Chapter 731: Chapter 731 - 731: 731 Good News

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“I think so too. But I have to take care of things over there before the new year, so I’ll leave the rest of the family matters to you.”

“Alright, let me know if you need any help.”

In the following days, Gu Chengrui was busy with his hospital.

Besides staying home for the winter, Zhou Ying patrolled the shops and manors, preparing gifts for each family.

During this time, Zhou Huaiming and Mingyu’s marriage was also set, and the date of their wedding was set to be February 18th.

On the 23rd of December, Gu Chenglin went home for the holidays.

However, he did not stay for long. After inspecting his manors, he went to the hospital to help.

On the afternoon of New Year’s Eve, Niu Fugui came over with a stack of account books and said, “Mistress, these are all the account books for this year.

“As of the closing day, the two restaurants and several manors have earned a total of 22,604. taels of silver. Please take a look.

Zhou Ying was stunned for a moment after hearing that. She really did not expect the amount of profit.

“Have you given out the bonuses I asked you to give out?”

“It has been distributed. Everyone in the restaurant and the servants in the residence will receive an extra month’s salary.

“Every household will be given five pounds of pork, ten pounds of rice, and ten pounds of flour.”

“Very good. You did well this year; continue the hard work.

“As for your monthly salary, next year it will rise to 50 taels of silver per month. I hope you can live up to this salary.” Zhou Ying said.

“Thank you for your kindness, Mistress. I will do my best.” Niu Fugui bowed.

“By the way, how’s the small garden behind us?”

“The flowers are budding. Perhaps it’s because it’s still early; they haven’t bloomed yet.”

After Niu Fugui left, Zhou Ying flipped through all the accounts.

Because she already went through accounts every month, she focused on the last month.

After confirming that there were no problems, she calculated the total and threw it aside when she saw that the numbers matched.

In the evening, Zhou Ying and Gu Chengrui had a New Year’s Eve dinner with everyone in the residence.

When Zhou Ying picked up a piece of braised fish and was about to put it in her mouth, she suddenly felt disgusted. She covered her mouth and ran out of the house.

Shizhu hurriedly chased after her and patted her back. “Mistress, did you catch a cold? I’ll bring you a cloak.”

“No need. Go back and eat. Leave this to me.” Gu Chengrui walked over and said it thoughtfully.

Then, he stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Ying’s hand to take her pulse.

Zhou Ying looked at his actions and quickly remembered that her period had been delayed for more than ten days. She immediately turned her head and looked at him with anticipation.

When Gu Chengrui saw this, he had a serious expression on his face. After counting his right hand, he then counted his left hand.

“Babe, you’re going to be a mother.”

“Really?”

“Of course, I wouldn’t be wrong about taking your pulse.”

“That’s great. It seems like our calculations were right. This way, our child will be born in the golden autumn of August, and it won’t be too hot.”

“Yes, our baby is going to be born in August.”

Shizhu was stunned for a while after hearing this. She shouted in surprise, “Mistress, you’re pregnant!”

To be honest, although Zhou Ying always said that she didn’t want one as the reason for their lack of children, Shizhu was quite anxious after no movement all this time.

She didn’t expect that they were planning to have a child at a specific time. This made her feel completely relieved.

“Brother Gu!” Gu Chenglin heard Shizhu’s exclamations and immediately ran out. He looked at the two of them with anticipation.. “Brother Gu, is Sister Zhou really pregnant?”