Did She Not Like Talking to Me?

The mayor opened his eyes and found himself in Zhou Family Village.

He shouted, "Which lunatic brought me to this godforsaken, desolate place?"

The wealthy family members were dumbfounded; they were having a meal together!

When they woke up, they found that they had arrived at Zhou Family Village.

The wealthy households also shouted loudly:

"I'd like to see who dares to be so bold. Believe me or not, I'll skin you alive!"

Stop playing tricks and get out here right now!

Another wealthy man said, "Aren't you coming out yet? Believe me or not, I'll burn this place down!"

Zhou Wanwan walked in from outside and said, "Oh! Long time no see! Isn't this the mayor? And these people are... uh... I don't recognize them."

The town mayor and the wealthy villagers trembled with fear when they saw Zhou Wanwan.

Zhou Wanwan looked at them with a smile and said:

"Have you all had dinner? Why are you all so quiet? Weren't you just making a lot of noise?"

Does he not like talking? Does he not like talking to me?

The town mayor quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, that's not true. What do you need us for?"

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "How come you all seem to know me?"

A wealthy man nearby almost burst into tears. "Now, who in town doesn't know you? Your portrait has spread throughout the entire town!"

Zhou Wanwan's lips twitched as she said:

Am I that famous now?

Alright, alright, I won't waste any more words with you. You're just here to act as witnesses. Come, all of you, sit down.

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said:

"The contract has been completed. Today, Zhou Xiaoyan Zhou Xiaoting voluntarily sever all ties with their father Zhou Fu'an, and mother, Zhao Zhaodi."

He was sold to Zhou Dazhu after leaving the Zhou Family, and the two parties settled the money in full without any outstanding debts.

From the date of signing the contract, the two women sever all ties with Zhou Fukang and Zhao Zhaodi, refusing to support them in life or bury them in death, and will have no further connection with or recognition of the Zhou Family.

From now on, marriages, funerals, good and bad fortune, life and death, honor and disgrace, Fugui and poverty will all be completely separate matters, with no further interaction or interference.

This contract looks good, right? Hurry up and sign it."

Zhao Zhaodi listened to the contract and said:

"Xiaoyan, Xiaoting, you're not really going to listen to Zhou Wanwan and sign this contract, are you?"

She's a terrible person; isn't she ruining the relationship between us, mother and daughter?

Zhou Xiaoyan immediately signed the document and looked at her, saying:

"What kind of relationship do we have between mother and daughter? From childhood to adulthood, you've always favored your brother. You've tolerated others bullying us and treating us like slaves."

Yet you still lead the bullying against us, ordering us to serve Zhou Mei tea and water and do her laundry every day.

I've never understood, is she your daughter, or am I your daughter?

I could tolerate that, but after Xiaoting was born, you made the two of us take care of Zhou Lan and Zhou Zhu.

Are we destined to serve others our whole lives?

Zhao Zhaodi was taken aback for a moment and said:

"Zhou Mei is going to marry into a wealthy and powerful family. How can you compare to her?"

You're just peasants, destined to serve others your whole lives.

"It's your good fortune to be able to serve Zhou Mei. When Zhou Mei marries into a good family, won't we also benefit and enjoy the good life?"

Zhou Mei, head held high and chest puffed out, said:

"Did you hear that? I'm going to be something special from now on. Grandma's fortune telling has never been wrong, and this time is no exception."

Zhou Nian is the most unlucky one. He wants to marry me, but I don't want to marry him!

Zhou Xiaoyan said no more, and Zhou Xiaoting quickly finished signing her name.

Zhou Fukang looked at them and said:

"Xiaoyan Yan! Actually, we're all doing this for your own good. Don't resent us; we just want you to eat better."

"You've hardly ever eaten meat since you were little. You always think, 'If you married a butcher, how much meat would you eat?'"

Zhou Xiaoyan looked at him and said:

"Dad, you know we've never eaten meat since we were little, right?"

"But our family's life has improved a long time ago, so why can everyone else eat meat, but my sister and I can't?"

Zhou Fukang coughed and said:

"Isn't it because there wasn't enough meat to go around? Why are you so greedy?"

You should have told us sooner that you were craving meat! We thought you didn't like meat!

Tears slowly streamed down Zhou Xiaoyan's face. "So you all thought I didn't like eating meat? Did you even ask us?"

Old Madam Zhou shouted:

"What are you yelling about? You're just a money-loser, why would you want meat?"

Hurry up, take the contract and get out of here, don't get in my way.

Zhou Dazhu, give us those 50 taels of silver.

Zhou Dazhu pulled out fifty taels of silver, then took the contract and pulled Zhou Xiaoyan, saying, "Let's go back!"

Zhou Xiaoyan wiped away her tears, nodded, and said, "Okay."

She followed Zhou Dazhu home, and then broke down in tears, sobbing, "Waaah... Why did they do this to me? What did I do wrong?"

Zhou Wanwan also came over and said:

"Oh dear! Xiaoyan, you didn't do anything wrong."

We didn't do anything wrong when we were kicked out of the Zhou Family.

Zhou Xiaoyan choked back tears and said, "Then why did they sell me? Just because I had no value?"

"Yes, it's because they've squeezed almost all of your value out of them. Marrying you off to a butcher would be the most profitable deal for his family."

Because they'll have meat to eat later, it's not your fault at all.

"You'll have to come with me in a little while. After all, you're not officially married yet, so it's probably not appropriate for you to stay here," Zhou Wanwan said.

Liu Su'e and Zhou Fusheng walked in. Liu Su'e grumbled, "What is this old woman doing? Selling this and then that, is she crazy?"

Daniu's wife sneered, "She's not sick, she's just doing it for her own benefit, for those pork pieces."

Liu Su'e was furious. "She sold her granddaughter for a little pork! How could she do such a thing?"

Daniu's wife sighed and said, "Back then, they even sold your Wanwan for a few bags of grain! That family would do anything."

Zhou Xiaoyan came out, biting her lip, and looked at them, saying:

"Fourth Uncle, Fourth Aunt, Aunt Daniu, I... I know I owe you a lot."

I'm so sorry about today. It cost fifty taels of silver to redeem us, but I will repay you later.

Daniu's wife quickly said:

"Xiaoyan Yan! What are you saying? My Da Zhu really likes you."

This money was lent to us by Wanwan. Our whole family will work hard to pay her back in the future.

Zhou Wanwan quickly waved her hand and said:

We're all family, why should we repay each other?

You're being too polite. I think we should get the wedding done as soon as possible.

There has to be some sense of ceremony!

Zhou Xiaoyan quickly waved her hand and said, "Forget it! It's too much of a waste of money."

Zhou Wanwan chuckled:

"Don't worry about the money. Let's just have some fun and have a good time. Don't worry about these things."

I've already sent someone back to get the things.