Within half a month, the Zhou family's rice shop in Qingzhou Prefecture opened. There was an endless stream of customers coming and going that day. Du Wanchun and Aunt Zhou looked on with smiles on their faces.
The passing villagers saw this and strode over and said, "Old Zhou's family, do you own this rice shop?"
Du Wanchun took a closer look, wasn't this Aunt Hu from Changliu Village?
Aunt Hu lives in the south of Changliu Village. I met Du Wanchun several times in the past when she first got married.
Every time this Aunt Hu passed by Zhou's house, she would look inside and say, "It's better for my men to raise three sons without worrying about food and clothing."
There was disdain for Aunt Zhou both inside and outside of her words.
Aunt Zhou knew that she didn't like her, so they rarely interacted with each other.
No, Aunt Hu's eldest son works for a wealthy family in Qingzhou Prefecture. She moved here half a year ago to take care of her grandson. Now she is surprised to see Aunt Zhou who owns a rice shop. ?.?????.???
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Yes, this is the rice shop run by our Zhou family."
Aunt Hu's face darkened slightly when she heard this, she frowned and said in disbelief: "Your Zhou family can still afford to open a rice shop, how come you find a good man to marry and get money?"
She was talking about Aunt Zhou.
Because she was not in Changliu Village during this period, she did not know about the Third Prince and thought Aunt Zhou was a widow.
Aunt Zhou looked at her and said coldly: "Old Hu's family, if you don't want to buy rice, get out of the way. The guests behind you will have to buy it."
Aunt Hu's face turned green with anger, especially when she saw the hairpin on Aunt Zhou's head, her eyes were full of jealousy.
She made way for the guests behind her, walked to Aunt Zhou, looked at her headdress, and said, "Is the red hairpin on your head real or fake?"
Du Wanchun was not polite, "Of course it's true, we won't buy it if it's fake."
Aunt Hu's eyes clearly showed a hint of anger, "Your Zhou family's life is getting better and better now, and you can actually afford to wear hairpins made of gold."
Du Wanchun was still polite, "That's natural. Our Zhou family now has several incense shops and rice shops. We can still afford to wear a red hairpin, but unlike Aunt Hu, she is now rooted in Qingzhou Prefecture, unlike us who still live there." In the house in Changliu Village."
Aunt Hu was angry, but she couldn't express her anger under Du Wanchun's words, so she had to follow her words and said: "I am also blessed by my son to live in a big house in Qingzhou Mansion."
After she finished speaking, she raised her tone slightly and continued: "Old Zhou family, how are your three sons? Are they all still farming at home?"
Aunt Zhou smiled and replied: "The eldest brother passed the exam, the second son went to the capital to do business, and the third son went to the border to find a position."
She spoke calmly and slowly. It was an ordinary sentence, but Mrs. Hu's face turned purple when she heard it. Although her sons were all in Qingzhou Prefecture, they were all doing small jobs for wealthy families. How could they compare? One of them won the election, one opened a shop and did business, and another had an official position.
Aunt Hu was convinced no matter how unwilling she was, she bought two buckets of rice and left in dejection.
Seeing her back, Aunt Zhou said to Du Wanchun, "If I see this kind of person again next time, I won't sell rice to her."
Du Wanchun responded with a smile: "Okay, mother, but I guess she won't dare to come again next time."
If you dare to do it again after losing your face, you are asking for trouble.
Aunt Zhou pulled her and turned around and went into the house, "You're tired after a busy day today, so go into the house and rest."
Du Wanchun followed her into the house and saw Zhou Ruiyuan coming over with a big box.
She walked over in confusion and asked, "Ms. sir, what is this?"
Zhou Ruiyuan slowly opened the box, "Take a look."
Du Wanchun looked inside and saw a phoenix crown inside.
She looked up at Zhou Ruiyuan in surprise, "This?"
Zhou Ruiyuan replied softly: "This is the phoenix crown I made myself."
Du Wanchun lowered his head and looked carefully at the surprisingly well-made phoenix crown, still full of doubts in his heart, "Ms. sir, why are you making this phoenix crown?"
At this time, Aunt Zhou came over and said, "Wan Chun, you forgot, today is your birthday."
"My birthday?!" Du Wanchun was shocked. When he thought about it carefully, he realized that today was really his birthday, but he didn't expect that both Zhou Ruiyuan and Aunt Zhou would remember it.
Aunt Zhou stretched out her hand and gently pushed away the broken hair from her forehead and said: "Wan Chun, it has been more than a year since you married into our Zhou family. You have suffered a lot with us for more than a year, and even more so when you got married. There is no banquet and no formal phoenix crown. Ruiyuan said that he would make a phoenix crown for you with his own hands, and he would give you a grand wedding in the future."
Du Wanchun looked up at Aunt Zhou and looked at Zhou Ruiyuan. Seeing the gentle smiles on their faces, she was very moved. She took the phoenix crown and said with a smile: "Thank you, sir, thank you, mother."
Then Zhou Ruiyuan continued: "Come, I will take you to a place."
Du Wanchun asked in confusion: "Where?"
