Those Two Items Are Worthless

The three Qian brothers were very fast; they quickly put the items into the granary they were in charge of.

Qian Huihui's three brothers each managed one of the three granaries: one hidden in a mountain valley, one a secluded warehouse by the river, and the other an old house outside the town.

These three granaries were filled with grain, cloth, and medicinal herbs.

Zhou Wanwan didn't stand on ceremony at all and ordered her men to haul everything away and empty the place.

Qian Huihui is usually very meticulous in her work, and she personally checks the grain warehouse every day.

She went to the first granary, pushed open the door, and found it empty; nothing was left.

She turned pale with fright, her voice trembling. "Impossible! This place is so remote, how could anyone have found us? How could everything be gone!"

She rushed to the second granary, but when she entered, she found it empty as well, without even a grain sack in sight.

She was completely stunned, standing at the door speechless for a long time, her heart sinking to the bottom, her hands and feet going weak.

When she finally reached the third granary, it had also been completely emptied.

Qian Huihui was both angry and anxious. Suddenly, everything went black, and she fainted.

When she woke up, she saw Old Madam Zhou looking at her and saying, "Third son's wife, what happened to the things in the granary?"

Qian Huihui was so angry that she trembled all over:

"Mother, they're all gone. I don't know which damned person took them."

I'm always very careful when I go out, but I still don't know what went wrong.

Old Madam Zhou was so angry that she stomped her feet:

What on earth is going on? Why has our family been so unlucky lately?

"It's definitely because Zhou Wanwan Zhou Wanwan is back. That jinx, that jinx, as long as she's here, our family will be plagued by bad luck."

She stormed into Liu Su'e's room and shouted, "Zhou Fusheng, Liu Su'e, you two get that jinx out of the Zhou Family right now!"

Liu Su'e looked at her and said, "Mother, didn't you say you missed us? We've only been here for a little over a month, and you're already trying to send us away?"

Zhou Fusheng looked at Old Madam Zhou and said, "But I'm doing quite well at home, and I don't want to leave!"

Old Madam Zhou said angrily:

"Since you came back, the things in the house have been going away every day, from livestock to grain to money."

Did you steal all of these?

Liu Su'e stared blankly at her and said:

"Mom, you can't talk nonsense. We are very particular about rules. We go to sleep right after eating every day."

Where would I find the time to steal?

Zhou Fusheng also sighed and said:

"I never expected you to slander us like this; it truly chills our hearts!"

We need to let you know every time we go to sleep.

How could I possibly go out?

Old Madam Zhou knew they never went out, yet their belongings would mysteriously disappear.

Zhou Wanwan rubbed her eyes and asked, "What's going on so early in the morning?"

"You're a jinx! You're a jinx! Our family has been plagued by bad luck ever since you came back."

Zhou Wanwan looked at her pitifully and said:

"Grandma, don't talk nonsense. How am I a jinx?"

He's clearly a lucky charm; look how obedient the dogs in this village are to me."

Now all the dogs in the village listen to Zhou Wanwan, and several households are also willing to follow Zhou Wanwan.

Several families even expressed their willingness to leave with Zhou Wanwan.

Old Madam Zhou was furious, pounding her chest. "Get out of here right now! If you come back, you're going to kill us!"

Zhou Wanwan pouted and said, "Then give us back the jewelry we entrusted to you for safekeeping!"

Old Madam Zhou pointed at her nose and scolded:

What kind of dream are you having? Because you came back, the family has lost so much property. Who's going to compensate us?

All of these things have to be used to pay off debts!

Zhao Zhaodi said with a smile:

"Zhou Wanwan, isn't your family incredibly wealthy?"

Even if you gave us these things, they wouldn't mean anything to you.

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "These things are very expensive. You're just saying you won't give them to me?"

Zhao Zhaodi sneered, "This is all what you owe us. Who told you to bring bad luck back with you?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Alright! Let's go back, Mom!"

Despite having a lot of baggage, Zhou Wanwan and her group moved quickly, and dozens of people from the mountain stronghold also arrived in a grand procession.

They quickly took all of these things with them.

Old Madam Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"After they left, I felt the air in our house was fresh."

Fortunately, we had the foresight to confiscate their jewelry.

"Let's go to the pawnshop now and pawn these two items to get money."

Zhao Zhaodi said reluctantly, "Mother, this thing is so expensive, it's such a waste to sell it!"

Old Madam Zhou glared at her and said, "We can only survive if we exchange this for grain. Do you want our whole family to starve to death?"

Zhao Zhaodi reluctantly took out Zhou Wanwan's gold lock.

Old Madam Zhou led a group of people directly to the pawnshop. She took out the two items and said, "Hey sir, how much are these two items worth?"

The shopkeeper examined them for a long time before finally saying, "These two items are worthless; we won't take them."

Old Madam Zhou looked at him and said:

"Your manager saw these two items back then, and said they were worth 110,000 taels of silver."

Look at this! It's a pure gold bracelet, inlaid with rubies, and this set of jadeite—how beautiful!

The shop assistant immediately summoned the head manager, who looked at the two items and said:

"These two items are different from the previous two."

The previous set was made of red gold inlaid with rubies, and the other set was carved from icy jadeite.

The fake gold set was made of gilded brass and inlaid with red Liuli to imitate rubies.

That fake jade set was made by dyeing ordinary jade.

Old Madam Zhou was so angry that she fainted.

When she got home, she woke up and burst into tears. "This must have been Zhou Wanwan's doing! It was real, but now it's all for nothing, waaaaah..."

Qian Huihui wiped away her tears and said, "Mom, let's just forget about it! We can't afford to mess with that little devil Zhou Wanwan."

Old Madam Zhou was so angry that she cursed all night.

Zhou Wanwan received the news that she was planting ginseng. Looking at the ginseng in the field, she said, "Not bad, not bad, another batch can be harvested. I wonder if the first batch of ginseng has been sold?"

Lingbao chuckled and said, "If we sell them, we can exchange them for more grain and medicinal herbs."

"Right..."

The Old Scholar Tree said, "Old Madam Zhou scolded you all night last night, aren't you angry?"

Zhou Wanwan shook her head and said:

"Let the incompetent rage on!"

They probably found out the jewelry was fake. Well, there's nothing we can do about it. Jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver—they're really greedy."