You Expect a Six-Year-Old Little Girl to Pay for You?

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said:

"Don't worry about it. We won't provide them with food or water; let them fend for themselves."

There's nothing in that side courtyard; they can't stay there, so they'll naturally leave.

But Old Man Zhou and Old Madam Zhou were quite shameless. Old Madam Zhou looked at the side courtyard and said:

"Look at this courtyard, there's nothing there. It can't even compare to the main courtyard. Look at the bedding on this bed, it's all tattered and worn."

"Liu Su'e and Zhou Fusheng, they really did it."

Qian Huihui quickly comforted her:

"Father, Mother, we've finally managed to get into this courtyard, so let's behave ourselves for a while."

We'll talk about it after we bring my eldest brother and his family over."

Old Madam Zhou nodded and said, "Yes, let's bring them over first, and then we can discuss it as a family."

That evening, Zhou Wanwan and her family were enjoying their meal when a group of people burst in.

Looking at the dishes on their table, Old Madam Zhou said, "Fusheng! You didn't even prepare dinner for us?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said:

"You only said you'd be staying with us, but you didn't say you'd provide us with food and lodging!"

Our family is actually quite poor; we can't afford to raise you all.

The Zhou Family all gathered around the dining table, their eyes glued to the dishes, each one unconsciously swallowing hard.

Braised prawns and steamed blue crabs are served alongside honey-glazed duck, braised whole chicken, and braised pork hock, along with stir-fried bamboo shoots, wild mushrooms, and refreshing seasonal vegetables.

In addition, there was a slow-cooked old duck soup and a sweet soup with white fungus and lotus seeds, with osmanthus pastries and lotus seed cakes placed on the side.

Old Madam Zhou shouted:

"This is outrageous! Your family enjoys such delicacies every day, how dare you say you're poor?"

Stop dawdling! Quickly prepare another table of the same quality, top-notch dishes, to properly entertain us!

Zhou Qingzhou stepped forward slowly and said:

"Wanwan, I heard you guys are doing some kind of food delivery now?"

You are still young, and after all, you are a girl with a simple mind. How could you understand the complicated matters of business management, accounting, and managing people?

Why don't you let me help you manage it? I'm reliable and experienced; I'll definitely be able to handle things perfectly for you."

So that's where Zhou Wanwan was waiting!

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "Then forget it! My delivery business is small-scale, I don't need your help."

Zhou Qingzhou said:

"That's precisely why I need to get involved!"

That way I can expand and strengthen your business, and you can earn tens or hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year. Wouldn't that be great?

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "Then you don't need to worry about it. I have someone who takes care of this kind of thing."

Qian Huihui looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"Oh dear! We're family, how can those people compare to us?"

Listen to your third aunt and let your cousin manage this matter. Your cousin is very capable.

He used to work in the county government and is literate, so he's definitely much more reliable than outsiders.

Zhou Wanwan scoffed and said, "No need, you can go back now."

After the group returned to the courtyard, Old Madam Zhou angrily muttered and cursed:

"I knew this brat wouldn't agree!"

You still won't believe me? Her big business is making a lot of money.

I heard that last time, with 120 tables, they made 1200 taels of silver.

The key is that they have customers almost every day, not just on this one day.

Do the math. Even if it's 1,000 taels a day, wouldn't that be 30,000 taels in 30 days?

No wonder their family looks rich!

Zhou Qingzhou swallowed hard and said, "Is this food delivery business really that profitable?"

Old Madam Zhou said:

"I've investigated thoroughly. It's not just their food delivery business that makes money; they also run errands for other people every day."

If any family needs a certain type of food, they just need to tell them, and they will deliver it to their door—it's called a delivery service.

Zhou Qingzhou exclaimed in surprise, "There's such a service? Could Zhou Wanwan have come up with all of this?"

Qian Huihui said calmly, "Who cares who came up with this idea? As long as our family can get involved, that's fine."

The Old Scholar Tree vividly recounted what was happening over there:

"My Zhou Family, daring to rip us off with our takeout."

Why should we keep them in the manor?

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said:

"What makes our enemies suffer the most is that we are doing very well, even better than they imagine."

The most agonizing thing is to let them feel that we live a life of luxury every day, yet be powerless to do anything about it.

Besides, even if we leave them outside, they'll find ways to harm us, so it's better to keep them at home.

"We have so many trees on our property; we keep an eye on them every day, like watching a play."

Zhou Wanwan was indeed quite bored.

She felt unwell after returning from the Cui Family and Nie Family, so she took the opportunity to relieve her boredom by visiting the Zhou Family.

As expected, Zhou Family Zhou Qingzhou went out that very evening.

Zhou Qingzhou went straight to a brothel and, looking at his cronies, said, "I already told you, my cousin is incredibly rich, right? Did you know she works in food delivery?"

Suddenly, one of his cronies spoke up, "Takeout? Isn't that a business Black Wind Stronghold does?"

Zhou Qingzhou laughed heartily, "Yes, it's Black Wind Stronghold! I didn't expect you all to know about it!"

His cronies looked at him and said, "Don't tell me your cousin is the leader of Black Wind Stronghold?"

Zhou Qingzhou burst into laughter again. "How about that? Are you scared now? She's the leader of Black Wind Stronghold."

But the people around didn't believe it at all. "I've heard that the leader of Black Wind Stronghold is no ordinary person, how could he be a six-year-old child?"

"Do you know how terrifying the leader of Black Wind Stronghold is? Now, whenever a child cries around my house, people use the name of the Black Wind Stronghold leader to scare them."

Zhou Qingzhou looked at them and said:

"I'm telling you the truth, do you really think this is fake?!"

Forget it, I don't need to talk to you guys. I'm going to the gambling den now. Are you guys coming?

These people quickly nodded and said, "Go ahead, but you've lost so much money lately, do you still have any?"

Zhou Qingzhou laughed heartily:

"What money do you need? Let me just tell you this!"

Even if I lose tens of thousands of taels, my dear sister still has to pay it back for me, since I live in her house.

The crowd burst into laughter. "Zhou Qingzhou, you're bragging without even thinking! You expect a six-year-old girl to pay for you?"

"I think it's pretty risky. I want to see how you get her to pay you."

Zhou Qingzhou looked at the madam beside him and said, "Take this bill to the Zhou Residence on Jinghe Road and give it to Zhou Fusheng so he can pay me."

The madam smiled and said, "Young Master Zhou, your total bill here is 3560 taels. Are you sure you want this bill sent to the Zhou Residence?"

Zhou Qingzhou quickly nodded and said, "My sister has more money than she can spend. I'm asking her to help me out a bit, what's wrong?"

The madam nodded and said, "Then sign and put your fingerprint here, and we'll send it to you right now."