Chapter 494： box

"As for the time of the visit? Um... The day after tomorrow, do you want to go to Zhuangzi to play?"

He asked the children and heard Pei Xiu mention it last night, and he remembered it.

They nodded excitedly, "Yes, yes, the academy will be closed for ten days after the academy, and we have all agreed with our mother that we will go to Zhuangzi to sow seeds together."

Zhou Cheng nodded. Now that it is time for spring ploughing, it is not a disadvantage to go to Zhuangzi to go to school and do some farming.

"I'll accompany you to Zhuangzi. On the next day off, I'll visit the Huainan Prince's Mansion, and then go to Jingzhao Yin's house."

"Yeah."

Everyone has no opinion.

"Tomorrow, you will take an extra half-day leave from the academy in advance. We will stay overnight at Zhuangzi and return to Beijing the next day."

The boys cheered, they could play all day, they didn't have to rush back to Beijing, they were so happy, they could have more fun then!

Pei Xiu looked at them with a smile. They were silent all winter, and they didn't go anywhere. Let them have a good time.

Anyway, the eldest does not take the imperial examinations, and the second and third are young, so there is no need to hold them so tightly.

Zhou Shan doesn't care, it's fine to ask for an extra day or two of leave.

It's Zhou Yi, he definitely can't take leave, it's not because the academy doesn't approve it, it's because his father doesn't approve!

But he wouldn't be disappointed by saying at this time that he would be satisfied if he could go to Zhuangzi to play all day, and he would never think about asking for leave.

After the meal, Zhou Yi and Zhou Shan left in a happy mood, and the three brothers also returned to their yard.

Pei Xiu put wheat on the kang to play with her doll before she could ask Zhou Cheng.

"What's in the big box you brought back yesterday? Where's the key?"

Zhou Cheng looked at her with a smile, "It's something you like!"

Pei Xiu smiled and looked at him angrily, "I didn't even see it, so you know I like it? Where's the key?"

"In the luggage I brought back, there was a gap in a jacket."

"Don't tell me sooner, the clothes you brought back yesterday were all washed."

After she finished speaking, she opened the door and instructed Ginkgo to bring in his clothes for her first, whether they were dry or not, there were not many of them anyway.

Zhou Cheng smiled ambiguous behind him, "I didn't have time to talk when I came back yesterday, and I didn't have time to talk. You didn't ask."

Pei Xiu turned her head to see him smiling like a stealthy cat, and glared at him.

When Ginkgo got all the clothes, she let him find it by himself.

Zhou Cheng directly took scissors and cut a yellowish undershirt, took out the key and handed it to her.

"Where did you put the box?"

He glanced around the room and saw no boxes.

"It's locked in the warehouse."

"Give me the key and I'll move it."

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Pei Xiu looked at the big box he brought back and knocked twice with the key, feeling a little excited.

"What's in it?"

"you guess?"

"Gold and silver jewelry?"

Zhou Cheng said with a smile, "Open it and see!"

"Mysterious, I guessed it."

Her tone was filled with joy, and while speaking, she touched the lock cylinder, inserted the key, turned it, and the lock opened.

Putting the lock aside, she glanced at Zhou Cheng, and in his smiling eyes, he lifted the lid, and the color of the jewels almost blinded her eyes.

She opened her eyes wide in surprise and looked at this box full of jewels. Although she had prepared it in her heart, she was a little unbelievable when it was really placed in front of her.

She picked up a string of pearl necklaces and looked at it. Although she didn't know the value, she knew it wasn't cheap.

Put it back and look at it casually. There are all kinds of jewelry and jade jewelry in it, and gold jewelry is the worst.

She couldn't help but feel a little worried, "You bring back such a big box, okay? What about the other generals?"

"Don't worry, among so many generals, I have taken the least, and these have all crossed the road in front of the captain."

"Those feudal lords have accumulated in the fief for decades, and the wealthy are very rich, with wives and concubines in groups, and countless gold and silver jewelry. After the defeat, everyone in the feudal lord's palace was captured, and their properties were confiscated."

"We only took a part of each vassal king's mansion, and the rest were recorded in the book and handed over to the treasury. Several vassal kings went around the fiefdom, and they also put a lot of wool, and only this big box you see."

Zhou Cheng explained, and then grabbed all the jewelry on the top layer, revealing the neat gold ingots on the bottom.

"Only the top half is jewelry, and the bottom is gold ingots, not a lot."

Pei Xiu looked at the rows of gratifying gold ingots underneath, and was relieved, she could take it, and it would be good to cross the bright road.

She smiled and reached out and touched it, "I really made a fortune! Sure enough, war fortune is the best way to make money. These are more than all of our belongings."

"You also said that you took the least, so how rich should other people's families be? You've only been on the battlefield, and they don't stop there."

Zhou Cheng shook his head, "It depends on the situation and what kind of battle is being fought. The Battle of Pingfan is the first time in the Great Xia Dynasty, and it is estimated to be the last time. The vassal king is rich, so we can boldly take so much back."

"In terms of suppressing bandits, the richest bandits in Liaodong don't have half of the wealth of any vassal king, and the foreign enemies in the frontier are even poorer, otherwise they won't make repeated attacks, and only if they hit the royal court will they get rich."

After listening to his explanation, she realized that this battle can be regarded as an important opportunity that cannot be found!

Military merit can be said to be picked up, with low risk and high return! It's a bit tiring from the long journey, but it's worth it.

After hearing him say so much, she was relieved, and could pick and choose happily and boldly.

Pick out the ones you like, which are relatively low-key and suitable for daily wear.

The valuables are also picked out separately, and tomorrow I will order a few gift boxes and keep them well, wear them on important occasions, or keep them as gifts.

But after picking it up, she found that, except for a few simple and low-key styles she picked out ~, the rest seemed to be quite expensive.

Zhou Cheng was in a good mood watching her happily rummaging, and explained to her, "These are all I picked out of a pile of jewels, and they shouldn't be bad."

"It's very discerning, and I didn't pick out the bad ones."

"Take one of them and ask me if I'm okay, I'm sure I don't know, but in a pile of jewels, I can still tell which is better and which is worse at a glance."

Pei Xiu praised him generously, "It's amazing, I like it all."

Mai Mai watched her mother tinkling to and fetch things, and the table was covered all over, and her attention was also attracted. Children have no resistance to shiny and colorful things.

She climbed onto the stool, and at first sight, she fell in love with a string of colorful jade bracelets, and reached out to get it.

A jade bracelet placed on the edge almost knocked her off the ground, but fortunately Zhou Cheng caught it quickly.

She was frightened and hurriedly took her down, "Be careful, what are you going to tell your mother, don't knock things off the ground."