Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 728 Zhou Xing's Life as a Young Madam

After talking for another half an hour, the elders finally let them go. The old lady said, "Okay, stop dragging her to talk nonsense. She is so busy. Let the young sisters go down and talk privately. What can they do with you rough old men all day long?"

Zhou Xing and Zhao Yang took her back to the small courtyard where the couple now lived. As soon as they entered the courtyard, Zhou Guo found that the courtyard had undergone great changes again.

There were many flowers before, and now there are many more vegetables.

The yard is paved with blue bricks, with no soil, only flower pots, and now half of them have been turned into vegetable pots.

There are onions, green vegetables, eggplants, cucumbers and all kinds of things filling half the yard.

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Sister, have you turned this yard into your vegetable garden? Where are the flowers?"

Zhou Xing said, "I had them pulled out and planted in the garden. It would be great to use so many pots to grow vegetables. We can eat them when they grow up. At worst, we can plant some berries. They are both pretty and delicious. What's the point of growing flowers? They can't be eaten or drunk. They can only be used for viewing. When you're hungry, they can't even replace half a bun."

Zhao Yang on the side smiled and said yes.

Zhou Guo said: "Those flowers may not be worth eating or drinking, but some are quite expensive. A pot of flowers costs several strings of cash, and you just plucked them like that."

"So expensive?!" Zhou Xing was surprised. "No one told me that. They just said growing vegetables is good."

The key point is that the lady knew about it and was very happy and cheerful.

Zhou Guo smiled. The Zhao family treated her very well. "Growing vegetables is good. If you are hungry at night, you can cook something in this small kitchen. You can also pick some green vegetables and cook them in the noodles."

Zhou Xing clapped her hands and said, "That's right, that's what I thought. Your brother-in-law would study until very late at night, and I would always make him something to eat, just like your brothers."

Zhou Guo looked at him in surprise, "Really, brother-in-law, you study very late every day?"

Didn’t you say you don’t like reading?

Zhao Yang looked a little embarrassed and said, "Not really, I like to read some miscellaneous books."

Zhou Guo couldn't help laughing, he was quite honest.

Zhou Xing tugged at her sleeve and said, "Come on, let's go sit inside."

Said to Zhao Yang: "We sisters are just chatting, you go and do your own thing."

Zhao Yang left in a hurry as if he had been pardoned.

Zhou Guo and the others walked away, and he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Zhou Xing pretended to be angry and hit her, but she couldn't help laughing.

"Your brother-in-law is not a good student. He always complained to me in private that if he were asked to write and study, he would rather go to the fields to work with the others. Every day when he sits at the table, he sighs and yawns after reading two pages of a book. He can't memorize half a page in half a day. He is worse than me. I feel bad for him when I see him like that."

Zhou Guo said, "Grandpa Zhao and Grandpa both have high hopes for you. They hope that you will give birth to a scholar for their family and pass the imperial examination in the future. As for my brother-in-law, I think they are about to give up on it. Just wait a few more years."

Chun Ya served them some tea and went downstairs, knowing that the two sisters didn't like anyone to be around when they were talking.

Zhou Guo looked at her back and said, "Sister, is Chun Ya using it smoothly?"

Zhou Xing smiled and said, "How can it not be convenient? Don't look at her young age. After all, she is a maid in a wealthy family. It's different. If I continue like this, I'm afraid I won't even be able to comb my hair in the end."

At this point he stood up and said, "Wait a minute, I'll get you something."

Soon, he took out a bundle and handed it to her.

"What is this?" Zhou Guo reached out and took it.

"This is the clothes I made for you. After I got married, I went to many houses with my mother-in-law. There were a lot of wives huddled together, and I didn't have much to talk about with them. But I made friends with a young wife, and we got along quite well. She is very experienced in needlework and is best at making clothes. This men's suit is the style and color I learned from her. You can take it back and wear it."

Zhou Guojian was wearing a beige silk round-necked Taoist robe. In order to appear less plain, some bamboo leaves were embroidered on the collar, cuffs and hem, making it look less white.

Zhou Xing said, "Although white is a bit plain, it is really beautiful. You didn't see that the young wife's husband was wearing this. He was really handsome. However, there were gold thread cloud patterns on his clothes. It looked really grand. Your sister can't afford to make this now. When I get the gold thread later, I will sew you a suit. It will be really beautiful."

Zhou Guo held it up and compared it to herself. In fact, she still liked wearing white clothes. They were so flowing and this robe was also well made.

I couldn't help but said happily: "Sister, this dress of yours is made for me, does my brother-in-law know?"

Zhou Xing smiled and said, "Of course he knew about it, and he was still jealous. He originally thought that the dress was made for him, but then he secretly took it to compare it and found that it was wrong. He said it was too small, and then he realized that it was not made for him. He was very angry, and later I agreed to make one for him as well, and he finally calmed down."

Zhou Guo wanted to hug her and kiss her, "Sister, how can you be so kind? You are the first one to make clothes for me after you have a brother-in-law. These clothes are so beautiful. Everyone will look at me twice when I go out."

Zhou Xing patted her hands and said, "I'm telling you, I have a lot of nice fabrics in my dowry, and my mother-in-law and great-grandmother also gave me a lot when I got married. I'll keep the nice ones for you, and I'll make you skirts, jackets, and gowns. You're out in public all day, so you have to wear men's clothes, and you have to wear nice men's clothes, otherwise you'll be looked down upon."

Zhou Guo went back to the room, changed into it and tried it.

Zhou Xingxi said happily: "It really suits you very well. It makes you look so handsome and pretty. I wonder how many girls will be charmed by you when you go out."

Zhou Guo said: "Sister, I like this dress very much."

The two sisters talked about what happened in the past. Zhou Xing talked about her daily routine in the Zhao family these days. "I really don't have to do anything. I just have everything I want. But I feel uncomfortable all over. Not everyone can live the life of a rich man. I am so idle that I am tired.

I had no choice but to pull out the flowers and plants in the pots in the yard, plant some vegetables, and make noodles and snacks for Zhao Yang in the evening. Then I could only stay in the house to make clothes and embroider. "

Zhou Guo pinched a piece of dessert and ate it. "You are doing well, aren't you? You accompany your grandmother-in-law in the morning, have lunch and come back to do embroidery, do some accounting, plant some vegetables, and read with your brother-in-law in the evening. Your day is quite fulfilling. Do you want to go to the fields to plant rice and harvest wheat?"

Zhou Xing laughed, "Don't tell me, I look a lot like your brother-in-law. I really want to go to work in the fields."

It's true that people of the same family stick together. It's good for the couple to be like this and they have a good relationship.

After dinner, Zhou Guo left with peace of mind.

The old man wanted her to stay for one night, but she didn't have the time, so she had to take the whole day off.

The Zhao family knew she was busy, so they didn't keep her for long.

When she got home, the family had already eaten dinner and were waiting for her to come back.