The Lu Family's Gold Shop Collapsed

Cheng Chao looked at Lu Lan, whose face was full of sarcasm, and said:

"What? Has my mother gone blind?"

They actually proposed marriage to your family, but now you want to call it off? Fine, call it off now.

"I don't want to date a woman like you! You have absolutely no sense of propriety."

Actually, Cheng Chao is quite handsome. I have to say, Cheng Xiao is also quite good-looking.

So his son isn't ugly either.

Lu Lan stomped her feet in anger. "Cheng Chao, are you deliberately trying to provoke me?"

Cheng Chao frowned and said:

"Lu Lan, when have I ever made you angry? I'm serious, okay?"

Are you out of your mind? I wouldn't want to marry someone like you! Ugly as a last resort, you're also brainless."

Lu Lan was so angry she was trembling:

"Who are you calling brainless? Who are you calling ugly? You only like people like Zhou Wanwan, right?"

"She's just a farmer in the mountains, what's so great about her?"

Cheng Chao rolled his eyes and said, "You saw her farming in the mountains?"

Lu Lan shouted, "Who doesn't know now? Zhou Wanwan's family had no other way to make a living, so they're farming in the mountains to improve their lives!"

Cheng Chao sneered, "What's wrong with people farming? You look down on farmers? Do you not eat food every day?"

Lu Lan gritted her teeth in anger. "Fine, fine, I'm not selling you any of my jewelry today."

Cheng Chao shook his hand and said:

"I don't even want this junk! If you don't want it, fine, there's plenty of gold in the gold shop across the street."

"How about we go check out the jewelry store across the street? They have way more styles than we do here."

Zhou Wanwan nodded with a half-smile and said, "Okay, let's go take a look across the street!"

Cheng Chao followed behind Zhou Wanwan, feeling smug.

This group of people must think he's gone mad, but only he knows what kind of person this Little Ancestor is.

He had indeed suffered at the hands of this Little Ancestor, but so what? Who hasn't suffered a loss?

Young people are bound to suffer more losses. Besides, has anyone ever had a good ending when they went against their Little Ancestor? Of course not.

It would be better to abandon the darkness and embrace the light, and cling to the Little Ancestor's coattails.

He's no match for a fool like Lu Lan.

As soon as they left the golden building, they heard a loud crash, and the Lu Family's golden building collapsed.

Cheng Chao patted his chest in fright and said, "Luckily we got out, otherwise we'd probably be stuck inside the Lu Family's Golden Pavilion right now."

Zhou Wanwan looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Maybe! I wonder how Lu Lan and Wen Zhiyu?"

Cheng Chao sneered, "Luckily, she wasn't willing to sell us anything. If we had stayed inside, who knows what would have happened to us now?"

Zhou Wanwan saw several young ladies emerge from inside, their clothes covered in mud.

Lu Lan's hands were covered in blood from being pressed, and Wen Zhiyu wasn't much better off, with scrapes all over her legs.

Their clothes were all torn, but none of them noticed.

Some of their clothes were torn, and their undergarments were showing.

Cheng Chao looked at the scene helplessly and said, "Oh dear! How could they have crawled out like that? Their reputation is ruined! Sigh!"

The men around were all watching with amusement. "Wow! These rich girls are really something else, they're so young and fresh inside."

"Look at that girl in the green dress, she has a really good figure, those breasts..."

Wen Zhiyu and Lu Lan shouted, "Hurry up and take off your clothes for us!"

The maids quickly dressed their masters in their own clothes, but they had already seen everything.

Zhou Wanwan sighed. Women in ancient times placed too much emphasis on chastity; this was probably a breach of fidelity.

Losing one's chastity is quite terrible for a woman; it will soon become the talk of the town.

But what does that mean in modern times?

People wearing bikinis are everywhere.

Zhou Wanwan looked at the Old Scholar Tree and the Old Ancestor behind the house and sighed. Why did these people have to fight against her?

If Lu Lan hadn't said those things, provoking Uncle Scholar Tree and the Old Ancestor, they would never have destroyed this Golden Pavilion.

The shopkeeper crawled out of the mud and said:

"What on earth happened? How could our building have collapsed? Our building was reinforced."

Luckily, I crawled under the table, otherwise I'd be a pile of mud right now.

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said, "You'd better pray for yourself!"

After saying that, he turned and went to the Golden Pavilion across the street.

The gold shop across the street was much more impressive than the Lu Family's. As soon as Cheng Chao entered, he said, "Manager, we don't care for the ordinary ones, bring us some better ones."

The shopkeeper had just been watching the commotion next door, so he naturally knew about these things.

He acted very quickly, immediately arranging a batch of good stuff, saying:

"Young lady, take a look. The quality of our gold jewelry is no worse than that of the Lu Family's gold jewelry, and all of it is the latest trendy goods from the capital."

If you like, you can try it on.

Goodness, Zhou Wanwan loves doing business this way.

As soon as she sat down, the shopkeeper had his waiter quickly bring out three sandalwood trays, each lined with a red velvet cushion.

Once displayed, the entire room was bathed in a dazzling golden light, far surpassing the previous batch of jewelry in terms of opulence.

Ruby-inlaid vine bracelet, jadeite-inlaid lotus bracelet, filigree pearl earrings, kingfisher feather Blue Treasure earrings, multi-gemstone butterfly hairpin, pearl and red gold necklace, openwork gold sachet, Ruyi- patterned gold hairpin, Blue Treasure pendant gold hair ornament, Hotan- inlaid gold bracelet...

Even Cheng Chao's face turned green. He trembled as he pulled out 20,000 taels of silver from his pocket, saying, "Little Ancestor, I only have 20,000 taels. Spend it as you see fit..."

It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with it, but rather that he only had so much power.

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "Okay, shopkeeper, how much do all these things cost in total?"

Wen Zhiyu and Lu Lan reappeared, this time dressed differently, and walked into the store.

Lu Lan looked at Zhou Wanwan with disdain and said:

"You poor wretch, you're just putting on an act again. They've already given you 20,000 taels."

"You can only buy things worth 20,000 taels of silver. What good will asking do?"

Several other young ladies nearby chimed in with sneers, "How can a country bumpkin like you be allowed into a shop like this? It's utterly shameless!"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "Weren't you just seen in public? Don't you have any shame?"

Wen Zhiyu shouted loudly:

"Zhou Wanwan, what nonsense are you spouting?"

That's unavoidable. If you keep talking nonsense, I won't be so polite.

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "Are you the only ones allowed to talk nonsense?"

The shopkeeper looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "These items total 26,200 taels of silver. I'll round it down to 26,000 taels."

Wen Zhiyu sarcastically:

Wow! These things are so cheap!

"But it's 26,000 taels! Zhou Wanwan, you can't possibly not have the money, can you?"

Lu Lan couldn't help but ask, "I'm just curious, are you able to take it out today?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them with a smile and said, "What's the point of being curious? How about we make a bet? You've lost to me before, haven't you?"