Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!-Chapter 90 Starting Over_1

Zhulan smiled. "In the future, we will have more dealings with clan relatives, so naturally we need to prepare a good assortment of gifts."

Xue Han was stunned. "Mom, when did Dad say that!"

Zhulan pointed to the items in the chest. "Your father told me about these things. He intends to reconcile with our clan relatives. A single branch can’t make a forest; our family alone is too few in number. The clan is a root we cannot lose."

Zhulan didn’t expect her daughter to understand everything all at once. Many things had to be figured out by oneself.

When she first arrived, she, like Zhou Shuren, did not have a strong conception of ancient clan culture. They both thought of relying on themselves for many things, but after the Clan Leader lent a helping hand, they slowly began to understand and increasingly recognized the importance of the clan, even if the clan did not have capable people, it was still quite awe-inspiring in the neighboring ten miles and eight villages.

The original husband inevitably had the pride of a scholar, coupled with grievances from the older generation and no outlet for reconciliation, his relationship with the clan gradually became estranged. Although Zhulan and Zhou Shuren had never discussed it, for the sake of Zhou Shuren and their children, both of them harbored thoughts of rekindling relations with the clan.

Zhou Shuren had returned this time intending to make visits during the New Year’s celebrations.

It took half an hour to sort out the items, some of the fabric was set aside for gifts and for the maternal family, while the rest Zhulan divided according to the number of people, which was simpler. The food was given to her mother, and the rest were just stored away as they were.

None of the four chests were made of fine wood; Zhou Shuren did not dare to buy good ones as he did not want to show off wealth, but they were quite sturdy nonetheless. Zhulan did not keep any for herself; since there was no chest in Rongchuan’s room, he took one, and since the eldest son’s family had many members, he took one. Since Lady Zhao didn’t have a dowry chest, she took one, and the ones in the room were those prepared for the second son’s wedding. As for the smell inside the chest, it had to be dealt with by oneself.

Zhulan, who had been cooped up during the winter days, had not done any physical work in a long time and felt sore after organizing for a while. Just as she thought about delivering the fabrics and items allocated for her second son’s family, Lady Li rushed in like a gust of wind. "Mother, you are too diligent. I even ran back specially to help you divide things up!"

Zhulan, calculating the journey to her in-laws’ house, kept a straight face. Lady Li had returned in a hurry after receiving money from her maternal home, and without a word, pointed to the largest pile. "This is for your family. Now that you’re back, take it home yourself. I’ve also allocated a chest for you, so eldest son, take it back!"

Zhou Eldest knew very well the kind of person his wife was. He had never despised her; every pot finds its lid, he thought Lady Li was quite good. He was not embarrassed in front of his mother and smiled, "Mother, I just wanted to talk to you about something. Tomorrow, the two of us plan to go into town."

Zhulan knew very well they probably had some Silver Coin and wanted to give the elders a surprise. "Alright, I know."

Lady Li did not hurry to move her own share but instead grinned widely. "Mother, I’ll take this to Sister-in-Law first."

Zhulan, "...go ahead."

She was clearly worried that Zhulan gave more to Lady Zhao and wanted to take a look while delivering it!

Zhou Eldest’s face reddened as he lowered his head and quickly walked away with the chest. There was nothing he could do about his wife. On one side was his mother, and on the other side, his wife. Experience told him it was best to get away quickly.

Zhulan watched her eldest son’s efficient movements with an expressionless face. She really hadn’t noticed that the eldest had his own methods of dealing with his mother-in-law and wife.

Lady Li left happily with the fabric in her arms and soon returned, beaming from ear to ear. The mother-in-law really wasn’t partial. Originally, she and the head of the household had agreed to buy a Silver hairpin but were pained at the thought of spending so much. Now she felt it was worth it and cheerfully took her share back to her room. She had to quickly hide the Silver Coin well; it didn’t feel right leaving it out in the open.

At noon, Zhou Shuren woke up hungry. Lady Li had simmered chicken soup and even added ginseng whiskers, especially rolling out noodles by hand for Zhou Shuren.

After lunch, the two scholar sons watched their father eagerly. They had been thinking about their stationery all morning but didn’t dare to enter the main room. They hardly could concentrate on their books all morning.