Taking Responsibility for Your Own Mess

Old Madam Zhou rushed over and said, "Zhou Wanwan sold all our takeout to us! Zhou Wanwan, you're deliberately trying to harm us!"

The people around pointed at Zhou Wanwan and said, "What grudge do you have against us? Why did you have to make us end up like this?"

Zhou Wanwan pinched her nose and shouted, "Don't come any closer! It stinks! Get this straight, did you really order the food for dinner from our mountain stronghold? I didn't receive any order."

Old Madam Zhou pointed at her and said:

"If I didn't order it from you, where did I order it from?"

You've ruined us like this, and you still want to deny it? You have to take full responsibility.

Zhou Wanwan looked at them with a half-smile and said, "Everyone knows that our family's takeout orders require a contract. Bring me the contract!"

Zhou Fuyu clutched his stomach and said, "Didn't we agree to do the business first and pay later?"

Zhou Wanwan covered her nose and said:

"Don't come any closer! It stinks. We don't have rules like that here, but we're just trying to prevent this from happening again."

Third Uncle, didn't your people book 100 tables at a restaurant in town today?

I had someone invite the boss over so we could talk things out face-to-face.

The boss hasn't received the money yet!

He sat in the flower hall, calculating in his mind that this time, each table cost 500 coins, but he only spent 100 coins to cover the cost, so he could make 400 coins in profit.

In just a short while, he made a net profit of 40 taels, which is not bad.

Unexpectedly, a knife was suddenly held to his neck. Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "You're the owner of Fortune Come Restaurant, aren't you?"

The shopkeeper quickly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, you booked a hundred tables with me, which costs fifty taels of silver in total. Who can settle the bill?"

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said:

"Did everyone hear that? The owner of Fortune Come Restaurant has come to collect the debt."

Zhou Fuyu, you're trying to frame me just to save money? No way!

The owner of the Fortune Come Restaurant said, "Who among you will pay this money?"

Zhou Fuyu sneered, "You still expect me to pay? Go check inside the courtyard; your Fortune Come Restaurant is finished."

When the owner went into the yard, he saw that the whole yard smelled terrible, and many customers were covering their noses and running outside.

Many other women also hid in their rooms, too afraid to come out.

The boss turned to run away, but Zhou Fuyu grabbed him.

The banquet, which had been going so well, ended just like that.

Zhou Wanwan and her family wanted to go home, but how could Old Madam Zhou let them have their way?

Old Madam Zhou clutched her stomach and said:

"Fusheng! Look at the mess the house is in now! This compensation will cost us several thousand taels of silver!"

"Our family simply cannot afford it."

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and said with a smile:

Grandma, how could you not be able to get it?

I know you usually like to hide money in your pillow. Let's see if there's any money in this pillow.

Zhou Wanwan opened the pillow and saw several silver ingots, several gold ingots, and a silver note.

Zhou Wanwan glanced at the silver note and said:

Wow! It's a 1000 tael silver note!

Grandma, you're so rich! Now all the problems are solved.

Old Madam Zhou was so angry that she was trembling, and then all that could be heard was a gurgling sound.

Zhou Wanwan took several steps back and said:

"Did you poop on the bed? Third Uncle, look what you've done!"

This whole mess is your fault! You bought such a cheap, low-quality product, you have to pay for it!

The relatives who came today are all demanding compensation. Even if each family pays one or two taels of silver, with several thousand people here today, it would still amount to several thousand taels.

Zhou Fuyu looked at Zhou Fusheng and said, "Fourth brother! Our family is really in dire straits. You are rich and powerful, and you don't care about this little thing, so please help me!"

Zhou Fusheng looked at him and said:

"Third Brother, I'm dirt poor myself. If we weren't so poor, we wouldn't need to deliver food."

We support the entire mountain village; we're suffering terribly too!

Who can't use moral blackmail? As long as you have no morals, you're not afraid of being blackmailed.

Zhou Fuyu, enraged, cursed, "Fine, you're a heartless younger brother, standing by and watching someone die!"

Zhou Wanwan sneered:

"Third Uncle, what do you mean by 'refusing to help someone in distress'?"

You should take responsibility for the trouble you caused; why should we bear the consequences?

You'd better think about how to shut those people up! I think you're going to lose your job this time too.

Zhou Fuyu coughed and said:

"Here's what we'll do, Zhou Wanwan. I need to apologize to them and order a banquet that costs 10 taels per table."

There are 10 tables in total. Please prepare them for me tomorrow.

Zhou Wanwan nodded and asked, "Where's the money?"

Old Madam Zhou looked at her and said, "You really are obsessed with money. Will you die if you don't have money? It's just 100 taels!"

Zhou Wanwan looked at the money in her hand and said, "That's right! It's just 100 taels, nothing at all for Grandma."

Old Madam Zhou rolled her eyes and handed her 100 taels of silver, saying, "Hurry up and finish writing the contract."

Zhou Wanwan wrote the contract, and both parties signed it.

Old Madam Zhou looked at Liu Su'e and said, "The house has become like this, it stinks horribly. Go and clean the front yard!"

Liu Su'e smiled faintly and said, "Then forget it! There's no place for us to stay at home. We'll go stay at Daniu's or Erniu's house."

After saying that, he ran away.

Old Madam Zhou was furious:

What are you waiting for?

Am I supposed to get up and have the servants clean up?

Don't go to sleep until it's clean.

The houses that Daniu and Erniu have built are now quite impressive.

Upon seeing Zhou Wanwan and the others, they quickly led them into the house.

Daniu's wife laughed:

"You'll be staying in the best room today; the house has already been prepared."

I knew something bad would happen to their family today, but I never expected it to be this big.

Most of the villagers went to her house, but our family didn't get along with them, so we didn't go. We never expected something like this to happen.

Liu Su'e sneered, "Serves them right! Just to save a few bucks, we'll ignore them."

Zhou Xiaoyan, her belly protruding, came out from the inner room and said, "Fourth Uncle, Fourth Aunt, you're here! Please sit down and have some tea."

Liu Su'e pulled Zhou Xiaoyan aside and said, "You're almost three months pregnant, aren't you? Let Wanwan take your pulse and see how the baby is."

Zhou Wanwan checked Zhou Xiaoyan's pulse and said, "The baby is very healthy, it's a girl, don't worry!"

A smile appeared on Zhou Xiaoyan's face. Daniu's wife said, "Boys and girls are the same. Our family isn't the kind that favors boys over girls."

Zhou Wanwan waved her hand, signaling someone to bring over some food. "I didn't eat well over there, are you hungry? Let's have some snacks together!"

After finishing their snacks, Zhou Wanwan looked at her brothers and said, "How about we go for a walk up the mountain?"

Gu Sinian nodded and said, "Then let's go!"

The mountain behind Zhou Family Village is quite high. Zhou Wanwan and the others sat on the Old Scholar Tree and asked, "Uncle Scholar Tree, are you sure there's a big cave here?"

The Old Scholar Tree chuckled, "Yes, I've found out. We're probably going to be busy tonight."