After Zhou came back, she only said to the strong man at the head, "We have one hundred and fifty taels of silver here. We have pooled the money together. Can you see if the money is correct?"
The man didn't even think about it when he heard this. He just said, "I believe in you."
Then after he collected the money, he immediately signaled to the boys around him to let Zhou Xun go quickly. However, before letting Zhou Xun go, he patted Zhou Xun on the shoulder and said, "Boy, these aunts in your family are kind-hearted. You were lucky enough to save your life this time. If you don't have the ability next time, don't imitate others and do it for free."
Zhou Xun had suffered a lot in the past few days at the opponent's hands, so facing the opponent's warning, Zhou Xun could only contradict him but did not dare to. He nodded repeatedly and shrank into a quail-like shape.
Then the man just waved his hand to the younger brother who followed him and said, "Let's go."
As soon as he spoke, everyone followed him and left one after another.
After they left, the eldest aunt of the Zhou family just held Zhou Xun and cried again.
"My son! You have suffered so much! Mother loves you so much!"
Now that Zhou Xun knew he was safe, he also started crying.
Suddenly the entire hall was filled with the sounds of the mother and son crying and howling.
At the moment, others were just watching quietly.
After the mother and son had cried enough, Ms. Zhou finally spoke to the people in the hall and said, "Tomorrow is my mother-in-law's wedding day. I know that you all have a difficult journey here, and you probably didn't bring much clothes with you, so I The new clothes customized by the Zhou Tailor Shop are now ready. You can try them on to see if they fit you. If they fit, you can wear them tomorrow."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Zhou glanced at Zijuan beside her, and then Zijuan quickly asked several maids to come forward to show everyone their clothes.
However, when Mrs. Zhou said this, Mrs. Zheng's heart clearly flickered. Seeing that the eldest daughter of the Zhou family had taken her clothes and was about to leave, Mrs. Zheng only followed closely behind the eldest aunt of the Zhou family.
It’s not that the eldest room of the Zhou family didn’t know that the third room was following behind, but they really didn’t want to pay attention to each other at the moment. In the end, Zhou Ruyu, the eldest room of the Zhou family, couldn’t stand it anymore. She said to the other party inexplicably and maliciously, “Third aunt, you have been following me all this time. What does this mean behind my house?"
Facing Zhou Ruyu's scolding, Zheng lost her previous fierceness this time. She quickly stepped forward and called the eldest aunt of the Zhou family affectionately, "Sister-in-law, has your eldest brother changed your mind now?"...
"Why have you changed your mind?" the eldest aunt of the Zhou family asked with a puzzled look on her face.
Zheng immediately added, "It's about us staying in the capital after Yaoniang gets married. My eldest brother can't go back. If he goes back, won't our family's money be in vain at the expense of an outsider like Zhou?"
After hearing this, the eldest aunt of the Zhou family realized what Zheng was talking about.
Not wanting to wait for his mother to speak first, Zhou Ruyu spoke first.
"We don't have the ability to make our father change his mind. He still decides to go back."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zheng immediately said, "How can that be done?"
Then the conversation changed. Mrs. Zheng looked at the eldest aunt of the Zhou family and said, "Sister-in-law, aren't you in a hurry? Are you willing to go back like this?"
The eldest aunt of the Zhou family didn't say anything immediately, so Zheng went back to her ideological work.
"Especially Ruyu, what good partner can she find when she returns to her hometown? Are you and your family willing to live in that poor place for the rest of your life?"
Zhou Ruyu obviously still resented Zheng's behavior of dragging her into trouble just now. She knew that Zheng was worried. In fact, her goal was similar to Zheng's. She wanted to stay in the capital.
But at this moment, in order to get angry with Zheng, she only said, "Although my hometown is poor, my life is comfortable. There is no money to come to this capital. We don't have the capital like others, so I think it would be good to go back."
Zheng naturally knew that this little girl was angry with her, so she said at the moment, "Yu'er, if you go back now, then the second son of the Xi family will have no chance to deal with you. After all, this is a colorful world in the capital." Charming eyes, if you are not in front of your eyes, you may be turned around and forgotten."
Hearing Zheng's words, Zhou Ruyu felt like a cat that had been stepped on, her face was very embarrassed.
Zheng then whispered, "Yu'er, I know I did something bad before, which may have offended you, and I don't expect you to forgive me, but today we are fighting for our own interests and future, you If you go back today, the glory and wealth in this capital city will have nothing to do with you."
Hearing Zheng's words, Zhou Ruyu didn't say anything. Of course, she had not forgotten why she came to the capital after all the hard work.
When Mrs. Zheng saw that she was silent, she knew that she had dealt with her.
Then Mrs. Zheng said in a calm voice, "Let's just treat it as if we are together for the common interests. Then we can't fight among ourselves at this time. Sister-in-law, do you think I am right?"
Before the eldest aunt of the Zhou family could speak, Zhou Xun suddenly said, "Second aunt just saved my life. Isn't this going too far?"
After hearing what her son said, the eldest aunt of the Zhou family just remembered that Mrs. Zhou had really helped her a lot, so she just followed her son and said, "Yeah, if Mrs. Zhou hadn't been there just now, I really don't know what I would have done." Now you ask me to burn bridges across rivers, but I really can’t do it.”
After hearing what the eldest aunt of the Zhou family said, Mrs. Zheng immediately said, "Sister-in-law, you are too kind. This money originally belonged to the three brothers. If something happens to the second brother, shouldn't it be given to the other brothers?" Handle his finances? After all, Zhou is just an outsider. If something happens to the third child, where do you think she will take the money? It can only be her natal family. Even if she does not take the money back to her natal family, if If she remarries in the future, the money may be moved to someone else's home! Then the Zhou family's property will fall into the hands of others in vain."
The eldest aunt of the Zhou family didn't say anything after hearing what Zheng said. Looking at her like this, she seemed to be really convinced by Zheng.
Then Zheng just offered a compromise plan, "Besides, if you really feel uneasy, the worst we can do is give her a settling-in allowance and let her settle elsewhere. Isn't this a kind act?"
After listening to Zheng's proposal, the eldest aunt of the Zhou family was obviously completely convinced by Zheng, "What you said makes sense, but my husband has a stubborn temper, and even nine oxen can't take back what he has decided. It's not like we are helpless. I tried to persuade him, but it had no effect."
After hearing what the other party said, Mrs. Zheng immediately said, "If that's the case, then we really need to make a long-term plan."
Then the two people came to a place very quickly.
After they left, a young girl in purple silk clothes not far away just snorted and walked back the way they came with a tray.
As soon as she returned to the main hall, Zijuan put the tray on the table.
Seeing that the things on the tray were still there, Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but said, "Zijuan, didn't I ask you to give them the money for the trip in advance? Why did you bring it back again?"
Upon hearing Zhou's words, Zijuan immediately snorted, "Madam, let's stop doing such good things. They are all a bunch of wolf-hearted people. It's a shame that you still want to prepare money for them. Let me tell you this." , they have no intention of going back at all!"
Zhou was not too surprised by these words.
She just said, "Since you don't want it, let's put it away."
However, Zijuan obviously couldn't sit still. "Madam, we can't just sit back and wait for death. They are really bullying people! You don't know how outrageous they are! They also said that this money should be theirs in the first place." Yes, saying that you will remarry or take it back to your natal family will mean that the Zhou family's property will be drained!"
"And they said forget it. The eldest aunt of the Zhou family was particularly disgusting. It was in vain that Madam went to such trouble to help her, but do you know what she had in mind? She actually said that she would give you a settling-in allowance. Let you leave this home! Do you think she is still a human being?"
Hearing Zijuan's complaints, Mr. Zhou said in a calm voice, "If they really want to keep it, I don't have any better way. If they want it, just take it back."
She didn't expect Zhou to be so generous. Zijuan was obviously still not convinced, and she still had to convince Zhou.
Zhou didn't want to think about it but said to Zi Juan, "Zi Juan"
Juan, stop talking, I just want to arrange Yaoniang’s marriage! "
As Zhou's words fell, Zhou Yao's mother came to Zhou's side at this time. She carried a box and came to her mother's side and whispered, "Mom, I made three Xipa, one It's a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water, one is a dragon and a phoenix, and the other is a flower blooming on both sides, which one do you think is better for me?"
After hearing Zhou Yaoniang's words, Zijuan naturally stopped saying anything, but the expression on her face was very aggrieved.
Seeing Zijuan's expression, Zhou Yaoniang couldn't help but said to Zijuan, "Sister Zijuan, what's wrong with you?"
Before Zijuan could speak, Zhou said to her daughter on behalf of Zijuan, "Zijuan is fine, she just had a little trouble with someone."
Then, as if to silence Zijuan, Mrs. Zhou immediately said to Zijuan, "Zijuan, please go to the warehouse to count the dowry first."
Zijuan nodded after hearing this.
After Zijuan left, the mother and daughter also began to choose Xipa.
Zhou only picked out one of the three handkerchiefs, "Choose this one. Mother doesn't expect you to be rich and powerful. Mother only hopes that you can be husband and wife and grow old together. This way, as a mother, I I feel relieved."
Hearing her mother's words, Zhou Yaoniang just nodded silently, "Mom, you are so kind to me."
After the words fell, Zhou Yaoniang suddenly threw herself into Zhou's arms. At that moment, Zhou Yaoniang burst into tears, "Mom, my daughter really can't let you go!"
Seeing Zhou Yaoniang crying, Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but feel weak at this moment.
After all, how many years have she raised her daughter? She can't let go of her. How can he let her go?
It's a pity that no matter how deep the relationship between mother and daughter is, they will eventually separate one day.
