They Actually Dared Threaten Them?

Old Madam Zhou smiled broadly and said:

"We've always treated Zhou Wanwan like our own granddaughter. We heard she lives here now, so we came to visit her."

Also, send her a wedding invitation; your cousin Zhou Mei is getting married, this is her invitation.

You're my cousin, you absolutely have to come! Oh, and if you have any gold jewelry you'd like to give her, I'll bring it to her."

That's the key point.

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said, "I'm just her cousin. I'm so young, where would I get gold jewelry?"

Madam Nie, standing nearby, sneered, "I think you're just reluctant to part with them. You already have so much jewelry piled up, what's wrong with giving some to your cousins?"

Nie Rou nodded and said, "Zhou Wanwan, don't be so stingy! You have plenty of gold and silver jewelry, what's wrong with giving some to her?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at Nie Rou and said, "Miss Nie is quite generous. You have a lot of jewelry, why don't you take some out too?"

Nie Rou glared at her and said:

"These aren't my relatives, why should I take out all their gold and silver jewelry?"

If they were my relatives, I would definitely take out all my gold and silver jewelry to share with them.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Nie Rou and said, "Really? Miss Nie and Madam Nie are so kind to your relatives."

Zhou Wanwan walked outside and said, "Wait here for a bit! I'll go get something and be right back."

Everyone was waiting for her in the front hall, assuming she was going to get gold and silver jewelry for Old Madam Zhou.

Madam Cui took a sip of tea and said, "This little brat needs to be disciplined like this, otherwise she'll be incredibly stingy and spoiled rotten."

Old Madam Zhou nodded repeatedly and said:

"Haven't we spoiled her rotten? Now she's the one making all the decisions in their family."

How could a six-year-old girl make such a big decision?

Madam Cui chuckled and said, "That's right! Don't worry, now that the child is in the Cui Family, I will definitely have someone teach her proper manners."

Madam Nie nodded and said:

"My dear in-law, you're the best at this. We should do this from now on; we can't let her have it too easy."

"They turned our house upside down, I don't know who gave them the guts!"

Madam Cui looked at her and said, "You're just too easygoing. She's just a little maid."

A short while later, Zhou Wanwan returned.

Madam Nie looked at her and said, "Take out the things! Let us see what kind of dowry you plan to give your cousin?"

Zhou Wanwan exclaimed "Ah!"

"I already gave it to you! I went to pick up the IOU. I still have a gold bracelet at your house!"

And my mother's entire set of jade jewelry; we forgot to ask you for it back when we left.

When Old Madam Zhou brought this up, she was furious. She shouted, "You're talking nonsense! The jewelry you gave us is all fake!"

Zhou Wanwan snorted coldly:

"There are many witness fingerprints on this, so you think it's fake just because you say so?"

I demand that you return these two pieces of jewelry immediately; they are worth over ten thousand taels of silver!

Old Madam Zhou was trembling with anger. "Just thinking about it makes me angry! Those two pieces of jewelry you gave me were completely fake!"

Zhou Wanwan scoffed coldly:

"This contract was witnessed by many people, all of whom were managers of various pawnshops."

You have embezzled over 100,000 taels of our family's property.

And then they even tried to slander us, saying our stuff was fake. How can you elders act like this?

"I was fine with giving it to you then, but now I want justice. You wait, I'm going to the yamen tomorrow."

Madam Cui and Madam Nie exchanged a glance, and Madam Cui frowned and said:

Who knows if these jewelry pieces are real or fake? They've already been given away, so what?

We're all family, why be so petty? Besides, she's your elder.

Zhou Wanwan waved her hand and said, "Invite all of Madam Cui's elders from the backyard, and also invite all of Madam Nie's elders."

Madam Nie and Madam Cui never expected Zhou Wanwan to pull such a stunt.

All those poor relatives and elders in the clan were just looking to take advantage of us.

Many freeloaders like this live in the backyard of the Cui Family.

Because Madam Nie was staying here, she couldn't refuse her relatives.

They could only find a remote village and leave the person there to make do, out of sight, out of mind.

Dozens of elderly clan members with gray hair filed in from outside the door and filled the room to the Manman.

The eldest elder at the head of the group looked at Madam Cui and said:

"As expected, the Cui Family girl is the most sensible and knows how to be filial to us old folks."

Since you keep talking about filial piety and the importance of maintaining family ties, then you owe us an explanation for what happened today.

On the other side, Madam Nie's poor relatives also chimed in with their own opinions:

"You just said you should be filial to your elders, right?"

You can't just ignore us, can you?

"You dumped us in this remote village and didn't even give us food. Is that fair?"

Madam Nie and Madam Cui's faces turned green on the spot.

Madam Nie lowered her voice and asked, "Where... where did you find these people?"

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said:

Surprised? Unexpected?

You abandoned all your relatives in that run-down village, where they ate and lived poorly, making a group of elders suffer like this. Is that what you call filial piety?

Even if there are many disagreements between me and my grandparents, I can still give them tens of thousands of taels of silver at a time.

"Even I, as a junior, can come up with over ten thousand taels of silver. You two elders shouldn't have less than me, should you?"

The elders immediately started gesturing and saying:

We heard everything you just said.

You're teaching a child to be filial to their elders and respect their seniors; shouldn't you set a good example yourself?"

"Yes, yes, if you dare not set a good example, we'll report you and tell everyone what you did today."

"You also have daughters and sons, let's see how you handle that?"

Madam Cui and Madam Nie were nearly driven mad with anger; these poor relatives were all quite far away.

How dare you threaten them?

But would they dare to gamble?

They have children and husbands, Zhou Wanwan, a six-year-old little bandit, naturally has nothing to fear regarding her reputation.

Madam Cui gritted her teeth and said, "Go to the accounting office and fetch 100,000 taels of silver. Divide it among them."

Madam Nie gripped her handkerchief tightly and said, "Go and fetch 100,000 taels for me."

She felt a metallic taste in her throat, as if she was about to vomit blood.

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "The two ladies are indeed very generous to their relatives!"

This is just the beginning.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Old Madam Zhou and said:

Grandma, why aren't you home yet? Are you waiting for me to treat you to dinner?

I'm just freeloading off them now, why don't you guys stay at the Cui Family too?

Madam Cui is very generous; she'll definitely provide food and lodging."