If She Wasn't a Calamity Star, What Was She?

Madam Lu looked at herself in the bronze mirror again and again, and couldn't help but exclaim, "My God, is this really me? I look so beautiful!"

Lu Xuening's face darkened as she looked at her mother and said with displeasure, "Mother, why did you make yourself look like this? You're prettier than me!"

Madam Lu pursed her lips and said:

"Oh dear, I happened to have some things on hand, so I asked the old lady to tidy them up a bit."

Think about it, the more beautiful I become, the better family I can marry into.

When I marry a powerful and influential man, won't you benefit from the marriage too?

From now on, when you're out in public, just say you're my sister, don't call me Mom.

Looking at me, who could tell I've given birth?

Once I've secured my position, I'll naturally find you a good match.

Then my daughter and I will be able to enjoy Fugui together.

Lu Xuening frowned and said, "Mother, we've both changed like this now, and I'm even prettier than before. Why do I still want to marry Zhou Wanwan's brother?"

Madam Lu never expected that she and her daughter would become so beautiful.

She said with a delighted expression:

Let's take it one step at a time and go back to the city first!

These are all charlatans, we can't afford to offend them, and the expenses here are beyond our reach.

"Mother... Bah! Your sister only has a little over 100 taels left, which is far from enough to cover her expenses."

The two, accompanied by a dozen or so guards, returned directly to the city.

In just one month, the city had undergone tremendous changes.

Madam Lu looked at the beggar on the street corner and said, "Why are there so many beggars here? I feel disgusted just looking at them now."

Lu Xuening shook her head and said, "How would I know?"

Madam Lu sighed and said, "Luckily, I thought of getting closer to the Zhou Family beforehand, so I bought a house next to the Zhou Family. Let's all move to the courtyard house!"

Lu Xuening walked to the entrance of the courtyard house and frowned, saying, "Mother, why is our house so small? It only has two courtyards?"

Madam Lu coughed and said, "This is all the money we have. Let's stay here for now! We can try to find out what the Zhou Family thinks when we have time."

Zhou Wanwan still lives in Zhou Family Village. In the village, all livestock can disappear without a trace, and vegetables and fruits will also vanish inexplicably.

Old Madam Zhou sighs every day:

"Ever since Zhou Wanwan returned to Zhou Family Village, things have been going on in our village non-stop."

Today the village has fewer pigs, tomorrow the village has fewer vegetables, and the day after tomorrow the village has fewer chickens.

"What else could this be but a jinx?"

Qian Huihui also sighed and said:

"My family has also been going through a lot of trouble. Ever since she came, either the house or the bed has collapsed."

Things in my house keep disappearing inexplicably.

I'm starting to feel something's not right. Could she be the one who took those things?

Old Madam Zhou shook her head and said:

"I had over a dozen kids from the village following her! How could she possibly have time to steal?"

Dozens of people patrol the village at night, and she always stays home and sleeps obediently.

But those livestock would mysteriously disappear, no matter how many were bought back.

Qian Huihui frowned and said, "That can't go on forever, can it?"

Old Madam Zhou was extremely anxious:

"We did have a lot of supplies stored up, but some of them were looted by others."

I always feel like someone is watching us, especially now that prices outside are skyrocketing.

"If I want to buy rice, I'll have to spend more than ten times what I used to."

Qian Huihui said, "It's getting hotter and hotter these days. It's so hot at night that I can't sleep. I don't know when this will end."

Old Madam Zhou looked at her and said:

"At least three years from now, or maybe more than three years."

In our past life, we died during the third year of the famine. Whether there will be any more famines after that, nobody knows.

Qian Huihui turned pale with fright. "Mother, what should we do now?"

Old Madam Zhou cursed:

"Look at you, so pathetic, what are you afraid of?"

We have made thorough preparations, so even if some supplies are missing, it won't be a problem.

Besides, I have other solutions, so you don't need to worry.

Qian Huihui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I'll try to get some more food."

Old Madam Zhou nodded and said, "Why haven't they gone back to the mountain stronghold yet? They're just eating and drinking for free every day, they're shameless."

Qian Huihui sighed and said, "Indeed, they've been here for almost a month, why aren't they leaving yet?"

Zhou Wanwan has gone crazy lately, she's become the village's leader of the kids, and all the kids in the village follow her.

The children from Daniu Erniu's families, along with the children from several other families in the village, followed her around all day long.

Even Zhou Nian, whom Zhou Mei liked, followed Zhou Wanwan.

Zhou Mei gritted her teeth and said:

Zhou Wanwan, have you no shame?

"You're always playing with the village kids. Do you even know Zhou Nian is my fiancé?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and said, "Zhou Nian? Which one is Zhou Nian?"

A fair-skinned child stepped out from the crowd and said, "Zhou Mei, don't talk nonsense. Our two families are not engaged at all."

Zhou Mei bit her lip and said, "Zhou Nian, our parents have already agreed to finalize things in the next few days. How can you go back on your word?"

Zhou Nian looked at her and said, "I really don't like you. Can you please stop contacting me?"

Zhou Mei said angrily:

"Zhou Nian, what do you mean? Do you like Zhou Wanwan?"

Otherwise, why would I follow Zhou Wanwan around every day?

Zhou Nian rolled her eyes and said:

"We just felt happy having so many people together."

I wasn't playing with Zhou Wanwan alone. There are so many kids from the village here, why do I have to bring up Zhou Wanwan?

Zhou Mei said irritably, "She's the queen of the kids now. She tells you where to go and where to go. Are you her dogs?"

The village children protested loudly, "What's it to you? Wanwan is so good to us, she always gives us good food."

"Zhou Mei, why are you so annoying? No wonder nobody wants to play with you."

"She acts like everyone owes her something every day. I hate her too."

Zhou Mei's eyes reddened as she looked at them and said, "You're from Zhou Family Village, so you have to listen to my family. Go back and tell my grandma that you bullied me."

Zhou Nian sneered, "It's always the same trick. Can't you come up with something different?"

Zhou Mei shouted, "You just wait and see! You'll be kicked out of Zhou Family Village by my grandma!"

There were children from eight families here, all staring at each other wide-eyed.

Zhou Mei rushed home, sobbing and crying:

"Mom, Grandma, all the kids in the village are bullying me now, boohoo..."

Zhou Nian also said she didn't want to get engaged to me and wanted to break off the engagement. They followed Zhou Wanwan around every day and helped her bully me.

Grandma, you have to stand up for me!

Old Madam Zhou muttered and cursed:

"These villagers are actually helping outsiders bully you, it's outrageous!"

I'm going to find their parents and see how they raised their children.