okay, we are all very tired today. The banquet sent by the restaurant will be here soon. You can go back and change your clothes. We will have dinner soon.”

The clothes she was wearing were all covered with dust for carrying the gift around.

After saying that, Zhulan walked towards the backyard. Although she was tired today, it was worth it. She just calculated the price of the gifts, and it was more than three hundred taels. The gifts from merchants were the most expensive. Zhulan once again felt that merchants were really rich.

Zhulan changed her clothes and waited for a while. The banquet sent by the restaurant arrived. Zhulan ordered a banquet with twelve courses, only one vegetarian dish and the rest were meat dishes.

Only Zhulan and a few other women were eating with their children. Zhou Shuren was not there. Li Shi was very active. “Mom, should we have a drink to celebrate?”

Zhulan, “You don’t remember how much you can drink? Do I need to remind you?”

Li Shi shut up immediately. She didn’t need to recall the past. She spoke the truth when she was drunk last time and she didn’t dare to get close to her mother-in-law for several days.

Dong Shi smiled and said, “Mother, here are the goose wings you like to eat.”

Zhulan hadn’t eaten goose meat for a long time. She really wanted to raise the big geese that Fang Shi gave her for a few more days and eat them slowly. Unfortunately, not only she was thinking about it, but Mingteng was also thinking about it and kept muttering in her ears from time to time. She couldn’t help but eat one and couldn’t stop. She ate all of them in less than a week.

Zhulan rarely showed a friendly expression to Dong Shi, “You guys eat too.”

Li Shi was in crisis. Her mother-in-law had been dissatisfied with Zhao Shi and Dong Shi these days. She had long forgotten the sense of crisis. Now her mother was not only their mother-in-law but also the wife of a juren.

Dong Shi was trying her best to please her mother-in-law. Dong Shi was smarter than her and could read people’s expressions better than her. Look, her mother-in-law was smiling at her. No, she was the daughter-in-law that her mother-in-law favored the most. If she didn’t have the favoritism of her mother-in-law, she would be bullied to death by Dong Shi and Zhao Shi!

Li Shi quickly picked up another wing and put it in her mother-in-law’s bowl, “Mom, if you like it, I’ll give you both wings.”

Zhulan couldn’t help laughing in her heart. Li Shi’s expression completely gave away her thoughts. Not only did she understand it, but even Ming Teng knew what his mother was thinking!

Dong Shi was so angry that she held the chopsticks. Her mother-in-law smiled at her, but it was not a smile from the heart. Her mother-in-law always smiled from the bottom of her heart to her sister-in-law. Woo woo, she sadly discovered that she not only had to please her mother-in-law but also had to be nicer to her sister-in-law. After all, her sister-in-law was in her mother-in-law’s heart!

Zhao Shi looked at her sister-in-law and realized something. Although her sister-in-law was not smart, she had always been expressing herself and fighting for herself, and even showed her ideas to her mother-in-law. Her sister-in-law’s straightforwardness was also a manifestation of her trust in her mother-in-law. She was really far behind her sister-in-law, and she also wanted to fight. Just like her father-in-law and husband said, who would pay attention to you if you don’t fight!

Zhao Shi raised her head and said with a smile: “Mother, please try this fish. It tastes really good and suits your taste!”

Zhulan was a little dazzled. A beautiful woman’s smile was a delight to the eyes. She enjoyed the meal very much. She pretended not to notice the flattery of the daughters-in-law. Anyway, she enjoyed the meal very much.

(End of this chapter)

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T/N Woo hoo 300th chapter!!!