C8 (1/2)
After a while, Qiu Ju turned around and came back again, and gave them some snacks, saying that the old lady had ordered them to be made and sent to the three of them.
Zuo Ren Xian and Mu Jinzhi had been messing around in Mu Rousang's room the whole afternoon, but after seeing that Chun Lian had fed her medicine and then waited for her to sleep, they packed their stuff and left the room.
”Brother Jin, are you really going back to the little mountain village?”
Zuo Renxian was not as happy as he was just now. He was naturally reluctant to part with his clever and beautiful sister.
”Well, when the weather gets warmer, I'll take her back home.”
Mu Jinzhi calculated that the weather would be too cold, and that it would take about ten days for him to travel from the Shu Province to the small mountain village. Since the road was not easy to traverse, he decided to wait until it was spring before he returned.
”Can you persuade him to agree?” Then, he thought about what Mu Jinzhi had said many years ago. ”But did my father ask for leave from you and Teacher? Are you going to buy land? This won't do, how can you not bring me along? ”
Zuo Ren Xian was so anxious that his neck turned red. He had finally found a chance to get his hands on silver, and he couldn't afford to miss it.
”Why are you so anxious? ”Isn't it only fifteen now? At least we'll have to wait until the first day of the first month before this matter will be put on the agenda. Besides, my sister isn't feeling very well right now, so don't talk too much about it in front of her.”
Mu Jinzhi did not want Mu Rousang to worry about other trivial matters while she was sick, so he told Zuo Ren Xian.
Zuo Ren Xian ignored the two daughters of the Zuo family.
Mu Jinzhi laughed: ”I forgot to tell you, the matter that Uncle called me over to the study room yesterday, and said is to wait until the second day of the second month, and ask you and I to work together with Uncle, in the future, we won't need to go to the academy day after day.”
”Really? ”Great! I don't need to face that old-fashioned man anymore. What did my father say? Why didn't he tell me personally?”
The more Zuo Ren thought about it, the more he felt happy.
Mu Jinzhi shook his head helplessly. No wonder his uncle didn't want to say it in front of him.
Uncle said that you can't just read books when writing essays, and you and I don't need to take part in the examination. Since we're a lot more relaxed, we might as well do some work early.
Previously, he was still confused about why the number of Humble Class students that could get into the top three in high school was so few. Turns out that there were many things that he did not understand before, but after thinking for a bit, he felt that he should ask Mu Yiyang and the others to do some training.
Zuo Ren Xian was born with a golden key, and was not like Zuo Renwen, who was the eldest son. He did not need to shoulder the responsibility of leading the family, and naturally liked to play around.
Hearing Mu Jinzhi's words, he did not care too much about it. He just thought that if Mu Jinzhi were to go and take care of some errands, even if he did not go, he would have to be proud in front of the little cousin in the future.
Therefore, he said, ”If you want to be a servant, why would you leave me behind? It's good to have a companion for both of us.”
The corner of Mu Jinzhi's mouth curled up slightly as he laughed in his heart: The older the better.
However, he still refused to obey the order, ”Hng hng! ”You are afraid that if I win over you, I will win over you. My sister's heart is yearning for me to become an official, I also want her to marry as the young lady of an official's family!”
What right did he have to be his sister? ”Hmph, I am her dearest cousin. If I were to be an official and sit at her wedding banquet, who would dare to look down on her?”
Hehe, the more he thought about it, the happier he got. This imperial uncle of his would surely become an official in the future with just the three of him.
Thinking about it this way, he became even more proud, and even walking was different than before. He said, ”Our little cousin must have 10 li of red makeup when we get married.”
Mu Jinzhi thought that Mu Rousang would be old by the end of this year, and calculated in his heart, that there seemed to be over a hundred thousand taels of silver in her home, it was enough to cover her dowry, and with Mu Rousang's own silver, store, and farm, it would not be a problem to get a 10 li red dowry.
”Speaking of which, I still need to find more dowry for her. You should also help me keep an eye out. As long as the antique calligraphy or painting doesn't matter, I can buy some for her.”
Mu Jinzhi thought about it and decided to do it, since his family was not short on money, it would be better to add some precious treasures as a dowry.
On the other hand, Zuo Ren Xian thought that his little cousin's dowry was already on the agenda, but he was too embarrassed to ask for more money. He just asked his mother and father for more money every day.
He replied, ”Of course. The young generation of Venerable family I've been dating with has more of these things on their hands. We only need to release the news and slowly buy some of them.”
However, she thought about it and went to the Left Lady to dig out some silver from there. Then, she separated from Mu Jinzhi at the entrance of the Old Madam Zuo.