Wu Ming handed over the tea again, “Godmother, please have some tea.”

Zhulan took it with a smile, “Godmother has nothing to give you, I know you are short of money, there is some money in this purse, please keep it.”

Wu Ming, “.”

He swore that he would manage the family property well in the future!

Now he is really short of money!

Boss Zhou touched his purse. There were only two taels of silver in his purse. This was because he came to the capital and knew more people. For the face of the Zhou family, Li Shi gave it to him. Otherwise, there would be only a few dozen coins in the purse. He, as a cheap elder brother, was a little reluctant to give it away.

Boss Zhou pursed his lips, “Mom, can you lend me ten taels of silver?”

Zhulan knew what Boss Zhou was going to do. She was happy to see Wu Ming’s face change, which made Wu Ming’s brain hot. It was right, “Okay.”

Zhulan got up and went back to the house to get ten taels of silver and handed it to Boss Zhou.

Boss Zhou happily took it and waited for Wu Ming to call him dàgē!

Wu Ming took a deep breath. He would never let himself be short of money again in the future. “Dàgē.”

Boss Zhou felt very happy. He was dàgē of the top scholar. He told himself not to be too excited. Dad just got the second place in the exam. He couldn’t stab his father in the heart. “Dàgē doesn’t have much money. Take this money first. Although it can’t help you much, it’s enough for pocket money.”

Wu Ming held ten taels of silver, which was borrowed by his dàgē. “Thank you, dàgē.”

He hoped that his dàgē would not give it to him, really!

Then Zhu Lan called Li Shi and Xue Han and asked them to bring Ming Teng and Yu Lu in.

Xue Han was a younger sister, so Wu Ming had to give her a gift. Wu Ming couldn’t do the thing of giving silver as a gift, so he asked the servant to take the pen and ink he had kept and gave them gifts respectively.

Boss Zhou blushed, but there was nothing he could do. Who made the first room the poorest?

Li Shi pursed her lips. She had saved the extra money with great difficulty. She would have to return it to her mother-in-law soon. Woo, the first room was really poor. She felt that she couldn’t just save the monthly allowance!

After Zhou Shuren and the others greeted each other, he waved his hand and said, “Okay, go out!”

Zhulan coughed and Zhou Shuren shut up. Zhulan said to Boss Zhou, “Wait a moment, I’ll write a letter back home.”

Then she said to Wu Ming, “You should write a letter back too. It’s a good time to send the letters out before it gets dark.”

Wu Ming stood up and said, “I’ll go back and write the letter now. I’ll trouble you, dàgē.”

Boss Zhou was worried. The dàgē of the top scholar would wake up with a smile in his dreams. “No trouble, no trouble.”

A quarter of an hour later, Zhulan finished writing the letter. She wrote two letters, one to Chang Lian and one to Chang Yi. Chang Yi’s letter mentioned Wu Ning’s matter. Zhulan said it was Zhou Shuren’s idea.

Zhulan gave the letter to Boss Zhou and returned to the room to see Zhou Shuren asleep.

Zhulan felt that today was a magical day, but Wu Ming became a godson, and her previous plan fell through. Even if the second room recognized Wu Ning as her godsister, as long as she and Zhou Shuren were alive, Wu Ming would not favor anyone.

The second room was still the weakest room!

In the evening, the whole family celebrated. Yang Zhumu drank a lot at noon and drank too much at night. He did not return to the house in West City to live today.

After a night’s rest, the carriage to pick people up arrived before dawn. Zhulan personally put on the court dress for Zhou Shuren. After Zhou Shuren put it on, Zhulan looked at him carefully and felt that Zhou Shuren’s ordinary face had become more handsome!

After breakfast, Deng Xiucai and Yazi came. The two congratulated each other first, and Yazi explained the purpose of their visit. “Madam, someone offered 6,000 taels to buy this house. What do you think of this price?”

Zhulan blinked. This price was higher than she had estimated. As expected, Zhou Shuren and Wu Ming together were greater than the sum of their parts. However, Zhulan didn’t want to be too greedy and gain a reputation for profiteering. This price was good enough—any higher would be inappropriate. Although she felt a tinge of regret, for the sake of her reputation, she endured the pain and said, “The price is quite fair, but we will need some time to move out.”

Yazi didn’t expect it to be successful in one go. He thought he had heard it wrong. He glanced at Deng Xiucai and saw Deng Xiucai nodding, then he confirmed that he had not heard it wrong. “In fact, the price of the house can still go up.”

He also wanted to sell it well. Yesterday, the Zhuangyuan recognized the Bangyan as his godfather. It had spread all over the streets and alleys. The Zhou family would be amazing in the future!

Deng Xiucai felt complicated. He really didn’t expect that Zhou Xiucai would be the Bangyan and his optimistic brother Zhao almost fell out of the third class!

Zhulan smiled, “This price is fine.”

It took Yazi a while to react, and he dared not look down on the wife of the Bangyan. When it was a big event, she could still keep a clear mind and consider her reputation. There were really few people who could do that. “Then I’ll write back.”

“Thank you for your trouble.”

Yazi grinned ingratiatingly and said, “It’s merely what I should do.”

Because Zhou Shuren was not there, Deng Xiucai and the other two left quickly. After the two left, she looked at the gifts they brought. Yazi gave tea and Deng Xiucai gave an inkstone.

In the past, she only gave benefits to Deng Xiucai and Yazi. This was the first time she had received gifts from them. The last time when Zhou Shuren became a gongshi, these two did not give gifts.

Deng Xiucai got a gift because his brother-in-law was a third-rank official. Yazi’s power behind him was also not small!

Yesterday, she also received a lot of gifts. Half of them were given to Wu Ming and the other half were kept by the Zhou family. It was not easy to deal with the gifts this time. Now they were all staring at their family!

Zhulan looked at the gifts. There were many rare things, and she was reluctant to deal with them.

Zhulan focused on the material. The Zhou family had an official, and she was an official’s wife. She could wear the materials that she couldn’t wear before, and she could wear jewelry now.

In the court, Zhou Shuren was confused after hearing the imperial edict. No, that was not right. He had read a lot. He had also carefully studied the current dynasty and the previous dynasty, two imaginary dynasties. He clearly remembered that the three people in the first class were all assigned to the Hanlin Academy.

What did he hear!

(End of this chapter)

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