Destiny in Deep Clouds: Volume 2

By Chu WenJiangHu

Servant Wu was born with a family name of Wu Jun, his real brother was called Wu Jun, his niece was called Wu Qian'er, his son-in-law was Zhu Zhizhan, he was the famous constitutional emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he had a famous concubine with the family name Wan Zhen'er.

Wan Tong, every word loyal, direct descendant, commander of the Imperial Secret Service, blood brother called Wan Fu, Wan Gui, brother-in-law called Zhu Shizhen, blood sister called Wan Zhen'er ….

These two people, who were originally parallel to each other, intersected … The battle in the house … The official battle … Gong Dou …

• Language: English
• Publisher: Funstory
• Release date: May 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781649350695

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BONE

CHAPTER 101 - EXAGGERATED PACKAGING

101 Extra Packaging

There weren't many things to do, but it was enough for Wu Youjiu to take care of it until dinner time.

Today, Chef Faang was happy, and so was her wife. She was from Shanxi and cooked super good food, so she made noodles directly at night.

Strong noodles, salty mushroom meat brine.

The side dishes were wild cole and a bowl of egg soup.

A simple dinner was enough to fill Wu Youcai's stomach, it was so delicious!

Two days later, a lot of people came to the construction site at the foot of the mountain. Wu Youcai accepted them all, but he insisted that they must be honest and work hard.

Because they had more manpower, the amount of work they did increased by leaps and bounds.

However, the first place to be built wasn't a house, but a wall surrounding Wu's Village that was more than two meters tall and about three meters tall.

This one didn't care about technology, as long as the rocks were pushed up, it would be fine. Wu Youjiu had purposely made the brick, which was only a size smaller than the brick that was used to build the Great Wall.

Wu Youjiu thought too much. In modern times, he would often throw away things in villages without any walls. In ancient times, it was simply embarrassing.

Wu's Village was a new village, and there were many children who were very young. If they were carried away, they wouldn't even be able to find a place to cry.

Besides, in a village like this in the wild, it was not safe to live without a fence.

Wild beasts and humans needed to be prepared.

In the future, they might need to build a house, so the area would be expanded. In the end, they would be able to expand into any open area that wasn't a field, so the tall walls gave the villagers a sense of security.

It was a pity that Old Master Wu had foresight and bought all of the land in Mo Ling Mountain, Moling Lake and the surrounding Wu's Village. These places all had owners, and all of them belonged to Wu Youwei.

In addition, Wu Youjiu built two special courtyards.

There were five inverted rooms in front, two servants rooms in the east and two servants rooms in the west. The second floor was in the back, and the garden garden was in the back. There was a fake hill in the garden, with a pavilion at the top, and behind the garden was a high wall.

The gate of the yard was the Ruyi Gate, and to the east of the gate were three carriages and horses.

Wu Youjiu had drawn the blueprint himself, asking them to place the yard at the end of all the courtyards and build a single row of houses.

Furthermore, there were quite a few willow trees planted in the back of the house. The willow trees that could grow to a height even higher than the houses.

The two trees in front of him were apricot trees.

On the left and right side of the yard were empty lots. They were about three to five meters apart and could pass the width of a carriage. Another yard was built. However, the back of the house was not on the second floor.

Old master, this courtyard is? Housekeeper Lin was puzzled.

This courtyard is for reserve. Wu Youwei said, I think it will be the next year. I want to clear the waterway to the villa as well.

By the time he moved in for the first half year, the works at the Manor would be almost finished.

The two courtyards were because he was afraid that his family would not be able to live here, especially the maidservant's people.

So that's how it is. After the Housekeeper Lin found out the reason, he took the blueprint and went to the construction site to submit the mission.

Actually, Wu Youjiu's twenty courtyard houses were enough for everyone, but as a person who despised trouble, it would be enough just to build a house. At least their children were married and still had somewhere to live.

The construction started outside and time slowly passed. A few days later, the butler came to find him again.

Master, the Dragon Boat Festival... Are you ready? The reason the Housekeeper Lin came looking for him was to ask about this: In a few days, I'll send them out.

Isn't everything ready? Wu Youjiu had prepared for this, especially since it was his first holiday since he left home.

You have forgotten that you have not prepared a break for Wu Mansion. Housekeeper Lin asked in an extremely helpless tone: What do you want to send over to Wu Mansion?

I don't want anything. Wu Youquan blurted it out without thinking.

Master, that won't do. Housekeeper Lin was also aware of the grudge between his master and the other party, but he had to keep it safe on the surface. Why don't you take a look and give me something … Something produced by his own family's manor?

How about two baskets of eggs? Wu Youwei suggested, Even salty duck eggs would do.

Master, do you think this is a villager's relative? Even the Housekeeper Lin was speechless.

But that's all for my specialty! Wu Youwei pouted. Should we dig for some wild vegetables?

Housekeeper Lin wiped his face: Master, don't forget, you still have one more Blood Mother in that mansion.

Wu Youwei was at a loss for words. Damn, this old woman was trouble!

Then you decide. I'll give you some things that are neither outstanding nor disrespectful. Wu Youjiu took out the three keys from the storage room and handed one to him, I forgot all about it. I haven't given you the key. From now on, I will take one from you.

As for the other one, Wu Youwei gave it to him in front of the steward.

Housekeeper Lin brought his key to the warehouse and found the things inside … The difference was huge!

There were porcelain bottles that weren't worth much, and also expensive Ghost Grease Jade s to display. There were gold ornamented head-ornaments s, and also old silver bracelets.

When he moved, he did not reach the Moling Manor yet. Although later on he became a butler, he did not manage to find the key to the warehouse. Only yesterday did he find out that the old master had forgotten about this matter.

Soon, the gifts were prepared.

Eggs 100, salty duck eggs 100, goose eggs 50, silk and silk 1 each, and thin cotton 4. There was no coarse cloth because they knew Wu Mansion didn't need coarse cloth either, so they might as well keep it for their own use.

Two vases of cloisonné.

Four of them had the painting of a set of decorative pieces by the Four Gentlemen of the Mayanite Bamboo.

The most expensive possibility was a gift to the madame. It was a pair of plain white and unremarkable silver hairpins. The only difference was that the head of the silver hairpin was inlaid with … The highest quality Ghost Grease Jade.

It was carved with white magnolia flowers. There were only two of them. They were very low-key, but very … Luxurious.

Just like this, a pair of hairpins cost at least three hundred taels of silver. Everything else was not as expensive as this. This was a token of filial piety to the madame.

Actually, Master Mu's son carved it out of scraps. He inlaid it with silver in order to shine a little bit, so he couldn't bear to use gold.

In addition, Wu You also made dumplings for the Chef Faang.

People in the south ate a lot of this food. It was rare in the north, but that didn't mean that people couldn't cook it.

There were also a lot of stuffing for the dumplings. Wu Youquan made him wrap the dumplings into a small and exquisite one while the stuffing inside the dumpling was also filled with different types of stuffing.

No one knew what kind of filling the dumplings were.

Wu Youjiu initially wanted to make a joke out of it, but when he found that there was no smelly tofu in the house, he gave up.

He already had four big food box wrapped up in the rice dumplings and they looked like a lot. In fact, there were three levels inside each cart, and each floor had thirty little guy's rice dumplings and even eggs and other things that could easily shatter.

Although these three carriages seemed like a lot, it wasn't much at all.

Wu Youjiu had made full use of the modern way, packaging!

It was an exaggerated package!

He had packed the two cloisonné vases very big, as though there were eight of them inside. The four pieces had also been made into shelves, and were wrapped in two layers!

Just these two items alone were enough to fit a carriage.

The remaining cloth was loaded into the cart, which looked more solid.

The Housekeeper Lin could not be stopped, and Wu You insisted on doing so. Adding on his own carriage, that of the carriages of the servants who followed him to the Wu Mansion, there were a total of five carriages. It seemed like there were many of them, but in reality … Really not much.

Big Mountain and Sea, Fang Liangsheng, Mu Xiaosheng, Wu Er were also walking together with Wu Youwei.

The five of them acted as coachmen.

Wu Youwei's car was being driven by Wu Er. Big Mountain, Hai Hai Hai and Mu Xiaosong followed him to recognize the Housekeeper Lin.

There were a total of eight people, including Wu Youcai, Housekeeper Lin and the five people who were driving the carriage.

He specially woke up early in the morning, and after getting dressed, he directly rushed to the capital's Wu Mansion s.

At home, the housekeeper had already cooked a big pot of Herbal Tea Eggs and distributed it to the workers. She also wrapped some simple pork dumplings for them to eat, and they could even take the two back home for their families.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, these people would be building beams for the houses. When this place was finished, they would have to go back and hoe the land. They would only come back to work after they finished hoeing the weeds in the fields.

Wu Youwei led his men and swaggered to the Wu Mansion gate. When the gate saw the five cars, he was stunned for a moment, but then seeing Young Master get out of the car, he immediately shouted: Young Master is here!

Wu Youcai was exasperated, It's the Young Master that's here, not the Japanese that's entered the village. What are you doing?

Although he did not know what the Japanese was, looking at him, it seemed that he was not a good person. He laughed and quickly bowed: Young Master, you came?

Nonsense! Wu Youwei raised his chin, Open the door and let me in. There's even going to be a Boxing Ceremony for the Blood Mother and elder sister-in-law!

Yes, yes! The door opened immediately and people came in.

At this time, the butler of Wu Mansion had arrived.

Young Master, you've come. The old mistress has been missing you for quite a while. The Housekeeper of Wu Mansion lied without even making a draft. Even though the Old Mistress had mentioned Wu Youwei, there was no need to mention the tone or words he said.

Is that so? Wu Youwei didn't believe it.

He entered the door, and the car behind him entered as well. Xiaoxiao got out of the car and followed behind Wu You. Housekeeper Lin also got out of the car and followed the car to the back room.

Wu Jun had long received the news in the front yard, and was waiting for Wu Youcai in the living room.

He was stunned when he saw Wu Youcai walk in.

Because of Wu Youwei's change... Very big.

Wu Youjiu was wearing a long robe made of green satin, with a green belt at his waist and a green Ghost Grease Jade tag tied to it. It was the style of Bamboo reporting for Peace.

On his head was a scholar's hat with an equally green Ghost Grease Jade embedded on it. He held a fan in his hand, and the fans were all the same type of Ghost Grease Jade.

On his feet was a pair of high, white-soled scholar's boots.

The young man already looked a bit young. He had a smile on his face and was standing straight like a green pine.

You've grown up. Wu Jun sighed, but in his heart he thought that if he grew up, it wouldn't be so easy to control.

I grew up a long time ago. Wu Youwei smiled, You won't invite me in?

Come in. Wu Jun turned and walked inside the house, Wu Youwei followed behind.

What could the two of them talk about?

It was just some random stuff.

Wu Jun asked Wu Youwei: Moling Manor? That's a good place, isn't it?

Of course, that's what my father left for me, Wu Youwei replied with a smile.

Ha ha! The corner of Wu Jun's mouth twitched. I can tell that you're doing very well.

Not very good. Wu Youwei emphasized, That's great!

Outside, Housekeeper Lin and Housekeeper of Wu Mansion were also talking about it together. The two of them were similarly stewards, but their Wu Mansion's stewards were still inferior to Housekeeper Lin's.

Be it in terms of bearing or socialization, he was left by Housekeeper Lin a whole street away.

In the rear courtyard, Old Madam Wu already knew that Wu Yong had come. Tomorrow was the Dragon Boat Festival, so it wasn't good if he didn't come, but she would be annoyed if he did.

Madam Wu said in a jubilant voice, I wonder how little uncle has been these days? Can you give his niece something good?

What good can he have? Old Madam Wu curled her lips: My eldest granddaughter is someone who will enter the palace for a talent selection. Not everyone can add something to my eldest granddaughter.

Wu Qian'er sat beside her and lowered her head with a smile. They were about to enter the palace for the talent show.

How great was this glory?

The matter of bringing honor to one's ancestors was now more cherished by her family than ever before.

Even his elder brother couldn't compare up to him. That useless fellow, what good thing could he possibly have?

CHAPTER 102 - DO YOU WANT TO STAY OR NOT?

Do you want to stay or not?

Wu Youwei came over, after talking to Wu Jun for a while, he had to go to the back to greet the Old Madam Wu.

After all, not only the Old Madam Wu s were there, there were also the Madam Wu s and the young ladies of the Wu Family.

Let's not talk about this room.

When Wu Youwei saw Old Madam Wu, he gave a great bow. Wu Qian'er, who was sitting beside him, still did not move an inch.

Wu Youwei felt that this girl was really … How uncultured!

Wu Qian'er didn't think so. She was about to enter the palace as a talent, but in this family, who had ever entered the palace before?

No!

She was the first!

Wu Ying was also beside him, but he just cupped his hands towards Wu Youwei, and that was it.

The Old Madam Wu told them to sit down and talk. Just calling Wu Jun wasn't the same, it could only allow them to sit together.

They chatted about family matters. In fact, they were just asking Wu Youwei how life was over there?

Wu Youquan scoffed at the idea in his heart. He didn't even send someone to check on an eighteen year old child after separating from his family, why would he care about him?

Who cares about your dog hair!

However, he couldn't say such a thing. He could only laugh along, Thanks to father's blessings, everything is fine.

These words instantly caused the conversation to die down.

Old Madam Wu's face changed, forcing out a laugh: Yes, when your father was alive, she missed you the most, so she couldn't let you go.

Why didn't the old man take the kid with him?

Wu Youjiu was pleased with himself.

He left in the morning, and since it was almost lunch time for the Wu Mansion, Old Madam Wu left him for his meal.

The Wu Mansion was still luxurious, full of oil and salt, Wu Youquan was stupefied. Eating like this, the Old Madam Wu was also chubby, how come there was no high blood fat?

After lunch, an embarrassing thing happened.

Wu Youwei's small courtyard had long been occupied by Wu Ying. The second branch's original courtyard had already been renovated, it was time for Wu Ying to get married.

Right now, Wu Ying was the same as his father, Wu Jun. There was a place in the front yard to entertain guests, a study room, and even a new room in the backyard.

After all, he couldn't let Wu Youwei go to the guest house, right?

No matter what, Wu Youwei's surname was Wu and he was Wu Jun's younger brother, who was a half-brother.

If Wu Youwei was allowed to live in the guest house, there would be no room for a younger brother's suspicion. The branch family would have been more than enough to make a name for themselves, Wu Jun was afraid that Wu Youwei would go crazy and sully his reputation in Wu Family.

Wu Ying was also a little angry. If he came, he could just put down the gift and leave, why would he stay here?

Wu Youjiu guessed that something was wrong, so he just stood there quietly. If you have the ability, why don't you give him a yard?

However, when he saw the peony on Wu Ying's side, he suddenly woke up. He came here to celebrate a holiday, and if it was not necessary, it was better not to spend the night, otherwise, if he caused a scandal like 'adulterous female servant', even if he did not die, he would at least lose a layer of skin.

Isn't Old Madam Wu the best at this kind of thing?

Back then, Liu Ye had forced the original owner to death!

Sure enough, Old Madam Wu also thought of this, but she was still considering whether it was worth it or not.

Wu Youwei said, When we split up, I also had a property here. I haven't been there yet, so I won't stay here today. Let's go over there to have a look.

The excuse he came up with was also very reasonable. The servants are watching over there. I can't rest assured if I don't go over and take a look.

This made Wu Jun and the others heave a sigh of relief, the Old Madam Wu did not need to hesitate anymore.

Wu Jun brought along his butler to escort Wu Youcai to the door. Only after he had watched him leave did he lower his head.

The butler did not say anything.

Wu Youcai was much more at ease now that he was in his own territory.

When the two Old Doctor saw him come over, they asked him: Is the clinic ready?

Just wait a little longer! Every time Wu Youwei came, they would ask him this question out of concern for his own infirmary, Now that the beams have been built and the tiles laid down, they will come back to clean up after they have been busy weeding. We'll be able to stay here in the fall.

The two old men had nothing to do, so they raised their fat.

That's right, the medicinal competition over there has already begun. Housekeeper Lin Su also chimed in from the side: The old master gave you two the green brick and stone slabs from the infirmary!

Wu Youwei hated mice the most. When the foundation was completed, he laid a layer of green brick with two layers of bricks, and at the top, he even intended to lay a layer of marble. He didn't believe that a mouse could still drill into so many stones!

The infirmary had to be clean, tidy, and guarded against the rat and snake ants.

Especially the windows and the doorsill, Wu Youjiu even built a separate courtyard for the inpatient department.

Even the beds were newly built.

The two old men were satisfied.

Li Can forced a smile and said, Father, father-in-law, tell Master to come in and rest for a while. Don't block the door.

Only then did the two old men realize that they were still blocking the door. They quickly stepped aside to let Wu Youwei in.

Fortunately, Wu Youwei had a good temper and didn't mind about these things. He asked them, What tools do you need? For example, silver needles or something?

Yes! The two elders spoke in unison.

Li Can quickly explained from the side, My father had a set of ancestral golden needles stolen away while my father-in-law had a set of silver needles.

Therefore, this was the heart disease of the two elders.

He had always been thinking about it, but now that his family had sold themselves as slaves, what was there to think about?

Only after a month had passed did they finally react. They were no longer free people.

After Li Can said this, his face had an expression of I'm finished. He followed the Lord I and I for a long time.

Don't be afraid, I'll find someone to create a new one for you. When the medicine hall is done with your arrangements, I'll get rid of your clothes. A doctor is still the best. Wu Youjiu could see the depression in the family. Indeed, a good medical family was reduced to this state. Li Can's me and me didn't even have a chance to say little".

Immediately, the entire family's eyes lit up!

As soon as he entered the slave realm, he would be able to leave everything else aside, unless the master was kind enough to release him, but how could it be so good?

If a servant was to be transferred to another family, they would need someone to vouch for them. They would need at least one person with status and two village elders.

Who would be willing to vouch for a servant's servant? It was called lowering one's status.

Most of the townspeople were old and stubborn.

Besides, they had to take responsibility for this. Although the ancient era was not as developed as the modern era, it was still a place where people governed the society.

Different from the modern society governed by the rule of law, they paid more attention to human nature and reputation.

Thank you, old master! Thank you, old master! The two old men were beyond excited.

That's what I had planned to do, but I have something else to do. If you have the right children, I hope that you two elders can teach them some medical skills. Although the family inheritance is not for external teaching, some ordinary medical knowledge can still be taught to them! Wu Youwei said, You only need ordinary medical knowledge, not just me, even the officials can't force you to hand it over, right?

You want to … Nurturing a physician? Old Man Li stroked his beard. It's not impossible, but it depends on your comprehension ability."

As long as the two of you are able to teach them, it's fine. What you learn depends on them. Wu Youjiu smiled and said, I just want to give them a chance to learn their cooking skills.

Wu Youwei knew that in the ancient times, everyone paid special attention to craftsmanship, especially those passed down in the family. If it was true that he didn't pass on secrets, then that would be fine too; he didn't have a hobby of stealing other people's knowledge, but what he could read in medical books were not top secret and could be taught to others.

Teach, teach! However, Zhang Haitan said, It's just that, this old man's school is best for women.

Only now did Wu Youwei remember that this person was good at being a woman.

Sure, if it's inconvenient, I can ask your daughter to teach me. It will be the same! Wu Youwei said, It's necessary to train some medical girls.

These days, men and women had to take precautions. If a child really was born, a male doctor could forget about going in to show his mother.

From the empress to the commoners, even if it was a commoner that used the servant woman s, it would still not do!

Not to mention ancient times, even in modern times, there were few male doctors and most female doctors in the gynecology department.

Furthermore, most women would prefer to see a gynecologist because a doctor was a female doctor …

Wu You changed into a set of clothes and drew a picture of a school in the study room.

He had just recalled that there were no schools in the village.

How can that be?

Ever since he was young, he had heard the adults say: 'Why can't they educate us?'

So he could not afford to be educated now that he had the money. He did not want them to be able to read the praetor, the high official, as long as the children were not blind.

At least three hundred thousand would have to be learned, arithmetic, and accounting.

Look at his current Wu's Village, only Wu Da can account for it, and thus received the respect of the entire village. If it wasn't for the fact that Wu Da was not good at speaking, it's still unknown whether or not Wu Er could become the village master.

The academy was divided into three parts.

The first was the Enlightenment Courtyard, which was divided into three classes. The small class taught the Three Character Classic, the middle class taught the Hundred Families, and the large class taught the Thousand Character Classic.

Next is the Thousand-Work College, can teach medicine, carpentry, tile workers and other jobs that can be shared.

After that was the Clear Sky Institute. They were to teach the four books and five classics, astronomy, geography, eight difficult questions, and so on. Their goal was to take the Imperial examinations, as well as to teach some academic and other things related to government studies.

But, the more he drew, the more excited he got. In the end, he remembered that there were only a few people in Wu's Village. How many children were there? Even if he could manage such a huge academy now, where would the students come from?

The students were secondary, but the teachers?

Table, chair, stool, study room, four treasures …

Wu Youwei was listless now.

Coincidentally, it was time for dinner.

Zhang Guiyou was from Old Doctor, and his daughter taught Zhang Lingzhi what most people called wife and wife. Knowing that her family could become good citizens, the woman immediately went to the kitchen to cook a medicinal meal for Wu Youjiu.

Ginseng stewed chicken, angelica stewed mutton, roasted beef, braised yam, even the soup is old duck soup.

The most expensive thing here was the beef. This thing was quite rare in remote areas, so one would still have to use it as an opportunity to eat something like this.

However, there was a caravan in the capital that specialized in selling cattle and horses. There was no shortage of beef here, because the cattle outside the fort were all grown up by grazing and were not farmed. It could be said to be beef cattle.

The main dish was red dates and steamed buns. As Wu Youwei sat at the table, he could smell the faint medicinal fragrance.

Traditional Chinese medicine usually had a special medicinal flavor. Many people were not used to it, but in ancient times, this was something that could save lives.

Wu Youwei had gotten used to it long ago. Besides, the medicine didn't smell bad at all. There was even a hint of fragrance to it, making him drool.

There were only two people on Wu Youwei's table. He and Xiaoxiao had already prepared a steamed bun for Wu Youwei. Master, eat!

En, eat! Wu Youjiu picked up a chopstick and gave a small piece of chicken drumstick to Yuan Zhou.

Wu Youjiu did not need anyone to serve his meal, and it was only two people. There were four dishes and a soup on his table. They were not heavy, but they were definitely enough to eat.

Delicious! The jujube steamed buns were sweet and small like it the most.

And since they were both warm and nourishing medicinal meals, it was also very comfortable to eat. Wu Youwei said, If you like it, then eat more.

En! Xiaoxiao also gave a roasted beef to Wu Youcai, Sir, this is delicious too!

Wu Youjiu ate a beautiful medicinal meal and strolled around outside. He even saw Li Can's son, Li Lu Tong, and his daughter, Li Chan'er.

One was eight years old while the other was six years old. This was a very interesting age.

The two children were still young, but they were reciting medicine from their books. They had 400 tastes.

Do your best, you can do it! Wu Youcai patted the heads of the two kid s.

The two children grinned but didn't say anything.

He was still smart. He gave his walnut cake to the two of them, and they called each of them 'big brother'.

Wu Youwei: …!

Humph!

CHAPTER 103 - TWO GIFTS

103 Two Rites

When Wu Youcai was feeling aggrieved in the capital, Wan Tong was also feeling aggrieved in the palace.

Wan Zhen'er touched his brother's heart and said, How about you tell emperor not to go out. How dangerous is it? It's an injury this time, so it's hard to say next time.

Eldest Sister, it's fine. Wan Tong said seriously: Any position is dangerous.

But your big brother isn't in danger. Wan Zhen'er said: He's also at Imperior Guardian, don't you think that he's doing quite well?

Wan Tong was silent for a moment, Big Brother, that is a South Superior Justice Department, and I am using a North Superior Justice Department.

I don't care, you two are the real deal. Wan Zhen'er said: I will go find emperor right now.

Eldest Sister, my North Superior Justice Department is very good. Wan Tong hurriedly stopped her, Moreover, I met a very interesting person this time around.

Who is it? Hearing that, Wan Zhen'er immediately became excited: Is it a girl?

... Not... It's a provincial graduate. " Wan Tong's teeth itched. Whose girl would dare to take a man's crotch?

What's so good about those literati? All of them know the truth. When Wan Zhen'er heard that she was a scholar, she lost interest.

That person is quite interesting, he's the bastard that Wu Family sent out. Wan Tong knew what to say that would attract the attention of the Eldest Sister.

Wu Family? Wan Zhen'er thought for a while: A family with a pretty girl?

Yes. Wan Tong's lips curved into a smile: emperor said that if you want to find someone with a simpler mind, all of the beautiful ladies of appropriate age would let your Imperior Guardian touch them …

After Wan Zhen'er heard this, she fell silent for a moment. Find the strongest person and tell emperor about it.

Why? Wan Tong did not understand.

In this harem of the emperor, there are two Empress Dowager s. If the Queen is not powerful, she will be suppressed by the Empress Dowager, and the two palaces will not be harmonious. The Empress Dowager Zhou is the Queen Mother, and the Empress Dowager Qian is the Holy Mother. Wan Zhen'er sighed: "emperor is not the emperor who loves the harem, if I didn't tell you before, I would have heard from the inner guards that after the Former Emperor was re-established, there would be an old subject from the Emperor Dai Zong. Now that the Former Emperor is gone, and the emperor is still young, these old officials are all taking advantage of their seniority, they are all very restrictive towards the emperor, if the harem isn't peaceful again, what they are worrying about is the emperor?

He had stayed in the palace for more than twenty years, and at the age of nineteen, he had served the two year old emperor. It could be said that she had raised him like a younger brother or a son, but as long as it was related to the emperor, she would think a little more about it.

Only, he had profound strength, so he needed to listen to emperor's words in the end …

After returning to the Thousand Clans Manor, Wan Tong went to find a butler after entering the door: I asked you to prepare a Boxing Ceremony, how is it?

Milord, everything is ready. The steward lowered his head and reported, Do you want someone to send them?

Send it yourself, and recognize the door. Wan Tong said: This is my savior.

Yes, I understand. The butler replied respectfully, This one will personally send someone to deliver it. Does the lord have anything to say to the lord?

Thinking about Wu Youwei's age and face, Wan Tong had an inexplicable expression on his face. No, I wish him good luck.

... Yes. The steward silently cursed, [What the heck...] Words? Blessed words?

Thus, this butler of Qian Hu Prefecture brought his two carriages of gifts, as well as his own son and the carriage driver, and left the city early in the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, rushing straight toward Moling Manor.

The fame of Moling Manor could be heard from the nearby villages because it was a place where big trees were being built. Even if one didn't go there to work, they had heard of it before.

But on the Dragon Boat Festival, they would come back and plow the grass before going to work.

Of course, there were also people who did not have land and only relied on their work to earn money, they did not need to go back and continued working at Wu's Village, and their wages were still the same as before.

When they arrived, they found out that the old master had gone to visit his elder brother's house in the capital.

He had no choice but to inform the housekeeper and ask her to count the festive gifts he sent. The housekeeper gave them money, but they did not want it.

On the other hand, the butler of Qian Hu Prefecture was very interested in the construction site on Wu's Village. How much money would it cost to build so many houses in such a large place?

nodded, he had long known about this, it was just that he did not know that Wu Youwei was in the city.

When the butler of Qian Hu Prefecture went to Moling Manor, Wu Youwei also went to the Wu Family for some conflict.

The Dragon Boat Festival was a holiday for families. Wu Youwei also saw his second wife's sister-in-law and youngest nephew.

The festival gift that his family gave to the second house had already been sent over. The second house had also returned the festival gift, it was a very common thing, it was just that he had given the youngest nephew and the little niece 50 taels of silver each as payment for the festival.

The man from the second branch did not return because he had no children!

However, Second Sister-in-Law wanted face, so she gave him a set of Crystal Stones. He remembered that the original owner had found this in the Second Brother's memories.

It was said that it was an ancient inkstone platform from the Southern Song Dynasty.

Perhaps he had to thank him for bringing a second room for everything when he split up his family.

Because it was a festival, all the family members were together and paying homage to their ancestors. In reality, it was just a little ritual. They then sat together and ate something, talked about the weather, and chatted about the world.

The Old Madam Wu seized the opportunity to announce something: "Our family's Qian'er has fought hard for this opportunity. Her reputation is good, her looks are good.

Wu Youwei and the Lady Wu Meng in the second house were stunned at the same time.

A talent show?

Wu Family... Wu Qian'er?

This is a joyous occasion, but also a good thing, so what do you think? Old Madam Wu continued: I saw that during today's festival, there was a pair of Ghost Grease Jade orchid silver hairpins. It was pretty good, I gave it to Qian'er to wear.

Wu Youwei curled his lips, that was his festival gift, the only valuable thing in it, given to the Old Madam Wu.

Was she ordering him to give Wu Qian'er something good?

Wu Jun's wife, the Lady Wu Sun, also said hypocritically: My mother's elder brother also brought over a thousand taels of silver, a set of golden head-ornaments.

If that's the case, then I'll give my eldest nephew a set of pearl head-ornaments. Consider this as me and second uncle giving some makeup to my eldest nephew's daughter. Lady Wu Meng's words were poisonous enough.

He even mentioned Wu Duo, that's a dead man, okay!

But if you still couldn't find the right answer, and the other was a widow who had split up and asked the other person to hand over the item, was it wrong for the other party to mention her dead husband?

And this deceased husband was indeed Wu Qian'er's uncle.

To put on makeup was something that Lady Wu Meng would always say when her daughter was getting married. When Wu Family were asking for things right now, she would say to put on makeup.

Generally, those who could use the word make up were usually the main rooms.

The emperor's wife was a queen, a mother to the world!

Old Madam Wu, Madam Wu and Wu Qian'er enjoyed it very much.

Wu Youwei thought for a moment. Then let me get a pair of bracelets for my eldest niece.

Old Madam Wu nodded her head in satisfaction. Madam Wu was pleased with herself, Wu Qian'er was in a good mood and she smiled at Wu You Wei.

Wu Youwei thought to himself, I only said a pair of bracelets, but didn't say what kind of bracelets.

and then decide to have someone create a pair of solid, solid... Broad edged gold bracelet, must be heavy!

Such a bracelet, although valuable, but very … Earth!

These bracelets were usually worn by the Old Granny of the master or the Old Madam of the Earth Lord.

Let's see how Wu Qian'er will wear it!

Wu Jun did not have any objections to this, the branch families had also distributed the good stuff, and now they were giving it to their daughters, it was only right, especially to Wu Yong.

Before the old man left, he had already set up a private property for him.

Even though he had never been there, he had heard of hundreds of acres of fertile land, a villa, a village, and the Exquisite Ghost Grease Jade that were said to have been left to him.

afternoon. Wu Family ate a round of lunch.

Wu Youwei's rice dumplings were not taken out to be eaten. Instead, he ate the rice dumplings that were wrapped under the Wu Family kitchen.

Drink the yellow wine.

The children were tied with colorful strings and carrying small wallets, but they lacked in joy. Especially the Little Wu Qiong, which was stuck to Wu Youwei.

In addition to the dumplings, there was the green bean cake, the salted duck egg, which Wu Youwei had brought over; all the ducks, ducks, and geese were on the table.

Actually, the meal was very sumptuous. It was just that the people eating together did not get along and the food was not enjoyable either.

After dinner, Wu You took his leave, Lady Wu Meng also took his leave with his children, and the two of them left the Wu Mansion together.

Wu Youcai returned to his yard and Xiaoxiao followed him. Only then did she heave a sigh of relief.

Master, I saw Furong and Jasmine in Wu Mansion. Xiao Xiaoxiao scratched her head and said, They are not doing so well. They are already at the sewing room. As for the monthly payment, it is still the monthly payment for the second grade maidservant.

That was their choice. When they left, I gave them a choice. Actually, Wu Youwei also wanted the people in his own yard, but he didn't have a deep relationship with them, so they all had a good time together.

Yes, I also heard that Eldest Young Master already looks at me. He said softly, She's the Sun family's Madam's mother, little niece.

Mm, it's good. Wu Youwei was absent-minded. He felt that he had forgotten something important. What was it?

He usually didn't know how to react, so he didn't think about anything else that he couldn't remember. He simply tossed it aside. When the matter was about to come to an end, he would naturally remember.

Let's go back tomorrow. My stomach is sick from eating. Wu Youjiu said in boredom, See if there's anything nice to eat in the kitchen?

It should be, right? Let me take a look!

There was indeed something to eat in the kitchen, but it was still medicinal food, wolfberry gruel and yam cake.

Not to mention the two of them, even Housekeeper Lin Su, who went with them, did not eat well. It was just that the people from Wu Mansion were not on good terms with them.

Everyone had a meal and rested early.

The next day, he left the city gate early in the morning and went straight for Moling Manor.

When they arrived at Wu's Village, they discovered that the progress of the project had greatly decreased, and it was also true that after the Dragon Boat Festival, people would start digging and mowing the land, and only families without land would continue working at the Wu's Village to earn money.

However, Wu Youjiu had too much work to do for this place, and it would take a while before it could be done, so they weren't short on money to earn.

Wu Youwei came back along with the butler. They started to sort out the matters of the holiday present. If you gave a gift to someone, they would give it back to you or someone else would give it to you.

This was the ancient custom of walking, as were modern people. You go to a colleague's wedding, and when you get married, he will also go.

Thus, Wu Youwei also received many festivals.

The master had the most students and classmates, and then, the Master Ji Kong had also sent him a portion. Although the things he sent last time were returned and the jade Buddha was not finished, the Master Ji Kong still gave him two jin of buddhist tea, a piece of food box zongzi, and two boxes of spices to wake him up.

The two master s had also given Wu Youzhi ten sets of books. Most of the stationery s that were given to him by his schoolmates, as well as his reading knowledge, notes, and so on.

It seems like everyone is very concerned about my academic problems! Wu Youjiu was amazed.

With so many books, when would he see them?

However, Housekeeper Lin Su came in at the end with two gifts: Master, there are two families, take a look.

Who is it? Wu Youwei was curious. There were only a few people he knew, so why would he need a gift?

He took it and looked at it.

One was for Thousand Households of Imperial Guardian Wan Tong, and the other was for Thousand Households of Imperial Guardian Wu Jun …

CHAPTER 104 - HAILSTORM

Hail

It was said that the Housekeeper of Wu Mansion had personally delivered it.

It was delivered personally? No wonder he didn't see the housekeeper at Wu Mansion yesterday.

I was talking to the one from the stable in the outer court for a long time. The Housekeeper Lin Su told Wu Youwei, Also see the one that feeds the chickens.

The one in the stable at the outer courtyard was the youngest son of Housekeeper of Wu Mansion.

The one feeding the chicken at the back was the Housekeeper of Wu Mansion.

Up till now, no one knew the names of these two people. This was how the old master was addressed, so they called them as well.

He's missed his son. Wu Youwei understood, the Housekeeper of Wu Mansion had come himself after seeing that he did not bring his youngest son to the Wu Mansion.

If he had, he probably wouldn't have been the one to deliver the gift.

But why did you come here yesterday? Wu Youwei was already feeling depressed. There was plenty of time a few days ago?

Housekeeper Lin Su helplessly said: This humble one thinks that I only remembered Wu Mansion yesterday, so I didn't give you a Boxing Ceremony …

On their side, the Boxing Ceremony had already arrived a few days ago, and their family had even brought the Boxing Ceremony a few days in advance.

After all, you have to give them time to react.

Besides, at the end of the day, you can arrange for people to send gifts, but you don't have enough manpower!

As such, the ceremony had been arranged well in advance. Once the gifts had been delivered, everything would be fine.

Wu Mansion and Moling Manor were the closest relatives, just like this, on the same day they were given gifts, and the two families were not close, if one were to say that it was arranged beforehand, who would believe it?

For example, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the festivals were usually delivered in the morning and not later than noon.

When Wu Mansion's butler arrived, it was already time for lunch.

It could be seen that this was a temporary decision. Otherwise, they would have set out early. It wouldn't be time for lunch even if they reached Moling Manor.

Ha ha! Wu Youwei could only reply with these two words.

The Wu Mansion is really too much. Housekeeper Lin Su had never seen such an elder brother family.

Forget it! Wu You conveniently told him about ordering a pair of plain gold bracelets, then told him about Wu Qian'er's talent show.

Basically, the Housekeeper Lin was not present at the time with everything that had happened at the Wu Mansion, and Wu Youwei had also helped him to recuperate on the spot.

Housekeeper Lin knew why Master treated Wu Mansion like that. He had only heard of it before, but now, he realized that it was not fake!

Then what about Lord Wan's this? What do we do? After the Housekeeper Lin talked to Wu Youwei for a while, it was time for the second house.

Wan Tong, from the Wan Zhongming Family... Boxing.

Wan Tong bowed ten percent in respect. Expensive.

The official system consisted of four books and five classics; the official set of stationery; the official set of blue-and-white porcelain bottles; and the official set of cloisonné bottles.

There were four pieces of jade bamboo silk, four pieces of bright yellow silk, and four pieces of pale green silk. They were also four pieces of white silk, silk, silk, silk, and silk.

The first four can be made into outer garments, the last four can be made into inner garments.

10 gold coins in the style of Pen Ingots As You Like.

There were ten of them in the style of Three Friends of the Year.

The style of Eight Treasures in Spring was five taels of silver and ten naked.

Five hundred new copper coins and five boxes of palace snacks.

So rich …! Wu Youwei sighed, Will this guy accept any bribes?

The other person's Imperior Guardian would not accept bribes no matter what! Housekeeper Lin quickly retorted, then he frowned: Master, is the place you are concerned about wrong?

Then what should I pay attention to? Wu Youwei was not ashamed to ask, as he was still learning about the relationships between people in ancient times.

Our family has yet to repay the favor! The Housekeeper Lin reminded him, Moreover, it's already past the afternoon and if you want to return the gesture, you have to wait until the middle of autumn.

Furthermore, he couldn't return the gift too lightly, it wouldn't be good if it was too light.

Are you looking down on me? Or did he not want to interact with others anymore? Did you make such a light return gift?

It's hard to say.

In this world, whoever you offend, don't offend Imperior Guardian either.

Oh, then we'll give them to you during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Wu Youwei thought for a moment. It's good. I asked Master Mu to carve something for us to use as a festival gift.

Lin Su knew about Master Mu. So many.

However, he was smart and did not allow the servants to inquire about the origin of the jade materials.

That's good too, but it's better to give them a better one. Master Mu has top-quality jade materials. Lin Su suggested: It's best if we don't show ourselves in front of others.

He was afraid that people with ill intentions would stare at him. They, a small family of provincial graduate, would not be able to withstand the pressure of someone with a high position and authority.

Mhmm! Of course, Wu Youcai understood the principle of hiding one's wealth from the public. And since ancient times, this principle had always been followed.

Shen Wansan was indeed rich, the richest man in the world.

Wasn't he robbed by a beggar like Zhu Yuanzhang?

As the construction of Wu's Village was slowly being built, Wu Youwei gave the steward another blueprint of the school.

Except for the three teaching courtyards, which were divided into four sections, two were for the students, one was for the gentlemen, and the other was for the cafeteria.

In these seven courtyards, there was the addition of a guest house. The eight courtyards formed a circle, looking like they were gossiping. In the middle, Wu Youjiu designed the playground to look like it was primal chaos.

He had built this large academy by himself, building it outside of the Wu's Village. He chose a place close to the lake, and when he had nothing to do, the students could also go out and stroll around the lake for a while to take a look at the scenery.

The main gate of the academy was facing south, but the side gate was facing Moling Lake.

The amount of work required was not small. Housekeeper Lin looked at the blueprint for a long time before sighing: Master, you have built such a large academy to teach and educate people. Do you want to assume the position of a mountain leader yourself?

Yes, but a teacher needs outside help. He understood this, but as the principal, he was satisfied. The teachers had to be external, and if he became addicted to teaching, he could take a class, but he didn't want to take the regular classes. He had been a full-time teacher for several years, and he could give lectures in all subjects.

How could he be so tired when he finally had the chance to be reborn and enjoy the blessings of the ancient era?

Wu Youquan saw the hesitation in the Housekeeper Lin's eyes and comforted him, This project is huge. It would be great if it could be completed within two or three years.

I'm just afraid that my family doesn't have that much money … This was what the Housekeeper Lin was worried about.

There's plenty of money! The thing Wu Youwei was least worried about was money.

Moreover, his family might seem like they have a lot of people, but they only had that little bit of money they spend every month. Every year, he still had the income from the fields, so the food was usually self-made, and since he was a provincial graduate, he did not need to pay the taxes, and he did not need to serve the army. What else?

There was a way to return the gifts. His boss's gifts were scattered and sent to the Bei Clan, while the Bei Clan's gifts were mixed in with the Xi Clan's gifts to the Nan Clan. With this, he had even saved the money for the ceremony.

If someone gave him a precious gift, he could definitely return it to the Exquisite Ghost Grease Jade.

For example, Wan Tong had given him a precious gift, so he would just give him a Jade Carving Bracelet in return. He didn't spend a single cent, and even got a free gift from her.

Since the Old Master had already said so, Housekeeper Lin had no choice but to settle this matter.

Building a house requires a house deed, buying a field requires a land deed, building a school, also needs a house deed.

Fortunately, this place belonged to Wu Youwei, so he could get a room agreement.

The weather began to heat up, and after noon, it was already summer. There were no ice in this place, so naturally there was no ice to be used.

It's too late for this year. Let's wait for next summer and use ice as well! Wu Youquan fanned himself and gestured, I will go to the icehouse to sleep!

As he said that, Xiaoxiao who was carrying him cold tea and Housekeeper Lin who was listening to his orders all laughed.

Old master, you're spouting nonsense. Who would sleep in an icehouse in the summer? Xiaoxiao poured the tea into his cup, Then won't you be sick from the cold?

Exactly. Housekeeper Lin also said: Just take out the ice to cool it down.

In this era, people had already learned how to use saltpeter to make ice, but large ice cubes were nothing. Ice made from saltpeter could be used to make ice, but it was still possible to use it to make ice.

His cold tea was placed in a large copper pot on top of the saltpeter. After half a day, it was already cold.

Actually, the mountain wasn't that hot. It was surrounded by trees, the roof and eaves were high, and there was a breeze blowing. As long as he didn't go outside to bask in the sunlight, it wouldn't get hot.

However, because Wu Youjiu was used to staying in an air-conditioned room for the next generation, he earned a bonus for the first year. He took it home and air-conditioned it to his home for the next year, and then installed an air-conditioned system in his house for the rest of the year.

It was purely psychological to feel annoyed and hot.

Then let's have someone dig an icehouse. Aiyo! Why isn't it raining yet? Wu Youwei whined as he lay on the soft couch.

Just as they were talking, there was a boom from outside. There was a clap of thunder!

Before long, the clouds had covered the sky. Wu Youwei looked outside and said, My words... It's quite accurate! "

It's going to rain soon! Xiaoxiao took the opportunity to ask.

Sure enough, after a while, it began to rain.

The sultry air was swept away. The rain was not heavy, but it was not small either.

Wu Youjiu was overjoyed. We're both going straight to the point!

Xiaoxiao was shaking her head, looking extremely pleased with herself.

Pull it down! The Housekeeper Lin attacked the two who were extremely proud of themselves: "When I went out just now, I must have seen the sky. The clouds are so thick, and it's so dark.

Heh heh … With his little intelligence, he was nothing in front of Housekeeper Lin.

It would only make the old master laugh.

Maybe. Wu Youjiu said that casually as he got up to take a sip of cold tea.

This cold tea was something that the Chef Faang's wife, Geng Cui Niang, had learned in the south.

Because when summer came, the dessert was no longer red date cake, but red bean cake, green bean cake.

Wu Youwei had not only eaten, he had also stuffed two pieces of it into Xiaoxiao's bowl. The mung bean cake is quite delicious.

Compared to the pastries that were made by industry in the future, this kind of hand-made pastries was truly rare.

Sweet but not greasy, salty but not pained.

Housekeeper Lin shook his head and drank the green tea himself. This was something that the old master had taken out from the ceremony, a five catty cup of green tea.

Wu Youjiu was happy to see him drinking tea. Tea was expensive these days. Most people would not be able to afford it and tea foam could be sold for a good price.

And his, was given to him by Lee Dongyang, it was said to be a good tea, top-grade green tea!

The wind outside gradually became stronger, and the air was filled with a cold aura. Wu Youcai originally enjoyed the cold, but Housekeeper Lin stood up and looked outside with a serious expression.

What's wrong? Wu Youwei also stood up quickly.

It's so cold, isn't it? Housekeeper Lin looked out the window.

There was a thin layer of window gauze, which was very transparent. One could see everything clearly from the outside.

Hmm? Wu Youwei also remembered. It was so hot just a moment ago, but now it seemed like the air-conditioning had been turned on. Instantly … It was getting cold.

Sure enough, after a while, sounds of pa pa pa could be heard coming from outside, as if something had fallen into the rain.

I'll go take a look! Housekeeper Lin immediately walked out.

I'll go with you! Wu Youwei also followed, and Little White followed closely behind.

As soon as the three of them stepped out of the door, they knew what had happened outside.

Housekeeper Lin turned his head abruptly and looked at his master: Master, you really are...

Wu Youjiu picked up his unspoken words, ... A crow's beak …

Xiaoxiao was dumbstruck as she watched the scene unfold with a crackling sound. Hail.

Ming Dynasty records: May Tinghu, heavy rain and hail, a group of officials and officials Xiuyuan.

CHAPTER 105 - NATURAL DISASTERS AND TALENT SELECTION

105 Natural disasters and talent shows

It hadn't been a long time, but it was still hail.

Wu