This is the fate of women and their mission.
They are like dandelion seeds. When the time comes and the wind blows, they can only leave the branches and scatter into the fields to take root.
Wherever they land, it will be their home from now on.
The mother and daughter were both very sad at the moment. The only thing Zhou could be thankful for was that she had chosen this marriage and carefully observed it.
I thought that as long as they didn't have any major changes, my daughter would be able to live a peaceful life.
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Here, Zhou's mother and daughter were talking, but Zijuan was busy counting her young lady's dowry.
The lady's dowry totaled eight loads, containing gold, silver, cloth, and jewelry.
Some of the dowries here were purchased by the lady long ago, and some were added temporarily.
However, in order to collect these eight boxes of gold and silver, Zhou also spent a lot of effort.
And when Zi Juan was counting, she didn't expect Die Wan, the maid next to Zheng, to come to Zi Juan's side at some unknown time.
When Zijuan was counting, Na Diewan couldn't help calling Zijuan, "Sister Zijuan."
Zijuan was startled. When she looked up, she saw Diewan coming in without saying a word. Zijuan looked a little unhappy.
"What did you come in for?"
Diewan didn't answer Zijuan's words immediately. She just stared at the eight pieces of dowry greedily and said, "Sister, there is a lot of money here. Is this the money of our second master's family?"
Faced with Diewan's questions, Zijuan did not answer. She just said politely, "Don't ask so many nonsense! Just tell me what you are here for."
Die Wan just curled her lips when she heard this, but she finally explained her purpose of coming, "Our wife said that this dress is a bit too big and doesn't fit well. She wants her to help her change her waist."
When she heard that it was about changing clothes, although Zijuan was still reluctant, she still took Diewan's clothes and said, "Okay, give me the clothes. I will take them and change them for her later." .”
After saying this, Zijuan saw that Diewan was still looking and had no intention of leaving. She immediately said dissatisfiedly, "What are you still looking at? Didn't you hear I told you to leave?" Pinshuke
Diewan had no choice but to leave dissatisfied.
When Die Wan returned to Zheng's house, Zheng was discussing with her husband and the eldest aunt of the Zhou family how to make her eldest brother change his mind and stay in the capital.
Unexpectedly, Diewan said to Mrs. Zheng as soon as she entered the door, "Madam, the second wife's family is really rich. I just saw eight boxes, and the eight boxes were filled with gold, silver and jewelry. That girl Zijuan is still stingy." Why don't you let me see it!"
Upon hearing this, Ms. Zheng immediately glanced at the eldest aunt of the Zhou family. Seeing that her expression was nothing but excitement, she couldn't help but provoke her and said, "Otherwise, my second sister-in-law is smart. She has a lot of money in her family, and she only follows us." Crying poor. Ask her to help save her nephew. Her family is so rich, but she still told us that her family can't afford the extra money and has to share it with us. We paid most of the money and still can't get a word. Well, if she takes out a drop in her pocket, people will be grateful to her."
Faced with Zheng's strange aura, the eldest aunt of the Zhou family did not say a word, but her expression was very ugly.
It was obvious that what she was thinking was similar to Zheng's.
Maybe she was a little grateful to Mr. Zhou before, but after things passed, and now she learned that Mr. Zhou's family was so rich, she didn't spend all the money to save her son. Instead, she asked herself to spend all her money. Come to share the money with her, she felt that Zhou didn't save her son.
Therefore, the eldest aunt of the Zhou family looked embarrassed.
Seeing that the instigation was successful, Mrs. Zheng's eyes lit up. She immediately turned to the third child of the Zhou family and said, "What did I say? I just said that the second child's family is rich! If our two families can use the second child If money has established a foothold in the capital, our son's life will be very different in the future! Unfortunately, Mrs. Zhou still always cries about poverty in front of us! Now it seems that she just wants to pretend to be poor and drive us away? The third child Ah, there is nothing we can say this time about going back."
The third son of the Zhou family could be considered obedient to Zheng's words, so basically no matter what Zheng said at the moment, he would choose to nod along.
It's just that it seems to be a problem to keep the eldest brother at the moment.
"Daughter-in-law, of course we don't plan to go back when we come here this time. But the eldest brother refuses to stay in the capital. Without him, even if we want to get the money from the third brother, it will be unfair."
"What's more, didn't the second sister-in-law also say that? The second brother may be fine, and she may be released after a while."
"We can't directly ask for money from our second brother when he's still here, right?"
Zheng didn't care about so much at the moment. She just said expressionlessly, "If the second brother can come back, he should come back soon. They only have one daughter in the family. The daughter is getting married, and the second brother has not come back yet. You Talking about the second brother can be a small crime, but if you ask me, Zhou is probably tricking us again this time! Let's just wait and see if the second brother comes back and we'll be done with it."
"Besides, the eldest brother didn't see the money. If he saw how wealthy the second brother's family was, I don't believe he would be willing to stay."
Hearing Zheng's words, the third son of the Zhou family nodded.
The eldest aunt of the Zhou family only said to Zhou Ruyu, "Yu'er, let's go back and continue talking to your father. We have to stay."
Zhou didn't know that these two families were plotting against her at the moment, and she had no intention of plotting against her at the moment.
All she can think about now is that her daughter is getting married and her husband will always come back to attend her daughter's wedding.
After thinking about it, the only one who can help her accomplish this now may be Mr. Lu Zhizhang and Lu Xiaohou.
However, in the past, when their family was not defeated, Lu Zhizhang was not seen often.
Now that their family has been defeated, it will definitely be even more difficult to see Lu Zhizhang.
After much thought, Zhou decided to try her luck again in front of the Lu Mansion.
After calling the carriage, Zhou took some ginseng supplements and headed to Lu Mansion.
However, Lu Zhizhang had already been told by his colleagues that he was now presiding over the case of the Crested Ibis Zhi. He asked the elderly at home to reject any visitors who were involved in the Crested Ibis case.
So when Zhou came to the Lu Mansion, it was no surprise that he was rejected. But Zhou didn't give up. When no one saw her, she just sat outside the door and waited until dusk. Fortunately, Lu Zhizhang was going home too.
When he got off the carriage, Zhou immediately joined him.
"Master Lu!"
Lu Zhizhang knew about the Zhou family, so he just cupped his hands and said, "Mrs. Zhou, why are you staying here so late?"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhou immediately said, "Master Lu, of course I am waiting for you!"
Lu Zhizhang asked doubtfully, "Wait for me? What are you waiting for me for, madam?"
Zhou immediately said, "Master Lu, I want to ask you to help me with something."
Lu Zhizhang immediately said with a straight face, "If it's about your husband, I'm sorry, I can't be of much help."
"And the nature of your husband has been decided. We will take him on the road at noon tomorrow, so it is even less possible for me to help him now."
After hearing this, Ms. Zhou immediately said, "No, sir, you can help him. My daughter is getting married tomorrow."
Hearing Zhou's words, Lu Zhizhang seemed a little surprised. The girl had been on a blind date with him for only half a month, but he didn't expect that she would get married soon.
But everything seems to be expected. After all, the Zhou family only has a mother and daughter, and the world is really difficult for women now. If they don't find a son-in-law to support the lintel, their home will probably collapse.
So he still said "Congratulations."
After the words fell, he only said, "But what does this have to do with me?"
Zhou immediately said to Lu Zhizhang, "Sir, I have no other request for this. I only ask that you allow my husband to attend my daughter's wedding. Even if it is just a glass of wedding wine, he will feel more at ease on the way." "
Hearing that Zhou's request was just this, Lu Zhizhang felt that this matter was not too big at all, nor too small at all.
After all, it is not too difficult to arrange for a prisoner who is about to be exiled to go home for a meal. Even if he is outside the law, he can be lenient.
But if the supervision is not strict enough and people escape, then the matter will be serious.
So Lu Zhizhang only whispered, "What you asked for can indeed help me, but if I help, it will be a big responsibility. There are many people at the wedding, and if your husband runs away, , then I am the one who should bear the blame.”
Zhou also heard the meaning of Lu Zhizhang's words at this time, and she immediately said, "Sir, I guarantee that my husband will not run away. What's more, his wife and children are here. Where can he go if he wants to run away!" If your Excellency is worried, you can send someone to escort him to my daughter's wedding. My daughter wants to see her father, please make it happen for us, mother and daughter!"
Upon hearing Zhou's words, Lu Zhizhang just said, "Okay, since you said so, I can promise to let you see him one last time."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhou was immediately overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Mr. Lu!"
Then she seemed to think of something again, and Zhou immediately took off the gold bracelet, the few thousand-year-old ginseng she had brought over, and an invitation and handed them to Lu Zhizhang. "If you don't mind it, sir, this is an invitation to my daughter's wedding. I also invite you to come over for a casual meal."
Lu Zhizhang only chuckled when he heard this, "I accepted the invitation, but I can't accept the ginseng and bracelet. After all, I am handling this case now, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at me. If I accept your money now I'm afraid people will scold me for accepting money to do things in the future. I will also be responsible for some bad things."
After saying this, Lu Zhizhang returned the bracelet and ginseng to Zhou.
Seeing that he said this, Mrs. Zhou naturally couldn't give those things to him anymore.
After all, if this kind of money is collected, the nature of the matter will indeed change.
And if this matter spreads, it will inevitably affect the official reputation of the other party.
