The System Is Back

When Zhao Ruxi brought this up, Lady Zhu's expression changed. She said, "That brat, she might go back to your second uncle and your eldest brother and cry for her dowry. Your second uncle and your eldest brother are both soft-hearted; who knows how they'll extort her."

Zhao Ruxi nodded. "That's for sure. How could she possibly be willing to lose out on her dowry? Not only would she want it, she wants even more."

However, with Zhao Ruyu around, Zhao Rurui probably won't get much dowry no matter how much trouble she causes.

Thinking of Zhao Jingli's temperament, Lady Zhu sighed.

The reason why she and Zhao Yuanxun never doubted Zhao Jingli's background was mainly because Zhao Jingli's personality was so similar to Zhao Yuanxun's. They both valued family ties very much, were very tolerant of their siblings, and would rather suffer losses themselves than let their siblings feel wronged.

If your siblings have good character, that's fine; but if you encounter an extreme case, you'll really suffer a lot.

"However, I think Miss He has a capable and reliable character. With her keeping an eye on your elder brother, I feel at ease," said Lady Zhu.

Zhao Ruxi glanced at Lady Zhu and said, "They are all my elder brother's own brothers and sisters. He doesn't step forward himself and hides in the back, so what kind of talk is it to make my sister-in-law step up and play the villain? Women who marry into the family are always treated as outsiders. If she has to interfere in the affairs between her brothers and sisters, she will easily be disliked by both sides. In my opinion, my elder brother should handle this matter himself and not push it onto my sister-in-law."

Lady Zhu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "You're right."

"And another thing, Mother," Zhao Ruxi said, deciding to make things clear since the topic had come up. "You're an extremely reasonable person. But eldest brother is still the child you raised, and you'll unconsciously side with him. We're all women, so please don't be like those mothers-in-law who always favor their own sons. It'll be the same when Young Master Tai gets married."

Lady Zhu might Gao Xing to hear this, but Zhao Ruxi still wanted to say it.

Fortunately, Lady Zhu was someone who listened to advice. After hearing this, she nodded and said, "If you hadn't said that, I might have become the kind of person I dislike. It seems I need to learn from your grandmother and just enjoy my life from now on. I'll mind my own business as the young couple."

Zhao Ruxi smiled and used serving chopsticks to put a piece of food on Lady Zhu's plate, "From now on, eldest brother and Young Master Tai's wife will be the happiest daughter-in-law in the world."

Lady Zhu gave her a reproachful look and then laughed.

After finishing her meal and returning to her room, Zhao Ruxi called out to the system, but there was no response.

The next day, she woke up and called again, but the system still didn't respond.

Zhao Ruxi became somewhat worried.

Time travel is a mysterious and unpredictable thing; will her system be in trouble?

She would go to the yamen on time to clock in, and instruct Zhang Wenhuan to compile statistics on the population, cultivated land area, and grain output of each village head under his jurisdiction on the table she had drawn. Then she would sit in her seat and draw a map of the water conservancy distribution.

After completing these tasks, she would send them to the counties below, instructing the county magistrates to follow suit. With the county magistrates overseeing the work, she would no longer need to personally oversee the process; she would only need to provide supervision.

When she returned home at noon, Zhou Chun reported, "The land for the distillery has been agreed upon with the nuns at the temple. They know we're going to use that well for the distillery, and they find it noisy and don't want to live there anymore, so they've all agreed to relocate. Do you think it would be a good place to rebuild the temple for them?"

Zhao Ruxi already had a plan for this. She said, "Ask them if they'd like to move into the city. If they do, find a suitable house in the city, buy it, and give it to them along with the land deed. If they only want to live there, keep a suitable place to build a winery, and then find a place nearby where you can dig a well. After building the house and digging the well, give them the land deed for that piece of land as well."

Zhao Ruxi did not believe in gods or Buddhas in modern times. But since time travel has happened, she has developed a sense of awe towards ghosts and gods.

She has plenty of money. Now that people are moving because of her, she is naturally happy to make sure the nuns are settled in a good manner.

That mountain was a desolate place, located outside the city. It would be fine for monks to live there, but it would be very unsafe for a few nuns. She was willing to spend more money if they were willing to move into the city.

The temple was built in the city, making it convenient for Buddhists in the city to worship, and presumably the nuns would receive more donations. Of course, if those who were outside the secular world only sought peace and quiet and did not wish to stay in the secular world, she would build their residences better and the walls higher.

By evening, Zhou Chun responded, "The nuns said that it's certainly good to be settled in the city, but it's too expensive for you. If you're willing to make an offering, they'd like to light a lamp for your longevity."

"It's good that they're willing. You can handle this for them. Buy them a bigger house, and have the head housekeeper go with you to choose one," Zhao Ruxi said.

"Yes." Zhou Chun took out a land deed from his pocket and handed it to Qingfeng. "This is the land deed for the area at the foot of that mountain."

Just in case, Zhao Ruxi bought the entire foothills of the mountain, which was about sixty acres.

Zhao Ruxi took the land deed and glanced at it. Just as she was about to speak, the system's excited voice suddenly sounded in her mind, "Host..."

Overjoyed, she quickly said to Zhou Chun, "Find some servants to clean up those areas. Let's leave it at that for today. I'll tell you what to do next later."

After Zhou Chun left, Zhao Ruxi went into the bedroom, dismissed Qingfeng, and then asked the system, "How did it go? Did it go smoothly? Did you get the wine recipe?"

The system had been instructed by Zhao Ruxi long ago when it was bound to her: when she was talking to others, unless it was something extremely urgent, don't make noise, wait until she has time to speak. That's why it had been holding back just now.

Now that Zhao Ruxi finally had some free time, it couldn't resist and let out a series of stomping sounds in her mind. "Got it, hahaha."

Upon hearing this news, Zhao Ruxi was so Gao Xing she wished she could do a couple of somersaults like the system.

Although she can't go back, she can still get news from the modern world by spending some points, which will give her great comfort. Besides, the modern world's powerful information database is waiting for her.

"Quick, quick, tell me how my family and Xiao Lingyan's family are doing?" she urged anxiously.

"This message is a bonus..." the system notification indicated.

"Yes, yes, first cross out the 50,000 points, tell me the bonus information, and then we'll talk about the wine recipe," Zhao Ruxi interrupted it.

"Fifty thousand won't do, it has to be sixty thousand. You have no idea how difficult this trip has been for me..."

"Alright, alright, sixty thousand it is. Tell me quickly." Zhao Ruxi was unusually agreeable this time.