Zhou Shuren, “.”

His head hurts. The boss knew too much!

Li Shi stood at the door and didn’t want to go in. She found that the head of the family had said too many things that should not have been said without realizing it. It would be better for him to just keep quiet!

Boss Zhou acted as if he knew his father best, which stunned Wu Chun. He really didn’t expect that his gūfù was like this in private. Well, his father was also very good to his mother, but not as good as his gūfù. His gūfù was a romantic man. He really thought too much.

Wu Chun glanced at his gūfù, whose face was as dark as ink. He felt the dagger in his eyes and stood up. “I’ll go lie down for a while.”

As he said this, he patted his biǎodì on the shoulder. If a glare could kill, his biǎodì would have been killed by his gūfù long ago.

As soon as Wu Chun left the main room, he heard his eldest cousin tremblingly say, “Dad, I did this all for you. I don’t want you to be misunderstood.”

Wu Chun couldn’t help but curl the corners of his mouth and ask the servant which room had been cleaned up. He felt that he could have a good sleep.

In the main hall, Zhulan watched Boss Zhou begging for mercy, thinking to herself, Boss Zhou really deserves to be punished, this mouth is too easy to reveal the family secrets!

Zhulan cried, and although Boss Zhou eased the atmosphere, her heart was empty. She also had to write a letter to her father, to tell the old man about Wu Chun’s behavior, and to persuade her father.

The old man must be the one who felt the most uncomfortable. The Yang family did not have many descendants. Their father only gave birth to three siblings, and their eldest and second brothers did not have many children either. Wu Chun got married for several years before he had a son and a daughter, and his daughter was born the year before.

Wu Jiang from her second brother’s family had been married for a long time and had only two sons.

It was difficult for the Yang family to have children. Every grandson and great-grandson was a treasure in the old man’s heart. Everyone knew how much the old man loved them!

Zhulan was worried about her father’s legs, whether her mother could bear it, and her elder brother and sister-in-law, so she wrote more letters.

When Zhou Shuren came back, Zhulan had just finished writing a six-page letter. Zhulan handed it to Zhou Shuren and asked, “Do you want to see if anything is missing?”

Zhou Shuren took the letter and quickly read it through. “Nothing is missing.”

Zhulan sighed and said, “Let’s go buy some good medicinal wine tomorrow and send it back. I think the old man will torture himself to death to punish himself.”

Zhou Shuren held Zhulan’s shoulders and said, “Dad is stronger than you think.”

Zhulan: “Yeah.”

Back home, Second Zhou hesitated whether to write a letter. He hesitated for a while after knowing that Wu Dong was gone.

Zhao Shi couldn’t stand it any longer, “I think you should write a letter to our parents.”

“But wàigōng said not to tell my parents.”

Zhao Shi put down the cotton-padded jacket she made for her daughter and said, “My parents are so smart, they already guessed what the outcome would be.”

Second Zhou was silent for a moment, “You still understand clearly.”

“It’s not that I understand, you’re just worried that Mom can’t bear it.”
She thought that her parents were smarter and calmer, and they must have been prepared a long time ago.

Second Zhou sighed, “Wàigōng’s hair has turned white, my jiùmā fainted from crying several times, and wàipó is still sick, oh!”

Zhao Shi pursed her lips and said, “The most annoying thing is that some people are making sarcastic remarks.”

Second Zhou was silent. Over the years, many people were afraid of the Yang family on the surface, but in their hearts, they hoped that the Yang family would be in trouble. He also heard some words. Someone said viciously that all three brothers were dead.

But he didn’t think so. Wu Chun was able to have Wu Dong’s body sent back. Although he didn’t say much, he knew that Wu Chun was alive and well. As for Wu He, he would definitely get better. Now that the war was over and a great victory was won, there would definitely be news coming back. He was waiting to see the people who made sarcastic remarks change their faces.

In the capital, Wu Chun slept all day without waking up. At dinner time, Zhou Shuren went to see him and came back and said, “Let’s eat. Wu Chun will probably wake up tomorrow.”

Zhulan held the chopsticks. She was very tired and finally had a break. “Let’s eat.”

Zhulan went to sleep at night. She dreamed about what she thought about during the day. She had a nightmare. She dreamed of the bloody Wu Dong, Wu He, and Wu Chun lying in a pool of blood. She knew in her heart that the dream was fake, but she still had one dream after another.

Zhulan didn’t get a good rest at night, and Zhou Shuren, who was a light sleeper, didn’t get a good rest even more.

When the couple opened their eyes in the morning, their eye sockets were blue.

Wu Chun had a good rest. The bloodshot in his eyes had lessened a lot and his energy and spirit had recovered a little.

Wu Chun said, “Gūgū, come to my house today to get familiar with it. I will leave it to you and leave in three days.”

Zhulan also wanted to see the house that was given to her as a reward, “Okay.”

After dinner, Lichun and Eryue went to the horse company to bring back the carriage, and Zhulan and her family took the carriage to Wu Chun’s mansion.

Wu Chun’s house was in West City, which was the place in the capital where every inch of land was worth a lot of money. Zhulan’s family bought a courtyard near West City for two thousand taels, not to mention Wu Chun’s courtyard was a two-entry courtyard.

Wu Chun’s yard has two entrances, but it had land big enough for a three-entry yard, so it could be rebuilt into a three-entry yard.

Wu Chun explained, “These servants and maids were originally from the mansion and were given to me as a reward. I will only keep one gatekeeper this time and take the others with me.”

His grandparents and parents had never been served by anyone in their lives, so this time they could enjoy the blessing.

Although he wrote a letter to his yéyé to inquire about him, he actually knew in his heart that his yéyé would definitely go to Lizhou. His gūgū was no longer in his hometown, and there was no one for his yéyé to care about in his hometown.

Zhulan counted along the way. There were eight servants, six maids, a matron, a housekeeper, and a doorman. There were indeed quite a lot of servants.

The house was fully furnished with all the necessary items. Well, all the furniture was made of top-quality wood. Such a nice yard was a gift.

After getting to know each other, they stayed at Wu Chun’s house for lunch. Zhulan confiscated the oranges and longans and asked Wu Chun to pack them up and wait for someone she hired to send them back to his hometown the next day. Although many of them would be spoiled, they were still rare. She guessed that there must be many people in his hometown waiting to laugh at the Yang family, and these rare fruits would be just the right way to slap them in the face.

Wu Chun listened to the reason and looked at his gūgū carefully. Well, he found that he didn’t understand his only gūgū. As expected, she had lived with his gūfù for most of her life. His gūgū was not simple. “I will listen to you.”

This was good, he didn’t have to worry about his gūfù anymore.

In the afternoon, Zhulan bought everything she wanted to buy, and Zhou Shuren also found an escort team. The next day, a large cart of things was loaded onto a horse-drawn carriage and left the capital.

Wu Chun had his last meal at Zhou’s house and met up with Zheng Hong the next day. The two of them left the capital and went to the military camp. They left the military camp and Zhulan could not see them off.

Wu Chun’s arrival had a significant impact on the Zhou family. All the neighbors knew that the Zhou family had a relative who was a military general.

Zhulan adhered to the principle of keeping a low profile and warned the eldest brother and Li Shi not to tell anyone about Wu Chun.

She could hide it from the neighbors, but not from Zhao Bo and Deng Xiucai. Deng Xiucai was well-informed, and Zhao Bo knew more, so the two of them came to congratulate them.

Although Wu Chun was not a military general in the capital, it also meant that the Zhou family had a real relative who was an official, unlike before when they could only rely on themselves.

The winter in the capital passed quickly. Even after a few snowfalls, the capital was still very bustling. Zhulan couldn’t remember how long Wu Chun had been gone, she just felt like it was a very long time.

Zhulan sat by the window with the window open to watch the snow, and Li Shi ran in, “Mom, Mom.”

(End of this chapter)

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