The hall fell silent instantly.
The eldest brother was the one with vested interests, so he naturally had an obedient look on his face, while the second and third house holders looked indignant and unwilling.
Cheng Wanwan sat quietly drinking tea. She wanted to see how the old lady planned to deal with this matter.
"Even if Zhao'er becomes a high official, he is still a poor official. How can we support so many of us?" Mrs. Cheng said coldly, "Let's all go to the capital. Zhao'er is under great pressure. If he goes astray, he will be dismissed. , our family has to come back from the capital in despair again, isn’t that just a joke for people to laugh at?”
Second Uncle Cheng said: "Zhao'er is so sensible, how could he go astray..."
"You insist on going to the capital, aren't you just afraid that the big house will throw you away, or that you won't get anything in return?" Old Mrs. Cheng looked around everyone with her sharp eyes, "Since you don't believe in Zhao'er so much, then so be it. , the two adults from the first bedroom will go, the children will stay, the adults from the second and third bedrooms will stay, and each family will send a child to go with them, so you can feel relieved, right?"
Sister-in-law Cheng was immediately dissatisfied: "Zhao'er is getting married, how can my brothers and sisters not go..."
"You are not qualified to speak here." Old Mrs. Cheng glared at the eldest daughter-in-law and continued, "This time the court rewarded a total of 1,700 taels of silver. This money was given to Zhao'er by the court. I am the grandma. I will repay his second and third uncles in advance on behalf of Zhaoer, and your second and third bedrooms will each receive fifty taels of silver. If you are still not satisfied with this, then don’t even go to the capital!"
Compared with more than a thousand taels of silver, fifty taels of silver is indeed too little, but if compared with the Cheng family's annual income, fifty taels can be considered a huge sum of money.
Second Uncle Cheng and Third Uncle Cheng knew the principle of giving up when things were good. They looked at each other, then nodded, and said in unison: "Then just follow mother's arrangements."
Old Mrs. Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. If the second and third children had caused trouble here, the Cheng family would have been embarrassed. Fortunately, these two fools knew enough was enough.
She turned to look at Cheng Wanwan: "Then when will we set off to the capital?"
Cheng Wanwan originally didn't want to go all the way to the capital, but Zhao'er's marriage was related to her, so she should visit Mrs. Lin no matter what.
Another thing is that after Sanniu went to the capital last year, she didn't come back for half a year. As a mother, how could she miss her son? She wanted to take advantage of the wedding to go to the capital to see her son.
She said: "We must wait for Zhao'er's letter first. He will let us set off before we leave. Otherwise, leaving early will cause trouble."
"Yes, yes, yes." Old Mrs. Cheng is now very convinced by Cheng Wanwan's words, "The day before departure, send someone to Chengjia Village to tell us that we will go together."
The Cheng family sat for a while and then left.
Cheng Wanwan calculated the time in her mind. She would set out in early April and arrive at the end of April in twenty days. After attending the wedding, she would leave in about May. In other words, even if she didn't delay on the way and didn't stay in the capital for long, It will be June before I can return to Dahe Village.
It's been at least two months since I left, and there are too many things that need to be explained.
First of all, there are two workshops. Shopkeeper Yan controls the overall situation, Mrs. Zhao is responsible for personnel and logistics, Wu Xiaochui manages the accounts, and the leaders of each group control the details of the production process. The management gradually matures with the development, and there will be no mistakes. What a big mess.
Next is the Dahe Yan Restaurant. Zhao Ergou is in charge and Wu Huiniang is in charge of the dishes. With the help of Zhao Dawang and Chunhua, there is no need to worry.
As for the development of the tourism industry and market in the village, the village is full of talents and holds meetings every half month, which has become more and more formal.
When Cheng Wanwan was arranging things, Zhao Sidan walked up to her: "Mom, it's too long for you to leave for two months this time... If something delays you, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back until July or August. It's been so long." I will be sad if I can’t see my mother.”
Zhao Ergou paused and said, "Mom, why don't I follow you to the capital, just in time to see the world."
Zhao Sidan immediately answered: "I'll go too, I'll go too."
Zhao Dashan put down what he was holding: "It's better for me to go. I am the eldest son and I have the responsibility and obligation to stay with my mother."
Seeing the reluctance on the faces of her three sons, Cheng Wanwan felt relieved.
She said: "Da Shan, you are the eldest son and the backbone of our family. You must never leave this family. Besides, Xiao Zhuzhu needs you as a father, and Huiniang is still pregnant. You left the two of them." What to do. Ergou, the same goes for you. Chenchen is still young, so you have to help take care of it. How can you just throw away and go to the capital. As for Sidan..."
Chenchen is the son of Zhao Ergou and Cao Yingying. He was named by Master Yu. His first name is Zhao Mochen and his nickname is Chenchen.
Having said this, Zhao Sidan quickly said: "I don't have a wife, and I don't have children. I don't need to take care of anyone. Mom can just take me there. I miss my third brother, I miss my master, and I also miss my cousin and brother Zheng." , I really want to go to the capital, mother, please, please, please..."
He tugged on Cheng Wanwan's sleeves and started acting coquettishly.
Cheng Wanwan surrendered immediately: "Okay, okay, go, go, mother will take you with me."
Zhao Sidan was so happy that he jumped three feet high.
Mrs. Qi asked cautiously from the side: "When An Ren goes to the capital this time, he must arrange for a few servants to follow him."
Cheng Wanwan nodded: "You make the arrangements."
The people who were rewarded by the imperial court all came from the capital, and she was completely unfamiliar with the capital, so naturally she had to bring people she was familiar with.
Furthermore, when she goes to the capital, she meets all high-ranking people, and she is waited on by a large group of people. Since she is a sixth-grade An, she cannot be too shabby, and she must have the proper pomp and circumstance.
Finally, after some discussion, Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Yang, Ning Lan, Cheng Jia and Wei Xiaohai went together.
Mrs. Qi is responsible for welcoming and transporting the guests, Mrs. Yang is good at medicine and can provide timely diagnosis and treatment if Cheng Wanwan is not acclimatized, Ning Lan is at her service, Cheng Jia is responsible for the safety of the group, and Wei Xiaohai is responsible for running errands and doing some minor things.
As soon as April entered, the letter from Beijing arrived.
Cheng Zhao wrote three letters, one to Chengjia Village, one to Cheng Wanwan, and the other to Cheng Yuanyuan.
Cheng Yuanyuan was originally illiterate. After coming to Dahe Village, Cheng Wanwan gave her many planting books, and she was forced to learn to read. This letter was neatly written and in popular language, so she could naturally understand it. Immediately after finishing, I came over to find Cheng Wanwan.
"Zhaoer's wedding date has been set. On the eighth day of May, I was invited to the capital to attend the wedding." Cheng Yuanyuan was smiling, holding a letter in one hand and a banknote in the other. "This child also sent me a The one-hundred-tael silver note was said to be for my travel expenses... He is a scholar, how did he get so much money? Could he have borrowed it from someone?"
Cheng Wanwan sighed: "I'm afraid he has saved all the expenses I gave him."
There was also a banknote in her letter, which was five hundred taels. Cheng Zhao said nothing about the money.
But he is a weak scholar who has been preparing for exams and has no time to make extra money, so this money can only be saved.
He should have also sent some travel expenses to the Cheng family. After all, he went to the provincial capital to take the provincial examination, and then went to the capital to take the general examination. In the past six months, he had not spent much money, and he was probably suffering a lot secretly...
Now, before he returns home in glory, he has begun to repay these people in his family. In the future, if he has a big future, the rewards will only be greater.
Cheng Wanwan felt sad, and at the same time, she also felt sorry for her sensible nephew.
