The Livestock Had All Vanished Into Thin Air

Zhou Wanwan asked, "Where will we stay later? Our luggage needs to be taken to our rooms! We can't leave it in the carriage forever!"

Everyone stared at each other, but in reality, none of them had thought that much about it.

The room that was originally reserved for them has now been given to Zhou Qingzhou and has become Zhou Qingzhou bridal chamber.

The wedding ceremony has been completed, and the bride has been led into the bridal chamber.

That's why Zhou Wanwan specifically asked the question. Old Man Zhou coughed and said, "We have plenty of rooms in our house, so you can stay in the main room!"

Zhou Wanwan scoffed and said, "Are you saying that the courtyard over there was reserved for us? One courtyard for each family, how come it's changed now?"

Old Man Zhou coughed and said, "There's no other way, is there? Nobody knew Qingzhou was so capable, managing to find a prefect's daughter as his wife so easily!"

"Then it's our family's bad luck! Whatever, if other families have it, we should have it too." Zhou Wanwan persisted.

Huihui quickly smoothed things over, saying:

"Good children, you're only staying for a few days, so stay in the main house for now. We'll build you a house after some time."

"Can we name it something more impressive?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at her, not believing her third aunt's words at all.

This third aunt is the most vicious of all the aunts.

Aunt Zhang Guilan chimed in from the side, "She's just back for a few days, does she really think she's some kind of pampered young lady? She should be grateful she has a place to stay."

Zhou Wanwan ignored her, but Zhang Guilan suddenly noticed the gold bracelet on Zhou Wanwan's wrist and her eyes lit up.

"Oh my! Is that gold bracelet on your wrist real?"

It's not good for a child to wear a gold bracelet. How about this, I'll keep it for you and give it back to you when you go home."

Zhou Wanwan hid her hands and said, "Why should I? Why should you keep my things? Who knows if you have good intentions?"

Zhang Guilan coughed and said:

"I'm doing this for your own good, in case something gets stolen from our house."

"Don't blame us later. I'll keep it for you; it definitely won't get lost."

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and said, "How would I know if you're telling the truth? What if you turn around and sell all my gold jewelry?"

"Hey! How can you talk like that? Just give me these things, and I'll give them back to you exactly as they were when you go back."

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and said:

"I don't believe you unless you write a contract, in black and white, and we write it clearly and put our fingerprints on it."

"Find a few more witnesses. Hey! Aren't those the big shots in town? Let's find them to be our witnesses."

Zhang Guilan rolled her eyes and said, "It's just a gold bracelet. It's not like it's anything valuable."

Zhou Wanwan held up the bracelet on her wrist and said, "This isn't an ordinary gold bracelet. Take a good look."

The red gold bracelet on her wrist was then revealed; the bracelet was made of red gold and densely inlaid with more than a dozen pigeon blood rubies in the center.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Zhang Guilan and said:

"Look closely, this bracelet alone, with all these rubies inside, would fetch over ten thousand taels in a pawnshop in the capital."

If you want to keep it for me, you should first consider your own financial situation.

I'm telling you this: if it gets lost or damaged, you'll have to pay me ten thousand taels of silver, not a single coin less.

Have you thought this through? Can you afford to pay the compensation?

Zhang Guilan rolled her eyes and said, "Isn't this robbery? This little bracelet is worth more than ten thousand taels of silver?"

The owner of the pawnshop on the street came over, looked at it, and said, "Ten thousand taels is still cheap. This style would cost twenty thousand taels in the capital."

The others came over and nodded, saying, "It's definitely worth the price."

Zhang Guilan's face was full of greed. Old Madam Zhou coughed and said:

"Then let your aunt keep it!"

This bracelet is too valuable. If I lose it by accident, I'll have no one to blame but myself.

Zhou Wanwan had two contracts written, and then quickly signed and sealed them.

She took off the bracelet on her hand, and Old Madam Zhou swallowed hard as she looked at the jewelry on Liu Su'e's body.

The piece of jade jewelry that Liu Su'e wore this time was a complete set designed and crafted by a special artisan in her family.

The material is a top-quality jadeite rough stone, with good texture and color, no impurities, and looks translucent and warm.

The most eye-catching item in the whole set is a pair of jadeite bangles that are entirely emerald green, clearly top-quality pieces.

Old Madam Zhou looked at her jade set and said, "Su'e! Why are you bringing such valuable things back to the countryside? Listen to me, I'll keep them safe for you."

Just as Liu Su'e was about to refuse, Zhou Wanwan said with a smile:

"Mom, isn't this great? Since Grandma is going to keep it for us, we don't have to worry anymore."

What a pity if it gets stolen or robbed! Maybe Grandma should write two deeds too.

Old Madam Zhou smiled with satisfaction, "Oh my! Our Wanwan is so sensible. Don't worry, she'll definitely return this to you; there are so many people watching!"

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "Of course we trust Grandma, but these things are too valuable, so you'll have to take good care of them!"

The contract was quickly written, and Liu Su'e removed all her jewelry.

She looked at Zhou Wanwan, unsure of her daughter's intentions.

Zhou Wanwan carefully put the contract away and said:

Grandma, you need to be careful!

The old lady's only cost a little over ten thousand taels of silver, but yours is different; it's worth one hundred thousand taels of silver!

Old Madam Zhou carefully placed it against her chest and said, "Don't worry! I'll wear it to bed every night."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Okay, then I'm relieved."

After saying that, she began to eat.

Suddenly someone rushed over and said, "Oh no! All our livestock are gone! We were going to slaughter a few chickens, but when we went over there, all our chickens were gone!"

Old Madam Zhou looked at them and said, "We raised about a hundred chickens in total! How could they all have disappeared?"

"I don't know either! Not only the chickens, but also the more than 100 pigs we raised have disappeared."

Old Madam Zhou was truly furious. These livestock were intended to be kept until a year of famine, but if a year of famine came, even food would be a problem, let alone meat.

I don't know who stole it so quickly.

"Damn it, they stole our house while we were having a feast here!"

"Grab your weapons, let's go after them."

"Yes, a large group of pigs, chickens, and many cattle and sheep, they definitely can't go far."

Let's look around. Wherever there are footprints, we'll follow them.

There are still some clever people, but when they arrived at the destination, they found that there were no footprints left at all.

All the livestock had vanished without a trace. Old Madam Zhou and her men searched for a long time, but they couldn't find a single animal.

After Zhou Wanwan finished eating and drinking, the maid went directly to the main house and picked out a few rooms.

The maids quickly directed the servants to tidy up.

Old Madam Zhou and Old Man Zhou searched for the livestock for a long time but found nothing, so they had to return home.

But when she returned, she discovered that her bed was gone...