Chapter 327: Chapter 268: Good News Arrives
Ye Shuzhen lay on the bed in her room, with a maid standing by her side, ready to hand her water whenever she needed a drink.
Having married, she didn’t need to do any household chores, and it should have been quite a comfortable life. However, since becoming pregnant, she had never felt at ease.
It wasn’t that her in-laws treated her poorly, nor was there any work required of her. It was the pregnancy making her so uneasy, with the baby’s agitation causing her to be unable to eat, and even the water she drank would co back up.
Her family cherished the child in her womb, and seeing her in such a state, all they wanted was for her to be able to lie down, eat, and drink.
Unfortunately, not only could she not eat, but she would also vomit the water she drank, and she had grown thinner.
Forget about going out to et relatives; Ye Shuzhen felt so weak that she could hardly speak.
Now she understood how hard it was to be a mother, and she was also quite puzzled.
Why could her sister-in-law go about her chores with such a big belly when she was pregnant? When her eldest sister and Second Sister were pregnant, they still carried on with their work. How co she was so delicate?
In the end, she could only rationalize it as… everyone’s body is different.
Living in the county, their ho was situated in a quiet area near the suburbs, shielded from the noisy outside world. The room was very quiet every day. Restricted from going outside, she felt extrely bored but helpless!
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In the not so distant county governnt office, the County Magistrate received a letter from the courier station. It was an appointnt dispatch from the Capital City—a dispatch that had naturally passed through his superior’s hands before being relayed to him, along with a personal letter from his superior.
Following this, there were also letters from relatives in the Capital. The content of these letters was almost the sa as the first dispatch. Upon reading the letters, he was ecstatic, his hands trembling as he held them.
Then ca congratulatory words from the steward and his subordinates. The County Magistrate joyfully accepted everyone’s congratulations, instructed the steward to oversee the affairs, and then took the letters back to the inner residence.
“Madam, Madam…”
Mrs. ng was in the living room of the inner quarters, discussing with the housekeeper the recent finances of the two stores in the county and the farm estate.
Perhaps because they were sourcing goods from others, the two shops weren’t making much money; even the newly purchased estate hadn’t yet recouped the initial investnt. They were in the midst of considering whether to clear the mountain land next year and plant fruit trees.
Such a decision ant another investnt of money. After two or three years, they might not even see any yield. Mrs. ng was hesitating about making another investnt.
She decided to listen to the housekeeper’s opinion, but the housekeeper wasn’t able to offer any better advice. He had been busy coming and going for the past half-year.
Despite working so hard, the yield from the estate was acceptable, but recouping the invested land purchase money within two or three years was difficult.
Mrs. ng was again seeking his advice on whether to invest more money, but he felt that making a big profit within five years was challenging.
It seed so much easier when watching others make money, but only when one actually does it does one realize how hard it is.
He didn’t dare to lie, so he could only share his true thoughts with Mrs. ng.
Mrs. ng also hesitated, troubled, mainly because it was approaching the end of the year and there was still no word from her husband yet.
With the Spring Festival coming, they needed to prepare substantial gifts for those above and below. Those gifts needed to be ready, which ant another substantial amount of money.
As the County Magistrate, the father figure of the county, he might also receive gifts from wealthy families, but it wasn’t appropriate to blatantly re-gift the items others had given.
Gifts also needed to be prepared for her natal family, and if word got out to those with inside information that they were using the tributes from others to honor soone else,
it would not only stain their reputation but also lead to contempt from relatives and friends.
Considering this, Mrs. ng felt that investing in the estate had definitely beco a burden.
Going forward, whether to invest further was a dilemma.
The way her husband called out so loudly, both she and the housekeeper turned toward the doorway and saw him holding a letter. Unsure whether it was from her natal family, and with private matters that the housekeeper should not overhear, she gestured for the housekeeper to leave first.
Housekeeper ng stepped down, observing the Old Master’s joyful expression and guessing that good news was on the horizon.
He smiled and excused himself, feeling happy not only for the Old Master but also for himself, thinking that perhaps he wouldn’t have to spend every day around the estate and could follow them back to the Capital City.
“Old Master, what has made you so happy?”
“Madam, we can return to the Capital City!”
“Really?”
In their happiness, both Mrs. ng and her husband felt as if they had finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel. Most importantly, being an official in the Capital, regardless of promotion or wealth, carried more prestige.
Whether having more authority as a local official or stronger capabilities as a Capital Official, it would depend on the position they were assigned to at the ti.
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